Above: Kari Lake campaigning in Phoenix with Steve Bannon, left, and Charlie Kirk of Turning Point USA. Credit: Rebecca Noble for The New York Times. The New York Times reports,In Arizona, Kari Lake’s next move is splitting factions of the G.Q.P.: Kari Lake’s defeat in the governor’s race in Arizona has set off a high-stakes tug of war … Read more
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is part of the USA Today network of newspapers, which includes The Arizona Republic. The USA Today network of newspapers has a policy of no longer making endorsements of candidates. See, The Arizona Republic will no longer make candidate endorsements. Here’s why (Feb. 2020). This is an abdication of the media’s … Read more
Update to Stochastic Terrorism From Sen. Wendy Rogers; This Is Who The AZ GQP Is. Rachel Maddow explains why the attack on Paul Pelosi by a “red pilled” QAnon conspiracy theorist, and the GQP’s response to that attack is the latest indication that Republicans have made political violence part of their brand. As Max Boot … Read more
David Corn reports at Mother Jones, GOP Secretary of State Candidates Scheduled to Appear with a White Nationalist and Conspiracy Theorists: An ally of white nationalists; a former CEO and conspiracy theorist who tried to convince Donald Trump to use the National Guard to seize voting machines after the 2020 election; an Ohio math teacher … Read more
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