AZ Citizens Clean Elections Commission’s debate schedule for General Election 2022 – updated
August 16, 2022
The Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission has set their candidate debate schedule for the General Election on Nov. 8, 2022. View schedule here: Candidate Debates | Citizens Clean Elections Commission (azcleanelections.gov) Legislative debates all at 6 p.m. For Southern Arizona (will add later to the Events calendar once the candidates respond with RSVPs): LD
Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego Applauds $16 Million in Infrastructure Funding Toward “Low-No” Emission Bussing
August 15, 2022
The Biden/Harris Administration has been good to Phoenix in the last week. On Thursday, August 11, the city received $25 million in a R.A.I.S.E. ((Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity) grant from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to build the “Rio Salado Bike and Pedestrian Bridge, which will cross the riverbed in alignment with 3rd
Donald Trump Made A Veiled Threat To Attorney General Merrick Garland After Search Warrant Executed (Updated)
August 15, 2022
Business Insider reports, Trump sent cryptic message to Merrick Garland before warrant was unsealed: ‘The country is on fire. What can I do to reduce the heat?’ Former President Donald Trump attempted to convey a cryptic message to Attorney General Merrick Garland following the FBI raid of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, The New York
Fulton County Prosecutors Notify Rudy Giuliani He Is A Target Of Special Grand Jury Probe
August 15, 2022
CNN reports, Rudy Giuliani told by prosecutors he is a target in Georgia 2020 presidential election probe: Rudy Giuliani has been told by prosecutors in Georgia that he is a target of the special purpose grand jury investigating whether former President Donald Trump and his allies violated the law in their efforts to flip the
NY Times Deep Dive Into The AZ GQP’s Anti-Democracy Experiment
August 15, 2022
Above: h/t New York Times Magazine. The New York Times Magazine has a lengthy long-form report on The Arizona Republican Party’s Anti-Democracy Experiment (excerpts): What a lede! Rose Sperry, a state committeewoman for Arizona’s G.O.P., answered immediately when I asked her to name the first Republican leader she admired. “I grew up during the time that
The GQP Has Shown Itself To Be An Increasingly Violent Anti-Democracy Insurgency Harboring Fantasies About Secession And Civil War
August 15, 2022
Update to The GQP Has Become An Increasingly Violent Anti-Democracy Insurgency Harboring Fantasies About Secession And Civil War. Since the FBI executed a duly authorized search warrant pursuant to an Espionage Act investigation at the former guy’s home in exile in Mar-a-Lago last Monday, armed MAGA/QAnon cult members have been showing up outside of local
Exposed: GOP Extremists Behind Harassment of Save Our Schools Petitions
August 14, 2022
Hecklers have been harrassing volunteers collecting signatures for the Stop Voucher Expansion petitions at libraries & business locations. They carry signs that say “Decline to Sign.” “I never in all the years that we have been working on initiative campaigns have we ever seen a coordinated effort like this. We usually see it in lawsuits after
Breaking Down The Facts And Fiction Of The FBI Search Warrant For Mar-A-Lago
August 14, 2022
Since Monday when the FBI executed a court authorized search warrant, grounded upon probable cause that evidence of a crime would be found at the “Orange Mafia” Don’s home in exile at Mar-a-Lago, there has been a fire hose of news reports trying to fill in all the facts. There also has been a fire
