Official List of Statewide/Legislative Candidates Filed To Run For the August Primary 2022
April 6, 2022
Monday, April 4 was the filing deadline for candidates to file to run for office in the August 2, 2022 Primary Election. The Arizona Secretary of State now has an official list of the statewide/legislative candidates who filed to run by the deadline. Independent candidates do not have a primary and are not listed. There … Read more
AZ Supreme Court Declines AZ GQP Lawsuit To Invalidate Early Voting in Arizona
April 6, 2022
The Arizona Supreme Court declined Tuesday to consider a special action by the Arizona Republican Party to eliminate the early voting system used by 90% of the state’s voters and require nearly all voters to cast ballots in person on Election Day. The AP reports, Arizona court declines GOP request to invalidate mail voting: The … Read more
The Republican Party Has Fully Embraced the QAnon Conspiracy Cult – An Absolute Bar To Holding Political Office (Updated)
April 6, 2022
Radley Balko writes at the Washington Post, QAnon goes mainstream: There’s a common thread between attacks against Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson as being soft on child predators, the manufactured controversy on the right over whether teachers can mention homosexuality to students, and the anti-trans laws sweeping Republican-controlled state legislatures: We’re witnessing the mainstreaming … Read more
Videos on the Homepage?! Yes!
April 5, 2022
We have a new feature – one that might be overlooked if you weren’t paying too much attention – so I thought I would call it to your attention. Just scroll down to just above our Events Listing. Bam! Videos! We now have the latest videos from the YouTube channels of AZ Representative, and BlogForArizona … Read more
Brianna Westbrook Wants to Be a Lawmaker for All the People in the New Legislative District Five
April 5, 2022
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Brianna Westbrook is an example of the person who is able to pull themselves up from adversity to make a difference in the local community. A child who endured homelessness and who had to feed herself by scrounging through local dumpsters, Ms. Westbrook has had to endure the hardships of poverty, attaining an education without … Read more
Gallego and Ansari React to the Biden/Harris Administration Raising Mileage Standards and Taking Steps to Securely Produce Clean Energy Materials
April 5, 2022
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While the energy headline from last week that received the most news coverage was President Biden announcing the release of one million barrels of oil a day from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to stem the tide of inflation resulting from supply chain hiccups and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, there were also two additional major … Read more
U.N. Climate Report: ‘Its Now Or Never’ If We Want To Forestall An Unlivable World
April 5, 2022
Millionaire coal baron Sen. “Masarati” Manchin demands an “all of the above” approach to U.S. energy needs, in other words, mantaining the status quo of dependence on fossil fuels because he richly profits from it. House progressives say they may be prepared to accept policies that boost fossil fuels in the short term in order … Read more
Where Is The Corporate Accountability For The Blatantly Unconstitutional And Discriminatory Laws Enacted By The Arizona Legislature?
April 5, 2022
Let’s return to those halcyon days of yesteryear – 2016 – when corporations around the country were threatening to pull up stakes from states that were passing anti-LGBTQ legislation. Corporate Boycotts Become Key Weapon in Gay Rights Fight: The battle for LGBTQ rights has demonstrated the power of boycotts — or the threat of them … Read more
