Tag Archives: Tom Horne

AG Brnovich should familiarize himself with the Rule of Holes

Posted on February 5, 2015 by | 3 comments

Crossposted from DemocraticDiva.com

Rule of Holes: When you’re in one, stop digging.

herrod brnovich rtIt’s possible that this isn’t an approving retweet by Cathi Herrod but, given her ardent support of Mark Brnovich in the election and her just being an all-around terrible person, I’d say it’s a safe bet that it is.

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich decided to lash out at Republic columnist Laurie Roberts by euphemistically calling her a liar (“misleading”). Roberts merely directly quoted what was in the motion to dismiss filed by his office against a lawsuit filed by a rape victim alleging shocking negligence by the state prison. Here are some exact words from the motion: Continue reading →

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Posted in Campaigns, Courts, Crime, Donna Gratehouse, Elections, Ethics, Gender Equality, GOP War On..., Justice, Maricopa

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Nice AGs you’ve elected yourselves there, Arizona

Posted on February 4, 2015 by | 1 comment

Crossposted from DemocraticDiva.com

prison2Photo: globalresearch.ca

I actually don’t know if Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Weisbard was a Tom Horne or Mark Brnovich hire but does it matter?

The Arizona Attorney General’s Office is asking for dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a teacher who was brutally assaulted and raped after being left in an unguarded prison classroom with a convicted sex offender.

The AG’s reasoning is essentially this: the woman knew she was in a prison, so what did she expect?

No, seriously. That’s the reasoning. Continue reading →

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Posted in Courts, Crime, Donna Gratehouse, Elections, GOP War On..., Justice, Labor, Law Enforcement, Scandals

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Tom Horne plays doctor

Posted on December 15, 2014 by | 6 comments

Crossposted from DemocraticDiva.com

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Some good news for reproductive rights in Arizona, and elsewhere, from the Supreme Court:

The U.S. Supreme Court this morning rejected a bid by attorneys for the state to overturn a federal appellate court ruling which had concluded the limits illegally infringe on the constitutional right of women to terminate a pregnancy. The justices gave no reason for their decision.

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Posted in Abortion, Arizona State Legislature, Civil Rights, Courts, Donna Gratehouse, Gender Equality, GOP War On..., Governor, Healthcare, IOKIYAR, Legislation, Religion, Science

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They’re shocked! Shocked, I tell you!

Posted on September 15, 2014 by | 3 comments

Crossposted at DemocraticDiva.com

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Let’s say you are Sean Noble, a Koch-ed up dark money operative who has been the focus of some negative attention for your activities. You’d probably prefer to be known for something else in the midst of a heated general election cycle in Arizona, where you are the manager of the GOP candidate for Attorney General. Then it comes to your attention that former AZ Senate President Russell Pearce has said some vile things in public, as he is wont to do. And as right wingers are wont to do so often, Pearce focused his wrath on poor women. In this case Pearce says that poor women on public assistance should be forcibly sterilized. Continue reading →

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Posted in Abortion, Arizona State Legislature, Campaigns, Civil Rights, Donna Gratehouse, Gender Equality, GOP War On..., Healthcare, IOKIYAR, Legislation, Racism, SB1070

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The NOT Tom Horne candidate appears to be worse than Tom Horne

Posted on September 9, 2014 by | 8 comments

Crossposted at DemocraticDiva.com

brnovich 3This is a photo I took off NOT Tom Horne’s campaign website a few months ago. Not sure why they chopped off the top off his head.

Mark Brnovich, AKA the NOT Tom Horne Republican candidate for AZ Attorney General is a Goldwater Institute and Tea Party guy who filed to run against Tom Horne over a year ago as a protest candidate back when no one thought Horne, with all his money, was vulnerable in a primary. Republicans knew that Horne would have a lot of baggage going up against Felicia Rotellini again but didn’t bother to recruit a less ragingly right wing back-up candidate just in case, you know, more damning revelations came out about Horne. Oops. Now, NOT Tom Horne’s supporters are working furiously to portray him as a mainstream guy who is totally not Tea Party. On a recent TV appearance I had with right wing activist Shane Wikfors, himself and early and proud adopter of the Tea Party label, Wikfors was careful to downplay Brnovich’s Tea Party endorsements. Continue reading →

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Posted in Campaigns, Corruption, Donna Gratehouse, Elections, Law Enforcement, Primaries

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