UPDATED 1/6/23: I read this opinion article by Jamelle Bouie at the New York Times and found it a very useful amendment to my thinking in this post. I will quote from it at length with highlights and commentary at the bottom of this post. Dr. Tim Snyder is one of my favorite historians. He … Read more
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez’s reporting in WaPo makes it very clear that AZ Attorney General Kris Mayes has developed the investigation of the fake elector scheme and Ward’s efforts to corruptly influence the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election in Arizona to the point that Grand Jury indictments are now all but inevitable. The Arizona attorney general’s … Read more
Earlier today we saw the national GOP finally give in fully to the MAGA movement with the election of backbencher radical Rep. Mike Johnson (Who?-LA) to a Constitutional office second in line of succession to the Presidency. The clearest statement of why this is such an irresponsible and destabilizing choice was by historian Heather Cox … Read more
UPDATE 10/19: Fellow Tucson muckraker Troy Matthews of MeidasTouch network went to the rally and filed a great update about the event, which featured Oath Keeper and racist legislative terrorist Wendy “snake-eyes” Rogers. Looks like Kari Lake thinks that she has some support for her wacky Senate run here in Tucson. Let’s show up with … Read more
Since the House Democrats provided the winning margins to prevent a government shutdown on September 30, 2023, Arizona Democratic House Congressional Candidates offered their views on what transpired. In the cases of Congressional Districts (CD)One and Six, Candidates sharply criticized the Republican incumbents in those districts who either supported throwing the country into fiscal paralysis … Read more