Claytoonz: Peaches & crimes https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/081523_claytoonz_trump/claytoonz-peaches-crimes/
Not only is Trump indicted in Georgia, but he has company in 18 other co-defendants, including such MAGA luminaries as Mark Meadows, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Jeffrey Clark, Jenna Ellis, and…..RUDY GIULIANI. Hot digitty dog!
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State pension fund helping a Middle Eastern firm export Arizona groundwater https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/081523_groundwater_export/state-pension-fund-helping-middle-eastern-firm-export-arizona-groundwater/
As Arizonans face water shortages, foreign firms are sucking up vast amounts of the state’s groundwater to grow hay for Saudi Arabia and other wealthy nations - and now it turns out that a key investor in this water transfer scheme is Arizona’s own employee retirement fund.
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Trump's indictment in Georgia: A confirmation of states' rights https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/081523_states_rights_indictment_op/trumps-indictment-georgia-confirmation-states-rights/
Donald Trump's activities in Georgia and New York may be prosecuted independently by state prosecutors under state criminal codes, and at the same time, many of the facts could be relevant to federal criminal prosecutions - representing the essence of states' rights in action.
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Abortion impasse that has stalled military promotions fires up defense secretary https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/081523_military_leadership/abortion-impasse-that-has-stalled-military-promotions-fires-up-defense-secretary/
The chief of U.S. naval operations officially stepped down Monday, bringing the total of military branches without a Senate-confirmed leader up to three as the standoff on Senate confirmation votes stretches into a fifth month.
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Student loan repayments will hit economy; how hard depends on who’s being hit https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/081523_debt_doubts/student-loan-repayments-will-hit-economy-how-hard-depends-whos-being-hit/
When federal student loan payments resume this fall, they are expected to pull as much $71 billion in otherwise disposable income out of the economy every year, $5.3 billion of which will come from Arizona.
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FactCheck: Republicans oversell testimony about Hunter & Joe Biden https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/081523_factcheck_archer_testimony/factcheck-republicans-oversell-testimony-hunter-joe-biden/
Testimony by Hunter Biden’s former business partner, Devon Archer, led to competing narratives about what Archer said, and how damaging his testimony was to President Joe Biden - but the release of a transcript of Archer’s testimony on Aug. 3 undermined some of those narratives.
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Trump, 18 others indicted in Georgia election probe https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/081423_trump_georgia_indictment/trump-18-others-indicted-georgia-election-probe/
Updated: A grand jury in Georgia indicted former President Donald Trump and 18 of his associates Monday night on charges related to interference in the state’s 2020 presidential election results.
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Georgia grand jury returns indictment in Trump election probe https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/081423_trump_georgia_indictment/georgia-grand-jury-returns-indictment-trump-election-probe/
At least one indictment was handed up by a grand jury in Georgia Monday evening that had heard evidence from prosecutors in their investigation into whether former President Donald Trump and others criminally interfered with the state's 2020 presidential election results.
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Leo W. Banks' new modern Western novel: 'The Flying Z' https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/081423_flying_z_banks/leo-w-banks-new-modern-western-novel-the-flying-z/
The Tucson Sentinel presents the first chapter of "The Flying Z," a modern-day Western noir, alongside an essay about writing a novel from Banks himself.
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Leo W. Banks' new modern Western novel: ''The Flying Z' https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/081423_flying_z_banks/leo-w-banks-new-modern-western-novel-the-flying-z/
The Tucson Sentinel presents the first chapter of "The Flying Z," a modern-day Western noir, alongside an essay about writing a novel from Banks himself.
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Southern Az teens sentenced to prison for trying to smuggle AK-47 rifles into Mexico https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/081423_gun_smugglers_sentenced/southern-az-teens-sentenced-prison-trying-smuggle-ak-47-rifles-into-mexico/
Two Southern Arizona teens will each serve at least a year in prison for attempting to smuggle four AK-47-style rifles strapped to their torsos through the Dennis DeConcini border crossing in Nogales, Ariz. in 2022.
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Hermosa Mine votes dominate Santa Cruz supes agenda; South Tucson to discuss new name https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/081423_agenda_hermosa_op/hermosa-mine-votes-dominate-santa-cruz-supes-agenda-south-tucson-discuss-new-name/
Santa Cruz County will vote on an agreement with UNS Power, so its workers can use county land to determine the feasibility of routing the 19-mile transmission line from Rio Rico to the mine. Plus more in local government meetings around Tucson this week.
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Local art gallery WomanKraft a haven for underrepresented artists https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/081423_womankraft/local-art-gallery-womankraft-haven-underrepresented-artists/
WomanKraft has been more than an art gallery for nearly 50 years - it's also a place of education and community. It resides inside a yellow Queen Anne house with purple trimmings in Downtown Tucson.
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Local art gallery WomanKraft a haven for underrepresented artists https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/081423_womankraft_art_gallery/local-art-gallery-womankraft-haven-underrepresented-artists/
WomanKraft has been more than an art gallery for nearly 50 years - it's also a place of education and community. It resides inside a yellow Queen Anne house with purple trimmings in Downtown Tucson.
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Tucson poet's debut book offers alternative look at life along U.S.-Mexico border https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/081323_border_simulation_poetry/tucson-poets-debut-book-offers-alternative-look-life-along-us-mexico-border/
Tucson poet Gabriel Dozal's debut poetry collection explores life along the border from his experiences as a Mexican-American man.
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Claytoonz: Free press, free Kansas https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/081423_newspaper_raid_claytoonz/claytoonz-free-press-free-kansas/
One of the greatest dangers to this nation is our loss of freedom and what contributes to that is that so many people can’t recognize when our freedom is under attack. One of those attacks occurred last Friday in Marion, Kansas.
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Lawsuit could strike down restrictive Az rules for gender changes on birth certificates https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/081423_gender_birth_certificate/lawsuit-could-strike-down-restrictive-az-rules-gender-changes-birth-certificates/
A federal judge in Tucson approved a class action request in a lawsuit first filed three years ago by a trio of trans minors and their parents who argued that the rules for editing their Arizona birth certificates are harmful and intrinsically unfair.
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Az Freedom Caucus lawmakers use fringe conspiracies to justify opposing transportation bill https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/081423_freedom_caucus_transportation/az-freedom-caucus-lawmakers-use-fringe-conspiracies-justify-opposing-transportation-bill/
Last month, Democrats and Republicans overrode the objections of the hyper-conservative Arizona Freedom Caucus to pass a bill allowing Maricopa County voters to decide whether to extend a local transportation sales tax next year.
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White House promotes paths to college diversity after gutting of affirmative action https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/081423_college_diversity/white-house-promotes-paths-college-diversity-after-gutting-affirmative-action/
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision restricting the use of race in college admissions, the Biden administration has issued guidance to institutions of higher education to promote diversity within the boundaries of the law.
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Child dies while en route to Chicago as part of Texas gov’s migrant busing program https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/081423_migrant_child_death/child-dies-while-en-route-chicago-as-part-texas-govs-migrant-busing-program/
A child traveling to Chicago as part of the Texas program to bus migrants to Democratic-led cities across the country died after the child’s health began deteriorating when the bus was entering Illinois.
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