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Opinion: Kari Lake finally scores a win in court

Kari Lake may have lost this week’s debate, but she scored an important win in the courts … possibly her first ever. “What is Ruben Gallego...

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Opinion: Attack dog is still a bad look for Kari Lake

Republicans were over the moon about Kari Lake’s performance during Wednesday’s debate, with Lake herself declaring her “clear victory.”...

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Opinion: County official STILL says election was rigged

Well, well, well. After hiring an independent auditor to spend weeks analyzing what any rational person already knew, Pinal County has determined that...

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Opinion: Questions for tonight's Lake-Gallego debate

Grab your flak jackets, Arizona. The long-awaited firefight between Kari Lake and Ruben Gallego is upon us. As showdowns go, tonight’s Citizens...

09.10.2024 4

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Opinion: How to know lawmakers are terrified of you

With early voting getting under way this week, I took a meander through the propositions on this year’s ballot and, well … wow. Arizona’s...

08.10.2024 10

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Opinion: Bad news on the border for Trump and Lake

Disastrous news for Donald Trump, Kari Lake and the rest of the “hide your pets and your daughters, the immigrants are coming” crowd. Illegal...

08.10.2024 40

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Opinion: Lawsuit sets up 218,000 voters for harassment.

This column was updated with new information. A Trump-aligned group is suing to get the names of those 218,000 Arizona voters who may not have proved...

07.10.2024 9

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Opinion: Lake puts on a masterclass in how to lose an election

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05.10.2024 10

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Opinion: Hard-right GOP senator is suddenly ... going Green?

With just six days until the highly anticipated debate between Kari Lake-Ruben Gallego, the leader of the Arizona Legislature’s hard-right crowd is...

04.10.2024 8

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Opinion: Giuliani's latest conspiracy theory shot down

Will the (imagined) conspiracies never end? Rudy Giuliani apparently suspects the fix was in with the state grand jury that indicted him in...

03.10.2024 20

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Opinion: Abortion stance says it all about Kari Lake

Suddenly, Kari Lake trusts Arizona voters to decide whether abortion should be legal. “The lies about my stance on abortion are outrageous,” she...

03.10.2024 10

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Opinion: 218,000 questions about Arizona's elections

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02.10.2024 10

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Opinion: Leaked call makes Gov. Katie Hobbs look bad

A governor, an attorney general and a secretary of state walk into a bar … OK, that’s not quite right, but they did walk into a potential...

30.09.2024 10

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Opinion: Latest poll numbers show Kari Lake is D.O.N.E.

Just in case you think Arizona’s race for the U.S. Senate isn’t yet over, a new poll shows Republican Mark Robinson down 11 points in his race for...

27.09.2024 30

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Opinion: County official takes 'sore loser' to extremes

A Republican county official and proud member of the stolen election set has come up with a creative new way to try to make money off his recent...

26.09.2024 3

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Opinion: Sinema's right. This is no way to protect women

U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema — remember her? — rose from the (political) dead on Tuesday to trash Kamala Harris’ call to scrap the filibuster in...

26.09.2024 10

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OPINION: AZ GOP leaves Kari Lake in the locker room

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24.09.2024 10

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OPINION: Parents hoard your money while schools starve

A new study ranks Arizona 50th in its investment in public schools. Meanwhile, another study released this week found that hundreds of millions of...

23.09.2024 20

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OPINION: GOP makes a stunning about-face on citizenship

It’s fascinating to watch the Arizona Republican Party’s sudden interest in allowing voters who haven’t proven they are U.S. citizens to cast...

21.09.2024 10

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OPINION: Kari Lake wants to make Cardinals great again

19.09.2024 2

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OPINION: Surprise should pay up after critic's arrest

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Guess how many states have worse schools than Arizona?

18.09.2024 5

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OPINION: Will stolen election crowd boot GOP voters?

18.09.2024 3

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Senator Speedy is a martyr? Oh, please

From the sore loser department comes Arizona’s speediest state senator, the soon-to-be ex-Sen. Justine Wadsack. Wadsack, a hard-right, hard-driving...

18.09.2024 30

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Judge to fake elector: State laws apply to you, too

Donald Trump’s former chief of staff isn’t going to be able to wiggle his way out of state charges that he helped orchestrate the scheme to steal...

18.09.2024 10

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AZ GOP's smear of Haitian immigrants is right on brand

In Springfield, Ohio, the schools have gone on lockdown due to national anger that exploded last week — fueled by a former president who is doubling...

16.09.2024 10

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Trump won't debate in Arizona? Host the event anyway

CBS has proposed another faceoff between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, this time in the swing state of Arizona. Trump, however, has said he...

14.09.2024 10

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Kari Lake won't denounce her pal's racist 'curry' post

This week, one of Kari Lake’s pals lamented that if Kamala Harris is elected, “the White House will smell like curry” and have a call center...

13.09.2024 4

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Rogers promotes a 9/11 conspiracy and GOP yawns (again)

Sen. Wendy Rogers marked the 23rd anniversary of the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history by promoting a long-ago debunked conspiracy theory about...

12.09.2024 9

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GOP's 'Eat Less Kittens' billboards explain why Dems win

The Arizona Republican Party brain trust — having lost a presidential vote, both of the state’s U.S. Senate seats and all key state offices —...

11.09.2024 9

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Justin Heap's debate dodge is an insult to voters

10.09.2024 5

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North Carolina voter stays on Arizona ballot. GOP cheers

Republicans struggling to hold onto control of the Arizona Legislature can breathe a sigh of relief. A Maricopa County judge on Monday ruled that a...

10.09.2024 6

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Thank you, Officer Zane Coolidge. RIP

It was a stupid car. Two police officers who put on the uniform that day were dispatched to investigate a report that somebody was trying to break...

07.09.2024 10

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Suddenly, Kari Lake is all about debates

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06.09.2024 4

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JD Vance to Arizona grandmas: You should babysit more

JD Vance on Wednesday offered up his detailed policy plan for lowering the crushing cost of child care. I must say, it's genius stuff. Vance was in...

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Rep. Gosar must know exactly how Tim Walz feels

Certain family members of Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz have reportedly endorsed Donald Trump, and Republicans are giddy with...

05.09.2024 5

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Who's paying to keep this Republican out of the House?

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05.09.2024 10

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Sen. Rogers posts a Nazi slogan while the GOP yawns

For the first time since the Nazis terrorized Europe, Germany’s hard-right party has won a state election. No less than Arizona’s own state Sen....

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HOA fines man for 'free water' sign and misses the point

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Kari Lake is losing ... even among some Trump supporters

A new Fox News poll shows Ruben Gallego up 15 points over Kari Lake in Arizona’s U.S. Senate race. Gallego is crushing it with women, Hispanics,...

30.08.2024 3

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ESA kids want to play sports at public schools. Let them

The Fountain Hills school board has a message for the 161 Fountain Hills students who have Empowerment Scholarship Accounts:  You can’t play with...

30.08.2024 30

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Judge should laugh Arizona's fake electors out of court

28.08.2024 4

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Sorry, lady. You can pay for your own kids' dune buggies

Good news for taxpayers, especially the ones who think public money ought to go to public schools. The state is drawing the line at paying for dune...

28.08.2024 20

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Surprise! Woman's arrest will likely cost this city

A community activist was frog marched out of a Surprise City Council meeting last week. Rebekah Massie was arrested on suspicion of trespassing and...

27.08.2024 4

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Kari Lake's latest makeover? She's just a middle-aged mom

With just 44 days until early ballots hit mailboxes in Arizona, Kari Lake is taking another stab at a makeover.  This time, by comparing herself to...

27.08.2024 4

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Kari Lake is now suddenly appalled by 'stolen valor'

Count Kari Lake among the Republicans hyperventilating after this week’s Democratic National Convention. There was Turning Point USA’s Charlie...

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Arizona voting law stays (sort of), but it's no GOP win

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday revived part of a 2022 Arizona law aimed at barring thousands of voters from casting a ballot in this year’s...

23.08.2024 20

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Why isn't GOP crying 'weaponization' of this indictment?

It’s been nearly 24 hours now since a pair of elected officials in Apache County were indicted on charges of public corruption. The husband-wife...

22.08.2024 10

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Moderates are exhausted with Kari Lake's fury

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21.08.2024 40

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If Trump has Taylor Swift, he better cancel his AZ visit

As Democrats descend on Chicago, Donald Trump appears fixated on the one woman who most scares him. No, not Kamala Harris. Trump is terrified of...

19.08.2024 7

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