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Katie Hobbs
First Amendment, Freedom of Speech, Opinion, Opinion/Analysis

U.S. Veteran Arrested for Peacefully Watching AZ Gov. Katie Hobbs’ ‘Public’ Inauguration

Stephen Lemons/January 10, 2023January 11, 2023 /1 Comment

Getting arrested for not doing much more than standing around may sound like the exclusive purview of repressive regimes like those in China, Russia, Iran and Saudi Arabia. Still, standing outside a Chase bank branch in Phoenix, or peacefully watching…

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Doug Ducey
Cindy McCain, John McCain, Media, Opinion, Opinion/Analysis, Sex Trafficking, Sex Work, Super Bowl

Ducey Announces Media Campaign Boosting Super Bowl-Sex Trafficking Hoax

Stephen Lemons/December 13, 2022December 13, 2022 /Leave a comment

At a Dec. 8th meeting of the Arizona Human Trafficking Council, Gov. Doug Ducey announced a statewide media campaign to bolster a long-discredited urban legend: that large sporting events such as the Super Bowl serve as magnets for the sex…

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Donald Trump, Michael Lacey, Opinion/Analysis

A POTUS/SCOTUS FETUS FOR THE REST OF US

Michael Lacey/May 25, 2022May 25, 2022 /8 Comments

Nothing is ever done. And when it is done,  It is soon enough, undone. After 49 years of Roe v. Wade, we now face the fundamental destruction of a woman’s right to control her own body. This is a direct…

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Weedmaps billboard with black background and white text that reads: "Medicaid could have saved $1 billion in 2014 if marijuana were legal in all 50 states."
Censorship, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech, News

Arizona Legislator Seeks to Ban Fact-Based Billboards That Promote Marijuana

Stephen Lemons/December 16, 2017December 16, 2017 /1 Comment

When it comes to Arizona state Sen. David Farnsworth’s fixation on pro-marijuana billboards, an admonition from Jack Nicholson’s character Col. Nathan R. Jessup in the 1992 drama A Few Good Men comes to mind: “You can’t handle the truth!” The Arizona Daily…

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color photo of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, dressed in suit and tie, speaking at a convention in Phoenix in 2014
Donald Trump, Joe Arpaio, News

Joe Arpaio ‘Seriously’ Considering U.S. Senate Run? Don’t Hold Your Breath

Stephen Lemons/December 8, 2017January 10, 2018 /Leave a comment

UPDATE 1/10/2018: Front Page Confidential has followed up on this story. Read Stephen Lemons’s ongoing coverage of Joe Arpaio’s candidacy for the U.S. Senate by following the link below: “Pardon Me? Joe Arpaio Declares His U.S. Senate Candidacy” UPDATE 1/9/2018: Late…

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           Required Reading

  1. Judge Declares Mistrial in Lacey/Larkin Case,Front Page Confidential, 9/14/21
  2. Backpage’s Victories in Federal and State Courts, FPC, July 11, 2022
  3. Lawyers, Guns, and Money (And to Hell with Free Speech), Michael Lacey’s column about the FBI raid on his home, FPC, 11/5/18
  4. The Senate Accused Them of Selling Kids for Sex. The FBI Raided Their Homes. Backpage.com’s Founders Speak for the First Time., Elizabeth Nolan Brown, Reason, 8/21/18.
  5. The War on Backpage.com Is a War on Sex Workers, 38-minute Reason documentary, 6/26/19.
  6. Seventh Circuit Appeals Court Judge Richard Posner’s decision in Backpage v. Dart,11/30/15
  7. Inside Backpage’s Vicious Battle With the Feds, Christine Biederman, WIRED cover story, 6/18/19.
  8. Feds Bungled Preservation of Server Evidence in U.S. v. Lacey and Larkin, Front Page Confidential, 10/8/2019.
  9. Real Men Get Their Facts Straight, The Village Voice, 6/29/11.
  10. How John and Cindy McCain Came to Hate Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin, Front Page Confidential, 9/17/18.

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