Larry Bodine

Larry is an articulate and insightful commentator whose views are shaped by a combination of journalism, entrepreneurship, law practice, and leadership.‎ ★★ Sign up for my occasional newsletter at Bit.ly/LBNow. ★★ ✍ He is an experienced leader, having served as Chair of the LD18 Democrats, and President of the Democrats of Greater Tucson, a teacher at the UA Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, and Video Manager for Iskashitaa Refugee Network, ‎ ✍ A common-sense business leader, he operated a successful marketing consultancy for 20 years. He is skilled in fundraising, artificial intelligence, and online communications.‎ ✍He considers multiple viewpoints before forming an opinion. His ethos is the Boy Scout Law.‎ ✍ Larry is a lifelong writer, having worked as a seven-time award-winning journalist for the New York Daily News and as the author of 600 articles for the Blog for Arizona.‎ ✍He is a graduate of Amherst College and Seton Hall Law School and has also attended the University of Munich in Germany.‎ ✍He is not all work and no play. Larry enjoys singing and playing the guitar, hiking Tucson's beautiful trails, going on outings with his Portuguese Water Dog, weight training, and meeting his many friends for breakfast.‎ ‎▼ Scroll down to see my articles below. ▼

Rep. Nadler Says You Would Be Justified Shooting Masked ICE Agents

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Rep. Jerry Nadler said Tuesday that Americans could be “justified” in shooting masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents if they believed they were being attacked by criminals rather than federal officers, escalating Democratic criticism of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown during a heated House Judiciary Committee hearing. Nadler text The New York Democrat argued that … Read more

Corruption and Misconduct at ICE and CBP is Far Worse than You Think

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Criminality is so rampant inside CBP that it has seen one of its own agents or officers arrested every 24 to 36 hours since 2005, according to journalist and historian Garrett Graff. Now we know where the Proud Boys, Three Percenters and the Boogaloo Bois have gone. In total, according to CBP’s own disciplinary reports, … Read more

Federal Agents Who Murdered Alex Pretti Are Identified

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According to Pro Publica, the two ICE agents who murdered Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez. The records viewed by ProPublica list Ochoa, 43, and Gutierrez, 35, as the shooters during the vicious murder of Pretti last weekend … Read more

TMZ: Underage Girls Claim Trump Forced Oral Sex

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In the latest Epstein Files document release, an underage girl claims she was forced to perform oral sex on Donald Trump and bit him on his penis, TMZ reports. The allegations come from a document in the files that describes a tip sent to the feds. Trump forced oral sex The first complaint summary says … Read more

Democrats of Greater Tucson Endorses TreDavon Rhodes for TUSD School Board

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In its first endorsement of 2026, the Democrats of Greater Tucson (TheDGT.org) proudly endorses TreDavon Rhodes for election to the TUSD Governing Board. A former member of the DGT Board, Tre is running to bring a fresh perspective to TUSD and ensure that, like him, all students have the opportunity to succeed in our district. A former member of the DGT … Read more

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