Michael Bryan 
Incumbent Independent Senator Sinema’s fundraising fell off a cliff this quarter: she raised almost exactly 1/10th as much as Democratic challenger Ruben Gallego. Here’s Sinema’s quarterly report contribution summary: She raised about 285K from individual donors and 175K from PACs. Compare this is to Gallego’s quarter: Gallego raised $2.89 million: more than 10 TIMES as … Read more
UPDATE 10/19: Fellow Tucson muckraker Troy Matthews of MeidasTouch network went to the rally and filed a great update about the event, which featured Oath Keeper and racist legislative terrorist Wendy “snake-eyes” Rogers. Looks like Kari Lake thinks that she has some support for her wacky Senate run here in Tucson. Let’s show up with … Read more
Kari Lake’s recent announcement that she will run for the GOP nomination for the Senate race against Ruben Gallego and (presumably, but not certainly) Senator #SingleTermSinema, is the culmination of the radicalization and Trumpification (and death knell) of the AZGOP as an electoral force in AZ politics. You will recall that Kelli Ward, previously Chair … Read more
The Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) is set to consider further reducing what the state’s monopoly utilities pay homeowners and businesses with rooftop solar for the energy they send back to the grid—and which the utilities then sell back to customers. ACC Commissioner Nick Myers wants to slash the price utilities pay rooftop solar customers for … Read more
My first millennial memory of the public canceling of a celebrity was back in March of 2003. During a concert in London, Natalie Maines of The Dixie Chicks (now just, The Chicks), spoke out against then President W. Bush’s decision to invade Iraq following the attacks on 9/11. “Just so you know, we’re on the … Read more