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JUST IN Arizona's House Ethics Committee chair declines to act on 82 complaints about GOP Rep. Mark Finchem's alleged connection to Jan. 6 Capitol attacks. READ LETTER bit.ly/2NqIzef #12News 
These stories...
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🧵Just 3 days before the riot, Congressman Andy Biggs told AZ KTAR listeners he personally spoke with "data scientists" who showed him "anomalies" demonstrating tens of thousands of AZ votes were SUBTRACTED from Trump and RE-ASSIGNED to Biden in AZ. An incredible claim!
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A similar theory was floating around for weeks in a conspiracy video on "Rumbler." It relies on an aggregation of 3rd party data. It manipulates spreadsheets to make it appear the data comes directly from Arizona counties. There's NO 1st-hand evidence counties reassigned votes.
One would assume Biggs wasn't referring to this debunked video, given his vaunted position as a Congressman and given the weight his words carry to constituents. But remember, Biggs claims he personally spoke with data scientists who showed him these anomalies.
Governor Ducey announces he will attend presidential inauguration. “In America, we believe in the peaceful transition of power. It doesn't matter who you supported in the election — once the election is over, we put country before party.” #12News
“I was honored to represent Arizona at the inauguration of President Trump in 2017, and I am honored to represent our state at the 59th Inaugural Ceremonies next week...
President-elect Biden is assuming office at a critical time in our nation’s history, and I wish him well. I will not agree with him on everything and I certainly will not hesitate to share my views on the public policy issues that matter to Arizonans,
(thread) NEW: Two former presidents of the Arizona State Bar and five other attorneys have jointly filed a rare ethics complaint to the State Bar against 21 attorneys who participated in Trump campaign legal filings (including 11 AZ attorneys). #12News
The 8-page complaint seeks an official investigation which could possibly lead to reprimand, suspension, investigation fees or disbarment. According to the letter, "Confidence in the legal system is seriously eroded when attorneys treat lawsuits as a platform for broadcasting
gossip and innuendo utterly devoid of factual proof, as a political stunt. That is what has happened repeatedly in Arizona and is the basis for thisreport of ethical violations by said attorneys under the Rules of Professional Conduct."
BREAKING Judge tosses out @AZGOP lawsuit vs Maricopa County, denies motion to block canvass & allows state to recoup attorneys fees from Republican Party. #12News
NEXT Just 1 elections case left on Maricopa County court docket: 'Sharpiegate II,' alleging problems with Sharpies used to fill out ballots. Five-hour trial starts 9 a.m. Friday before Judge Margaret Mahoney.
AZGOP RESPONDS @kelliwardaz demands hand count of all 3.4 million state ballots. BTW Initial opinion from GOP AG Mark Brnovich's office says SoS procedures manual has force of law.
A REMINDER ABOUT VOTING INTEGRITY IN AZ #12News There are at least 8 checks and balances by government bodies to ensure accuracy of voting machines
✔️All voting and tabulation equipment used in AZ must be certified by both the U.S. Election Assistance Commission
✔️and AZ SOS
✔️All voting and tabulation equipment used in AZ must be certified by both the U.S. Election Assistance Commission
✔️and AZ SOS
✔️This happens after a review by the AZ Equipment Certification Advisory Committee
✔️Before voting, county election officials conduct logic and accuracy testing on each piece of voting equipment
✔️The SOS also performs logic and accuracy test of a sample of voting and tabulation
✔️Before voting, county election officials conduct logic and accuracy testing on each piece of voting equipment
✔️The SOS also performs logic and accuracy test of a sample of voting and tabulation
...equipment at each county
✔️counties also perform post-election logic and accuracy testing
✔️AZ law also provides for a post-election, hand-count audit with the participation of the recognized political parties
✔️Counties perform post-election logic and accuracy testing
✔️counties also perform post-election logic and accuracy testing
✔️AZ law also provides for a post-election, hand-count audit with the participation of the recognized political parties
✔️Counties perform post-election logic and accuracy testing
Perception is "Arizona is turning blue." It's not. Maricopa County, home to 6/10 votes in AZ, is turning blue. Let's look at Maricopa countywide races... (thread)
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MARICOPA COUNTY BOARD 5-member board has had just 1 Dem for decades.
➡️@JevinforAZ on track to be 2nd Dem & 1st African American on board
➡️Dem Whitney Walker giving veteran GOP Supe Bill Gates huge scare. Down 489 votes. Would be 2nd African-American supe & give Dems majority.
➡️@JevinforAZ on track to be 2nd Dem & 1st African American on board
➡️Dem Whitney Walker giving veteran GOP Supe Bill Gates huge scare. Down 489 votes. Would be 2nd African-American supe & give Dems majority.
MARICOPA COUNTY SHERIFF Dem Paul Penzone ousted Joe Arpaio 4 years ago. Trounced Arpaio & now Arpaio's top deputy. Penzone is 1st countywide candidate to break 1 million votes.
HOW MANY BALLOTS LEFT? Based on SoS & Maricopa reports, at least 350K. Number of 'late earlies' will be known today. I have to add: Hundreds of thousands of uncounted ballots day after an AZ election is normal. #12News
HOW MANY BALLOTS LEFT?/2 Based on info from @MaricopaVote as of 12 hours ago and new data below from @SecretaryHobbs, there are at least 440,000 ballots left to count in Arizona. No idea whether they favor Trump/Biden. Await info on 'late earlies' from Maricopa. #12News
Based on this incomplete sample, President Trump would hav to win 60% of outstanding votes to pull even with Joe Biden in Arizona.
Today's AZ COVID #s:
Cases: +39% over previous 7-day average
Daily Pos: 25.5% (5th straight it's up)
Simple death rate: 2.15% (down but see next)
Tests reported yesterday: 15,148 (6th/7 days with 15k+ tests)
+4% in inpatient cases
+1% in ER cases
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Cases: +39% over previous 7-day average
Daily Pos: 25.5% (5th straight it's up)
Simple death rate: 2.15% (down but see next)
Tests reported yesterday: 15,148 (6th/7 days with 15k+ tests)
+4% in inpatient cases
+1% in ER cases
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More COVID numbers:
Slight improvement (~1%) in ICU and inpatient bed capacity
Slight decline (~1%) in ER bed capacity
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Slight improvement (~1%) in ICU and inpatient bed capacity
Slight decline (~1%) in ER bed capacity
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Highest cases by ZIP:
1. 85364 (Yuma west of the airport)
2. 85350 (south of Yuma)
3. 85009 (Phx from Thomas to Salt River/43rd Ave.-19th Ave.)
4. 85033 (Maryvale)
5. 85035 (Thomas to I-10/83rd Ave. to 43rd Ave.)
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1. 85364 (Yuma west of the airport)
2. 85350 (south of Yuma)
3. 85009 (Phx from Thomas to Salt River/43rd Ave.-19th Ave.)
4. 85033 (Maryvale)
5. 85035 (Thomas to I-10/83rd Ave. to 43rd Ave.)
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BREAKING After being hammered in media, Arizona Department of Health Services announces "ongoing partnership" with Arizona university experts that DHS dismissed in Monday night email. #12News
This @maddow interview Wednesday night with former @AZDHS director Will Humble was a very bad look. bit.ly/2A0yVbB
Here's the Monday night email from @AZDHS to university modeling team.
AZ taxpayer alert: (1 of 7) Since taking office, Congressman Biggs has paradoxically portrayed himself a deficit hawk & a champion of the '17 tax cuts law. He tweets metaphors like this about the debt and makes dire warnings about peril to our children and grandchildren. #12News
(2 of 7) From a journalist’s perspective, this all begs one burning question: How does Mr. Biggs in good conscience hold both positions simultaneously?
(3 of 7) The ’17 tax cuts are projected to contribute to an eye-popping $1 trillion deficit this year alone (an annual benchmark not reached since ’09-’12 under Obama during a global financial crisis.)
BREAKING GOP State Rep. David Stringer resigns. He faced expulsion over racist comments & sex-related charges in past. refused to cooperate with ethics investigation. #12News
MORE Stringer rejected House subpoena for records by 5pm today and for interview with investigators on Friday. He would have faced an almost certain vote to expel.
READ State Rep. David Stringer's one-sentence resignation letter.
BREAKING Arizona regulators order Hacienda Healthcare to hire outside manager to run facility where comatose patient was raped. Hacienda has 1 week to comply, per regulators. #12News
MORE Arizona Medicaid program already embroiled in 2-year-old lawsuit alleging about $3 million in overbilling by Hacienda. Hacienda has refused to hand over financial docs. #12News
MORE Former Department of Economic Security Director Tim Jeffries told me he wanted to move patients out of Hacienda in 2016 over $$ issue. Hacienda has DES contract. But Hacienda basically only provider of taxpayer-financed long-term care for intellectually disabled. #12News
JUST IN @KyrstenSinema statement on undecided #AZSEN election. @MarthaMcSally leads by 15,000 votes statewide but trails by 8,000 (out of 979K cast) in Maricopa County. There are an estimated 500K uncounted ballots in Maricopa. Update on uncounted ballots at 10 am. #12News
UPDATE @azcentral estimates 100K uncounted ballots in Pima County - Sinema winning there 56-44 - and 300K in Maricopa County. I haven't been able to confirm. #AZSEN
