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Axios reports: Arizona Republican Kari Lake is making her first major advertising move in her 2024 Senate campaign, Axios has learned. Lake’s campaign plans to reserve $10 million in ads for the fall, a source familiar with the plans told Axios. That spending will start with a statewide $675,000 ad buy for May, which will focus on immigration and the …

“Oh, absolutely, 1,000%. What they want is to have a line in the voter rolls so that somebody can vote for that person. And that’s why they’re asking them to register to vote when they get set up for Medicare and Medicaid, because they’re giving them all of these services. They’re asking them to sign up to vote. Then they …

Politico reports: Kari Lake has not managed a clean pivot from her hard-right roots. In the past month alone, she publicly waffled on her opposition to Arizona’s near-total abortion ban and returned to the flamethrowing rhetoric of her last run when she urged voters to “strap on a Glock” to prepare for 2024. That’s all given the GOP some pause. …

Politico reports: Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) aired concerns over Arizona Senate hopeful Kari Lake’s call to voters last month to “strap on a Glock” saying Lake’s remarks could get someone injured — or worse. “It’s dangerous,” Kelly told NBC’s Kristen Welker during an interview on “Meet the Press.” “What Kari Lake said could result in people getting hurt or killed.” …

The Washington Post reports: Former president Donald Trump has long had a soft spot for his acolyte Kari Lake, the expected GOP Senate nominee in Arizona, joking that Lake would pivot to his false claims that the 2020 election was stolen even if she was asked about the weather. But since Lake jumped into the race, Trump has repeatedly expressed …

Law & Crime reports: The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court were uninterested in Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake’s far-reaching attempt to ban Dominion Voting Systems’ machines from use in Arizona elections and beyond, sending her petition to the dust bin despite the hype generated around the failed effort. In an orders list on Monday, SCOTUS jettisoned the case …

“Today – what they did when they voted to fund further fund Ukraine – and they were waving Ukrainian flags around and chanting Ukraine! I don’t know what country I’m in anymore! And I think the American people are absolutely shocked and floored by what we witnessed in the House of Representatives today. We’ve got to have a huge come …

“They can’t bribe me, they can’t blackmail me. That’s why they don’t want me in Washington, D.C. And that’s exactly why President Trump wants me they’re fighting with him. He’s willing to sacrifice everything I am. That’s why they’re coming after us with lawfare, they’re going to come after us with everything. “That’s why the next six months is going …

“It’s wrong on principle to come out in support of ‘sometimes you have to make the choice to kill your baby.’ It’s actually a reprehensible, disgusting view. And also it is politically suicidal. It is not going to work. “What does Kari Lake achieve with this video? Where she is, again, condemning a state ban on abortion. You cannot hide …

The Meidas Touch reports: After the Arizona Supreme Court today upheld their draconian 1864 abortion law which calls for 2-5 years in prison for anyone involved in performing an abortion, Kari Lake fired off a statement saying that she disagrees with the decision and hopes that the voters will overturn it in a referendum this November when her Senate race …

Axios reports: Republican Senate candidates have flocked to Mar-a-Lago in recent months to raise funds for their campaigns, and the results have been lucrative, Axios has learned. Arizona Republican Kari Lake, a top Trump ally, raised $1 million at a Mar-a-Lago fundraiser on Wednesday, a source familiar with the event told Axios. Republican Bernie Moreno, who won a contentious GOP …

The Arizona Republic reports: Faced with the prospect of turning over information that could be used against her at trial, former gubernatorial and current U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake is seeking to forfeit her ability to defend herself in court in an ongoing defamation case. Lake and her attorneys are requesting default judgment, which means a jury could decide damages …

Politico reports: Kari Lake hasn’t given up the election conspiracy theories. The Arizona MAGA darling is asking the Supreme Court to revive a lawsuit that seeks to ban electronic voting machines. That lawsuit was filed during Lake’s failed 2022 gubernatorial bid. Lake and Mark Finchem, a fellow election conspiracy theorist who lost the Arizona secretary of state race in the …

Law & Crime reports: Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake failed to keep Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer’s (R) defamation lawsuit on hold Tuesday, meaning the case move towards discovery and trial. In an orders list, the Arizona Supreme Court, having denied Lake’s petition for review, rejected the attorneys’ fees request and ordered the stay lifted. The allegedly defamatory Lake …

NBC News reports: Kari Lake, the Arizona Republican candidate running for Senate, has proclaimed abortion “the ultimate sin,” said abortion pills should be illegal, and praised laws to restrict reproductive rights in other conservative-led states. Lake now says she believes Arizona will settle on a rule that offers access to abortion up to 15 to 24 weeks. She called the …

The Arizona Republic reports: For the second time in a month, Senate candidate Kari Lake is scheduled to hold a fundraiser hosted by someone who has promoted the QAnon and other fringe conspiracy theories online. This time, she’ll be joined by one of the U.S. Senate’s highest-ranking Republicans. Lake and Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., the chair of the Senate Republican …

Politico reports: Kari Lake’s months of courting the Republican establishment in D.C. are paying off. Once the consummate outsider, Lake has been maneuvering since even before launching her Arizona Senate bid last fall to show party leaders she’s ready to play nice — and move beyond her antagonistic and election-denial-centered 2022 run for governor. Her efforts’ biggest victory to date …

Politico reports: Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake is headlining a campaign fundraiser on Friday hosted by two wealthy QAnon supporters, according to an invitation obtained by POLITICO. Caryn and Michael Borland, who have shared numerous QAnon posts on their social media platforms, are holding the fundraiser for the likely GOP nominee at their mansion in Prescott, Arizona. Tickets for the …

Phoenix’s ABC affiliate reports: The head of the Arizona GOP is stepping down after audio tapes with U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake were released, where he reportedly offered Lake money to stay out of this year’s senate race to focus on running for governor. Chairman Jeff DeWit released a statement Wednesday where he adamantly denied Lake’s accusation, but he also …

“These are some of the most corrupt, disgusting, evil people in the world. They’re pushing this globalist agenda and they don’t care who they destroy in the process. They’ve got to win and get that globalist agenda moved forward. And the one man who is most dangerous to that globalist agenda – which by the way will be the end …