Get Out the Popcorn: The Arizona Republican Civil War is Intensifying
December 6, 2020
This has been festering since the November 3, 2020 elections and is starting to boil. On one side you have law and order Republicans that were willing to humor Trumpist attempts to use the legal process to prove there was widespread fraud in the elections. When those assertions proved baseless after a series of court
Political Calendar: Week of December 6, 2020
December 6, 2020
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House Votes to Legalize Marijuana as Racial Justice Mandate
December 5, 2020
The House of Representatives voted by a bipartisan majority of 228-164 to pass the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment, and Expungement (MORE) Act, ending the Federal ban on cannabis. The MORE Act would remove cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act and expunge nonviolent pot-related offenses. The New York Times reports the law, “would require Federal courts to
Day 2 of AZ GOP Case To Disenfranchise Voters Ends In Defeat (Updated)
December 5, 2020
After a two day trial, Maricopa County Superior Court Randall Warner ruled there is no evidence of fraud, misconduct, an erroneous vote count nor illegal votes in the 2020 election results in Maricopa County, just as expected. See Minute Entry Order. The Arizona Mirror reports, Judge: No fraud, misconduct, illegal votes in Maricopa County’s 2020 election: Judge
Arizona Public Schools Need More Stabilization Funds than what Ducey Has Provided
December 4, 2020
Lower than projected student enrollment figures have caused some of Arizona’s traditional and charter public schools to lose greater revenues than anticipated during the summer. During the summer, Arizona and other states received CARES act funding designed to go to aid public schools. Governor Doug Ducey and his team said that schools and districts could
House Speaker Rusty Bowers Slams GOP Election Fraud Claims
December 4, 2020
Republican House Speaker Rusty Bowers issued a statement today which slams the GOP election fraud claims being made by his fellow Republicans (emphasis mine). Speaker Bowers Addresses Calls for the Legislature to Overturn 2020 Certified Election Results STATE CAPITOL, PHOENIX – Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers today made the following statement: This week, Rudy Giuliani,
AG Mark Brnovich Declines To Help Kelly Townsend Find Her Unicorn
December 4, 2020
As I said in the previous post, I can’t understand why we keep humoring and coddling insane QAnon conspiracy theorists who have convinced themselves that there was “massive” voter fraud in Arizona and the election was stolen from Donald Trump – because he says so, “so it must be true!” Arizona’s premier QAnon conspiracy queen is
(UPDATED) President-Elect Biden asks Fauci to Stay and Says he will Ask Americans to Wear Masks for 100 Days
December 4, 2020
In a joint interview with Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris on CNN, President-Elect Biden announced that he had asked Dr. Anthony Fauci to stay on in his current capacity of overseeing infectious diseases and Chief Medical Advisor. He also revealed that he would request the American People to wear masks after he is sworn in on
