Get Your Tickets to Democrats of Greater Tucson St. Patrick’s Day Party! Selling Out Fast!
Join Democrats of Greater Tucson for a delightful afternoon of classic Irish cheer (including an OPEN BAR!), Irish cuisine and live music, and the good company of fellow Democrats. We put the FUN in fundraising and the PARTY in the Democratic Party. You’re personally invited to our party for corned beef, cold drinks and candidates. … Read more
Representative Yassamin Ansari Reacts to the Death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
The nation’s lone Iranian American Representative in Congress, Arizona’s Yassamin Ansari, had a measured and well-thought-out response following the announcement of the death of Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei following United States and Israelis airstrikes today. Posting on social media, Representative Ansari wrote: “Khamenei was the epitome of evil. For decades, he oversaw the torture, imprisonment, … Read more
SOSAZNetwork.org Launches Initiative Petition to Rein In ESA Vouchers
I sat in for a presentation from SOSAZ for SecularAZ.org on the proposed citizen’s Initiative Petition effort (protectedaz.com) to limit the ESA Universal Voucher program here in AZ. I thought it an excellent discussion that addressed many questions about the planned ballot proposition. The proposed language (PDF Link) is pending legislative council legal review. SOSAZ … Read more
Arizona Congressional Democratic Reaction to Trump’s Latest Misadventure into Iran
Arizona’s Congressional Democrats, among the people’s representatives Donald Trump would need support from for a war against Iran, registered their strong disapproval toward the American Duce wannabe’s unilateral military action without any discernible justifiable cause. Representative Yassamin Ansari, Congress’s first Iranian-American Congresswoman, who wants the current Iranian regime to fall and give way to a … Read more
Arizona Legislative Republicans Launch Vindictive Vendetta on Teachers Unions Through HCR 2040
Rather than work with Democrats to reform the waste, fraud, and abuse in their billion-dollar welfare/scam for the rich and crooked Empowerment Scholarship Account Private School Voucher program, Arizona Legislative Republicans, in wanting to combat teacher protests and walkouts like what happened in the Red for Ed Movement, have launched a vindictive vendetta against public … Read more
Here We Go Again: United States and Israel Bomb Iran With No Clear Immediate Justification and No Apparent Plan
This is what happens when people who are not well-versed in history elect right-wing authoritarian-messianic types who promise greater public safety, less taxes, and lower prices, and all they deliver are economic mayhem, division, persecution, and international chaos. Early this morning, United States and Israeli forces, in an operation called Epic Fury, bombed Iran under … Read more
Dr. Terry Ruiz Vows to Stop School Voucher Auto-Approvals, saying “Day One, It Ends”
Dr. Terry Ruiz, a Democratic Candidate for Arizona State Superintendent, promised to halt the automatic approval of destructive ESA school vouchers on day one. Speaking to LD18 Democrats, the 35‑year educator and former Glendale Community College president blasted Superintendent Tom Horne for refusing to rein in out‑of‑control voucher spending. She pledged to immediately stop the … Read more
Representative Yassamin Ansari Calls Deposition of 2016 Presidential Popular Vote Winner Hillary Clinton “An Incredibly Unserious Clown Show”
It is deja vu back to the 1990’s when Republicans’ favorite political pastime was to fabricate fake scandals after fake scandals about Hillary and Bill Clinton. In another sad day in the MAGA-Trumpists pursuit of retribution against their political enemies, House Republican Oversight Trump Lackeys convened a closed-door deposition of former First Lady, Secretary of … Read more
New Mail-in Ballot Design Has Voters Concerned About Privacy
I am concerned with the single-envelope mail-in ballot recently adopted by Pima County Recorder, Gabriella Cazares-Kelly. This design, which puts a voter’s name, address, phone number and signature all in plain view in one location on the outside of the return envelope, is a dangerous violation of voters’ privacy. It made me think: what do … Read more
