About That ‘Krazy Kari’ Lake Ad: What It Doesn’t Disclose Reveals More About Her
David Corn at Mother Jones reports, Arizona GOP Candidate Kari Lake Airs an Ad Featuring a Homophobic and Extremist Pastor: It’s an ordinary and straightforward negative ad. A local businessman in Phoenix named Justin Erickson, who says he’s a husband and father of five children, earnestly complains that his family and his employees are “overwhelmed” … Read more
AG ‘Nunchucks’ Will Do Nothing To Protect Voters Or Election Workers From MAGA/QAnon Election Deniers
The Daily Beast reports, Jon Stewart Confronts Arizona AG on Trump’s ‘Stolen’ Election Claims: Earlier this month, Jon Stewart went unexpectedly viral, racking up more than 14 million views on Twitter for a segment from the Season 2 premiere his Apple TV+ series The Problem with Jon Stewart in which he relentlessly challenged Arkansas Attorney … Read more
Trump And Republicans Plot A 2020 Election Theft Redux In 2022
Donald Trump and his team of co-conspirator Republican lawyers in 2020 lost 64 out of 65 cases filed to challenge the election results on his false claims of election fraud (the “Big Lie”). The only win involved a procedural deadline, not a substantive matter. Since most of these co-conspirator Republican lawyers have not yet been … Read more
DOJ Needs To Intervene Against Lawless Cochise County Supervisors (Update Thread)
The Associated Press reports, 2 [GQP] county supervisors officials vote against, then OK hand-count of ballots in vioation of Arizona law: The two Republicans on the Cochise County board of supervisors approved a proposal 2-1 Monday for a hand-count of all ballots in the Nov. 8 election after rejecting a differently worded motion during a … Read more
‘Krazy Kari’ Lake Doubles Down On Election Denialism In Clean Elections Interview
First, the preview. Steve Benen reports, Kari Lake gives away the game on ‘restoring confidence’ in voting: In early September, gubernatorial hopeful Kari Lake, a relentless election denier, argued that she’d seen evidence to substantiate her conspiracy theories, but she wouldn’t share it. “I’m not comfortable sharing it with the media,” the Arizona Republican said, … Read more
MAGA/QAnon Thugs Sued For Voter Intimidation At Early Voting Sites In Arizona (Updates)
Update to MAGA/QAnon Thugs Are Already Engaged In Voter Intimidation At Early Voting Sites In Arizona (Updated). Howard Fisher reports, Groups suing to stop drop-box watchers, tell judge it’s voter intimidation: Two political groups that encourage voting want a federal judge to order members of Clean Elections USA, some armed and in tactical gear, to … Read more
New book “The Japanese American Experience: Change & Continuity” published by retired UA Professor Min Yanagihashi
My friend & fellow Council member on our Southern Arizona Japanese Cultural Coalition, retired UA Professor Min Yanagihashi has just published a new book entitled “The Japanese American Experience: Change & Continuity” by Liberty Hill Publishing. Min is a Nisei (2nd generation) from Honolulu, Hawaii and taught at the University of Arizona in their East … Read more
