In 1864, Arizona illegally split off from New Mexico, which was a real territory that went from Texas to California at the time. One could probably fight this in SCOTUS on the basis that they were an illegal territory when it was passed.
When the NYT tries to write an article like this it’s either “man, everybody sure loves Trump!” or it’s “we can’t tell, it’s super complicated” with nothing in between. If you read enough of these articles, you’d hardly believe that Joe won with eighty million votes in 2020.
AZ born and raised. I left because obvs it sucks a bit. But I know AZ and I believe abortion will win there.
Like, I had a soft spot for Kari Lake from my childhood memories of morning news while getting ready for school. I still love her voice! To the point I was afraid her charisma and familiarity would get her elected with ease. But Arizonans are tough. While we all know a lot of evangelical assholes, I trust Arizonans to choose independence (from government) first. Not all, but enough. I think we'll pull through for the senate too. AZ bitches got backbone. Don't tell us what to do.
Also AZ born and raised, and I couldn't agree more. Even though it has historically been GOP and was when I was growing up, it had always been more anti-tax/pro-gun than religious right like in the South. There's a strong streak of independence in that state, and I think voters will come out in force to vote against the GOP because Arizonans don't take kindly to people telling them what they can do and how to live their lives.
I noticed that comments were not allowed on this particular article, which was too bad because the subscribers have been almost as mean about these kind of stories as people on this site. And I'm so happy my spouse cancelled the subscription a few months ago while sending a note that was a resounding fuck you after Maureen Dowd's latest idiocy.
I am really beginning to think that the New York Times is run by idiots. Their desperate attempts to both sides the abortion issue is exhibit one.
I still like Wordle, and some of their not batshit crazy columnists. But I am pleased that the paper itself hasn't got one thin dime of mine in years. (Full disclosure, I get free day old copies at work.)
I fucking DESPISE this kind of 'playing dumb' the NYT is doing...It is LITERALLY gaslighting and running cover for republican trash...What a WONDERFUL opportunity this would have been for the NYT to write up an overview of the issue and how its been playing out over the last year...To 'fail to mention' the ballot initiatives and referendums in deep red states like KS, OH, AL that shored up abortion rights and access is LITERAL journalistic malpractice...This is NOT something that ANYONE in this line of work could have missed... A kind of "lie of omission"...The NYT is engaging in DEEPLY immoral journalistic practices...
The Trump years were fucking great for journalists. I almost don't blame them for wanting it back except for the whole "end of democracy and the free press" hitch. Slap whatever dumb shit Trump vomited onto Twitter at 3am into a headline, write five paragraphs about how it's dumb shit but also Democrats are bad, done, time for a liquid lunch.
Since every Republican in Washington was too busy with that whole governance thing to follow Trump's tweets, you didn't even have to get their take on things and expand it to eight 'graphs.
Remember Colbert's putdown of the DC press corps at the Bush WHPC dinner?
Eight years of Obama making them work for a living, and the Trump administration, not just Trump but the whole administration, was like manna from Heaven.
"They explain that they met some people who said they’re going to vote for Donald Trump anyway, even if they don’t like the reversal of abortion rights,"
You can also find people who will vote for Donald Trump, even though he launched a violent coup to try to stay in office after losing the election, is happy to sell out the United States to China, Saudi Arabia and Russia (we be doo . . . . ahhhhh https://youtu.be/93RfwgrR6Zk?si=gdHDMixjnTsMVMlz&t=150 ), and belittles our brave service members and gold star families while mocking the handicapped.
Ima guess that the NYT has some affirmative action hires for reporting that were hired for their inablilty to see their fingers in front of their faces at high noon.
But that's OK, keep up the "suspense" about how this is going to wash out - sort of like the "red wave" except much drier in AZ.
It reminds me when I saw people saying that Juno was a pro-life movie. And I’m like, did you watch it? She had a choice. Juno is a pro-choice movie, you fucking dickheads.
From another source the current state of the Union: Florida - forfeited its status as member of the United States as well as a participant in Civilization; Texas - has declared a permanent state of emergency pending declaration of war with Mexico; Arizona - declared a solar hazardous environment unfit for humans, current residents will not recover from micro-waved brains. To keep an even 50 statehood is granted to D.C., Guam and Puerto Rico.
I remember seeing front page stories in the WSJ that explained with facts and numbers that some idea or policy was a really bad idea with scary repercussions, followed by a piece on the oped page advocating for that actual idea or policy to be implemented, distorting the information I just read on the front page to make their point.
In 1864, Arizona illegally split off from New Mexico, which was a real territory that went from Texas to California at the time. One could probably fight this in SCOTUS on the basis that they were an illegal territory when it was passed.
"Those damned Yankees won't go to war to keep us from seceding. They don't have the stomach for a fight. The war will be over in two weeks."
Nothing succeeds like secesh.
When the NYT tries to write an article like this it’s either “man, everybody sure loves Trump!” or it’s “we can’t tell, it’s super complicated” with nothing in between. If you read enough of these articles, you’d hardly believe that Joe won with eighty million votes in 2020.
Ta, Evan. I love the desert -- to visit. I would not live there.
AZ born and raised. I left because obvs it sucks a bit. But I know AZ and I believe abortion will win there.
Like, I had a soft spot for Kari Lake from my childhood memories of morning news while getting ready for school. I still love her voice! To the point I was afraid her charisma and familiarity would get her elected with ease. But Arizonans are tough. While we all know a lot of evangelical assholes, I trust Arizonans to choose independence (from government) first. Not all, but enough. I think we'll pull through for the senate too. AZ bitches got backbone. Don't tell us what to do.
Also AZ born and raised, and I couldn't agree more. Even though it has historically been GOP and was when I was growing up, it had always been more anti-tax/pro-gun than religious right like in the South. There's a strong streak of independence in that state, and I think voters will come out in force to vote against the GOP because Arizonans don't take kindly to people telling them what they can do and how to live their lives.
I noticed that comments were not allowed on this particular article, which was too bad because the subscribers have been almost as mean about these kind of stories as people on this site. And I'm so happy my spouse cancelled the subscription a few months ago while sending a note that was a resounding fuck you after Maureen Dowd's latest idiocy.
Thank you, Evan, for occasionally reminding me why I cancelled my NYT subscription and started giving my moneys to yr Wonket
I am really beginning to think that the New York Times is run by idiots. Their desperate attempts to both sides the abortion issue is exhibit one.
I still like Wordle, and some of their not batshit crazy columnists. But I am pleased that the paper itself hasn't got one thin dime of mine in years. (Full disclosure, I get free day old copies at work.)
They are bought and paid for whores to fascist billionaire interests.
I'm sure the news is considered fair and balanced to anyone who lives in Manhattan.
LOL. Very good snark *grimace*
Actually, however, even most stinking rich Manhattan parasites loathe PAB. He and his trash relatives have been personae non gratae there for decades.
It wouldn’t be the NYT without a Cletus Safari.
I'm sick and tired of the "women are just broodmares" movement.
I fucking DESPISE this kind of 'playing dumb' the NYT is doing...It is LITERALLY gaslighting and running cover for republican trash...What a WONDERFUL opportunity this would have been for the NYT to write up an overview of the issue and how its been playing out over the last year...To 'fail to mention' the ballot initiatives and referendums in deep red states like KS, OH, AL that shored up abortion rights and access is LITERAL journalistic malpractice...This is NOT something that ANYONE in this line of work could have missed... A kind of "lie of omission"...The NYT is engaging in DEEPLY immoral journalistic practices...
The Trump years were fucking great for journalists. I almost don't blame them for wanting it back except for the whole "end of democracy and the free press" hitch. Slap whatever dumb shit Trump vomited onto Twitter at 3am into a headline, write five paragraphs about how it's dumb shit but also Democrats are bad, done, time for a liquid lunch.
Epitome of lazy journalism.
Since every Republican in Washington was too busy with that whole governance thing to follow Trump's tweets, you didn't even have to get their take on things and expand it to eight 'graphs.
The Pussy Ass Bitch years were fucking great for fucking whores who write shit.
Nothing that works for Murdochtrashmedia is a 'journalist.'
Remember Colbert's putdown of the DC press corps at the Bush WHPC dinner?
Eight years of Obama making them work for a living, and the Trump administration, not just Trump but the whole administration, was like manna from Heaven.
Yes. PAB: a clown so cretinous it made them look 'smart' and so whorish they never had to do a lick of actual journalism.
Ugh.
"They explain that they met some people who said they’re going to vote for Donald Trump anyway, even if they don’t like the reversal of abortion rights,"
You can also find people who will vote for Donald Trump, even though he launched a violent coup to try to stay in office after losing the election, is happy to sell out the United States to China, Saudi Arabia and Russia (we be doo . . . . ahhhhh https://youtu.be/93RfwgrR6Zk?si=gdHDMixjnTsMVMlz&t=150 ), and belittles our brave service members and gold star families while mocking the handicapped.
Or as Trump said, he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and not lose a single vote. That is accurate and says a lot about his cult.
I have seen attendees at Trump rallies say we need a dictator..
Are they really picky, or would it be cool if the dictator's name was Joe Biden?
You put a different person in the job now, and you have to change all the letterhead and recycle the old stuff. It's a pain in the ass.
Ima guess that the NYT has some affirmative action hires for reporting that were hired for their inablilty to see their fingers in front of their faces at high noon.
But that's OK, keep up the "suspense" about how this is going to wash out - sort of like the "red wave" except much drier in AZ.
I say this with love. You really might want to re-think that "affirmative action" thing.
Maybe he was referring to the underrepresented Nazis on their staff.
“I’m pretty pro-life, but I think it should be the woman’s choice,”
Pssst… who’s gonna tell darling Nikki that means she’s actually PRO-CHOICE?
Certainly not the rabid raccoon in her cranium.
It reminds me when I saw people saying that Juno was a pro-life movie. And I’m like, did you watch it? She had a choice. Juno is a pro-choice movie, you fucking dickheads.
The young girl made the difficult choice that the insufferable work at home husband couldn’t work out.
I read and thought "wait a minute..."
From another source the current state of the Union: Florida - forfeited its status as member of the United States as well as a participant in Civilization; Texas - has declared a permanent state of emergency pending declaration of war with Mexico; Arizona - declared a solar hazardous environment unfit for humans, current residents will not recover from micro-waved brains. To keep an even 50 statehood is granted to D.C., Guam and Puerto Rico.
Lol, "solar hazardous environment!"
This Californian says: take pity on the TX, FL, and AZ wonkers!
At least we fixed that pesky hole in the ozone thing.
Everyone seems to forget American Samoa. They deserve statehood, too.
They've already got American in their name.
Remember the good ole days when headlines presented the facts of what happened, and speculation was kept to the opinion pages?
I remember seeing front page stories in the WSJ that explained with facts and numbers that some idea or policy was a really bad idea with scary repercussions, followed by a piece on the oped page advocating for that actual idea or policy to be implemented, distorting the information I just read on the front page to make their point.