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Maddow covers Brewer/private prisons connection once again
September 1, 2010
by David Safier Rachel Maddow once again opened her show with a 10 minute story about Brewer and her lobbyist ties to private prisons. Maddow emphasized the very important point that the Brewer campaign is trying to punish KPHO TV by withdrawing her campaign ads from the station. Brewer blinked. Brewer tipped her hand. Brewer
Dems go after Brewer about private prison lobbyists
September 1, 2010
by David Safier AzBlueMeanie posted, and I reposted, about a great story run by KPHO Phoenix, ABC 5 CBS 5 [I apologize to KPHO for originally putting down the wrong network], detailing the lobbyist connections between the Accidental Guv and the private prison industry. If you haven't watched it yet, you should. How upset was
Hulburd Twists Quayle’s Right Wing
September 1, 2010
By Michael Bryan Say one thing for Jon Hulburd, who is running against Dan Quayle's son, Ben, in AZ's CD 3, he is not going to allow Quayle to coast to victory in a heavily GOP district. He's working hard for conservative votes to put him over the top. Considering that entrenched (though ethically challenged)
Al Melvin makes Conservation Voters’ national “Dirty Dozen” list
September 1, 2010
by David Safier Talk about your dubious honors. The League of Conservation Voters chose 12 of the Dirtiest Candidates for State Office Selected from Hundreds of Candidates from Across the Country Cap'n Atomic Al Melvin made the list. Think about it. One person was chosen in each of 12 states. Out of all the potential
Latest story on private prisons too important to miss
September 1, 2010
by David Safier AzBlueMeanie posted a link to a KPHO Phoenix story about the private prison scandal. It's too important to miss. Please watch it — especially people in the media, who should pick this up. This is potentially a scandal of major proportions that Brewer is trying to run away from. It needs much,
More fun with numbers: illegal immigration
September 1, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: If you listen to politicians from the Party of Hate (fka the Arizona Republican Party) tell it, illegal immigration in Arizona is a biblical-size disaster comparable to a swarm of locusts overruning the state. This is how the big lie technique of propaganda works. If you keep telling the lie over and over
Update: Pimps for Private Prisons and Profit
September 1, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: KPHO-TV in Phoenix continues its investigation into the private prisons and lobbyists scandal centered in the office of Gov. Jan Brewer. Here is a link to the video report http://www.kpho.com/local-video/index.html?grabnetworks_video_id=4326429. And the copy that accompanies the report Lobbyists Tie Brewer Administration To Private Prisons – – KPHO Phoenix: Gov. Jan Brewer took
GOP voter suppression effort in Texas
September 1, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I ran across this interesting post by Karoli the other day Democracy, Corrupted | Crooks and Liars that is worth a read, but I want to focus on just the portion about Texas: In Houston, 10,000 voting machines and associated data spontaneously combusts, incinerating the machines and tapes, and leaving a right-wing
