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Scottsdale City Council Candidate Raoul Zubia Calls Out Councilman Barry Graham for Voting Againt Affordable Housing Project
September 22, 2026
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Three years ago, on September 19, 2023, Scottsdale City Councilman Barry Graham had a choice on whether he would fund the creation of 28 affordable housing units at the Paiute Neighborhood Center. While Graham did vote for one measure funding renovations at the Center, he voted against the agenda items that would have funded the … Read more
Supervisor Heinz Calls for Safeguards On Growth, Utility Rates and Water as Pima County Pursues Semiconductor Jobs
September 22, 2026
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Pima County Supervisor Matt Heinz said the county should pursue high-paying jobs tied to Arizona’s growing semiconductor industry — but only with firm protections for water, transparency and residents facing rising utility costs. Speaking at yesterday’s meeting of Democrats of Greater Tucson, Heinz also: “We can’t just accept” development without scrutiny, Heinz said. “We have … Read more
Activists Call Out Scottsdale Councilman Barry Graham’s Endorsement of Election Denier Alex Kolodin
September 21, 2026
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When people like former Mesa Mayor John Giles and Councilwoman Julie Spilsbury saw the MAGA extremism enveloping their Republican Party, they showed courage and good character by distancing themselves from the scourge of the Alt-Reality Trumpist Cancer, including those individuals who persist in their big lie assertions that the 2020 elections were stolen from Donald … Read more
Gallego Warns AI Could Become ‘Monster on the Loose,’ Blasts Trump’s Hands-Off Approach
September 18, 2026
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Senator Ruben Gallego is escalating his call for aggressive federal oversight of artificial intelligence, warning that the technology’s most serious risks are arriving faster than Congress can confront them — and accusing Trump of ignorantly dismissing the need for meaningful guardrails. “This technology is unlike anything that we have seen before,” Gallego said “When we … Read more
With Trump Saying the Danger of AI Running Amok is a Hoax, Arizona’s Congressional Democrats Sound the Alarm
September 17, 2026
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It has been a week since former Anthropic AI employee Jacob Coxon posted on social media that emerging technologies, if left unchecked, could trigger a human extinction event within 10 years. In that time, Donald Trump, whose financial fortunes have reached new heights thanks in part to his stock trading on various A.I. companies, has … Read more
AI: Danger from the usual suspects, tech bro version
September 17, 2026
Is there an existential danger from AI? Yes. But it’s not from a real-world Skynet. Most of all, that danger comes from powerful oligarchs using AI for selfish purposes, and especially the tech bro billionaires. 10% chance of extinction? Recent reports, from AI companies and others, have described this danger in apocalyptic terms. In one, a … Read more
Robert Reich Rails Against Trump’s Self Serving 25,000 Stock Trades
September 17, 2026
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Donald Trump’s Golden Age for America is nothing more than a self-serving golden nest egg for him, his family, and political allies who are trampling over ethical norms that all other Presidents in history have observed. The revelation that the current White House occupant’s shameless manipulation of over 25,000 stock trades, including for companies that … Read more
Ciscomani Reduces the American Idea of the “Social Safety Net” to Mere Word Salad — Which Will Not Feed the Hungry Kids Losing SNAP Benefits
September 16, 2026
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Republicans have a well-honed ability to take a phrase that means something important to Americans and suck the life out of it. Congressman Juan Ciscomani carried out one of these delicate procedures last Thursday in the Sixth Congressional District debate when he drained meaning from the well-known words “social safety net.” The country has had … Read more
