It's Friday, do you know where your Inspector General is?

Hopefully, Trump isn't going to fire another inspector general this week, but you never know.

However, I want to show you why I believe Anita Malik is the right Democratic candidate to face the incumbent Republican in the November general election for Congress in Arizona's Sixth District.

Beside the fact that in 2018 she beat a well funded Democratic challenger and garnered 15 percent more general election votes than previous challengers had in the lopsided Republican district, Anita's family -- during that 2018 campaign -- faced a major health and financial challenge. Unlike her ethically challenged Republican opponent, who has been consistently more concerned about the rights of corporations, Anita Malik clearly knows and identifies with the major concerns of Main Street Americans and Arizonans.



I already voted in Arizona's statewide primary election (August 4), for Anita Malik. If you live in the same Congressional district, I hope you also will (or have) vote(d) for Anita in this election.

Hopefully, this evening will not bring news of a new inspector general removal by The Most Dangerous Man on the Planet. Yet there's already chatter about the expiration of the $600/week Covid19 Pandemic unemployment benefits. Given that unemployment numbers still rival the Great Depression, citizens have to wonder whose interest their Congressional representative will fight for in today's effort to extend those benefits.

There's no question in my mind that Anita Malik is who I want looking out for my interests in Washington, rather than the ethically-challenged Republican incumbent.

The House Ethics Committee has released information on an expanded list of allegations against Rep. David Schweikert. The Arizona Republican is under investigation by the panel, which made public a second referral from the Office of Congressional Ethics.

Under House Ethics rules, the committee is required to release OCE referrals one year after they are sent to the House.

The OCE previously found “substantial reason” to believe Schweikert authorized expenditures from his Members’ Representational Allowance, or MRA, that his former chief of staff, Richard Oliver Schwab Jr., made outside the scope of permissible official expenses.

The new OCE report includes allegations that Schweikert may have received gifts or loans from a congressional employee that were later reimbursed from his official office account.

The latest allegations — which the office submitted to the House Ethics Committee last September — prompted the panel to expand the scope of its inquiry. The report shows that the OCE board voted unanimously to recommend an expanded inquiry into Schweikert.

Vote Anita Malik for Congress in Arizona's Sixth District.