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Jerod MacDonald-Evoy @jerodmacevoy.com · 12h
This is some great reporting from Conecta Arizona. Interviews with people who have been inside the facility in Downtown Phoenix that ICE says is meant to only hold people for 12 hours but has been holding people for longer. Here is my report on the same facility: azmirror.com/2026/09/02/s...
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Seizures, chest pain and long holds at a Phoenix ICE facility flying under the radar
Records reveal Phoenix ICE facility conditions: 11 emergency calls and detainees held far past the 12-hour limit
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Jerod MacDonald-Evoy @jerodmacevoy.com · 12h
ICE's back door: from Phoenix's McDowell to Nogales conectaarizona.com/ice-phoenix-...
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La puerta trasera de ICE: de la McDowell de Phoenix a Nogales – Conecta Arizona
Una investigación revela qué ocurre dentro de la oficina de ICE en Phoenix, donde miles de inmigrantes han sido retenidos en celdas temporales antes de ser trasladados o deportados.
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 15h
The government shouldn’t be able to secretly obtain journalists’ phone records without court approval. But DHS is abusing its authority to do just that. Read more about what Congress, journalists, and tech companies can do about it:
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These secret subpoenas are targeting journalists
Don Lemon and Georgia Fort aren’t the first journalists to be targeted with administrative subpoenas. Unless Congress acts, they won’t be the last
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Verum Signal @verumsignal.com · 29/09/2026
A starter pack for this fall's debates: reporters and newsrooms covering the statewide races in Arizona, California, Maine, Michigan, Iowa and New York. One tap follows them all. go.bsky.app/Qm1jyrn
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Arizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 29/09/2026
Timothy Courchaine said there is "no reason for concern," but Adrian Fontes vowed not to hand over the voter rolls story via @jerodmacevoy.com
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U.S. attorney tells AZ officials feds won't back down on scouring voter data for noncitizens
Arizona voter rolls dispute: U.S. attorney says feds won't back down; Fontes refuses to hand over the data without a court order
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Sasha Hupka @sashahupka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NEW: An investigation by Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell found 52 of 60 potential noncitizens flagged by a error-prone federal system known as SAVE are actually citizens. Last week, SCOTUS said President Donald Trump's administration can use the tool. Read: www.votebeat.org/arizona/2026...
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52 out of 60 voters flagged as noncitizens in key Arizona county turn out to be citizens
Maricopa County’s GOP recorder said he had found 60 noncitizens who had cast a ballot. Upon closer investigation, though, the real number is only eight.
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Arizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 28/09/2026
“Almost the entire state was surgically removed from the Axon Bill’s reach, with no conceivably reasonable or legitimate justification for the omission.” story via @jerodmacevoy.com
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Opponents of Axon's Scottsdale project take fight over voter rights to appeals court
Axon Scottsdale law: Residents appeal to overturn a statute they say unconstitutionally blocked a vote on Axon's HQ project
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Jerod MacDonald-Evoy @jerodmacevoy.com · 28/09/2026
RIP
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Jerod MacDonald-Evoy @jerodmacevoy.com · 28/09/2026
This is wild. Hacking the gov't cause the gov't said you were full of it is something else.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
1. Jay Feely, a former NFL kicker and a GOP candidate for Congress in Arizona, has made “protecting women’s sports” a centerpiece of his election campaign. So I reviewed years of Feely’s podcast appearances to see what he actually thinks about female athletes. 🧵
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Arizona Right Watch @azrww.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Neo-nazis don’t even have to bother trying the forgiveness arc anymore before getting a splashy profile they just gotta be a little sad their racist grift didn’t work out
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Arizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 25/09/2026
A separate Nevada ruling settled the same legal question, Mayes argues, so the outcome in Arizona 'must be the same' story via @jimsmall.bsky.social
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After 9th Circuit ruling, Mayes pushes to revive her gambling case against Kalshi
AG Kris Mayes wants the 9th Circuit to lift the injunction blocking Arizona's gambling case against Kalshi
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Arizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 25/09/2026
A building at Mesa Gateway Airport was designed to hold 157 ICE detainees. At one point this year, it held 777. We were the first to report the facility existed and that it was horribly overcrowded. That kind of reporting is why we're asking for 80 new donors to celbrate our 8th anniversary.
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Donate | Arizona Mirror
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Noah VanDowe @vandowe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Candace Owens calls Jeremy Boreing a "Jeffrey Dahmer character" who "never liked" Charlie Kirk, Alex Jones says Laura Loomer is a "twisted harpy," and Mark Levin calls Tucker Carlson a "thug bastard" This week in right-wing podcast wars 👇 @mmfa.bsky.social www.mediamatters.org/candace-owen...
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Podcast Wars: A “Jeffrey Dahmer character,” a “twisted harpy,” and a “thug bastard”
Welcome to Media Matters’ regular debrief on the Podcast Wars. This week, Candace Owens stood at the center of the smoldering right-wing media civil war, exchanging fire with a variety of conservative...
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Arizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 25/09/2026
Eight years ago today, the Arizona Mirror launched with four journalists and no paywall. It's still free to read, and any newsroom can still republish it for free. For our birthday, we're looking for 80 new donors by Monday night. Will you be one?
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Donate | Arizona Mirror
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Jerod MacDonald-Evoy @jerodmacevoy.com · 25/09/2026
If you appreciate any of this reporting, please consider donating to help us keep up this work. My colleagues and myself will continue to be watchdogs that intend to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. azmirror.com/donate/
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Jerod MacDonald-Evoy @jerodmacevoy.com · 25/09/2026
This year isn't over yet and there is plenty more to come but my reporting on ICE temporary hold facilities has led to multiple Congressional oversight visits this year so far. azmirror.com/2026/04/09/i...
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ICE moved detainees out of an overcrowded Mesa facility before congressional oversight visit
A Mesa ICE facility built for 157 people held nearly 800 in a single day, with some detainees staying up to 18 days
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Jerod MacDonald-Evoy @jerodmacevoy.com · 25/09/2026
(2025) Last year a number of my stories made nat'l headlines (ICE director Amazon Prime comment as an example) but one investigation in particular I'm proud of. I was able to confirm that VP J.D. Vance's campaign plane was previously a deportation plane. azmirror.com/2025/05/29/j...
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J.D. Vance's campaign plane carried anti-immigrant rhetoric. Now it carries shackled deportees.
Vance campaign plane deportation flights ICE records show Boeing 737 used for VP travel now conducts immigrant removals
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Jerod MacDonald-Evoy @jerodmacevoy.com · 25/09/2026
(2024) This year I did a ton of long-form stories on a litany of issues (kratom, troubled teen industry, extremism) but one stands out as a story I'm very proud of. Examining the issue of homelessness and speaking with the people on the ground. azmirror.com/2024/03/15/t...
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There are no silver bullets to solve the homelessness crisis
Arizona has seen a year-over-year increase in its unhoused population since 2017. The number of people experiencing homelessness in the state is at levels the state has not seen since the late 2000s, ...
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Jerod MacDonald-Evoy @jerodmacevoy.com · 25/09/2026
(2023) Another investigation into a little known issue regarding state law and a story that also changed how I approach finding a groomer for my pets. azmirror.com/2023/03/07/a...
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'Anybody with a set of clippers': Pet groomers are totally unregulated in Arizona
Animals can be seriously injured or killed by unqualified groomers, but there's little recourse because there are no regulations
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Jerod MacDonald-Evoy @jerodmacevoy.com · 25/09/2026
(2022) This was another year full of a lot of stories I'm super proud of. It was a big year for reporting on extremism for me but one story stands out as particularly memorable. A story shining a light on a gap in Arizona law. azmirror.com/2022/05/31/i...
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In Arizona, you can be forced to sell your condo
Jie Cao and Haining Xia fell in love with the United States and, upon moving stateside from China in the 80s, they decided to settle down in a place with wide open blue skies that epitomized the freed...
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Jerod MacDonald-Evoy @jerodmacevoy.com · 25/09/2026
(2021) It was a crazy year full of all sorts of reporting I'm super proud of (from COVID, audits and extremism) but a story I often think about a lot is about a lesser known piece of tech that is likely to become the next big thing in surveillance. azmirror.com/2021/10/14/p...
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“Pseudo Satellite” plane completes test in Arizona desert, worries privacy advocates
“Pseudo Satellite” plane completes test in Arizona desert, worries privacy advocates
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Jerod MacDonald-Evoy @jerodmacevoy.com · 25/09/2026
(2020) I won another first place award for my reporting on the QAnon conspiracy theory which had dug itself deep into Arizona politics. azmirror.com/2020/09/22/a...
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Arizona has deep QAnon ties, including its politicians
Ethan Watkins was deeply troubled by the responses he was getting in his late-night text exchange last month as he pressed his friend on QAnon, the dangerous conspiracy theory that has been linked to ...
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Jerod MacDonald-Evoy @jerodmacevoy.com · 25/09/2026
(2019) I found that AzDPS was quietly changing out its duty pistols after a flaw was discovered that caused the gun to fire on its own or not fire when needed. This story took a lot of digging and research that I'm proud of to this day. azmirror.com/2019/04/22/a... azmirror.com/2019/05/08/h...
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After discovering critical flaw in gun, DPS quietly replacing guns issued to all troopers
After discovering a critical flaw that could prevent the gun from firing, DPS began hurriedly replacing roughly 1,500 FNS pistols that replaced the previous sidearm in the name of cost savings.
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Jerod MacDonald-Evoy @jerodmacevoy.com · 25/09/2026
(2018) One of the first two stories I published when we launched was about a landlord in Tempe who is known to many renters in the area. The story dug deep into complaints and his use of Section 8. The story eventually took home a 1st place award. azmirror.com/2018/09/25/l...
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Landlords and tenants battle it out in Tempe over affordable housing
Edwin Lambert is an accomplished man. He spent six months in the Antarctic, he ran a nuclear power plant and worked as a probation officer. But one of his biggest accomplishments has been his adopted ...
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Jerod MacDonald-Evoy @jerodmacevoy.com · 25/09/2026
Today is the 8th anniversary of the @azmirror.com and to celebrate I'm going to share one of my favorite stories from each of those 8 years!
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Arizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 25/09/2026
Houston PD accounted for nearly a third of searches of one Arizona agency's Flock system, alarming privacy advocates story via @jerodmacevoy.com
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Who's tracking Arizona drivers through Flock cameras? Often, it's police from other states.
Arizona license plate data: Out-of-state police are among the heaviest users of Flock cameras surveillance data, records show
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Arizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 24/09/2026
The same aircraft used in Iran and other foreign wars is now surveilling U.S. communities, with no answers on what data it collects story via @jerodmacevoy.com
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War-zone surveillance comes home as Predator drones fly loops over Arizona border towns
Arizona border drone: An Army Predator built for warzones is flying over border towns, alarming privacy advocates
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Jerod MacDonald-Evoy @jerodmacevoy.com · 24/09/2026
I was curious if it was my VPN and turned it off and was still getting them. I actually ended up getting more cause I ended up getting the ads supporting him too!
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Jerod MacDonald-Evoy @jerodmacevoy.com · 24/09/2026
I get these ads on YouTube and I don't even live in Texas.
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Arizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 24/09/2026
“It is not optional for the Commission and its representatives to enforce the provisions of the (Citizens Clean Election Act) at issue here,” the commissioners said in their response to the candidates' lawsuit. Story by @caitlinsievers.bsky.social
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Clean Elections tells court it must investigate Green Party fraud claims
The Arizona Citizens Clean Election Commission says that its investigation into whether two Green Party candidates fraudulently qualified for campaign funding is squarely within the scope of its legal...
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Arizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 24/09/2026
Kris Mayes derided Warren Petersen's two years as a lawyer and his backing from a firm she sued while he called her a partisan who weaponized the office story via @glorihuh.bsky.social
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Arizona AG rivals Mayes and Petersen trade attacks over experience, donors and deportation
Arizona attorney general debate: Mayes and Petersen clash over immigration, experience and the 2020 election
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Arizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 24/09/2026
Republican Elijah Norton and Democrat Nick Mansour each cast the other as too partisan to be trusted with the state's money story via @jerodmacevoy.com
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Norton, Mansour trade attacks over risk and partisanship in treasurer debate
Arizona treasurer debate: Norton and Mansour clash over a $10 billion trust fund and who's too partisan for the job
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 23/09/2026
BREAKING: Heads of major AI firms warn the UN that without intervention, "AI could be a risk to humanity as a whole".
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Heads of AI firms tell UN Security Council that it could be a risk to all humanity
The heads of major artificial intelligence firms pleaded with the United Nations to set controls over the burgeoning technology they are designing in order to save the world — or at least its people.
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404 Media @404media.co · 23/09/2026
NEW: Yesterday, 404 Media broke news of the FBI breach. Now, we've discovered it has exposed the FBI's own hacking unit. The FBI's Remote Operations Unit (ROU) is a highly secretive team of hackers making exploits and tools to break into target’s devices. Some of its members just got exposed.
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FBI Hack Exposed FBI’s Own Hacking Unit
The FBI's Remote Operations Unit (ROU) is a highly secretive team of hackers making exploits and tools to break into target’s devices. Some of its members just got exposed.
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Jerod MacDonald-Evoy @jerodmacevoy.com · 23/09/2026
I do have a portable scanner. That isn't a terrible idea. My favorite thing about hand written notes though is they can't be hacked. I can even place them in a safe if I want. Suppose you could do something similar with digital files and a thumb drive.
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Jerod MacDonald-Evoy @jerodmacevoy.com · 23/09/2026
I need to find a better way to organize my handwritten notes (my preferred note taking method). This is just from this year. Used to have a whole box of them that sadly burned up in a storage shed fire that had notes from the start of my career.
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Arizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 22/09/2026
“People don’t have to be against the death penalty to recognize a dollar is poorly invested. Things that keep our community safer cost a lot less, and it might mean that we don’t have to deal with this issue.”
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Arizona spends millions on the death penalty. Victims' families want it on cold cases.
Arizona cold cases: Homicide victims' families urge the state to fund unsolved murders over the death penalty
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Arizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 23/09/2026
Young Diné voters are preparing to cast their first ballots as the Nation weighs marriage equality, economic opportunity, basic services and whether their government can deliver via @lookoutnews.bsky.social
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'What’s the point?': Inside a Navajo Nation election marked by distrust
Young Diné voters are preparing to cast their first ballots as the Nation weighs marriage equality, economic opportunity, basic services and whether their government can deliver
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Sean Scully @seanibus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Advocates say money Arizona spends litigating capital cases would do more good invested in unsolved murders, crime labs and survivor support, report @azmirror.com and @statesnewsroom.com buff.ly/ozC7d4o
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Arizona spends millions on the death penalty. Victims' families want it spent on cold cases.
Arizona cold cases: Homicide victims' families urge the state to fund unsolved murders over the death penalty
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NPR @npr.org · 23/09/2026
The First Amendment defined the right to free speech and a free press. But a free press doesn't just happen. It's something we must protect. Your support is essential to our ability to provide journalism that upholds your right to know. Donate now: n.pr/4hgyjzz
Statement on White House bans from Thomas Evans, NPR’s Editor in Chief: Barring journalists from the White House because the president dislikes their reporting is a blatant violation of the First Amendment, and NPR condemns it without qualification.The American public has a right to know what its government is doing in its name — not only the coverage a president finds flattering, but the full and accurate account of the use of power and public resources.That right belongs to the public, and it is not the president's to revoke. The press, and specifically public media, exists to conduct that accounting to every American, in every community, in service to the public interest.NPR and our Member stations will continue to uphold these First Amendment rights, and to stand with any news organization targeted for its reporting.
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Jim Small @jimsmall.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
How it started How it's going Voter registration in this district is R+12. Trump won it by 15 points in 2024. The electoral environment is so toxic for Republicans right now that this district is in play. And dozens more like it across the nation.
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Arizona Right Watch @azrww.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
TPUSA’s longtime pop culture turned MAHA podcaster Alex Clark said she hid her recent marriage to debut the news on her spinoff podcast and the first episode was literally “sex isn’t optional.” That’s what Yrēfy is putting their money into (who runs the studio where Clark makes her TPUSA podcast).
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Jerod MacDonald-Evoy @jerodmacevoy.com · 23/09/2026
I get a lot of interesting emails but this is a first.
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Jim Small @jimsmall.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Republicans are increasingly scared they're going to lose the #azleg this year for the first time since 1966. This mailer in a Tucson-area legislative district from the Senate GOP Victory PAC begs voters to support the Republican to avoid "one-party control." We've mostly had that for 60 years!
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Jerod MacDonald-Evoy @jerodmacevoy.com · 22/09/2026
I approached one of these towers to photograph it for a story on border surveillance and its impact on local communities. It swiveled and looked at me and another reporter as we approached it. CBP denied my FOIA for the footage. azmirror.com/2026/02/19/h...
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Jess Hamzelou @jesshamzelou.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This vital and devastating investigation by my brilliant colleagues @eileenguo.bsky.social and @jamesmodonnell.bsky.social is an absolute must-read. The US spent billions on border surveillance. Why can't it catch people before they die? www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/21/1...
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The US spent billions on border surveillance. Why can’t it catch people before they die?
Surveillance towers, increasingly powered by AI, promised faster responses to crossings. Our investigation of deaths near the towers found they are failing to deliver.
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Jerod MacDonald-Evoy @jerodmacevoy.com · 21/09/2026
If you missed me on KJZZ this morning. www.kjzz.org/the-show/202...
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The company behind a major Arizona charter school chain is under criminal investigation
The CEO of American Leadership Academy is under scrutiny, as his political action committee is being investigated for allegedly funneling corporate money to Republican legislative candidates
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Tom McKay @catturd2.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
FBI warns ICE agents not to trust any women willing to date them gizmodo.com/fbi-warns-ic...
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Jerod MacDonald-Evoy @jerodmacevoy.com · 18/09/2026
Virgin Galactic's White Knight Two appears to be heading into the Valley. They have a hanger at Mesa Gateway airport.
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