First, the preview. Steve Benen reports, Kari Lake gives away the game on ‘restoring confidence’ in voting: In early September, gubernatorial hopeful Kari Lake, a relentless election denier, argued that she’d seen evidence to substantiate her conspiracy theories, but she wouldn’t share it. “I’m not comfortable sharing it with the media,” the Arizona Republican said, … Read more
Travis Gettys reports, ‘Do whatever it takes!’ Bellowing right-wing pastors demand army of ‘angels’ to capture Arizona election win: Hundreds of right-wing worshipers gathered at an Arizona megachurch to “take authority” over the state’s election. A coterie of right-wing activists, Christian nationalists and self-proclaimed “prophets” addressed the two-night closeout of the “Take Back America” tour … Read more
Will Bunch of the Philadephia Inquirer has done the research I have been meaning to get around to, so a big thank you to Will Bunch for a time saver. Who’s behind those vile, right-wing political TV ads during the baseball playoffs? If you live in Philadelphia or thereabouts [and here in Arizona], the October … Read more
“Krazi Kari” Lake, previously a longtime propagandist news anchor at the local Fox News affiiate in Phoenix, is all about performance politics. Her opponent Katie Hobbs has accused this conspiracy theorist QAnon loving “Big Lie” election denier as only being interested in spectacle. “Krazi Kari” Lake proved her right, in spades. First “Krazi Kari” Lake delivered an … Read more
Jennifer Rubin writes at the Washington Post, Democrats have never had a better defense against the GOP’s anti-crime canard: Judging from the hyperbolic headlines and cable news chyrons, you might think Republicans have never campaigned on crime before. After all, it’s not as though Republicans have found some new, devilishly clever way to attack Democrats. … Read more