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UPDATED: Rep. Leeza Sun RESIGNS
January 31, 2024
UPDATE: Leeza Sun resigned today rather than be expelled. The writing on the wall was clear even to her and she decided to leave with some dignity intact. Good choice. So the scramble is on to find a replacement for Leeza Sun. She has been found to have violated ethics rules by engaging in disorderly
MAGA GOP’s Utter Failure to Take Our National Security Strategy Seriously
January 30, 2024
One of the most remarkable – and lamentable – features of the MAGA movement is its utter lack of serious thought about American national security and grand strategy. In essence, the most important issues of America’s strategic security have been reduced to whether Donald Trump sees personal and/or domestic political advantage in any particular aspect
Republicans Roundly Boo Kari Lake Following Scandal
January 30, 2024
Arizona Republicans let Kari Lake have it last weekend as they hurled boos and jeers her way at a state GOP meeting following a scandal involving her and the now-former head of the state’s party. The brutal reaction arrived following the resignation of Arizona GOP chairman Jeff DeWit after Lake’s surreptitiously recorded audio showed him pressing Lake, a Trump-endorsed election denier running
Arizona Democratic Candidates in Competitive Districts Are Raking in the Campaign Bucks
January 30, 2024
In a sign that Democratic candidates and the issues they support are carrying weight with voters this year, Democratic legislators in competitive battleground districts are doing very well in campaign donations. LD2 Representative Judy Schwiebert’s campaign hauled in $81,000 for her State Senate run. 97 percent of those donations came from Arizona residents. LD4 State
The Strongest Democratic Party We Have Ever Seen
January 29, 2024
“Democrats keep overperforming in elections. Republicans keep underperforming and struggling. We even saw this in Iowa. Despite Trump’s victory, turnout there was abysmal,” says political strategist Simon Rosenberg. “Only 7 percent of all registered Republicans voted for Donald Trump in Iowa. It’s a terrible number. And so, when Democrats actually go vote, we just keep
Rare Beast Sighted at Arizona Legislature: Actual Legislation Everyone Can Support!
January 28, 2024
As rare of hen’s teeth and as powerful as Bigfoot on a bender, we have sighted that rarest of legislative species under GOP control: good legislation that simply makes reasonable public policy! SB1037, sponsored by Senator Shope, does something simple that helps people, saves the state money, and simply makes sense: it extends AHCCCS coverage
Washed Ashore – recycled “art to save the sea” exhibit at Tucson Botanical Gardens
January 28, 2024
A new travelling exhibit showcasing large sculptures/”art to save the sea” made from marine debris and other plastics opened at the Tucson Botanical Gardens on Jan. 26. My husband and I attended the opening art talk by Brad Parks, the Conservation Education Director from Washed Ashore, an Oregon based group whose mission is: “To build
Like Truman in 1948, President Biden Needs to Campaign Against the Do Nothing Trump MAGA Republicans if They Abandon Immigration Reform
January 28, 2024
There is no shortage of Trump-Maga Republican Hypocrisy or Chutzphah. After spending three years whining, hyping, and demagoguing the increase in migrants coming legally and illegally to the United States, they want to abandon the most conservative immigration reform legislation (with bipartisan and Biden/Harris Administration support) since perhaps the anti-immigrant hysteria era following the first
