Jim Small

Arizona statewide candidates raise millions ahead of 2026 midterms | Arizona Mirror Arizona 2026 campaign fundraising Hobbs governor race leads with millions raised as midterm election approaches

Hobbs’ campaign bragged that it had out-fundraised the entire field of Republican challengers during the third quarter

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I mean, this is *literally* why the Southern Baptist Church was created

Amazing that a NY Times journalist is apparently only getting his news from X and can't be bothered to see what his colleagues are reporting

Will Staley on Twitter writes: "Maybe this is an artifact of Elon's stewardship of this website, but the "No Kings" stuff — the language, the iconography, even the notion that Trump wants to be a *monarch* — is just totally foreign to me. I don't know where it comes from. Definitely not here."

Independent headline reads: "What order? Trump team ignoring 1 in 3 major judicial rulings against them, analysis finds" ACLU headlines reads: "Supreme Court Grants Trump Broad Immunity for Official Acts, Placing Presidents Above the Law"

Reuters headline reads: "In a switch, Trump White House seeks to reward colleges for abiding by its ideological terms" ABC News headline reads: "With Comey, Brennan, Soros, Trump steps up his retribution campaign"

Politico headline reads: "White House pauses new round of largely blue-state projects" AP headline reads: "Trump’s moves against media outlets mirror authoritarian approaches to silencing dissent"

amazing how you can write about culture professionally and still have no idea what’s going on in the world

No Kings rallies expected to draw millions for anti-Trump mass protests across America | Arizona Mirror No Kings protests Trump nationwide Saturday expect millions at 2,600 demonstrations against authoritarian actions

Organizers say the peaceful #NoKings demonstrations against corruption and authoritarian excesses will be the largest protest in modern history

All news outlets and reporters who've agreed to Hegseth's new Pentagon press rule not to do actual reporting:
US
• The Federalist, OAN, Epoch Times, person called @AWPSNews
FOREIGN
• Akşam (Turkish), Anadolu (Turkish state), pro-Trump blog USA Journal Korea, 2 Turkish freelancers, Afghan freelancer

Government shutdown forces federal courts to operate with skeleton staff | Arizona Mirror Federal courts face furloughs and limited operations Monday as judiciary exhausts resources during government shutdown

The federal judiciary will maintain limited operations for constitutional functions as staff face furloughs without pay

"Until the ongoing lapse in government funding is resolved, federal courts will maintain limited operations necessary to perform the Judiciary’s constitutional functions. "

This administration has been, by far, the most censorial administration in my lifetime. They're punishing people for speech about Palestine, about Charlie Kirk, about ICE, about the President. It's been nonstop attacks on speech.

US House Dems slam Trump moves to quash protests of his adminstration | Arizona Mirror Trump protest directives Democrats say threaten constitutional rights as lawmakers demand rescission before protests

Democrats say Trump's orders lack clear definitions and seem designed to subject nonviolent activism like this weekends #NoKings protests to terrorism investigations

Pope Leo calls on journalists to report facts and expose disinformation.
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No Kings protests expected to draw tens of thousands in Arizona this weekend | Arizona Mirror Arizona No Kings protests Trump weekend rallies expected to draw thousands across state over authoritarian actions

“As President Trump continues to pretend he’s a dictator, we are standing up again to push back against his hateful, authoritarian actions.” #NoKings

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Hobbs pauses drastic cuts to children's disability services following outcry from families Arizona disability services cuts paused Hobbs as families get relief from new assessment rules for care hours

“This is a pause. It doesn’t mean that the rollout (of the new rules) won’t happen and that cuts won’t be made. At some point, we have to stabilize the system.”

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Arizona challenges EPA decision ending $156 million in solar funding | Arizona Mirror Arizona EPA lawsuit Solar for All program challenges termination of $156 million in grants for clean energy

AG Kris Mayes is challenging the Trump administration's cancellation of the $7 billion initiative that included $156 million for state

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I'm sorry but if you can't calculate this discount, you shouldn't have any role in the government.

Supreme Court backs Fontes on election rulebook creation process, handing defeat to Republicans | Arizona Mirror Arizona election procedures manual Supreme Court ruling reverses decision on rulebook creation process

"This case was never about improving elections — it was about creating confusion and scoring political points at the expense of our democracy."

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'How are we an enemy?': UA community speaks out against Trump administration compact Campus workers, faculty & students held a teach-in, denouncing the proposal as an attack on academic freedom and urging UA President Suresh Garimella to reject it

“This compact is an insult to future scientists. How are we an enemy to an administration? And why does that determine if we get funding or not?”

story via @azluminaria.org

To be fair, pretty much all of Mike Johnson is un-American. But still.

This is so un-American it's difficult to comprehend

A perfect storm for misinformation in 2026: AI, lax social media moderation and federal cuts to election cybersecurity | Arizona Mirror Election misinformation 2026 midterms AI security concerns grow as Trump cuts cybersecurity programs and protections

Experts say bad actors are more empowered after Trump cut cybersecurity resources and federal information sharing

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Centering women's reproductive health around masculinity is the most patriarchal thing I've ever seen, smdh

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

BREAKING from PP

We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*

The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:

Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer

More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado

www.propublica.org/article/immi...

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Arizona lost nearly 2 million pounds of food aid to Trump cuts, leaving food banks scrambling Arizona food bank aid cuts Trump food banks lose 2 million pounds as demand rises and SNAP reductions threaten residents

Arizona food banks are struggling to meet rising demand after Trump scrapped $500 million in food aid and deep SNAP cuts loom on the horizon

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Arizona Young Republican leaders resist calls to resign over racist chat Arizona Young Republicans racist chat resign demands rejected as leaders with white nationalist ties resist calls

Arizona chairman with groyper ties calls scrutiny a 'witch hunt' despite national outcry over offensive comments

story via @jerodmacevoy.com

Trump threatens more crackdowns in Dem cities, prosecutions of his political enemies | Arizona Mirror Trump Operation Summer Heat FBI arrests total 8,700 as president pledges continued enforcement in Democratic cities

Trump said enforcement will continue in major cities while calling for investigations of his political opponents

Meanwhile, Justice Gorsuch is nodding along to oral arguments at the Supreme Court about how there’s no racism in politics anymore

this is the dumbest shit i have ever read

Oct. 15, 2025 PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION STATEMENT Today, the Defense Department confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. It did this because reporters would not sign onto a new media policy over its implicit threat of criminalizing national security reporting and exposing those who sign it to potential prosecution. The Pentagon Press Association's members are still committed to reporting on the U.S. military. But make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom that raises concerns about a weakening U.S. commitment to transparency in governance, to public accountability at the Pentagon and to free speech for all. PPA

“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said

Trump layoffs blocked by judge who says the administration is ignoring federal law | Arizona Mirror Federal judge blocks Trump layoffs shutdown with restraining order as administration warns 10,000 could lose jobs

The judge said laws and regulations still apply during a shutdown and that, by all appearances, the Trump administration’s actions in the case appear politically motivated

It needs to be said every time he does this: Our president is such a fucking moron that he thinks people seeking asylum here are *literally* people who used to be in insane asylums

His corruption is outstripped only by his stupidity