JUST IN: Arizona Representative Raul Grijalva has died from his battle with cancer.

Kibbutz Nir Oz has announced the body turned over by Hamas to the Red Cross earlier today was that of Shiri Bibas. The Kibbutz says that she was murdered while in Hamas captivity.

Palate cleanser. DGJ as a penguin.

Vanilla extract day. This batch was Tahitian with vodka.

A memo sent to doj employees with the new charging, and sentencing guidelines.

Two ESA charts: 1) ESA populations are mostly evenly distributed between zip codes earning $50k to $150k anually. 2) Controlling for student population size, ESA rates are much higher in wealthier zip codes. With 86 ESA students for every 1,000 minors in zip codes earning above $150k.

DGJ getting in some scooter practice.

Man this is devastating. My dad taught high School not far from here and many of his students parents live in the Palisades.

Some charts on today's release of the JOLTs data today. -Openings down from their March 2022 peak. The gap between openings and hires is still wider than pre-pandemic. -Fewer Americans are quitting their job. Quits are down 31% from Jan. 2022. Involuntary discharges (firings & layoffs) are up 26%.

Some charts on eggs: -The wholesale price of a dozen eggs hit a peak of $4.81. -USDA inventory reports for last week show inventories are down 44% in western states and ~15% most other regions. -Number of egg laying hens is trending down (November data) after a recovery from 2022 to 2023.

Nerdy health news incoming. AZ Dept. of Health now has a dedicated data portal that centralizes links to datasets, dashboards, maps, etc... I can link it in the top post on this site and people will still see it. Nice. data.azdhs.gov?utm_medium=e...

US Congress race in AZ CD1. David Schweikert Won election more easily than anticipated here by 3.8%. There was a Clear Red wave in AZ as Trump won by 5.5%. However, this CD is now bluer than the state!! D side will still have to compete in the Yellow regions to win the CD.

Merry Christmas ya filthy animals.

We are finally taking the 10-year-old to go see Wicked. She made a choker for the occasion.

Your annual reminder that "O Holy Night" is the "All I want for Christmas is You" of sacred Christmas songs.

Most Arizona voters who haven't proved their citizenship come from three categories: Indigenous people on tribal land, college students and people at the state’s main homeless campus via @jenafifield.bsky.social/@votebeat.org

Arizona State Senate President Warren Peterson dropped sb1011 today. It is a bill that would speed up results reporting in Arizona through by shutting down early ballot drop offs at vote centers after the Friday before an election. The bill does not touch drop boxes.

Kari Lake not incoming to Mexico.

An ESA parent purchased a $16,000 Cello for their child. The reimbursement was denied on account of a $4,000 limit placed on instruments. The parent filed an appeal saying the limit was not in the ESA parent handbook. Today the AZ board of education rejected the appeal.

Bashar Al-Assad outgoing.

All clear given.

JUST IN: Mesa Community College Dobson campus is currently under lockdown for an unknown incident.

Mrs. DG is sick so I get the privilege of hanging out with DGJ all day. Costco run incoming.

Why has South Korea's president suddenly declared martial law?

NEW: Dinesh D’Souza is issuing an apology over his election conspiracy film “2,000 Mules.” While largely blaming the group True the Vote, D’Souza admits that the heart of the film - surveillance footage of vote drop boxes supposedly showing illegal “ballot trafficking” - is false and misleading.

"Imagine a dad in a Hawaiian shirt, juggling spreadsheets and nursery rhymes, with a smartphone glued to his hand." Swap out the Hawaiian shirt with a retro video game graphic T and we're done here. blueskyroast.com/roast/garret...

Also an Arizona media starter pack go.bsky.app/CzEXGSW

Sometimes you just have to dress up like Bingo.

HOUSE UPDATE: And Then There Was 1 220 GOP seats 214 Democratic 1 race uncalled With an AP call in IA-01 for Republicans and Steel’s concession in CA45, there’s one House race left: CA13, where Democrat Adam Gray took the lead in counting last night. 220R-215D most likely

The change in the price of eggs during each President's first 48 months in office starting from Bill Clinton.

The "Make Arizona's Results Faster" election bill just dropped. It is written as expected with the goal to get as many early ballots ID verified as possible by the Friday before an election by heavily cutting down on the number of ballots dropped off at vote centers. www.azleg.gov/legtext/57le...

Man I'm gonna miss this.

Explaining the plot of Wicked to a ten year old without using the phrase "preserving the status quo" has been interesting.

74% of LA's residential zoning is single-family housing only. The median cost for a house in LA is $1,023,474.

Pam Bondi, Trump's new pick for AG, has a very long history from when she was Florida's attorney general of helping Trump legally after he gave her contributions. And there's more you need to know. A brief thread.

Bondincoming. Had to. Deal yo.

Gaetz no longer incoming.

DGJ got to pick out his outfit this morning.

Watching a YouTube where the guy describes ethernet as wifi signal that goes through a cable and get off my lawn.

Election admins incoming. go.bsky.app/PTSTqyD

DGJ's sissy decided to dress him this morning so he's quite festive. But he's also over it...

Mrs. DG is at the zoo with DGJ right now (first time in a long time) and I'm getting breaking news updates from her. :)

Migrant encounters along the southern border rose after 3 of the past 4 presidents came into their first term. While noteworthy, there is a seasonality effect in the data as encounters are historically lowest in winter and highest in spring.

Awkward.

Maricopa County Supervisor Tom Galvin is advocating for election reforms with the goal of getting a larger share of ballots processed and tabulated on election night. This year's reporting period was about average.

A @washingtonpost exclusive: Kari Lake settles election defamation case brought by Stephen Richer, the Maricopa Co recorder. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

For those who've asked I've also made it a starter pack go.bsky.app/UN6Atu7

Well. I already had a Netflix subscription so...

Maricopa County has posted final unofficial results for the 2024 election. Republican Kate Brophy McGee will head into an automatic recount with a 164-vote lead on Daniel Valenzuela for Supervisor District 3.

Statement from State Senator Elect Vince Leach on the passing of his LD17 opponent John McLean. McClean was hit and killed by a drunk driver this morning in east Tucson.