Writes about politics and public policy at robertrobb.substack.com and robertrobb.com.
Joined August 2012
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28 Oct 2025
'State of Arizona economy and state budget'
New podcast episode w/ @RJRobb
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Alfredo Gutierrez was the G.O.A.T. There is much to miss about the passing of Gutierrez and his era of legislative leadership. robertrobb.substack.com/p/gu…
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23 Jul 2025
Now that Trump has demonstrated what Americans don't want in immigration enforcement, what's next? Taking @SenRubenGallego's immigration framework seriously. robertrobb.substack.com/p/no…
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4 Jun 2025
Prop. 123 extension: The case for an education lobby initiative. The GOP school choice-higher distribution combo is blatantly unconstitutional. robertrobb.substack.com/p/pr…
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30 May 2025
Yee boards a MAGA train. Arguing that the ESA program has too much oversight, rather than too little, won't be politically fruitful. robertrobb.substack.com/p/ye…
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20 May 2025
The Political Notebook: A tax cut or avoiding a tax increase? It's too early for Arizona Democrats to be crying in their beer over the 2026 election. robertrobb.substack.com/p/th…
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14 May 2025
The Trump endgame: managed trade. The flow of goods across borders will be decided more by agreements between political leaders, and less by the market forces of comparative advantage and consumer preferences. robertrobb.substack.com/p/th…
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7 May 2025
The Trump blitzkrieg has been a political loser. The body politic might want change, but not chaos. robertrobb.substack.com/p/th…
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23 Apr 2025
The sorry state of state government politics. The brouhaha over a funding shortfall for DD programs is a measure of political incompetence all around. robertrobb.substack.com/p/th…
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16 Apr 2025
For congressional Republicans, will enough ever be enough? Do any of them have a "sacred honor" to pledge? robertrobb.substack.com/p/fo…
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9 Apr 2025
Tariff tantrums and contradictions. As in geopolitics, the Trump effect will cause a realignment in trade. robertrobb.substack.com/p/ta…
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2 Apr 2025
Anti-wokeism goes too far. What the Trump administration is getting right, and wrong. robertrobb.substack.com/p/an…
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29 Mar 2025
Latest episode of The Political Notebook podcast with @billyrobb33. Topics: What's the constitutional alarm level at this point in the Trump presidency? What about the Democratic opposition and the role of Kelly and Gallego? soundcloud.com/political-not…
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26 Mar 2025
Democrats struggle over an opposition strategy. Trump generates his own opposition. Don't do things that narrow a potentially broad opposition coalition. robertrobb.substack.com/p/de…
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19 Mar 2025
Let voters decide about an early ballot cutoff. The trade-off between the speed of knowing the outcome and the convenience of dropping off an early ballot is appropriate to submit to the entire body politic. robertrobb.substack.com/p/le…
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13 Mar 2025
New episode of The Political Notebook podcast, together with @billyrobb33. Topics: Are we headed for a Trump recession? An early look at the GOP gubernatorial primary. soundcloud.com/political-not…
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12 Mar 2025
The hard and wrong Prop. 123 renewal. GOP legislators support only half of the school choice equation. robertrobb.substack.com/p/th…
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5 Mar 2025
The DOGE dodge. For the cause of fixing the finances of the federal government, DOGE is a destructive and distracting sideshow. robertrobb.substack.com/p/th…
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26 Feb 2025
Trump abdicates U.S. role as leader of the free world. Now that U.S. commitments are untrustworthy, there will be a geopolitical realignment among other democratic countries. robertrobb.substack.com/p/tr…
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19 Feb 2025
Give the market a chance on housing. Only freeing up supply and demand can produce the volume and diversity of housing stock required to broadly restore affordability. Politically, it's worth holding out for. robertrobb.substack.com/p/gi…
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