Random Musings

Yes, he was part of the January 6th insurrection, and yes, he thoroughly hates  (see the proposals he has sponsored and cosponsored) citize...

It has been said that state legislatures are the labs of democracy; Jon Stewart famously described the Arizona Legislature as the " met...

Fillmore may be something of a backbencher in the Arizona Legislature, but he also has checked most boxes on the R hate list; the breadth o...

He's been heavily involved with efforts to overturn the 2020 election and install Cheeto against the will of the voters of the US, as A...

The ride through hell starts tomorrow, when the Arizona Legislature re-enters session, crafting and passing bills to work against the intere...

Former House Speaker JD Mesnard is in the state senate now, and while he may have switched chambers, he's still bad news.  He may not w...

 Of course, with Judy " Birther " Burges, her inner conspiracy theorist isn't exactly "inner." Not hardly. She hasn...

Senator Townsend is already a full-on trumpkin (displaying the lack of sanity that goes with it) but she's definitely looking to enhan...

I don't expect him to win the award with this much competition, but anyone as pro-Covid as him merits a mention. He's running for C...

In most other states, he would have already locked up the award, but in Arizona? He is a dark horse; hardly out of contention, but he's...

State Sen. Wendy Rogers  has proposed a lot of bills that make her eligible for the award.  She's been busy.  To be fair, I thought she...

 Arizona's hospitals have reached their capacity due to Covid hospitalizations and the state is asking for federal help to deal with i...

 It's time to bring the award back, and while previous winner John Kavanagh is the early favorite to win it again, I expect that there w...

...at least for two years... Not because of recent calls for a civil discourse that is more "civil" but because there are too ma...

Never let it be said that I don't criticize legislative measures offered by Democrats when I think that they are as bad as anything an R...

That title sounds counter-intuitive, as State Sen. Jack Harper (R-LD4) is well known to be an ardently pro-family* whackaloon. * As long as ...

...for the most coveted annual award in blogdom, the Random Musings Legislative Loon Award... Perhaps the challenge of upstart Legislative ...

It's early (since the 2010 session hasn't actually started yet), but Rep. Judy Burges is making a spirited declaration of her candid...

It's been tough finding a "winner" of this year's Legislative Loon Award. The problem hasn't been a dearth of candidat...