Kari Lake Goes Full #Jan6 Truther: Calls Insurrection a ‘Staged Riot’.
Here’s what Lake had to say about January 6th insurrection on Steve Bannon’s fascist podcast War Room: “All that January 6 was, was a staged riot to cover up the fact that they certified a fraudulent election.” Advertisement “And frankly, if [Pence’s] got a problem with what happened on January 6th, he should …talk to the folks … Read more
City of Tucson primary election results
Only two contested Democratic races in the City of Tucson Council races held today August 1, 2023. Here’s the first unofficial votes posted on the City of Tucson Election Dept. website: https://www.tucsonaz.gov/Departments/Clerks/Elections/Primary-Election Ward 1 Council Miguel Ortega 2589 Lane Santa Cruz, incumbent 4423 Ward 2 Council Paul Cunningham, incumbent 6331 Lisa Nutt 1891 Congratulations to … Read more
Trump Finally Charged for His Worst Crimes: Real Justice for #Jan6 Terrorist Attack.
Read the indictment here. Indictment as annotated by the NYT’s Savage and Goldman here.
Eureka: The Arizona Legislative Session Finally Ends with Passage of the Bill that Will Send Prop 400 to the Ballot
Better late than never. The 2022/23 Arizona Legislative Session has finally ended. Sine Die is here. Fortunately, it ended with, after much deal-making with Republicans who detested light rail in the Phoenix area, the bipartisan passage (with mostly Democratic votes) of the headline bill designed to refer Proposition 400, the measure that will fund various … Read more
Polling from The New York Times Confirms What Many Knew: The MAGA Republican Base is Out of Touch with Reality
Results from a July New York Times/Siena Poll of the Republican contenders for the 2024 Party Nomination are chilling. They also confirm what many in the political world have long known. The fringe Trumpist-Maga Republican Base is out of touch with reality. Check out some of these findings with regard to Donald Trump. Overall, 37 … Read more
CFSD vs the Rabble Rousers: Cue the Torches and Pitchforks
An inexplicable digital oddity hit my doom-scrolling radar this week: SaveCFSD.org. With the subtlety of a sledgehammer to a watermelon, this site is supposedly the brainchild of a mysterious cabal of educational illusionists dubbed The Center for Excellence in Public Schools. Sounds less like a bona fide academic think tank than a Klandestine Koffee Klatch … Read more
MAGA Blowhard is Keynote Speaker at Foothills ‘Education Conference’
Pima County Republican Party Chair David S. Smith will be the keynote speaker at a MAGA-inspired ‘school values conference’ in the Catalina Foothills School District. This is part of an ongoing campaign of menace by Smith, who has organized disruptions of meetings of the school district and Pima Supervisors. The Pima GOP is impotent, so … Read more
