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Conservative Picks for the Arizona Primary



Conservative Picks for the Arizona Primary

Despite John McCain and Jeff Flake, Arizona is more Conservative than the average state. It seems like in a statewide battle for the soul of the GOP, Conservatives lose unless fully united. This is the folly of the Senate race where some on the right find Joe Arpaio to be a tolerable candidate. Still while Conservatism can maintain its solid presence in Arizona’s districts, its poised to lose a promising opportunity in the Senate to the state’s next John McCain. The only problem for Martha McSally is that the Democrats are in better position to win Arizona’s red senate seat than arguably any other seat, Nevada being the other case. It’s a vacant seat and the anti-establishment crowd might snub their noses at McSally.

Best Picks: Steve Smith, Debbie Lesko, Kelli Ward
Worst Picks: Martha McSally, Joe Arpaio
Best Race: District 1
Worst Race: US Senate

US Senate

Kelli Ward looks to finally claim a senate seat. After failing against John McCain with an impressive 39.6% of the vote, she had a chance in a soon to be vacant seat. It was hers for the taking until Joe Arpaio entered the race and basically split her voting base. This gives the race to Martha McSally, an obvious RINO, who will take after John McCain. Joe Arpaio took a page right out of John Kasich’s playbook. Kelli Ward invited a lot of skepticism early on, but she has proven to be the most conservative candidate. She is willing to deviate from Trump, but from the right.

In January, I had this much to write in my first impression of Martha McSally.

Another possible name is Martha McSally. Big government republicans are seeking replace Jeff Flake with McSally. McSally is no ally of Trump and resides in swing district that could have her returning to the private sector come 2019 anyway. So a Senate run may the best way to avoid losing should Democrats mount a sizable attack for her seat, which they should.

McSally wants to avoid losing her seat, so she instead is climbing the political ladder. Smart move.

Conservative Pick: Kelli Ward

District 1

District one is in a blue seat, but a blue seat that voted Trump. This invites an enticing primary challenge with some ambitious Republicans. All three seem solid. The strongest being, Steve Smith. Along with  Debbie Lesko, Smith also has an impeccable record voting in the Arizona State Senate. On top of which, he also has endorsements from the Freedom Caucus, Debbie Lesko, and several local figures. No doubt, he’s the frontrunner. Other candidates include Tiffany Shedd and Wendy Rogers. All three would make a fantastic Representative. Unfortunately they couldn’t run in other states. Gonna have to go with the frontrunner.

Conservative Pick: Steve Smith

District 2

Expectations are low for replacing Martha McSally in a Hillary district. Of all the red seats in this country, this is the most likely to flip blue. Lea Marquez Peterson is the favorite among Republicans. Honestly, a Hispanic candidate distancing herself for Trump might keep the seat the seat against the pasty Democrats. Meanwhile, she is a solid upgrade from McSally in that she supports a border wall and has a heavy focus on ending human trafficking in the district.

Conservative Pick: Lea Marquez Peterson

District 3

The most serious candidate in this race appears to be Sergio Arellano. He seems to be a good voice in spreading Conservatism along the border.

Conservative Pick: Sergio Arenlano

District 4

Paul Gosar is a solid Conservative in Congress. He is unopposed.

District 5

Andy Briggs is a solid Conservative. He is unopposed.

District 6

There are no Republicans running.

District 8

This is Debbie Lesko’s seat. She just got elected this year. Too early for an adequate performance evaluation. She is opposed but remains the pick here.

Conservative Pick: Debbie Lesko

District 9

This race comes down to Steve Ferrara and Dave Giles. Ferrara is the big money candidate in this race. He initially came off as a RINO on twitter but showed some deeper, more Conservative policies on his twitter. His written stances seem like they are going in a leftist direction, but they don’t, quite the opposite. His communication might win over independents. Dave Giles ran and lost previously. He’s a solid Conservative, fiscally and socially. There are two solid candidates here. So the pick comes down to likelihood of winning.

Conservative Pick: Steve Ferrara




Media isn’t reporting ‘bad economy’ – they’re hoping for it



Media isnt reporting on bad economy - theyre hoping for it

The direct narrative legacy media is painting regarding President Trump is blatant and unambiguous. They want you to not only believe he is a racist, but most Republican lawmakers are also racist and anyone supporting them must be a racist as well. That’s their front-facing message as they attempt to push the 2020 election to the Democrats. But there are many associated narratives they’re also trying to drive, and none of them is more despicable than what they’re trying to do to the economy.

As we noted before, perceptions are the most power tool in helping or hurting the economy. When people believe things are good, they buy more and help to make it good. That’s an oversimplification of the complex nature of market and economic trends, but it holds true.

From now until the 2020 election, conservatives can expect an onslaught of negative news reports about the economy. Some will point to signs the economy is about to collapse. Eventually, they’ll shift gears to demonstrate how the economy is in the process of collapsing. Then, they’ll describe ways in which the economy has already collapsed. The more people they can make believe it’s true, the more likely it is that it will become a reality.

My colleague characterized it as a self-fulfilling prophecy, and that’s not inaccurate, but I think the better way to understand it is to realize in the post-truth society radical progressives want to build, they need the economy to collapse. They need capitalism to collapse. This isn’t so much an attempt to create a self-fulfilling prophecy as it is a stepping stone to the end goal of Modern Monetary Theory. That, more than anything else they’re proposing, is the most dangerous because it enables everything else.

But we’re not quite there yet, and MMT deserves a much longer analysis. For now, let’s take a look at a sampling of the narrative progressive legacy media is driving right now. Here’s a snapshot of the Google News “top stories” regarding the economy:

Media Trump Economy

Keep in mind, this isn’t a search for “Trump economy” or “coming economic collapse” or any doom-and-gloom keywords. This is the “full coverage” of our current economic situation, delivered in proper propaganda format by Google News.

The reality is the economy is still humming. Jobs are not hard to find, driving up wages and reducing unemployment. The stock market is strong. The dollar is strong, and while this may be hurting in the trade war with China, it’s giving Americans unprecedented purchasing power.

Getting word of reality out to the masses is the challenge with such an onslaught negative press against the economy. This is one of the reasons it is so important that crowdfunded conservative news outlets like NOQ Report receive as many donations from patriots as possible. Doing so is essentially like giving directly to the Trump reelection campaign because he needs truths like these promoted to voters. People are more inclined to believe what others are saying about issues than politicians, which is why we strongly encourage giving generously to NOQ Report.

The more the left builds the narrative that the economy is bad, the more likely it is the economy will have a downturn before the election. They’re lying now in hopes their lies become reality. We must adhere to the truth that the economy is strong.


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Dianne Feinstein’s comment on Dayton shooter skipped one important point



Dianne Feinsteins comment on Dayton shooter skipped one important point

Gun control is the talk of the town as the week comes to a close. Well, that and Greenland. And Jeffrey Epstein. But the mass shootings two weeks ago has DC buzzing, media furiously reporting, and activists on both sides of the debate furiously Tweeting at each other. Senator Dianne Feinstein weighed in on the discussion by pointing out some important facts about the alleged Dayton shooter, Connor Betts.

Her facts are correct. Her analysis is off because it missed one important point. We’ll get to that in a minute, but let’s declare once and for all (though I’m sure I’ll have to repeat myself later) that the 2nd Amendment IS NOT ABOUT HUNTING OR HOME PROTECTION. Our right to keep and bear firearms was put into the Constitution by our founders because they recognized what could happen if the people had no recourse against an oppressive government. Just as Venezuelans didn’t realize they danger they were putting themselves into when they allowed their guns to be taken away, so too do many Americans put way too much trust in government.

The authoritarian left wants guns because they know they’ll never achieve their endgame as long as the people can defend themselves from tyranny.

Feinstein is correct that the Dayton shooter was able to cause an extreme amount of death and injury in a short period of time. Police were quick to respond, otherwise it could have been much worse. But as our EIC pointed out in a Tweet, Feinstein’s narrative is worthless when you look at it from the opposite perspective.

Gun control is not the solution to our mass shooting problem. If anything, gun control has enabled shooters to enact their crimes without fear of many “good guys with a gun” to stop them. We must never give up our 2nd Amendment rights.


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With ‘collusion’ out and ‘racism’ in, legacy media scrambles to write the anti-Trump narrative



With collusion out and racism in legacy media scrambles to write the anti-Trump narrative

There are things that are often so obvious to me, I actually ignore them as stories to consider reporting when in reality they’re big news. It’s part of the myopia journalists often get when their days are spent researching and analyzing a topic so much, we assume certain things are common knowledge when they’re not. Case-in-point: The fact that legacy media establishes narrative plans to achieve goals that promote their agenda.

It took my wife’s aghast response to learning the NY Times was setting up a gameplan to attack President Trump from now until the election. I asked her what she thought newsroom’s did. After all, she knows I used to sit in meetings about how to cover particular topics, and affecting the 2020 election is obviously something newsrooms will try to do. But to her (and probably a lot of our readers), it’s assumed journalists aren’t crafting stories based on a playbook but are simply taking each individual piece of news and spinning it as they see fit.

Nope. That’s not how it works. We’ve seen comical examples of media coordination to push very specific narratives that often match the talking points of Democrats. This isn’t new. It’s as old as journalism itself. Propaganda isn’t a rare occurrence. It’s an ongoing battle to appear to be unbiased while conveying bias subtly. But today, there’s no longer subtly involved. Both progressive and conservative news outlets unabashedly spin stories to suit their agendas.

The latest example came from a leak of a NY Times staff meeting transcript that detailed how the Russian collusion narrative was a dud and they needed to go after the new Trump narrative, that he’s a racist. I saw the story yesterday and myopically assumed, “Duh, it’s obvious. This is a nothingburger.” But as my wife pointed out, there are plenty of people who don’t realize this is how newsrooms in every major outlet operate.




As early as it may seem in the election cycle, this is actually crunch-time for journalists with an agenda, which is essentially all of us. The narratives take time to stick, and so if progressive media is going to get enough Americans to believe their racism narrative, they need to be hammering it today and all the way through until the election.

Their plan has three steps:

  1. Paint Trump as a racist
  2. Paint the whole GOP as either racists or enabling racists
  3. Make voters believe that if they vote for Trump and/or Republicans, they’re racists as well

If that sounds familiar, it’s because you’re paying attention as the narrative unfolds before our eyes. They realize the President hasn’t said or done anything that’s racist. They can attach the race card to certain comments he makes, but even then it’s a stretch. But they need to hold this as their message because his policies tell a completely different story. Black and Hispanic-American unemployment numbers are at all-time lows while prosperity is spreading to minorities faster than ever in our history, including (especially) under President Obama.

The left will try to divide us and then claim President Trump is the great divider. They want to draw distinct lines between those who support him and those who may be willing to oppose him. Then, they’ll do everything in their power to pull people on the fence over to their side. What they can’t understand is why things are working, why the economy is humming, and why violence seems to be coming more from the left than the right. That’s not what they expected to happen. Many assumed his presidency would be so bad so quickly, he’d never be allowed to finish his first term. But as it becomes increasingly likely he’ll get a second term, they’re scrambling to derail him.

The progressive narratives in legacy media are 100% intended to subvert the 2020 election and remove President Trump from power. The best thing conservatives can do is continue to point out their complete journalistic hypocrisy.


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