Reminder to give on Arizona Gives Day
April 1, 2019
Tomorrow April 2 is Arizona Gives Day, for people across the world to donate to Arizona non-profits. In 2018, $3.2 million was raised. “Since 2013, Arizona Gives Day has helped organizations raised more than $13.4 million to benefit Arizona and the communities we all live, work and play. We want to continue building upon this … Read more
The imperial president threatens to close the U.S.-Mexico border
April 1, 2019
Jonathan Swan warns at Axios, “President Trump and his chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, have realized they’re passing no major legislation through this divided Congress.” Trump goes it alone: [T]he Trump team is busy figuring out ways to go over the heads of Congress. The one exception is drug pricing.) What to expect: More executive orders, … Read more
How to Get Active in Local Democratic Politics
March 31, 2019
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Click the arrow to play the recording (11 minutes). KVOI Radio broadcaster John C. Scott was distraught about Trump’s crazy remarks at a recent rally in Michigan. He invited me on his show to talk about what a person could do in the face of this preposterous bloviating, the bombastic bluster and the fact-free harangue. … Read more
Political Calendar: Week of March 31, 2019
March 31, 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
The QAnon conspiracy theory followers of the personality cult of Donald Trump
March 30, 2019
Supporters of the QAnon conspiracy theory — the cult followers of the personality cult of Donald Trump — were out in force at President Donald Trump’s unhinged campaign rally in Michigan on Thursday, where the demagogue-in-chief hailed victory over a “deep state” of officials he claims is out to topple him from power. QAnon conspiracy … Read more
Trump Constitutional Crisis: Day 7
March 30, 2019
As I said in my last post, I don’t believe that AG Barr intends to turn over the Mueller Report, at least not without heavy redaction that will obfuscate Mueller’s findings, or a long delay that will allow the Administration time to try to discredit the Report. It is now 7 days since AG Barr … Read more
Multiple Bills Look at Housing, Homelessness (video)
March 30, 2019
Homelessness, transitional housing, low-income housing and affordable housing are obviously big problems in the state of Arizona. Currently, the Arizona House is considering a mixed bag of bills that tackle different parts of the housing problem. Today’s video focuses on SB1471 which provides a creative funding mechanism to put up to $10 million per year in the … Read more
