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You should be angry at how easy it is to buy a Supreme Court Justice

You should be angrier at how cheap it is:

$267,230

Meet Clarence Thomas’ RV.

A Prevost Le Mirage XL Marathon paid for by Anthony Welters—A man who made his fortune preventing you from getting health care.

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Friends of Aphasia helps Tucson stroke survivors & other patients process words tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Founded by ex-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the nonprofit Friends of Aphasia provides help for stroke survivors and others who struggle with processing words.

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Tucson’s A-10s headed to final destination as Davis-Monthan lands new special ops mission tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Air Force is finally moving forward with plans to decommission the A-10, including squadrons based in Tucson, but a new special ops mission will be moving to at Davis-Monthan AFB — bringing the first "tail-dragger" combat propeller plane in 50 years.

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Tucson Sentinel

Jim Larkin, pioneering co-founder of Phoenix New Times, dead at 74 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Phoenix New Times co-founder and legendary Arizona publisher Jim Larkin died on Monday from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was 74. Larkin's death came a week before the scheduled start of his criminal trial in federal court.

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@nep "Literally"

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@briankrebs Feed corn is a colloquial term for one of the varieties of field corn (yellow dent).

(I live in Az, but grew up surrounded by WI corn fields.)

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@clickhere @dangillmor @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio @BBC_News_Labs @samtranum @mhdelaney @mnutty @faduda @caseynewton

Local news orgs 9 months ahead of nationals? Par for the course.... ; )

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#News #afternoonupdate Major cases await as liberals exert control of Wisconsin Supreme Court wausaupilotandreview.com/2023/

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Tucson Sentinel

17 years after being dropped from endangered list, tiny pygmy owl gains new protections tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Once at the center of fights over land use around Pima County, the rare, diminutive and publicly prominent cactus ferruginous pygmy owl will again be protected under federal law.

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@clickhere Yep. Much cooler than up in Phoenix!

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@clickhere Come to Tucson, where it's been about a buck-15 F!

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@mnutty @clickhere @caseynewton @faduda @detachedspork @samtranum @dublininquirer @mhdelaney @TucsonSentinel

Arizona politics are the gift that keeps on giving to reporters.

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@clickhere @mnutty @caseynewton @faduda @detachedspork @samtranum @dublininquirer @mhdelaney @TucsonSentinel

Thanks very much! As far as we know, we were the first local U.S. news org to set up a Masto instance and go live with a feed.

I'll have to follow some of the Irish accounts you mention.

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good news everyone! ai is going to be dead in six months now!

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After 6 terms, Beth Ford won't seek reelection as Pima County treasurer tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pima County will have a new treasurer in 2025 for the first time in nearly a quarter-century. Beth Ford, a Republican first elected in 2000, will not seek reelection next year. Chief deputy Chris Ackerley plans to run, and Ford may seek to have him appointed first.

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Ward-only election push for Tucson rejected over incomplete petitions tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: An initiative effort to ask voters to enact ward-only Council elections in Tucson has been rejected by the City Clerk’s Office, after too many petition sheets were found to be improperly filled out.

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A clandestine unit of Russia’s Federal Security Service covertly tracked high-profile Americans in the country, broke into their rooms to plant recording devices, recruited informants from the U.S. Embassy’s clerical staff and set up honey traps.

wsj.com/articles/fsb-evan-gers

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Pima Dems’ meeting flubs may delay replacement of Cano in Az Legislature tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Pima County Democrats picked three candidates to potentially replace state Rep. Andres Cano in the Legislature, but their skipping over public notice requirements may mean delays before the Board of Supervisors can make the final determination of who will fill the vacant seat.

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@LoneLocust Still using a 2012 MacBook Pro just about every day. (Typing this on a 2010 tower)

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New U.S. citizens sworn in during Independence Day ceremony at Saguaro National Park tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A group of new U.S. citizens from multiple different countries took the Oath of Allegiance at a naturalization ceremony at Saguaro National Park West on July 4. Jeff Conn, acting superintendent of the park, said there was nothing more American than that.

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