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Arizona Republic

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It's not Biden selling border wall sections. It's Congress.

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Trump could build his 'beautiful' border wall with junk

20.12.2024 10

Arizona Republic

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Kari Lake echoes fake report that Hobbs could be jailed

20.12.2024 10

Arizona Republic

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'Tis not the season for a severed Trump head wreath

17.12.2024 7

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Gilbert is clearly in denial about its goons

17.12.2024 10

Arizona Republic

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It's sad to see Sen. Kyrsten Sinema go out like this

15.12.2024 20

Arizona Republic

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It's time to put the 'early' back in early ballots

12.12.2024 2

Arizona Republic

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Trump thinks Kari Lake should be his Voice of America

12.12.2024 4

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Yet another draft Kari Lake campaign emerges ... in Iowa

11.12.2024 7

Arizona Republic

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Hamadeh could've been deported if Trump was in power

10.12.2024 7

Arizona Republic

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Another school voucher scam? I am so (not) shocked

09.12.2024 8

Arizona Republic

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Senate's biggest bully launches a fact-free Hobbs attack

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this column misidentified Teresa Martinez’s legislative leadership position. The knives are...

22.11.2024 10

Arizona Republic

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Trump should nominate Andy Biggs for attorney general

With Matt Gaetz’s quick crash and burn, it’s back to the drawing board for Donald Trump in his search for someone to run the Department of...

22.11.2024 20

Arizona Republic

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Robbins isn't working at UA and still gets a cushy bonus

So, I see that University of Arizona’s former president just got a five-figure bonus while continuing to collect a six-figure state salary for a job...

21.11.2024 10

Arizona Republic

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Rep. Crane thinks it's 'morally just' to deport families

Break out the champagne. The man who killed Laken Riley has been found guilty of murder. This is a good day. Jose Ibarra, the Tren de Aragua gang...

21.11.2024 20

Arizona Republic

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Don't believe the hype: Fontes won't challenge Hobbs

Some Democrats are reportedly urging Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes to run against Gov. Katie Hobbs in 2026. They’re panicky. They’d be...

20.11.2024 10

Arizona Republic

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Senate leader may challenge AG for her job in 2026

With the 2024 election (largely) in the bag, Republicans already are turning their attention to reclaiming the statewide offices they lost in 2022....

19.11.2024 4

Arizona Republic

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4 women who won (or lost) big in the Arizona election

Arizona’s election is finally, thankfully — mostly — over, and as the smoke wafts away, four women are emerging as the clear winners and losers...

18.11.2024 5

Arizona Republic

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Opinion: New state House speaker is a welcome surprise

Fresh off their thrashing of Democrats, state House Republicans picked their new leader on Tuesday. Three things are worth nothing. Rep. Steve...

13.11.2024 4

Arizona Republic

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Opinion: Kari Lake loses – again. Even Trump voters chose Gallego.

The state of Arizona just proved once and for all that there is only one Donald Trump. And his name isn’t Kari Lake. After nearly four years of...

12.11.2024 6

USA TODAY

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Opinion: Hobbs faces an even more Republican Legislature

Democrats spent $10 million on their effort to flip the Arizona Legislature. Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs exercised her political clout — such as it...

12.11.2024 6

Arizona Republic

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Opinion: Kari Lake loses again. Will the GOP ever learn?

The state of Arizona just proved once and for all that there is only one Donald Trump. And his name isn’t Kari Lake. After nearly four years of...

12.11.2024 10

Arizona Republic

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Opinion: Mayes to push on with fake electors prosecution

Donald Trump may be headed back to the White House but a few of his key aides and Arizona allies will be headed back to the courthouse. Attorney...

12.11.2024 10

Arizona Republic

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Opinion: Democrats should thank Kyrsten Sinema for saving the Senate

So, I imagine that Democrats’ thank-you notes are in the mail to outgoing U.S. Sens. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., for their...

09.11.2024 10

USA TODAY

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Opinion: Early voting should mean voting early

It’s Friday morning. Do you know who your new U.S. senator is, Arizona? Of course you don’t. This, after all, is Arizona where you can go online...

08.11.2024 5

Arizona Republic

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Opinion: Dems should be sending Sinema a thank-you card

So, I imagine that Democrats’ thank-you notes are in the mail to outgoing U.S. Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin for their refusal to end the...

08.11.2024 5

Arizona Republic

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Opinion: Plan to flip the Legislature looks like a flop

With each passing hour, Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs’ plan to flip the Arizona Legislature is looking more like a colossal flop. It’s early days...

08.11.2024 5

Arizona Republic

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Opinion: How could a solidly GOP district elect 2 Dems?

As we wait to see who will control the Arizona Senate — Democratic Sen. Christine Marsh is hanging on by the tips of her fingernails — it’s...

07.11.2024 9

Arizona Republic

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Opinion: Lake hasn't lost yet, but some cry 'fraud!'

The election in Arizona isn’t over. The votes still are being counted, yet heeeere we go. The conspiracy crowd and the professional grifters who...

07.11.2024 20

Arizona Republic

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Opinion: Arizona Democrats, where are you?

Keep an eye on Democrats in these final hours of Election Day. If they don’t show up at the polls, it could be game over for them. Republicans...

06.11.2024 10

Arizona Republic

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Opinion: 3 bad ballot propositions go down

While most key Arizona races remain too close to call early Wednesday, the state’s voters sent a strong message to the Republicans who run the...

06.11.2024 5

Arizona Republic

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Opinion: Caution, Arizona election ahead. Expect delays

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05.11.2024 3

Arizona Republic

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Opinion: Trump blows his John McCain moment

Donald Trump over the weekend had his John McCain moment. Or what could have been his John McCain moment. You will recall that a gazillion years ago,...

04.11.2024 5

Arizona Republic

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Opinion: Newly arrested candidate wants you to trust him

The first thing you will learn if you go to the campaign website of the Republican hoping to become Navajo County’s recorder is that he loves God. ...

30.10.2024 5

Arizona Republic

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Opinion: Kari Lake's CNN interview was a train wreck

Kari Lake left her signature sledgehammer at home during her Monday night interview on CNN. Instead, she brought a shovel and proceeded to deepen her...

30.10.2024 5

Arizona Republic

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Opinion: No wonder partisans dislike Proposition 140

Here is how you can tell that Proposition 140, the Make Elections Fair Arizona Act, is a great idea. The Arizona Republican Party opposes it. So does...

29.10.2024 20

Arizona Republic

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Opinion: Gosar helps Russia spread lies to help Trump

On the eve of America’s high-stakes presidential election, Vladimir Putin and his Russian disinformation corps are getting a helping hand from one...

26.10.2024 6

Arizona Republic

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Opinion: We dodged the big one with Tempe office shooter

It appears we’ve dodged the big one. This time, anyway. Police this week arrested the nut suspected of having repeatedly shot up a Democratic Party...

26.10.2024 30

Arizona Republic

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Opinion: Why it takes 10-13 days to count all our votes

The election conspiracy crowd and assorted professional grifters are revving their engines over Maricopa County’s announcement on Tuesday that...

24.10.2024 6

Arizona Republic

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Opinion: New poll shows why Kari Lake is sunk

23.10.2024 5

Arizona Republic

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Opinion: Where are you, Democrats? Few are voting early

Alarm bells aren’t yet ringing wildly over at Arizona’s Democratic HQ. But they certainly should be tuning up. In a battleground state where the...

23.10.2024 9

Arizona Republic

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Opinion: County official carried MAGA's torch, got burned

A Cochise County sucker — er, I mean, supervisor — pleaded guilty on Monday to criminal activity related to her tumble down the stolen election...

22.10.2024 6

Arizona Republic

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Opinion: No wonder Arizona's election will have snipers

Armed guards at the gate and metal detectors at the door. Snipers on the roof. Drones in the sky. Welcome to the front line of one of the nation’s...

22.10.2024 30

Arizona Republic

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Opinion: Let's debunk Elon Musk's AZ election conspiracy

Elon Musk may be stumping for Trump in Pennsylvania, but he’s still throwing in with the Arizona election conspiracy crowd. Musk, during a town hall...

20.10.2024 20

Arizona Republic

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Opinion: Gallego's divorce file blows up in Lake's face

All year long, Kari Lake has hinted that Ruben Gallego is using the courts to cover up something dark and disgusting in his divorce from Phoenix Mayor...

18.10.2024 30

Arizona Republic

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Opinion: Bad news for Kari Lake. She's lost the lawyers

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17.10.2024 20

Arizona Republic

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Opinion: This candidate is a train wreck for Democrats

Suddenly, Arizona Democrats have a train wreck on their hands. There is Gov. Katie Hobbs, urging voters to elect a legislative candidate who could be...

17.10.2024 9

Arizona Republic

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Opinion: GOP wants to confuse you with Proposition 133

Of all the sneaky things on the ballot in Arizona this year, perhaps nothing is sneakier than the campaign to protect partisan primaries. The...

16.10.2024 10

Arizona Republic

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Opinion: 7 races to decide who controls the Legislature

One of the most important elections in Arizona this year has nothing to do with Donald Trump. It’s not who we send to the U.S. Senate or whether we...

15.10.2024 4

Arizona Republic

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Opinion: School vouchers are still failing poor students

“These kids are trapped in failing public schools. It’s time to set these families free.” — Gov. Doug Ducey, June 2022, while signing into...

15.10.2024 5

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