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With More Trump Rallies like last Saturday’s, Democrats can Win Big in 2022

July 27, 2021July 27, 2021 by David Gordon

The Phoenix Bund Rally headlined by megaloser Donald Trump in Phoenix was a bizarre spectacle that can only help Democrats win elections. At the July 24, 2021 loserpalooza, there was Turning Points Founder Charlie Beam me to the Alternative  Zone Kirk who repeatedly touted the Big Lie of the 2020 elections, ridiculed the late John … Read more

More Republican Tax Cuts for Arizona’s Wealthy at the Expense of Democracy and Public Schools

July 5, 2021June 27, 2021 by David Gordon

It is bad enough that Republicans in the Arizona State Legislature told pregnant women and poor children to p–s off when it came time to fund expansions to the state-run health care and KidsCare Programs. Even Laurie Roberts, in her June 25, 2021 column for AZ Central noted, the KidsCare expansion provision would have only … Read more

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Invest in Ed Coalition Considering Going to the People to Repeal the Flat Tax if it Passes the State Legislature

May 26, 2021 by David Gordon

Poor J.D. Mesnard. The former Arizona State House Speaker and current Senator from Legislative District 17  was clearly the odd man out on a four-man panel gathered by Luige Del Puerto of the Arizona Capitol Times to discuss the Republican proposed budget that includes a 2.5 percent flat tax. The other panelists were: House Democratic … Read more

“Not Again:” Stand for Children Releases Ad Decrying Republican Attempts to Defund Invest in Ed

April 5, 2021 by David Gordon

Starting with the words “Not Again,” the pro-public school organization Stand for Children released an ad late last week decrying the Republican attempts to pass Senate Bill (SB) 1783, the JD Mesnard bill that, despite what fringe lawmakers like Shawna Bolick would not like to say publicly, would seriously undermine the funding for Invest in … Read more

If it Furthers Voting Rights and Democracy, Anti American Republicans in Arizona and Across the Country are Against It

March 9, 2021 by David Gordon

If people read the local or national newspapers or online cable news networks the last few days, one trend should be apparent with regards to voting rights and promoting Democracy. Most Anti-American members of the former Party of Lincoln are against it. Whether it is in states like Georgia or Iowa or Florida or Arizona, … Read more

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