01/10/2018
The Confirmation Files
current events, Law, Politics
Arizona, Congress, immigrants, Jeff Flake, Joe Arpaio, new york times, President Donald Trump, presidential pardon, senate race, sheriff, United States
Can we please banish really old, racist men from running for office?
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Image: Doug Mills/The New York Times
Joe Arpaio, the polarizing 85-year-old immigration hard-liner pardoned by President Trump after a conviction for criminal contempt, announced on Tuesday that he is running in Arizona for the United States Senate.
The move by Mr. Arpaio, who just six months ago faced a jail sentence before he was pardoned, upended the race to replace Senator Jeff Flake, a Republican who abandoned his 2018 re-election campaign after coming under criticism from Mr. Trump.
The contenders for the seat include Representative Kyrsten Sinema, a centrist Democrat, and Kelli Ward, a conservative Republican and former state senator who aligns herself with Mr. Trump. Mr. Arpaio, the former sheriff of Maricopa County, which includes Phoenix, lost his own re-election bid for that post in 2016 to Paul Penzone, a Democrat and Phoenix police officer.
“I got a little disturbed about how some people in the Senate were treating the president,” Mr. Arpaio said in a telephone interview, explaining the motivations for his decision. “I think I can bring some new blood to Washington.”
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09/22/2017
The Confirmation Files
current events, government, Health, Politics
Arizona, Congress, cut, funding, Graham Cassidy Bill, health insurance, healthcare, lindsey graham, pre-existing conditions, repeal, Senator John McCain, States, thwart
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Once again, senator John McCain is thwarting the Republican party’s effort to repeal Obamacare. A new proposal was advanced this week by senators Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy. While the bill hasn’t yet been analyzed by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), preliminary studies estimate that it would cause 21 million Americans to lose insurance, and would cut funding (paywall) for 34 states. The bill would also allow insurers to hike premiums for people with pre-existing conditions, despite its sponsors’ repeated claims that it wouldn’t.
via Senator McCain: “I cannot in good conscience vote for the Graham-Cassidy proposal” — Quartz
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08/12/2014
The Confirmation Files
Politics
Adam Kwasman, Arizona, Border, children, election, illegal immigrants, immigrants, migrant children, state, summer camp, YMCA
I don’t know how I missed this last month but even today it’s PRICELESS.
Dear Politicians…especially card-carrying Repubs who call themselves Christians stop yelling at migrant children on buses or this might happen to you…
GOP Congressional Candidate Mistakes YMCA Campers for Migrant Kids
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07/17/2014
The Confirmation Files
Politics
america, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Arizona, Blacks, book, Classroom, defense, Glenn Beck, slavery, The 5000 Year Leap, victims, whites
Conservative radio host Glenn Beck on Tuesday defended a history book that has ignited controversy for its portrayal of slavery in the United States.
Image: Raw Story
The group Americans United for Separation of Church and State has criticized Heritage Academy, a charter school in Arizona, for using Cleon Skousen’s The 5000 Year Leapin a 12th-grade history class. The group said that the book promotes “Christian nation propaganda” as well as claims slavery was beneficial to African Americans.
Beck, who has promoted The 5000 Year Leap, insisted there was nothing wrong with the book. He said he was “doubling down” on his support for it.
More including video from The Raw Story
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04/22/2014
The Confirmation Files
Politics, World
aggression, angry, Arizona, bitter, Crimea, foreign policy, Joe Biden, John McCain, morning joe, obama administration, old man, Russia, senator, ukraine, United States, vice president, Vladimir Putin
The poster child for term limits speaks again, where is his BFF Lindsey Graham? LG ———————————————————————————————————-
Sen. John McCain was unimpressed with Vice President Joe Biden’s comments in Ukraine on Tuesday and the Arizona Republican suggested that the Obama administration was not backing up its tough talk against Russia.
Speaking in Ukraine, the vice president said that “we call on Russia to stop supporting men hiding behind masks in unmarked uniforms sewing unrest in eastern Ukraine.” McCain, appearing on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Tuesday, responded to Biden’s remarks with a question: “Or else what?”
“Or else what?” McCain repeated. “If they continue to do this, what will we do?” More from Politico
I love this comment from a reader…
McCain is a jealous, bitter old man who wishes he was in the position to be doing what Biden is doing. McCain is a war monger who would be sending our troops into Russia,Iran, Lybia, etc. to die. It is time he retired or is voted out of office. We have had enough war and blood shed.
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04/02/2014
The Confirmation Files
Crime, Politics
Arizona, funding, GEO Group, GOP, house, inmates, lawmakers, lobbyists, money, politics, prisons, private prisons, taxpayers
Arizona GOP gives private prison company $1 million to house inmates who don’t exist (via
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Lobbyists for the private prison company GEO Group convinced lawmakers to include almost $1 million extra in funding despite the fact that the Arizona Department of Corrections claimed the money wasn’t needed. Late last Friday, Arizona House Appropriation Chairman John Kavanagh (R-Fountain Hills) placed the extra funding into the budget because GEO Group’s lobbyists informed him that the company wasn’t profiting enough off of emergency beds it provides Arizona prisons.
“This is somebody getting a handout,” Arizona House Minority Leader Chad Campbell (D-Phoenix) said. “It’s unnecessary. This came out of nowhere — I mean that. No one said a word about it. It wasn’t in the Senate budget, it didn’t come as a request from DOC. There’s something really shady here.”
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02/26/2014
The Confirmation Files
current events, Politics, Society
anti-gay, Arizona, ban, bill, business owner, gay rights, law, lawmaker, Legislation, pizzeria, protest
Image: Rocco’s Pizzeria
An Arizona pizzeria that threatened to ban lawmakers who passed a bill allowing shopkeepers to refuse service to gays on religious grounds says customer approval has been “overwhelming.”
“One lady called and said she would never eat here again, but that’s been dwarfed by the 500 or so calls in the other direction,” said Evan Stevens, manager of Rocco’s Little Chicago Pizzeria in Tucson.
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, a Republican, hasn’t said yet whether she will sign the bill, which was passed by the Legislature late Thursday. Supporters of the proposed law say it expands religious freedom; opponents say it legalizes discrimination.
Rocco DiGrazia, the pizzeria owner, waded into the debate with a tweet that said he reserved the “right to eject any State Senators we see fit to kick out.”
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