Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

“Can i answer the question? No you can not!”

Following reporting rules is only for the little people, apparently.

Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.

Wow, I can’t imagine what it was like to comment in morse code.

It’s pointless to bring up problems that can only be solved with a time machine.

It’s always darkest before the other shoe drops.

Quote tweet friends, screenshot enemies.

Bark louder, little dog.

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

Innocent people do not delay justice.

“Until such time as the world ends, we will act as though it intends to spin on.”

Shut up, hissy kitty!

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

Radicalized white males who support Trump are pitching a tent in the abyss.

A thin legal pretext to veneer over their personal religious and political desires.

Republicans got rid of McCarthy. Democrats chose not to save him.

It is not hopeless, and we are not helpless.

When your entire life is steeped in white supremacy, equality feels like discrimination.

Lick the third rail, it tastes like chocolate!

Someone should tell Republicans that violence is the last refuge of the incompetent, or possibly the first.

Motto for the House: Flip 5 and lose none.

“In the future, this lab will be a museum. do not touch it.”

But frankly mr. cole, I’ll be happier when you get back to telling us to go fuck ourselves.

If you can’t control your emotions, someone else will.

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Operation Blue Arizona, Day 2 (with 48 days left)

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It’s Day 2 of Operation Blue Arizona, and we have some new Balloon Juice Angels!

Angel Summary for Day 2

We have angels for 3 of our thermometers today!

lurker – Worker Power

silvery – Four Directions (+ external match!) so 4x matching

anonymous – Arizona Candidates 

Since you guys are already familiar with Worker Power and Four Directions,  I’ll include details about the candidates in this post, but just include the thermometers for the rest.  But if you have any questions, or you would like more information, let me know in the comments and I’ll include that in tomorrow’s post.

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U.S. Congress

Amish Shah. Shah is an emergency room physician and State Representative who is taking on perpetually vulnerable Republican Congressman David Schweikert.  Schweikert retained his seat by only 3,000 votes in 2022.  Shah is running on protecting Medicare, border security and reproductive freedom.  Shah had to survive a primary in August, and needs the cash.

Kirsten Engel.  This is a rematch between first term Republican Congressman Juan Ciscomani and challenger Kirsten Engel.  In 2022, he won by only 1.5% in an off-year election.  Engel is currently ahead in fundraising, but insiders in AZ warn of an upcoming Republican money bomb.

Arizona State Legislature

  • Republicans control the state Senate 16-14
  • Republicans control the House 31-29.
  • A Democratic flip will protect voting rights.
  • The state Republican party is batshit crazy and in total disarray.

While there are any number of potential candidates to support, we’re targeting four candidates in Legislative Districts 16 and 17 (Tucson and Casa Grande), where the Worker Power team we’re helping support is canvassing.

Keith Seaman:  Keith was a retired teacher and Legislator who was so outraged by Dobbs that he ran for a Republican state seat in 2022 and won.  Barely.  This is our only retention play.

Stacy Seaman:  Stacy is Keith’s daughter, a school teacher running to flip a House Republican seat.  The Seaman family is well known and respected in Pinal County (Casa Grande).

Kevin Volk:  Kevin is a young Tucson native, former intern for Gabby Giffords and started a small business owner focused on building affordable housing.  Another potential flip.

John Mclean:  John is a retired CEO, running for Senate on reproductive rights and fiscal responsibility, against a dangerous Republican.

Maricopa County Recorder

Tim Stringham (former JAG officer)

The office of Maricopa County Recorder is arguably Arizona’s second most important election protection official.  The Recorder oversees elections in Arizona’s most populous County, with over 60% of the state’s population.  The Republican is  a notorious election denier who refuses to debate the Democratic candidate we’re supporting.

Reader Interactions

29Comments

  1. 1.

    lowtechcyclist

    Just gave $250 to the candidates, split equally among the four state legislature candidates and the Maricopa County Recorder candidate.

  3. 3.

    divF

    I gave $250 each to the Candidates and Worker Power accounts. I’ll get to the other two later today.

    Thanks for making it easy for us BJers.

  6. 6.

    RaflW

    I did $125 to the AZ candidates.

    (If it matters, $10 to Engle, $15 to Shah & 4 x $20 for the remainder. I’d given previously to the first two from non-BJ asks)

    eta: And yes, I keep a detailed ledger. About 200 candidates per cycle. 🙄

  15. 15.

    ewrunning

    I just did $25 each to Worker Power and Four Directions, $35 split to the seven candidates and $25 to SC & Abortion Rights.

  23. 23.

    KayInMD (formerly Kay (not the front-pager))

    I just picked up the mail & got a $155 settlement check out of the blue, so I divided it up & put $40 in each thermometer (I rounded up a little).

    Big vet appointment on Monday. If everything’s OK I’ll be able to donate more next week.

  28. 28.

    WaterGirl

    I’ve got all the these donations here!  Thank you all.

    I’m not putting up a new post today, but I will move this post up the ladder a bit so it’s still on the front page in case anyone still wants to donate to the matches.

  29. 29.

    WaterGirl

    No longer checking this thread for matching donations.

    Until the next fundraising post goes up:  If you would like to be matched, please send email to WaterGirl

    watergirl at balloon-juice.com

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