Rep. PPH Podcast: As Day 100 Approaches, #AZLeg Shifts to Culture War Issues

As the Arizona Legislature approaches the 100-day target for the end of session, the Republican Legislators have shifted their focus to passage of their party’s most extreme bills.

In Season 2, Episode 7, Rep. Pam Powers Hannley’s Legislative updates focus on the Culture War raging in the Legislature — from the 15 week abortion ban and school voucher expansion to homeless encampments and inequitable ambulance services.

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Ironically,  Arizona Republicans routinely pontificate about “parental choice” when it comes to schools and school curricula BUT parental input falls by the wayside when it comes to statewide voucher expansion OR the ultimate parental choice — whether or not to have a baby and when.

Creeping authoritarianism in the Republican Party — fueled by fake news and misinformation in social media — is troubling.

Below are links to my 2022 podcast episodes. You can also subscribe to A View from the Left Side on multiple podcasting services such as iTunes, SpotifyStitcher RadioI Heart Radio and others. The original Legislative update videos on these topics can be found on my YouTube Channel.

 

23,000 Turn Out for Bernie/AOC Fight Oligarchy Rally in Tucson A View from the Left Side

Fight Oligarchy rallies are setting attendance records in swing states and Republican-controlled Congressional districts across the country. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Texas Congressman Greg Casar … and Calexico rocked the house in Tucson on May 22, 2025.Event organizers estimated 3000 for the Tucson rally at Catalina High School. The Midtown neighborhood association warned residents that as many as 7000 people may attend the March 22, 2025 rally. More that 23,000 people filled the football field and bleachers. The beginning of the program was delayed because so many people were still in line, and still streaming in as AOC began to speak. The lines snaked around the neighborhood, and eventually everyone got in. Time Stamps | Power to the People [Music]  | 0:00 | Episode Introduction Segment 1: Change Is Gonna Come  | 1:09 | Four Speeches Included in this Podcast  | 2:35 | AOC & Casar Are Progressive Leaders for the Future  | 3:03 | End Big Money Politics with Nationwide Clean Elections  | 3:52 | Segment 2: Pima County Supervisor Adelita Grijalva  | 4:44 | Segment 3: Texas Congressional Rep. Greg Casar  | 9:04 | Segment 4: NY Congressional Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez  | 19:55 | What Congress Should Be Doing       | 30:14 | When the System Is Stacked Against You …  | 32:23 | Trump Is Selling Our Country for Parts & Kickbacks  | 33:43 | Benefits WE Paid into Are Being Stolen  | 34:32 | Common Sense Isn't Radical  | 36:40:00 | I Believe in These Things Because I was a WAITRESS!'  | 38:21 | AOC Thanks AZ for Electing Grijalva & Getting Rid of Sinema  | 39:20 | AOC Calls Out Schweikert But SoAZ Wants to Oust Ciscomani  | 40:46 | This Fascist Administration Didn't Come Out of Nowhere …  | 41:26 |  'Beyond Elections Our Task Is to Build Community'  |  42:08  | No Act Is Too Small'  | 43:17 | In this House We Stand Together'  | 44:46 | We Can't Go Back'  | 45:29 | Segment 5: Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders  | 46:22 | Sanders Praises AOC & Casar  | 47:21 | Bernie Remembers His Friend Raul  | 51:12 | Bernie Talks Crowd Size  | 52:10 | The American Oligarchy  | 52:45 | The Rich Have Never Had It So Good  | 56:20 | Too Many Are Living Paycheck to Paycheck  | 58:19 | Stand Up! Fight Back!  | 1:01 | Segment 6: Calexcio [Music]  | 1:14 | Closing  | 1:15One correction to AOC's speech … she confused the Tucson audience when she rallied support for booting Maricopa County Rep. David Schweikert out of Congress. YES! Let's get rid of Schweikert, but in Tucson, we want to boot Rep. Juan Ciscomani out of Congress.The full transcript and the video of this podcast can be found at PowersForThePeople on Substack.com.
  1. 23,000 Turn Out for Bernie/AOC Fight Oligarchy Rally in Tucson
  2. Grijalva Speaks Truth to Power … a Retrospective
  3. New Strategies for a New World Order
  4. Buying Power, Fighting Back & Diagnosing Donald
  5. The Storm Before the Calm
  6. Musk's Takeover, Melania's Hat & Our Future
  7. Musings for a Brave New World

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