Showing posts with label it's a dry hate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label it's a dry hate. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Who would have suspected that Tennessee was more advanced than Arizona?

From an opinion piece in the Tennessean -

Franklin voters give Mayor Ken Moore and aldermen a mandate for civic action and sanity

Franklin, Tennessee voters sent a strong message Tuesday that they want good governance based in substance and reality.

A vast majority of citizens re-elected a mayor and selected aldermen who are serious about finding solutions to complex local problems.

They aren’t dabbling in conspiracy theories or associating with neo-Nazis.

They aren’t spreading misinformation about voting machines or voting centers that the City of Franklin had to challenge with a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, with the label “Rumors.”

They are doing the work of trying to bring the community together on issues ranging from traffic mitigation to affordable housing to responsible planning for rapid growth. They are working to create a Franklin that is welcoming to diverse groups of residents, workers and visitors.

[snip]

With eight of eight vote centers reporting, these were the unofficial results from the Williamson County Election Commission:

Mayor

  • Gabrielle Hanson: 3,322
  • Ken Moore: 12,822
  • Write-in: 65

Alderman At-Large

Position A

  • Clyde Barnhill (incumbent, unopposed): 11,837
  • Write-in: 639

Position B

  • Brandy B. Blanton (incumbent): 10,946
  • Gary Moore: 4,666
  • Write-in: 22

Position C

  • Greg Caesar: 10,336
  • Patrick George: 4,249
  • BK Muvvala: 825
  • Write-in: 36

Position D

  • Jeff Feldman: 4,243
  • Ann Petersen (incumbent): 10,961
  • Write-in: 42


Hanson, Moore, George and Feldman are MAGA types.

Guess I'll have to forgo my TN jokes for the time being; at least AL, MS, and TX are still themselves.

So's AZ, for that matter.

Sunday, September 24, 2023

Congressman Paul Gosar again brings notoriety to Arizona

And again, cements his hold on the title of "Most Bigoted Member of Congress."


From Media-ite

Republican Congressman Calls For General Mark Milley to Be Executed in Shockingly Homophobic Screed

Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) published a shockingly violent and homophobic tirade against General Mark Milley, suggesting the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff be put to death.

Gosar’s Congressional office released a newsletter on Sunday which claimed that the FBI, the DHS, and other federal agencies allowed the U.S. Capitol to be attacked by Donald Trump’s rioting supporters on January 6. From there, the newsletter blasted Milley for speaking with Nancy Pelosi after the riot, agreeing with her that Trump was “crazy,” and assuring the former House speaker that Trump wouldn’t be able to seize control of America’s nuclear arsenal during his last days in office.



Friday, July 21, 2023

TX is looking to unseat AZ as the "it's a dry hate" champion

Personally, I've always thought they had a ways to go, but the difference isn't as much as it used to be (FL is in the race, too, but I believe, though it will usually be bad, the worst of the worst there will go by the wayside when Ron DeSantis is no longer governor there).

From AP -

Texas A&M University president resigns after Black journalist’s hiring at campus unravels

Texas A&M University on Friday announced the resignation of its president in the fallout over a Black journalist who said her celebrated hiring at one of the nation’s largest campuses quickly unraveled due to pushback over her past work promoting diversity.

President Katherine Banks said in a resignation letter that she was retiring immediately because “negative press has become a distraction” at the nearly 70,000-student campus in College Station.

[snip]

But McElroy said soon after her hiring — which included a June ceremony with balloons — she learned of emerging pushback because of her past work to improve diversity and inclusion in newsrooms.

[snip]

American Association of University Professors President Irene Mulvey criticized Texas A&M’s handling of McElroy’s hiring, and called efforts against diversity, equity and inclusion in higher education a “misguided culture war.”

“This will surely result in chilled conditions for academic freedom in teaching and research,” said Mulvey, a mathematics professor at Fairfield University.


Thursday, June 15, 2023

Tender sensibilities and hypocrisy: a primer on the behavior of the legislative majority

First, the Rs in the House tried to expel Rep. Stephanie Stahl-Hamilton, a Democrat and an ordained minister and, failing at that, censured her instead.  Her offense, something that so ruffled the feathers of the Rs?

She hid some Bibles.

From KJZZ, written by Ben Giles [clarification/correction added by me] -

AZ Republicans try to and fail to expel Democratic lawmaker over Bible prank

Arizona House Republicans tried, but failed, to expel a Democratic lawmaker who admitted to a Bible-hiding prank caught on hidden camera.

Instead, GOP representatives could only muster a 30-28 vote to censure Rep. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton on Tuesday.

Stahl Hamilton, a Tucson Democrat and ordained Presbyterian minister, has never disputed the facts of the matter — on three separate occasions, swiping Bibles from end tables in the Arizona House members’ lounge and hiding them under cushions, and in one instance, a nearby refrigerator. She has described her actions as a playful commentary on the separation of church and state and a protest against the weaponization of religion in politics.

But many Republicans were outraged by what they called the “desecration” of scripture — some commented that they may have unknowingly sat on the Bible when it was hidden under seat cushions.

“To do so is flagrantly offensive, and something the House needs to take seriously,” said Rep. Justin Heap, one of three Republicans who filed an ethics complaint against Stahl Hamilton over the incidents.

Heap, who voted for expulsion, said the matter “really comes down to a simple question: What do we as a body value more? The reputations of Arizona politicians or the reputation of God in the world?” 

The vote for MIS013, the motion to expel -






















The vote for MIS014, the motion to censure -





















Turns out that there is an explanation for the hurt feelings of Heap and the others.  

From the AZ Mirror, written by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy [emphasis added by me] -

Flag flown by extremists posted on AZ Senate security desk

A flag flown by extremists and Christian Nationalists that was quietly removed from a Senate security desk last session has been put back on display on a security desk out of public view, the Arizona Mirror has learned. 

The white flag with a pine tree on it and the phrase “An Appeal to Heaven” was originally used by George Washington and the Continental Army. It was later adopted by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as its naval and maritime flag from 1776 until 1971, when it was replaced by a similar flag that did not include the phrase “An Appeal to Heaven.” 

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.The Secular Coalition of Arizona sees the flag as a violation of the constitutional doctrine requiring a separation of church and state

“Though this was originally a revolutionary war flag, it’s been co-opted by white Christian nationalists, and was prevalent in DC on January 6th, 2021 To deny this is willful ignorance,” Secular Arizona Executive Director Jeanne Casteen said in a statement to the Mirror. “One’s governance should not be based on biblical principles or any other religious principles. The Constitution should guide one’s governance, and this flag is a signal that notifies people that any elected official who displays it will push evangelical extremism and the will of the few over what’s needed for the Common Good.”

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The flag was seen carried by a number of individuals during the violent events of Jan. 6, 2021. The flag has also been heavily adopted by hate groups and other extremist groups. The flag is mainly popular with Christian Nationalists and Christian Dominionists. 


So does the R caucus in the Arizona Legislature qualify as a "hate group" or an "extremist group"?  Or both?


Either way, if someone were to send them copies of the Koran and Torah (and other books considered to be holy in faiths of Islam and Judaism), the Rs would just consider them to be fuel sources for their book burning party.



Wednesday, May 03, 2023

Arizona getting (mostly) national exposure, and (mostly) not in a good way

...First up, the national debt ceiling, something used by MAGA types and other ideological terrorists to threaten America.

From Politico -

Biden beware: Manchin and Sinema align with Republicans in debt negotiations

Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema saved the filibuster and cut down President Joe Biden’s agenda, delighting Republicans. Now they’re breaking with Democrats on the debt limit, and Republicans hope they keep it coming.

The two centrists, who spent Biden’s first two years in office at odds with the left, are glaring outliers on the debt drama in the party’s 51-member Senate caucus. While their Democratic colleagues insist on no negotiations until the debt ceiling is lifted, Manchin and Sinema are not only pushing for a bipartisan deal but positioning themselves as potential players in any future Senate talks on a way out of the crisis.

Referring to Manchin and Sinema as "centrists" is mislabeling them.  Better to refer to them by what they are - "Republicans in everything but name."


...Why do we keep electing Paul Gosar?

From the Southern Poverty Law Center -

CONGRESSMEN TO MIX WITH LEADER OF FPÖ, A PARTY 

FOUNDED BY NAZIS

At CPAC Hungary this week, Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona and Rep. 

Barry Moore of Alabama will speak alongside a global collection of 

radical-right figures, including the leader of an Austrian political party 

founded by Nazi SS officers.

CPAC Hungary, an offshoot of the U.S.-based Conservative Political Action 

Conference, puts that country’s autocratic Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in a 

global spotlight for a second consecutive year, surrounding him with 

like-minded figures from across the world. Orbán is an authoritarian leader 

whom Tucker Carlson regularly lauded on his show before Fox News 

canceled it last month. In addition to Orbán’s history of corruption and 

hostility to press freedom, he has given voice to the great replacement 

conspiracy theory espoused by radical-right extremists.




















...Arizona, back to being punch line material for the rest of the country.

From the NBC series Night Court, broadcast on May 2, via TVFanatic, emphasis added by me -

Olivia: Where do you feel most safe?
Gurgs: Uh, the basement level of Bed, Bath, and Beyond; the world of aquatic birds at the Bronx Zoo; and this court.
Olivia: Yes! You love this court! It’s the thing I understand least about you, and you love Daylight Savings Time.
Gurgs: Well, I love anything that Arizona is not involved in.

Olivia is played by India de Beaufort and Gurgs is plated by Lacretta


...There's one good thing; at least, the geek in me thinks it's good. :)

From KPNX, written by Kevin Reagan -

Fontes officially declares Thursday as 'Star Wars Day' in Arizona

Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes has officially declared Thursday as "Star Wars Day" in the Grand Canyon State. 

The proclamation coincides with May 4, a day often associated with the beloved 1977 film due to a classic line spoken by Alec Guinness' Obi-Wan Kenobi character. 

The line was "may the Force be with yo."


Saturday, October 15, 2022

Dear ticket splitters: Don't lie to yourself. You may think that you will vote only for "sane" Republicans...

....but there's no real space between extremist Republicans like Kari Lake and Mark Finchem and establishment (presumably saner) Republicans.


Ticket splitting, by definition, happens when a voter votes for candidates of more than one political party.

From Yahoo! (emphasis added by me)-

Pence support for election deniers raises question of where GOP stands on 2020 lies

As he lines up a possible bid for the White House in 2024, former Vice President Mike Pence is campaigning with the strangest of political bedfellows, throwing his name and his money behind candidates who supported the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection that put the Indiana Republican’s life in danger.

On Wednesday, Pence raised money for a former aide now running for Indiana’s secretary of state, who called the 2020 election a “scam.” On Thursday, Pence will headline a fundraiser for one of the fake electors enlisted by Donald Trump and his allies in Georgia. And Pence has recently given his endorsement to top Republican candidates in New Hampshire and Arizona, despite their prior support for Trump’s 2020 election lie.

Yes, Pence is supporting those that wanted him dead on January 6, 2021.


Guess for him anyway, being called "Mr. President" is more important than being called "Mr. Alive", 


It's not just national Republicans who are kissing up to extremists, either.  It happens here in Arizona, too.  From the website of the FEC -



Ragan was a staffer for Jon Kyl, has close ties to Kirk Adams and/or Doug Ducey, and was even the treasurer for Karrin Taylor Robson in the R primary.


In short, she's as "establishment GOP" as establishment gets.


























Yet, now she's tied to The Center for Arizona Policy, which was extreme long before Cheeto came along.

It's even fronted by a Cheeto-like bigoted grifter.


In short, supporting any Republican means supporting means supporting vileness and extremism, no matter how much that Republican says that they're one of the "good" ones.


Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Well, I know who Paul Gosar will be dining with on Thanksgiving

From 12News, dated 7/14/2022 -

'Clearly unhinged': 3 of Paul Gosar's siblings endorse his opponent in Republican primary

Three of Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar’s siblings are endorsing one of his Republican primary opponents, Adam Morgan, declaring in a statement that their brother is “completely unfit for office.”

The three siblings say in a statement released Thursday that this is the first time they have endorsed a Republican. They are among several of Gosar’s nine siblings who have scorched their brother in videos, op-eds, and interviews in recent years.

He shares three things with Adam Laxalt, the R nominee for US Senate in Nevada:

1.  They both hail from states in the Desert Southwest.


2.  They're both dyed-in-the-wool trumpkins.


As for number 3, well,  from The Nevada Independent -

Fourteen members of Laxalt family endorse Democratic rival, Cortez Masto, in Senate race

Fourteen members of Republican Senate candidate and former Attorney General ’s family announced Wednesday that they would collectively endorse his Democratic opponent, incumbent Sen. , in the heated race for Nevada’s U.S. Senate seat. 

The three-page letter, obtained by The Nevada Independent, does not mention Laxalt by name or his Senate campaign, focusing instead on praising Cortez Masto. That includes her positions on women’s issues, opposition to a proposed federal mining tax, public land preservation and her record as the state’s attorney general from 2007 to 2015. 


Should be interesting dinner conversation - 


Both have family members who believe that they belong to the "anyone but" club


Thursday, October 06, 2022

Sometimes, R writings are horrifying lies. These qualify as horrifying truths.

It's not often that I republish material from Republicans, other than to mock said material, but this stuff I'll just leave here.


Got this in my email yesterday -


Joint Statement from Chairman Bill Gates and Recorder Stephen Richer on RNC/AZ GOP Lawsuit

"The idea that a Republican Recorder and four Republican board members would try to keep Republicans out of elections is absurd.  

We contact everyone on the lists the parties provide us.  Maricopa County’s temporary election worker hiring practices ensure bipartisan representation throughout the election process and follow requirements established in state law and the Elections Procedures Manual.  

Notably, the RNC's lawsuit doesn't allege any violation of election laws or procedures; it's sound and fury about a public records request that was made a mere three business days ago.

This is a political stunt.”

For factual information about how Maricopa County hires election workers, the party break down of hiring for the August Primary, and additional context, visit JustTheFacts.vote.


Got this today, from county supervisor Clint Hickman -

The AZ Mirror has a longer story on the arrest, written by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy, is here.

The man arrested is named Mark Rissi.


Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Unsurprisingly, men are among the most strident anti-choicers

And also unsurprisingly, this trend has an Arizona element to it.

From CNN (emphasis added by me) -

These male politicians are pushing for women who receive abortions to be punished with prison time

A businessman turned state representative from rural Oil City, Louisiana, and a Baptist pastor banded together earlier this year on a radical mission.

They were adamant that a woman who receives an abortion should receive the same criminal consequences as one who drowns her baby.
[snip]
This year, three male lawmakers from Indiana attempted to wipe out existing abortion regulations and change the state's criminal statutes to apply at the time of fertilization. In Texas, five male lawmakers authored a bill last year that would have made getting an abortion punishable by the death penalty if it had gone into law. A state representative in Arizona introduced legislation that included homicide charges — saying in a Facebook video that anyone who undergoes an abortion deserves to "spend some time" in the Arizona "penal system." And a male Kansas lawmaker proposed a bill that would amend the state's constitution to allow abortion laws to pass without an exception for the life of the mother.

[snip]

Eric Swank, an Arizona State University professor who has studied gender differences in anti-abortion activists, said his research found that while men aren't necessarily more likely to consider themselves to be "pro-life" than women, they "are more willing to take the adamant stance of no abortion under any conditions."

[snip]

Lawmakers then gathered on the House floor to debate the bill while dozens of supporters gathered outside the chambers in what resembled a church service, reciting Bible passages and swaying together while singing hymns such as "Amazing Grace." Jeff Durbin, an Arizona-based pastor and head of a Christian production company Apologia Studios, which has more than 300,000 subscribers on YouTube, emceed and live-streamed the event. Durbin, who once played Michelangelo and Donatello in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise and became fervently religious after overdosing on ecstasy, is now "unapologetically seeking to criminalize and eliminate all forms of abortion without exception." He did not respond to requests for comment.


The article doesn't state it explicitly, but in 2021 failed Congressional candidate Walt Blackman introduced HB2050.


Sunday, August 14, 2022

What?!? There are armed Trumpkins in Arizona? Who knew?

For those unclear on the concept, that was sarcasm - I've long known that there are armed crazy people in AZ.


From KTAR -

Armed Trump supporters protest in front of FBI Phoenix office

A group of supporters of former President Donald Trump armed themselves and gathered at the FBI office in Phoenix on Saturday to protest the recent search of his Mar-a-Lago home.

People were seen carrying pistols and assault-type rifles between 10 a.m. and noon while claiming last week’s search of Trump’s home in Florida was illegal, according to CNN.

How long before one of them pulls an Ohio?

From NPR, dated 8/11 -

Armed man killed after trying to breach FBI office, standoff

An armed man clad in body armor who tried to breach the FBI's Cincinnati office on Thursday was shot and killed by police after he fled the scene and engaged in an hourslong standoff in a rural part of the state, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said.

The confrontation came as officials warned of an increase in threats against federal agents in the days following a search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.

The man's name was Ricky Shiffer.


Wednesday, July 20, 2022

The circular firing squad continues: AZGOP censures Bowers

From The Hill -

Arizona GOP censures Rusty Bowers after Jan. 6 testimony

The Arizona GOP executive committee censured state House Speaker Russell “Rusty” Bowers on Tuesday and called on Republican voters to “replace him in the ballot box” in the August state Senate GOP primary following his testimony in front of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

Bowers testified in June before the House select committee, refuting former President Trump’s claims of election fraud and saying he was pressured by Trump and his former personal attorney Rudy Giuliani to overturn President Biden’s Arizona victory.


Apparently, voting for Cheeto isn't enough for the AZGOP.

One must lie about him and spread the Big Lie.


Telling the truth about him constitutes apostasy.


Monday, July 18, 2022

This story is about Idaho, but it really could have been written anywhere

An editorial from The Idaho Statesman, via Yahoo! News -

In convention dominated by fear, control and cruelty, extremists take over Idaho GOP

The most extreme elements of the Republican Party are fully in control after its convention in Twin Falls.

The new chair — outgoing Rep. Dorothy Moon, who lost her bid for secretary of state in May — is closely tied to the John Birch Society, which was famously kicked out of the conservative movement in the 1950s, when it asserted that former general and President Dwight Eisenhower was a communist. And this is not some tangential connection: Moon’s husband, Darr, is on the John Birch Society’s national council.

Moon built her entire campaign for secretary of state on a Bircher-style conspiracy theory — Donald Trump’s Big Lie — so you can expect that she will become that lie’s chief public expositor for the next several years. That Bircherite paranoia was also on display with continued efforts to make it easier to disqualify voters in the Republican primaries.

[snip]

That cruelty was on vivid display at the Twin Falls convention. Someone — and certainly many people in the party know who did this, but they are either cowards or complicit, so the person responsible has not been identified — made up flyers for an event hosted for Tom Luna supporters and distributed them at a local homeless shelter.

Luna, the outgoing chair, showed grace and fed those who came hungry. But the cruelty of sending people to an event where they were not expected, of using them as pawns in a silly stunt, demonstrates a total lack of moral substance.

It was utterly shameful.


There's more, which I would quote here, but too many in the AZGOP would consider this to be a "how to" post.


Of course, those same people consider the novel "Lord of the Flies" to be an expression of their ideals.


When they expand their reading lists beyond "Mein Kampf" and anything written by Ayn Rand.

Thursday, July 14, 2022

"We're number 1! We're number 1!"...just not in a good way.

From CNBC -

These 10 states are America’s worst places to live in 2022

KEY POINTS
  • In this era of severe worker shortages and unprecedented mobility, employees are demanding great quality of life in the state where they work.
  • Half of business executives surveyed agree it is important to do business in states with inclusive laws.
  • CNBC’s annual America’s Top State for Business study considers multiple measures of the quality of life, health and inclusion.

 With five million more job openings in the U.S. than there are employees to fill them, workers have more leverage than they have had in years. They are using that power — and unprecedented mobility — to demand a welcoming environment and great quality of life in the places they work.

That is why CNBC’s annual America’s Top States for Business study pays particular attention to quality of life. Now, with workers increasingly holding the cards, it is especially important in our methodology.

[snip]

1. Arizona

“It’s a dry heat,” The Grand Canyon State saying goes. But it leads to some of the worst air quality in the nation, according to the American Lung Association. Maricopa County, home to Phoenix, endures 39 high ozone days per year. That puts more stress on an already poor health care system, short on hospital beds and staff. The state spends just $79 per person on public health, among the country’s lowest. Arizona offers stunning natural beauty and top-notch cultural and recreational attractions. But that comes at a stiff price in America’s worst state to live in.

2022 Life, Health & Inclusion Score: 67 out of 325 points (Top States Grade: F)

Strengths: No metrics in the top 50%

Weaknesses: Air Quality, Health Resources, Inclusiveness, Crime


Think Dougie and the Rs in the legislature will brag about this story?


Friday, June 17, 2022

It's nice to have priorities. Those of Arizona's GOP legislators include "govern by fear of hypotheticals"

The Arizona Legislature exists for one primary reason - craft and pass the state's budget.

Notwithstanding the fact that certain Rs have turned the state capitol into a giant cat litter box (if that's too subtle, think "some of the nuggets produced there stink to high heaven.")

The fact that the state is now less than two weeks from running out of money and plummeting over a fiscal cliff is a testament to the unwillingness of R legislators to do their jobs.

Don't fret though - while R legislators aren't doing their jobs, they ARE thinking of things to do.

From the AZMirror, written by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy and Jim Small -

Arizona Senate Republicans want to outlaw kids at drag shows

Arizona State Senate Republican leaders announced Tuesday that they want to make it illegal for anyone under 18 to attend drag shows in Arizona, though the actual details of what will be proposed are a “work in progress,” the measure’s likely sponsor said.

“In a civil society, you don’t bring your children up like that,” said Sen. Vince Leach, a Republican from Saddlebrooke.


Sunday, April 17, 2022

AZ Attorney General Mark Brnovich would rather be seen as the R nominee for Senate than be seen as a decent human being

From Vaughan Jones at KJZZ -

Arizona AG wants to stop death-row prisoner’s mental fitness test


Prosecutors have asked the Arizona Supreme Court to call off a mental-fitness hearing for death-row prisoner Clarence Dixon. The examination may delay the state’s first execution since 2014.

In a filing Wednesday, the Arizona Attorney General’s Office told the court the mental competency hearing scheduled for May 3 is likely to delay his May 11 execution date.


From Jill Ryan at KJZZ, original story by Howard Fischer at Capitol Media Services (emphasis added by me) -

Arizona Attorney General Brnovich makes misleading claims on Steve Bannon's podcast

Arizona’s Republican Attorney General Mark Brnovich, who is also in the middle of a political campaign for the U.S. Senate, has made seemingly misleading claims about the Maricopa County’s 2020 election process. 

On former Trump adviser Steve Bannon’s podcast, Brnovich talked about his interim report on the election and also claimed that the county used artificial intelligence systems to verify ballot signatures. 

Steve Bannon?  What's next?  Burning a cross in front the AG's office?

And sacrificing the life of a mentally ill person on the altar of his political ambitions?

Does Brnovich even look at the man he sees in the mirror, much less like who he sees there?


Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Dougie declares his candidacy for the R nomination for *something*; I'm not yet sure for what, but he's running for it.

From AP -

Arizona governor signs bills limiting abortion, trans rights

Arizona’s Republican governor signed a series of bills Wednesday targeting 

abortion and transgender rights, joining a growing list of GOP-led states 

pursuing a conservative social agenda.

The measures signed by Gov. Doug Ducey will outlaw abortion after 

15 weeks if the U.S. Supreme Court allows it, prohibit gender confirmation 

surgery for minors and ban transgender girls from playing on girls and 

women’s sports teams.


From NPR -

Arizona Republicans enact a controversial new proof-of-citizenship voting law

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Wednesday signed legislation to expand U.S. citizenship voting requirements in the state, a measure that critics warn will jeopardize the voter registrations of thousands of Arizona residents.

In signing House Bill 2492, Ducey disputed testimony from local officials and voting rights advocates who say an unknown number of voters — predominantly older, longtime Arizona residents — will be purged from the state's voter rolls because the last time they registered to vote, there was no requirement to provide proof of citizenship. Critics say those voters would then need to register again.


If nothing else, Ducey has announced that he's got at least one thing in common with each member of the GQP base - he's as much a hater as any of them.



Wednesday, February 02, 2022

Hey, Arizona may not be perfect, but at least it isn't Texas

Of course - we're a LONG way from perfect.  


We elect people like Doug Ducey, Wendy Rogers, Kelly Townsend, Paul Gosar, and many others, but Texas elects people like Greg Abbott, Ted Cruz, Sid Miller, Louie Gohmert (and others).


And then there's this.


From Business Insider -

A Texas parent demanded a Michelle Obama biography be pulled from schools because they said it would make white girls feel 'ashamed'

A parent in Texas called for a children's biography about former first lady Michelle Obama to be pulled from school libraries because they viewed it as unfair to former President Donald Trump.

The Katy, Texas, parent took issue with a book titled "Michelle Obama: Political Icon" by Heather E. Schwartz, saying it "unfairly" depicted Trump "as a bully," according to NBC News, which on Wednesday published a list of 50 books that parents in Texas have asked schools to remove.

The request came as books depicting race, sexuality, and gender have faced heightened scrutiny from conservatives in the US, with many demanding certain titles be pulled from school libraries.


Nope, AZ isn't perfect, and maybe we shouldn't be talking smack about anyone, but TX could give us lessons in nuttiness, and that's saying something.