Tag Archives: Arizona

Cops: 15 Year-Old Brought AR-15 To AZ High School

NBC News reports: Police arrested a student after he allegedly brought an AR-15 and ammunition to a Phoenix high school on Friday, authorities said. The student is facing “serious felony charges” after allegedly bringing the semi-automatic rifle — the weapon behind a dozen of the 21 deadliest mass shootings in the U.S. since 2006 — to Bostrom High School, where …

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Vaseline Woman’s Star Trial Witness Helps Other Side

The Arizona Republic reports: Kari Lake on Wednesday opened her (second) trial challenging the 2022 election … with a complete and total fizzle. Her attorney, Kurt Olsen, told the judge he’d be presenting evidence that Maricopa County didn’t verify the voter signatures on “hundreds of thousands” of early ballots, instead hiring signature reviewers who just went through the motions while …

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Judge Grants Vaseline Woman New Election Fraud Trial

The Arizona Mirror reports: Kari Lake will have one last chance to argue in court that her 17,000-vote loss 2022 election should be overturned — but to actually do so, she will have to prove conclusively that Maricopa County brazenly failed to verify tens of thousands of early voter signatures and that, in doing so, the county affected the outcome …

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Vaseline Woman Meets With Six GOP Senators On Bid

Axios reports: Former GOP Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake met with multiple Republican senators on Thursday amid speculation she is seriously weighing a 2024 Senate bid, Axios has learned. Lake narrowly lost her gubernatorial race in 2022, but is seen as a top GOP contender to win the seat held by moderate former Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.). Lake — …

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AZ Rep Loses Restraining Order Bid Against Reporter

Arizona Central reports: A Flagstaff judge has dismissed the restraining order filed by Arizona state Sen. Wendy Rogers against a reporter who visited her two Phoenix-area homes while gathering facts for an article. Flagstaff Justice of the Peace Howard Grodman dismissed the injunction against harassment after a three-hour hearing Wednesday where both Rogers and reporter Camryn Sanchez testified. Grodman said …

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QAnon Nutbags Bombard AZ Officials With Demand For Reinstatement Of Expelled GOP Ex-State Rep. Liz Harris

The Arizona Mirror reports: Supporters of former state Rep. Liz Harris are irate with the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, and they let the board members know that on Wednesday, with one of them even falsely accusing a Phoenix city councilman of opening the board meeting with a prayer to the devil. The Arizona House of Representatives ousted Harris on …

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Vaseline Woman: I’ll Run For US Senate Only If The Supreme Court Decides I’m Not Already Arizona Gov

Vaseline Woman was on Steve Bannon’s podcast today: I want everybody out there in the War Room posse to know we are still in this fight. I’m still working to take back what we earned and what we worked hard for, which is the governor’s office, which is what we won. Unfortunately, the people who run our elections in Arizona …

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Vaseline Woman +30 In AZ Senate GOP Primary Poll

The Hill reports: Former Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake holds a wide lead over other prospective challengers in a hypothetical Arizona Senate Republican primary, according to a new poll. A poll released by J. L. Partners and shared with The Hill on Monday found Lake receiving 38 percent support in an Arizona Senate GOP primary among registered Republican and undeclared …

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Arizona House Expels QAnon/Republican State Rep

Phoenix’s NBC affiliate reports: The Republican-controlled Arizona House voted to expel one of their own Wednesday morning, a day after a report found now-former Rep. Liz Harris committed “disorderly behavior” in inviting a speaker who spread a baseless election conspiracy theory. The House made the vote with 46 representatives voting yes and 13 voting no. A two-thirds majority is needed …

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QAnon Extremist AZ Sheriff Launches Bid For US Senate

The Washington Post reports: Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb of Arizona filed federal paperwork Monday to run for Senate, becoming the first major Republican candidate to enter the race for the seat held by Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.). He may soon find himself in a crowded Republican primary that probably will include former TV anchor Kari Lake, who lost her …

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Vaseline Woman: You Can’t Sanction Me If I Believe Lies

The Arizona Mirror reports: Kari Lake and her lawyers are asking the Arizona Supreme Court not to sanction them for their election challenge case because Lake “honestly believes that electoral misconduct and illegal votes determined the outcome of the 2022 gubernatorial election.” The Supreme Court invited the defendants in Lake’s case, Gov. Katie Hobbs and Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, …

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AZ Republicans Ordered To Pay For Failed Election Suit

The Arizona Republic reports: Two Cochise county supervisors who resisted certifying results in the November election are on the hook for $37,000 in legal and court fees. It’s the latest court ruling awarding sanctions against parties that rejected the results of the 2022 general election. And failed Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake may face sanctions for false claims made to …

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Arizona Bill Would Force All Students To Recite Pledge

The Arizona Mirror reports: A bill that critics say violates students’ constitutional rights by forcing them to recite the Pledge of Allegiance has continued to make its way toward becoming law. The bill from Rep. Barbara Parker, R-Mesa, requires that school districts and charter schools set aside a specific time each day for K-12 students to recite the pledge of …

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Arizona Gov’s Spox Resigns After “Transphobes” Tweet

Arizona Central reports: Arizona Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs’ spokesperson has resigned amid controversy over a social media post suggesting violence posted hours after the deadly shooting at a Nashville school on Monday. Press Secretary Josselyn Berry’s post on Twitter late Monday caused uproar online, particularly among conservatives who dubbed it tone deaf, offensive and contrary to criticism from progressives that …

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Sinema Rips Senate Dems As “Old Dudes Eating Jello”

Politico reports: As she races to stockpile campaign money and post an impressive, statement-making first-quarter fundraising number, Sinema has used a series of Republican-dominated receptions and retreats this year to belittle her Democratic colleagues, shower her GOP allies with praise and, in one case, quite literally give the middle finger to President Biden’s White House. “Those lunches were ridiculous,” she …

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AZ High Court Rejects Most Of Vaseline Woman’s Suit

The Arizona Republic reports: Arizona’s top court has declined to hear Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake’s challenge to her election loss, but kept the case alive by sending one of Lake’s claims back to a county judge to review. The former television news anchor made seven legal claims in her case. Those included claims that tens of thousands of ballots …

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Vaseline Woman: New Poll Confirms I Won AZ Gov Race

Mediaite reports: Kari Lake, who narrowly lost the 2022 Arizona gubernatorial election, declared on Friday that she and two other GOP candidates who also came up short actually “won” according to a new poll by Rasmussen. Lake’s tweet linked to far-right conspiracy website the Gateway Pundit, which ran the headline, “EXPLOSIVE: NEW Rasmussen Poll Reveals That Trump-Endorsed Kari Lake, Abe …

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Arizona Snitch Line Goes Down After Teachers Hold Rally, Line Gets Deluged With Hundreds Of Prank Calls

Arizona Central reports: Teachers rallied at the Capitol on Wednesday to oppose Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne’s new hotline for members of the public to report “inappropriate lessons.” The protesting educators called for the hotline to be shut down and for teachers to be recognized for the difficult work they do in challenging teaching conditions. When news of the …

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Arizona Schools Chief Launches Anti-Teacher Snitch Line

From the Arizona Department of Education: Arizona schools chief Tom Horne has launched the Department of Education “Empower Hotline” so that Arizonans can report inappropriate public school lessons that detract from teaching academic standards. These include those that focus on race or ethnicity, rather than individuals and merit, promoting gender ideology, social emotional learning, or inappropriate sexual content. The hotline …

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AZ Cultist Must Pay Legal Fees In Failed Election Suit

Phoenix’s ABC affiliate reports: After losing his 2022 bid for Arizona Secretary of State, Mark Finchem filed a lawsuit attempting to overturn the results of the election. His suit was dismissed, and he is now facing sanctions. The Maricopa County Superior Court found that his lawsuit was “groundless and not brought in good faith,” documents show. The court ordered Finchem …

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