Democrats React to Livingston’s Hypocritical and “Sexist” Tirade on the House Floor Following Hobbs Moratorium on Bill Signings
Talk about sour grapes, hypocrisy, and sexist double standards. That’s what Arizonans got yesterday (April 17, 2025) when House Appropriations Chair David Livingston, the MAGA Republican who said it was necessary to cut programs to feed needy children and stacked the committee deck just two days ago to thwart a bipartisan compromise on a supplemental … Read more
“In Solidarity:” Governor Hobbs and Legislative Democrats Band Together Against MAGA Republican Hostage Taking of Disabled Children Funding Assistance
In a show of unity and solidarity today, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs threw down the legislative gauntlet on MAGA Republicans today who have mercilessly held supplemental funding to help children with disabilities hostage since last January. In a statement released earlier today, Governor Hobbs announced a moratorium on signing any future legislation, which would undoubtedly … Read more
Representative Yassamin Ansari Calls Out Trump’s Fascist Behavior and Announces Plan to Go to El Salvador to Visit Kilmar Abrego Garcia
“Facts still matter in this country.” “This is a constitutional crisis.” “My constituents (have) growing fears about Fascism.” “If this can happen to Kilmar Garcia, it can happen to anyone here in the United States.” “You know, if as members of Congress of the United States during a moment, when the President of this country … Read more
Governor Katie Hobbs Touts Her Plans for Helping Arizonans Get Affordable Child Care on ABC and Fox
Like the Democrats in the Arizona State Legislature, Governor Katie Hobbs has been championing legislative and budget proposals to make life affordable, prosperous, and comfortable for the Grand Canyon State’s Lower and Middle Classes. One idea that she promoted in interviews to both ABC and Fox News is her Bright Futures AZ Plan, a vision … Read more
“Shady” Republicans Stack the Deck at the State House Appropriations Committee to Stop Help for Disabled Children
In a move that Arizona House Democratic Leader Oscar De Santos called “Shady” on social media, MAGA Republican Leadership at the State Legislature, when they realized there was bipartisan support for an amendment offered by Representative Julie Willoughby to a legislative proposal to provide supplemental funding assistance to children with disabilities, decided to stack the … Read more
BlogForArizona: Your Resistance Headquarters
We here at BlogForArizona are deeply concerned about the emerging Trump Dictatorship, just like so many of you. We have been and will continue covering closely the ongoing Coup by this Admin against the other branches of our government at the Federal and State level, our public institutions, and civil society. We will endeavor to … Read more
Bravo to Kyrene School District For Standing Up to Tom Horne and MAGA Anti D.E.I. Policies
When there is one side that is for promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (D.E.I.) and another one does not, you can be pretty sure that the group that favors D.E.I. is on the right side of history. Such is the case of the Kyrene Elementary School District in the Tempe/Chandler/Ahwatukee area of Maricopa County’s East … Read more
