Tom Horne

Want to Take a Trip to the Dark Side: Watch the Arizona Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction Debate from Last Week

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The Republican candidates for Superintendent of Public Instruction (Shiry Sapir, Michelle Udall, and Tom Horne) held a “debate” last week moderated by PBS’s Ted Simons. During the course of the event, all three attempted to be the educational equivalent of Palpatine from the Star Wars movies: candidates that offered a reassuring audience that their intentions … Read more

AG Brnovich should familiarize himself with the Rule of Holes

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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:

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Nice AGs you’ve elected yourselves there, Arizona

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Crossposted from DemocraticDiva.com

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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.

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Tom Horne plays doctor

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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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They’re shocked! Shocked, I tell you!

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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.

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