Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The billionaire bastard Koch brothers are not satisfied with setting up right-wing think tanks that produce bogus research and draft legislation for Tea-Publican legislators, oh no. They are also funding propaganda news that fuels the right-wing alternate reality in the echo chamber of the right-wing noise machine. And other right-wing organizations are … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Capitol Times (subscription required) has finally followed up on the secretive GOP redistricting organization FAIR Trust that Steve Muratore and I have been posting about and exposes the organization today in FAIR game? - Arizona Capitol Times (excerpts): FAIR Trust’s attorneys say they want to help the commission adhere to the legal requirements that govern … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Dante may need to create a new ring of hell for these soulless evil creatures. The law firm of Steven J. Baum is what is commonly referred to as a “foreclosure mill” firm, and is, in fact, the largest such firm in New York; it represents virtually all the giant mortgage lenders, … Read more

by David Safier The Star has a very short print excerpt from a longer AP article about physicist Richard Muller's discovery that global warming is for real. This should be about as earth shattering a news story as an 1850 piece like, "Astronomer discovers Earth revolves around Sun." But Muller was the global deniers' scientific … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Well, now we know why Herman Cain plans to cut back appearances – scandals! The "Herminator" is having a really bad day. Talking Points Memo reports Aides’ Corporation May Have Illegally Gotten Cain Campaign Off The Ground: Long before Herman Cain chief of staff Mark Block was appearing in the most mocked campaign … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The writers at this blog and Steve Muratore at The Arizona Eagletarian have described how the publication by lobbyists and for lobbyists, the Arizona Capitol Times and more specifically its sister publication, the political gossip rag The Yellow Sheet, played a major role in advancing the GOP talking points against the Arizona … Read more

By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings Note to Southern AZ readers:  Feel free to ignore the stuff after the redistricting info; it's mostly Maricopa County-related anyway.   …The biggest meeting of the week is only a rumor at this point, but it is a rather persistent one.  There is a strong rumor going around that … Read more