"We Can't Take Care of Daycare" and Other Lies the Epstein Class Tells

We can't take care of daycare...

...and other lies the Epstein class tells us

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🚨 JUST IN: Yesterday, every Senate Republican voted yes on anti vax conspiracy theories that will increase the spread of preventable diseases like measles, by allowing people working in vulnerable environments to opt out of vaccines that have been proven to be safe and effective for decades.

Communities Not Cages: National Day of Action to Stop ICE Warehouse Detention · Disappeared in America Join us outside the ICE warehouse at 13290 W. Sweetwater Ave. in Surprise as part of a nationwide day of action against the Trump administration's expansion of ICE detention — and its assault on the d...

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Justin Heap is undermining, not restoring, voters’ trust. It’s time for him to go. Justin Heap is exactly the kind of person you don’t want to oversee elections if you truly want “transparency and integrity” in a system that sustains our democracy

OPINION | Justin Heap became the Maricopa County Recorder pledging to restore trust in elections, but it’s becoming increasingly clear that instead he’s weaponizing his office

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❌🧊 Surprise City Council Meeting - April 21, 6pm · Northwest Valley Indivisible ## Community Action at City Hall: No ICE Detention in Surprise! Thousands have protested the proposed ICE detention facility in Surprise at previous city council meetings and the national No Kings pr...

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Tony is the current State house Rep for LD27. We need @dphoward.bsky.social elected to the State House to replace MAGA knuckleheads like this.

Republicans want to give individual legislators the power to order arrests | Arizona Mirror An Arizona GOP bill would let single lawmakers order arrests for people who ignore legislative subpoenas. Hobbs is expected to veto it

Only three people officially registered in support of the proposal, while 337 registered against it. Republicans passed it any way.

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On this day in 1972: Women were allowed to compete in the Boston Marathon for the first time. Nina Kuscsik was officially recognized as the first ever women’s champion with a time of 3:10:26.

The Humiliation Is the Point Humiliating the MAGA faithful only binds them more tightly to Trump

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ADP Senior Council Monthly Meeting · Mobilize Please join the ADP Senior Council May 6 at 11:00 AM via Zoom. Open to all Democrats. The 2026 Arizona state legislature is the focus for the meeting. Scheduled speakers: Dianne Post, international...

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Voters face a crowded 2026 ballot as legislators push back against citizen-led initiatives | Arizona Mirror More than a third of 2026 ballot measures focus on democracy, with redistricting fights dominating as Trump pushes GOP states to redraw maps

Dozens of bills nationwide are aiming to make it harder for citizens to put measures on the ballot, shifting more power to state legislatures

That seems… not good

Town Hall - A Collaboration of Democratic Legislative Districts Mon 18 May, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM [MST]: We are Democratic Legislative Districts who have come together to bring our members timely information and productive engagement in this critical election year. We...

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Our water belongs to Arizonans. Fondomonte is sucking down Arizona’s groundwater to ship alfalfa to their cows overseas. I’m taking them to court to stop it.

On this day in 1935: Dubbed “Black Sunday,” one of the most devastating Dust Bowl-era storms in the 1930s swept across Oklahoma and Texas, with winds so high that it kicked up clouds of dirt and dust, darkening the sky.

There is a mad man in the White House.

Rep. Diaz leading efforts to curb the ability of @azagmayes.bsky.social to use public nuisance laws to go after those she says are pumping excessive amounts of rural groundwater. She says lack of legislation means this is the only way to protect neighbors. tucson.com/news/local/g...

Pope Leo brushes off Trump criticism amid growing Vatican–U.S. tensions over Iran war Pope Leo XIV says he will not be deterred by criticism from President Trump, vowing to continue his calls for peace as tensions escalate between the Vatican and Washington over the Iran conflict.

Pope Leo XIV says he will not be deterred by criticism from President Trump, vowing to continue his calls for peace as tensions escalate between the Vatican and Washington over the Iran conflict. n.pr/3QC2GXt

On this day in 1873: A mob of former Confederate soldiers and the Ku Klux Klan murdered 60 to 150 Black militia men in Colfax, Louisiana, after they surrendered. The mob of the Colfax massacre, sometimes referred to as the Colfax Riot, took to arms after a contested governor’s election.

Religious Programs in Public Schools - Secular AZ Is your school district working with Lifewise? Check the map.

Public schools should educate, not evangelize.

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April 13, 2026 Playing whac-a-mole with long-stalled bad ideas. The oncoming veto train. Time to make some phone calls.

NEW WEEKLY! It's that time of year: long-stalled bad bills are in motion.
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On this day in 1955: The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, was announced to be safe and effective by Dr. Thomas Francis Jr. of the University of Michigan. One of the most important breakthroughs in modern medicine, polio cases eventually numbered less than a hundred worldwide.

Our Forests Are Being Taken. SAVEUSFS.ORG 193 million acres of America's public lands face unprecedented attacks. It's time to pay attention.

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Attorney General Mayes sparks turf war with Arizona Corporation Commission | Arizona Capitol Times Attorney General Kris Mayes is challenging several recent Arizona Corporation Commission decisions, sparking frustration from a body often considered Arizona’s fourth branch of government.

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'Appallingly short' of basic human dignity: Democrats demand answers about Mesa ICE facility Three Arizona Democrats demand DHS answers after finding Mesa ICE facility packed far beyond capacity with detainees on concrete floors

“Congress has a responsibility to ensure that all federal detention facilities operate in a manner consistent with the law and in accordance with basic human dignity. The conditions we observed are appallingly short of that standard and demand immediate remediation.”

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On this day in 1968: President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which prohibited discrimination based on race, sex, religion and national origin in the sale, renting and financing of housing.

⚠️Betsy DeVos-backed American Federation for Children has launched a FAKE initiative campaign to confuse and disenfranchise AZ voters who want to sign the Protect Education Act.