Tim Steller

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Feds open criminal probe into whether ICE officers lied about the shooting of a Venezuelan man in Minneapolis.

Post from Yossi Klein Halevi: “"Israeli genocide" is the new blood libel of our time. It will haunt Jewish life around the world for years to come. Together with Rabbi Yitz Greenberg, Rabbi Micha Odenheimer and Professor Jonathan Karp, I've written an open letter expressing "outrage and contempt" for the genocide accusation. Please sign and circulate. Here's the link to the text and how to sign:”

An essential part of the term “blood libel” is that it was an accusation made against Jews with no proof or evidence. Those accusing the state of Israel of committing genocide have marshaled extensive evidence. It demeans the term “blood libel” to compare them.

I'm sure that will sway Gallego and Kelly.

I’ve been thinking about @carlquintanilla.bsky.social tweet for weeks.

It suggests Canada could turn off the taps to the USA before the midterms, send gas prices skyrocketing, and break Republicans’ hold on Congress, with little downside to ourselves.

This should be planned and done.

Political Notebook: Huge RTA Next tome hit homes before ballots For Star subscribers: The "publicity pamphlet" for the two-question ballot is 280 pages long and cost round $800,000. It's dominated by Tucson leaders arguing for the transportation plan and its

Political Notebook: Pima County voters received a 280-page tome in advance of the vote on a regional transportation plan. It's a huge, expensive "publicity pamphlet" for just one main issue. More on that and on the effort to reject a Marana data center in today's notebook.
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WSJ story explains why Kristi Noem had that weird event in Nogales last week. It's part of a reputation rehabilitation project.

This episode has been a nightmare for my city and state, but I hope people realize it’s also a profound defeat and political catastrophe for Trump and DHS, who are slinking away having accomplished nothing. Minneapolis simply wouldn’t bend to them and they lost

Three good photos, and a fantastic one

The entire ethos of the Trump administration is that nobody who disagrees with them, nobody who fails to support them, is legitimate or entitled to any rights in any way. It is the ethos of thuggish tyranny.

99 Luftballoons was correct except it’s gonna be 1 Luftballoon that causes the end of the world

Tim Steller column: Tucson police chief's job switch has personal roots For Star subscribers: Outgoing Tucson Police Chief Chad Kasmar is only 48 and four years into his job, but he decided to take a less pressure-filled role with Pima County

Column: Amid a media storm over Nancy Guthrie's disappearance last week, Tucson's well-liked and young police chief suddenly quit and took an administrative job with Pima County. Rumors said it was because of the mayor, or other reasons. Here's how the chief explains it.
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"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.

Local news operations could do that. Different sort of event, but years ago when Asarco miners went on strike here in southern Arizona, we ran a box every day in the business section with some basic stats, like the number of days on strike, and new developments.

Just saw a post with George Clinton citing the Beatles as his favorite band, which reminded me of this quote he once gave me

‘Absolute hell’: Irish man with valid US work permit held by Ice since September Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record

Kerryman who is married, living and working legally in the United States for >20 years has been incarcerated by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) since September 2025.

Profoundly disturbing report by Karlin Lillington @klillington.bsky.social
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I'll be at the Tucson Festival Books next month appearing on three panels about tech power, democracy, and whistleblowing (alongside Reality Winner).
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Taking responsibility for your actions is a tool of Western Imperialist hegemony

Bad Bunny: TOGETHER WE ARE AMERICA

We don’t know 100% what happened. Maybe “apparently abducted” would have been better.

Tim Steller's column: Spotlight on Tucson exposes sheriff, global gossips For Star subscribers: Once again, a sensational crime has made Tucson the focus of global attention. That's not a good thing, as a local family's suffering is compounded by the

Column: Once again, a local family and Tucson itself are the focus of intense attention due to a sensational crime. Overall it sucks to be in this position again. It's also exposed our sheriff and the careless desire to turn a member of the victim's family into a suspect.
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Judge strikes down several Arizona abortion restrictions A series of state laws restricting abortion run afoul of a constitutional amendment approved in 2024 by voters, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Greg Como said in a ruling released

Judge rules that a whole bunch of restrictions on abortion are illegal and unenforceable in wake of voters approving Prop 129 and putting a "fundamental right" to the procedure in the AZ Constitution. More details coming. tucson.com/news/state-r...

Political Notebook: South Tucson delegation made Colombia visit For Star subscribers: The tiny town of 5,000 sent three elected officials to an international conference in Colombia last month. Why? Find that and more on RTA, DHS and TUSD

Political Notebook: In late January, a delegation of 3 elected officials from little South Tucson visited Colombia for an emergency gathering of global progressives. The mayor even met Colombia's president. Learn was that was about and more in today's Political Notebook.

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Who Is Nancy Guthrie? Inside the life of Savannah Guthrie’s mother and Tucson community leader Learn about Nancy Guthrie, mother of NBC’s Savannah Guthrie, and her life in Tucson. From her family, career at the University of Arizona, and faith, to her role as a

Learn about Nancy Guthrie, mother of NBC’s Savannah Guthrie, and her life in Tucson. From her family, career at the University of Arizona, and faith, to her role as a

If nothing else, the files give a great window into how power works in this country and world.

Democracy dies in oligarchy.

Here's the Instagram video by Savannah Guthrie, Annie Guthrie and Camron Guthrie, sending a message to their mother and her potential captors.
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Savannah Guthrie to abductor: 'We're ready to talk' The Guthrie siblings took to social media Wednesday to plead for the return of their 84-year-old mother, Nancy, who went missing from her Tucson home over the weekend.

The three children of Nancy Guthrie have released a video to their mom, about their mom, and to her potential abductors. Guthrie, 84, the mother of Today Show host Savannah Guthrie, has been missing from her Tucson-area home for almost four days.
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If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.

Democracy dies in oligarchy.

That's kind of bizarre.