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Political Notebook: County officials aren't taking any more guff from the city over addressing homelessness and addiction as a joint city-county meeting approaches. Plus more on election-day observers and a video of normal election behavior goes angrily viral. tucson.com/news/local/s...

Column: The content of the T-shirts worn by teachers at a high school near Tucson is one problem -- easily solved. The online mob unleashed by the man who baselessly connected their T-shirts to Charlie Kirk's killing is another problem -- much harder to solve. tucson.com/news/local/s...

Column: You can hardly turn a corner in Tucson's core without seeing a lively mural scene of desert life, many of the pieces by Joe Pagac. Some muralists say it's getting to be too much of the same. Even Pagac had to ponder when asked if there's too much Pagac. tucson.com/news/local/s...

Sad day for the folks who staked their reputations on lab leak conspiracy theories. www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

we're now a hair away from it being "treason" to utter a single critical syllable about Dear Leader on any topic whatsoever

New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo “I’m an American citizen so leave me alone” “Alright, we just got to verify that” www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

As I've said many times, you can't build the mass deportation apparatus without first building the police state apparatus.

Column: A Tucson man got a visit from FBI agents seeking the shadowy group behind a protest he attended. There was none, but the visit kept him from going to the next protest. The episode reflects the Trump administration's criminalization of protest, notably against ICE. tucson.com/news/local/s...

After the initial flurry of coverage of the University of Arizona's response to the Trump compact proposal, my colleague @preranawrites.bsky.social dug in again. She compared UA Pres. Garimella's statement of principles with what the compact proposed. tucson.com/news/local/s...

NDAs can’t be used to cover up illegal activities. If the person asking you to sign one is doing something illegal, you can break it & sue. Lawyers & government folks chime in here, but hey are usually only used in business deals. Also, this shows just how horrible, incompetent, and evil they are.

UPDATED: @mayes sues @usdagov.bsky.social over food stamp cutoff, tells judge the agency has the money. But she also suggests Gov. Hobbs could call a special session to tap rainy day fund to cover $161M in November benefits. Gov's [press aide sidesteps the question. tucson.com/news/state-r...

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What did people do before SNAP?” They died. Healthcare, vaccines, disability support, education & food assistance are vital to our survival. They’re why the average lifespan isn’t 35 anymore The mark of a good & decent society is whether it sees the value in helping others.

3 times in the past 2 weeks, a WashPost editorial "has taken on matters in which Bezos has a financial or corporate interest without noting his stake. In each case, the Post's editorial line landed in sync with its owner's interests" Via @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social www.npr.org/2025/10/28/n...

Peter Thiel can't stop talking about "the Antichrist." In his view, the looming Antichrist is made up of forces that oppose his interests -- surprise! But it's almost like he's deliberately, through word association, warning us about himself. Does he not see that? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The Ignite Sign Art Museum, a Tucson original, burned a week ago, and a lot of restored signs were destroyed. But the passion of the founder suggests that, with help, it will rebound. tucson.com/news/local/a...

Column: He killed a man walking away during a Tucson road-rage dispute. And he got four years of probation. The blame doesn't just lie with the judge or the prosecutor -- it also lies with Arizona's laws, which make accountability hard when someone claims self-defense. tucson.com/news/local/s...

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

A Pima County official told a crowd in Marana she is looking for ways to oppose a new ICE detention center northwest of Tucson. tucson.com/news/local/g...

Political Notebook: Democrats wield a big advantage in fundraising for the City Council races, and one GOP candidate still hasn't filed his required campaign-finance disclosure. Plus... analysis of fundraising in the CD 6 congressional race, a poll in that race, and more. tucson.com/news/local/s...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The entire White House East Wing has been demolished as Trump moves forward with ballroom construction, AP photos show. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

“.. The American intervention to prop up the Argentinian peso has failed. Despite the United States intervening .., the Argentine peso lost 10% of its value in the first two weeks of October, pushing the overnight interest rate to 157%.” @joebrusuelas.bsky.social $ARGT

The same people who lost their minds over renovations to Cracker Barrel are totally fine with the White House getting bulldozed

This afternoon, a Pima County corrections officer killed an inmate during an altercation inside the emergency room at Kino hospital, aka Banner south, where the inmate was to be treated. tucson.com/news/local/c...

Nothing’s funny anymore, but “23% of Americans yearn for the White House East Wing to be demolished” is sort of funny.

People are a little confused by the University of Arizona's squishy reaction to the Trump administration's proposed compact. I think this information helps explain it. Click the link and read the column for more info. tucson.com/news/local/s...

Column: The University of Arizona didn't "reject" the Trump administration compact so much as "decline to sign" this version. The U of A's paltry endowment compared to the massive ones possessed by the other eight schools offered the compact shows one reason why. tucson.com/news/local/s...

"US Marshal shot during immigration enforcement in LA" * article explains he was shot by an ICE officer whose weapon discharged when he used it to smash a car window

For Star subscribers: The University of Arizona's response to the Trump administration's compact shows it could still strike a deal.

Tucson's Rep-elect Adelita Grijalva is suing House Speaker Mike Johnson over his failure to swear her into office. tucson.com/news/local/g...

ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase. The President is building an army to attack his own country.

The Benedictine Monastery in Tucson was consecrated as a religious space in 1940. It was rechristened Oct. 10 as a concert venue, when Sergio Mendoza y su Orkesta took the new stage, Cathy Burch was there and reports on Tucson's newest venue, La Rosa. tucson.com/life-enterta...

The University of Arizona has rejected the proposed compact offered to it and eight other universities by the Trump administration. tucson.com/news/local/e...

Column: After the current election, even with Tucson's simmering discontent, Democratic Mayor Regina Romero could end up with a stronger City Council majority of progressive allies than ever before. Her recent Safe City Initiative shows why that isn't a good thing. tucson.com/news/local/s...

I feel like George Santos exemplifies a lot of what’s broken in the “justice” system. He was a corrupt politician, he briefly experienced the horrors of inhumane prison conditions, then the corrupt president moved to yank him out—and his victims received none of what they were owed in the process

Trump's federal agents shot Marimar Martinez, a US citizen, multiple times for allegedly menacing them with her car in Chicago. Only hours later, Kristi Noem and DHS started spreading disinformation about the shooting. Now the official line is crumbling. 1/ (link) newrepublic.com/article/2019...

The wildest thing about every Trump pardon and commutation? “Mr. Santos will also no longer be required to pay more than $370,000 in court-ordered restitution to his victims…”

In our non-DEI meritocracy, Larry Ellison's son bought CBS so that Bari Weiss could then put her sister on air.

The paragon of meritocracy Bari Weiss put her sister on air within two weeks of landing at CBS!

Keys to the office? Check! ✅ Sworn in as Congresswoman? Not quite 🙅🏻‍♂️

Extraordinary NEW story: We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social

What's up with those clouds of flying ants that come out after a desert rain storm? It's called a "mating swarm," and it's exactly what it sounds like.

This is just incredible. Adelita Grijalva can't do her job because Johnson hasn't sworn her in. She can't get into her office. She can't hire staff. She isn't getting paid.

The city of Tucson shared the happier surveys about bus safety, but not the unhappy one, taken online. Finally it came out and showed how bad the online survey results were, whoever the respondents were. That, plus much more, including an analysis of the UA regents profs. tucson.com/news/local/s...

The city of Tucson economic-development director, who helped facilitate a massive data center project rejected by the City Council, has resigned. Barbara Coffee had been indirectly criticized by council members in part over a non-disclosure agreement. tucson.com/news/local/s...

Remember Prop. 314, Arizona's so-called border-security law, passed by voters last year? It remains valid, but also is unenforceable for now. A judge's ruling leaves it in that limbo, because of the strange. contingent way the law was written. tucson.com/news/local/b...

(AP) — Dozens of reporters turned in access badges and exited the Pentagon on Wednesday rather than agree to government-imposed restrictions on their work, pushing journalists who cover the American military further from the seat of its power. @apnews.com apnews.com/article/pent...

Column: The rage many feel toward the Trump administration must be channeled toward productive ends, as this weekend's nationwide protest approaches. Nonviolence is a no-brainer, but nothing cuts like mockery and satire of a politician and his heavily armed minions. tucson.com/news/local/s...