It Appears Speaker Mike Johnson Has Never Heard of the Separation of Powers
Our long national nightmare is returning. This week has shown yet again that the Republican Party, after 40 years in the making with increasing levels of subservience to a series of “Dear Leader” Presidents (Reagan, Bush II, and Trump,) has morphed into an authoritarian-plutocratic-white nationalists-alternative reality based-neo fascist political entity. In 2025, fealty to Donald … Read more
Gallego and Kelly Will Regret Supporting the ‘Detain Petty Thieves Forever Bill’ (aka ‘Laken Reilly’)
It seems that many elected Democrats, including some of Arizona’s own, have been cowed into supporting a very bad bill. In brief, the ‘Detain Petty Thieves Forever Bill’ (aka the Laken Reilly Act… you can always count on MAGA to horribly and cynically exploit a family’s tragedy for political purposes, can’t you?) not only mandates … Read more
Hobbs Funds Border Security and Mayes Helps Dreamers
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs and Attorney General Kris Mayes both tackled the issue of immigration yesterday (January 15, 2025.) The Governor, according to an office press release, “announced $17.2 million in funding from the SAFE (Stopping Arizona’s Fentanyl Epidemic) initiative to support local law enforcement’s border security work, drug interdiction efforts, and combatting human trafficking.” … Read more
Increasing Access to Child Care, KidsCare, and Quality Foster Care Are the Legislative Goals for the Arizona Children’s Action Alliance in 2025
Hoping to build on the legislative successes of 2024 that included increases in funding for affordable child care, expanded KidsCare through AHCCCS, and continuing vital reforms in child foster care, Arizona Children’s Action Alliance (CAA) is looking to the members of the State Legislature to enact several of their recommendations in 2025. They include: CAA … Read more
In His Farewell Address, President Biden Calls on the People to “Keep the Flame and Faith” While Fighting the Coming “Oligarchy of the Tech Industrial Complex”
In his last Oval Office Address as President of the United States, Joe Biden delivered his farewell address, thanking the American People for entrusting him with the American Presidency, calling on them to continue fighting for the American Ideal, ward off the rising Oligarchy of the “Tech Industrial Complex,” and to stay engaged and “keep … Read more
What Are Republicans Doing at Arizona’s and the Nation’s Capitols? Not Helping People
The United States Congress went into session on January 3. The Arizona State Legislature did so on January 13. What is the first legislative proposals to come down the pike to help the people in Arizona and across the nation? Not a whole hell of a lot. While measures are debated on the House floor … Read more
Democrats Need to Counter the White-Christian- Nationalist-American Taliban Indoctrination Mission of Turning Points U.S.A.
One of the reasons Donald Trump and Republicans prevailed over Kamala Harris and Democrats in many pivotal Arizona races and in battleground areas across the country was their emphasis on targeting their disinformation narratives toward uninformed-low information voters across non-conventional social media sites. One of the vehicles for this disinformation narrative is the White-Christian-Nationalist Turning … Read more
Toxic Delays: The FDA Shrugs While The Rich Poison Us for Profit
Once again, the FDA reminds us why the United States of America, despite being one of the richest nations in the world, can’t manage to protect its own people. Case in point: Red Dye No. 3. Yeah, it was banned from cosmetics in 1990 because it was linked to cancer. But instead of pulling it from … Read more
