Self-Inflicted Crisis at the Border
There is an old saw that goes; there is your side, my side, and the truth is in the middle. The liberal perspective advocates a humanitarian view, finding a way … Read More
Category: Az
Ukraine Invasion Day 23: fourth week and no end is in sight
The situation has become fraught with increases in attacks on civilians, amid charges and counter charges. Bombardment continues and a few Ukrainian counter attacks are offset by brutality in places … Read More
Opinion: Eyes Open America, or You are Next
There is a saying in playground basketball games, no harm, no foul. That may be fine for Sidney Deane and Billy Hoyle, but the United States’ sanctity is a different … Read More
The Suicide Squad's Democratic Bird of Prey
If you have seen the movie Birds of Prey (And the Fabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), you know the underlying theme was her discovering her power amidst a world … Read More
Alabama Councilman Uses Racial Slur To Refer To Black Colleague, Stuns Colleagues
Speaking to a colleague this morning who asked if I was tired of writing about racial ‘strife.’ The answer was—no—I am tired of living it. In less than two weeks … Read More
On Velshi: Roland Martin admonishes Democrats to get off their a$$es as GOP rigs 2022 Election.
Roland Martin has a wake-up call one hopes that the Democratic Party heeds sooner than later because it is existential for many of us. Roland Martin gets real on Velshi … Read More
in AZ, Big Liar still tries to overthrow government with more lies to support his unhingery
Even in Arizona, the Fraudit continues, now interrupted by high school graduations. “We can’t indulge these insane lies any longer. As a party. As a state. As a country” This … Read More
AZ-Sen: New Poll Has Sen. Mark Kelly (D) Beating All Potential GOP Opponents From 9-14 Points
Here’s some encouraging news today for U.S. Senator Mark Kelly (D. AZ) courtesy of OH Predictive Insights newest poll: The 2022 Senate election is inching closer and the race for … Read More
Democracy For America Keeps Up The Pressure On The Senate To Pass The PRO Act
Received this e-mail today from Democracy for America: On March 9th the United States House of Representatives passed H.R.842, Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021, known as the PRO … Read More
GQP claims Dems coming for your hamberders because Climate Crisis
More GQP spotted owl-isms, riffing on culture war again because Moscow Mitch claimed last year that the Democrats’ nanny-state will regulate 'how many hamburgers you can eat'. Now GOP governors are beefing … Read More
previous guy continues to hallucinate a 2020 victory, demands National Guard protect AZ 'audit'
Francisco Franco is still in Madrid waiting for his COVID shot, but previous guy seems full of the usual disinformation. He’s drawing attention away from his failure in Georgia and trying the … Read More
Google Earth 3D timelapse of Lake Mead shows just how screwed the American west is from megadrought.
The stress test is coming for states like Arizona as water levels likely to dip below 1075 feet in June. The mega-drought in the American west means water restrictions are … Read More
Not so Proud Trump supporter allegedly said he was disguising himself as an Antifa member
Because Trumpists are all about the cosplay: Person Woman Man Camera TV. Aren’t we in an age where US Senators pretend to be patriots while supporting an election nullification, and … Read More
AZ GOP goes full fascist: Bills to arrest election officials, declare Trump winner by fiat
Every Republican in the Arizona Senate co-sponsored a resolution demanding the Supervisor of Elections for Arizona’s largest county, Maricopa, to be arrested for declaring Joe Biden the winner of the … Read More
AZ & GA-Sen: Sen. Jacky Rosen (D. NV) Helps Keep Arizona & Georgia Blue Going Into 2022
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D. NV) in support of U.S. Senators Mark Kelly (D. AZ) and Raphael Warnock’s (D. GA) re-election campaigns: Sen. Mark Kelly … Read More
MoveOn.org Brings The $15 Minimum Wage Fight To Manchin (D. WV) & Sinema's (D. AZ) Home Turf
Received this e-mail from MoveOn.org: Dear MoveOn member, This is a make-it-or-break-it week for Democrats, who are poised to start voting on President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill, including an … Read More
AZ-Sen: Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D) Needs To Join Sen. Mark Kelly (D) In Passing A $15 Minimum Wage
FYI: Kelly also said he supported the need for a federal $15 hourly minimum wage, saying he was flexible on how to implement it but said it was impossible to … Read More
Rep. Lesko (R-AZ) Thinks Hispanics Aren't Americans
Rep. Debbie Lesko of Arizona — a state which is over 30% Latino — wanted to amend the Biden administration’s plan for Covid-19 vaccinations so that US citizens get priority. … Read More
AZ, GA, NH & NV-Sen: Sen. Jeff Merkley (D. OR) Wastes No Time Protecting Our Senate Majority
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D. OR) in support of U.S. Senators Mark Kelly (D. AZ), Raphael Warnock (D. GA), Maggie Hassan (D. NH), and Catherine … Read More
Indivisible Targets Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D. AZ) To Support $15 Minimum Wage In COVID-19 Relief
Received this e-mail today from the progressive organization, Indivisible: When we woke up this morning, Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) was trending on Twitter. And you should be pissed off. Yesterday, she … Read More
Un-Clutch the Pearls
While our attention was consumed by the latest Republican shiny object, Vice President Kamala Harris the originator of the pearls and Chucks meme, un-clutched her pearls, laced up her Chucks, … Read More
AZ-Sen: Elections Have Consequences, Kelly (D) Prioritizes COVID Aide For Native American Tribes
I’m liking this: U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) said Native Americans played a significant role in the recent election, including his win in Arizona. Now that he is elected, Kelly … Read More
AZ & GA-Sen: Sen. Jon Ossoff (D) Helps Kelly (D) & Warnock (D) Win Full Terms In 2022
Received two e-mails from U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff (D. GA). The first one is support of his colleague, Rev. Raphael Warnock’s (D. GA) re-election campaign: U.S. Senators Raphael Warnock (D. … Read More
On Dec 19, Trump tweeted, “Wait until January 6! It's going to be wild!”
It’s not the Bastille. Trump did incite a riotous mob to disrupt the legislative branch. People died. Trump got excited about the chaos he’d caused. The last day of Trumpstock. … Read More
GA-Sen A & B: Gabby Giffords PAC Helps Defeat Two Of Moscow Mitch's NRA Puppets
Received this e-mail today from former U.S. Representative and wife of U.S. Senator Mark Kelly (D. AZ), Gabrielle Giffords’ (D. AZ) PAC, Giffords PAC: Rev. Raphael Warnock (D. GA) & … Read More
The Bridges of Edison County emerge in the Trumpist parallel universe, aka The Phantom Zone
“It has all gone too far,” Trump continues to raise money off a highly confused grift, and still remains unindicted. x Edison County must be where Trump has been keeping … Read More
On 1/21/21, Biden should declassify the Russia report's Intel assessment on Trump because Kompromat
Andrew McCabe references a suspicion from the first days of the Mueller investigation that Trump simply needs his comeuppance and a further push into a post-political life. Cuomo: You think there's … Read More
“…democracies suffer from post-electoral violence due to the delay in the publishing of results”
Discovery and disinformation are ahead as RWNJs are looking for reasons to overturn the election, but are perhaps more about grifting. The reality remains that Trump tried to manipulate processing … Read More
the Coup that couldn't shoot down Fifth Avenue
CNN is now framing a narrative that Biden’s victory is inevitable, with “gap-closing” in several states perhaps to be resolved by tomorrow because of trending in PA and GA. Trump did … Read More
The vindictive disabled canard could tank the economy in the next 11 weeks #TrumpDepression
It moves… there will still be monkey business even as one good sign has been put into place: x Good evening, one and all. Please note that the FAA has restricted the … Read More
the 2000 Brooks Brothers Riot returns, GOP operatives protest at Michigan counting site
Brooks Brothers riot of intimidation returns from 2000: x Wow. Actually identical now to the Bush 2000 playbook. https://t.co/zTtsayW1a4 — Dan O'Sullivan (@Bro_Pair) November 4, 2020 GOP millennium tribute band … Read More
AZ-Sen: NBC/Marist Poll Has Mark Kelly (D) Leading Martha McSally (R) 52-45
Here’s the latest news today out of Arizona courtesy of NBC/Marist poll: Finally, in Arizona’s competitive Senate race, the NBC News/Marist poll of the state finds Democrat Mark Kelly ahead … Read More
AZ-Sen: NYT/Siena Poll Has Mark Kelly (D) Leading Martha McSally (R) 50-43
I’m sure you heard this news today out of Arizona courtesy of the New York Times/Siena College’s latest poll: x Joe Biden leads Donald Trump in the four states likeliest … Read More
Polls, people, and panic
When the DesMoines Register poll for Iowa done by Ann Seltzer, considered the Gold Standard not just for that state but among state pollsters, was released last night, Twitter went … Read More
The 'Margin of Mischief', Trump's free media pass, and media profit in “blue shifts and red mirages”
The worry will be that post Election Day chaos will be widespread, and that town clerks and voting registrars might get all Dirty Harry on claiming partisan moral superiority. At some … Read More
AZ-Sen: New Poll Has Mark Kelly (D) Leading Martha McSally (R) 50-40, Biden Beating Trump 49-46
I’m going to close out the day with some more good polling out of Arizona courtesy of The Justice Collaborative Institute: x ARIZONABiden 49% (+6)Trump 43%.#AZsen:Kelly (D) 50% (+10)McSally (R-inc) … Read More
Thinking moving towards landslide
because I am seeing more and more evidence that political professionals who have access to internal polls are seeing it. There is chatter that Trump is worried about suffering a … Read More
Can Biden win one of these states: AZ/FL/GA/NC/PA… Yes we can! GOTV
The name of the anonymous author of op-eds criticizing the operation of the White House, is Former DHS chief of staff @MilesTaylorUSA ), but in the scheme of October Surprises this … Read More
AZ-Sen: New Poll Has Mark Kelly (D) Leading Martha McSally (R) 50-45, Biden Beating Trump 49-46
Here’s the latest news today out of Arizona courtesy of OH Predictive Insights: In the state’s other race with national consequences, former astronaut Mark Kelly maintains his advantage over incumbent … Read More
State Polls: Biden Tied in GA, MI +13%, TX +3%, NC +4%, FL +2%
Gravis Marketing leads off with a 13 point lead for Joe Biden in Michigan. That would be a fantastic number if it is accurate. It would mean Democrats would likely roll up … Read More
WaPo, “Trump privately tells donors it would be ‘very tough’ for GOP to hold Senate”
From The Washington Post: x Trump privately told donors it would be ‘very tough’ for GOP to hold Senate, saying: ‘I don't want to help some of them’ https://t.co/3aR8MAZx6D— The … Read More
NC-Sen: New Poll Has Cal Cunningham (D) Beating Thom Tillis (R) 43-38, Biden Beating Trump 48-44
Here’s the latest news today out of North Carolina courtesy of Meredith College’s latest poll: x NORTH CAROLINABiden 48% (+4)Trump 44%Jorgensen 1%Hawkins 1%Blankenship 0%.#NCsen:Cunningham (D) 43% (+5)Tillis (R-inc) 38%Bray (L) … Read More
Lincoln Project: “Remember El Paso”
Yet again an ad with two versions, one in English, the other in Spanish, and again targeted at Lation/Latinas. The first was targeted to Florida. I would guess this one … Read More
Morning Consult Has Mostly Great State Polls
projects.fivethirtyeight.com/… Morning Consult is waking us up this morning with a number of great state polls, with the Arizona poll being about the only one that’s not great. The polls were taken … Read More
State Polls: Biden Tied in TX, +8 PA, +4 FL, +5 IA, +9 NV, +10 MN
projects.fivethirtyeight.com/… It’s nearly all plus signs for Joe Biden in today’s state polls. The forecast from 538 has Biden with a 87% of winning and a 10% national lead (some of today’s … Read More
MI-Sen: HuffPost, “GOP Hoping Empty Health Care Rhetoric Can Save Their Senate Majority”
The Huffington Post has a good piece out about how U.S. Senate candidate, John James (R. MI), is repeating the same thing he did last time he ran for the … Read More
Trump in swing states, desperate for attention, bringing COVID, and disinforming with Russian ads
Trump is in the swing states, repeating his tactic of 2016, drawing attention away from whatever other mischief is happening. The GOP herd immunity message is failing even as Trump attempts … Read More
AZ, CO, GA, MI, NC, SC, TX-Sen: Morning Consult Poll Has Dems Winning 4 Seats, 3 Remain Competitive
Some very encouraging news today courtesy of Morning Consult’s latest poll: x #NCsen:Cunningham (D) 47% (+6)Tillis (R-inc) 41%.#AZsen:Kelly (D) 49% (+8)McSally (R-inc) 41%.#MIsen:Peters (D-inc) 49% (+9)James (R) 40%.#COsen:Hickenlooper (D) 50% … Read More
NC-Sen: Divorce Documents Highlights Thom Tillis' (R) “Cruel & Inhuman Treatment” Of Ex-Wife
With all the news that’s going on, this has resurfaced: According to court filings obtained by American Ledger, North Carolina Republican Senator Thom Tillis’ ex-wife alleged “cruel and inhuman treatment” … Read More
just say “no” on that second debate, Joe, the White House might blame you for trying to win
The White House is now blaming Michigan governor Whitmer for the kidnap/assassination plot against her by domestic terrorists. Similarly Trumpists think Biden is weak for not wanting to catch COVID … Read More
