Tag: Arizona

Group Monitoring Drop Boxes Sued for Alleged Voter Intimidation

A group that has been observing drop boxes in Arizona was sued on Oct. 24 for allegedly intimidating voters. Clean Elections USA and its founder, Melody Jennings, were named as defendants in the suit, which was filed by lawyers with Marc Elias’s law firm on behalf of the Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans and Voto…


DOJ ‘Will Not Permit Voters to be Intimidated’ Following Sighting of Armed Vigilantes: Attorney General

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland vowed on Oct. 25 that the Department of Justice (DOJ) “will not permit voters to be intimidated” during the 2022 midterm elections. “The Justice Department has an obligation to guarantee a free and fair vote by everyone who’s qualified to vote and will not permit voters to be intimidated,” Garland…


DOJ ‘Will Not Permit Voters to be Intimidated’ Following Sighting of Uniformed Vigilantes: Attorney General

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland vowed on Oct. 25 that the Department of Justice (DOJ) “will not permit voters to be intimidated” during the 2022 midterm elections. “The Justice Department has an obligation to guarantee a free and fair vote by everyone who’s qualified to vote and will not permit voters to be intimidated,” Garland…


Arizona Defies Biden Admin, Files Lawsuit and Starts Installing Shipping Container Barrier in Cochise County

Arizona has forged ahead with erecting a shipping container barrier along the Arizona-Mexico border in an effort to close the gaps, despite the Biden administration’s attempts to prevent the state from doing so. Arizona Governor Doug Ducey, a Republican, announced that the state is moving forward with the project, which will costs an estimated $95 million, on Twitter…


Who’s Killing Arizona’s Alpine Wild Horses?

ALPINE, Ariz.—Dyan Albers Lowey has made every effort lately to spend quality time with her horses on her small family ranch in Alpine, Arizona. She says it’s good to be around live things these days, especially after being around so much death. For Lowey, the unsolved killing of 36 Alpine wild horses on U.S. Forest…


Mystery Deepens as 36 Alpine Wild Horses are Shot and Killed in Arizona

ALPINE, Ariz.—Dyan Albers Lowey has made every effort lately to spend quality time with her horses on her small family ranch in Alpine, Arizona. She says it’s good to be around live things these days, especially after being around so much death. For Lowey, the unsolved killing of 36 Alpine wild horses on U.S. Forest…


Former Arizona Mayor Sentenced To Jail Over 2020 Ballot Harvesting Scheme | Facts Matter

Guillermina Fuentes, former Democratic mayor of San Luis, Arizona, was sentenced to jail for her role in a 2020 ballot harvesting scheme. According to a report written by the state attorney general’s office, an investigation was opened into Fuentes after Gary Garcia Snyder, a Republican running for city council at the time, recorded a video…


[Premiering 10/21 at 4PM ET] Why Jewish Rabbis Are Mostly Conservative, While Many Young Jews Are Progressive | Facts Matter

In a quick bite episode, we sat down with Rabbi Yaakov Menken—director of the Coalition for Jewish Values—to discuss anti-Semitism, as well as why exactly young Jews tend to vote progressive, despite most Jewish congregations being typically more conservative. This video is brought to you by Sekur: https://ept.ms/3yW0Wul Stay tuned for our newsletter so you won’t…


Capitol Report (Oct. 20): Mike Pence on Supporting Trump in 2024; Home Sales Fall for 8 Straight Months

President Joe Biden is in Pennsylvania touting infrastructure investments and raising money for John Fetterman. Lawmakers react to Biden’s latest moves on oil policy. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Ala.) joins us to discuss the high energy costs and what’s behind them. Arizona refers a voter intimidation report to the Department of Justice. The voter claims to…


Mexico sues US gun industry in US courts a second time

The government of Mexico is suing five U.S. gun sellers in U.S. courts in Arizona, claiming the U.S. businesses are illegally engaging in arms trafficking for cartels in that crime-ravaged country. The new lawsuit comes after a federal judge in Massachusetts threw out a $10 billion lawsuit on Sept. 30 that Mexico brought against arms…