AIRC Update: Hearing Schedule
January 7, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Theeeey're back! And these may be the last public hearings before the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission votes to approve the final "final maps" for congressional and legislative districts after receiving a voting rights analysis and sending the maps off to the Department of Justice Voting Rights Section for Voting Rights Act preclearance. … Read more
‘Survivor – GOP Presidential Primary’ debate tonight
January 7, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The ABC News-WMUR debate will be held on Saturday, January 7 at 7 p.m. MT. ABC’s Diane Sawyer and George Stephanopoulos, who stunk up the joint the last time they moderated a debate, will moderate again, joined by WMUR anchor Josh McElveen. Maybe he can save these D.C. media villagers from themselves. … Read more
Bundgaard Goes, But Not Quietly
January 6, 2012
Posted by Michael Bryan Color me shocked. Seriously: shocked. Senator Abusive douche-bag Scott Bundgaard has resigned. I was sure that the fix was in for Bundgaard, but apparently he got the word during the lunch break just before he was to testify that the votes were actually lining up – both on the committee and in the … Read more
Arpaio Redefines Chutzpah in Response to the DOJ’s Finding Letter
January 6, 2012
Posted by Micheal Bryan Sheriff Arpaio responded to the DOJ's Civil Rights Division by the deadline set by AAG Thomas Perez, but he did so in a rather unusually passive aggressive fashion (see his attorney's letter [pdf link]: he's made his own discovery demands (106 of them!) and set his own deadline. He seems to … Read more
What. A. Dunce. . . . Or, “Paging Dr. Freud”
January 6, 2012
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by David Safier With S. Carolina guv Nikki Haley on one side and president-wannabe Romney on the other, McCain says, "With the leadership and the backing of the American people, President Obama will turn this country around." What fun, watching the two people who still have some of their faculties intact descend on the old … Read more
Tucson Gun Show Irony Alert: No loaded guns allowed
January 6, 2012
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by David Safier You can attend a gun show at the Pima County Fairgrounds on the one year anniversary of the shooting at Giffords' Congress on Your Corner event. And you can bring a gun with you — so long as it isn't loaded. No loaded firearms and no loaded magazines are permitted in any … Read more
Remembering January 8th events
January 6, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: On Wednesday, Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor participated in an hourlong discussion with young students about how the next generation can help restore civil discourse and respect in society, in For Our Future: A conversation inspired by Christina-Taylor Green, moderated by Chanell 12's Lin Su Cooney. Click below to … Read more
“McCain on Romney: Which Mitt is He Endorsing?”
January 6, 2012
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by David Safier Here's a video put out by the DNC: McCain on Romney, circa 2007-8.
