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The Arizona Agenda is a daily insider publication for political outsiders, run by two longtime local journalists. @TucsonAgenda is our little sister.
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Pre-teen reporter is riding her bike to cover news in
#az
border community.
Local cop stops her, threatens to throw her in juvy.
She pulls out her camera and gets the cop in trouble.
Somebody give this badass girl an award.
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We got ahold of a draft of the
#AzAudit
report ahead of its release tomorrow. It says Joe Biden won.
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Staci Burk was both a purveyor of election disinformation and a victim of it.
And, like a solid chunk of the country, she’s trying to unravel truth from fiction and figure out how she fell down this rabbithole.
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DO YOU KNOW THIS YOUNG MAN?
New CCTV pics of the alleged burglar of AZ Democratic gubernatorial nominee
@katiehobbs
’ campaign headquarters last night.
Campaign confirmed the authenticity of photos and said they’re in the hands of
@PhoenixPolice
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Maricopa County Community College police chief tells me they're about to send a press release about MCCC Governing Board candidate Randy Kaufman getting arrested for indecent exposure at the Rio Salado campus in Surprise.
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UPDATE:
@KariLake
sent us a cease-and-desist letter for teaching you about deepfake technology.
We’re consulting our attorney.
Stay tuned!
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Hearing
@AZPBS
has split with
@AZCCEC
and is offering
@katiehobbs
a one-on-one 30-minute interview next week -- just like she wanted -- in spite of her refusing to show up for tonight's debate with
@KariLake
.
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Wow we actually did it!
The Arizona House passed our bill to build a monument to murdered journalist Don Bolles. Now on to the Senate!
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Here’s our guy! He was arrested and booked last night.
You phx locals are amazing! A few of you who slid into my dms knew him from the streets. As far as I can tell, he’s a local with some mental health issues and no ties to any campaigns.
DO YOU KNOW THIS YOUNG MAN?
New CCTV pics of the alleged burglar of AZ Democratic gubernatorial nominee
@katiehobbs
’ campaign headquarters last night.
Campaign confirmed the authenticity of photos and said they’re in the hands of
@PhoenixPolice
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This story warms my heart. I wanna buy this kid a milk shake and swap war stories.
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Arizona owes one hell of a debt to
@stevenjhsieh
of
@phoenixnewtimes
, who broke this story and toppled this creep.
*Slow clap* for Steven's dogged reporting.
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SAD NEWS: Today is my last day as education reporter at the
@TucsonStar
HAPPY NEWS: Monday I start as editor of
@TheYellowSheet
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Remember when
@dougducey
cut federal unemployment benefits and promised “return-to-work bonuses” instead?
Guess how that’s going.
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*Personal news*
For years,
@rachelleingang
and I have joked about starting our own publication.
@substack
gave us that opportunity.
It’s terrifying to set out on our own, and I’m sad to leave
@TheYellowSheet
.
But this thing is gonna be awesome.
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Frankly everyone worth their salt has it. I assume to see a lot of stories in the next 12 hours
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God bless all the Capitol reporters who have been working all night, more than 24 hours straight, to ensure your government doesn't get to pass a budget in secret.
@ben_giles
@rachelleingang
@paulinapineda22
@ruelaswritings
#azleg
is still going, y'all.
#redforedaz
#redfored
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Here's her piece on the incident
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We got so many new subscribers this morning that I thought something was broken.
Thanks,
@goodyk
!
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Subscribe to her paper for $20 per year.
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BREAKING: I FINALLY GOT A JOB!
I'm covering AZ's K-12 education system and
#TUSD
for
@TucsonStar
. Tips/ideas/gossip? hstephenson
@tucson
.com
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The Arizona Agenda is pushing a bill to put up a monument at the state Capitol.
It'll honor Don Bolles, the
@AZcentral
journalist who was killed by a car bomb in 1976 for investigating corruption.
But we need your help.
🧵
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So I’m thinking press corps caravan to all of Wendy’s houses…
How’s Saturday for y’all?
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Senator
@WendyRogersAZ
’s Statement on Restraining Order Against Local Reporter ⬇️
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HOLY SHIT: Records from Baltimore show AZ lawmaker David Stringer charged with multiple sex offenses, including child porn, in the 80s.
@phoenixnewtimes
and
@stevenjhsieh
found the records, which were supposed to be expunged.
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Remember when
@KariLake
was a newscaster who told you useful information?
Well, we’ve got a treat for you.
Meet “Deep Fake Kari Lake.”
She’ll teach you how to spot the wave of AI deepfakes coming your way this election.
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One of the actual humans on twitter did some research on
#duceybots
last night. Here we go...
Apparently this Irish singer is backing
@dougducey
=
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We bought a full-page ad in the local paper to promote the
@TucsonAgenda
and Arizona Agenda.
Help your friends and neighbors find smart, local, independent journalism that serves readers, not shareholders.
Introduce them to the Agenda.
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BREAKING: The House Ethics Committee document dump on David Stringer is out. AND IT'S SUPER GROSS.
Scroll to page 384, the Maryland police report from 1983.
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Before this
#azleg
session ends, one final round of applause for
@JMShumway
, who has mercilessly shamed
@AZSenateGOP
all year for using Covid as an excuse to sneak behind closed doors - in violation of their own rules - to conduct the public’s business.
GOP senators have now been in their improperly closed caucus for an hour. In any other year, I'd know what they were talking about — but this year the lawmakers could have spent the past hour playing beer pong on the long conference table for all anyone knows.
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It's Arizona Agenda's birthday!
That's right - it's been a whole year since we launched this odd little publication offering an insider's view of Arizona politics for political outsiders.
And what a year! Here's some of what we've accomplished. A thread
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Hey that’s us!
The Arizona Agenda, a local newsletter covering state politics, made a deep fake of Kari Lake to warn readers about the “terrifying new age” of artificial intelligence (AI) interference in elections
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And shame on
@amerdailyindy
and
@eNewsAZ
(of which Stringer is part owner) for their gutless and despicable defenses of Stringer. They didn't investigate. They ran Stringer's propaganda and defended him to the end.
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I told my neighbor she could have my newspaper since I get a free copy at the office. Instead of keeping it, she leaves it on my car a day later with post its to point out my typos.
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.
@dougducey
wants to swear in new AZ Supreme Court Justice Bill Montgomery in secret.
In the past those ceremonies were public.
@SecretaryHobbs
, other
@AZCourts
justices will be there.
Capitol press, shall we mob the 9th Floor at 11:30 and demand they make this event public?
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We now go live to
@dougducey
's reelection HQ, where thousands of real Arizonians are rallying for the gov on social media
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Some of Arizona’s lawmakers made a lot of money last year, not to mention partied with Gwen Stefani and got kickbacks from the University of Arizona. 💰
We went through more than 80 financial disclosure statements from legislators so you don’t have to. 🗃️ 🏛️
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Whose great idea was it to REARRANGE THE ENTIRE SECRETARY OF STATE'S WEBSITE RIGHT BEFORE THE ELECTION?
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Possibly my new fav
#DuceyBot
: The coach of the Azerbaijani judo team is also a proud Arizonan supporting
@dougducey
. Who knew?!
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I've decided to start a "legislative academy" to teach lawmakers about pop culture and head off any more scandals like this, "netflix and chill" & "furries."
DONATE NOW!
Kelly Townsend drew teardrop tattoos on her face today in response to an abortion bill, presumably unaware that the symbol signifies the person has committed murder via
@mitchellatencio
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Wait, so even after
@dougducey
's
#20X2020
raises, teachers in
@vailschools
will earn less than the current state average. $12k below national average.
Who chose this example?
Check out how the
#20x2020
plan will impact teachers in the Vail Unified School District
@vailschools
-->
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*SHAMELESS SELF PROMOTION*
Today was my last day running
@TheYellowSheet
. It’s been real y’all.
@rachelleingang
and I are starting something new soon. Please for the love of god subscribe!
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Making some audit bingo cards for tomorrow's hearing.
Plz send phrases to include.
And subscribe to if you wanna play along.
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Mark Finchem says people should “just follow the law” about elections. 🗳️
But when he broke an election law last week, he claimed he “wasn’t aware it’s illegal.” 🤷♂️🚫
He voted for the law in 2015. 🗓️📝
Link in bio 🔗
#MarkFinchem
#ArizonaElections
#VotingLaws
#YavapaiCounty
#
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The Don Bolles memorial bill is up for a hearing in the House Government Committee next Wednesday, Jan 25.
If you have a story to tell about Bolles or you just believe he deserves a place on the Capitol mall, please come testify!
The Arizona Agenda is pushing a bill to put up a monument at the state Capitol.
It'll honor Don Bolles, the
@AZcentral
journalist who was killed by a car bomb in 1976 for investigating corruption.
But we need your help.
🧵
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The Arizona Constitution contains a little-known provision requiring lawmakers adjourn sine die within 24 hours of
@KirkAdams
issuing his first
#startyourownrumor
tweet, or all lawmakers are immediately removed from office and replaced by 90 prairie dogs chosen by the governor.
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OMG the full quote
“Some random, kind of annoying reporter, we couldn’t see him, started drilling Doug Logan about who’s paying him. But the bottom line is it doesn’t matter.”
@JerodMacEvoy
Because of this I looked back at OANN's other audit videos and learned that they described
@hankdeanlight
as "some random, kind of annoying reporter." Changing my phone contact info for him now
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Our Don Bolles memorial bill just got out of the House Government Committee UNANIMOUSLY!!!
Thanks so much to everyone who helped, voted for it or just read along.
Next stop, House Rules Committee.
An Arizona House committee is about to discuss a Don Bolles memorial near the Arizona Capitol, a proposal led by
@hankdeanlight
.
I couldn't support this more. Remembering Bolles, and what threats to reporters can lead to, is critically important in our state and country.
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Lol guess who discovered the Arizona Agenda
And there you have it. A State-Funded University President (
@michaelcrow
) admits to influencing an election in favor of a Radical Marxist.
We’re cleaning up shop at
@ASU
, starting in January of 2023.
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Lol. All it took was an initiative to tax the rich and legislators are suddenly on board with
@dougducey
's 20x2020 plan
#20x2020
It’s official: We have a deal!
✅ 20% pay increase for teachers by 2020
✅ Permanent, ongoing, protected in the base formula
✅ $100,000,000 in additional dollars for support staff, increasing to $371,000,000 over 5 years
✅ No tax increase
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Rusty Bowers and Clint Hickman are a big part of the reason Donald Trump wasn’t able to steal the presidency in Arizona. 🇺🇸
Wanna buy them a drink to say thanks? 🍻
They’re taking your questions at Valley Bar tomorrow night. 🍸
Join us for this free event! 🎉
Link in bio 🔗
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you guys i'm gonna be a college professor lol
assuming people sign up for my class
if you're an
@Cronkite_ASU
student taking JMC301 in spring, sign up Tuesday-Thursday @ 4:30 it'll be fun
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Our new
@SubstackInc
newsletter, Arizona Agenda, launches tomorrow.
Naming this thing was hard. (
@rachelleingang
blackballed all my ideas.) But the logo turned out awesome thx to local designers
@shortwaveink
Subscribe now to catch our first edition!
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Bill Montgomery, Arizona’s newest Supreme Court justice, just snuck out the basement of
@dougducey
’s tower to the parking lot then peeled out in his car as he left lol
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Was working at the
@hotelcongress
patio when a fortune teller started talking at me and now I've got him reading candidates' fortunes
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You know who works at
@asu
part-time - teaching lawmakers, not students - and makes more than
@dg4az
?
GOP Corporation Commissioner and former House Speaker
@Andy_Tobin
David Garcia's ASU salary, workload come under fire from conservatives via
@azcentral
@dg4az
by
@rachelleingang
@mpolletta
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UPDATE: Clean Elections is pulling out.
Since
@AZPBS
sprung this
@katiehobbs
interview on
@AZCCEC
without notice, they've decided to "reschedule" the forum with
@KariLake
. They're clearly not happy with PBS.
Unclear if
@AZPBS
event goes on today without its partner,
@AZCCEC
.
Hearing
@AZPBS
has split with
@AZCCEC
and is offering
@katiehobbs
a one-on-one 30-minute interview next week -- just like she wanted -- in spite of her refusing to show up for tonight's debate with
@KariLake
.
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In which
@rachelleingang
does The Lord's Work and gets the porn turn back on for thousands of
@ASU
students.
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In which I expose myself as a fraud of an investigative reporter, but also get to write "jackalope" a few more times...
The reporter,
@hankdeanlight
said: "I wish I could attribute the piece to my own dogged reporting and network of sources. At best, I can attribute it to my ability to sit through tiresome public meetings."
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Tip o the hat to
@JimmyJenkins
’ always fantastic reporting on Department of Corrections in today’s Daily Agenda.
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BREAKING: Teachers will seek ballot initiative to fund education by taxing the rich.
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This is, what, the third time
@dougducey
has called for Stringer's resignation?
At what point do leaders start calling for his expulsion?
BREAKING Arizona Gov
@dougducey
calls on Republican State Rep David Stringer to resign after report of charges for sex offenses.
#12News
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Found him.
Here’s our guy! He was arrested and booked last night.
You phx locals are amazing! A few of you who slid into my dms knew him from the streets. As far as I can tell, he’s a local with some mental health issues and no ties to any campaigns.
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LOL. I'm gonna put this new nickname on my business card and email signature.
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Saw
@dougducey
at
@THispanicChmbr
lunch. Shook his hand and asked if he'd have a gaggle after.
@JWStarrPass
security got in my face, between me and gov, and detained me for 10 mins, repeatedly questioning authenticity of my press badge.
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.
@dougducey
is an elected official running for office. People should be able to stop and chat with him. He travels with his own security detail, who were fine with me saying hello.
@THispanicChmbr
people were perfectly nice and vouched for me.
@JWStarrPass
overstepped.
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You know who makes less than teachers?
Reporters.
.
@AzCapitolTimes
kindly remove pay wall so AZ teachers can read this article? Please! 🙏🏽
@ArizonaEA
#BillsNotBoats
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The first time I met
@Adrian_Fontes
and
@stephen_richer
was weird.
Their bromance is even weirder.
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Everyone who has ever worked at a small paper in AZ has felt this way about
@azcentral
at some point...
Wow
@washingtonpost
@AmyEGardner
@WaPoSean
@alice_crites
. I did the legwork three years ago, now you tout it as your own?
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*Googles "how to start a charter school"* ready to get rich now
Charter Board vote allows Eddie Farnsworth, school operator and lawmaker, to make up to $30 million to sell Ben Franklin schools to non profit he set up w friends who then may hire him to run schools. And, Farnsworth keeps 3 mil in equity. via
@azcentral
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We know about 70,000 kids are using ESAs under Arizona’s new universal voucher program. But we don’t know much about them.
A committee is supposed to get to the bottom of all the data we DON'T have about ESAs.
They’re meeting today for the second and likely final time.
🔗 Bio.
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.
@AZPressClub
delivered these to my office today.
You want your brick,
@DavidGowan
, or should I hold on to it for you?
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In the past three months, we’ve asked you for money in all sorts of dumb ways. (A thread)
This weekend only we’re having a Black Friday sale — $49 for a year subscription.
Subscribe now before we raise the price to $80.
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I guess now is a good time to plug bc if ppl don’t subscribe I’ll have to get a real job and not chase down this kind of stuff all day.
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Gina Swoboda, the new chair of the Arizona Republican Party, likes to mention that she’s a “certified elections officer.” It gives her credit with guys like Steve Bannon. 📜👩💼
But to become certified, she had to sign an oath promising not to sow doubt in elections. 🤞🗳️😮
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I'm just gonna pin this tweet and hope someone hires me.
Whoever hires Hank next will get the most dogged journalist with the best bullshit meter I've ever met. You can't teach either of those.
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Wow
@charrisazrep
got under someone's skin with his amazing reporting on charter schools.
Real classy account attacking him.
@MatthewWBenson
you're my first suspect. Confirm/deny?
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The rest of the country gets an Election Day.
With early voting and slow results, Arizona gets an Election Month.
#azawesome
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I read like four versions of this story and, as usual,
@antoniafarzan
is the only one that truly captured the madness of it all.
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I feel like I just reached peak awesome and should retire now
Arizona Agenda,
@hankdeanlight
and
@rachelleingang
's excellent new newsletter, has become my obligatory first read every morning. I've just upgraded from to a paid subscription (costs as much as a fancy latte) in support of them and their great journalism.
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One of the fellows whose image
#DuceyBots
have stolen.
In other news, I’m now a motorcycle-riding, sushi-eating, Arizona-loving supporter of some governor I’ve never heard of. Nice.
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I kept texting
@stephen_richer
about how us poll workers are starving and this guy shows up WITHOUT breakfast burritos.
Come vote or drop off your ballot at the
@phxart
location! But don’t you dare try to politic within the 75-foot line. I’m the marshal here.
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