The leader of the Arizona audit team was revealed as a participant in an election conspiracy theorist film full of baseless claims and QAnon ties, from
@JerodMacEvoy
If it makes it onto the 2024 ballot and Arizona voters approve it, ongoing attempts from anti-abortion groups to further restrict access to the procedure would be nullified, via
@glorihuh
More than 500 small business owners signed a letter urging
@SenatorSinema
to do whatever it takes to help pass the For the People Act, including reforming the filibuster, from
@bylauragomezr
Gov. Katie Hobbs on Tuesday used her veto stamp to reject Republican attempts to allow guns on college campuses and to permit shelters to discriminate against trans women, via
@glorihuh
Deputy Maricopa County Attorney Jack O’Connor made a point of thanking both of Lake's witnesses for their work, driving home the point that they did, in fact, perform signature verification.
Story by
@Caitlin_Sievers
Sen. Wadsack said she meets with constituents, not lobbyists. Her calendar listed just 4 meetings with voters from her district, and more than 30 with lobbyists and special interest groups, via
@JerodMacEvoy
BREAKING: A judge has denied an emergency request by Republicans to keep polls open an extra 3 hours in Maricopa County.
Polls close in less than 3 minutes.
Arizona voters are poised to overwhelmingly require disclosure of so-called “dark money” campaign spending by more than a three-to-one margin, via
@glorihuh
Gov. Katie Hobbs was on a list of 500 people permanently barred from Russia in response to U.S. sanctions against the country amid its invasion of Ukraine, via
@JerodMacEvoy
LGBTQ pride flags were hung from the AZ Capitol by
@SecretaryHobbs
for the first time ever Friday. Within hours, they had been taken down, via
@JerodMacEvoy
“Intolerance has no place in Arizona, despite the legislature’s frequent attempts to pass legislation that says otherwise,” Hobbs wrote in her veto letter.
Story by
@JerodMacEvoy
.
@SecretaryHobbs
says 11 people who cast fake electoral votes for Donald Trump broke the law by using the state seal without authorization, from
@jeremyduda
“A man like Blake Masters, who has no respect for our service – he has no business representing us anywhere, let alone at the U.S. Senate." via
@glorihuh
OPINION | Katie Hobbs is making it clear that every Arizonan has the universal right to flourish and grow in their truth, to become who they choose to be and to love their life
.
@RubenGallego
, a former janitor, took to Twitter to denounce a video of White House aide Stephen Miller denigrating school janitors that recently resurfaced. Story by
@rbravender
Adrian Fontes said he is consulting with staff & legal experts to decide whether the 14th Amendment blocks Trump from being on the Arizona ballot, via
@Caitlin_Sievers
“I will investigate the fake electors’ situation, and I will take very seriously any effort to undermine our democracy,”
@krismayes
said. “Those are the cases that I will take most seriously.”
story by
@JerodMacEvoy
The Republican state senator from Surprise continued to spread conspiracy theories about it (and many other things) on social media long after the insurrection had ended.
Story by
@JerodMacEvoy
“In the months since the election, Kari Lake has baselessly and relentlessly contested her loss and sought to overturn the will of Arizona’s voters and sow distrust in our election processes and officials,” Hobbs’ lawyers wrote
story by
@Caitlin_Sievers
Former classmates, teachers and alumni say Blake Masters has abandoned his friends, values and integrity in his pursuit of power
#AZSEN
, via
@Caitlin_Sievers
EXCLUSIVE: The special counsel investigating Trump has subpoenaed top Arizona Republican lawmakers, demanding they testify and turn over records, via
@JimSmall
NEW:
@ASU
police have asked prosecutors to charge 4 people for the Oct. 6
@SenatorSinema
protest.
None of the charges are related to following her into the bathroom.
via
@bylauragomezr
An Arizona GOP legislator who was among the rioting crowds on Jan. 6 is facing allegations that he illegally used cash from a failed re-election bid to attend the insurrection, via
@JerodMacEvoy
BREAKING: Arizona's 2022 election results have now been officially certified.
The Secretary of State's Office will go to court today to request orders for recounts in three races: AG, Superintendent of Public Instruction and LD13 House.
EXCLUSIVE:
@AZGOP
chair
@kelliwardaz
and her husband own a consulting firm that is taking on GOP legislative clients. They refused to answer questions about the apparent conflict of interest.
Story via
@jeremyduda
“Giving a platform to those who seek to discredit the policies that have kept us safe from preventable diseases for decades, such as routine childhood immunizations, does a grave disservice to the people of Arizona.”
story by
@JerodMacEvoy
OPINION: These crowds don’t explicitly say the word Jew -- instead they say “Soros”, “Bloomberg”, or “Globalist Agenda,” as if these words aren't equally documented as being guises for antisemitism, via
@metz4congress
“If there is no cap on ESA vouchers in this budget, we will have a catastrophic deficit next year,” Senate Minority leader Mitzi Epstein tweeted, a sentiment echoed by many of her Democratic colleagues.
Story by
@JerodMacEvoy
“In Arizona, we are closer than ever to restoring the right to choose...Just flipping two seats in the House or two seats in the Senate could fundamentally change the outlook for millions of Arizonans’ reproductive rights.”
Story by
@glorihuh
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, via
@JenAFifield
/
@VotebeatUS
Shawnna Bolick told the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors that she had moved on from the 2020 and 2022 elections but she consistently shares election misinformation and posts from influencers in the conspiracy theory world.
Story by
@JerodMacEvoy
The GOP-led legislature killed a bipartisan bill to create a school safety task force, so
@Supt_Hoffman
is making one in the Arizona Department of Education, via
@jeremyduda
When Lake said that Richer was somehow involved in the illegal injection of bogus ballots or that he “sabotaged” the election, those statements weren’t meant to be taken as facts, her lawyer said.
Story by
@Caitlin_Sievers
The panel unanimously rejected Liz Harris' testimony that she did nothing wrong and didn't know about wild conspiracies beforehand, via
@Caitlin_Sievers
OPINION | School vouchers were sold under the guise of “school choice,” but it’s clearly the schools that are doing the choosing -- and discriminating against LGBTQ Arizonans, via
@yourfriendlyorg
Republican state Sens. Wendy Rogers and Justine Wadsack appeared on a talk show this week whose hosts have trafficked in antisemitic content, via
@JerodMacEvoy
“This voice message and every other one I received is 100% Karen Fann’s doing. She authorized morons (to run the ‘audit’), exercised zero oversight and absolved herself of any responsibility.”
story by
@JimSmall
The subpoena of GOP lawmakers asks for all records of communications with Trump, his campaign, and a list of attorneys and surrogates.
The special counsel is investigating Trump's attempt to overturn the 2020 election.
story by
@JimSmall
OPINION | Mark Brnovich could have told the truth. Instead, he cared more about pandering to the anti-American forces that dominate his party in his raw pursuit of political power, via
@JimSmall
The GOP senator posted a picture of a completed ballot with a school bond question she's able to vote for. She insists the ballot is hers, but officials say that's impossible.
via
@JerodMacEvoy
A data-driven investigation by
@jeremyduda
&
@Garrett_Archer
(co-published with
@abc15
) debunking the bogus claim that there were 74,000 "phantom" ballots cast in the election won first place awards for both investigative reporting and data journalism
Gov. Katie Hobbs signed executive orders on Tuesday guaranteeing trans state employees access to gender-affirming surgery and cutting off conversion therapy from any public funding, via
@glorihuh
Sen. Justine Wadsack shared a fake post about 9/11 and liked multiple posts saying the American government was behind the terrorist attack
story by
@JerodMacEvoy
BREAKING: The
@investinedaz
proposal to tax wealthy Arizonans to fund schools and increase teacher pay will be on the November ballot, Arizona Supreme Court rules
Abraham Hamadeh won’t be granted a third try at overturning his 2022 loss, after a Mohave County judge ruled that he lacks both the evidence and legal basis to do so, via
@glorihuh
"Universally expanded vouchers have become an entitlement for the wealthy that, if not reined in now, will hamstring our state’s budget for years to come."
by
@AZBethLewis