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Competitiveness and the VRA
May 12, 2026
[Note: this article was co-written with retired attorney Jay Simpson.] Redistricting is in the news. While it can be an obscure topic, mostly of interest to a modest number of nerds (us included), it has become national news every day. More people now see how it can fundamentally affect our democracy. As established in the
Donald, Pete, and Juan’s War Breaks Your Bank
May 11, 2026
Pete Hegseth and Juan Ciscomani are buddies. But GasBuddy is not their buddy. We were going to write about Affordability, the mid-term election topic important to voters. But it turns out, one can’t write about Affordability without first addressing the Iran War. We call it Donald, Pete, and Juan’s War because Donald Trump mindlessly
4 Benefits Voters Get with Nick Mansour as Arizona Treasurer
May 10, 2026
Nick Mansour, a successful businessman and former college president, will bring four benefits to the neglected office of Arizona Treasurer: “We’ll make Arizona the best place to live, work and raise a family,” Mansour told Democratic activists in Legislative District 18. Mansour launches education-first campaign Mansour, 50, said his top priority as Treasurer is improving
Despite the Court Setbacks, Democrats Need to Persevere and Fight
May 10, 2026
The decisions from the United States Supreme Court to essentially gut the Voting Rights Act and the Virginia Supreme Court to nullify a Democratic-held election where voters approved the redrawing of their congressional districts are setbacks and have allowed Republican states in the South to engineer a racist power grab by wiping out districts held
Ciscomani Has His Back to the Wall in the “Battleground” Sixth District
May 9, 2026
Most of the election polling we see these days is done on the national level. Despite his fervent efforts to appear great and strong, Americans give Donald J. Trump abysmal ratings for his Presidential job performance, and they are steadily sinking to new depths. The polling site FiftyPlusOne, which combines many polls, has Trump’s average
JoAnna Mendoza Held a Town Hall, and We Wish You Were There
May 7, 2026
April 28th was a busy day for JoAnna Mendoza, the Democratic candidate for Congress in Arizona Congressional District 06. From the roundtable discussion with medical professionals in the Murphy-Wilmot Library, she traveled to Vail for a town hall with veterans of our armed forces. Jo Mendoza answered tough questions from the moderator, such as: She
Arizona Legislative Republicans Came, Saw, and Ran Like Hell After Passing Their “Corporations First, Arizonans Last” Budget
May 5, 2026
For months, politically minded Arizonans have waited for State Legislative Republicans to put forth their budget proposal. Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs has had hers out since January, and she had to resort to a bill-signing moratorium to pressure the state MAGA bunch to put forth their budget. Last week, Legislative Republicans finally publicly broadcast their
While Children Go Hungry Thanks to Their Budget Cuts, Republicans want Taxpayers to Pay for The White House Ballroom
May 5, 2026
The White House Ballroom was supposed to be funded by private donations. Below is a video montage of all the times Donald Trump said so. Chalk up another in the pile of thousands of lies from the Liar in Chief, along with “Mexico will pay for the wall,” “I’ll have a health care plan out
