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Could CD8 Republicans really be that crazy?
August 13, 2010
By Michael Bryan The answer is apparently: Yes! They say that insanity consists in doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. If that's true, then CD8's Republicans might just be crazy. All signs point to a "Tea Party" upset by Jessie Kelly in the CD8 GOP primary. Now that Brian
3 Ways You Can Stop the GOP’s War on the Children of Undocumented Immigrants
August 13, 2010
Who could possibly hate this baby? Oh, I know — Republicans. Last week, I wrote a piece for Change.org entitled 3 Ways You Can Help End the GOP's War on Undocumented Immigrants. In it, I identified three strategies that Right-wing fundies are using to wage a war on illegal immigration — by attacking the rights
Stone Cold Doug Ducey
August 13, 2010
by David Safier Doug Ducey, Republican candidate for treasurer, has some problems lurking around in his recent bio. One has to do with nonpayment of property taxes. The other has to do with Cold Stone Creamery, where he was CEO from 1995 to 2007. When it came to selling franchises for Cold Stone, Ducey was
The Mystery of the Undecided Voter in the Democratic Senate Primary
August 13, 2010
By Michael Bryan We are already into early voting and less than a month from Primary day and the vast plurality of Democratic voters haven't made up their minds about who should run against (one may safely presume) Senator John McCain (R). The Democratic campaigns may quibble about the details, but polling from all sides
Dolores Huerta was right
August 13, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: It was in April 2006 that Dolores Huerta, co-founder with Cesar Chavez of the United Farm Workers, was an invited guest speaker at a special assembly at Tucson High Magnet School the day after student walkouts in support of immigration law reforms. During her speech, Huerta made the observation that “Republicans hate Latinos.” Republican
Andrew Thomas abused the power of his office in witch hunt against political enemies
August 13, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Well the shit has finally hit the fan. It is up to the voters of the State of Arizona to throw this corrupt politician out of office. Republican and independent voters can vote against Thomas in the GOP primary. Of course, your other option is the equally corrupt "Banned for life by
Rachel Maddow covers Arizona’s private prisons
August 12, 2010
by David Safier As I write this at 6:18pm, Maddow just finished a lengthy lead story on the Kingman prison break and Arizona’s private prisons. It pulls together all the threads as Maddow does so well, and adds details I hadn’t read about. We’ll put up the clip when it’s available. Meanwhile, if you want
Anti-Constitution radicals attack citizenship
August 12, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Howard Fischer reports today on the GOP talking point du jour: Report: 1 in 15 kids in U.S. has illegal immigrant parent – East Valley Tribune: About one out of every 15 children in the United States was born to a family where at least one parent is in this country illegally,
