by David Safier Republican Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) had this great idea — hold hearings about the ATF's "Operation Fast and Furious," where the ATF may have gotten sloppy and let straw buyers carry more than a thousand firearms into Mexico and put them in the hands of Mexican cartels. Issa's goal is to make … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I previously posted that the Anthony Weiner story was fortuitously timed to distract the prurient media villagers from the Friday news dump by Justice Clarence Thomas of his financial disclosure forms. Worked like a charm… they took the bait hook, line and sinker. It's so easy. Now that Weiner has resigned, can we please … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: John Amato at crooksandliars.com asks a good question: Why Is There An American Media Blackout of the UK's News Corp. Eavesdropping Scandal?: I bet most readers of blogs don't even know much about this major UK media scandal perpetrated by Rupert Murdoch's English tabloids and we're online and digesting news almost 24/7. … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Time once again for the Farley Report from Rep. Steve Farley (D-LD 28): Last Monday the Legislature wrapped up our third Special Session without doing anything but hammer home the message that, after 46 years of uninterrupted rule, the Republican majority is simply not on our side. By "our," I mean all … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: By the end of the day there will be four – count 'em, four! – mayoral candidates disqualified from the ballot because they were either ineligible to run for office (Marshall Home™) or so incompetent that they failed to gather enough valid signatures to qualify for the ballot (Pat Darcy, Ron Asta, … Read more

by David Safier Good for the Associated Press. Those aren't words I type often, but they're more than deserved for the AP's four part "Aging Nukes" investigative series. Also, good for the Star for giving the series prime billing on the first page of the second section. Yesterday's story, the first in the series, was … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Wenona Benally Baldenegro is no longer exploring a run but will run for Congress in CD 1, setting up a Democratic primary with former Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick who has also announced she is running for her old seat in CD 1. Here is the announcement from the Wenona Benally Baldenegro campaign: Dear family, friends, and colleagues: I’m … Read more