Arizona Democratic Candidates Support Protecting the Grand Canyon and Staying in the Paris Climate Agreement.
November 11, 2019
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Once upon a time, Republicans were leaders in Environmental Protection. It was Republican Presidents (Grant and Harrison) that started designating lands as national forests and parks that fellow Republican President Theodore Roosevelt expanded and codified into law. It was a Republican President (Nixon) that signed the law that created the Environmental Protection Agency, the Clean … Read more
Trump’s ‘deplorables’ targeted someone who is not the whistleblower
November 10, 2019
I’ve told you earlier about how Donald Trump, Jr. and his fellow “deplorables” in Congress and the conservative media have turned to an online campaign in quest to unmask the Ukraine whistleblower: Tweets on Wednesday by Donald Trump Jr. capped more than a month of efforts by President Trump’s allies to surface the supposed name … Read more
Political Calendar: Week of November 10, 2019
November 10, 2019
The Political Calendar is posted on Sundays. Please send us notice of your political events prior to the Sunday before your event 7 days would be most helpful). See the calendar icon in the right-hand column of the blog page for easy access to the calendar. Send notices of your events to blogforarizona@gmail.com. Note: For … Read more
Americans must choose between a future of authoritarian Trumpism or preserving democracy
November 9, 2019
An election is “only fair if we won” is the mantra of the Party of Trump. Remember the close elections we had here in Arizona in 2018 in which Democrats won statewide seats, including a Senate seat, for the first time in years? President Trump and Republicans in Arizona and nationally stoked claims of deliberate … Read more
‘Our nation turns its lonely eyes’ to … a billionaire-savior? No thanks
November 8, 2019
Margaret Sullivan, the media columnist for The Washington Post, formerly the public editor of The New York Times, wrote a piece back in March of 2018 which is newly relevant today (excerpts): “The idea that we can be saved through billionaire whims is truly incredible,” says the author, Anand Giridharadas, former New York Times foreign correspondent, … Read more
Lindsey Graham is a Permanent Resident of the Trump Zone.
November 8, 2019
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Senator Lindsey Graham, eager to not get primaried in South Carolina in next year’s elections, was seduced into the Trump Zone. As the recent impeachment inquiry into the Ukraine matter has demonstrated, the Senate Judiciary Chairman (scary thing to fathom) who once eagerly supported the impeachment of President Bill Clinton for far less, has become … Read more
Is Martha McSally Serving the People of Arizona?
November 8, 2019
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If Senator McSally and her supporters were residents of an alternative reality, one can understand why they felt she was fully serving the interests of the people. However, for most people living in this reality, she, and her Grand Canyon State Republican colleagues in the House of Representatives, clearly have not worked for Arizonans on … Read more
