JUST IN: Arizona Representative Raul Grijalva has died from his battle with cancer.

Kibbutz Nir Oz has announced the body turned over by Hamas to the Red Cross earlier today was that of Shiri Bibas.

The Kibbutz says that she was murdered while in Hamas captivity.

Palate cleanser.

DGJ as a penguin.

Souse vide

Vanilla extract day. This batch was Tahitian with vodka.

A memo sent to doj employees with the new charging, and sentencing guidelines.

Two ESA charts:

1) ESA populations are mostly evenly distributed between zip codes earning $50k to $150k anually.

2) Controlling for student population size, ESA rates are much higher in wealthier zip codes. With 86 ESA students for every 1,000 minors in zip codes earning above $150k.

DGJ getting in some scooter practice.

Man this is devastating. My dad taught high School not far from here and many of his students parents live in the Palisades.

Harder to peg that down properly.

Some charts on today's release of the JOLTs data today.

-Openings down from their March 2022 peak. The gap between openings and hires is still wider than pre-pandemic.
-Fewer Americans are quitting their job. Quits are down 31% from Jan. 2022. Involuntary discharges (firings & layoffs) are up 26%.

Some charts on eggs:

-The wholesale price of a dozen eggs hit a peak of $4.81.

-USDA inventory reports for last week show inventories are down 44% in western states and ~15% most other regions.

-Number of egg laying hens is trending down (November data) after a recovery from 2022 to 2023.

Nerdy health news incoming.

AZ Dept. of Health now has a dedicated data portal that centralizes links to datasets, dashboards, maps, etc...

I can link it in the top post on this site and people will still see it.

Nice.

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US Congress race in AZ CD1. David Schweikert Won election more easily than anticipated here by 3.8%. There was a Clear Red wave in AZ as Trump won by 5.5%. However, this CD is now bluer than the state!! D side will still have to compete in the Yellow regions to win the CD.

Merry Christmas ya filthy animals.

We are finally taking the 10-year-old to go see Wicked.

She made a choker for the occasion.

Your annual reminder that "O Holy Night" is the "All I want for Christmas is You" of sacred Christmas songs.

Who are the Arizona voters without proof of citizenship? They may surprise you. Indigenous voters living on tribal land, college students and people at the state’s main homeless campus are more likely to not have provided proof of U.S. citizenship

Most Arizona voters who haven't proved their citizenship come from three categories: Indigenous people on tribal land, college students and people at the state’s main homeless campus

via @jenafifield.bsky.social/@votebeat.org

Arizona State Senate President Warren Peterson dropped sb1011 today.

It is a bill that would speed up results reporting in Arizona through by shutting down early ballot drop offs at vote centers after the Friday before an election.

The bill does not touch drop boxes.

Kari Lake not incoming to Mexico.

An ESA parent purchased a $16,000 Cello for their child.

The reimbursement was denied on account of a $4,000 limit placed on instruments.

The parent filed an appeal saying the limit was not in the ESA parent handbook.

Today the AZ board of education rejected the appeal.

Bashar Al-Assad outgoing.

All clear given.

Police investigation prompted lockdowns at Mesa Community College, Banner Desert Medical Center A police investigation Thursday afternoon prompted lockdowns at Banner Desert Medical Center and Mesa Community College near Dobson Road and Southern Avenue, according to Mesa police.

All Clear given. It was due to either a road rage or racing crash and a male fleeing on foot in the area.

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JUST IN: Mesa Community College Dobson campus is currently under lockdown for an unknown incident.

No. I am not driving while taking this picture.

Mrs. DG is sick so I get the privilege of hanging out with DGJ all day.

Costco run incoming.

Why has South Korea's president suddenly declared martial law? The move - invoking temporary military rule - has been roundly condemned by opponents and some within his own party.

Why has South Korea's president suddenly declared martial law?

NEW:

Dinesh D’Souza is issuing an apology over his election conspiracy film “2,000 Mules.”

While largely blaming the group True the Vote, D’Souza admits that the heart of the film - surveillance footage of vote drop boxes supposedly showing illegal “ballot trafficking” - is false and misleading.

"Imagine a dad in a Hawaiian shirt, juggling spreadsheets and nursery rhymes, with a smartphone glued to his hand."

Swap out the Hawaiian shirt with a retro video game graphic T and we're done here.

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