Reaction to Reports That ICE is Bolstering Operations in Phoenix
The Bulwark and the Blog for Arizona’s Larry Bodine have reported that the Trump regime is planning on bolstering their Gestapo-ICE forces and detention facilities in the Phoenix area. The report, if true, has already generated bipartisan backlash to the planned proposal, which is invoking memories of SB1070 and the repressive tactics of former Maricopa … Read more
AZ Attorney General Mayes Challenges The AZ Corp Comm Approval of Project Blue’s Rate Case
Attorney General Kris Mayes (formerly an Arizona Corporation Commissioner [AZCC] herself) today requested a rehearing of the rate case for the electricity for the ‘Project Blue’ data center development in Pima County. The AG’s Request (which interestingly lists former Congressional Candidate and environmental law professor Kirsten Engel as of counsel) lays out a compelling case … Read more
Mark Kelly and Arizona Congressional Democrats React to Pete Hegseth Moving to Censure the Senior Arizona Senator for Telling the Truth
Today, Defense Secretary Pete ‘Signal Gate’ Hegseth posted on social media that he is formally proceeding with censuring Arizona Senator Mark Kelly for his participation in the video with other Democratic Congressmen who had served as veterans, which warned active duty military personnel not to obey illegal orders. If the censure goes through, Senator Kelly … Read more
Which Country Will Trump Invade Next?
Now that Trump has completed his transmogrification into TrumPutin, the Unlawful States of America can stage a coup d’état in any nation in the world, provided that four conditions are met. Also, just ignore the U.S. senators who object. “There is no justification for the United States to be at war with Venezuela,” Senator Ruben … Read more
AZ House Dem Leaders Reveal What’s Ahead in the 2026 Session
Join us for insight from Arizona Democrats’ Legislative Leadership going into the 2026 Arizona State Legislative session, presented by Democrats of Greater Tucson on Monday, January 5 at 6pm via Zoom. We’ll be joined by Minority Leader Oscar De Los Santos and Assistant Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Gutierrez of the Arizona House for this briefing. Please … Read more
Buckmaster radio show now only weekly on Fridays
Bill Buckmaster, radio talk show host has semi-retired after 15 years on the radio, from his daily show on KVOI 1030 AM to a weekly Friday only show. His last daily show was on Dec. 30, 2025 and three reporters from the Tucson Sentinel and Green Valley News & Sahuarita Sun joined him: Many of … Read more
(UPDATED)Arizona Congressional Democratic Reaction to Trump’s Latest Folly: A Back to Manifest Destiny-Gunboat Diplomacy Bombing of Venezuela
Everything about Donald Trump and MAGA is turning back the clock to periods in this nation’s history from the 1890s to the 1920s, when the plutocrats, in a Gilded Age mentality, reigned supreme without worry of the social safety net, white ethnocentrism/racism was permissible in most parts of the country, and nativism-anti immigration was acceptable … Read more
Trump Sending ICE Goons to Phoenix for an Immigration “Hub of Removal” Complete with Private Tent Prisons
Trump is turning metro Phoenix into the Southwest’s next immigration “hub of removal,” with a dramatic escalation of ICE operations, expanding arrests, raids, and even a Tent City prison. The Supreme Court ruled against sending the National Guard into Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York. So ICE is pivoting to Phoenix—a city with a Democratic mayor, a … Read more
