Who will be the Chair of AZ Dems?
January 15, 2025
Democrats of Greater Tucson just presented three candidates for Chair of the Arizona Democratic Party — incumbent Yolanda Bejarano and challengers Robert Branscomb and Cathy Ransom. (A fourth candidate, Dave Braun, did not attend.) This Saturday, January 18, state committee members will vote on who will lead us through the coming nightmare. ►Fast forward to
Beware the Corporate Takeover of Democracy
January 14, 2025
With the billionaire owners of giant corporations now taking over media and key government advisory positions, we will be seeing a flood of articles extolling their “wisdom” and condemning government regulators. This is dangerous news for “We the People.” The only purpose of a capitalist corporation is to make money for its owners — not
Meet the ADP Chair Candidates
January 14, 2025
TheDGT.org recently spoke with several of the candidates for Chair of the Arizona Democratic Party. This is likely one of the only chances you’ll get to meet them prior to next weekend’s Party Re-Org Meeting. If you are a State Committee Member with a vote, you’ll want to take a look if you haven’t met
Sundareshan and De Los Santos Pledge To Work with Governor Hobbs
January 13, 2025
Following Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs State of the State Address, Democratic Senate Leader Priya Sundareshan and House Democratic Leader Oscar De Los Santos issued a social media video pledging to support the Governor’s agenda and reaffirmed their commitment, expressed in a joint interview with Blog for Arizona, to fight to improve the lives of Arizonan
Governor Hobbs Asks Arizona Legislators to Work With Her to Fulfill Arizona’s Promise
January 13, 2025
The constant theme in Governor Katie Hobbs’s third State of the State Address before a joint session of the Arizona State Legislature was the need to work together to fulfill Arizona’s Promise. Whether invoking the legacies of Arizona political stalwarts like Sandra Day O’Connor, Bruce Babbit, Raul Castro, Barry Goldwater, and John McCain or saluting
Arizona CD3’s New Representative, Yassamin Ansari, Describes Her First Week in Congress
January 11, 2025
Arizona Congressional District Three House Representative Yassamin Ansari has come to Washington D.C., and it has been a nonstop rollercoaster Between fully assembling her legislative staff, getting the computers up and running in her congressional office, getting acclimated to the Washington scene, making her first-floor speech on the House floor condemning the inclusion of anti-immigrant
Honestly, Judge Merchan Wimped Out
January 11, 2025
Donald Trump made history again for all the wrong reasons yesterday. Appearing virtually in a New York Courtroom, he received his sentence for the 34 convictions he received last spring for the business fraud committed when he sent hush money to Stormy Daniels while he was a Presidential Candidate in 2016. Mr. Trump will be
Watch new AZPM documentary “Death Behind Bars” about Pima County Jail
January 11, 2025
A documentary aired last night on AZPM, in partnership with AZ Luminaria and their reporter John Washington, who has been reporting on the Pima County Jail for 3 years. Apparently since 2018, 58 inmate lives have been lost in the Pima County Jail in Tucson, Arizona. From AZ Luminaria (online): https://azluminaria.org/2025/01/10/watch-death-behind-bars-a-documentary-by-azpm-and-az-luminaria/ “A new investigative documentary
