How is Allowing the Construction of a Qatari Airbase in Idaho America First
On Friday, October 10, Defense Secretary Disaster Pete Hegseth announced that the United States had concluded an agreement with the Middle East nation of Qatar to build an airbase for them in Idaho. Recently, as reported by the Blog for Arizona’s founder Michael Bryan, the Trump family and business interests have used the office of … Read more
The Purge of Public Health: Retaliation with a Side of Recklessness
This wasn’t a clerical error. It was a political hit job. More than 1,300 CDC employees—lab specialists, disease trackers, and epidemiologists—were abruptly fired on October 11, 2025. Days later, about half were reinstated after officials blamed a “coding error.” The story keeps changing, but the outcome doesn’t. America’s public-health defenses are being dismantled in plain … Read more
Selina Barajas: Ward Five’s First Female Council Member is Breaking Barriers for Young People
Selena Barajas is blazing a new trail as the first woman elected to represent Ward Five on the city council. Her commitment to youth engagement is rapidly setting a new standard for public service in southern Arizona. Republicans did not field a primary candidate in Ward 5, and she will take office on November 4, … Read more
Do the Right Thing? Redistricting in Mid-Decade is Unethical
As non-lawyers and Arizonans, we can offer a “big picture” perspective. Redistricting between censuses is just a terrible idea.
On Indigenous People’s Day: No Kings
It’s a federal holiday today. Our not-so-illustrious President has declared that it is no longer a day to celebrate Indigenous People, but rather, a day to admire “the original American hero,” Columbus. The truth is, the name of the federal holiday has never been changed from the Columbo one (and that confused navigator was Italian, … Read more
Elect a New Generation of Democratic Leaders
By David Hogg, Co-founder of Leaders We Deserve, a grassroots organization dedicated to electing young progressives. This is life in America today — where military raids against our own people are routine and Black and Brown communities are terrorized. What’s happening in Chicago right now should horrify everyone in this country — and every elected official … Read more
“These Mother F-ers Are Crazy”: Using the Project 2025 Playbook to Dismantle Special Ed and Cripple the CDC
Using their own created shutdown as an excuse, the American Duce Wannabe and his Project 2025-American Mein Kampf-White Christian Nationalist Partner Russell Vought have, as promised, instituted a series of federal government layoffs that they have targeted as “Democrat-oriented.” Unfortunately, these layoffs are nothing more than a continuation of the federal workforce cuts, outlined in … Read more
