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Living paycheck to paycheck working for a red firm in a long-red state that started to wake up but then went nuts again. #VoteBlue

West Valley #CrazyAZ
Joined February 2011
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Just a reminder that @andybiggs4az pushed the bill that devastated Arizona's food assistance programs. Andy is not fit to be governor of Arizona.
The government gutted food assistance last year. The fallout in Arizona is devastating. phoenixnewtimes.com/food-dri…
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Proof you can’t blame inflation on Biden. Trump “personally built this, first with his tariffs and then with his war.” From @paulkrugman and Federal Reserve data. Pass it on.
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We need to talk more about what Gen X and older millennials have been through financially. They survived the 2008 recession, spent years rebuilding, got hit by a pandemic, and then watched housing, groceries, insurance, and everyday expenses become increasingly unaffordable. Now it’s 2026, and people in their 40s and 50s are trying to save for retirement while still catching up on financial milestones they expected to reach a decade ago. At some point, we have to acknowledge that an entire generation has spent much of its adult life recovering from one economic crisis after another.
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When Ukraine destroys Russian data centers, hoards of aggressive right-wing bots disappear, and Twitter becomes much friendlier. Isn’t that interesting? So much of our politics is driven by the internet, and so much of the internet is driven by Russians who want to hurt us. Shouldn’t we do something about that, given that we know it?
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Capt Scrod retweeted
Replying to @andybiggs4az
@andybiggs4az is melting down because his actual record is being exposed. It’s not just one bill, he voted against sex offender registration, fought child trafficking penalties, and single-handedly stalled child predator laws. 1) azfamily.com/video/2026/10/1…
Biggs: “You've got a governor who's basically implying that my whole life's work is a lie.” Reporter: “They're trying to make you look as someone who can't be trusted.” Biggs: “That's not what they're trying to do…She views me as an enemy. She's going to destroy me.”
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"As leaders stabilize their rule, they use propaganda to legitimate their authority. Discrediting the press is a kind of insurance policy. When journalists turn up evidence of the government's violence or corruption, the public will already be accustomed to seeing them as partisan."
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Capt Scrod retweeted
My client is the people of Arizona. My opponent’s? Big developers and special interests. His homebuilding company has been accused of “bait and switch” by Arizona families, and he’s spent years voting against homeowner protections and fighting Arizona’s water rules to benefit developers. Now he wants to be Attorney General.
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Capt Scrod retweeted
Good morning Arizona! Those higher home electric bills you’ll be paying are brought to you by @andybiggs4az with his vote on the so called One Big Beautiful Bill. Andy will never have your back! Andy is not fit to be our Governor!
“Arizona households are projected to pay an additional $140 per year on their energy bills by 2030 due to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) that congressional Republicans passed and President Trump signed into law last summer.” The Trump Administration’s Actions Are Increasing Utility Bills in Arizona americanprogress.org/article… #energy #OBBB
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California has the LOWEST homicide rate in STATE RECORDED HISTORY, falling to 3.5 per 100,000 people in 2025. This is more than 2-4x lower than Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, and Tennessee. More proof that our violence prevention strategies are working.
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A huge win. Like I said, over my dead body will I let them block vote-by-mail— how nearly 90% of Arizonans vote. My opponent, an election denier, wants to enforce our election laws YET STILL has not denounced or said a word against this attack on Arizonan’s vote.
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We’d like to thank Mr. Wallnau for saying the quiet part out loud: Christian nationalists see billions in taxpayer-funded foreign aid as an opportunity to funnel public money to Christian ministries and win converts. That’s not humanitarian aid. It’s taxpayer-funded evangelism.
Christian Nationalist Lance Wallnau says Trump’s $2 billion foreign aid plan could create a “transfer of wealth into the Kingdom of God,” helping Christian groups win new converts. Taxpayer-funded humanitarian aid should help people, not evangelize them. friendlyatheist.com/p/lance-…
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Nothing “conservative” about this proposal. But instead of giving public money to the private donor class (as they usually do), they’re trying to give it to their religious base, some of whom may happen to be poor. Progress? nytimes.com/2026/09/05/us/po…
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We ACTUALLY oppose Sharia law. Rep. Miller just wants the Christian version of it. She believes America is a Christian nation and wants the law to enforce her religious beliefs. Her problem isn’t theocracy. It’s whose religion gets to rule.
The United States Constitution is the sole, supreme law of our land. Period. Sharia law can never coexist with American sovereignty. Any effort to subvert our constitutional system must be completely dismantled and eradicated.
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I visited @foodbankofsaz to hear from folks impacted by Republican SNAP cuts. One person works 60 hours a month with a disability but no longer qualifies for SNAP. Another woman uses SNAP as a bridge while raising her son and going to school. Moms. People with disabilities. Students. Veterans. Active-duty servicemembers. All struggling to put food on the table because Republicans cut food assistance to pay for tax cuts for billionaires. This is wrong and I’m fighting hard to fix it.
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First, it is not unusual AT ALL for elected officials to retain outside consultants to assist in running their office. Didn't you, Warren, hire Gina Swoboda without a bid?? 2/
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Under Biden, wages at the bottom of the distribution outpaced those at the top. Under Trump, wage growth has declined across the board, and the highest-paid are seeing bigger gains than the lowest.
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Biden pushed real wage growth into the black for his last year and a half as President, and they stayed there for Trump's first year. Then came the Iran War, and real wage growth is now negative.
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Kolodin’s election lawsuits were so reckless that he accepted a public admonition and 18 months of probation from the Arizona State Bar. He conditionally admitted violating rules against frivolous claims and conduct prejudicial to justice. He paid $2,696 and was ordered to take ethics courses. When held accountable, he blamed political activists. Apparently, personal responsibility is only for other people. azmirror.com/2023/12/14/gop-… 3/5
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