With so many former McCain and Romney people recently announcing their intentions to support Joe Biden, Arizona Republicans have had to reach into the depths of the State Legislature to find people to write op-eds spreading debunked statements about Joe Biden wanting to defund the police. Writing in the August 27, 2020 edition of AZ Central, … Read more
Update to Time to vet the applicants for the Independent Redistricting Commission. The Arizona Mirror today follows up on the political party redistricting organizations already lining up to do battle next year. Partisan groups laying the groundwork to shape Arizona redistricting (excerpts): [10 years ago] FAIR Trust, a collection of Republican lawyers and others who … Read more
Arizona Legislative District (LD) 20 (an area that includes parts of Phoenix, Moon Valley, and Glendale) presents excellent pickup opportunities for the Democrats in the State House and State Senate. The Democrats running in LD 20 (Judy Schwiebert in the House and Doug Ervin in the Senate) are well qualified and ready to serve the … Read more
Back in June, Donald Trump and his “new Roy Cohn” fixer at the Trump “Injustice” Department, William “Coverup” Barr, promoted the conspiracy theory that foreign actors could tamper with those ballots. Trump and Barr say mail-in voting will lead to fraud. Experts say that’s not true: In an interview with Fox News on Sunday, Attorney … Read more
It was 15 years ago this week that Hurricane Katrina was devastating Louisiana. When the levees broke in New Orleans, residents were trapped in their homes as the waters quickly rose. Many drowned. Over 1,200 residents died. On August 29, 2005, just as Hurricane Katrina was inundating New Orleans and much more of a 3-state … Read more