Mark Kelly, Not Trump, Delivers the Presidential Response to the Shooter Breaking into the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
April 28, 2026
What Nerve! It did not take long after the horrific attempt by a deranged gunman to attack the White House Correspondence Dinner on April 25, 2026, for Donald Trump and his allies, including his Press Secretary and his wife, to blame the attack on the media and the Left’s factual denunciations of the words and
(UPDATED)Governor Hobbs to Republican Legislative ‘Corporations First Arizona Last’ Budget Proposal: DOA
April 28, 2026
Arizona Legislative Republicans have released their budget proposal, and, in a move signaling the probable restart of negotiations, Governor Katie Hobbs has responded to it. Dead on Arrival. In a statement released by the Governor and her team, Hobbs wrote: “I applaud Republican budget negotiators for releasing their budget proposal to the public. I’m thrilled
“Prior Authorization” Makes Medicare Patients Sicken and Die
April 28, 2026
While America’s largest insurance companies rake in tens of billions in profits, they are simultaneously forcing doctors to beg for permission to treat patients—patients who are often elderly, vulnerable, and running out of time. To make it worse, the federal government actually expanded the use of prior authorization this year. Billions in profits—built on delays
How to Sell the Trad Wife Lifestyle: A Guide for the Alpha Male
April 27, 2026
A satirical look at the fantasy of the “Trad Wife” lifestyle, and what gets left out when unpaid labor is rebranded.
Solutions: Loneliness, Rent, and Roads: The Real Policy Agenda
April 27, 2026
Economic policies have human consequences. It’s time to stop talking about the problem and start working on solutions: turn Vision Into Action. Change is coming, and it will be from the ground up, not from the top down. I find these inequality problems particularly acute in my home state, Arizona. This posting is intended as
Anti-Consumer “Common Sense” Institute Wants to Cut Free Transit and Bury Tucson with Freeways
April 27, 2026
The right-wing “Common Sense Institute of Arizona” has blared its anti-consumer MAGA views by baselessly arguing that Tucson needs more freeways like Phoenix, fewer bike lanes, and no “luxury” free public transit. In the middle of today’s affordability crisis, this MAGA think tank called no-cost public transit a “luxury,” as if city buses are Porsches.
While Arizona Legislative Republicans Procrastinate on Their Budget Proposals, Democrats are Ready to Pass an Affordability Agenda for Arizonans
April 27, 2026
April 21 marked 100 days into the 2026 Arizona Legislative Session. Governor Katie Hobbs has had her budget out since January. Legislative Democrats have been putting forth proposals to make life financially palatable for Arizonans, with the great majority of them meeting the buzz saw of Republican obstructionism. Where is the Republican budget proposal? What
✅More TACO Time in Iran
April 25, 2026
TACO (“Trump Always Chickens Out) has arrived in Iran. ✅ Caving in again, Trump on April 25 called off the travel of envoy Steve Witkoff and nepo baby Jared Kushner to Pakistan for peace talks just before they were set to leave. Iran’s president said Tehran would not re-enter peace negotiations so long as the US
