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Tony Cani

@tcani.bsky.social

I’m a political & comms consultant based in AZ. I mainly post about the right-wing extremists in my state & election math & polling & the Phoenix Suns.

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Very unreliable to do it this way but going back and looking at some other players w broken hands, it seems to be a 5-8 week recovery. So that means end of March at best last day of play-in if 8 weeks. 😭

22.02.2026 02:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Now that SCOTUS has sided against Trump on tariffs, say it with me:

20.02.2026 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 474    πŸ” 133    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 5

Constitutional amendment. I'd be down.

20.02.2026 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Also: Maybe we shouldn't use polling to tell us where to be on civil rights & instead use polling to develop a long term plan that moves the public to where they should be on civil rights.

That is a major difference between how we use polling and the how the bad guys use polling. Short v long-term.

20.02.2026 01:48 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Makes MAGA sad when you point out it wasn't a dem poll.

Grain of salt w these results since it was around a 500 person sample. Which is a bit small for my taste.

20.02.2026 01:37 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This poll was paid for by the advocacy arm of the very right-wing Foundation for Govt Accountability. Also showed Dem AG Kris Mayes +9 over Glassman & +7 over Sen Pres Petersen.

Some crosstabs and all questions here:

excellenceinpolling.com/wp-content/u...

20.02.2026 01:35 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

A crucial aspect of this story is that Cota got appointed by the far right Maricopa County Superintendent, an elected office that pretty much exists to fill school board vacancies.

Choosing guys like Cota to ruin public ed is her whole thing.

She’s up for reelection in 28.

13.02.2026 22:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think so!

07.02.2026 02:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Brooks has to pass there.

06.02.2026 05:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I keep thinking about how I was on a KTAR show a few days after the 24 election and two well known local conservatives (neither super maga) said on the air they weren’t worried about things because the billionaires backing Trump would keep him in check.

I gotta find the clip.

25.01.2026 05:05 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pack it up everyone!!! They fixed it all!! democracy for America has an emergency billboard campaign over in Minneapolis!! JUST WAIT UNTIL THOSE FEDS READ THAT BILLBOARD!! Tyranny is stopped in its tracks!

25.01.2026 04:40 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They’re not trying to convince anyone their BS about Pretti is true.

They don’t care what you think.

The point is to attack the very idea that facts exist.

Guys like Stephen Miller know history.

They know the crucial first step toward authoritarianism is destabilizing truth.

25.01.2026 03:55 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

They don’t lie this brazenly to change our minds about what we see with our own eyes.

They lie like this so their disinfo network knows exactly what to repeat over and over and over again until Americans give up too exhausted to keep fighting for the truth

We can’t give up.

24.01.2026 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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An all timer.

17.12.2025 03:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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They totally control the GOP out here in AZ and spent nearly $100 mil last cycle around the country. They’ve had organized campaigns against mlk, efforts to end the civil rights act, they applauded employees who assaulted a queer asu professor, and so much more.

13.09.2025 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

On the topic of TPUSA specifically this has been a massive challenge I’ve been screaming about for years. National reporters treat them like some podcast company that goes to college campuses to own the libs. They think TPUSA and Kirk are same as Ben Shapiro. That is far from the case.

13.09.2025 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This may have been true 30 years ago. But it isn’t true today. Your claim only works if we assume that they don’t have their own very active information eco system. Which of course they do. We could ignore them forever and their message would still go out to huge audiences, but now unchallenged.

13.09.2025 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

the thing everyone is going to have to accept is that the post-trump period, whenever it comes, will not and cannot be a project of national unity, it must be a project of partisan project of renewal, in the same way that reconstruction and the new deal were partisan projects of renewal.

12.08.2025 23:18 β€” πŸ‘ 13802    πŸ” 3284    πŸ’¬ 216    πŸ“Œ 315

There is an epidemic of Democrats dismissing extremely dangerous and very troubling actions by Trump as β€œjust a distraction.”

It really has to stop.

11.08.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Warren Petersen is using his position as Sen. President to threaten and intimidate Sen. Analise Ortiz for exercising her 1st Amendment rights. That’s not leadershipβ€”it’s bullying. I know he’s only been a lawyer for a year and a half but he needs a CLE on the Bill of Rights.

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one of the most obvious lies imaginable (that wasn’t reported as such by our political press corps)

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'Heartfelt request': Why an Arizona Republican wrote to Trump about withheld school funds "Mr. President, this is ... a heartfelt request to correct policies that are unintentionally harming rural communities," the letter said.

While every GOP elected official in AZ sat by & kissed up to Trump, our AG @krismayes.bsky.social sued his admin to release these illegally blocked funds.

This is the β€œlAWfaRe” they’re coming after her for.

www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

25.07.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Donald Trump’s Signed Sketch of the Manhattan Skyline Auctioned for $29,184

LOS ANGELES, July 27, 2017 – Donald Trump’s sketch of the Manhattan skyline, which prominently features his Trump Tower in the center sold tonight for $29,184 by Nate D. Sanders Auctions on July 27, 2017.  

The sketch drew 11 bids. 

The future president Donald J,. Trump sketched the 11.5” x 9” drawing at a 2005 charity event. Pitney Bowes had Trump, John McCain, Joe Lieberman, Ben Affleck, Charlize Theron, Joe Torre, Jennifer Gardner and others design art to support literacy. The prints were auctioned through eBay. 

Trump signed his name β€œDonald J Trump” with a gold marker. 

Bidding on the sketch began at $9,000.

Donald Trump’s Signed Sketch of the Manhattan Skyline Auctioned for $29,184 LOS ANGELES, July 27, 2017 – Donald Trump’s sketch of the Manhattan skyline, which prominently features his Trump Tower in the center sold tonight for $29,184 by Nate D. Sanders Auctions on July 27, 2017. The sketch drew 11 bids. The future president Donald J,. Trump sketched the 11.5” x 9” drawing at a 2005 charity event. Pitney Bowes had Trump, John McCain, Joe Lieberman, Ben Affleck, Charlize Theron, Joe Torre, Jennifer Gardner and others design art to support literacy. The prints were auctioned through eBay. Trump signed his name β€œDonald J Trump” with a gold marker. Bidding on the sketch began at $9,000.

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Discovered I've still got press releases in my inbox about Trump's Sharpie drawings selling at auction, but sure, he doesn't draw pictures

www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

18.07.2025 02:59 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Agree. Reporting is often erasing her qualities when talking about why she won by so much. Candidates matter! I mean look at who got 3rd. Proof.

16.07.2025 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ll push back some on this. There is zero data to argue the presence of Hogg himself could impact an election one way or another. I very seriously doubt more than 15% of even an odd year primary electorate (which includes more high efficacy voters than say a presidential) even know who he is.

16.07.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0