Thoughts

unattributed quotation: "You don't need to have an opinion about everything." A sampling of ideas & news below.
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11/30/25 MSNOW - GOP voters backed Trump as the ‘anti-war’ candidate. Now many back action in Venezuela. by Phillip Bump
11/23/25 The Atlantic - Why One Political Office Is So Mired in Scandals by David A Graham - AZ will have its first Lt. Governor starting in 2027. Maybe not a good thing? 🎁
11/18/25 The Atlantic -Trump’s Self-Damning Response to a Legitimate Question by Graeme Wood - The president scolded a reporter for “embarrassing” Mohammed bin Salman. 🎁

11/13/25 Washington Post - Jason Crow a rising star in the House - Keeping an eye on the political trajectory of Jason Crow, a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan. 🎁

11/13/25 CEBV Weekly - Lessons from November 2025 by Melinda Merkel Iyer - The age of the "corporate Democratic moderate" is over. Arizona Democrats would do well to listen.

11/9/25 The Atlantic - Why I am Resigning by Mark L. Wolf - A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench. 🎁

Investigation

The Watchers - ByReet Kaur - Ground collapses across Arizona’s Willcox Basin as decades of groundwater pumping take their toll. Satellite data show the ground is sinking by as much as 15 cm (6 inches) per year in Arizona’s Willcox Basin, the fastest rate in the state. Scientists say decades of groundwater extraction for irrigation have permanently compacted the land. Read the entire report here.

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