Arkansas Blog

"Since Trump returned to office in January last year, Pete Hegseth... has fired or forcibly retired 24 generals and senior commanders, with no performance-related reason given. About 60% have been Black or female." theguardian.com/us-news/2026/m…

Couldn't Tom Cotton's friends get someone other than a state legislator who runs a puppy mill registry service pretending to be an Average Joe farmer for their $1.5 million anti-Hallie Shoffner ad buy? buff.ly/O4qPPyZ

Hohoho. He means it.

This school received money from Sarah Huckabee Sanders school voucher scam. Does that make it a government funded Child Fight Club?

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made a false claim in his testimony to the House on Wednesday. Then he repeated it in his testimony to the Senate on Thursday. Hegseth said Wednesday: “In 2024, troops were depl… – that was Joe Biden by the way, Joe Biden –  were deployed to polling locations in 15 states." He continued, "2024 – Joe Biden – troops deployed to polling locations in 15 states. Explain that one to me.” Here’s the explanation: Hegseth’s claim isn't true. Not only were all National Guard activations for the 2024 election done by individual states rather than Biden, all 11 states that responded to my inquiries said *no troops* there were sent to polling places. Rather, they said, Guard personnel were in other locations helping with election cybersecurity, doing other behind-the-scenes support work, or not actually activated for the election after all. Fact check with on-record quotes: cnn.com/2026/05/04/pol…

ARKANSAS, this is the MOST IMPORTANT video you’ll see all day 📺 Here’s Rep. @andrewcollinsAR absolute masterclass on how the GOP budget is ripping off working families & vulnerable Arkansans. CALL NOW & tell your Reps./Sens. to VOTE NO on TAX HANDOUTS for MILLIONAIRES ☎️

Watson, Magness get closer to having day in court against Corrections Board arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/…

According to this report, only five of the 30 "emergency ordinances" passed by Pulaski County government since 2023 have been a proper use of that power. Just another of outgoing county judge Barry Hyde's failures of leadership. arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/…

State rep cosplays as regular ol’ farmer in anti-Shoffner ad. (He is connected to an outfit linked to puppy mills.) arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/…

No wonder former Republican Rep. Ted Thomas is no longer PSC chair. He speaks truth to power.

Entergy and billionaires now run Arkansas. They decree that PSC orders increasing your electric rates may be kept secret. Queen Sarah’s stooges allowed this. ao.pressreader.com/article/281487…

Did School Cellphone Bans Work? New Study Finds Mixed Results. nytimes.com/2026/05/04/us/… via @NYTimes

I Mostly Ignored Politics for 10 Months. What Did I Miss? Dana Milbank’s epic catalogue of Trumpmania. notus.org/perspectives/i…

Big fundraising dinner in Aspen, 2024. Trump talks about Cory Comperatore's widow, and how she said she would rather have her husband alive than get a big check. Trump says, "Now, I know some of the women in this room wouldn’t say the same." Joking that wives would be happy to have their husbands die so they could collect a hefty inheritance.

New: On April 28, GOP Rep. Jim Jordan accused environmental law scholars of bias, conspiracy and colluding to influence the U.S. judiciary. The next day, free-market conservatives kicked off a multiday climate skepticism event for more than 150 judges. propub.li/4n4Ofr2

This entire thing is ridiculous, but Lee also demonstrated extremely poor generalship at Gettysburg that resulted in a third of his Army becoming casualties. He also didn’t take over command of the Army of N. VA until 14 months after the war started.

A novel solution for homelessness is up and running in an unexpected oasis hidden in the brushy woods of southern Pulaski County. arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/…

SLIDESHOW: Providence Park, a home for the homeless, opens in Pulaski County arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/…

Already done in Darkansas

Republican state attorneys general join lawsuit to stop $6.2B local TV merger. (No. Not Tim Griffin though this monopoly encouraging merger would have a big impact in Arkansas.) | Editor and Publisher editorandpublisher.com/stories/republ…