Brahm Resnik
@brahmresnik
25 years covering AZ. It's been a time. 'Sunday Square Off,' 8am Sun 12News @brahmresnik.bsky.social @mcgillu @MedillSchool [email protected]
Worth watching AZ: Amazon Web Services plans massive data center site in Tucson. Impact on water, electricity will be significant. @TucsonAgenda breaks it down. open.substack.com/pub/tucsonagen…
State Rep. Jeff Weninger to run for Chandler mayor, criticizes council secrecy. azcentral.com/story/news/loc… via @azcentral
"Big warning flag for AZ": “Lots of attention has gone to low water levels in reservoirs over the years, but the depletion of groundwater far outpaces the surface water losses. This is a big warning flag," per @ASU research scientist. (PS Thank you @NASA) earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/154567/…
'True public servant': Phoenix health leader Suzanne Pfister dies azcentral.com/story/news/loc…
Defiant Tolleson Union school superintendent endures 3-hour legislative hearing, with city manager, police chief, former supe aligned against him. State audit of district is expected. 12news.com/article/news/e…
JFrank connection: Image of Melvin Fuller Supreme Court (L) & Fuller (R). In Plessy v Ferguson (1896), that court upheld "separate but equal" doctrine allowing racial segregation. Frank shaped Brown v Board of Education (1954) that overturned Plessy in public schools.
For all you #law & #history nerds. I love thrift stores because it’s a treasure hunt. Last night while looking for tiny frames, I found these 2 framed pieces. I believe they were owned by famous lawyer John P. Frank & probably hung in his office. Wild. nytimes.com/2002/09/10/us/…
Sitting US senator vs top @TPAction_ operator.
Tyler you will retract or I will sue you for defamation.
A hacker gained access to the Arizonas Secretary of State’s candidate portal and changed all candidate photos on the election results pages from 2016 to 2024 to this photo of an Iranian Ayatollah, according to the office. Full story in quoted tweet.
FULL STORY: Hacker changed candidate photos on Arizona election results website votebeat.org/arizona/2025/0…
Breaking News: The EPA said it would eliminate its scientific research arm and begin firing hundreds of scientists, after denying that it intended to do so. nyti.ms/4500xIU
New: I teamed up with @elenalingshao and @nytgraphics to map more than 100 public TV and radio stations that are at risk of closing as a result of tonight's vote: nytimes.com/interactive/20… This is a time bomb that will go off in the fall, when the last federal grants run out.
Update: The hacker changed the candidates' headshots to an image of the Iranian Ayatollah, the leader of Iran, with Persian words that were favorable to Iran. The hacker replaced all of the 2024 general election candidate photos on the election results page with this image.
New: A hacker gained access to the web portal Arizona candidates use to upload info about themselves and changed candidate headshots that were live on the election results website, three weeks before the special congressional primary election, @VotebeatUS has learned. Story in 🧵
Latest for @AP: ICE officials will have access to all 79 million Medicaid enrollees' personal data, including addresses and ethnicities, according to an extraordinary agreement signed on Monday. w/ @kimberlykindy apnews.com/article/immigr…
New: A hacker gained access to the web portal Arizona candidates use to upload info about themselves and changed candidate headshots that were live on the election results website, three weeks before the special congressional primary election, @VotebeatUS has learned. Story in 🧵
Big deal for AZ: Uber investing $300 million in @LucidMotors to outfit luxury vehicles as robotaxis. Saudi-controlled Lucid has manufacturing plant in Casa Grande. theverge.com/news/708479/ub…
Mexican Coca-Cola is already widely available in Arizona. Now endorsed by President Donald Trump.
nobody tell him this is the recipe for…mexican coke
Despite what Trump Admin map shows, China doesn’t own vast swaths of Arizona near Yuma Proving Ground - or all of Maricopa County, per @derry_lenehan. cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2025/07/15/tru…
JUST IN Arizona Democratic Party State Committee votes to oust Chairman Robert Branscomb after turbulent 6 months in office.
Scottsdale home of @Dbacks player Ketel Marte burglarized, police say. The burglary happened while Marte was playing in MLB All-Star Game. 12news.com/mobile/article…
☀️#AZ07 toplines? 1. Politics is still local…at least in Tucson (Grijalva) 2. A strong online presence can raise $ + hype but usual laws of political gravity still apply (Foxx) 3. Sometimes there’s only so much that $1M can buy (Hernandez) ⬇️ azcentral.com/story/news/pol…
Arizona families in school voucher program buy high-end kitchen appliances while public school raises money for home economics classes, per @CraigHarrisNews. 12news.com/article/news/i…
