Sunday, June 15, 2025

Former legislator Eric Descheenie forms a committee to challenge Eli Crane for a seat in Congress

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Guessing that he may run on a "not a bigot" platform. Crane can't . On 5/30, Descheenie filed with the FEC for a Democratic ru...

Arizona: Far more pro-choice than anti-choice

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From Pew Research Center - Americans’ views on abortion differ by state Nearly three years have passed since a  2022 Supreme Court decision...
Saturday, June 14, 2025

Gotta love it when extremist Rs eat other Rs

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Maybe the new GOP symbol should be from Medium  (note: I don't agree with the author's "both sides" premise. but I like th...
Friday, June 13, 2025

Legislative schedule - week starting 6/15/2025

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There's only one committee meeting on the schedule at this point, but the budget bills have dropped.  Things could be added to the sched...
Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Legislative schedule - week starting 6/8/2025 UPDATE

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Well, the budget logjam seems to have been broken, though the original Senate and House versions of the budget may have some differences. Fi...
Sunday, June 08, 2025

If MAGA ideology can't win elections, simply bypass elections

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Anyway, according to MAGA types, elections that they don't win are rigged. From Arizona Agenda , written by Nicole Ludden and Hank Steph...
Friday, June 06, 2025

Legislative schedule - week starting 6/8/2025

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Not much is on the lege's schedule as yet, though the budget could drop at any time. Schedules can, and frequently do, change at any mom...
Wednesday, June 04, 2025

Legislative schedule - week starting 6/1/2025 UPDATE

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Tomorrow, 6/5, Senate Director Nominations was scheduled to meet, but that's been pulled from the schedule.   Guess the nominee for the ...
Tuesday, June 03, 2025

Definition of a political "own goal": Sleeping thru the gutting of American society

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I don't know who will emerge from the Democratic primary in CD1, but incumbent R David Schweikert is already writing an ad for the chall...
Sunday, June 01, 2025

A top of the ballot race may not be the best place for a candidate w/o elected office experience to start their electoral career

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This doesn't apply to Presidential elections, only to U.S. Senate seats from AZ and the Arizona governorship, which are usually the high...
Friday, May 30, 2025

Get out your popcorn and watch your wallets: Kimberly Yee is in the race for AZ Superintendent of Public Instruction

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From  Arizona Agenda , written by Hank Stephenson and Nicole Ludden Horne gets flanked The Freedom Caucus slate is almost complete. Ever sin...

Legislative schedule - week starting 6/1/2025

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Right now, there's nothing on the official schedule, but Rs in the legislature and the Ds in Governor Hobbs' office are busily negot...
Sunday, May 25, 2025

What's old is new again. New/Old political term: Logrolling

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From Merriam-Webster , emphasis added by me - The planned giveaway of public funds to Derrick Hall, owner of the Diamondbacks, is still ali...
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Friday, May 23, 2025

Legislative schedule - week starting 5/25/2025

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They're still (mostly) on vacation, though a few executive nominations will be considered by Senate committees this week. Schedules can,...
Sunday, May 18, 2025

Has the measles outbreak hit AZ yet? No. Has the stupidity outbreak hit AZ yet? Yes.

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 And that "Yes" is an unequivocal one. First, the good news - measles has yet to hit AZ. From the CDC - As of this writing, there...