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MAGA silent as Musk oversteps but unleashes fury at ... Tom Hanks?

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Phoenix company saved lives in Toronto plane crash

Phoenix company saved lives in Toronto plane crash
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Arizona Republic

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Sorry, MAGA, but you are Tom Hanks' 'SNL' character

Sorry, MAGA, but you are Tom Hanks' 'SNL' character
yesterday 10

Arizona Republic

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Vance lectured Germans on exactly what Trump won't do

Vance lectured Germans on exactly what Trump won't do
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Evidence doesn't fit MAGA narrative on DEI. That's not stopping them.

Evidence doesn't fit MAGA narrative on DEI. That's not stopping them.
16.02.2025 30

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Killing Medicaid will kill people, and our souls

Killing Medicaid will kill people, and our souls
13.02.2025 4

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Lawmakers ignore the biggest killer of Arizona teens

Lawmakers ignore the biggest killer of Arizona teens
12.02.2025 4

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Look for ICE agents to soon hunt down activist clergy

12.02.2025 10

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Elon Musk wants to fire Kari Lake. Call it MAGA karma

Elon Musk wants to fire Kari Lake. Call it MAGA karma
11.02.2025 4

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Sens. Kelly and Gallego are do-nothing Dems. Fight back

Sens. Kelly and Gallego are do-nothing Dems. Fight back
08.02.2025 9

Arizona Republic

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Pro-gun lawmaker unwittingly makes case for gun control

Pro-gun lawmaker unwittingly makes case for gun control
08.02.2025 5

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Elon Musk can peek inside your wallet. You OK with that?

Elon Musk can peek inside your wallet. You OK with that?
07.02.2025 3

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Rep. Biggs sacrifices workers to help billionaires

Rep. Biggs sacrifices workers to help billionaires
06.02.2025 60

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Arizona workers should never trust Trump's buyout

Arizona workers should never trust Trump's buyout
05.02.2025 4

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DEI has become the new n-word under Trump

DEI has become the new n-word under Trump
04.02.2025 20

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Rep. Schweikert and RFK Jr. are cuckoos of a feather

Rep. Schweikert and RFK Jr. are cuckoos of a feather
31.01.2025 6

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Trump’s funding freeze tests what we're willing to lose

Trump’s funding freeze tests what we're willing to lose
31.01.2025 10

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Another attempt to make life hell for helpless students

Another attempt to make life hell for helpless students
31.01.2025 30

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Imagine frenzy if DC plane crash was on Biden's watch

Imagine frenzy if DC plane crash was on Biden's watch
31.01.2025 10

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Phoenix Union makes wise move to protect immigrant kids

Phoenix Union makes wise move to protect immigrant kids
29.01.2025 10

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Kari Lake makes GOP senators toe the line ... in Iowa

Kari Lake makes GOP senators toe the line ... in Iowa
29.01.2025 10

Arizona Republic

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Trump won't erase Arizona's WWII heroes, after all

Trump won't erase Arizona's WWII heroes, after all
28.01.2025 20

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Bill would force unarmed leaders into a battle of wits

25.01.2025 5

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Police are the first suckers to be sold out by Trump

23.01.2025 3

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GOP is cursed with Transgender Derangement Syndrome

23.01.2025 5

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Sen. Gallego is right: A little prejudice wins elections

23.01.2025 3

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Trump frees criminals, sticks it to injured police

21.01.2025 5

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Plot to erase Jan. 6, 2021 from books begins today | Opinion

21.01.2025 3

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Would you really vote to allow 'humane' firing squads?

18.01.2025 8

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Sen. Kelly takes Trump's Defense pick to the woodshed

15.01.2025 5

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Mayes won't give 2020 election meddlers a pass. Good

15.01.2025 6

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Wildfire expert breaks down LA's fire 'pandemic'

14.01.2025 4

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It's 50-to-1 against Gov. Hobbs. But she's got this

14.01.2025 5

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Gilbert is sued over 'pickleball' tax. Or was it?

12.01.2025 10

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How could they leave my area off richest ZIP codes list?

10.01.2025 4

Arizona Republic

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Gun violence can't stop Gabby Giffords. It emboldens her

Former Arizona U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords has released a statement commemorating the 14th anniversary of the worst day of her life, and the lives of...

08.01.2025 30

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O Canada! Trump really wants you to be the 51st state

Donald Trump really wants Canada to be our 51st state. Or, as he put it on social media, “Many people in Canada LOVE being the 51st State. The...

07.01.2025 3

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Let a jury decide the fate of Arizona election meddler

This may be the last opportunity Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has to prove that, in our state, an oath of office means something. The...

07.01.2025 10

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Kamala Harris proves how a gracious loser can win

After losing the presidential election to Donald Trump, Vice President Kamala Harris made a concession speech that demonstrated just how much...

07.01.2025 3

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Republicans failed their moral test. Liz Cheney pointed out how.

The way you feel about former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming is directly tied to how you feel about truth. President Joe Biden, for example,...

04.01.2025 2

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Biden honors Liz Cheney. Trump wants to jail her

The way you feel about former Republican U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney is directly tied to how you feel about truth. President Joe Biden, for example, has...

03.01.2025 10

Arizona Republic

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Trump stole his deportation plan from Arizona

The late Russell Pearce, former Arizona Senate president, was so far behind the times that he was ahead of them. Without giving him any credit — or...

03.01.2025 3

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Sen. Sinema travels all the way from here to hypocrisy

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema was exiled from the Democratic Party for doing what she believed to be the right thing. One of her signature pieces of...

27.12.2024 10

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For one Arizona family, the Vietnam War is finally over

At 3 a.m. on Nov. 7, 1972, the day President Richard Nixon would be reelected, Steve Morrissey was awakened by noises at the front door. Steve’s...

26.12.2024 4

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Exactly how 'Christian' is Arizona's Turning Point USA?

Last week, at AmericaFest — an annual convention organized by Turning Point USA and Turning Point Action, an Arizona-based operation tilting more...

24.12.2024 4

Arizona Republic

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Arizona school teachers are suckers … for your kids

I learned something shocking about Arizona’s public school teachers recently. Several things, actually. Arizona State University’s Morrison...

23.12.2024 3

Arizona Republic

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Treat phones like guns and ban them from schools

During her two years in office, Gov. Katie Hobbs has vetoed more than 200 bills, shattering the record for such things, alienating the Republican-...

17.12.2024 4

Arizona Republic

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Horne makes it even easier to loot school voucher cash

Once the Republican-controlled Arizona Legislature decided that school voucher money — taxpayer money — would not just be provided for those with...

13.12.2024 40

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Mayes sues to stop Saudi cows from eating our water

I first heard about how a Saudi-owned farm company growing alfalfa to feed cows in the Middle East was draining aquifers in La Paz County back in...

13.12.2024 30

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How many Arizonans will killing Obamacare kill?

Donald Trump still doesn’t understand why U.S. Sen. John McCain saved the Affordable Care Act in 2017, even though the senator (battling brain...

11.12.2024 4

Arizona Republic

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