Above Graphic: It was true in 2018, and is still true today. Update to Fact checking Martha McSally – yep, she’s lying again. Defend Arizona PAC is a single-candidate political action committee for Martha McSally. In 2018 they were big spenders, raising and spending over $22 million for a losing campaign. Center for Responsive Politics … Read more
Update to Media Notes: QAnon is a ‘Collective Delusion’. It turns out that the Arizona Capitol Times has done the kind of reporting that your local newspapers and TV news readers have not done about QAnon cult members running for office in Arizona this year. Demand that your local news do a better job. Voters … Read more
A couple of recent reports deserve wider public attention. First, Politico reports on DHS draft documents: White supremacists are greatest terror threat: White supremacists present the gravest terror threat to the United States, according to a draft report from the Department of Homeland Security. Two later draft versions of the same document — all of … Read more
Three seats are up for grabs on the nonpartisan, volunteer Tucson Unified School District Governing Board. 2 term board member Kristel Foster is stepping down, as is one term member Rachael Sedgwick-Gordon, and recently appointed member Bruce Burke (filling a vacancy after resignation in October 2019 of long term member Mark Stegeman). Attorney Burke formerly … Read more
Musician/celebrity Kanye West cannot appear on Arizona’s ballot for President in November, a judge ruled this afternoon. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Scott McCoy heard oral argument, questioned the attorneys for both sides, and determined that because West is registered as a Republican, he cannot petition to be on the ballot and avoid the usual … Read more