Sean McCarthy
@SeanMcCarthyAZ
Policy, AZ, sportz
so many of our problems are just these families not being intentional enough gosh what r they thinking
My latest for @azcentral: if families were intentional with their shopping, several local food advocates said, they could find almost every ingredient on the Thanksgiving menu produced by an Arizona farmer. 🦃🥬 azcentral.com/story/news/loc…
If you’re looking for mapping detail of Oct 7, this short tutorial is very useful. It’s does not include images of atrocities.
1,400+ murdered. 239+ kidnapped. 40 missing. 4,834 injured. Countless families torn apart. The heart-shattering impact of this massacre will echo for generations to come. #HamasMassacre #HamasIsISIS For full details, please visit: oct7map.com
Will they think we’re cool if we swear more?
This bill is a shit sandwich and not even the bread is any good. It’s a collection of the worst policies. It takes away people’s health care and food assistance, gives a giant tax cut to rich people, and adds trillions to our debt. Please tell me what is good about that.
Madigan finally goes down with a whimper. Zero remorse. Madigan style politics can happen anywhere. It’s not a story of a rotten egg. He feasted on a system that encourages graft, inside deals, patronage, & undue influence of bureaucrats. apnews.com/article/illino…
Arizona parents don’t wait for fixes—they pick better schools. Been doing it since ‘94 👟 yeseverykid.com/beyond-boundar… @SeanMcCarthyAZ
🎙️New Podcast: What Missouri Can Learn from Arizona’s Education System with @SeanMcCarthyAZ showmeinstitute.org/blog/education…
"For bold lawmakers and reformers eager to rethink education’s frontiers, Arizona offers a glimpse of what’s possible when environment drives culture—and how that culture paves the way for even bigger changes." ~#NoMoreLines Ambassador @SeanMcCarthyAZ yeseverykid.com/beyond-boundar…
Announcing the 2025 #NoMoreLines Ambassadors! 🎊 These four leaders bring their unique stories to the mission of ensuring education is accessible, fair, and free of exclusionary boundaries. yeseverykid.com/announcing-the…
Exhibit A for why you keep partisans away from pension portfolios
We're calling for a review of investments in Tesla, a company in apparent severe decline and at grave risk of further devaluation. This is about safeguarding teachers’ and nurses’ pension portfolios and retirement savings. aft.org/press-release/…
Over the last 10 years, US Federal Government Tax Revenue has increased 59% while US Government Spending has increased 96%. The result: a doubling in the US National Debt from $18 trillion to $36 trillion. bilello.blog/newsletter
After 20 yrs of gains in 4th Grade reading, AZ regressed hard in 2024. These kids had their Kinder year cut short & most spent 1st grade behind a screen. It shows.
Arizona officials acknowledged that a fraud scheme targeting Indigenous people with addictions cost taxpayers $2.5 billion. But they haven’t accounted publicly for the number of deaths tied to the scheme. We found dozens. propublica.org/article/arizon… w/ @ArizCIR
Desperate for content and clicks, sport trolling from the media
Republicans pounce on Biden pardoning his son, Hunter ow.ly/nViY105QtUm
I wanted badly to dislike Randy’s donuts since they’re a Cali import and I’m a Bosa man since birth but dang… they’re great. @randysdonutsaz
Takeaway #2: Public school staffing growth is far outpacing student enrollment growth. Between 2002 and 2020, public school enrollment went up by 6.6% and so did the number of teachers. But the number of non-teaching staff in public schools exploded, rising by 20%. For every…
You haven't been going crazy.
“We could face up to where we’ve gone wrong. News organizations don’t go in for that kind of reckoning. But there’s a good reason for NPR to be the first: we’re the ones with the word ‘public’ in our name.” @uriberliner's hope for a U.S. media institution. thefp.pub/4aJXNk4
U of A is playing ASU basketball tonight but it’s on a channel for a League that no longer exists. A very AZ fan experience.
4. Arizona: Mission San Xavier del Bac, Tucson (1797)
NEW: Former Buckeye ESD superintendent agrees to pay back more than $400K after overcompensation abc15.com/news/region-we…
Finally get to the playoffs and we must suffer Bob Costas who doesn’t know the game and certainly has not seen an inning of DBacks baseball.