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May 5, 2016

Want to pack your state’s Supreme Court? Well, Arizona has provided a model.

This is what Arizona does! Koch Bro/ALEC bought and paid for legislators and gov….under the noses of people not paying attention…

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/arizona-state-supreme-court

Arizona Republicans are about to get two more justices on the state Supreme Court thanks to a bill approved by the legislature and heading to Gov. Doug Ducey’s desk that will expand the court from five to seven members and allow the Republican Ducey to appoint the new justices.

The move is being called a naked power grab and an obvious example of court packing — an accusation seemingly backed by the fact that the five current justices have said there’s no need for additional justices. However, in a twist, the state Supreme Court ultimately backed the proposal when the legislature leveraged much-needed funding for the judicial branch to get the court’s support. Ironically, some of that promised funding has already been scaled back, while the new judges will cost the state about $1 million annually.



http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/arizona-state-supreme-court

May 5, 2016

How will you teach your grandchildren integrity?


https://twitter.com/TravelerArk/status/728034700221026304


NH Senator Kelly Ayotte says she will "support, not endorse" Donald Trump, and "watch quietly" as 12M people are put on trains and buses

http://www.wmur.com/politics/wmur-first-after-trump-win-ayotte-plans-to-support-him-spokeswoman-says/39373086
May 5, 2016

McCain on tape: Trump damages my reelection hopes

McCain on tape: Trump damages my reelection hopes
'If Donald Trump is at the top of the ticket,' the senator says in a recording obtained by POLITICO, 'this may be the race of my life.'



Publicly, John McCain insists Donald Trump will have a negligible effect on his campaign for reelection. But behind closed doors at a fundraiser in Arizona last month, the Republican senator and two-time presidential hopeful offered a far more dire assessment to his supporters.

“If Donald Trump is at the top of the ticket, here in Arizona, with over 30 percent of the vote being the Hispanic vote, no doubt that this may be the race of my life,” McCain said, according to a recording of the event obtained by POLITICO. “If you listen or watch Hispanic media in the state and in the country, you will see that it is all anti-Trump. The Hispanic community is roused and angry in a way that I've never seen in 30 years.”

At a private fundraiser last month, the Arizona senator warned that Donald Trump as the GOP nominee could antagonize Latino voters in his state and make his reelection campaign "the race of my life."




Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/trump-latinos-mccain-222810#ixzz47mmtZTYa
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May 5, 2016

CNN Just Accidentally Aired Girl Flipping Off Trump Tower

And It’s Spectacular!


If you don’t believe he is hated, because maybe you’re a bigot yourself, or maybe you hate yourself enough to like him, or you are absolutely ignorant to reality, take a glimpse at what CNN just accidentally aired.

Behind the CNN reporter speaking about Trump supposedly wanting to help the GOP raise money, there is a woman who is speaking for all of us in one united voice as she give Trump Tower the middle finger. Thus, flipping off Donald Trump.

Here’s the image that was captured as it happened:




http://addictinginfo.org/2016/05/04/cnn-just-accidentally-aired-girl-flipping-off-trump-tower-and-its-spectacular-image/

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