Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Stealth Republican candidate Joe Flores, running as a fake Democrat in the Democratic Primary for Tucson City Council Ward 1, is the target of a new independent expenditure committee, Tucsonans for Democratic Leadership (major funding by the Pima County Democratic Party). The IE will have some billboards in Ward 1 and do … Read more

by David Safier Here's how it works. ALEC, the conservative, corporate sponsored group which creates hundreds of pieces of model legislation for Republicans to take back to their states, is registered as a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization. Apparently, it has to claim to be nonpartisan to give "scholarships" to legislators to their conferences, like the one … Read more

by David Safier I'm trying to figure this out. The NRA and Rep. Darrell Issa think it's absolutely awful that about 2,000 guns made their way into Mexico during the ATF's Operation Fast and Furious. Those guns most likely went into the hands of criminal organizations and have been used to kill people. But as … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Only in America can a criminal organization that aided and abetted the banksters of Wall Street in the largest financial fraud in the history of the world dare to presume to pass judgment on the government that should have prosecuted them for their crime. As Ezra Klein writes today, "Standard & Poor’s … Read more

by David Safier OK, I'm a day late, but I can't pass this up. From the Onion: Obama Turns 50 Despite Republican OppositionAUGUST 4, 2011 | ISSUE 47•31 WASHINGTON—After months of heated negotiations and failed attempts to achieve any kind of consensus, President Obama turned 50 years old Thursday, drawing strong criticism from Republicans in … Read more

by David Safier Capitol Times (subscription only) has a long article about ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council) and its influence on Arizona's Republican legislators. When you talk about the vast right wing conspiracy, ALEC is one of the once-invisible tentacles which is finally getting a bit of much-deserved attention. Let's hope the Cap Times article … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Think Progress does the most reporting on the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). This week, ALEC is holding its annual meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Think Progress is there to cover it. EXPOSED: The Corporations Funding The Annual Meeting Of The Powerful Right-Wing Front Group ALEC | ThinkProgress: [A] source who … Read more