This is fascinating – I bet we have Arizona's new Internet censorship bill #HB2112 to thank. Why would @azcentral.com throw up these information roadblocks, if not to avoid McCarthyist persecution?
A tale of #Phoenix in 2 parts:
1) Data center tax breaks costing Phx residents $12 million/yr - passed by #AZLeg, no city buy-in
2) Phoenix hikes trash fees to patch budget shortfall, avoid "massive reductions in service"
Are you tired of #AZLeg picking our pockets? I am! #WeNeedANewLegislature
It’s really crazy how much I’ve been agreeing with Rep. Thomas Massie recently!
The costs of this Iran war debacle will likely be more than the cost of extending the ACA health insurance subsidies.
If you asked Americans, which do you want: another war in the Middle East or lower health care costs at home, is the margin 90 to 10? 95 to 5?
The entire Democratic strategy debate — "moderate" or move left? fight or compromise? — is based on a misreading of data. Voters don't think Dems are too progressive; they think Dems are weak. The actual math on what to do about this isn't even close!
New: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-poll-d...
This poll is upsetting, but not surprising. Even as Nixon's presidency imploded, over half of Republicans approved, right up until he resigned in disgrace. Nixon still resigned.
America's clown car has a baseline number of riders. That won't change what comes next.
azmirror.com/briefs/chris...
John Oliver and team do a great job here of explaining how Twitter/X is a cesspool and why you shouldn’t go anywhere near it. Only thing it misses is new research showing that its right-biased algorithm “works” in that it shifts users’ views rightward. www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ZG...
Also, Ring - stop exploiting our good and wholesome doggos to peddle your spy network.
Throw your Ring camera in the trash immediately. There are plenty of other options that don't share our door video with the police state. #Ring #RingCamera #RingDoorbell #ICE #IceOut
This is a post about animal excrement and the English language.
bull$#!% = nonsense/lies
chicken$#!% = petty or cowardly
horse$#!% = nonsense/lies
dog$#!%= low quality
ape$#!% = wild
bat$#!%= crazy
Ordered above from oldest to newest: bull$#!% (1914), bat$#!% (1971).
my expectation of democratic senators is that they find 1/10th of the bravery of your average 70 year old lutheran lady following ICE around mpls in her subaru crosstrek
As Jonathan Foster used to say in his Journalism 101 class: “If someone tells you it's raining and another tells you it's dry, it's not your job to quote them both. It's your job to look out the fucking window and find out which is true.”
To journalists everywhere: You cannot both-sides this.
The fundraiser states, "Funds will go to help pay for any legal services this officer needs." Ross is under potential investigation for a violent crime, the killing of Nicole Renee Good, which makes this fundraiser a direct violation of Section 8.10.
This fundraiser violates Section 8.10 of GoFundMe's Terms of Service: "the legal defense of financial and violent crimes, including those related to money laundering, murder, robbery, assault, battery, sex crimes or crimes against minors."
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On the below link, please scroll to the bottom of the page above the green bar and click "Report fundraiser." www.gofundme.com/f/ice-offuve...
The next comment is text you can use under "Please describe your concerns."
Someone started a GoFundMe for the ICE officer who shot Renee Good. Besides being morally repellent, this is also a direct violation of GoFundMe's terms of service. Please report the fundraiser and share this widely. Link and information in comments.
Every word of this.
"There will come a time in the not-too-distant future when all of us will be asked by our kids or grandkids what we did when the federal government went far too far. Every one of us better have an answer. And it better be a damn good one."
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Rich folks, take note. This is the way to do it. 🏆
Please read and take action! 👇
"The all-Republican Arizona Corporation Commission's plan zeroes out the budget for incentives for residential customers to make improvements to their homes, like installing energy-efficient appliances, and says homebuilders will receive no benefits."
NO. BENEFITS.
This is food for thought, and definitely worth a read.
"For Americans to defeat fascism, one thing must change: Our love affair with convenience."
open.substack.com/pub/andrawat...
City of Phoenix policy "does not permit political content" 👏🏼
Other airports are refusing to play it as a violation of the Hatch Act
What's your hometown airport doing? Thank them if they're holding firm — and hold them accountable if they're not
www.kjzz.org/politics/202...
"Today the president is taking credit for a cease-fire in Gaza. But who, in America, was first in calling for that exact thing?
Students on campuses.
And what happened to them? They were banned from their own public spaces, all over the country."
snyder.substack.com/p/gaza-and-p...
this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either
US citizen, carrying proof they refused to believe.
Tick infested facility, was not allowed to shower for 23 days, lost 26 pounds for not being given enough food, not allowed a phone call.
"Immigration authorities are not supposed to detain US citizens." No kidding.
www.cbsnews.com/news/us-citi...
Waking up to news of our Dear Leader's latest tariff tantrum. Aren't prices high enough? Isn't the rest of the world pissed at us enough?
www.npr.org/2025/07/12/n...
