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Elvia Díaz

Arizona Republic

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What I learned from quieter chats with an Arizona legend

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Trump has normalized cruelty. Even MAGA is speaking up

29.07.2025 1

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RFK Jr. should've known better to hike Camelback in heat

22.07.2025 2

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Forget cartels. ICE busted a Phoenix taco truck instead

17.07.2025 2

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Phoenix tortas shop deserves heat over MAGA hat post

01.07.2025 30

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She posted a MAGA hat selfie. It rightly cost her business.

30.06.2025 4

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Why isn't Trump going after employers?

12.06.2025 3

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This isn't law and order. Trump has declared war in LA

10.06.2025 10

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Who will hold the Maricopa County sheriff accountable?

22.05.2025 10

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Trump welcoming Afrikaners makes a mockery of US immigration

15.05.2025 20

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Trump makes a mockery of the asylum system

14.05.2025 6

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GOP legislation meant to 'help' the homeless problem would worsen it

09.05.2025 5

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Pope Francis renewed my faith in the Catholic Church

22.04.2025 6

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Pope Francis renewed my faith in the Catholic Church

22.04.2025 10

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AZ should not let anyone use food stamps to buy soda

17.04.2025 7

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Tom Homan is wasting his time visiting Arizona lawmakers

09.04.2025 3

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Trump's sweeping tariffs will do Arizona no favors

04.04.2025 4

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Maryland man may die in El Salvador. Vance says it's 'gross' to care.

03.04.2025 20

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Trump's folks admit deportation mistake but won't fix it

02.04.2025 9

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I wish I had grasped Rep. Grijalva's legacy much sooner

28.03.2025 10

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SCOTUS fight reveals a hard truth about American guns

05.03.2025 6

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Pucker up: Tariffs will bring more than a 'little pain'

04.03.2025 5

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No joke: Trump wants to sell citizenship for $5 million

27.02.2025 10

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Arizona's hunt for migrants is vigilantism on steroids

22.02.2025 5

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Trump better unleash his DOGE dog on deportation

12.02.2025 5

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Don't tell Trump, but he got played by Mexico and Canada

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Don't tell Trump, but he got played in his tariffs war

05.02.2025 20

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Hobbs' Supreme Court pick is refreshingly different

31.01.2025 10

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Trump's return to power wreaks havoc. Politicians are letting it happen.

26.01.2025 10

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Trump's executive order should worry all US citizens

23.01.2025 5

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Trump is already taking an ax to the Constitution

21.01.2025 4

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Michelle Obama shows how to deal with Trump: Ignore him

17.01.2025 30

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The Laken Riley Act isn't what you think

14.01.2025 7

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Mexico shows how to be a good neighbor in LA fires

14.01.2025 20

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Don't be fooled: Laken Riley Act is a blatant power grab

09.01.2025 3

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Gallego moderates on MAGA. But will he still speak up?

On Friday, Ruben Gallego will be sworn in as the next U.S. senator from Arizona, a state with a 370-mile border with Mexico. That proximity to our...

03.01.2025 4

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Voters stood up for workers in 2016. It still pays off

Arizona’s minimum wage is increasing again, starting on Jan. 1, and the state hasn’t gone bankrupt, as so many pro-business folks decried. The new...

03.01.2025 3

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Fight over skilled worker visas exposes MAGA's hypocrisy

It’s fun watching right-wingers turn on each other over high-skilled workers’ visas, exposing their hypocrisy on immigration. The brawl involves...

28.12.2024 2

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Want migrants gone? You could be next.

There are no signs yet that talk of Donald Trump’s terror will push undocumented immigrants to self-deport in droves. Instead, they and their U.S....

21.12.2024 2

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Want migrants gone by any means? You could be a target

There are no signs yet that talk of Trump’s terror will push undocumented immigrants to self-deport in droves. Instead, they and their U.S. citizen...

20.12.2024 10

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Does Hobbs think executions will help her reelection?

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has turned out to be quite the typical politician, firing folks who don’t tell her what she wants to hear. Case in point?...

06.12.2024 20

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Shame on Democrats for waiting to deport criminals

New York Mayor Eric Adams now says he wants to deport those who are charged with a crime, even before they are convicted. That’s clearly a move to...

05.12.2024 3

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Mexico talks tough on tariffs, and Americans will pay

As far I can tell, nobody in Mexico wants Donald Trump’s trade war and would rather defuse it. But it’s a huge mistake to think that Mexico will...

01.12.2024 3

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Kari Lake could become ambassador to Mexico? Oh, brother

27.11.2024 30

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Why Trump must deport everyone here illegally at once

If Donald Trump is going to deport everyone in the country illegally, he should do it all at once. Why? Because that would send the U.S. economy...

19.11.2024 4

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Gov. Hobbs is useless. She won't even stand up to Trump

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs should join Kari Lake in the biggest losers’ tent, where she can be shoved into its gutless corner. The Democratic...

16.11.2024 4

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Opinion: What about merit? Trump only picks loyalists

Donald Trump is Making Loyalists Great Again. And it’ll only get better, say the same Trump loyalists who decried diversity hires as the greatest...

14.11.2024 2

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Opinion: Trump’s deportation plan is really a power grab

The border hawks are back in power to carry out Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, and Arizona’s calvary is ready. That isn’t by chance. The...

13.11.2024 3

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Opinion: Richer yanks his X account, days after election

Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer has long been the punching bag of his fellow Republicans. That has to take a toll, and on Nov. 7, he...

09.11.2024 10

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Opinion: Will Trump further divide or unite us?

Heads are still spinning, trying to make sense of Donald Trump’s stunning victory. The resounding rebuke of Democrats against a populist demagogue...

08.11.2024 1

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