So who sponsors this guy’s show in Arizona? Why did they hire him?

Phoenix New Times writer Amy Silverman has a poignant post up at her own blog Girl in a Party Hat about Jason Rose’s tweet. Amy’s the mom of a special needs daughter and she had the same question I did yesterday about the wisdom of Arizona Special Olympics hiring the likes of Rose to do [...]

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Voter suppression is a women’s issue too.

I don’t want to be a single-issue blogger but there are times when I think I should just confine my posting to reminding the ladies (and the dudes who care about the ladies) about the numerous and relentless ways that conservatives wish to impose theocratic misery upon us ladies. And Rick Santorum is one sick, [...]

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What a guy

The AZ Board of Regents has a new member. Governor Jan Brewer announced the appointment of Jay Heiler to the Board on Wednesday, saying “Jay’s extensive leadership in education, business, government and strategic planning makes him uniquely qualified to serve in this role helping direct the future of higher education in Arizona.” Uniquely qualified. Before [...]

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Charming email I just got from the AZ GOP

Nope, nothing offensive about this at all.

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New blog takes on ALEC in Arizona!

http://azresistsalec.wordpress.com/ ALEC itself is a tool for hundreds of corporations to use for the sole purpose of obtaining access to thousands of legislators and then exploiting that access to pass profit-making legislation. ALEC works like a think tank, devising legislation that benefits the corporate elite at the cost of the masses and then putting that [...]

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Channel 12 Lunchcast debate. Ain’t no “austerity” in “prosperity”.

I was with Shane Wikfors (who was recently hired to be the AZ GOP Communications Director) to discuss the debt ceiling deal today. EDIT: By some mistake of divine provenance I linked to a clip of our lovely and courageous Rep. Gabby Giffords. I’ll leave it up. Here’s the debate clip: It’s a really quick [...]

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Meet Dr. Wayne Grudem

He’s the Research Professor of Theology and Biblical Studies at Phoenix Seminary. Which happens to be the new digs of the Center for Arizona Policy. Dr. Grudem is the author of several papers and books on Christianity and government. Unsurprisingly, he’s good buds with CAP President Cathi Herrod. Recently, Dr. Grudem had evangelist James Robison [...]

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