Just One Thing: Arizona abortion ruling should scare GOP
Conservatives who care only about stopping abortion will be cheering. Conservatives who care about winning elections should be pretty nervous today. Yesterday the Arizona State Supreme Court ruled that since Roe v Wade was overturned, an 1864 state law makes a felony of performing an abortion or helping a woman get one. The court ruled that the older law superseded a 15-week ban passed two years ago. If nothing changes on the legislative front in Arizona by November, I expect Republicans, who already have a VERY weak Senate candidate in Kari Lake, to be absolutely crushed, perhaps enough to cost Trump the state as well even though every recent poll has him leading. Lake knows it: She’s criticizing the court ruling even though she supported the pre-statehood law two years ago. Abortion is VERY bad politics for the GOP.
Arizona Supreme Court upholds near-total abortion ban in swing state | AP News
Arizonans well get to vote on abortion rights in November. I expect it will pass: Arizona Right to Abortion Initiative (2024) - Ballotpedia
Trump's move yesterday was an effort to give people permission to vote for things like that ballot measure AND vote for him
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Today's Guests
Chris Cuomo hosts "Cuomo" on NewsNation weeknights at 6 PM MT. It's the only cable news show I know that takes callers. He's a long-time fixture on cable news who likely needs no further introduction. We'll discuss Chri's strong belief that the nation is not as divided as politicians (and many in the media) want us to believe it is. I understand the argument and I'd like to believe it but I think it's less true with each passing month or year.
Special edition of the show tonight is called "Trading Up – with Mike Rowe”
The concept: With skyrocketing costs of university tuition and out of control student loan debt, many young people are wondering how they’ll ever succeed. Some have found the ‘open secret’: trade school!
You can find out how to watch in your area by visiting www.JoinNN.com.
Recently on Chris's show, a topic we'll talk about today (because I didn't get to it yesterday):
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Deborah Flora is a candidate for Congress, running for the 4th Congressional district. At this point probably her main competitor, who is probably in the lead given name recognition and money, is Lauren Boebert.
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Joe Brunner is the guy I buy ALL my bourbon and scotch from. The man is an encyclopedia of this stuff. He's the owner of Lukas Liquors in Lone Tree (next to the Home Depot near Park Meadows Mall.) We'll discuss a bill at the state legislature that looks to re-restrict the sale of hard liquor to liquor stores (so that supermarkets and convenience stores basically can't sell anything stronger than wine.) With the massive struggles for the liquor industry due to a downturn in drinking post-COVID and more generally among this generation of young adults, what is the future of independent liquor stores and will this bill help if it passes?
Lukas Liquors Superstore ⋆ (303) 792-2288 ⋆ Colorado Family Owned (lukasliquorsuperstore.com)
Colorado bill would limit hard liquor sales to liquor stores (kdvr.com)
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Other Stuff
Ugly financial news: US inflation increased more than expected in March; CPI climbed 3.5% annually By Investing.com
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RIP Peter Higgs: Peter Higgs, physicist behind Higgs boson particle, dies at 94 | AP News
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Democrat infighting in CO: Colorado Democrats fight over criminal justice, human trafficking (denverpost.com)
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The Colorado GOP "leadership" is out of control: Colorado GOP ousts reporter from event, claiming ‘unfair’ coverage (msn.com)
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What do you think? Crumbley trial: Michigan school shooter parents sentenced to 10 years | AP News
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The Limits of medical debt relief (Axios) https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-vitals-39efd872-85e7-4b59-9f96-f73c62b217eb.html?chunk=1&utm_term=twsocialshare#story1
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The guy was absolute poison to Denver parents and students. I hope I had something to do with his disappearance from public office: Auon'tai Anderson, DPS paid $25K in settlement over blocking parent online | FOX31 Denver (kdvr.com)
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A fantastic and courageous story: I’ve Been at NPR for 25 Years. Here’s How We Lost America’s Trust. | The Free Press (thefp.com)
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This will surprise almost nobody: EV Ownership Ticks Up, but Fewer Nonowners Want to Buy One (gallup.com)
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The next flashpoint? Iran Smuggles Arms to West Bank, Officials Say, to Foment Unrest With Israel - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
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The NCAA women’s basketball final outrated the men’s for the first time ever (msn.com)
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Feel better yet? Feds fall short on recovering pandemic fraud; less than 1% has been clawed back - Washington Times
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Today's Videos
Reminds me of that dude "Kuato" growing out of the other dude's abdomen in the Schwarzenegger movie "Total Recall"
Who needs a robot snack-feeder when you have this little guy? (Well, actually, who is this lazy?)