Political Calendar: Week of February 13, 2022
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
Were Donald Trump And His Co-Conspirator Coup Plotters Using Burner Phones For The January 6 Insurrection?
Burner phones are usually cheap, no-contract, prepaid phones that can be discarded when no longer needed. In shows like Breaking Bad and The Wire, burner phones are used when criminals want to avoid detection by the police. The term “burner” comes from the idea that when the phone is no longer needed, it can be … Read more
North Carolina State Board of Elections Says It Has The Authority To Determine Qualifications For Office Under Section 3 Of The 14th Amendment
Update to Sounds Like A Plan to Deal With the 147 Sedition Party Insurrectionists (excerpt): A group of North Carolina voters took dramatic legal action against Rep. Madison Cawthorn’s (R-N.C.) reelection bid on Monday, arguing that the Constitution prohibits insurrectionist lawmakers from holding office. The nonprofit Free Speech For People filed a challenge with the … Read more
Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego Appoints a New Chief of Staff
Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego’s has a new Chief of Staff running her office. After serving with distinction as the Chief of Staff to the Mayor of the fifth largest city in the United States for three years, Lisa Fernandez, a trusted advisor of Ms. Gallego for over a decade, is moving on for new opportunities. … Read more
Democratic Congressional Candidates in the New District One React to Schweikert Campaign Getting Fined $125,000
Democratic Congressional Candidates in the new District One have 125,000 reasons to be happy today. Arizona Congressional District Six Representative David Schweikert and his campaign has agreed to pay $125,000 in additional fines stemming from reporting violations in an earlier election cycle. Please click here to read a July 31, 2020 article after Mr. Schweikert … Read more
The Biden Boom: Let’s Talk About The REAL Causes of Inflation – Corporate Concentration And Price Gouging
Above: Teddy Roosevelt, Trust Buster, during the last corporate Gilded Age. Time to break the monopoly power of corporations again in this new corporate Gilded Age. Even as the omicron variant spread rapidly earlier this winter, employers have been eager to hire, a sign of a resilient economy. The winter spike in infections briefly tripped … Read more
8 Years at Blog for Arizona
An auspicious day today- Feb. 11, 2022, to celebrate my 8 years of blogging here at BFAZ. Nowadays I mostly update our progressive Calendar, as I enjoy informing our readers about upcoming events throughout the State of Arizona. It’s quite a task as I am always on the lookout for Democratic and progressive political events, … Read more
