Results from Tucson City Council General Election 2025 – updated
City of Tucson Elections has released the early ballot results from the General Election held today for Councilmembers running in Wards 3, 5 and 6. Voter turnout at 27.64%. Provisional ballots still being counted. https://results.arizona.vote/#/featured/86/11 Ward 3 Kevin Dahl (D), incumbent 56,998 Janet Wittenbraker (R) 27,432 Ward 5 (open seat) Selina Barajas (D) 61,679 Ward … Read more
Ciscomani Unsurprisingly Parrots the MAGA Propaganda on SNAP Funding and Shutdown
In today’s official Congressional November 4th email newletter from Rep. #CiscoMAGA, Juan continues to lie about the cause of the shutdown, the Democrats’ role, and the reason why Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (i.e. SNAP) beneficiaries are getting shafted (parentheses added): On November 1st, funding for SNAP benefits lapsed (that’s a very passive way to put … Read more
Arizona’s Contemporary Musical Culture
Some helpful Arizona musicians did us all the favor of creating a Spotify playlist of significant songs by Arizona bands from 2000-2025. I found it inspiring and illuminating, and thought some of you might as well! Enjoy!
Fact Averse Turning Point Supporters Jump the Gun And Endanger Math Teachers at the Vail Unified School District
Seeing imagined grotesque plots to demonize and denigrate their fallen founder Charlie Kirk everywhere, Turning Point Leaders and followers rushed to false judgment on social media over the weekend with regard to the costumes Math teachers at Cienega High School in the Vail Unified School District wore on Halloween last week. According to the uniformed … Read more
Trump Approval Ratings in the Dumpster, along with Elon
UPDATE: APPROVAL DOWN: Two-thirds of Hispanic adults under age 45 and Hispanic men now view Trump unfavorably. REASONS: Mass deportations and high prices for groceries, housing, electricity, gas and healthcare. A big majority of Americans despise Trump — and Elon Musk too— a duo in a disapproval dumpster. These two masters of self-destruction spent years sowing … Read more
Tom Horne’s ADE Apparently Stalled Meetings with the Auditor General Over the ESA Welfare/Scam for the Rich Program
For those at the Arizona Department of Education that say there is nothing to look at with their handling and oversight of the Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) Welfare/Scam Private School Voucher for the Rich Program, think again. In reporting by the Fourth Estate, Education Department officials have apparently been stalling the Arizona’s Auditor General Office … Read more
400 Hobbs Vetoes Protected Arizona: “I’ve Been Underestimated Before — But I’ve Never Lost”
At her first reelection rally, Hobbs slammed MAGA extremists and vowed to keep Arizona focused on families, not Trump’s agenda. Gov. Katie Hobbs kicked off her 2026 reelection campaign in Tucson yesterday — and she came out swinging. Speaking to a cheering crowd of more than 200 at the El Rio Neighborhood Center, Hobbs rallied … Read more
