Tag Archives: Arizona

GOP Megadonors Dump Cash On Kyrsten Sinema

The Messenger reports: As she weighs a reelection bid, Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has garnered support from big-money donors who have given thousands of dollars to Republican committees over the past few election cycles. Sinema raised $197,400 from GOP donors who have given thousands of dollars over the years to Republican candidates and causes. Many of these donors have given …

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Nutbag Cultist To Seek Retiring Rep’s House Seat

Phoenix’s NBC affiliate reports: Republican Abe Hamadeh will be running for a U.S. House of Representatives seat, the failed Attorney General candidate announced on X Tuesday evening. In his X post, Hamadeh said he is going into the race with support from “key Trump allies including Ambassador Ric Grenell and Kari Lake.” The announcement comes after news that Congresswoman Debbie …

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Kirk Staffers Accused Of Assaulting Queer AZ Professor

The Arizona Republic reports: Arizona State University police say they are investigating an incident in which a queer faculty member was confronted and injured on the school’s campus. An official with the conservative group Turning Point USA said late Thursday night that two of their “crew members” were involved in the altercation. Security footage shows two people — a “reporter” …

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Vaseline Woman Launches Bid For US Senate [VIDEO]

The New York Times reports: Kari Lake, a former TV news anchor who refashioned herself as an ally and protégé of Donald J. Trump, officially announced she was running for the Senate in Arizona on Tuesday night, offering a dark vision of America and pitching herself as a fighter ready to take on the media and the left. Ms. Lake, …

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TODAY: Vaseline Woman To Launch US Senate Bid

Reuters reports: Arizona Republican Kari Lake, a far-right ally of Donald Trump, on Tuesday is expected to announce her candidacy for her party’s U.S. Senate nomination, in what could be a highly competitive three-way general election race in November 2024. Arizona is already one of the most politically competitive U.S. states but its Senate race became all the more so …

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Vaseline Woman Wore Hidden Mic To Confront Gallego

Arizona Central reports: Kari Lake didn’t wait to officially enter the U.S. Senate race to begin debating U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego. The two clashed on social media while flying back to Arizona, with the conversation spilling into public view at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Their clash on Thursday continued in a videotaped encounter with Gallego at the airport. The …

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Fox Spreads Fake Story That Arizona Gov “Disappeared”

The Arizona Republic reports: Fox News stirred up conspiracy theories online Thursday with a report about state Treasurer Kimberly Yee being named acting governor after what the conservative cable news network called the “mysterious disappearance of Gov. Katie Hobbs.” The erroneous news report, later changed by Fox, followed a false rumor that went viral on social media earlier this week …

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Vaseline Woman To Launch US Senate Bid On Oct 10

CNBC reports: Kari Lake, the Donald Trump acolyte who unsuccessfully ran for Arizona governor in 2022, will launch a candidacy for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate on October 10. The Arizona contest, in which Sen. Krysten Sinema is expected to seek re-election, could determine by a three-way race which party controls the Senate. Lake, who narrowly lost the …

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Sinema To Donors: I’ll Get Lots Of Republican Support

NBC News reports: In a two-page prospectus obtained by NBC News, Sinema charts out a path to victory as an independent candidate in Arizona, with a glimpse of her possible campaign message and new details about the unique cross-party coalition she would seek to build in the competitive state. Under the banner “Kyrsten’s Path to Victory,” the document says Sinema …

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Vaseline Woman To Launch AZ Senate Bid Next Month

Politico reports: Arizona Republican Kari Lake will launch a Senate run as soon as early next month, according to three people familiar with her plans. Lake, an ardent supporter of former President Donald Trump who refused to concede her narrow loss in Arizona’s governor race last year, has been hinting at a bid for months. She has been active in …

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AZ Students Greet “Fascist” Kirk With Middle Fingers

Mediaite reports: Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was swarmed by protesters who heckled “Fuck you, fascist!” during an appearance at Northern Arizona University on Tuesday. Kirk — who was visiting the university for an open debate titled “Prove Me Wrong: The Government is Lying to You” — was greeted on campus with signs which read, “Fascists fuck off!” “Charlie …

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Federal Court Blocks 2022 Arizona Laws Requiring Voters To Prove Their US Citizenship In Order To Vote

Arizona Central reports: A federal judge dismantled new state laws on Thursday that required voters to prove their citizenship, agreeing in her ruling to allow rights groups to probe legislative leaders’ intentions in creating the laws. Former Republican Gov. Doug Ducey signed the two laws, which ban certain people from voting by mail or in state elections, last year after …

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Politico: Blake Masters To Make Second US Senate Bid

Politico reports: Blake Masters is making plans to launch another Arizona Senate bid, potentially as soon as next week, according to three people familiar with the matter. Masters did not reply to a request for comment. Masters won the GOP nomination last year but lost to Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly in a critical swing state. Former gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake’s …

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Arizona Amps Up Fake Electors Probe Into Giuliani

Rolling Stone reports: Prosecutors in Arizona are “aggressively” ramping up their criminal probe into the 2020 fake electors plot aimed at keeping then-President Donald Trump in power. They’re not just looking at the fake electors, though. Rudy Giuliani is also now high on their list. Two sources with knowledge of the matter tell Rolling Stone that in the past several …

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Arizona GOP Ex-Chair May Be Next To Face Charges

Rolling Stone reports: Arizona’s criminal probe into the 2020 fake electors plot is heating up and investigators are now asking plenty of questions about a key Donald Trump ally involved in it: former state GOP chair Kelli Ward. The Arizona probe has been accelerating in the past several weeks, two sources familiar with the matter tell Rolling Stone, with prosecutors …

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Epshteyn Was Charged With Sex Harassment In 2021

The Arizona Republic reports: A woman says Boris Epshteyn, a special adviser to Donald Trump, repeatedly groped her and her sister inside a Scottsdale nightclub in 2021, according to police body camera footage obtained by The Arizona Republic. Epshteyn, who had worked with Arizona politicians to overturn Trump’s 2020 election loss, was accused of sexually assaulting the women at the …

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Axios: Vaseline Woman Is Staffing Up For Senate Bid

Axios reports: Former Arizona GOP gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake is staffing up for a Senate campaign in anticipation of an October launch, making Arizona ground zero to replay — and relitigate — GOP losses in the last two elections. A potential three-way battle, with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema running as an independent, will expose deep divisions in both parties on whether …

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AZ Coalition To Push For Abortion Rights Amendment

NBC News reports: A coalition of reproductive and civil rights groups launched an effort Tuesday to advance an amendment that would enshrine abortion rights in the Arizona Constitution, making the swing state the latest battleground in the post-Roe era. The coalition — led by the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona, NARAL Arizona and several …

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Biden To Designate New Arizona National Monument

NPR reports: President Biden is designating a new national monument near the Grand Canyon on Tuesday. The move protects lands that are sacred to indigenous peoples and permanently bans new uranium mining claims in the area. It covers nearly 1 million acres. The president will give remarks at the Historic Red Butte Airfield in Arizona at 11 a.m. local time …

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AZ “Fraudit” CEO Seeks To Keep Text Messages Secret

The Arizona Republic reports: Cyber Ninjas CEO Doug Logan is trying to keep secret more than 1,600 texts he exchanged with a Michigan lawyer who was indicted on charges of illegally accessing voting machines as part of a plot to overturn 2020 election results. Logan sent and received nearly 2,400 texts with Stefanie Lambert, more than any other person he …

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