Phoenix’s Jon Ritzheimer Plans Global Anti-Islam Protest

Phoenix resident and de facto leader of the Arizona anti-Islam movement, Jon Ritzheimer, is planning another big “protest against radical Islam” — so big, he claims, that it’s going to span the globe. “I got contacts in Canada, Australia, and all across Europe – everybody’s on board,” he says in…

No GOP Candidate Represents Us, Says Local Latino Group

About 40 men and women from the local Latino community gathered in the Mi Familia Vota Phoenix headquarters last night to watch the first Republican Presidential debate, concluding at the end of the night, as one young woman so succinctly put it, that “none of the candidates are ready to…

Five Places To Watch Tonight’s GOP Presidential Debate

Whether you’re a Jeb Bush supporter, a Donald Trump enthusiast, a die-hard Marco Rubio fan, or none of the above, tonight’s Republican presidential primary debate is bound to be full of surprises. Unlike in some election seasons, no one quite knows what to expect from the candidate lineup — will…

On Eve of Big Debate Tonight, Campaign Dumps Arizona Trump Zealot

Last week, local resident Aaron Borders portrayed himself online and to the media as the Arizona State Director for the Donald J. Trump presidential campaign, and he said he was traveling to Cleveland to help the Trump crew with the first Republican presidential debate. But according to campaign officials and…

McCain: Defund Planned Parenthood or Shut Down Federal Government

Arizona Senator John McCain was an outspoken critic of the 16-day October 2013 federal-government shutdown, vowing after it was over that it wouldn’t happen again. Seems he’s had a change of heart: he told NPR that he would support holding the 2016 federal-spending bill hostage over this funding issue. “I don’t…

Ducey-Care Only Makes It Harder for the Poor, Critics Say

Arizona Governor Doug Ducey formally unveiled his plan to “modernize” Arizona’s Medicaid System so it becomes a “bridge to independence” this week. A press release from his office states that the plan is all about “increasing personal responsibility, encouraging wellness, expanding health technology, protecting taxpayers, and promoting quality health care at an…

Trump Launches Ground Campaign in AZ, Appoints Aaron Borders to Lead It

U.S. Presidential candidate Donald Trump recently appointed 30-year-old Aaron Borders, Second Vice Chairman of the Maricopa County Republican Party, to lead his official ground campaign in Arizona. Borders, who moved to Arizona from Ohio in 2009 and says he’s been around political campaigns his whole life, will even be traveling…

Mass Shootings Are Contagious, ASU Professor Says

In Aurora, Colorado, last week, jurors headed to the courtroom to hear death-penalty arguments for a man convicted of shooting up a Colorado movie theater in 2012. In Lafayette, Louisiana, 59-year-old John Russell Houser open fire on the audience during a showing of Trainwreck, killing two people and injuring nine…

Bernie Sanders Hosts Biggest Campaign Organizing Event Yet

Last night, in 3,500 locations across the country, about 100,000 people tuned in all at once to watch Bernie Sanders speak, and to learn how they could help volunteer for his 2016 presidential campaign. Hundreds in the greater-Phoenix area spent the night talking politics and strategizing ways to spread, as…

Bernie Sanders Campaign Events to Draw Hundreds in Valley Tonight

Hundreds of people in the greater-Phoenix area will join tens of thousands of Bernie Sanders supporters across the country tonight to participate in the first official nationwide grassroots organizing meeting for the Sanders presidential campaign. In an event the campaign is calling “unprecedented,” people will gather in homes, coffee shops,…

More Republicans Like Trump Than McCain, New Poll Finds

A recent poll found that more Republican voters have a favorable view of presidential candidate Donald Trump than they do of Arizona Senator John McCain. The telephone survey conducted by Rasmussen Reports polled 1,000 people between July 20-21, and revealed that at least 52 percent of likely Republican voters reported…

Bernie Sanders Brings His #FeelTheBern Revolution to Phoenix

Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders stood in front of 11,000-plus people in downtown Phoenix Saturday night and talked about the political transformation he believes the country so desperately needs. “I’m the only presidential candidate who will tell you this,” he said to a roaring crowd, “no president, no matter how…