Martha McSally’s latest ad “Whitney” requires a lot of Suspension of Disbelief
July 15, 2020
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Martha McSally has released another health care case study ad. While the subject of this ad, “Whitney” does not appear to be a former McSally staffer as in a previous ad that featured a former campaign manager, the contents of the video attacking Mark Kelly and Joe Biden on health care requires a lot of … Read more
A Tale of Two Presentations to the American People by Biden and Trump
July 15, 2020
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On Tuesday, July 14, 2020, the American People saw two versions of the American Presidency. In the middle of the day, Democratic Presidential Nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden presented an enlightened and coherent vision and plan for modernizing the nation’s infrastructure with an emphasis on clean energy technology. Please watch the presentation below: … Read more
Capitol Times & Clean Elections Hold Online Legislative Forums (video)
July 15, 2020
Each election year the Capitol Times hosts a Meet the Candidates event in July for all Legislative candidates and incumbents at a fancy downtown Phoenix hotel. This year, the Cap Times event — sponsored by the Citizens Clean Elections Commission — is virtual and spread out over five evenings, from 6-8 p.m. each night. The … Read more
With Betsy DeVos coming to Arizona, Education and Political Leaders discuss the challenges of reopening schools for In Person Instruction
July 15, 2020
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The Arizona Democratic Party hosted a press call “on Donald Trump and Betsy DeVos’s reckless threat to force schools to reopen without a plan to keep students, families, teachers, and staff safe.” Ms. DeVos, the Secretary of Education, will be in Arizona tomorrow to attend a closed-door virtual meeting of the Federalist Society. Apparently meeting … Read more
Check out the latest ads from The Lincoln Project, Unite the Country, Priorities USA, and Meidas Touch
July 14, 2020
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Six new digital ads were released over the last several hours. The first one, from the Lincoln Project called “Walk of Courage” shows a young African American man, holding a “My Life Matters” sign while walking past some armed fringe white reactionaries. The video then contrasts that with Republican Senators avoiding questions after Donald Trump … Read more
Andrew Weissmann: put Roger Stone before a grand jury
July 14, 2020
“One of former special counsel Robert Mueller’s top lieutenants in the investigation into Russian election interference doubled down on his call for Attorney General William Barr to substantiate his public support for Roger Stone’s “righteous” prosecution by putting Stone before a grand jury.” Law & Crime reports, Former Mueller Prosecutor Doubles Down: This Doesn’t Have … Read more
School Board Members, Health Specialists, and Legislators urge Governor Ducey to delay reopening In Person Instruction at Arizona Schools until October
July 14, 2020
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Fellow Blog of Arizona writer Carolyn Classen first reported on this event on July 9, 2020. Yesterday (July 13, 2020) a group of school board members, including Maricopa County School Superintendent Candidate Jeanne Casteen, and health specialists took a letter to Governor Doug Ducey to recommend that he delay the reopening of in-person instruction in … Read more
‘Bounty Gate’: The experts speak – Trump knew and has done nothing
July 14, 2020
Douglas London was a senior operations officer in the C.I.A. Clandestine Service for over 34 years, assigned to the Middle East, South Asia, Africa and Central Eurasia, several times as a chief of station. In an op-ed at the New York Times he writes, I Was a Counterterrorism Chief. Trump Knew What Russia Was Doing. … Read more
