Meet the New. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson Soon to be probably known as America’s Worst Political Nightmare. Make no mistake. While he may be more presentable and polished than a Jim Jordan or Steve Scalise, there does not seem to be a mainstream bone in his MAGA-White Christian Nationalist body. As NBC reports, … Read more
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
With a Presidential election year, Republican disarray in the House of Representatives (maybe they should put an ad out for a Speaker candidate that can get 217 votes,) MAGA posterboard candidate Kari Lake running for the Senate, and a potential state ballot initiative on reproductive freedom rights, Arizona Congressional District (CD) Six Representative Juan Ciscomani … 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