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Gallego and Kelly Will Regret Supporting the ‘Detain Petty Thieves Forever Bill’ (aka ‘Laken Reilly’)
January 16, 2025
It seems that many elected Democrats, including some of Arizona’s own, have been cowed into supporting a very bad bill. In brief, the ‘Detain Petty Thieves Forever Bill’ (aka the Laken Reilly Act… you can always count on MAGA to horribly and cynically exploit a family’s tragedy for political purposes, can’t you?) not only mandates
Hobbs Funds Border Security and Mayes Helps Dreamers
January 16, 2025
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs and Attorney General Kris Mayes both tackled the issue of immigration yesterday (January 15, 2025.) The Governor, according to an office press release, “announced $17.2 million in funding from the SAFE (Stopping Arizona’s Fentanyl Epidemic) initiative to support local law enforcement’s border security work, drug interdiction efforts, and combatting human trafficking.”
Increasing Access to Child Care, KidsCare, and Quality Foster Care Are the Legislative Goals for the Arizona Children’s Action Alliance in 2025
January 16, 2025
Hoping to build on the legislative successes of 2024 that included increases in funding for affordable child care, expanded KidsCare through AHCCCS, and continuing vital reforms in child foster care, Arizona Children’s Action Alliance (CAA) is looking to the members of the State Legislature to enact several of their recommendations in 2025. They include: CAA
In His Farewell Address, President Biden Calls on the People to “Keep the Flame and Faith” While Fighting the Coming “Oligarchy of the Tech Industrial Complex”
January 15, 2025
In his last Oval Office Address as President of the United States, Joe Biden delivered his farewell address, thanking the American People for entrusting him with the American Presidency, calling on them to continue fighting for the American Ideal, ward off the rising Oligarchy of the “Tech Industrial Complex,” and to stay engaged and “keep
What Are Republicans Doing at Arizona’s and the Nation’s Capitols? Not Helping People
January 15, 2025
The United States Congress went into session on January 3. The Arizona State Legislature did so on January 13. What is the first legislative proposals to come down the pike to help the people in Arizona and across the nation? Not a whole hell of a lot. While measures are debated on the House floor
Democrats Need to Counter the White-Christian- Nationalist-American Taliban Indoctrination Mission of Turning Points U.S.A.
January 15, 2025
One of the reasons Donald Trump and Republicans prevailed over Kamala Harris and Democrats in many pivotal Arizona races and in battleground areas across the country was their emphasis on targeting their disinformation narratives toward uninformed-low information voters across non-conventional social media sites. One of the vehicles for this disinformation narrative is the White-Christian-Nationalist Turning
Toxic Delays: The FDA Shrugs While The Rich Poison Us for Profit
January 15, 2025
Once again, the FDA reminds us why the United States of America, despite being one of the richest nations in the world, can’t manage to protect its own people. Case in point: Red Dye No. 3. Yeah, it was banned from cosmetics in 1990 because it was linked to cancer. But instead of pulling it from
Who will be the Chair of AZ Dems?
January 15, 2025
Democrats of Greater Tucson just presented three candidates for Chair of the Arizona Democratic Party — incumbent Yolanda Bejarano and challengers Robert Branscomb and Cathy Ransom. (A fourth candidate, Dave Braun, did not attend.) This Saturday, January 18, state committee members will vote on who will lead us through the coming nightmare. ►Fast forward to
