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Gov. Katie Hobbs did NOT disappear, our common sense did

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Forget debating, GOP hopefuls need to start plotting

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28.09.2023 1

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Lake roasted for 'completely insane lies' about DeSantis

Zoologists, particularly those who specialize in ethology (the study of animal behavior), will tell you that in the natural world, when it is a matter...

27.09.2023 1

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Is it stupid for Kelly to say a Democrat should resign?

Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly joined a growing number of prominent Democrats calling for indicted New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez, a fellow Democrat, to...

27.09.2023 10

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Why the Biden/McCain friendship is a threat to MAGA

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26.09.2023 2

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Voucher oversight committee earns an 'F' in oversight

It should come as no surprise that Arizona’s scam of a universal school voucher program, which might bankrupt the state, would come to be...

25.09.2023 10

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Unhinged Rep. Gosar suggests general ought to be 'hung'

Back in January, during one of his many high-speed excursions on the crazy train, Arizona Republican U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar went on a maniacal rant...

25.09.2023 3

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Kari Lake's ESP tells her she will lose, again, in court

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23.09.2023 2

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Biggs' 'let them eat cake' view of government shutdown

Republican U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs and his not-so-merry band of GOP followers in the Arizona delegation are among the most ardent proponents of shutting...

22.09.2023 5

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Attorney General Mayes does good by backing bad gun law

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes proved on Wednesday that she understands it is not her job to make the law. That’s up to the Arizona...

21.09.2023 8

Arizona Republic

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Kari Lake wants a judge to give her your personal info

Since 1991, when the Arizona Legislature passed a law allowing anyone in the state to cast a mail-in ballot, the vast majority of voting citizens have...

20.09.2023 10

Arizona Republic

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The biggest Arizona scandal you've never heard of

If you’ve lived in Arizona for any amount of time, you know how difficult it can be to keep up with the scandals. You also know how challenging it...

20.09.2023 0

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Herrod is SHOCKED that she can't trust Trump on abortion

Cathi Herrod, president of the powerful Center for Arizona Policy, has been the de facto head of the Arizona Republican Party for nearly two decades...

19.09.2023 1

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If Horne told the truth to Moms for Liberty he'll resign

If Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne is true to his oath and can be taken at his word, he’ll resign. Or he already has. It’s...

18.09.2023 0

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Republican lawmakers call UA nurses ‘groomers’ … ah, no

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16.09.2023 10

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Lawsuit over Grand Canyon monument is a monumental waste

The Republican president of the Arizona Senate, Warren Petersen, has decided to remind the citizens of our great state that the Legislature does not...

15.09.2023 6

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How anti-abortion zealots are ensuring abortion rights

If I was running the public awareness campaign to get a constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion rights on the Arizona ballot in 2024, I would...

13.09.2023 1

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Kelly sponsors bill to end insider trading by Congress

One of the reasons people chuckle when Washington politicians describe their work as “public service” is that — unlike people with real public...

13.09.2023 3

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Trump and Lake admit (without admitting) that she lost

12.09.2023 50

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Wasting dismay on Tommy Tuberville

Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly is incensed at how Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville is jeopardizing America’s national security by putting a hold on...

11.09.2023 1

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Watchdog bites Trump team on the butt over border wall

This week the Government Accountability Office — an independent, nonpartisan agency working for Congress — released a report describing how things...

08.09.2023 0

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Kari Lake, Marjorie Taylor Greene in 'death race' for VP

Nature teaches us that when it is a matter of life and death, animals will do whatever it takes to survive, even if it means eating their own....

08.09.2023 30

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Will Arizonans seek abortion care in progressive Mexico?

If what happened in Mexico on Wednesday would have happened in, say, the 1980s, Americans would have said, “It’s about time.” If it had happened...

07.09.2023 7

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Arizona will play in the upcoming Super Bowl of politics

No NFL analyst of sound mind believes Arizona’s pro football team will play a role in determining who will come out on top at the end of the season....

06.09.2023 1

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Dealers, beware: The gun show loophole is about to close

This weekend’s Crossroads of the West Phoenix Gun Show at the Arizona State Fairgrounds will be one of the last opportunities for some gun dealers...

05.09.2023 10

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US Constitution could (and should) keep Trump off ballot

There is a very good reason why none of us should have a chance to cast a vote for – or against – Donald Trump next year. Or ever again. It’s...

03.09.2023 6

USA TODAY

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Ruth Waddell: Muse to an artist, gift to everyone else

In order to write about Ruth Waddell, who died on Aug. 23 at 97, I first must mention her husband, the late sculptor John Waddell. I must do so...

02.09.2023 10

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Shuttering Backpage made fighting the sex trade harder

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01.09.2023 1

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Constitution could (and should) keep Trump off ballot

There is a very good reason why none of us should have a chance to cast a vote for — or against — Donald Trump next year. Or ever again. It’s...

31.08.2023 30

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Abe Hamadeh’s team caught misleading the Supreme Court

News consumers throughout Arizona reacted with a rare, irrefutable and breathtakingly unified … ho hum … last week when losing Republican attorney...

30.08.2023 1

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Another idiot heads to prison for Trump, Biggs and Lake

Do you think former President Donald Trump or groupies like U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs and Kari Lake feel even a teeny tiny bit responsible when another...

29.08.2023 5

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Republicans talk tough but play dumb about fentanyl

Any dope with access to a computer can find out within a few clicks exactly how drugs like fentanyl are smuggled from Mexico into border states like...

28.08.2023 10

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Biggs files childish bill to defund Georgia prosecutor

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26.08.2023 2

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Headline said 'lawsuit' and 'snakes,' I thought politics

It was an honest mistake on my part. One that I believe is completely understandable when all the relevant factors are taken into consideration....

25.08.2023 10

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Republicans get to debate because of an Arizona hero

The day before Republican presidential candidates were scheduled to debate on national TV, I received an email from a man named Darrell Abramowitz,...

23.08.2023 5

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Gov. Hobbs blinks, again, on universal school vouchers

I’d guess a member of Gov. Katie Hobbs’ staff was ordered this week to run out to the nearest Walgreens and purchase a jumbo-sized dispenser of...

22.08.2023 4

Arizona Republic

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Sinema's silly plan to end military abortion conflict

Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is good at politics. She makes friends. She’s proficient at banter. She’s adaptable. She’s an expert in reciprocity....

22.08.2023 20

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Doug Ducey weaponizes his wishy-washiness to aid Trump

I could not have imagined there was a single person in the entire United States — the world, perhaps — who could make former Vice President Mike...

17.08.2023 1

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Time to turn Arizona’s fake electors into real defendants

We live in an open expanse of the magnificent Sonoran Desert, surrounded by silhouettes of mountains beneath a great dome of sky. And yet, I’d guess...

16.08.2023 20

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Why a bomb threat aimed at Katie Hobbs isn't a bombshell

Last week a Massachusetts man pleaded guilty to sending a message to an Arizona government website warning then-Secretary of State Katie Hobbs to...

15.08.2023 2

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Arizona GOP obsessed with groomers but OK with gropers

It is not often that a 2-year-old story about a man accused of groping women at a nightclub gets a lot of attention in the local media. The only...

14.08.2023 10

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3 GOP stooges stuck with sanctions (nuck, nuck, nuck)

For the purposes of this particular missive, I will go with the number three. There are quite a few more, actually. But in this case we’re only...

12.08.2023 10

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Rep. Schweikert urges vets to seek aid he voted against

Cataloguing the hypocritical words or actions of an average politician is like trying to sweep back the ocean with a broom. An exercise in futility....

11.08.2023 1

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Kari Lake's Ohio election comment could cost her in Arizona

It’s not like Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer needs any more evidence than he already has to make his defamation case against former news...

09.08.2023 2

Arizona Republic

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Group would have voters (yes!) decide abortion issue

Voters should decide this one. Not governors. Not legislators. Not courts. Voters. Us. Determining the abortion policy in Arizona is an issue taylor...

08.08.2023 2

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2,400 more reasons not to forget the Cyber Ninjas' scam

The people behind the Cyber Ninjas’ phony “audit” of Arizona’s presidential election results are playing the long game. Delay. Delay. Delay....

08.08.2023 2

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Joe Rogan pushes Kari Lake's BS to an enormous audience

I was not surprised. Joe Rogan has a history of stuff like this. Actually, you could make the argument that spreading misinformation, conspiracy...

08.08.2023 2

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Judge gives OK to yell 'Fire!' in a crowded internet

At some point you’ve probably heard someone say freedom of speech doesn’t mean you get to yell “Fire!” in a crowded theater. Actually, it sort...

03.08.2023 4

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How Arizona and a controversial, dangerous sheriff invented Trump

READER: I was telling a friend who’s only lived here for about five years that you wrote once that Arizona invented Donald Trump, which I totally...

03.08.2023 7

USA TODAY

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Rejoice, MAGA! Joe Biden is going to hell (AKA Phoenix)

According to a viscerally perceptive and shamelessly profane reader named Dean S., I am exactly where I belong. He wrote in part, “Comrade EJ,...

02.08.2023 3

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