Tag Archives: Arizona

Judge Orders Stop To Menacing Of Arizona Drop Boxes

NBC News reports: The order, issued by U.S. District Judge Michael Liburdi, prohibits Clean Elections USA from “openly” carrying weapons or “visibly wear body armor” within 250 feet of drop boxes. Liburdi’s order also bars the group’s members from taking photos, recording, following or yelling at voters within 75 feet of drop box locations. Furthermore, he told the group’s founder, …

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Arizona Libertarian Drops Out, Endorses Blake Masters

The New York Times reports: The Libertarian candidate running for Senate in Arizona — who had threatened to play spoiler in the closely watched race — is dropping out and endorsing Blake Masters, the Republican nominee. The decision, announced on Tuesday, gives Mr. Masters a lift heading into the final week as he seeks to unseat Senator Mark Kelly, the …

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Kelly +6 Over Masters In New Arizona Senate Poll

NBC News reports: Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) leads Republican challenger Blake Masters by 6 points in the state’s Senate race, new polling shows. A New York Times/Siena College poll released Monday found Kelly with 51 percent to Masters’ 45 percent, a lead that may signal hope for Democrats to secure the state just over a week until November’s midterm elections. …

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Trump Judge Allows Menacing Of Arizona Drop Boxes

The Associated Press reports: A federal judge Friday refused to bar a group from monitoring outdoor ballot boxes in Arizona’s largest county where watchers have shown up armed and in ballistic vests, saying to do so could violate the monitors’ constitutional rights. U.S. District Court Judge Michael Liburdi said the case remained open and that the Arizona Alliance for Retired …

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Office Of Arizona Dem Gov Candidate Gets Burglarized

The New York Times reports: As a combative Arizona governor’s race ticked down toward Election Day, the Phoenix police said Wednesday that they were investigating a burglary at the campaign headquarters of the Democratic candidate, Katie Hobbs. Phoenix police officers responded to a burglary call on Tuesday afternoon, said Sgt. Phil Krynsky, a spokesman for the department. Items were taken …

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Arizona GOP Chair Begs SCOTUS To Shield Her Phone

NBC News reports: Arizona Republican Party Chair Kelli Ward asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to prevent her phone records from being disclosed to the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot. The state GOP chair and her husband, Michael Ward, were among 14 of 84 so-called alternate electors subpoenaed earlier this year by the House Jan. 6 committee, citing …

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AZ Voters Seek Restraining Order Against Cultist Group

CNN reports: An association for retirees and an organization for Latino voters are seeking a temporary restraining order against a group they allege is coordinating a campaign of voter intimidation in Arizona. The restraining order request was filed Monday evening with a federal court lawsuit alleging that the group Clean Elections USA and its founder, Melody Jennings, were running afoul …

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Arizona Police Guard Drop Boxes From Armed Cultists

Politico reports: The sheriff in metropolitan Phoenix said Monday he’s stepped up security around ballot drop boxes after a series of incidents involving people keeping watch on the boxes and taking video of voters after they were apparently inspired by lies about the 2020 election. On Friday, deputies responded when two masked people carrying guns and wearing bulletproof vests showed …

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Armed Cultists Continue To Menace Arizona Voters

Phoenix’s CBS affiliate reports: Multiple incidents of possible voter intimidation have been reported this week, and the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors released a statement saying they will do anything to ensure a fair election. Sheriff’s deputies were called to an incident Friday night at a ballot box in Mesa and said two individuals wearing tactical gear were armed. On …

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Lake’s Campaign Manager Under Fire For Racist Tweet

The Arizona Mirror reports: Kari Lake’s campaign manager likened all Native Americans to bloodthirsty savages who engage in human sacrifice in a racist tweet mocking the concept of Indigenous People’s Day. Lake earlier this month called Duncan “the most important person” on her campaign. Although Duncan’s tweet was made on Oct. 10, it didn’t garner attention until Oct. 20, when …

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Too Late To Remove “Anti-Grooming” GOP Cultist From Ballot After Arrest For Masturbating Near AZ Preschool

Talking Points Memo reports: A Republican candidate for the Maricopa County Community College Governing Board in Arizona was arrested in early October after he was allegedly caught masturbating in his truck near a child care center. A report by the Maricopa County Community College Police stated that Randy Kaufman, who announced on Tuesday that he was suspending his campaign, was …

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Cultists Menace Voters At AZ Ballot Drop Boxes [VIDEO]

The Daily Beast reports: A spokeswoman for Arizona Secretary of State (SOS) Katie Hobbs, said Thursday that Hobbs’ office “has referred to the DOJ and AG a report from a voter that the voter was approached and followed by a group of individuals when the voter was trying to drop off their ballot at an early voting drop box on …

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Republican Charged With Masturbating Near Preschool

Law & Crime reports: A Republican candidate for a seat on the Maricopa County Community College District Governing Board may face felony charges after the police say they caught him in the act of masturbating across the street from an Arizona preschool. Randy Gene Kaufman, who identified himself as a former prison supervisor, was charged earlier this month with one …

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QAnon Kari Refuses To Say She’ll Accept Election Result

Axios reports: Arizona’s Kari Lake on Sunday did not answer — when asked multiple times —whether she will accept the results of her state’s 2022 gubernatorial election if she loses. Lake, a 2020 election denier, is locked into a tight race with Democrat Katie Hobbs to become Arizona’s next governor, a position that has the potential to affect the 2024 …

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AZ Asks Feds To Investigate D’Souza-Linked Group

Fox News reports: Republican Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich has asked the IRS and FBI to review the financials of the conservative nonprofit group True The Vote for allegedly raising money on false statements about widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election. Chief Special Agent Reggie Grigsby of the Special Investigations Section for Brnovich’s office accused True The Vote of …

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Thiel Offers To Dump Millions More Into Masters’ Race

Axios reports: Billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel has told the McConnell-aligned Senate Leadership Fund he is willing to make a multimillion-dollar investment in the Arizona race on the condition the super PAC finds matching funds, Axios has learned. With 28 days until the midterms, a late cash injection of this scale could prove decisive in one of 2022’s key Senate …

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Masters Returns To “Stolen” Claims After Scrubbing Site

The Hill reports: GOP Arizona Senate hopeful Blake Masters said Wednesday that he still believes a since-deleted statement from his campaign website that indicated that the 2020 presidential election was neither free or fair. During an interview on Fox News, Masters was asked why he deleted a line from his campaign website that had said, “If we had had a …

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Arizona Senate Poll Shows Kelly +13 Over Masters

Newsweek reports: A new poll out of Arizona shows Trump-backed Republican Blake Masters losing to his Democratic opponent Mark Kelly by more than a dozen points thanks to an unexpected surge in the polls by a dark horse candidate following last week’s first—and likely only—debate in a race that could decide control of the U.S. Senate. With less than one …

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Peter Thiel Funds Fake Newspapers Mailed To Voters

The Daily Beast reports: The Grand Canyon Times isn’t a traditional newspaper. It’s part of an opaque media organization that recycles right-wing news articles across a network of hyperlocal-sounding news websites, which are padded out with press releases. As the 2022 midterm elections approach, conservative campaigns have tapped the network to send realistic-looking (and unsolicited) newspapers to voters in critical …

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AZ Sec Of State Nominee: No Cops Died Due To Riot

The American Independent reports: Mark Finchem, the Republican nominee for secretary of state of Arizona, stated in an interview that it’s an “outright lie” that five law enforcement officers were killed as a result of the riot by supporters of former President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The interview, conducted by Micajah Jackson, a right-wing …

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