It looks like Arizona and Nevada are on the brink of becoming beachfront property. Republican Senate candidates are stumbling under the weight of the Trump albatross around their necks just as a tidal wave of highly engaged Democratic voters appears ready to crash on top of ...read more
Last night Democrats lost a special election. Republican Debbie Lesko beat Indian-American ER physician Hiral Tipirneni by roughly 6 points to represent Arizona's 8th district after Congressman Trent Franks resigned over charges of sexual harassment. Republicans had reason to ...read more
Today we honor the life of Martin Luther King Jr. Through the power of his words and his actions, MLK inspired people to put their lives on the line in the fight for equality between the races, a struggle that continues to this day. When we remember him, we should remember both ...read more
One of the only silver linings in the 2016 general election was the Maricopa County, Arizona race for sheriff. After more than two decades, the people of the county voted to end Sheriff Joe Arpaio's reign of terror and elected a new top lawman. In true Arpaio fashion, instead of ...read more
On Tuesday, a federal court judge finally handed down a ruling to hold Sheriff Joe Arpaio accountable for his unconstitutional racial profiling against Hispanics in Maricopa County, Arizona. U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton ordered the controversial Republican sheriff and devout ...read more
John McCain just defeated challenger Kelli Ward in the Republican primary race for the Arizona Senate, and heads into what looks like a very tough battle with Democratic Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick. McCain, who is now 80 years old, has remained in the Senate since 1987 -- a good run ...read more
A couple of months back we told you about an Arizona state senator whose constituents were so terrified of the rise in so-called chemtrails in the skies over their heads that she decided to hold an official town meeting to discuss the "problem." Republican Kelli Ward of the ...read more
There was another "botched" execution on Wednesday, this time in Arizona, where it took Joseph Wood nearly two hours to die after being administered a lethal injection that was supposed to take 10 minutes to kill him. This led our own Tommy Christopher to wonder why it would be ...read more
Joseph Rudolph Wood III began the end of his life on August 7, 1989, when he walked into an auto body shop and killed his 29 year-old ex-girlfriend Debbie Dietz, and her 55 year-old father Gene Dietz, with a .38 caliber revolver. Police shot Wood several times when he picked up ...read more
(Photo: An anti-Immigration activist talks to immigrant rights protesters along Mt. Lemmon Road in anticipation of buses carrying illegal immigrants in Oracle, Arizona. SANDY HUFFAKER/GETTY IMAGES) Let's recap. The kneejerk anti-immigration movement was insane enough already ...read more
We spend a good amount of time here either debunking or mercilessly ridiculing conspiracy theories and those who believe in and espouse them. The reason for this is simple: media proliferation has reached the point where there's as much misinformation out there as there is ...read more
This is mandatory viewing: Arizona State Senator Al Melvin not only voted for the anti-gay "Right to Refuse" law in Arizona, he's also running for governor there. But his appearance on CNN last night should totally disqualify him from running for or holding any office ...read more
Happy Tuesday; we've got a long way left to go. Here's what's happening on the interweb: 1. Syria War Stirs New U.S. Debate on Cyberattacks The Obama administration has been engaged in a largely secret debate about whether cyberarms should be used like ordinary weapons, ...read more
by Tina Rhodes A couple of days ago Gov. Brewer of this fine state abolished an entire state government agency: Child Protective Services. She replaced it with a new one called “Child Safety and Family Services” and put a guy by the name of Charles Flanagan in the director’s ...read more
The Daily Banter Headline Grab. From TPM: A group of Republicans in the Arizona House of Representatives are pushing a bill that would limit federal gun laws’ reach into the state. The bill, known as HB 2291, would, among other things, make it a Class 6 felony for a federal ...read more
In case you missed it, here's what we covered this week at The Daily Banter! Chez Pazienza commented on the victory for Obamacare and warned the Left not to get too excited, Bob Cesca explained why Republicans love Obamacare, but just don't know it. We looked at possibly the ...read more
By Ben Cohen: The issue of race relations is never far from the media or public debate in America. The latest news from the tragic Trayvon Martin case (a revelation that the police initially seriously doubted shooter George Zimmerman's account of events) and the controversial ...read more
I was interviewed yesterday on Abbey Martin's show on the RT network about the US Supreme Court's decision to shoot down parts of the draconian Arizona immigration law and leave in 'provision of SB 1070' that allows police to demand suspected immigrants show their papers. Abbey ...read more
By Chez Pazienza: An ongoing meme on the podcast that Bob Cesca and I do involves a debate over how much good actually comes from constantly bitching online. It typically goes something like this: Bob plays the admittedly heroic role of the passionate crusader, a guy who ...read more
Disaster narrowly averted in his native state of Michigan, Mitt Romney was last night preparing to take a reinvigorated fight for the Republican presidential nomination to 10 states voting on ‘Super Tuesday’ next week. Delirious supporters for Mr Romney gathered in a ballroom ...read more
Numerous sources are reporting that Arizona Senator Jon Kyl will be reitiring. ...read more
Stupidity like this is why no matter how much political power they may gain, it's nigh-impossible to take conservatives seriously. Members of the state Legislature, including Arizona's de facto governor, Senate President Russell Pearce, have introduced a bill that essentially ...read more
