arizona politics

The Lincoln Project is an organization of moderate Republicans aiming primarily to turn their party away from their support of Donald Trump. It is lead by prominent Trump opponents and moderate conservatives like George Conway, Rick Wilson, and Steve Schmidt. Here's one of their ads from last...

Is one that I voted against last year, but am now open to voting for in 2024: Kyrsten Sinema: And she drops a nuclear bomb on the Democrats pushing to get rid of the filibuster: Looks like we have another maverick senator from Arizona. :D

“The police report states police arrested Stringer in September 1983, after a boy told officers that Stringer had met him and a friend in a park a year earlier, and asked them to come back to his apartment to have ‘some sex,'” the Republic reported. “Stringer paid the boys $10 after he performed...

This is an advertisement for David Brill, Democrat who is currently running for Congress against incumbent Republican Paul Gosar in Arizona's fourth congressional district. Unanticipated information revealed at the end of the spot turns what seems like fairly standard messaging into something...

The fractious nature of the current GOP could make this one fun. Flake is probably regretting pulling out because the primary could become a dogfight that the the Anti-Trump might've won. Could he re-register? AZ is an open primary state for non-presidential elections. A whole lot of Dems...

I didn't think this really belonged in the Trump thread, since it's more about Senators, so I started this here. If it needs to be merged, merge it. Senator Flake from AZ retired, and then had a manly speech about how shady Trump. Although, Flake voted inline with most of Trump's ********, and...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/10/06/arizona-congressman-repeats-bogus-claim-that-charlottesville-violence-was-left-wing-plot/ I'm honestly surprised that he didn't claim it was Killary behind the steering wheel all along and she was just working to blame the "very fine...

#BREAKING: US Senator John McCain has been diagnosed with brain cancer, his office says. It explains his odd questions during the Comey hearing.

The good people of Maricopa County, Arizona (Phoenix metro area) have elected this man their sheriff six times in a row: While the people in Maricopa County apparently have no problem with this scumbag whackjob, a federal judge does and may finally hold him personally accountable.

According to an Arizona GOP censure, McCain's voting record is unacceptably "liberal", so the state committee - following similar moves by several county committees - passed a note scolding the senator, but doing absolutely nothing else.

Steven Seagal says he may run for Ariz. governor

Maddening. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2013/01/25/arizona-republicans-propose-bill-that-would-not-allow-atheists-to-graduate-high-school/ A group of Arizona politicians — all Republicans, of course — have proposed a law (House Bill 2467) requiring public high school students...

Sheriff Joe, the birther clown. Judge Rules: Sheriff Joe Arpaio engaged in racial profiling, violating the Constitutional rights of Latinos

Two separate bills have been introduced into the Arizona state legislature that would require students recite the pledge of allegiance daily and the other would require a oath to support the constitution in order to graduate from high school. I think this is an appalling turn of events. You do...

Arizona Congressman Who Proposed DC Abortion Ban Gets Hilarious Payback from Pissed Off DC Residents

And he's threatening to keep Obama off the ballot. http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/05/arizona_ken_bennett_obama_birth_certificate_birther.php?m=1

Former Arizona Legislator tried to get the state to pay for his anti-recall campaign. http://verdenews.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=47698 A video has surface of Pearce's last days in office GSc7kjprM4w

background http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/the_prosecutor_on_trial_ex-maricopa_co._atty_faces_disbarment_for_political Andrew Thomas was disbarred by the COurt today. Will Arapio be the next to fall?

Arizona Gay Sheriff has sex with illegal immigrant A bit of local news here.

I didn't see a thread for this anywhere so I'm posting this in a new one.

I was thinking today about the representatives and voting. I thought about who abstains from voting and how often. Is voting on legislation a fundamental role? Can a representative transcend that requirement? I submit to you, representative Giffords's 2011 voting record. Time Period Number...

Well it appears that Russell Pearce, AZ state senate president and "author" of SB1070 the racist anti immigrant bill, has been recalled! The victor being a more moderate republican named Jerry Lewis. This is awesome for the simple fact that it was his own conservative district that gave him the...

I am delighted to report that I was wrong. Mesa DID step up and remove the 'president of the tea party' in Arizona. I can only hope that this will be interpreted as a sign.

I am loathe to poke fun of my own city as I am involved with the Start Our State movement and would like to demonstrate how much better southern AZ would be without Phoenix's intervening. However two of our Mayor candidates make me just shake my head in shame. Marshall Home - The Freeman Ron...

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/liberals-southern-arizona-seek-form-state-130257516.html "A long-simmering movement by liberal stalwarts in southern Arizona to break away from the rest of the largely conservative state is at a boiling point as secession backers press to bring their longshot...

The move to recall Jan Brewer has bwgun. She has jkust enraged too many people and assumed too much power to herself for decent people to stand by and watch people die because she figured the state could not afford to do anything for them. Remember when all the Republicons, led by Caribou...

One more reason to not date politicans. Imagine Scott's girlfriend's surprise when she was booked and spent several hours behind bars while he walked because he was immune. This part is sorta funny: Of course, he did not waive it that night when he otherwise would have spent some time in booking.

I have been fomenting a cessesion from the state of Arizona. I feel that because the vast majority of Arizona's population reside in maricopa county (the greater phoenix area) those of us in the outlying counties are not being represented to a satisfactory degree. Our state legislators are...

Arizona's uber-right-wing wack job / Neo-Nazi state Senate President, Russell Pearce, has proposed a bill that would allow the state to nullify federal law. http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/50leg/1r/bills/sb1433p.htm Arizona is such a total joke right now.

In an early bid to win the 2011 title for most unconstitutional law passed in America, an Arizona legislator has introduced a bill which ... citation The bill's sponsor insists that it is not symbolic legislation and claims that he seriously hopes it will pass. When asked if the federal...