Think of Arizona Republicans as lab rats. GOP strategists do. What’s going on in Arizona GOP circles illustrates why Republicans are losing elections they should win. But they’re learning nothing from it. A Politico article published on Friday, February 3, 2023, goes into the details (re[...]
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What it’s like without a free press
In South Sudan, 6 journalists were arrested for filming the president pissing in his pants. Read story here In Phoenix, Arizona, a Wall Street Journal reporter was arrested for reporting while black. Read story here — West Virginia’s GOP governor got a reporter fired for reporting on abuse [...]
December 23rd, 2022 - 4:58 pm § in Politics, Republicans
GOPer tells a whopper
If you mention a Chevy pickup’s gear ratio in the presence of Republicans, you’d better get it exactly right, because they’ll set you straight. They know it to the second decimal point. But for some strange reason, when Republicans talk about elections, they’re incredibly car[...]
October 24th, 2022 - 7:13 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Prosecute these drop-box vigilantes
“Right-wing groups have been staking out ballot boxes across the country and taking photos of people and their license plates as they cast votes in next month’s elections, all with the explicit encouragement of Republican politicians,” Huffington Post reported on Monday, October 24, 20[...]
October 4th, 2022 - 3:47 pm § in Misc.
I like it where I am
Florida is a popular migration destination, but those people are moving into harm’s way. USA Today says Florida’s population ballooned from 13M in 1992 to 21.5M today, with 3M added in just the last 10 years (read story here). A study (details here) revealed there’s migration withi[...]
August 31st, 2022 - 12:48 pm § in Politics
Why GOP ex-voter’s “resignation letter” is a bad thing
An Arizona elections office recently received a letter that goes like this: “I am returning this ballot to you, because I no longer have confidence that your organization can conduct a legal, democratic and unaltered election …. To conclude, I demand that you remove my name from the voter rolls [...]
August 28th, 2022 - 8:13 pm § in Environment
Water? Who needs it? You do
Americans are moving in droves to the hottest and driest parts of the country. A Vox article (here) says, “Leading the way in growth was Maricopa County in Arizona, home to Phoenix, a desert metropolis that receives more sunshine than any other major city on Earth — and averages more than 11[...]
August 21st, 2022 - 5:30 pm § in Politics
Kansas abortion foes got their recount and here’s what it shows
In the first ballot-box test of abortion rights after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the Kansas electorate kept abortion legal in their state, by a vote of 543,855 (59%) to 378,466 (41%), see details here. Anti-abortion activists requested a recount, raising $50,000 online, with another $[...]
August 17th, 2022 - 2:16 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
Missouri Trumper indicted for threatening Arizona election official
A Missouri man who left a veiled death threat in an Arizona election official’s voicemail is looking at federal prison time, and he should be. Walter Lee Hoornstra, 50, of Tecumseh, Missouri, was indicted by a federal grand jury for making an interstate threat and communicating it by an inters[...]
August 6th, 2022 - 2:00 pm § in Politics
Republicans are still violent as ever
Nothing’s changed. CPAC is one of the highest-profile gatherings of conservatives in America. Their keynote speaker is Hungary’s fascist autocrat, and their speeches are laced with violent rhetoric (see story here). Republicans have talked up “civil war” for years. Rightwing [...]