Phoenix town hall with Congressmembers Ansari & Grijalva and others

by Carolyn Classen, blogger “Phoenix, we’re coming together for a conversation that matters. Join us to hear directly from special guest Members of Congress fighting for working families and learn how Republican policies are impacting Arizonans: from rising costs to rollbacks on climate protections and challenges to the rule of law. We’ll also discuss attacks … 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

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

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