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Arizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 11h

Katie Hobbs promised to build a strong campaign infrastructure to win the general election against “a weak GOP primary field intent on making itself unelectable.”

story via @caitlinsievers.bsky.social

Hobbs launches reelection bid promising 'real results' for Arizona | Arizona Mirror

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs launches 2026 reelection campaign emphasizing economy and bipartisan achievements.

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Arizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 12h

The audit will look into sexual harassment allegations, the controversial bailout of a nearby school district and the superintendent's business ties

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Tolleson Union High School District faces state audit over financial misconduct allegations

Arizona lawmakers order special audit of Tolleson Union High School District over harassment, conflicts allegations

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Julia Shumway @jmshumway.bsky.social · 15h

Ninth Circuit issued an administrative stay of judge's order blocking National Guard in Portland pending oral arguments tomorrow. Net impact: Troops remain federalized but can't be deployed. More tk

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Arizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 15h

Congress has just one week to break the stalemate and fund the government before active duty military members miss their first paycheck of the shutdown

Shutdown day eight: Congress standoff unchanged as first missed federal payday nears | Arizona Mirror

Congress has just one week to break the stalemate and fund the government before active duty military members miss their first paycheck of the shutdown

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chrisbritt.bsky.social @chrisbritt.bsky.social · 15h

#ICE #immigration #trump #chicago #portland #news

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 17h

Imagine the sadism necessary to be an armed federal agent, under no threat whatsoever, willing to shoot a priest in the head.

ICE is “a portrait of an authoritarian secret police that seems set to model itself on history’s worst fascist enforcers.” www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/welcome-to...

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Jim Small @jimsmall.bsky.social · 18h

God's gonna be pissed, Mike:

“When a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Arizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 1d

“Another baseless attempt to try and scare & intimidate workers by an administration run by crooks and cowards.”

Trump considers stiffing federal workers furloughed in shutdown, despite 2019 law requiring back pay | Arizona Mirror

Trump administration may deny back pay to 750,000 furloughed federal workers despite law guaranteeing payment

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Arizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 1d

“The questions here are actually pretty specific, so having you respond with completely irrelevant far-right internet talking points is really not very helpful.”

Senate Democrats challenge Bondi on Trump-directed prosecutions | Arizona Mirror

Attorney General Bondi clashes with senators over Trump Chicago raids, Comey indictment during oversight hearing

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Yvonne Wingett Sanchez @yvonnewingett.bsky.social · 1d

I am delighted to join The Atlantic and I can’t wait to work with its many talented journalists. I am forever grateful for my time at The Washington Post.

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The Atlantic Announces Paul Beckett as Senior Editor and Staff Writers Lily Meyer, Alex Reisner, Simon Shuster, and Yvonne Wingett Sanchez

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Arizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 1d

ICE Air Operations uses Mesa Gateway as headquarters for controversial third-country removals

story via @jerodmacevoy.com

Trump's African deportation operation runs through a Phoenix airport

Arizona's Mesa Gateway Airport serves as hub for Trump's ICE Air deportation flights to Africa as ICE expands operations

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 2d

That immigration agent who threw a woman to the ground, prompting DHS to declare his conduct "unacceptable"?

He's back at the courthouse.

And DHS still won't tell us his name.

Till Eckert @tilleckert.com · 2d

I recently reported on an ICE officer who was publicly reprimanded and “relieved of his duties” after shoving a woman to the ground in an NYC immigration court. Well, he’s back.

DHS did not respond to a request for comment.

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Arizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 2d

Physicians warn of devastating consequences as the Republican-led government shutdown blocks ACA premium subsidies

story via @glorihuh.bsky.social

Arizona doctors blame GOP for blocking health care tax credit extension | Arizona Mirror

Arizona doctors urge Republican delegation to extend ACA tax credits as shutdown blocks popular health subsidies

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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 2d

Five years ago, the United Nations concluded that conversion therapy could amount to torture and recommended it be banned. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will consider a case that could greenlight it for LGBTQ+ youth across the nation. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/06/t...

The UN calls conversion therapy ‘torture.’ Could the Supreme Court greenlight it anyway? • Ohio Capital Journal

Five years ago, the United Nations concluded that conversion therapy could amount to torture and recommended it be banned. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will consider a case that could greenlight it…

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Arizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 2d

OPINION | The math is simple: Arizona doesn’t provide enough funding to adequately fund one school system, much less two — a public system open to all and a selective private system

Neighborhood schools are closing across Arizona. It's because of vouchers.

OPINION: Arizona's $1 billion voucher program is forcing public school closures while subsidizing wealthy families

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Arizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 5d

“To blame the minority party for any of this is a joke. Get it together. Children are starving. People are going to die.”

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Arizona Democrats call out GOP for government shutdown over popular health care credits

Arizona Democrats blame Republicans for shutdown as GOP refuses to extend popular ACA health care tax credits

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Arizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 5d

“I want to open a space where people can ask really basic questions. Because I think basic things are what prevent them from engaging with complicated things.”

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This Arizona professor lets strangers ask him about being trans — even the offensive stuff

Since the start of the year, Eric has traveled across Southern Arizona hosting “ask me anything” sessions about transgender people, cheekily titled “Trans 101.”

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Arizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 5d

Nearly 3-in-5 MAGA voters want to see the Affordable Care Act subsidies extended. Republicans in Congress so far haven't been interested in doing that.

Vast majority of Americans, including Trump supporters, want health care tax credits extended | Arizona Mirror

Poll shows 78% of Americans, including Republicans and MAGA supporters, want enhanced ACA tax credits extended

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Arizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 5d

"We're taking a giant step backwards from that public health and preventive health measure by excluding more people and draining federal resources from states that need it."

Trump law strips health care from legal immigrants as states cut back programs | Arizona Mirror

An estimated 1.4 million immigrants who are in the country legally but are not citizens stand to lose their government-subsidized health care coverage under the sweeping tax and spending bill Presiden...

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Arizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 6d

A sex-change surgery is no longer required for transgender Arizonans to change the gender on their birth certificates, a judge ruled

story via @caitlinsievers.bsky.social

Judge blocks Arizona's surgery mandate for transgender birth certificate changes | Arizona Mirror

Federal judge strikes Arizona surgery requirement for transgender birth certificates in class action ruling

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Arizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 6d

“I will not stand idly by while the federal government unjustly attacks people seeking protection from violence.”

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Arizona sues Trump administration over 'unconstitutional' immigrant crime victim exclusions

Arizona and 20 states sue DOJ over Trump rule barring undocumented immigrants from federally funded victim services

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 6d

This guy? Who literally said he wants to put civil servants “in trauma?”

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Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 6d

NEW! Dept of Education workers say their OOO replies were forcibly changed to blame Democrats for shutdown. When employees changed their responses back to the more neutral language, it changed yet again to the partisan response.

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Government Workers Say Their Out-of-Office Replies Were Forcibly Changed to Blame Democrats for Shutdown

Some employees at the Department of Education changed their responses back to the more neutral language, only to have it changed yet again to the partisan response, multiple sources tell WIRED.

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Arizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 6d

"Representative Gillette’s comments were disorderly behavior of the highest order, reflect a broader pattern of inciting political violence that put lives at risk, and should not be tolerated."

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Dozens of groups call on GOP leaders to punish John Gillette for execution threat

Thirty statewide advocacy groups are urging the Republicans who lead the Arizona House of Representatives to take action against a GOP legislator who called for the execution of a Democratic congressw...

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Arizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 7d

Trump officials won't detail firing plans as Democrats call threats of massive layoffs "mafia-style blackmail"

White House warns of ‘imminent’ mass layoffs in government shutdown | Arizona Mirror

Trump administration threatens mass federal worker layoffs during 2025 shutdown as Vance seeks Democratic votes

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