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None of Doug Ducey’s Picks for the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority Seems to Have Any Expertise in Water Policy

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Apparently having expertise in water policy is not the first qualification for a Doug Ducey appointee to serve on the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority, the state organ that “finances the design and construction of water and wastewater infrastructure projects.” According to the recently passed a one billion dollars, water security measure passed at the end … Read more

NRCC’s open appeal to misogynists in CD01 reveals the bind the Right is in with women

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Crossposted on DemocraticDiva.com By now you’ve probably seen the NRCC attack ad against Ann Kirkpatrick in which she is portrayed as a pair of legs in high heels dragging a roll-around suitcase. Because she has “baggage”, get it? Just like your crazy ex, amirite fellas? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYPfxz0UfV4 The sexist cheap shots at Ann Kirkpatrick (of which … Read more

AZ business community takes credit for heroically vanquishing GOP primary challenges that were probably not going to happen anyway

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Crossposted at DemocraticDiva.com

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The filing deadline for partisan Arizona candidates has arrived and it appears that most of the GOP lawmakers who joined with the Democrats to approve the Medicaid expansion will not, after all, face serious primary threats as punishment for their votes. Which doesn’t surprise me at all since I’ve been paying attention to GOP primary voter behavior for several years now and have observed that it is rare for those voters to sacrifice incumbents in races that Dems could possibly win.

AZ Capitol Times seems to be clued in to this reality, as they reported Tuesday:

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Link for my Sunday Square off Appearance

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Crossposted at DemocraticDiva.com

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ICYMI, and you probably did because it was Memorial Day weekend and it aired on Sunday morning at 8 a.m., you can watch me on the panel with Chip Scutari and Shane Wikfors here. Again, sorry I can’t embed but the videos tend to open immediately when you click on the site if I do.

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