Entries by Editorial Staff

Judge rules Donald Trump defrauded banks, insurers while building real estate empire

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By Michael R. Sisak NEW YORK (AP) — A judge ruled Tuesday that Donald Trump committed fraud for years while building the real estate empire that catapulted him to fame and the White House, and he ordered some of the former president’s companies removed from his control and dissolved. Judge Arthur Engoron, ruling in a […]

PARENT TO SCHOOL BOARD: “Am I a Cat?”

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Editors’ Note: We urge all readers of The Prickly Pear to watch this short video presentation by a very astute and wise mother speaking truth to power at a school board meeting. It is tragic that this reality check  from a parent to a ‘woke’ school board actively destroying the reality and critical thinking of […]

We Must Have Accountability

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By Justin Hart / Brownstone Institute The failures and harms from our pandemic public policies are legion! Fauci-endorsed lockdowns were ineffective (and damaging!); risks from COVID-19 are not uniform for the entire population but directly aligned to your age; the mortality impact on children is almost immeasurable but we burdened them with mandates and school closures; mask mandates […]

Former Democrat Presidential Candidate, Tulsi Gabbard, Quits the Democrat Party

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I can no longer remain in today’s Democratic Party that is now under the complete control of an elitist cabal of warmongers driven by cowardly wokeness, who divide us by racializing every issue & stoke anti-white racism, actively work to undermine our God-given freedoms, are… pic.twitter.com/oAuTnxZldf — Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 (@TulsiGabbard) October 11, 2022

Goldwater Defeats Massive Tax Hike in Arizona

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The Goldwater Institute won a major court victory today [March 11, 2022], defeating the largest tax hike in Arizona’s history. The decision by a Maricopa County judge bars the enforcement of Proposition 208, a measure that would have massively increased income taxes, led to staggering job loss, and turned Arizona from one of the lowest-taxed […]

Military Documents About Gain of Function Contradict Fauci Testimony Under Oath

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Military documents state that EcoHealth Alliance approached DARPA in March 2018 seeking funding to conduct gain of function research of bat borne coronaviruses. The proposal, named Project Defuse, was rejected by DARPA over safety concerns and the notion that it violates the gain of function research moratorium. The main report regarding the EcoHealth Alliance proposal […]

Challenging Technocensorship, Rutherford Institute Appeals to Federal Court to Prohibit Facebook From Censoring COVID-19 Vaccine Critics

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Rutherford Institute Appeals to Federal Court to Prohibit Facebook From Censoring COVID-19 Vaccine Critics Warning against the rising threat to free speech posed by the government’s collusion with large technology companies in order to regulate and control what ideas can be shared on the internet and through social media, The Rutherford Institute has asked a […]

Putting Power in Parents’ Hands: Wisconsin Legislature Passes Law to Stop Politics in K-12

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Wisconsin has become the first state in the nation to pass powerful new Academic Transparency legislation to bring sunlight in—and take politics out—of its K-12 classrooms. Based on the Goldwater Institute’s model policy language, and with the support of the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL), the Wisconsin State Senate and State Assembly today passed mirror bills establishing parents’ […]

Putting Power in Parents’ Hands: Wisconsin Legislature Passes Law to Stop Politics in K-12

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Wisconsin has become the first state in the nation to pass powerful new Academic Transparency legislation to bring sunlight in—and take politics out—of its K-12 classrooms. Based on the Goldwater Institute’s model policy language, and with the support of the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL), the Wisconsin State Senate and State Assembly today […]

AAPS Asks Pima County Supervisors to Reject COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

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On Sept 7, the Pima County Board of Supervisors will consider a proposal to mandate that all healthcare workers in Pima County licensed by the State of Arizona, and their direct support staff, be vaccinated against COVID-19. The original deadline for beginning the vaccination process was Sept 1. Employers of the workers would be required […]

We Must Free Americans to Work

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Established as a federal holiday in the late 1800s, Labor Day marks how American workers have contributed to the country’s successes. It is a holiday to celebrate the dignity of workers—but respecting the dignity of workers demands that we respect the choices they make regarding their careers. But too often, government stands in the way […]

Judicial Watch: New Fauci Agency COVID Emails Detail Discussions about Wuhan Institute; Describe Gates Foundation Placement of Chinese Representatives on ‘Important International Counsels’

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Judicial Watch announced today that it received 129 pages of records from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) which include “urgent for Dr. Fauci ” email chain which cites ties between the Wuhan lab and the taxpayer-funded EcoHealth Alliance. The government emails also report that the foundation of U.S. billionaire Bill Gates worked closely with […]

Report: Gov. Lujan Grisham’s Car Gets Less Than 13 mpg, Well Below 52 mpg She Seeks For All State Vehicles

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New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham drives a car with an average fuel economy of less than 13 mpg, according to records obtained by Power the Future and first reported by The Federalist. At the same time, Lujan Grisham committed the state in 2019 to new energy efficiency standards that included requiring new cars sold […]

GOP Stands Up ‘Permanent’ ‘Election Integrity Operations’ Nationwide to ‘Kill’ Democrat Takeover Attempts ‘in Their Infancy’

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Editor’s Note: It should be recalled the RNC initially apologized for anyone questioning the outcome of the most recent election and the role of election fraud in the process. This is also true among some Republican leaders, such as the Maricopa Board of Supervisors. Now that the National GOP Committee admits there was fraud and […]

NEA Sues Mom For Asking Questions About Curriculum

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The National Education Association (NEA)—the nation’s largest public-sector teachers’ union with a budget of over $300 million—has sued a Rhode Island mom for asking what her daughter would be taught in kindergarten. With the help of the Goldwater Institute, Rhode Island mom Nicole Solas is fighting back. “This brazen and unprecedented act of intimidation by […]

Religious Freedom Victory

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Supreme Court Upholds First Amendment Right of Catholic Church To Participate in Children’s Foster Care Program In a victory for religious freedom, the U.S. Supreme Court has affirmed the First Amendment right of a Catholic ministry to participate in a city-run children’s foster care program. In Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, a unanimous Supreme Court found the […]

Life Wins! Governor Signs SB 1457!

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A Statement from Center for Arizona Policy President Cathi Herrod, Esq Today, Arizonans win. Arizona children diagnosed with disabilities prior to birth will no longer be discriminated against. Arizona women will be ensured commonsense safeguards if they choose the abortion pill. Arizona taxpayers will not be forced to support abortions at public colleges and universities, […]

East Valley 2nd Amendment Coalition

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Last week, Congressman Andy Biggs announced the formation and inaugural meeting of the East Valley Second Amendment Coalition, dedicated to preserving and promoting the right of Arizonans to keep and bear arms. This newly founded group composed of leaders in the pro-Second Amendment community will regularly meet to discuss local, state, and federal actions that […]

After the 1918 Flue Epidemic, How Long Did People Have Immunity?

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Question of the Day at Just Facts Daily: After World War I, there was a worldwide flu epidemic that killed millions.  For those that survived, how long did they maintain immunity? What is your best guess?  One year, ten years, a hundred years? The correct answer is about 100 years. The following information is from […]

Democrat States: “Voter Suppression” for Me, but Not for Thee

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It is now very obvious that the left and liberal media’s commitment to false and hyperbolic rhetoric regarding election bills in Arizona, Georgia, Texas, and elsewhere is not about policy but rather demonizing Republicans. But the jig is up. Characterizing every Republican-led effort to implement reasonable election reforms as “Jim Crow 2.0” (laws that legalized racial segregation) […]

Goldwater Teams up with Swim Coach to Fight Unfair Scottsdale Pool Monopoly

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Joe Zemaitis is a world-class athlete, an All-American triathlete, and a Guinness world record holder. But for all he has accomplished, there’s one barrier that’s standing in his way—bureaucrats in the city of Scottsdale who are keeping Joe’s students out of city pools in violation of the Arizona Constitution. Today, the Goldwater Institute is teaming up with Joe […]

Starbucks Lost a Latte but Covers Up the Stain

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Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson dodged a question today from the National Center for Public Policy Research about the coffee giant’s financial losses due to protests and riots over the past year. At the company’s annual shareholder meeting, held virtually this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a representative of the National Center’s Free Enterprise Project (FEP) submitted […]

Arizona News – March 11, 2021

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The Prickly Pear will provide current, linked articles about Arizona consistent with our Mission Statement to ‘inform, educate and advocate’. We are an Arizona based website and believe this information should be available to all of our statewide readers. Lawmakers Should Stand Up for Small Business by Passing SB 1783 Rep. Andy Biggs Says Follow […]

Daily News Roundup

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NOTABLE QUOTES Samuel Adams Founding Father in a letter to James Warren, 1779: If Virtue & Knowledge are diffused among the People, they will never be enslav’d. This will be their great Security. Dr. Ileana Johnson Pugh contributor to Canada Free Press: The tool used to replace capitalism with communism was disinformation, drop by daily […]

[Arizona] Lawmakers Should Stand Up for Small Business by Passing SB 1783

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It’s not every day that an innovative tax reform proposal also results in exposing one of the biggest political lies of the year. Yet that is exactly what has happened with the introduction of Senate Bill 1783, legislation introduced by State Senator Javan Mesnard. Geared toward promoting small business growth and investment, SB 1783 would […]

Daily News Roundup

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NOTABLE QUOTES President Trump released a statement on Tuesday about the Biden created crisis at the Southern border: When I was President, our Southern border was in great shape – stronger, safer, and more secure than ever before. We ended Catch-and-Release, shut down asylum fraud, and crippled the vicious smugglers, drug dealers, and human traffickers. […]

Arizona News – March 10, 2021

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The Prickly Pear will provide current, linked articles about Arizona consistent with our Mission Statement to ‘inform, educate and advocate’. We are an Arizona based website and believe this information should be available to all of our statewide readers. AZ Legislature Week In Review – Week Ending Mar 5, 2021 AZ AGO Amends Lawsuit to […]

Daily News Roundup

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NOTABLE QUOTES Thomas Jefferson Founding Father and the third President of the United States: When the people are afraid of the government, that’s tyranny. But when the government is afraid of the people, that’s liberty. Eddie Zipperer tweeted: 1980s Moms: You should be thankful you have freedom. People in Russia and China don’t have that. […]

Arizona News – March 8, 2021

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The Prickly Pear will provide current, linked articles about Arizona consistent with our Mission Statement to ‘inform, educate and advocate’. We are an Arizona based website and believe this information should be available to all of our statewide readers. Price: WATCH: Parade of Migrants Stream Across Border into Arizona Hoft: Arizona Hospital Worker Says Nearly […]

Daily News Roundup

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NOTABLE QUOTES Sergey Ivanov, Vladimir Putin’s former chief of staff wrote in an op-ed for Eurasia Daily: As Ivanov observes, if Joe Biden, the American Deep State, and the world global elites have called Donald Trump the “worst president in U.S. history,” well, it is because they know best who is the worst — for […]

Arizona News – March 7, 2021

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The Prickly Pear will provide current, linked articles about Arizona consistent with our Mission Statement to ‘inform, educate and advocate’. We are an Arizona based website and believe this information should be available to all of our statewide readers. Opponents Hopeful Supreme Court Puts Brakes On Tax Surcharge Until Prop 208 Challenge Gets To Trial […]

Daily News Roundup

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NOTABLE QUOTES Daniel Greenfield contributor to FrontPage Magazine : . . .vaccine passports could create a system of medicalized segregation meant to enforce the identity politics goals of the Left. What we are experiencing now may very well become an annual rite of medical social justice. Michael Moore Democrat film producer didn’t agree with Texas […]

Arizona News – March 5, 2021

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Arizona House Approves Mask Optional Business Bill Arizona Businesses One Step Closer To Freedom As Mask Optional Bill Heads To Senate Two Bills Move Forward To Protect Gun Rights And Access Ducey’s Back To School Order Likely To Send Few Back To Classrooms Arizona U.S. House Members Vote Along Party Lines To Defund Police, Alter […]

Daily News Roundup

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NOTABLE QUOTES Saul Alinsky in Rules for Radicals: : That perennial question, “Does the end justify the means?” is meaningless as it stands; the real and only question regarding the ethics of means and ends is, and always has been, “Does this particular end justify this particular means?…The end is what you want, and the […]

Daily News Roundup

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NOTABLE QUOTES Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals: Any revolutionary change must be preceded by a passive, affirmative, non-challenging attitude toward change among the mass of our people. They must feel so frustrated, so defeated, so lost, so futureless in the prevailing system that they are willing to let go of the past and chance the […]

Arizona News – March 4, 2021

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Supreme Court Hears Arizona Voting Law Case With National Implications Supreme Court Appears Favorable to Arizona Election Integrity Lawsuits Arizona Won’t Enforce Biden’s Gun Control Laws: State Representative Senate Passes Bill To Rename, Clean Up Permanent Early Voting List Bill To Rename And Clean Up Permanent Early Voting List Heads To House Biden Administration Rescinds […]

Daily News Roundup

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NOTABLE QUOTES John Davison contributor to The Federalist on the Democrat led “cancellation” of Dr. Seuss books: There’s a predictable pattern to what we’re seeing now. It’s predictable because it has happened before in much the same way it’s happening now. During China’s Cultural Revolution in the 1960s and ‘70s, the Chinese Communist Party, at […]

Arizona News – March 3, 2021

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Miller: Top Arizona News Anchor Declares ‘Journalism Is Dead,’ Publicly Resigns: ‘I No Longer Want to Do This Job’ For nearly 30 years, top-rated news anchor Kari Lake has been a fixture in the Phoenix-area news business, but on Monday, she released a video explaining to viewers why she hasn’t been on the air since […]

Daily News Roundup

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NOTABLE QUOTES President Trump in his CPAC speech: I will be actively working to elect strong, tough, and smart Republican leaders. Now more than ever is the time for tough, strong, and energetic Republican leaders who have spines of steel. We need strong leadership. We cannot have leaders who show more passion for condemning their […]

Arizona News – March 1, 2021

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The Prickly Pear will provide current, linked articles about Arizona consistent with our Mission Statement to ‘inform, educate and advocate’. We are an Arizona based website and believe this information should be available to all of our statewide readers. Judge Rules Arizona’s Maricopa County Must Turn Over 2.1 Million November Election Ballots to Senate Bill […]

Arizona News – February 27, 2021

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The Prickly Pear will provide current, linked articles about Arizona consistent with our Mission Statement to ‘inform, educate and advocate’. We are an Arizona based website and believe this information should be available to all of our statewide readers. Maricopa County judge finds GOP Senate subpoenas of election materials are ‘legal and enforceable’ Maricopa County […]

Daily News Roundup

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NOTABLE QUOTES Bryan Bender contributor to Politico disclosed portions of a letter written by several dozen Democrats asking President Biden to require the consent of those in the line of succession before he can launch a nuclear missile: …Vesting one person with this authority entails real risks. Past presidents have threatened to attack other countries […]

Arizona News – February 26, 2021

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The Prickly Pear will provide current, linked articles about Arizona consistent with our Mission Statement to ‘inform, educate and advocate’. We are an Arizona based website and believe this information should be available to all of our statewide readers. Arizona House Approves Bill Ensuring In-Person Clergy Hospital Visitations Experts Say State Has Turned Corner On […]

Daily News Roundup

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NOTABLE QUOTES Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), in a recent Newsmax interview, warned about the Democrat (H.R. 1) For the People Act: You don’t have a functioning First Amendment when only one side is allowed to talk. You don’t have real free speech rights when the left controls who gets to say what and when. So, […]

Daily News Roundup

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NOTABLE QUOTES Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen in 1931: America, it is said, is suffering from intolerance — it is not. It is suffering from tolerance. Tolerance of right and wrong, truth and error, virtue and evil, Christ and chaos. Our country is not nearly so overrun with the bigoted as it is overrun with the […]

Daily News Roundup

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NOTABLE QUOTES Peter Skurkiss contributor to American Thinker: In Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis wrote: “If there are rats in the cellar you are most likely to see them if you go in very suddenly… The rats are always there in the cellar, but if you go in shouting and noisily they will have taken cover […]

Daily News Roundup

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NOTABLE QUOTES Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR): This evil empire preys on and spies on Americans. It imprisons innocent people in concentration camps, it uses slave labor to fuel its factories and it denies the most basic freedoms to all of its 1.4 billion people. We need to beat this evil empire and consign the Chinese […]

Daily News Roundup

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NOTABLE QUOTES Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR): This evil empire preys on and spies on Americans. It imprisons innocent people in concentration camps, it uses slave labor to fuel its factories and it denies the most basic freedoms to all of its 1.4 billion people. We need to beat this evil empire and consign the Chinese […]

Daily News Roundup

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RUSH LIMBAUGH REST IN PEACE Rush’s program that began 33 years ago on national syndication with only 56 radio stations grew to be the most listened-to radio show in the United States, airing on more than 600 stations, according to the show’s website. Up to 27 million people tuned in on a weekly basis. Mark […]

Daily News Roundup

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NOTABLE QUOTES Ilana Mercer contributor to American Greatness wrote: The defining difference between Democrats and Republicans is this: Republicans live on their political knees. They apologize and expiate for their principles, which are generally not unsound. Democrats, conversely and admirably, stand tall for their core beliefs, as repugnant as these mostly are. Daniel Greenfield contributor […]

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