First Amendment

SCOTUS Watch: 4 opinions that make for strange bedfellows today

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For the media villagers who assume that they can predict conservative v. liberal 5-4 votes on the Supreme Court, today was one of those days that proves you wrong. There were some splits today that made for some strange bedfellows following that preconceived formula. The first opinion is a 5-4 decision that at first blush … Read more

Kelly Townsend, desperately seeking attention

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Earlier this year, Governor Doug Ducey put the kibosh on some anti-vaxxer bills moving through the Arizona legislature. You may recall that this provoked the very special kind of crazy that is regressive Republican Rep. Kelly Townsend (R-Mesa). Governor Doug Ducey is a communist! State Rep. Kelly Townsend says mandatory vaccinations are ‘Communist’: Signing her post, … Read more

Are Arizona legislators blocking you on Twitter? Let Blog for Arizona know

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You may recall that in May 2018, A federal judge in New York ruled that President Trump may not block users from following his Twitter account because the social media platform is a “public forum” protected by the First Amendment. Donald Trump cannot block critical Twitter users, court rules: “Blocking of the individual plaintiffs as a result … Read more

Note to Devin Nunes: ‘Don’t have a cow, man!’

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This falls into the category of “you can’t make this stuff up.” Donald Trump’s co-conspirator and accessory after the fact to obstruction of justice, Rep. “Midnight Run” Devin Nunes, is suing Twitter and a satirical cow over mean tweets. (He ought to be concerned about being indicted by the Special Counsel). Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) … Read more

A desperate Martha McSally accuses Kyrsten Sinema of ‘treason’

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The one and only senate debate between Martha McSally and Kyrsten Sinema did not fail to disappoint on substance.  McSally, in particular, was pre-programmed and stuck to canned responses to attack her opponent. If you have seen her false and misleading TV ads, you pretty much know what Martha McSally had to say. She stuck to the script.

But Militaristic Martha could not contain herself and towards the end of the debate sprung an obviously pre-planned new attack on Kyrsten Sinema, accusing her of “treason.” No, really. She went there. Arizona race gets ugly as Martha McSally accuses Kyrsten Sinema of ‘treason’ over 2003 Taliban comments:

In the closely watched Senate race in Arizona, “treason” was the accusation leveled Monday by Republican Rep. Martha McSally against her Democratic opponent, Rep. Kyrsten Sinema.

In the sole debate of the campaign, McSally, a retired Air Force colonel and combat pilot, asked Sinema to apologize for a 15-year-old radio interview about American intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan, suggesting that her comments were tantamount to levying war against the United States. Sinema responded by accusing the Republican of playing dirty.

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