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Claytoonz: Joe's out, Kamala's in
Do you think Trump is second-guessing his selection of J.D. Vance as his running mate with President Biden dropping out and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris? He may be thinking he should have picked Tim Scott. Trump’s support among Black voters has been increasing lately but I now expect his gains to drop. Awwww, too bad.
Biden's withdrawal revives pre-1968 convention nomination process
Now that Joe Biden has dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to be the nominee, it will ultimately be up to Democratic National Convention delegates to formally select a new nominee for their party. This will mark the first time in over 50 years that a major party nominee was selected outside of the democratic process of primaries and caucuses.
Democrats praise Biden’s 5 decades of service, ‘courageous’ decision to step aside
Democratic leaders and advocates praised President Joe Biden for his five decades of service and applauded his decision to not seek a second term, which he announced Sunday. “President Biden is a great public servant who knows better than anyone what it takes to defeat Donald Trump,” said Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in a statement on the social media platform X.
Biden endorses Harris for president. What happens next?
This article was originally published by The 19th. President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him as the Democratic nominee on Sunday, three and a half months out from Election Day on November 5. It’s unusual for a presidential...
Biden withdraws from 2024 presidential race
The article was originally published by The 19th. President Joe Biden stepped down as the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee on Sunday. He made no indication about who he thought should replace him at the top of the Democratic Party ticket. “It has been the greatest honor of my life to...
Peck: Ball, Wilson & Buglewicz for Pima justices of the peace
John Peck is a former justice of the peace in Ajo. Arizona justice courts are often overlooked in general by the media and given scant attention at election time. But of the 1.47 million total cases filed last fiscal year (2023) in all Arizona courts, nearly half were filed in statewide justice courts, with more than 100,000 of them in the Pima County Consolidated Justice Court. The majority of people who have an Arizona court experience have that experience in our justice courts.
‘Project 2025’ just latest from conservatie group with 50-year history of steering GOP
As the 2024 presidential election heats up, some people are hearing about the Heritage Foundation for the first time. The conservative think tank has a new, ambitious and controversial policy plan, Project 2025, which calls for an overhaul of American public policy and government. Project 2025 lays out many standard...
More early voting centers open in Pima County for July 30 primary
Pima County voters have new spots to cast an early ballot or drop off vote-by-mail ballots this week. The results of the July 30 primary election will decide which candidates will be their respective parties’ nominees in the Nov. 5 general election in races for U.S. Senate, Congress, the Arizona Legislature and a number of local races.
Arizona poised to provide MDMA therapy to first responders with PTSD, if FDA approves psychedelic
Police and firefighters in Arizona who suffer from PTSD could soon use workers’ compensation to cover therapy that involves the psychedelic drug commonly known as ecstasy or molly. That depends on the Food and Drug Administration, which plans to vote next month on approval of MDMA-assisted therapy for post-traumatic...
Carvalho: Conover has 'decimated' diversion programs at Pima County Attorney's Office
Jordanna Carvalho is a former diversion program manager in the Pima County Attorney's Office. Pima County Attorney Laura Conover has decimated diversion programming at the Pima County Attorney’s Office — programming vitally important to providing restorative justice as an alternative to prosecution for those who have committed nonviolent crimes.
Global computer outage snarls Arizona’s early voting, raises alarm about November
This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and voting access. A global Microsoft-based computer outage early Friday crippled the electronic systems Arizona’s two largest counties use for early in-person voting, causing election officials to quickly divert to backup plans to keep early voting open for the state’s primary election.
FC Tucson, Ventura County advance after wins at Kino
FC Tucson will advance to the next round of the USL League 2 playoffs after a win over Colorado-based Flatirons FC. The long-delayed match ended with a 3 - 2 result for the hometown team at Kino North Stadium. The match was the second of two playoff games scheduled for...
Gun rights advocates at Republican convention spell out plans if GOP gains control in November
Republicans speaking at a concealed carry event on Tuesday, just days after a gunman attempted to kill their presidential nominee, insisted the party won’t change its stance on Second Amendment rights. Attendees at the one-hour session, hosted by the U.S. Concealed Carry Association near the Republican National Convention, weren’t...
A big nope to President Mark Kelly, a man unfit for these sadistic times
The Democratic polling firm Blue Labs has apparently done a survey that shows U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly is best positioned to beat Donald Trump in November. Nope. Don't go building a security cordon for the Tucson White House. Someone needs to "sshshshshhs" the draft Kelly idea before it grows from a murmur into a conversation.
Tucson neighborhood proposes naming garden after community organizer Kha Dang
Walking through the Tucson Botanical Gardens with Kha Dang is like having a personalized guided tour. Under his American flag baseball cap, he smiles at visitors, stopping at every corner of the park to talk to employees who’ve known him forever, or to point out some of the garden's native plants he’s seen grow over the years. Kha talks fondly of the park where he used to stroll every morning with his late wife Sharon.
Sen. Justine Wadsack claims 'political persecution' over Tucson criminal speeding ticket
Arizona Sen. Justine Wadsack, a Tucson-area Republican, is claiming "political persecution" over a criminal speeding ticket dating from a March incident that police allege saw her driving her Tesla down Speedway at more than 70 mph. Wadsack was pulled over on Friday, March 15, just after 10 p.m., after being...
Festivities along Sun Link route to celebrate 10 years of Tucson streetcar
A full day of celebrating the first decade of the Sun Link streetcar will take place on Saturday, July 20, with events in the Mercado San Agustin, historic Fourth Avenue, Main Gate Square and the University of Arizona. The city-sponsored festivities will begin with a press conference at Sun Link,...
COVID cases on rise again in Arizona, on its way to ‘becoming a common cold’
As the KP.3 variant becomes the dominant COVID-19 strain across the country, Arizona is seeing a slight increase in cases, but reporting is not entirely complete. As the nation experiences a rise in cases this summer, President Joe Biden tested positive for the virus while on the campaign trail Wednesday and returned to his home in Delaware to self-isolate.
FactCheck: Trump's speech at GOP Convention
Former President Donald Trump's speech accepting the Republican nomination was a greatest hits of false claims. For the first half hour of former President Donald Trump’s speech, when he discussed the attempt to assassinate him in Pennsylvania on July 13 and the need for unity in the country, we didn’t have much to fact-check. But then Trump launched into a greatest hits of false and misleading claims we have been writing about for months, if not years.
Feds sue Southwest Key migrant shelters over ‘severe sexual abuse & rape’ of children
The U.S. Department of Justice has sued the nation's largest operator of migrant child shelters, Southwest Key Programs Inc., claiming it allowed employees to repeatedly sexually abuse children in its care. Migrant children who enter the U.S. without a parent or guardian are placed in the custody of the Office...
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