I somehow missed yesterday’s anniversary of the publication of one of my favorite headlines in St Paul history. (upper right column)

I’m Ross Douthat I’m Bill Mitchell I’m Ben Shapiro I’m Alex Jones and I’m Laura Loomer. Those stories, and the ghost of Charlie Kirk, tonight on 60 Minutes.

Column: So much unseen effort and money goes into promoting and redeveloping downtown Tucson, but it remains a fragile place. What happens downtown is blamed on downtown. One mistake, in this case mostly a prosecutorial one, and the whole edifice is shaken. tucson.com/news/local/s...

Tim Steller’s column: One mistake shakes vast effort supporting downtown Tucson

Unseen when you go downtown Tucson is a vast effort to keep the area active and attractive. The mass shooting there showed how one key misstep can undermined it all.

tucson.com

So I've been thinking about this deeply, but I think the best case scenario for USMNT is to resign Poch & then he leaves post Copa America 28. Rationale: 1) The most important thing now isn't 2030. It's actually continuing momentum immediately as the country has a World Cup halo. That means that

After ICE shot and killed Lorenzo Araujo, the FBI leaked to Fox News a claim that he was found with possible meth in the van. His family said it was a total falsehood; it was a bag of salt to be used to make an electrolyte drink. And they were right. It was not drugs.

🚨: Tucson may close Congress Street to cars on Halloween night for better crowd management and public safety, as downtown safety issues come to the forefront after a shooting at a bar's closing time early Sunday left nine victims injured. Read my latest: tucson.com/news/local/g...

Tucson may close Congress St. to cars at Halloween, other times for safety

Tucson officials may close Congress Street to cars on Halloween to improve crowd control and emergency access following a downtown shooting that injured nine people.

tucson.com

No Biggs surprise: It's going to be Republican Andy Biggs vs. incumbent Dem Katie Hobbs for Arizona governor.

Arizona Daily Star@tucson.com · 2w ago

The first batch of votes shows Andy Biggs with a huge lead over David Schweikert in the four-way race to become the Republican nominee for governor.

Chaplik also made really gross comments targeting Feely for having two adopted children from Haiti. Truly a despicable piece of shit.

CD1 Republican primary takes nasty turn with Haiti comments

Jay Feely says Joseph Chaplik directed a racist dig at his close family friends, who are Haitian.

axios.com

Column: A mass shooting happened in downtown Tucson at 2 am Sunday. Nine people were injured, and the alleged shooter was shot by police and wounded. Two things can be true: Downtown has a late-night crime problem, and this kind of thing could happen anwhere, anytime. tucson.com/news/local/s...

Tim Steller’s column: Downtown crime needs addressing, but I’ll be back

After nine people were shot near Tucson’s Gibson Food Hall, columnist Tim Steller reflects on downtown’s progress and why he still believes in its future.

tucson.com

After nine people were shot near Tucson’s Gibson Food Hall, columnist Tim Steller reflects on downtown’s progress and why he still believes in its future.

Tim Steller’s column: Downtown crime needs addressing, but I’ll be back

After nine people were shot near Tucson’s Gibson Food Hall, columnist Tim Steller reflects on downtown’s progress and why he still believes in its future.

tucson.com

Paredes was a thug from the minute he went on the field.

JM =^D@jm539581.bsky.social · 2w ago

Leandro Paredes with a red card after the final whistle

The fact that VP JD Vance and Richard Grenell went to Romania—on behalf of the Trump Administration— to advocate for Andrew and Tristan Tate, who by all accounts, were rapists running a coercive sex ring, then permitted them to come to Florida, should be a crazy, crazy scandal.

Since 2024, people affiliated with one South Tucson charity have dominated the tiny city's council, occupying five of seven seats. That has led to a series of possible conflicts of interest after the charity, Casa Maria, bought up property around South Tucson. tucson.com/news/local/s...

Tim Steller’s column: Catholic charity’s power up for vote in South Tucson

In South Tucson, the city council, now dominated by members affiliated with the Casa Maria charity, is focused on buying and refurbishing rundown motels to prevent gentrification and secure affordable...

tucson.com

Tucson Water could lose as little as 6% to as much as nearly 85% of its total Colorado River-based drinking water supplies, depending on how big a cut the entire

Is Tucson's 47 years' worth of groundwater enough if CAP is slashed?

Tucson Water could lose as little as 6% to as much as nearly 85% of its total Colorado River-based drinking water supplies, depending on how big a cut the entire

tucson.com

Axel Springer, the company that owns Politico, awards its top prize to...Antichrist lecturer Peter Thiel. No mention of the $50 million Thiel gave the son of Axel Springer's CEO to start a venture capital fund. But the CEO lauds Thiel's "courage and non-conformity." www.welt.de/wirtschaft/a...

In eigener Sache: Peter Thiel erhält den Axel Springer Award 2026 - WELT

Unternehmer und Investor Peter Thiel ist der diesjährige Preisträger des Axel Springer Awards. Die Auszeichnung soll auch ein Zeichen für Meinungsfreiheit und offene Debatten sein.

welt.de

Loved this headline

Yvonne Wingett Sanchez@yvonnewingett.bsky.social · 3w ago

Trump Still Hasn’t Found What He’s Looking For The president’s prime-time speech was more notable for what it didn’t prove than what it did. By Shane Harris, Michael Scherer, Sarah Fitzpatrick, and Yvonne Wingett Sanchez www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

OK, deleted that post about Trump denying a popularity contest result. It WAS the Emmys that he disputed. From 2004-2006, he didn't win, and he said the Emmy Awards were rigged against him. I'm guessing that's all the context you need for tonight's remarks. time.com/4537809/dona...

Yes, Trump Thought the Emmys Were Rigged Against Him

"I should've gotten it"

time.com

3.28” for Paradise AZ. E Turkey Creek. #azwx

Tucson has a 100-year water supply! 😀Well, at least until the next recertification, which will happen after we get a better sense how much, if any, Colorado River water we're going to get in the future. tucson.com/news/local/e...

Tucson has 100-year water supply, state finds

Arizona's water agency grants Tucson a 10-year extension for housing development with a 100-year assured water supply, but concerns remain over potential CAP water cuts and revisiting the designation.

tucson.com

"There's still gonna be more bloodshed unless they shut their mouth." Probably not a good sign when federal officials sound exactly like abusive husbands

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w ago

Tom Homan: "It all go backs to the Dems ... there's still gonna be more bloodshed unless they shut their mouth and let ICE enforce the laws that they enacted."

New: the highly controversial AI music generator Suno was hacked. The hacker sent us Suno source code; it shows the company scraped YouTube Music, Deezer, and Genius. In all, Suno scraped *decades* worth of music from the internet. Obviously didn't pay artists www.404media.co/hack-reveals...

DISTURBING report from Dan Haar of Hearst. ICE/DHS had videographers deceptively wear "MEDIA" markings at an arrest. It's "part of a long tradition of authoritarian governments...creating confusion with what is independent media and what is government propaganda." www.instagram.com/reels/Dav_je...

Column: The insider candidate for Pima County treasurer has a lot going for him, including the support of the staff after sexual harrassment complaints caused the previous treasurer to resign. But there are strong outsider candidates the supervisors should consider. tucson.com/news/local/s...

Tim Steller's column: Insider not necessarily best pick for Pima County treasurer

For Star subscribers: Among nine candidates to become Pima County treasurer, one has the inside track with supervisors. Jake Martin looks solid, but the comfortable choice isn't always the right

tucson.com

Norway has been really good, but I’m not sure they know they have a player named Erling Haaland they can pass to.

👀 Erick Brimen, CEO of Prospera—an aspiring “network state” backed by Thiel & Andreessen—will testify on 7/14 about “economic security zones,” the new buzzword promoted by Pax Silica, a global initiative led by Trump official Jacob Helberg, former advisor to Thiel’s Palantir. h/t @gilduran.com 1/

U.S. Economic Security and Investment Abroad: Assessing Economic Security Zones

foreignaffairs.house.gov

Also note the continued absence of regular radiosonde observations across nearly the entire interior western and central U.S... which has become a pattern as of late.

Anthony Edwards@edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social · 4w ago

It's now been ten days without a radiosonde launched from the Oakland airport (KOAK) 😩 NWS spokesperson says they're awaiting delivery of "lifting gas" Qatar supplies a third of the world's helium (apnews.com/article/iran...) any weather friends know if this shortage will continue?

"The billionaire quest for political power and the billionaire quest to defeat death are, I’d argue, the same project wearing two hats. Democracy is a limit on power. Mortality is a limit on power. Both projects are, at bottom, a tantrum against the words 'limit' and 'reality.'" - Gil Duran

Gil Durán@gilduran.com · 4w ago

Good News: Bryan Johnson is dying. Just like the rest of us. His recent diagnosis is a brutal reality check for the sick billionaires who seek to rule the world...and live forever. www.thenerdreich.com/bryan-johnso...

NEWS --> Three men who were in the van with the victim of the ICE shooting in Texas are potential witnesses, but they're now under pressure to self-deport, a rep for the families tells me. They remain in detention even as ICE's story falters. Details in this piece: newrepublic.com/article/2129...

Texas ICE Killing Darkens: Rep Says Witnesses Pressured to Self-Deport

There were three others in the van with the man shot by ICE in Houston this week. A represenative for the families tells TNR that the government is pressuring these potential witnesses to self-deport.

newrepublic.com

Of all the things I expected, I did not expect the US to look rattled from the first whistle and give Belgium inexplicable goals.

Honestly, there’s something to this. The downside for Mexico of playing at altitude.

Chris Steller@chrissteller.bsky.social · last mo.

My analysis: this is what allowed England to win.