Jim Small
@jimsmall.bsky.social
EIC of @azmirror.com ~ Journalist ~ Public records gladiator ~ Foul-mouthed ~ Street taco fiend ~ Fascism is un-American ~ Posts are my own ~ Never tell me the odds
Risa Lombardo and Duwayne Collier accused the commission of violating their First Amendment rights and trying to "bully and intimidate" them into dropping their campaigns story via @caitlinsievers.bsky.social
Green Party candidates in fraud probe sue Clean Elections to block possible repayment
Two candidates under fraud investigation filed a Clean Elections lawsuit to block a demand to repay $4.7M
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OPINION | Secrecy isn’t a defense. Neither is partisan outrage without proof. Kris Mayes gave Arizona a legal answer. Katie Hobbs owes Arizona a public one. via @elviadiaz.bsky.social
No crime, plenty of rot: Hobbs’ secrecy and GOP outrage could lead to deeper voter distrust
AG Kris Mayes found no crime, but Sunshine Residential Homes' deal with the Hobbs administration still reeks of secrecy
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“I’ve had conversations with a lot of these members and staff of like, how far can this go. And my response to them is often, as far as someone’s willing to burn it.”
How US House Republicans could overturn the midterm election results | Arizona Mirror
With control in play, experts explain how contested House elections could be challenged — or overturned — in January
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“I’m not hating on the fact that guards have A/C. They shouldn’t have to work in swamp cooler temps during humid 113-degree weather. But on the same token, I shouldn’t have to live in those conditions, either.”
Amid record heat, 24 Arizona prison units still lack air conditioning. A lawmaker has questions.
A lawmaker subpoenaed Arizona’s prison agency over Arizona prison heat as cooling systems failed and A/C funding stalled
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Ciscomani and Mendoza traded barbs over Medicaid, SNAP and immigration #AZ06 story via @jerodmacevoy.com
Ciscomani, Mendoza spar over Trump’s spending law in CD6 debate
The CD6 debate saw Ciscomani and Mendoza clash over Trump’s spending law, the border and mail-in voting
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Ralph Heap has twice tried and failed to withdraw from the public funding program in a bid to avoid an investigation into his spending story via @caitlinsievers.bsky.social
Regulators reject GOP candidate Ralph Heap’s bid to settle Clean Elections dispute
Arizona’s commission rejected a Ralph Heap settlement that would have ended the Clean Elections campaign finance probe
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Judges rejected LUCHA’s argument that Prop. 314 is unconstitutional because it lacks a funding source story via @glorihuh.bsky.social
Appeals court upholds 'Secure the Border Act' that jails border crossers
An appeals court upheld Prop. 314, rejecting a challenge to the Arizona law that jails immigrants who cross the border
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And the Dems stupid single shot strategy ensures that one of these GOP freaks will represent Jim in 2027.
Jim Small@jimsmall.bsky.social · 3d agoThe GOP candidates in my legislative district are this deadbeat whose wages are being garnished and a 3%er who was at J6
“It’s hard to understand how anyone could look at our current fiscal and economic situation and think we need to borrow another $1.2 trillion to send everyone cash.”
Budget experts pan Trump’s ‘fiscally dangerous’ $5,000 payout that would ‘explode’ the national debt | Arizona Mirror
Analysts put the Trump dividend cost at $1.2 trillion, warning the $5000 payout would worsen debt and inflation
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The GOP candidates in my legislative district are this deadbeat whose wages are being garnished and a 3%er who was at J6
Arizona Mirror@azmirror.com · 3d agoGOP state Rep. Justin Wilmeth implied that his only income is his legislative pay and characterized the garnishment of that salary as part of his effort to repay the loan story via @caitlinsievers.bsky.social
GOP state Rep. Justin Wilmeth implied that his only income is his legislative pay and characterized the garnishment of that salary as part of his effort to repay the loan story via @caitlinsievers.bsky.social
GOP lawmaker touts economic record while his own wages are being garnished
A Justin Wilmeth wage garnishment over a defaulted student loan surfaces as the GOP lawmaker touts his economic record
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It is apples and oranges: One was a stimulus to help propel the US economy out of the pandemic The other is a naked bribe to voters to back the GOP
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoSANCHEZ: In 2022, you argued giving Americans $1,400 under Biden's American Rescue Plan fueled 'waste & inflation.' Now you support Trump giving more than 3 times that. How is that consistent? BUDDY CARTER: It's apples & oranges S: How? Are you just supportive now bc the president is a Republican?
“Sending armed ICE officers to polling places is not immigration enforcement — it is voter suppression, plain and simple.”
Lawsuit challenges Trump policy allowing ICE at polling locations | Arizona Mirror
An ICE polling places lawsuit challenges a Trump policy allowing agents at election sites, alleging voter suppression
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"When I was about to hit the ground, these large, tough guys caught me, and the first thing they said was, ‘It’s an honor to save you, sir.’ There was a firefighter, two coal miners, and one marine, but they all saluted me and told me this never would’ve happened if I’d been president."
Trump Claims He Was Falling Man
WASHINGTON—Saying America could frankly be more grateful for the enduring image he provided, President Donald Trump claimed Wednesday that he was the previously unidentified Falling Man captured midai...
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“Never in human history has the government had more information about what we are doing, who we are doing it with, what we like to buy, and indeed what we are thinking about.”
25 years after 9/11, a surveillance state few could have imagined | Arizona Mirror
Twenty-five years on, post-9/11 surveillance has merged with AI to collect and analyze data at a vast new scale
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“It defies political common sense,” Republican political consultant Chuck Coughlin said. “I don’t see the logic in it.” story via @jerodmacevoy.com
Jay Feely leans into Trump as swing-seat Republicans back away
Jay Feely embraced Trump at his Dallas convention as other Republicans stayed away from the unpopular president
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“Allowing USPS’ new rule to take effect would be virtually certain to prevent many millions of Americans from casting mail ballots in this fall’s elections.”
States to SCOTUS: Trump's mail-voting rule would ‘wreak havoc’ this fall and disenfranchise millions | Arizona Mirror
States told the Supreme Court the Trump mail-voting rule would ‘wreak havoc’ and disenfranchise millions this fall
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Canadian officials have said they’re deliberately targeting goods from states where there are close elections to put pressure on Trump and Republicans
Canada aims its tariffs at battleground states as Republican candidates defend Trump and jobs | Arizona Mirror
Canada aimed its retaliatory tariffs at swing states, creating tariffs midterms headaches for Republicans trying to align with Trump
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All the Canadian alcohol products the Trump admin says it will ban starting 9/29/26: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Thomas Seal@twseal.bsky.social · 5d agoBreaking: White House issues three proclamations banning imports of Canadian products including motorcycles, whey, molasses, non-alcoholic beer, and a range of alcoholic beverages
BREAKING (again): Shortly after SCOTUS refused to overturn the state Supreme Court's ruling blocking the gerrymandered map, a federal judge in St. Louis issued a temporary restraining order in a separate lawsuit that freezes that state Supreme Court's ruling. #moleg #mogov
Missouri Independent@missouriindependent.com · 5d agoBREAKING: US Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh denies GOP effort to revive gerrymandered Missouri congressional map #moleg #mogov
“The Framers did not provide the President with any authority to interfere in that (election) system, nor has Congress imbued the Executive Branch with any such authority by statute.”
Trump doesn’t have the power to limit mail-in voting, lawmakers tell US Supreme Court | Arizona Mirror
More than 250 lawmakers told the Supreme Court the Trump and USPS mail voting rule usurps Congress and states’ power
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“These companies are really preying upon the lack of economic diversity in our tribal nations.”
Navajo leaders raise alarms about planned AI data center near Horseshoe Bend | Arizona Mirror
A proposed Arizona data center near Page has a Navajo chapter fighting back as developers eye tribal land
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The Nib is dead and the bosses are buying slop editorialcartoonists.com/an-open-lett...
An Open Letter to the Publisher and Editors of the Baltimore Sun from the AAEC - AAEC
On September 4, 2026, The Sun published what can only technically be called an “illustration” it intended its readers to accept as an editorial cartoon. Whatever the intent, the only message The Sun ...
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True of the slaveholders, true of the segregationists and true of their racist descendants and ideological heirs today.
David Roberts@volts.wtf · 5d agoFor a certain kind of white man, there is no fear more primal than the fear that the people they have abused will gain power and treat them the same way.
Over the weekend, Trump posted an AI cartoon of himself beating the Canadian prime minister into submission with a hockey stick
Canadian dollar-for-dollar tariffs hit U.S. goods as Trump antagonizes northern neighbor | Arizona Mirror
Retaliatory Canadian tariffs took effect, escalating a trade war as Trump kept antagonizing his northern neighbor
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There is no hell hot enough for this man
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d agoTrump on 9/11: "I just thank my people. I was building a big building in New York & I took the whole crew down there right after this happened & they had no hesitation. Everybody went down with me... we thought it was coming down on top of us... two fireman lifted me up and started running with me"
EXCLUSIVE: “We can’t just be anti-Trumpers,” Ruben Gallego told the Arizona Mirror. “We have to actually have a vision of where we want to go with education.” story via @caitlinsievers.bsky.social
‘We can’t just be anti-Trumpers’: Gallego pitches education vision for Democratic majority
Gallego’s education plan would reverse Trump’s Education Department cuts and target vouchers and the teacher shortage
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The high court's decision means there won't be any caselaw to stop lawmakers form preemptively striking down voucher regulation in the future story via @glorihuh.bsky.social
High court rejects bid to give voucher-protecting Prop. 145 ruling lasting weight
Arizona’s high court declined to make the Prop. 145 ruling binding precedent, rejecting Mayes’ publication request
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