(UPDATED) A Conversation with Congressional Six Democratic Candidate Anita Malik
June 18, 2019
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Anita Malik wants to finish the job she started in 2018. Facing a campaign funding disadvantage and family medical emergency, Ms. Malik defeated two primary opponents and erased 14 points off incumbent Congressional District Six Representative David Schweikert’s 2016 electoral margin in the 2018 elections. Ms. Malik wants to pick up where her 2018 campaign … Read more
National security risk Donald Trump ‘kept in the dark’ about U.S.-Russia cyber warfare
June 17, 2019
The New York Times ran a front page scoop in its Sunday paper that was clearly with the approval of the U.S. intelligence community which wanted to send a public message to Russia. U.S. Escalates Online Attacks on Russia’s Power Grid: The United States is stepping up digital incursions into Russia’s electric power grid in … Read more
What Is the Path Forward? Mayor & Council Candidate Forum Focuses on Housing & Gentrification
June 17, 2019
Where do the mayoral candidates stand on affordable housing, low-income housing, and homelessness? I think that’s a great question, and I hope to find the answers at the upcoming Mayor and Ward 1 City Council Candidate Forum on Saturday, June 22. The event will be held at El Rio Center, from 12 noon – 2:30 … Read more
Wag The Dog: miscalculation and manipulation towards war with Iran
June 17, 2019
The Washington Post has an editorial today about Deepfake videos are dangerous — and they target a huge weakness. The Post is talking about political attack ads, but the same could be said of heavily edited military videos that purport to show evidence of a hostile state actor attacking U.S. interests in support of going … Read more
SCOTUS Watch: 4 opinions that make for strange bedfellows today
June 17, 2019
For the media villagers who assume that they can predict conservative v. liberal 5-4 votes on the Supreme Court, today was one of those days that proves you wrong. There were some splits today that made for some strange bedfellows following that preconceived formula. The first opinion is a 5-4 decision that at first blush … Read more
(UPDATED) Congressional District Five-Candidate Joan Greene: “I Will Fight For A Better Tomorrow”
June 17, 2019
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It was a lovely Monday morning at Harlow’s Café in Tempe, Arizona as 2018 Democratic Congressional District Five Nominee Joan Greene met with me and discussed her new run for that same seat in 2020. Congressional District Five is located in the East Valley of Maricopa County and includes all or parts of Mesa, Gilbert, … Read more
El Dia de San Juan Fiesta in Tucson
June 17, 2019
June 24th 22nd Annual El Día de San Juan Fiesta, 6 to 10 p.m. “The event will start with the launching of the Santa Cruz River Heritage Project in Barrio Santa Cruz at 4:30 located at … Read more
Kathy Hoffman discusses her first Six Months as Arizona’s Superintendent of Public instruction
June 17, 2019
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Kathy Hoffman is in her sixth month as Arizona’s Superintendent of Public Instruction. In that time, she has demonstrated strong leadership towards improving Arizona’s public schools by endeavoring to make them safer, addressing the teacher shortage that plagues the state, championing increased funding for education, advocating for greater accountability, transparency, and oversight in all schools … Read more
