Putin Is Changing Tactics To Siege Warfare And Indiscriminate Shelling Of Civilian Populations
Putin’s initial war plans are a tactical and logistical failure. On Day 7, the Russians are now planning a siege and indiscriminately shelling civilian populations. This is what Putin did when he met with stiff opposition from Chechnyan rebels in 1999. He ordered the complete destruction of Grozny, the capitol of Chechnya. What Putin’s destruction of … Read more
Putin’s Initial War Plan For Ukraine Was A Tactical And Logistical Failure
Vladimir Putin “really believed he would be received in Ukraine with flowers” and as a liberator when he launched the biggest war in Europe since 1945. Did Putin somehow confuse Ukraine with the CPAC and America First Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida? Ukrainians, even Russian-speaking Ukrainians, are not “Rootin’ for Putin” Republicans. They are defending their … Read more
The City of Phoenix Currently Projects a $76 Million Surplus for 2022/23
The City of Phoenix has released its initial budget overview for fiscal year 2022/23. Currently, the preliminary budget projections estimate a $76 million surplus in the city coffers. This surplus includes an estimated $44 million in one-time resources primarily caused by higher than anticipated vacancy savings and carryover of the City Council approved Coronavirus Relief … Read more
President Biden Hits a Homerun in the State of the Union Address; Arizona Democrats React
In his State of the Union speech this evening, Joe Biden showed why he is the President of the United States. From his opening remarks stating “we’re finally together again” and “we meet tonight…as Americans,” to his closing comments “the only nation that can be defined by a single word possibilities” and “the State of … Read more
Justices Argue EPA’s Authority to Regulate Carbon Emissions
On Monday, the Supreme Court appeared inclined to nix the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to reduce carbon pollution from power plants. The Court’s decision could further impede President Biden’s plans to fight global warming, which is stalled in the Senate. The case, Peabody Coal Company v. EPA, was brought by Peabody Coal Company and several others … Read more
UPDATED: #ColdWar2, in Ukraine and in Arizona
[bctt tweet=”America, and the liberal international order we lead, have been engaged in a new #ColdWar2 with an autocratic alliance led by Russia and China for years now, but many of us have only recently become starkly aware of this fact.” username=”BlogForArizona”] Given that we haven’t widely realized this fact as a society, it’s really … Read more
Gigi Sohn FCC Nominee Bad for Media Diversity
Minority-owned TV networks have had to claw and scrape for years to earn a place in cable and satellite channel lineups. And even after breaking through these barriers, diverse creators and programmers still face existential fights against Big Tech strip-miners – aided and abetted, in some cases, by captured government agencies – eager to steal … Read more
