Remember this clip from the 1992 movie Sneakers starring Robert Redford and Ben Kingsley. The line by Kingsley’s character in this scene, where he said, “There’s a war out there, old friend. A world war, and it’s not about who’s got the most bullets. It’s about who controls the information. What we see and hear. … Read more
In a pair of moves this week, both Arizona’s Governor Katie Hobbs and Attorney General Kris Mayes took steps to make energy in the Grand Canyon state affordable, safer, reliable, and cleaner. Earlier today, Governor Hobbs awarded $15.6 million through the Governor’s Office of Resiliency’s Arizona Grid Resilience Grant Program, towards four grid resiliency projects … Read more
It feels an awful lot like Christmas. While serial liar Donald Trump spoke in Pennsylvania on what he calls the affordability hoax and said that thanks to him, 40,000 Pennsylvanians have been lifted off (kicked off, actually) food stamps and children, while he drapes the Oval Office in gold ornaments, should be able to make … Read more
Kris Mayes is the Attorney General for Arizona. Arizona is on the front lines of a deadly drug crisis. As a border state attorney general, I’m alarmed by the Trump administration’s actions at our southern border. Or perhaps I should say inaction, if reports by The New York Times, Reuters and other outlets are any … Read more
A post on Persuation by Jeff Tyler Syck about the problems with Trump’s MAGA prescription for revitalizing rural American communities caught my interest recently and prompted a post-length comment on his newsletter that I thought would work as the basis for a post here on the Blog. I suggest reading that post before diving into … Read more