Reposted by Jim SmallArizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 14hTrump's comments — along with the red-state rallies — underscore the political peril that analysts see facing Republicans in the midterm electionsazmirror.comAs the GOP slips in polls, Trump swaps demonizing voting by mail with pleas to use it | Arizona MirrorTrump mail voting reversal: The president urges supporters to vote by mail after months of trying to restrict the practice 2147
Reposted by Jim SmallArizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 19h“A group of power-hungry politicians has voted to put a set of highly deceptive propositions on your ballot this November. They want to make voting more difficult, hollow out our schools with funding cuts, and institute blanket mandates in school sports.” story via @caitlinsievers.bsky.socialazmirror.comProgressive PAC launches $1M campaign against ‘deceptive’ GOP-backed ballot propositionsArizona ballot propositions: A progressive PAC is spending $1M to defeat four GOP-referred measures before Nov. 3. 01814
Reposted by Jim SmallArizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 03/10/2026The board voted 5-0 to report Brad Miller to the State Bar, but didn't say which of their many clashes prompted the complaint story via @glorihuh.bsky.socialazmirror.comPinal supervisors escalate feud with county attorney Brad Miller, seek bar investigationPinal County attorney bar complaint: Supervisors voted 5-0 to report Brad Miller to the State Bar after a year of disputes 082
Reposted by Jim SmallArizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 02/10/2026“The path forward is clear,” US Rep. Adelita Grijalva said. “We need to stop Trump’s economic sabotage.” story via @glorihuh.bsky.socialazmirror.comDemocrats target Arizona utility panel as electricity costs become a top voter issueArizona Corporation Commission race: Democrats hope rising electricity bills drive voters to flip the all-GOP utility panel 0176
Reposted by Jim SmallArizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 02/10/2026Inspectors found rodent infestations, broken smoke alarms and electrical dangers, but the department took up to 115 days to notify owners, auditors found story via @jerodmacevoy.comazmirror.comState auditors find repeated failures at Arizona's affordable housing agencyArizona Housing Department audit: Inspectors found safety hazards took months to report at subsidized housing properties 01612
Reposted by Jim SmallArizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 02/10/2026Trump has been blocked on nearly every major election initiative this year, but won't rule out intervening in other waysazmirror.comAnxiety is growing Trump may try to disrupt the midterm elections. States are prepping. | Arizona MirrorOfficials brace for possible Trump or federal disruption at the midterm elections, but experts say the vote is secure 42113
Reposted by Jim SmallArizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 02/10/2026Billions in federal funding fueled a surge in 287(g) agreements, which deputize state and local officers to enforce immigration lawazmirror.comFederal funds for local police enforcement accelerated Trump immigration crackdown | Arizona MirrorFederal funding drove 287(g) partnerships with local police to record highs, pushing immigration arrests up this summer 166
Reposted by Jim SmallThe Daily Montanan @dailymontanan.com · 02/10/2026Columnist Doug James recounts the moment he began to understand the immense power of the government. dailymontanan.com/2026/10/02/t...dailymontanan.comCommentary: The trap door beneath a 10-year-old • Daily MontananColumnist Doug James has never lost the frightening experience of being 10 and realize: The government could kill you. 024
Reposted by Jim SmallArizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 02/10/2026The Trump administration joined five states to remove community-living language from a landmark disability-rights regulationazmirror.comA lawsuit from GOP states to end trans protections ended by rolling back disability rights | Arizona MirrorDisability rights rollback: A court strikes the Section 504 rule steering disabled people toward community-based care 179
Reposted by Jim SmallArizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 02/10/2026The prison leader hired to fix Tennessee's protocol previously oversaw Arizona executions plagued by the same catheter problemsazmirror.comHow a Tennessee execution gone wrong connects to Arizona's capital punishment troublesThe official who oversaw Arizona's 2022 execution troubles now runs Tennessee's prison department, where a woman's execution was botched Wednesday 22523
Reposted by Jim SmallArizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 02/10/2026Justice Kagan rejected the state's final bid to halt a court-ordered receivership set to begin Oct. 19 after 14 years of litigationazmirror.comSupreme Court clears the way for receiver to run Arizona prison healthcareArizona prison healthcare receivership: Supreme Court rejects the state's bid to block the Oct. 19 takeover 086
Reposted by Jim SmallArizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 02/10/2026Republican Jay Feely has called Social Security a "liability" and a "Ponzi scheme." His solutions include raising the retirement age and privatizing the system. story via @jerodmacevoy.comazmirror.comJay Feely called Social Security a 'Ponzi scheme.' In CD1, 175,000 people rely on it.Jay Feely has called Social Security a 'Ponzi scheme' that should be privatized, even as 175,000 in the swing district rely on it 41719
Reposted by Jim SmallArizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 01/10/2026The rule denies bond to those who crossed illegally — even decades ago — and has been struck down by nine appeals courtsazmirror.comSupreme Court to weigh Trump policy of mandatory indefinite detention for immigrants | Arizona MirrorThe U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a case challenging a Trump administration policy that threatens millions of immigrants with mandatory and indefinite detention while fighting their co... 11215
Jim Small @jimsmall.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Perhaps Hank Kunneman should read, re-read and then read again the story of Jonah, which couldn't be more on the nose for what he's demanding his god do 040
Jim Small @jimsmall.bsky.social · 01/10/2026So very Christ-like to beg God to murder people who vote differently than you 180
Reposted by Jim SmallArizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 01/10/2026“We need change, and that change starts with making sure that LD23 has strong voices at the Capitol.” story via @glorihuh.bsky.socialazmirror.comDemocrats eye a rural swing district in bid to flip the Arizona HouseArizona House LD23: Democrats target a rural swing district that could end 60 years of GOP control of the chamber 097
Reposted by Jim SmallArizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 01/10/2026AG Kris Mayes indicted civil rights activist Jarrett Maupin for fraud earlier this year. Now he's trying to help her GOP opponent win election. story via @jerodmacevoy.comazmirror.comKris Mayes hits Warren Petersen for campaigning alongside an activist she indicted for fraudGOP attorney general candidate Warren Petersen is stumping with Jarrett Maupin, an activist indicted on fraud charges by Mayes 196
Reposted by Jim SmallArizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 01/10/2026Trump's blitz starts in Oklahoma and hits GOP strongholds, a sign he's focused on rallying the base and not winning converts in a midterm that is shaping up to be disastrous for Republicansazmirror.comTrump launches 32-day campaign blitz in deep-red states as approval sinks | Arizona MirrorTrump midterm campaign: A 32-day blitz through red states signals his limited reach with swing voters, analysts say 395
Jim Small @jimsmall.bsky.social · 01/10/2026According to Factba.se's 2018 study of the first 30,000 unscripted words of the last 15 U.S. presidents (from Herbert Hoover to Donald Trump), Trump's score was the lowest among them. He spoke at a 4th grade level, and that was 8 years ago. It's demonstrably worse now. 021
Reposted by Jim SmallArizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 01/10/2026“The election deniers like Mr. Kolodin forget that convenience and access are actually the same thing. When you’re making it less convenient for voters, you’re reducing their access.” story via @caitlinsievers.bsky.socialazmirror.comFontes and Kolodin clash over mail voting and election results as debate devolves into name-callingArizona secretary of state debate: Fontes and Kolodin clash over mail voting, Prop. 144 and election results 01410
Reposted by Jim SmallArizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 01/10/2026A split court rejected a Koch-backed group's claim that requiring donors to be named violates the First Amendment story via @jimsmall.bsky.socialazmirror.comArizona's voter-approved dark money law defeats First Amendment challenge in appellate rulingArizona dark money law: The 9th Circuit upheld the voter-approved disclosure measure, rejecting a First Amendment challenge 83829
Jim Small @jimsmall.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Vance and the others all know this is a lie, but they want to believe the lie is true. The prospect of a massive evil conspiracy of evil conspirators conspiring to do evil is *exciting* and they can cast themselves as heroes. That's better than the reality: They're just picking on scared children. 1124
Reposted by Jim SmallJennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026He's trying to do George C. Scott from Patton but is mostly doing George C. Scott from Strangelove. 21149188
Reposted by Jim SmallArizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 30/09/2026A survey found 82% of Arizonans oppose selling trust land to housing developers, even as GOP lawmakers press the idea story via @glorihuh.bsky.socialazmirror.comSelling Arizona trust land won't guarantee more housing, land chief tells lawmakersThe state land chief says selling Arizona trust land won't guarantee more housing gets built, as Republican rage about leases for solar farms 12415
Reposted by Jim SmallArizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 30/09/2026“But if something like this had crossed my desk, I would have said, ‘You can’t pay for this ad. It is clearly illegal.’ It’s that clear a violation of law and it’s really corrosive to democracy.”azmirror.comTrump uses $20M in Homeland Security funds for 'clearly illegal' ads featuring himself | Arizona MirrorDemocrats say $20M in DHS money is paying for 'clearly illegal' ads featuring President Trump before the midterms 13220
Reposted by Jim SmallArizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 29/09/2026Risa Lombardo and Duwayne Collier can refile if the Clean Elections Commission ultimately orders them to return the money they're accused of obtaining by fraud story via @caitlinsievers.bsky.socialazmirror.comJudge dismisses 'sham' Green Party candidates’ lawsuit against agency investigating themClean Elections lawsuit dismissed: A judge won't block the fraud probe of two Green Party candidates until it's finished 146
Jim Small @jimsmall.bsky.social · 29/09/2026They've never been battle-tested in a general election and it shows 141
Reposted by Jim SmallMissouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 29/09/2026On Monday, Eric Schmitt helped pass a bipartisan college sports bill. On Tuesday, he mixed up the Atlanta Hawks and Iowa Hawkeyes, used the bad information to accuse Jack Smith of perjury and called him a “dirtbag.” #moleg #mogovmissouriindependent.comCommentary: Eric Schmitt’s Hawks-Hawkeyes blunder and the politician he’s become • Missouri IndependentMissouri Sen. Eric Schmitt accused Jack Smith of perjury over a Hawks-Hawkeyes mix-up, highlighting how his political style has changed. 33013
Reposted by Jim SmallArizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 29/09/2026“Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation,” Jack Smith told senatorsazmirror.comGOP senator bungles 'dirtbag' attack on Jack Smith unravels over a basketball mix-up | Arizona MirrorJack Smith Senate hearing: The former special counsel defended his Trump investigations as Republicans attacked his work 35213
Reposted by Jim SmallDag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Are data centers about to become very popular? 21950169
Jim Small @jimsmall.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Every day, I come around a little more to the theory that there's some secret "Brewster's Millions" type prize for Trump if Republicans lose badly enough in this election. Nothing else makes sense. 1124
Reposted by Jim SmallArizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 29/09/2026The outlets argue Trump's ban is intended to "cow" journalists and that he's signaled other "fake news" outlets could be nextazmirror.comNews orgs banned from White House accuse Trump of First Amendment violation | Arizona MirrorTrump White House press ban: CNN, MS Now and Politico ask a judge for a longer order protecting access before the TRO expires Oct. 8 1157
Reposted by Jim SmallArizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 29/09/2026Both sides see the coming Congress as a turning point, though filibuster rules make any change a steep climbazmirror.comAnti-abortion groups worry Hyde Amendment’s 50-year run could end with new congressional majority | Arizona Mirror50 years after it barred federal funding for abortion, advocates debate whether the Hyde Amendment can survive a new Congress 033
Reposted by Jim SmallAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026One thing that’s interesting about this is that it shows that despite insisting the wokes overinterpet everything, conservatives are actually aware of and agree with their critics about how coded racist appeals work, they just like them bsky.app/profile/newr... 312886640
Reposted by Jim SmallAnna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 29/09/2026So is Todd gonna personally present the case to the Ft. Pierce grand jury or….? Because if you can’t even persuade Joe DiGenova or Kurt Olsen to do it….who’s left? 27453102
Reposted by Jim SmallArizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 29/09/2026Timothy Courchaine said there is "no reason for concern," but Adrian Fontes vowed not to hand over the voter rolls story via @jerodmacevoy.comazmirror.comU.S. attorney tells AZ officials feds won't back down on scouring voter data for noncitizensArizona voter rolls dispute: U.S. attorney says feds won't back down; Fontes refuses to hand over the data without a court order 42620
Reposted by Jim SmallArizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 28/09/2026The voters were flagged earlier this year by a federal voter verification tool that is known to produce false positives, and Recorder Justin Heap referred them to county prosecutors for review story via @sashahupka.bsky.social & @votebeat.orgazmirror.comMaricopa County investigated 60 suspected noncitizen voters. 52 are citizens, 8 are not.Most Maricopa County voters flagged as potential noncitizen by an error-prone federal system are actually citizens, according to prosecutors 2119
Reposted by Jim Smallhammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 28/09/2026GOP Consultants : what do you mean she just fucking tweeted it out 743517752
Reposted by Jim SmallArizona 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.comazmirror.comOpponents of Axon's Scottsdale project take fight over voter rights to appeals courtAxon Scottsdale law: Residents appeal to overturn a statute they say unconstitutionally blocked a vote on Axon's HQ project 1123
Reposted by Jim SmallArizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 28/09/202671% of Americans worry AI will cost jobs, but political polarization and Trump's opposition to regulation has Washington polarizedazmirror.com‘Dumbfounds us all’: Congress struggles with policies rippling from AI development | Arizona MirrorAI regulation Congress: Lawmakers warn about AI's risks but are unlikely to act before the midterms 272
Reposted by Jim SmallHeidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This truly is horrifying. Not only is he unlawfully spending OUR money on a political ad, the whole point of the ad is that roughly half of the country consists of enemies who must be conquered. 44747162
Reposted by Jim SmallSean Scully @seanibus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“The State of Arizona stands ready to pursue all legal avenues, up to and including criminal prosecution, to safeguard the privacy of our voters," the Democratic secretary of state and attorney general say, report @azmirror.com and @statesnewsroom.com buff.ly/fnMIzuHbuff.lyMayes, Fontes say the Trump administration may be breaking the law to scour Arizona voter dataArizona voter privacy: Mayes warns a federal noncitizen-voter search may break the law as the Supreme Court weighs in 031
Reposted by Jim SmallArizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 28/09/2026$8 a month: one dollar for every year we've covered Arizona. That $96 a year keeps accountability journalism free for everyone who needs it. azmirror.com/donate 074
Jim Small @jimsmall.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Additionally, a huge swath of Republicans in Congress and in every office down the ballot only has political experience in the Trump era. It's not normal politics, but they don't know that, and don't know how to function in it. Same with the consultants advising them. 071
Reposted by Jim SmallArizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 26/09/2026Mayes and Fontes said they'll consider legal action, even criminal charges, if voters' personal data is being misused story via @glorihuh.bsky.socialazmirror.comMayes, Fontes say the Trump administration may be breaking the law to scour Arizona voter dataArizona voter privacy: Mayes warns a federal noncitizen-voter search may break the law as the Supreme Court weighs in 13617
Reposted by Jim SmallArizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 25/09/2026OPINION | We should not be debating how to divide the shortage. We should be asking how to end it — and build the fully staffed, fully supported public schools our children deserve.azmirror.comCommentary: You can't strengthen Arizona schools by dismantling the team behind our teachersProp. 320 Arizona schools: Why a 60% classroom-spending mandate is the wrong fix for the state's teacher shortage 0178