(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . 6/13 GNR Republican Civil War in Arizona [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-06-13 Even if the incident seems unlikely to shake her support in GOP circles, it can’t help her expand her appeal to those less partisan, political experts said. “She’s operating in an alternate universe,” said John J. Pitney Jr., a politics professor at Claremont McKenna College. Arizona is home to dozens of anti-government and hate groups, new report finds, by @Arizona Mirror on DK The Southern Poverty Law Center released its year in hate and extremism report for 2023 and the organization said that 2023 marks the highest number of groups tracked by the nonprofit organization since they began tracking in 1990. In total, the organization tracked 1,430 hate and anti-government extremist groups across the country, including 38 in Arizona. There has been a steady increase in the Grand Canyon State since 2000. x There it is. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema announces she will NOT run for reelection to the Senate in Arizona. Ruben Gallego is now set for a one-on-one race with Kari Lake in November. pic.twitter.com/PEMcRslHNx — Sawyer Hackett (@SawyerHackett) March 5, 2024 x Hard to see how Sinema’s departure doesn’t help Gallego. GOP chair DeWit resigned after he was accused of bribery, funding is down, and there’s infighting. Also, Lake is struggling w indys so bad that she tried to change her stance on McCain, election denying, & abortion. Lol! pic.twitter.com/EzqyeRffLA — Renee (@PettyLupone) March 5, 2024 x Kudos to ⁦@brahmresnik⁩ and ⁦@12News⁩ for the analysis and reporting. Always a pleasure to talk with him. Who's on the witness list for Arizona's 'fake electors' case? | https://t.co/dgKqifq5oU https://t.co/uw0OeFA1q3 — Mark Kokanovich (@kokanovich) June 8, 2024 x NEW Arizona prosecutors list 14 potential witnesses in 'fake electors' case. @dougducey, star Jan. 6 witness & Trump aides on the list. Also: Where's Rudy? Here's what we know. https://t.co/YzXzZ27753 — Brahm Resnik (@brahmresnik) June 9, 2024 x Trump's underlings are ratting each other out. There is apparently a behind-the-scenes "bloodbath" of rodent backstabbing taking place in Arizona. It appears that when Trump called his political opponents "vermin" it may have been another case of projection. #BlueWaveRising https://t.co/BC978GYQYq — Dario Navarro (@darionavarro111) April 25, 2024 Fery interestink. But shtoopid. Arte Johnson, The Laugh-In x It's also clear in the indictment that Ken CHESEBRO is unindicted coconspirator 4. pic.twitter.com/QmTB1p4h0v — Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) April 24, 2024 x The MAGA/Kari Lake contingent of the AZGOP LD2 censured Republican Stephen Richer for daring to sue Kari Lake. The Republicans in Arizona are eating each other alive. I think we have a pretty good shot at a blue state legislature next year. pic.twitter.com/HCjgI6ZAMe — TheRealThelmaJohnson (@TheRealThelmaJ1) August 29, 2023 x Kristina Bobb, GOP’s “Election Integrity” Lawyer Was Indicted for Election Subversion in AZ 🥳https://t.co/RQeFyHlqdt — SarahCA (@SarahBCalif) June 7, 2024 Lake calls for Ukraine to surrender. x This Ukrainian NGO put me & countless others on this enemies list. My “crime” calling for peace & to keep American children out of the war. While @RubenGallego waves their flag & sends our taxpayer money over to fund the slaughter, I will ALWAYS put America First. https://t.co/jAZrVFhW1L pic.twitter.com/zMmG5mzWAT — Kari Lake (@KariLake) June 12, 2024 x Burning up notes in the White House fireplace, taking calls on Jan 5th late at night from felon Bannon and 'RICO' Rudy G Giuliani, dancing all crazy in the tent at the Jan 6th Stop the Steal rally... maybe now he will sober up.https://t.co/ZUzz0nU4Cf pic.twitter.com/YImcWyJ7h7 — observe_ct (@CtObserve) June 7, 2024 x The Arizona Legislature is trying to impeach our Attorney General Kris Mayes for prosecuting the Fake Electors. In the world of MAGA there is no truth. They're criminals trying to save each other. They scream "lawfare" while they are the ones trying to weaponize the law. It's… pic.twitter.com/lr3UyMhaPl — TheRealThelmaJohnson (@TheRealThelmaJ1) June 10, 2024 x @KariLake's record continues as Court of Appeals rebuffs her call for new election or at least a new trial to present more evidence. The judges tell her that's not the way the legal system works. https://t.co/0wgqN4aQT9 pic.twitter.com/5Rj2KGCb84 — Capitol Media Services 📢 Telling it like it is (@azcapmedia) June 12, 2024 x "Judge suspends Kari Lake attorney for lying to Supreme Court" - https://t.co/X9gUzv5dxG via @tucsonstar — Craig Rozniecki (@CraigRozniecki) June 8, 2024 x Arizona voters passed #Prop211 to expose dark money in politics with a 72% majority, yet it faces endless legal challenges already costing taxpayers over $1.5 million. 🔗Link in bio pic.twitter.com/ul4x2ZSsCO — Dillon Rosenblatt (@DillonReedRose) June 6, 2024 x The border crisis isn’t just a talking point for me or my state. It’s a reality we live every day. So next time you come to Arizona to do TV interviews at the border, you better be ready to explain why you chose politics over addressing the problem staring you in the face. pic.twitter.com/zxdwblhR2M — Senator Mark Kelly (@SenMarkKelly) February 8, 2024 x Nepotism in Arizona politics, and a scared MAGA legislature https://t.co/VuLY8a5pSf — deborah🇺🇸💔🤍💙 (@debsei) June 12, 2024 x Barely Closeted White Nationalist Charlie Kirk Announces Trump Campaign Partnership Charlie Kirk, founder and executive director of Turning Point USA, speaks during a Turning Point PAC town hall at Dream City Church on June 6, 2024, in Phoenix, Arizona.… https://t.co/CPDqD57mUJ pic.twitter.com/g1VeymAS4S — Leonard Y (@LeonardYoung302) June 10, 2024 OK, back to Earth 1 now Improbability drive off. We have normality. I repeat, we have normality. Anything you still can’t cope with is therefore your own problem. Trillian, HHGTTG Renewables Because there is too much good news for my Renewable Tuesday series on the Death of Carbon by a Billion Cuts. Court hands Biden and California a win on clean cars www.eenews.net/... A federal appeals court Tuesday roundly rejected claims by 17 Republican-led states and fossil fuel trade groups seeking to unravel California’s authority to set more stringent emission standards for cars and trucks than the federal government. the District of Columbia Circuit found in a unanimous opinion that both the industry challengers and state coalition lacked standing to bring their claim the Environmental Defense Fund “Today’s court decision is a victory for Californians, an affirmation of the Clean Air Act, and a welcome step in our journey to a clean transportation future,” EPA in 2013 first allowed California to tighten emissions requirements. Today, 17 other states and the District of Columbia have also adopted more stringent automobile standards. Heat, cold extremes hold untapped potential for solar and wind energy I found this research fascinating. And it’s encouraging to think that the meterological extremes we’ve been suffering through might have an upside. From Washington State University: Conditions that usually accompany the kind of intense hot and cold weather that strains power grids may also provide greater opportunities to capture solar and wind energy. A Washington State University-led study found that widespread, extreme temperature events are often accompanied by greater solar radiation and higher wind speeds that could be captured by solar panels and wind turbines. The research, which looked at extensive heat and cold waves across the six interconnected energy grid regions of the U.S. from 1980–2021, also found that every region experienced power outages during these events in the past decade. The findings, detailed in the journal Environmental Research Letters, suggest that using more renewable energy at these times could help offset increased power demand as more people and businesses turn on heaters or air conditioners. “These extreme events are not going away anytime soon. In fact, every region in the U.S. experiences at least one such event nearly every year. We need to be prepared for their risks and ensure that people have reliable access to energy when they need it the most,” said lead author Deepti Singh, a Washington State University climate scientist. “Potentially, we could generate more power from renewable resources precisely when we have widespread extreme events that result in increased energy demand.” The study showed increased solar energy potential in all six U.S. regions during heat extremes, and in all but one region during cold ones, the area covered by the Texas-run grid. The researchers noted that atmospheric ridges or atmospheric high-pressure systems that cause intense heat, like the heat wave that hit the Pacific Northwest in 2021, are often characterized by cloudless, blue skies. Clear skies allow more of the sun’s radiation to reach the Earth, which could be converted into power by solar panels. Conditions for wind power were more variable, but at least three regions had increased potential to capture this type of energy during these hot and cold events: the Northeast during widespread cold, and both the Texas grid and a major Midwestern grid during heat waves. Green Groups Secure Deal to Clean Up Coal-Polluted West Virginia Streams It’s great to see coal contamination in West Virginia being addressed. From Common Dreams: The Sierra Club announced on Friday that it had reached an agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to address pollution in West Virginia streams that originates from coal mining in the state. The agreement specifically focuses on what's called ionic toxicity pollution, which is created in the mining process. The pollution that enters the freshwater streams increases their salinity, which kills the aquatic life in them. The Sierra Club is joined by the West Virginia Rivers Coalition and the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy in the agreement. The EPA will now be creating limits—called total maximum daily loads (TMDLs)—for how much of this pollution can enter "11 high-priority West Virginia streams." "This is a monumental step forward in our ongoing fight to protect West Virginia's precious wildlife and natural resources," said Sierra Club West Virginia chapter director Honey May. "By holding the coal industry accountable and ensuring the development of TMDLs, we are safeguarding the habitat of countless aquatic species and preserving the ecological integrity of our streams." The Sierra Club says this deal—which has been years in the making—will help restore important West Virginia streams and means the EPA will finally be fulfilling its obligations under the Clean Water Act. West Virginia is one of the top coal producing states in the country, and it has faced serious problems with pollution from the state's many coal mines for decades. The coal mining industry has also long been able to avoid having to pay to clean up the pollution it causes. Chevron Spends $3 Million To Stop Oil Well Liability Law In 2023's First Three Months [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/6/13/2245435/-6-13-GNR-Republican-Civil-War-in-Arizona?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/