OPINION — I’ve seen this before. When the main character, Neo, sees the same black cat walk by twice in the original movie “The Matrix,” he asks his colleagues, “Do you ever have déjà vu?” His partners instantly know something is wrong. Déjà vu is usually not a good thing. In the political world, we see it all the time.
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OPINION — Tempe city elected officials are presenting a new police oversight initiative, the Public Safety and Community Oversight Committee. The panel will be led by newly elected Councilmember Bobby Nichols, who was supported by the Democratic Socialists of America, and includes Mayor Corey Woods and newly elected Councilmember Brooke St. George.
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OPINION — Will the real Democrats step forward? Yes, that is the question. I’m talking about the real American Democrats, not the Democratic Socialists of America.
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OPINION — Our freedom depends on the men and women who serve in uniform. Less than 1% of our population serve. Without them, we would not have a free country.
That’s why I’m grateful …
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OPINION — A recent Valley news report indicated that candidates and voters are pushing back against Turning Point USA’s growing influence in Arizona elections. As West Valley voters, we should understand its involvement in our own races.
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OPINION — Any claim the Republican Party had to fiscal conservatism was forfeited long ago. Any doubts should be extinguished by Donald Trump’s “dividend” proposal. At the GOP’s midterm convention, Trump said that every adult citizen would receive $5,000, but only if the GOP retained control of both the House and the Senate in the midterm election.
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OPINION — Election Day is less than two months away, so Americans are getting a crash course right now on what democracy is actually about: natural divisions and necessary unity.
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OPINION — I have read some recent negative opinions in your editorials about Rep. Abe Hamadeh and I just say they obviously don’t know what this man has done for Congressional District 8.
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OPINION — Greater Phoenix’s architectural landscape is ever-changing. For decades, we’ve seen business developments, lifestyle hubs and communities sprout up across the desert. But as we look toward 2035, the next chapter of Valley growth may look very different from the last.
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OPINION — Re: Arizona deserves the full story on Abe Hamadeh: The full story, like the fact he was born in this country to parents who were here illegally? Like the full story that he doesn’t live in the district he represents?
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OPINION — How many of you watched the banned James Talarico interview on YouTube? This is the Jimmy Kimmel interview that Trump successfully shut down.
I urge my neighbors, friends and family …
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