Let's see how the party of Cannibalism is doing in Arizona... Arizona’s MAGA wolves are preparing to eat their own to replace Debbie Lesko in CD 8 https://news.yahoo.com/arizona-maga-wolves-preparing-eat-164010965.html In recent years, Donald Trump and his carnivorous pack of howling, growling, backbiting followers have forced otherwise buttoned-up, office-bound political scientists to morph into politically attentive wildlife biologists. Through field observations, these newly minted researchers noted unusual similarities between the natural world, where animals live, and the unnatural world of governance and electioneering. For example, biologists know that animals will do whatever it takes to survive. Since Donald Trump entered politics, however, cannibalism has been observed among hippopotamuses, hamsters, red squirrels, chimpanzees and … MAGA Republicans. Trump eats his own. Some bite back Trump himself has proven to be the most politically anthropophagous (look it up) of his species. He has chewed up and spit out dozens of the cronies whom he elevated to the nation’s highest appointed positions. And many of them are biting back. His former attorney general Bill Barr told NBC News, “I have made clear that I strongly oppose Trump for the nomination and will not endorse Trump.” His former chief of staff,Mick Mulvaney, said, “I am working hard to make sure that someone else is the (Republican Party’s) nominee.” He’s been criticized and/or lacks the support of his former secretary of state and CIA director, Mike Pompeo; a former defense secretary, Pat Shanahan; one former chief of staff, John Kelly; and two of his directors of national intelligence, Joseph Maguire and Dan Coats. The list goes on. Gosar and Lake are split over CD 8 So, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that MAGA sycophants like Arizona Republican Rep.Paul Gosar and failed governor candidate and current U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake, who supported one another in previous elections, are at loggerheads when it comes to who should replace retiring Rep. Debbie Lesko in Arizona’s heavily Republican Congressional District 8. Gosar is backing failed Republican U.S. Senate candidate Blake Masters, saying on social media, “Blake Masters is America first through and through. He’ll help us implement Trump’s agenda and make our country great again. Blake is exactly who we need to stand up to the Uniparty Establishment and he has my complete support.” Can't anyone who lives in CD 8: Run to represent the district? Lake, on the other hand, is backing failed Arizona Attorney General candidate Abe Hamadeh, calling him “a relentless fighter for Arizonans. He is truly our Happy Warrior. He stayed in the political arena and fought for election integrity while others hid. “Abe lived and went to three schools in Arizona’s Eighth District, and he’s running for Congress to give back to the community that made him the man he is today. I’m proud to call Abe a friend and honored to give him my endorsement.” They're the same, so why fight? I’d guess Lake’s endorsement doesn’t come because she particularly likes Hamadeh, but because she did NOT like the fact that Masters thought of challenging her for the Senate nomination. There are other, lesser MAGAs in the race as well, snacks for the alpha predators. The competition must seem odd to casual observers. Masters and Hamadeh are of the same stripe, the same breed. Essentially, they’re the same person. They share a lack of qualifications, a fealty to Trump and a history of losing. But this is a different kind of pack. They eat their own.
Let's see the latest with the MAGA Fraudit in Arizona. Cochise County officials who refused to certify election now under investigation by Arizona attorney general Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has subpoenaed the two Republican county supervisors to appear before a grand jury after they refused to certify the 2022 election results. https://www.votebeat.org/arizona/20...election-investigation-tom-crosby-peggy-judd/
Bringing more crazy to Arizona... 'QAnon Shaman' Jacob Chansley files paperwork stating he intends to run for office in Arizona https://www.12news.com/article/news...izona/75-ceb89d96-4973-4dd6-bbd9-0fe8fde55db2
How soon will the left start drawing comparisons to Hitlers path to control The mind virus infected left will come up with a way to make this about Trump *Adolf Hitler commits a coup and fails 1923 *Shamon Jan 6 storms the capitol and fails 2021 *Hitler was sworn in as the chancellor of Germany on the 30 January 1933. *QAnon Shaman' to run as a Libertarian for Arizona’s 8th Congressional District in Congress. Hopes to be sworn in 1/21/25
Let's take a look at how Arizona went to shiat under former Republican Governor Doug Ducey and the GOP legislature. One year ago, Arizona had a $1.8 billion budget surplus. Today, it's $1 billion in the hole. Could it be the extreme tax cuts and vastly expanded school vouchers that are causing the problem? These Republicans can't do basic math and budget balancing. Quite sad. They must be idiots. But most of them supported Trump's big lie -- so, of course, they are idiots. Arizona faces a $1 billion deficit as the state legislature opens the 2024 session https://apnews.com/article/arizona-...cit-vouchers-f2d671f246861f198d988b2ff615f68c PHOENIX (AP) — A steep budget deficit caused by plummeting tax revenues and escalating school voucher costs will be in focus Monday as Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs and the Republican-controlled Arizona Legislature return for a new session at the state Capitol. The legislative new year officially begins in the afternoon with the governor’s annual State of the State address. The goal is to wrap up the legislative session within 100 days, but lawmakers typically go until May or June, especially when there are difficult problems to negotiate like a budget shortfall. The state had a budget surplus of $1.8 billion a year ago. But it now has a shortfall of about $400 million for the current fiscal year and another $450 million shortfall the year after. A tax cut approved by legislators in 2021 and signed into law by Hobbs’ Republican predecessor, Gov. Doug Ducey, replaced the state’s graduated income tax with a flat tax that took full effect last year. Arizona subsequently saw a decrease of over $830 million in revenues from income taxes, marking a nearly 30% decline from July through November. Meanwhile, a school voucher program expansion that originally was estimated to cost $64 million for the current fiscal year could now top $900 million, according to budget analysts. The voucher program lets parents use public money for private-school tuition and other education costs. Nearly 73,000 students participate now that all students can get the vouchers. The average scholarship is roughly $9,700 per student. Water will also be an issue for the legislature amid a severe long-term drought in the arid southwestern state. Concerns are growing in Arizona about shortages from the Colorado River system, which provides the state with about 40% of its water, and about shrinking supplies of groundwater and regulation in rural areas. Calling drought the “challenge of our time,” Hobbs has limited housing development in parts of metro Phoenix over water concerns and canceled state land leases that for years gave a Saudi-owned farm nearly unfettered access to pump groundwater. Worries about a record number of migrant arrivals on Arizona’s southern border could also be a potent issue for state lawmakers in an election year.
Yes.... we have an entire thread dedicated to the previous Kansas fiasco which is quite similar. How Tea Party tax cuts are turning Kansas into a smoking ruin https://www.elitetrader.com/et/thre...re-turning-kansas-into-a-smoking-ruin.285208/
Let's see how things are going for the election denier con-artists in Arizona and their lawyers. Judge orders lawyer into retirement for bringing ‘frivolous’ election lawsuit he knew ‘lacked merit’ https://lawandcrime.com/high-profil...volous-election-lawsuit-he-knew-lacked-merit/