1/ 🧵Misinformation experts have this warning: We have no idea which direction the remaining 400K + votes in Maricopa will fall. It could be a Maga wave. Or anti-MAGA's and Gen Z'ers could turnout big. Pima has 100,000+ left. But some GOP candidates are already declaring
@12News or suggesting thru their rhetoric, victory. They are spreading unsupported doubt about tabulations processes. ASU's John Carlson from @RecoveringTruth has warned that this rhetoric lays foundation for violence if votes don't go one side's way. A fundamental rule

1/ Today the Phoenix union of officers and the state's largest law enforcement association endorsed Kari Lake for Governor and Abe Hamadeh for AG. Justin Harris, President of the AZ Police Association, represents 27 member groups in AZ. @12News @AZPoliceAssc Planned Parenthood and NARAL Pro-Choice America endorse the Democrat, Katie Hobbs. Two pro-abortion groups support "defund the police" policies. The AZ Police Association asked Hobbs to cut ties with the orgs. Hobbs will not. Hobbs issued as statement, saying in part, "I will

Context: @KariLake accused a reporter and "the media" for making up a narrative related to police. I pointed out to Lake that there are studies backing up the reporter's legitimate question. In recent months I've been surprised by how quickly Lake makes stinging
@12news

https://twitter.com/KariLake/status/1570602974099152903

attacks, particularly aimed at the news media, without citing sources to back up her claims. I've been genuinely curious to know where Lake gets her information that prompts these attacks. Arizonans should know as well. She has a good chance of being the next governor. What she

1/5 UPDATED ANALYSIS: In 1992, AZ's per pupil spending for K-12 was 88% of the national average. You can see where spending dipped both nationally and in Arizona during the 2008 recession. Then the disparity really grew. Since then, AZ has lagged much further
@12News behind the national average. It's investing again in education, but not enough. The rest of the nation is also investing. In 2020, AZ was spending 67% of the national average. (A slight improvement. The year prior it was at 66%.) This is one reason why AZ superintendents say

(1/) Yesterday I also asked Governor Ducey if he's concerned about the state of our democracy due to politicians who don't agree on "shared facts", for example state legislators who believe the Big Lie about the 2020 election. @12News The governor expressed concern about distrust in institutions and alluded back to controversies of the 2000 and 2016 presidential elections, saying "there's room for improvement across the board." It appeared (from my perspective tho perhaps I'm mistaken)

(1/) During my one-on-one interview with Governor Ducey yesterday, I asked him about charter schools that took small business bailout funds. As we previously reported, 120 AZ charter schools applied for and received PPP money even though
@12news they saw no decline in state per-pupil funding. In fact, they received bonus pandemic funding designated for schools. More than 1,000 charters nationwide took PPP forgivable loans intended for struggling small businesses.
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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!
#12News 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.

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...

(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

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

https://twitter.com/RepAndyBiggsAZ/status/1135634167524417536

(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?