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Podcast with Matt Grodsky: How to Flip the Legislature
June 6, 2021
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Matt Grodsky, is one of those people in politics who was there at the beginning of the podcast Turning Arizona Blue, and today we interview him on how to flip the Arizona Legislature blue. Matt is Vice President and Director of Public Affairs at Matters of State Strategies (MOSS) a political consultancy in Arizona. Back then, he … Read more
Documents Released Via FOIA Request Prove That The AZ Senate GQP Sham ‘Audit’ Is A Fraud
June 6, 2021
On Friday, the Arizona Senate released to the watchdog organization American Oversight more than 500 pages of records related to the GQP sham “fraudit” of ballots cast in Maricopa County. Arizona Senate Releases Emails Related To Election ‘Audit’ To American Oversight: On Friday, the Arizona Senate released to American Oversight more than 500 pages of … Read more
Political Calendar: Week of June 6, 2021
June 6, 2021
Send notices of your events to blogforarizona@gmail.com. Editor’s Note: Due to the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic and CDC recommendations for social distancing, events are being cancelled or postponed to later dates. We are doing our best to update the calendar, but you should check with event organizers prior to attending any event to confirm the status. … Read more
The Big Lie Persists and Threatens Our Voting Rights
June 5, 2021
The veteran columnist and commentator, Elizabeth Drew, wrote an essay entitled The Big Lie and Its Consequences. She says that the Republican Party has taken the Big Lie about the 2020 presidential election to new lengths to suppress voting and to manipulate voting results to benefit their candidates up and down ballots. She goes on … Read more
Mayor Kate Gallego and Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman Expand Laptop and Hotspot Lending Program for Phoenix Residents in Need
June 5, 2021
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With funds from the American Cares Act, the Phoenix City Council last year provided funds to the Phoenix Public Library to loan out laptops and hotspot devices for residents in need. On June 4, 2021, at an event at the Burton Barr Central Library, Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman of the Arizona Department of … Read more
The AZ Senate’s GQP Sham ‘Fraudit’ Is Fodder For QAnon Grifter Propaganda
June 4, 2021
The Arizona Mirror reports on The conspiracy theory film made at the Arizona audit: A filmmaker known for a film that claims 9/11 was an alien conspiracy is directing a documentary promoting baseless election fraud claims — a movie that features people working for the Arizona Senate’s sham “fraudit,” that was filmed at the sham … Read more
Mark Finchem Has a Lot of Explaining to Do About January 6
June 4, 2021
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Do you know where your Arizona Legislative District (LD) Representative was on January 6, 2021, when Trumpist Domestic Terrorists attempted an insurrection and stormed the Nation’s Capitol? The people who reside in LD 11 may be surprised to know that one of their state representatives, Mark Finchem apparently was closer to the attack than he … Read more
(UPDATED) President Biden Touts the May Jobs Report and Credits his Programs for Bringing America Back
June 4, 2021
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“America is finally on the move again.” Those were the words of President Joe Biden who spoke to the American People about the strong May Jobs Report that showed 559,000 jobs created and the unemployment level dropping to below six percent for the first time since the height of the pandemic. Calling the Jobs Report … Read more
