Ahead of President Biden’s Speech at Valley Forge, His Reelection Campaign Launches the Ad “Cause”
January 4, 2024
With President Biden due to deliver a major address at Valley Forge on the anniversary of the Trump-inspired Domestic Terrorist Attack at the Nation’s Capitol on January 6, 2021, his reelection campaign team has released an ad called “Cause” in the battleground states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. The ad
Let’s play “Your Republic is in Jeopardy!”
January 3, 2024
Crossposted with permission from David’s Substack “Arizona’s Progressive Voice” to which you ought to subscribe! “Hello and welcome to this edition of ‘Your Republic is in Jeopardy’, the game show to watch in 2024. I’m your host Wink Washington. Let’s meet the three contestants who’ll be playing with us today.” “First, the former Governor of
On January 6 Anniversary, Biden to Deliver Address at Valley Forge on the Dangers Posed by Trump and MAGA Republicans to Democracy and Freedom
January 3, 2024
With Biden/Harris Campaign Manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez saying that “we are running a campaign like the fate of Democracy depended on it,” the leaders of the Biden/Harris Presidential Reelection Campaign held a press call yesterday (January 2, 2024) to outline some of the immediate steps President Joe Biden, Vice President KamalaHarris, and other members of
AZ Senate is Suing Governor Hobbs so Senate Criminal Jake Hoffman Can Continue Not Doing His Dumb Job
January 3, 2024
Most people will be aware that it is a common separation of power feature in our three branched governmental system at both the federal and state level that the Executive Branch appoints leaders to the Executive Branch’s departments and/or agencies, and frequently those appointees must then be confirmed by the Legislative Branch – most often
Governor Hobbs Unveils ESA Accountability and Transparency Plan
January 2, 2024
And we are off. Welcome to 2024. The ESA wars in Arizona have begun. In possibly a preview of comments that will be in her upcoming State of the State Address on Monday, January 8, 2023, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs threw the first salvo in what is likely going to be a long dragged-out fight
On the Future of the Regional Transportation Authority for Pima County, I Gotta Say, “See What Tim Stellar Said…”
January 2, 2024
Tim Stellar wrote the other day about the coming issue of reauthorization of the Regional Transportation Authority for the next 20 years (the current RTA authorization of a 1/2 cent sales tax will expire in 2026). Paring his criticism down to the bone, he concludes that Tucson could get an additional ~$500m in additional project
The Four Issues for 2024: The Economy, Law and Order, Freedom, and A Vision for Tomorrow: All Issues Republicans Are Failing On
January 2, 2024
Happy New Year Blog for Arizona Readers. It is an even year so that means there will be major national, statewide, and local races across the country. The major headline of course will be the probable 2020 Presidential rematch between Joe ‘I Saved the Country’ Biden and Donald ‘I Killed Roe v Wade’ Trump. In
UPDATED: Rejecting the Politics of the Pitchfork: Why We Must Support Banning Trump and His Confederates from Every Ballot.
January 1, 2024
UPDATED 1/6/23: I read this opinion article by Jamelle Bouie at the New York Times and found it a very useful amendment to my thinking in this post. I will quote from it at length with highlights and commentary at the bottom of this post. Dr. Tim Snyder is one of my favorite historians. He
