MAGA Kills DEI, Gets Schooled in College Admissions
MAGA got its dream: DEI stripped, identity banned, and “merit” restored. And within minutes, the data made one thing embarrassingly clear: The kids who lose first in a meritocracy aren’t the ones MAGA loves to demonize. They’re the ones MAGA raised. The biggest beneficiaries of identity-based admissions weren’t students of color or first-gen kids. They … Read more
While Serial Liar Trump Spoke in Pennsylvania, Democrats Have Another Good Election Night
It feels an awful lot like Christmas. While serial liar Donald Trump spoke in Pennsylvania on what he calls the affordability hoax and said that thanks to him, 40,000 Pennsylvanians have been lifted off (kicked off, actually) food stamps and children, while he drapes the Oval Office in gold ornaments, should be able to make … Read more
My State is the Fentanyl Funnel for the Rest of America. Trump is Turning His Back on It.
Kris Mayes is the Attorney General for Arizona. Arizona is on the front lines of a deadly drug crisis. As a border state attorney general, I’m alarmed by the Trump administration’s actions at our southern border. Or perhaps I should say inaction, if reports by The New York Times, Reuters and other outlets are any … Read more
Matters of State Strategies Vice President Matt Grodsky Discusses Democratic Prospects for 2026
The stars are aligning for Democrats… …If they do the work and avoid complacency. Those are the sentiments of Matt Grodsky, Vice President of Matters of State Strategies, political consultant, and former Arizona Democratic Party Communications Director, who spoke with Blog for Arizona to discuss Democrats’ electoral prospects heading into the 2026 campaign. The questions … Read more
Grijalva Battles Foreign Mining Giants to Cancel Oak Flat Mine Land Giveaway
Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-CD7) launched her congressional career with a direct challenge to multinational mining corporations, introducing legislation that would block Rio Tinto and BHP from seizing 2,400 acres of sacred Apache land in Arizona’s Tonto National Forest. The “Save Oak Flat from Foreign Mining Act,” filed today as Grijalva’s first bill, aims to repeal … Read more
Arizona Senator Ruben Gallego Talks About the Squeezing of the Disappearing Middle Class
Is the American Middle Class the same as it was over 50 years ago, before the Energy Crisis, the Great Inflation, and the decades-long misguided Republican institution of the economic policies known as Trickle Down Reaganomics? The answer, according to many, including Senator Ruben Gallego, is no. In part one of a new social media … Read more
Malignant Turning Point Nitwit Pleads Guilty to Forging Signatures to get on the Ballot
Republican numbskull Austin Cole Smith has pleaded guilty to blatantly forging signatures on a petition to get on the ballot in LD29. He was the Strategic Director of Turning Point Action, who spent years claiming widespread election fraud, only to be one of the few people found guilty of election fraud himself. “Can’t make this … Read more
