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		<title>TACO Trump Strikes Again Agreeing to a Ceasefire that Makes Iran Stronger Than Before</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Gordon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 02:26:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Everything Donald Trump touches turns to crap. Today, after days of mentally unhinged social media posts and White House Press Room tirades saying that he would bomb Iran back into the Stone Age, destroy Persian Civilization, and God was on his side, Donald Trump agreed to a two week ceasefire with Iran to pursue an ... <a title="TACO Trump Strikes Again Agreeing to a Ceasefire that Makes Iran Stronger Than Before" class="read-more" href="https://blogforarizona.net/taco-trump-strikes-again-agreeing-to-a-ceasefire-that-makes-iran-stronger-than-before/" aria-label="Read more about TACO Trump Strikes Again Agreeing to a Ceasefire that Makes Iran Stronger Than Before">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>TACO: U.S. and Iran in Ceasefire, Avoiding Deaths of American Troops in the Strait of Hormuz</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry Bodine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Trump Always Chickens Out (TACO), and he accepted a two-week ceasefire with Iran. This delays Trump’s “plan” to attack civilians, bridges, desalination plants and energy targets, which would not reopen the Strait of Hormuz. That will require the deaths of many American soldiers, sailors and Guardsmen. Calls for President Trump&#8217;s removal from office reached a ... <a title="TACO: U.S. and Iran in Ceasefire, Avoiding Deaths of American Troops in the Strait of Hormuz" class="read-more" href="https://blogforarizona.net/many-american-troops-will-die-to-reopen-the-strait-of-hormuz/" aria-label="Read more about TACO: U.S. and Iran in Ceasefire, Avoiding Deaths of American Troops in the Strait of Hormuz">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Man Who Bankrupted a Casino Releases His Screw-the-American-People Budget</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Gordon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 02:41:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[History will record that Trump and Republicans did this. While Mr. Trump, who is being reinforced and encouraged by White Christian Nationalist sycophants who equate him with Jesus, is releasing bombastic, unhinged social media posts and holding mentally unbalanced pro Putin press conferences promising to bomb Iran back to the Stone Age with God&#8217;s support ... <a title="The Man Who Bankrupted a Casino Releases His Screw-the-American-People Budget" class="read-more" href="https://blogforarizona.net/we-cant-take-care-of-daycare-the-man-who-bankrupted-a-casino-releases-his-screw-the-american-people-budget/" aria-label="Read more about The Man Who Bankrupted a Casino Releases His Screw-the-American-People Budget">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Time for the 25th Amendment: Mad King Trump Threatens Iran With Criminal Bombing of Civilian Infrastructure</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Gordon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 03:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Days after saying that the United States would bomb Iran back to the Stone Age, Mad King Donald Trump has issued several unhinged several social media posts including: It is not normal for an American President to publicly announce that he will commit recognized war crimes against civilians, especially the ones you claim you are ... <a title="Time for the 25th Amendment: Mad King Trump Threatens Iran With Criminal Bombing of Civilian Infrastructure" class="read-more" href="https://blogforarizona.net/time-for-the-25th-amendment-mad-king-trump-threatens-iran-with-criminal-bombing-of-civilian-infrastructure-if-they-do-not-open-up-the-strait-of-hormuz/" aria-label="Read more about Time for the 25th Amendment: Mad King Trump Threatens Iran With Criminal Bombing of Civilian Infrastructure">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>“A Stain on Our Country”: Representatives Ansari and Grijalva Hold “Stop Mass Detention Center” Community Briefing</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Gordon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 02:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[46 deaths: the highest number ever of people who have died while in ICE custody since the start of the second Trump Administration. 5000 people are detained every day in Arizona&#8217;s three detention facilities, with innocent people, including pregnant women and disabled individuals, who have lived decades in this country being kidnapped from the communities ... <a title="&#8220;A Stain on Our Country&#8221;: Representatives Ansari and Grijalva Hold &#8220;Stop Mass Detention Center&#8221; Community Briefing" class="read-more" href="https://blogforarizona.net/a-stain-on-our-country-representatives-ansari-and-grijalva-hold-stop-mass-detention-center-community-briefing/" aria-label="Read more about &#8220;A Stain on Our Country&#8221;: Representatives Ansari and Grijalva Hold &#8220;Stop Mass Detention Center&#8221; Community Briefing">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Cartoons of the Week</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dee Maitland]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 06:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Trump is the Most Despised President Ever – 6 Crises Drove Him to Historic Lows</title>
		<link>https://blogforarizona.net/trump-is-the-most-despised-president-ever-6-crises-drove-him-to-historic-lows/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=trump-is-the-most-despised-president-ever-6-crises-drove-him-to-historic-lows</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry Bodine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 18:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Trump’s approval rating has cratered to a net approval of -21.4—a historic low. Trump is in the darkest chapters of modern presidencies—like Watergate-era Richard Nixon and post-Katrina George W. Bush. But this collapse is different: There’s no single scandal to blame. Instead, it is a slow, grinding drumbeat of revulsion, according to a new analysis ... <a title="Trump is the Most Despised President Ever – 6 Crises Drove Him to Historic Lows" class="read-more" href="https://blogforarizona.net/trump-is-the-most-despised-president-ever-6-crises-drove-him-to-historic-lows/" aria-label="Read more about Trump is the Most Despised President Ever – 6 Crises Drove Him to Historic Lows">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Attorney General Kris Mayes Challenges Corporation Commission’s Repeal of Renewable Energy Standards</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Gordon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 14:59:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Not so fast, Arizona Corporation Commission. In an application for rehearing with the Commission, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes asserts that the body that oversees the Grand Canyon state&#8217;s energy portfolio and utility cost regulations erred when it voted last month to repeal its Renewable Energy Standard and Tariff Rules. In a press release issued ... <a title="Attorney General Kris Mayes Challenges Corporation Commission&#8217;s Repeal of Renewable Energy Standards" class="read-more" href="https://blogforarizona.net/attorney-general-kris-mayes-challenges-corporation-commissions-repeal-of-renewable-energy-standards/" aria-label="Read more about Attorney General Kris Mayes Challenges Corporation Commission&#8217;s Repeal of Renewable Energy Standards">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Governor Andy Beshear is Right: Poltitical Prince of Darkness Mitch McConnell Does Not Deserve a Statue</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Gordon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 14:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Kentucky Republicans would like to reward former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell for his service to the state and the country with a statue in his honor. The questions that are probably on most political observers&#8217; minds on hearing that proposal, after heaving out their latest meal at the prospect of giving the Political Prince ... <a title="Governor Andy Beshear is Right: Poltitical Prince of Darkness Mitch McConnell Does Not Deserve a Statue" class="read-more" href="https://blogforarizona.net/governor-andy-beshear-is-right-poltitical-prince-of-darkness-mitch-mcconnell-does-not-deserve-a-statue/" aria-label="Read more about Governor Andy Beshear is Right: Poltitical Prince of Darkness Mitch McConnell Does Not Deserve a Statue">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>When It’s Time to Step Aside</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kim Miklofsky Bayne]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Aging isn’t the issue. Capacity is. When elected officials can no longer do the job, the public deserves honesty, accountability, and leaders who know when it’s time to step aside.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Mayes and Fontes Sue Trump Over His Unconstitutional Executive Order Restricting Mail-In Voting</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Gordon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Once again, Democratic Attorney Generals and Governors across the country are suing the Trump Administration in their latest attempt to create a Fascist-Authoritarian-Billionaires First-Everyone else Second or Lower Order in the United States. This time, it is over Mr. Trump&#8217;s Executive Order to restrict mail-in voting for most Americans, excluding himself. The order is considered ... <a title="Mayes and Fontes Sue Trump Over His Unconstitutional Executive Order Restricting Mail-In Voting" class="read-more" href="https://blogforarizona.net/mayes-and-fontes-sue-trump-over-his-unconstitutional-executive-order-restricting-mail-in-voting/" aria-label="Read more about Mayes and Fontes Sue Trump Over His Unconstitutional Executive Order Restricting Mail-In Voting">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>“God Speed Artemis II”: After Over 50 Years, Humanity is Finally Returning to the Moon</title>
		<link>https://blogforarizona.net/god-speed-artemis-ii-after-over-50-years-humanity-is-finally-returning-to-the-moon/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=god-speed-artemis-ii-after-over-50-years-humanity-is-finally-returning-to-the-moon</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Gordon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Christina Koch]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://blogforarizona.net/?p=196351</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[About F&#8211;king Time. Mission Commander Reid Wiseman Pilot Victor Glover Mission Specialist Christina Koch Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen These are the four astronauts taking humanity back to the Moon for the first time since the Apollo 17 Lunar Mission in 1972. Specialist Koch will make additional history by becoming the first woman astronaut to fly ... <a title="&#8220;God Speed Artemis II&#8221;: After Over 50 Years, Humanity is Finally Returning to the Moon" class="read-more" href="https://blogforarizona.net/god-speed-artemis-ii-after-over-50-years-humanity-is-finally-returning-to-the-moon/" aria-label="Read more about &#8220;God Speed Artemis II&#8221;: After Over 50 Years, Humanity is Finally Returning to the Moon">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>House and Senate Move Forward on Internal Reforms</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kim Miklofsky Bayne]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Congress is taking steps toward procedural reform, including changes to how legislation is handled and how lawmakers engage during hearings.]]></description>
		
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		<title>“That is Not His Decision to Make” and “Disgusting Overreach”: Arizona Reaction to Trump’s Unconstitutional Executive Order Restricting Mail-In Voting</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Gordon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Again citing big lies on voter fraud associated with mail-in voting and other policy issues, American Duce Wannabe Donald Trump signed an Unconstitutional Executive Order restricting access to that ballot option. In signing his Executive Order, Duce wannabe Trump falsely accused Democrats of cheating in elections to cover up what the Mad King dishonestly claims ... <a title="&#8220;That is Not His Decision to Make&#8221; and &#8220;Disgusting Overreach&#8221;: Arizona Reaction to Trump&#8217;s Unconstitutional Executive Order Restricting Mail-In Voting" class="read-more" href="https://blogforarizona.net/that-is-not-his-decision-to-make-and-disgusting-overreach-arizona-reaction-to-trumps-unconstitutional-executive-order-restricting-mail-in-voting/" aria-label="Read more about &#8220;That is Not His Decision to Make&#8221; and &#8220;Disgusting Overreach&#8221;: Arizona Reaction to Trump&#8217;s Unconstitutional Executive Order Restricting Mail-In Voting">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>When Diplomacy Sounds Like a Threat</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kim Miklofsky Bayne]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Karoline Leavitt said the quiet part out loud: if negotiations go badly, death is on the table. That is not diplomacy. It is a warning.]]></description>
		
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