Trump Counterterrorism Official Resigns Over Iran War: “Reverse Course”

Joseph Kent, The U.S. counterterrorism official who resigned on March 17, 2026, had been a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump through his 2020 election defeat, the Jan. 6 riots and years of conservative media advocacy and failed congressional bids. President Trump, After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the NationalCounterterrorism Center, effective…

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N.A.T.O. Leaders Give Trump the Diplomatic Middle Finger, Saying They Will Not Get Involved in His War of Choice Against Iran

When Donald Trump joined with Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu two and a half weeks ago in starting a war of choice with Iran with no clear imminent threat, he did not inform or consult his N.A.T.O. allies, many of whose leaders he has made their lives miserable since he has returned to office with assertions that he wanted Greenland, openly musing…

https://blogforarizona.net/n-a-t-o-leaders-give-trump-the-diplomatic-middle-finger-saying-they-will-not-get-involved-in-his-war-of-choice-against-iran/

Insight Arizona Podcast now on Spotify! Coming to Apple Podcasts and your favorite Podcasting Apps!

Andrew and I are pleased to announce that BlogForArizona Grassroots Media Network's weekly podcast, Insight Arizona, is now availble on Spotify, and in any podcasting App you happen to use with our Spotify sydication address! Our Spotify Feed is live and ready to plug into your favorite App, or to listen and/or watch directly on Spotify. Recently, we detailed the…

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Center for Economic Integrity & Rex Scott Endorse Pubic Education Initiative

The Center for Economic Integrity and Pima Supervisor Rex Scott heartily endorsed a newly-filed ballot initiative to bring accountability and transparency to Arizona’s $1 billion universal ESA voucher program. Pima Supervisor Rex Scott at the Center for Economic Integrity meeting. “I’m a strong supporter of it,” Scott said at a meeting of the Center for Economic Integrity on March 15, 2026, in…

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While Andy Biggs Plays the MAGA Song, Governor Katie Hobbs Works to Secure Arizona’s Promise and Make Life Better for Arizonans

While likely 2026 Arizona Republican Gubernatorial Nominee Andy Biggs spends his days supporting denialism with the 2020 election results, condoning obstructionism regarding the release of the Epstein files, and spending quality time with Arizona's lowest and most racist, Arizona's current Governor Katie Hobb's has spent the last week…

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Detainee Dies in ICE Custody in Ciscomani’s District—Juan Has Nothing to Say!

Photo by Damas family, via WCVB in Boston The Trump administration and the Republican-controlled Congress have approved $85 billion in the past year for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE), an increase of more than 750 percent. Congressman Juan Ciscomani has unfailingly voted for these gargantuan increases. He always says that securing the nation’s borders against illegal…

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Get Out and Vote: Push Back Against the Spectre of MAGA Supporting and Science-Denying Turning Point Influencing SRP Elections

Charlie Kirk is dead, but his organization, Turning Point USA, is, despite internal strife following his passing, still politically active and looking to influence electoral contests at all levels of government, including local ones. Following their involvement in the recall of Mesa Councilwoman Julie Spilsbury last year, the MAGA-White…

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Cartoons of the Week

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Mark Kelly Calls Out Pete Hegseth for Saying the U.S. Military Will Give No Quarter or Mercy to the Enemy

With each passing day of Mr. Trump's war of choice with Iran, United States Secretary of Whatever Pete Hegseth, through his terrifying press briefings, is giving Saturday Night Live's Colin Jost new material for that show's cold open every week. Unfortunately, war is not a comedy, and Pete Hegseth and Trump's words, by demonstrating their incompetence, poor…

https://blogforarizona.net/mark-kelly-calls-out-pete-hegseth-for-saying-the-u-s-military-will-give-no-quarter-or-mercy-to-the-enemy/

Trump’s Strategic Blunder in Iran May Cost the World Dearly

We all know by now that Trump is not a serious or deep international strategist, and will not listen to the advice of real experts. He has a rather childish and naive view of global politics and armed conflict, and has been proven time and again to lack strategic insight, lumbered as he is by a inaccurate and even absurd view of global economic and strategic matters.

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