Jacqueline Gardyszewski Serrato

The Hoax Presidency: From Russia to Epstein A Decade of Denial, Deflection, and Deceit.

To understand Donald Trump, start with a single word:

“Hoax.”

The human cost of Yuma’s vegetable empire Farms in Yuma have shifted from mass-produced field crops to high-value specialty crops. That means more money, more labor, more pesticides and, according to a growing body of research, more adverse h...

A good morning read and something to mull over.

And no, it will not make you feel warm & fuzzy.

A Flood of Green Tech From China Is Upending Global Climate Politics

Key to this shift is the world’s new renewable energy superpower: China.

Trump Administration Demands States 'Undo' Full SNAP Payouts President Donald Trump's administration is demanding that states reverse full SNAP benefits issued under recent court orders.

President Donald Trump’s administration is demanding that states “undo” full SNAP benefits paid out under judges’ orders last week, now that the U.S. Supreme Court has stayed those rulings.

The administration is threatening to punish states that don't rescind the payouts.
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CDC Vaccine Panel Presentation Distorts Research on Safety of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines A presentation by scientists on a work group for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory panel highlighted various alleged “safety uncertainties” of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine...

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Foreign Food Safety Inspections Hit Historic Low After Trump Cuts The dramatic shift in oversight comes at a time when the U.S. has never been more reliant on foreign food, which accounts for the vast majority of the nation’s seafood and more than half its fresh fru...

MAHA movement doesn’t seem to include Food Safety 😁😁

‘This feels like fascism’: Arizona teachers push back on Trump’s ‘Patriotic Education’ agenda Arizona educators reject the US Department of Education’s plan to promote a “patriotic education,” aligned with conservative ideology, developed with partner groups like Turning Point USA and the Heri...

‘This feels like fascism’: Arizona teachers push back on Trump’s ‘Patriotic Education’ agenda

Stupid & dangerous: Conspiracist shoutrage links Tucson teachers' Halloween shirts to Kirk killing | What the Devil won't tell you To see some sort of horrible statement about Charlie Kirk's murder in the bizarre T-shirts a group of Tucson-area teachers wore as Halloween costumes, you've really gotta want to see it. And that's ex...

A great opinion piece from Arizona

I'm supporting Feeding America! To feed America’s hungry through food banks and engage our country in the fight to end hunger

Got tired of reading the news and getting mad. Feeding America backs 200+ food banks around the country and I've seeded with $500 for now. I'll match up to another $500 myself.

Pass the hat, RTs graciously appreciated, etc.

Diane Ladd, a three-time Academy Award nominee and mother of actress Laura Dern, has died at 89. Her roles ranged from the brash waitress in "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" to the protective mother in "Wild at Heart. https://cnn.it/4nFjjMS

Sunday caption contest: Abundance? And last week’s winner

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Into The Woods I visited both Crete and Samoa in October. Being on these two islands in such a short space of time, and witnessing what is achingly human, gave words to the desires and distates which have been formi...

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An interesting morning read

LetsGetIntoIt2025 (@letsgetintoit2025) SNL managed to incorporate (almost) every awful thing about this administration into one sketch. Quite a feat!

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Happy Sunday. Please smile and share the joy 🤩

For the Homeless, Finding a Place to Live Is Only Part of the Problem - Racket From navigating financial aid to staying mentally well enough to work, the road to shelter is a long one that can take years.

From navigating financial aid to staying mentally well enough to work, the road to shelter is a long one that can take years.

Pope Leo stresses Scripture as foundation of Christian concern for poor (RNS) — Leo wonders, ‘even though the teaching of Sacred Scripture is so clear about the poor, why many people continue to think that they can safely disregard the poor.’

Christ is present in the poor, and his message was one of liberation for the poor, said Pope Leo.
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At a Mass Burial in Gaza, Palestinians Mourn the Unknown Dead

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/w...

Please consider reading and sharing. I will let the article speak for itself.

Red State Workers Could Lose Out on Disability Benefits as Trump Administration Rewrites Eligibility Rules Planned changes to Social Security’s disability program could leave hundreds of thousands of older blue-collar workers ineligible for aid. These changes would fall disproportionately on some of Presid...

Please pay attention

Rural policy report outlines federal impact on Arizona farms Tribal farms in Arizona are especially vulnerable to federal cuts, especially as they work to overcome generations of lending discrimination.

From Arizona

A tougher US citizenship test is now rolling out. Here’s how AZ groups are helping A tougher version of the US citizenship test has officially taken effect, adding new hurdles for immigrants. Here's how Arizona organizations are stepping in to help.

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I wonder many Americans could pass this new test!

A 102-Year-Old Yoga Teacher’s Simple Approach to Aging Well

A 102-Year-Old Yoga Teacher’s Simple Approach to Aging Well

This should inspire us all. Although I do have some fear of getting stuck in a position.

Pentagon readying thousands of Guard ‘reaction forces’ as U.S. mission widens The Defense Department’s newly established “quick reaction force” within the National Guard is being readied for civil unrest missions in U.S. cities.

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Well, it sounds like the shit may hit the fan in January.

Not my America

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This is what China is doing to address Climate Change and move away from fossil fuels. You know, that “thing” that the U.S. thinks is fake science.

Drill baby, drill.

In 1976, George Harrison joined Paul Simon for a haunting 'SNL' duet of 'Homeward Bound' The former Beatle channeled his inner Garfunkel.

This felt healing and I just wanted to share.

1976 and yes, I remember that SNL.

Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to allow it to fire head of US Copyright Office The Trump administration on Monday asked the Supreme Court to allow it to fire the director of the U.S. Copyright Office. The administration's newest emergency appeal to the high court was filed a mo...

The case is the latest that relates to Trump's authority to install his own people at the head of federal agencies. The Supreme Court has largely allowed Trump to fire officials, even as court challenges proceed.

The Hunger Games Begin 40 million Americans are about to lose food stamps

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Exclusive: Amazon targets as many as 30,000 corporate job cuts, sources say Amazon is planning to cut as many as 30,000 corporate jobs beginning Tuesday, as the company works to pare expenses and compensate for overhiring during the peak demand of the pandemic, according to three people familiar with the matter.

Exclusive: Amazon targets as many as 30,000 corporate job cuts, sources say reut.rs/47bl0wB

Sami Hamdi, British Muslim journalist, detained by ICE at SFO after visa revoked The political commentator was on a speaking tour of the U.S. when he was detained by immigration authorities at San Francisco International Airport.

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This should put the fear of God into all of us! Where is Free Speech? Where in the hell do we live?

Unraveling claims about $376M White House renovation under Obama While a large White House renovation project took place during Obama's presidency, some posts omitted key context or shared misleading claims.

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This is not that (Trump’s Ballroom unauthorized project.)

I appreciate that I am retired and happen to find vetting online information. And it is time consuming. This is why I love Snopes!

We need to learn from this, DA says about case of man killed while killing his parents A West Valley officer was legally justified in killing a man while he was stabbing his parents to death. But the tragic incident exposes deeper systematic failures, the district attorney says.

A West Valley officer was legally justified in killing a man while he was stabbing his parents to death. But the tragic incident exposes deeper systematic failures, the district attorney says. https://ow.ly/78hP50XhQP8

Furloughs at Arizona’s biggest Army post mean widespread pain in Sierra Vista Roughly one in five people in Sierra Vista works at Fort Huachuca, and with the government shutdown in its fourth week and thousands of civilian federal workers furloughed, the impasse in Washington i...

Furloughs at Arizona’s biggest Army post mean widespread pain in Sierra Vista

Local News from Arizona 😢