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abe hamadeh

Someone kept calling the cops on protesters at Abe Hamdeh’s office

By Morgan FischerJuly 29, 2025

A staffer at Rep. Abe Hamadeh’s office even had one protester’s car towed while claiming to have “no idea” who did it.

tom homan in a suit from the chest up, but the inside of the suit is a picture of a border wall

Tom Homan once spared Phoenix migrants. Now he’s Trump’s Darth Vader

By Stephen LemonsJuly 28, 2025

Pre-Trump, colleagues of border czar Tom Homan described him as reasonable. Now, they see a cruel man they don’t recognize.

greg stanton

Stanton, Ansari rip ICE for illegally barring them from detention center

By Morgan FischerJuly 25, 2025

Reps. Greg Stanton and Yassamin Ansari say ICE illegally interfered with their right to make spot inspections of facilities.

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Pregnant woman says Mesa shelter kicked out her family on short notice

By TJ L'HeureuxJuly 25, 2025

The La Mesita shelter has shifting explanations for why it asked Jacquelyne Rubio’s family to leave.

the qanon shaman, with a buffalo headdress and red-white-and-blue facepaint

QAnon Shaman calls Trump ‘a piece of shit,’ demands $555 to talk to us

By Morgan FischerJuly 24, 2025

Jacob Chansley was pardoned by Trump for storming the Capitol on Jan. 6. How quickly people forget a favor.

andy biggs

Andy ‘Where’s the client list?’ Biggs votes no on Epstein files release

By TJ L'HeureuxJuly 24, 2025

As the saying goes, you either die a crusader against child sex crimes or live long enough to vote to keep them under wraps.

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Arizona’s top shitposter, The Real Thelma Johnson, is back. Here’s why

By Zach BuchananJuly 23, 2025

When Thelma stopped tweeting last fall, rumors spread that she was dead. She told New Times why she left, and why she’s back.

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Hired mercenaries are blocking Tempe petitioners. Who’s paying them?

By TJ L'HeureuxJuly 23, 2025

Someone hired Groundswell Contact to counter residents gathering signatures to repeal a city ordinance. It’s not clear who.

2 Phoenix suburbs among the best U.S. cities for renters

By TJ L'HeureuxJuly 21, 2025

A pair of Phoenix suburbs – including one that seems to despise renters – made the national top-20 in RentCafe’s analysis.

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protesters at the arizona capitol. one sign says "show us what democracy looks like"

Phoenix ‘Good Trouble Lives On’ protest: What to know

By TJ L'HeureuxJuly 17, 2025

The latest mass protest against the Trump administration will channel the spirit of the late civil rights icon John Lewis.

robert branscomb

Arizona Democrats may oust the party chair tonight. He blames racism

By TJ L'HeureuxJuly 16, 2025

Robert Branscomb II has publicly beefed with Katie Hobbs, Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego and outspent his own fundraising.

corey woods speaks at a microphone

Tempe mayor defends fast-tracked change to divisive parks ordinance

By TJ L'HeureuxJuly 14, 2025

Corey Woods said Tempe quickly passed controversial public gathering rules due to an ongoing court case. Others call B.S.

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sam stone

MAGA county official jokes about killing pro-Palestine activist

By TJ L'HeureuxJuly 11, 2025

Sam Stone of the county recorder’s office suggested firing a missile at a New York man targeted by the Trump administration.

greg stanton and kari lake

Stanton bashes ‘pathetic’ ‘neanderthal’ Lake for sharing gay rumor

By TJ L'HeureuxJuly 10, 2025

Kari Lake used a live hearing to suggest Rep. Greg Stanton is gay. “What are you,” Stanton said Thursday, “a neanderthal?”

a woman reading a letter

Get a proof-of-citizenship request in Maricopa County? What to do

By Jen Fifield | VotebeatJuly 10, 2025

Thousands of voters received confusing letters due to errors by the Recorder’s Office and the Motor Vehicles Department.

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Tempe Iranian man arrested by ICE goes on hunger strike in prison

By Zach BuchananJuly 10, 2025

Mehzrad Asadi Eidivand has lost 45 pounds, a friend says. His brother also went on hunger strike in ICE detention last month.

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Activists push petition to repeal divisive Tempe parks ordinance

By TJ L'HeureuxJuly 9, 2025

Critics say the ordinance targets groups helping the unhoused. They now hope to put a repeal measure before voters.

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes

Kris Mayes says it’s ‘bullshit’ that ICE agents wear masks

By Morgan FischerJuly 8, 2025

Masked agents are abducting people left and right. “Real lawmen and women don’t wear masks,” the Arizona attorney general said.

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Phoenix woman with leukemia getting sicker in ICE lockup, partner says

By Morgan FischerJuly 3, 2025

Sonia Almaraz says Arbella “Yari” Rodríguez Márquez has lost 55 pounds since February, when Border Patrol arrested her.

Katie Hobbs

All 174 bills Gov. Katie Hobbs has vetoed in 2025, and why

By TJ L'HeureuxJuly 2, 2025

Gov. Katie Hobbs has vetoed 174 bills so far in the 2025 legislative session, a new record. Here’s what they were.

corey woods and randy keating

After hours of backlash, Tempe OKs controversial new parks ordinance

By TJ L'HeureuxJuly 2, 2025

A city council meeting lasted until 1 a.m. as residents spoke against an ordinance that may limit groups aiding the homeless.

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a pregnant woman in handcuffs

Miscarriage of justice: Donald Trump’s war on pregnant migrants

By Stephen LemonsJuly 2, 2025

Kept in awful conditions by ICE, Rubia Morales-Alfaro lost a pregnancy. In Trump’s America, there’s no mercy for migrant moms.

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