Erika Kirk has always been a virulent transphobe but since most of the coverage of her has been post Kirk murder, this has been largely whitewashed and ignored but it really can’t be understated that this woman is just as much as a hateful bigot as her husband was.

Arizona colleges stop embarrassing yourself with an unnecessary love affair with AI challenge

UPDATE: Three adult men at the Islamic Society of San Diego have been killed during the active shooting, said San Diego Police Department Chief Scott Wahl during a press conference now. Two shooters confirmed dead. No motive yet. "We are considering this a hate crime until it is not," Wahl said.

NEW: A former Phoenix PD officer whose company trained an ICE paramilitary unit was involved in six shootings while on duty, four of which resulted in death. @awinston.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/an-ice...

Fresh off local media doing another puff piece on this vile woman on how super duper glamorous she is and sure she’s a racist and a far-right conspiracy theorist but have you also considered that she’s rich and super glamorous???

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was booed throughout this commencement speech at the University of Arizona for his praise of AI. This comes just a week after another commencement speaker who mentioned AI was booed at a school in Florida. Read more: www.404media.co/ucf-ai-comme...

Okay, I heard the moderator for the John Kavanagh vs. Robert Michael Wallace debate ask: “Tell voters who don’t believe in lizard people why they should take you seriously?” so unfortunately I will be live-posting this whole Arizona Legislative District 3 GOP primary debate. 🧵

Dipshits talking like this are gonna look really silly when she gets out and becomes rich beyond belief and reintegrates back into a fascist movement that sees her as a truthteller hero (as she also still sees herself).

This doesn’t mention Chansley and I feel like no news ever picked up that he got arrested in DC back in December??

Kassie is a trans woman and a community activist who deserves a second chance. Please share.

Please boost, this is devastating. Kassie is an incredibly lovely person in our community and their mother deserves a chance to be with them right now. 💜

After Juniper Blessing was murdered, TPUSA acted like they were being big brave heroes for still planning to go through with their transphobic event. After it was canceled they ran to the news crying that they’re the real victims and said they are “determined” to hold this UW hate rally eventually.

#BREAKING: A Phoenix police sergeant who was captured on video instigating an ICE protest outside a high school in Chandler has been fired, Phoenix police have announced.

Sen. Ruben Gallego blowing the other Arizona Congressional members out of the water here with $35,200 in donations from ICE contractors (all from Palantir). Rep. Juan Ciscomani is next with $12,007 in donations from Palantir and private prison companies CoreCivic and GEO Group.

Anti-“DEI” Republican candidate who literally chaired a Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee. Amazing.

NEW from @azrww.bsky.social: This year's Border Security Expo was two parts unspeakable cruelty, one part shocking absurdity. Come for the Trump Administration ideating about labeling antifa, anarchists, bloods & crips as terrorists; stay for the horse armor.

NEWS: Arizona Rep. Adelita Grijalva told The Advocate that she’s livid that Republicans in Congress blocked funding for a small town’s library over past events with drag queens. www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

LMFAOO judge me by my enemies

Last week I attended the Border Security Expo which is packed with top ICE/CBP/DHS fascists and a series of private companies begging for government contracts. It’s a mix of the most evil businesses you’ll ever encountered and shit like tactical groin protection and drones that crash into the wall.

“ICE’s immediate attempt to dismiss any possible connection between the medical emergency and the deployment of pepper spray is equally concerning and reflects a broader pattern of deflecting accountability and gaslighting the public.” story via @jerodmacevoy.com

“This court decision is a huge win for the sacred land and water of the region and for Arizonans and Americans alike,” said Amber Wilson-Reimondo, of Grand Canyon Trust, in a statement to Unicorn Riot.

Kevin Gonzalez has died just hours after reuniting with his parents, NBC Chicago/Telemundo Chicago reports: www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/c...

I have a theory that TPUSA, as an inherently misogynistic organization, will lose some of its relevance amongst conservative men with Erika as CEO but watching as they grow their Trad Wife™ Girl Boss™ arm and expand in that ecosystem overall is going to be damaging to so many young girls and women.

My latest: Upcoming TPUSA conference for young women will feature a 20-year-old "trad wife" who belives women shouldn't have the right to vote. Savanna Faith Stone: “I think since the 19th Amendment, society has really decayed" numbertwopencil.substack.com/p/turning-po...

This has been such a funny saga. Election denier Seth Keshel and his wife Rep. Rachel Keshel have been having an fucking meltdown over an anon Twitter account that keeps owning them in the marketplace of ideas and they ID’d who they though the person was in court and couldn’t have been more wrong.

A problem with basically everybody being pilled on dumbass Kirk conspiracies is that there’s literally zero demand to go cover the Robinson case and TPUSA gets to hold that anti-trans narrative because who’s gonna challenge them? Some other lying dipshit with their own lying agenda?

Notice that this characterizes Charlie Kirk’s murderer as a “radical who espoused extreme transgender ideology” even tho Tyler Robinson is a cisgender white man and the only (maybe) transgender person in this case is a witness who is cooperating with the prosecution and went into witness protection.

has the world not suffered her enough

Chloe Cole will be going to the University of Washington campus on Wednesday to spread transphobic hate with turning point two days after a trans woman was murdered on campus.

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Construction crews in Arizona who are building Trump’s expanded border wall have bulldozed a portion of a Native American archeological site in the Sonoran Desert estimated to be at least 1,000 years old. The site holds special significance for the Hia-Ced O’odham people.

An honorary degree from Hillsdale is basically a piece of toilet paper but it is very interesting that a major part of TPUSA’s brand isn’t just being anti-college but that no person of color, immigrant, or LGBTQ+ person is deserving of their spot in higher education and meanwhile…

"Fascists tell us that we have no bonds with each other save state and race and other such trivial connections. They do this to tear us apart from our shared humanity—to make us vulnerable to their whims, their bullshit, their violence. Our connections with each other are the best antidote to this."

This last winter we had a record heatwave, the hottest March on record, and, at the end of this week the Phoenix City Council passed this inhumane measure, there will be another heatwave. The heat kills hundreds of unhoused people a year and our City looks at that and says “not enough.”

TPUSA released some supposed chapter stats and (obviously grain of salt and all that) but they’re claiming an increase since December’s AmericaFest conference. College clubs up about 100 (they reported 1432 in December) and high school Club America chapters up ~500 (they reported 3082 in December).

NEW: Kevin Pyles, a 33-year-old Glendale, AZ neo-Nazi, agreed to plead guilty to an amended charge (and another was dropped) in connection to violent threats he made blow up a Phoenix synagogue. Sentencing on May 20, but the expected terms are supervised probation and 30 days in jail.

Rest in Power to Laura Sennett, a longtime photojournalist and antiracist activist with @onepeoplesproject.bsky.social who spend decades documenting, tracking, and countering the racist far-right. Knowing her was a blessing, and her memory will carry on with all of those she spent her life helping.

UPDATE Despite overwhelming public opposition, Maricopa County Board votes 4-1 to grant vital permit for combined data center/natural gas power plant near Luke Air Force Base. Next step: annexation by City of Glendale, worth $210M in property tax revenue over 10 years.

“If a (local) Blood sect is getting its cocaine one step removed from an FTO, we can charge them with being part of a foreign terrorist organization with just a little bit of investigative work.” story via @jerodmacevoy.com

Day two is going strong. Interim U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche spoke this morning and I walked the show floor again today. Saw a simulator where a scenario was running where CBP agents were clashing with protesters. Will have a story up a little later.

Today is the final day of the Border Security Expo and the schedule is shorter. Earlier was a panel with a lead of the Appian Corporation & DHS’ Jaclyn Rubino on how how industry partners should take advantage of the increased money flow going to CBP, ICE and the Secret Service thanks to the OBBBA.

Should have a story up on all this as well but @azrww.bsky.social has a good thread on a lot of the good bits of day 1. Tomorrow interim United States Attorney Todd Blanche will be speaking. Here are some photos I took:

It’s early but there are protesters, including UNITED HERE Local 11 and Rep. Yassamin Ansari, already gathered outside the Border Security Expo at the Phoenix Convention Center chanting “no one is illegal” and holding a noise demo as attendees gather in to hear Tom Homan give the morning keynote.

Tomorrow Tom Homan & CBP/ICE leads will be speaking at the PHX Convention Center for the Border Security Expo. This 3-day event brings 100s of private companies seeking to earn contracts with the border/detention industrial complex. Tonight’s reception is sponsored by SMX tech (formerly Smartronix).

Trump Bulldozed a 1,000-Year-Old Archeological Site to Make Room for a Second Border Wall DHS was in talks with the wildlife refuge that hosts the ancient site to make sure it was protected, a local archeologist said. theintercept.com/2026/04/30/a...

TikTok has removed the Charlie Kirk gunshot audio that people were using for outfit transitions.

It's one of three U.S. zoos to get a bomb threat today. More: https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts-culture/phoenix-zoo-evacuated-due-to-bomb-threat-40663458/

There was a low level GOP official ousted from his position earlier this year (Brian Ference) and I’ve been slowly watching as he rebranded his socials into a buff AI podcaster with American flags tattooed all over his chest and arms and gaining tens of thousands of new followers as a result.