Hobbs Continues to Build a Governing Team; Lake Keeps Losing in Court
As former Yankee Great Yogi Berra once said, “it’s Deja Vu all over again.” While Governor-Elect Katie Hobbs continues to build a governing team that will be ready to move the people’s business the first week in January, her vanquished Trump Republican Gubernatorial opponent, Kari Lake keeps taking her rubbish voting fraud claims to court … Read more
House Passes Omnibus Spending Bill, Averts The Chaos Of A Government Shutdown That Republicans Wanted
Update to Senate Passes Omnibus Spending Bill With Electoral Count Reform And Presidential Transition Improvement Act. The Hill reports. House ends Congress by passing $1.7 trillion funding package: The House passed a mammoth $1.7 trillion omnibus package on Friday, capping off weeks of drama to lock down government funding for the next fiscal year. The … Read more
Kris Mayes Will Be Our Next Attorney General! Hamadeh’s Lawsuit Dismissed Following Trial.
The Judge in Hamadeh’s election contest listened to about 3 hours of testimony from the parties and ruled from the bench that there was insufficient evidence to prove Hamadeh’s contest of the election result. This is the end of the line for Hamadeh’s efforts to overturn the will of the Arizona voters. Hamadeh’s attorney indicated … Read more
Traitors Andy Biggs and Paul Gosar Vote Against Victims of Child Abuse
This report should not be a surprise to all the sane and decent members of the Arizona Political Sphere. January 6 collaborators (traitors) Andy Biggs and Paul Gosar continued their descent into the political pit of loathsomeness with their vote (along with 26 other fringe reactionary depraved individuals) against the Respect for Child Survivors Act, … Read more
Senate Passes Omnibus Spending Bill With Electoral Count Reform And Presidential Transition Improvement Act
Update to Negotiators Agree To Omnibus Spending Bill, Must Be Approved By Friday To Avoid Government Shutdown. The Hill reports, Senate passes $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package: The Senate on Thursday voted to pass a $1.7 trillion omnibus package that funds the federal government through September, provides Ukraine with $45 billion in military and economic … Read more
January 6 Committee Issues Its Final Report And Legislative Recommendations
Last night, the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol released its final report online, and made its recommendations for legislation to prevent another seditious insurrection in the future. It has also posted numerous transcripts of interviews and depositions of witnesses referenced in the report. (Many of the early transcripts … Read more
Lake v Hobbs Trial is Done & Judge’s Ruling Pending. What Did We Learn?
I watched most of the trial via live stream and followed a few local Twitter live-tweets of the trial (shout out to @Arizonaslaw and @Garrett_Archer for excellent blow-by-blows), and read the pleadings and motion practice. My conclusions as a retired trial attorney are that Lake utterly failed to meet the burden laid out clearly by … Read more
The Daily Beast On The 37-Page Guide For Staffing Sen. Kyrsten Sinema
As Fox News used to say, “We report, you decide.” We haven’t been able to verify this story (and haven’t seen the memo), but it sure sounds entirely on-brand for our prima donna “Independent” diva. The Daily Beast reports in an exclusive, The Incredible 37-Page Guide for Staffing Sen. Kyrsten Sinema: Always have a “room … Read more
