Stephen Lemons
@stephenlemons.bsky.social
“I’ll tell you right out, I’m a man who likes talking to a man who likes to talk.”
Reposted by Stephen Lemons
When Kyrsten Sinema spoke in favor of an AI data center at an Oct. 16 Chandler City Council meeting, she failed to mention she was there as a paid lobbyist.
Now, Sinema may have created an opposition she hoped to avoid.
By @stephenlemons.bsky.social:
Now, Sinema may have created an opposition she hoped to avoid.
By @stephenlemons.bsky.social:
Kyrsten Sinema is getting paid to push for a Chandler data center
When the ex-senator threatened Chandler over a data center, she was working as a paid lobbyist. She might suck at it.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
When Kyrsten Sinema spoke in favor of an AI data center at an Oct. 16 Chandler City Council meeting, she failed to mention she was there as a paid lobbyist.
Now, Sinema may have created an opposition she hoped to avoid.
By @stephenlemons.bsky.social:
Now, Sinema may have created an opposition she hoped to avoid.
By @stephenlemons.bsky.social:
Reposted by Stephen Lemons
NEW: Emails show Maricopa County Sheriff Jerry Sheridan fielded a request from ICE to house detainees in county jails.
In one, Sheridan lamented a federal court order that prevents MCSO from partnering with ICE.
By @stephenlemons.bsky.social:
In one, Sheridan lamented a federal court order that prevents MCSO from partnering with ICE.
By @stephenlemons.bsky.social:
Sheriff considered request to house ICE detainees in county jails
Emails show Maricopa County Sheriff Jerry Sheridan had at least preliminary discussions with immigration authorities.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM
NEW: Emails show Maricopa County Sheriff Jerry Sheridan fielded a request from ICE to house detainees in county jails.
In one, Sheridan lamented a federal court order that prevents MCSO from partnering with ICE.
By @stephenlemons.bsky.social:
In one, Sheridan lamented a federal court order that prevents MCSO from partnering with ICE.
By @stephenlemons.bsky.social:
You know he wants to…
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/maricop...
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/maricop...
Sheriff considered request to house ICE detainees in county jails
Emails show Maricopa County Sheriff Jerry Sheridan had at least preliminary discussions with immigration authorities.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:45 PM
You know he wants to…
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/maricop...
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/maricop...
Reposted by Stephen Lemons
When the ex-senator threatened Chandler over a data center, she was working as a paid lobbyist. She might suck at it.
Kyrsten Sinema is getting paid to push for a Chandler data center
When the ex-senator threatened Chandler over a data center, she was working as a paid lobbyist. She might suck at it.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
When the ex-senator threatened Chandler over a data center, she was working as a paid lobbyist. She might suck at it.
Emails reveal that Kyrsten “Revolving Door” Sinema has been lobbying for an AI data center in Chandler since at least June. She likes to diss NIMBYs, but her comments to the city council pissed them off big time, records show.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/kyrsten...
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/kyrsten...
Kyrsten Sinema is getting paid to push for a Chandler data center
When the ex-senator threatened Chandler over a data center, she was working as a paid lobbyist. She might suck at it.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Emails reveal that Kyrsten “Revolving Door” Sinema has been lobbying for an AI data center in Chandler since at least June. She likes to diss NIMBYs, but her comments to the city council pissed them off big time, records show.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/kyrsten...
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/kyrsten...
“MCSO and Maricopa County had an incentive to allocate and overstate what should be regular operating costs to the Melendres Fund so that MCSO could bypass the State constitutional spending limit"
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/maricop...
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/maricop...
How the sheriff’s office milked a racial profiling case for $163M
What do a golf cart, cable TV and car washes have to do with following a federal judge's order to stop racially profiling?
www.phoenixnewtimes.com
October 13, 2025 at 3:11 PM
“MCSO and Maricopa County had an incentive to allocate and overstate what should be regular operating costs to the Melendres Fund so that MCSO could bypass the State constitutional spending limit"
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/maricop...
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/maricop...
Federal judge smacks Trump admin for bogarting Tucson murder suspect
Score one for Laura Conover
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/tucson-...
Score one for Laura Conover
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/tucson-...
Federal judge smacks Trump admin for bogarting Tucson murder suspect
The Trump administration has refused to hand over a murder suspect facing charges in Tucson. A judge now says it has to.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Federal judge smacks Trump admin for bogarting Tucson murder suspect
Score one for Laura Conover
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/tucson-...
Score one for Laura Conover
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/tucson-...
So much for federalism, much less posse comitatus. "Trump deploys troops to Portland, authorizing ‘full force’ if necessary" wapo.st/4pKK5pq
wapo.st
September 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
So much for federalism, much less posse comitatus. "Trump deploys troops to Portland, authorizing ‘full force’ if necessary" wapo.st/4pKK5pq
Reposted by Stephen Lemons
As a resident of #Portland it is impossible to capture how unhinged this is. We are a low crime city and the ICE protest "siege" consists of one auxiliary ICE office that normally has at most a dozen weirdos debating what performance art they should use to block a single driveway
Trump says he’s authorized Hegseth to use “Full Force” against Antifa in “War ravaged” Portland
September 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
As a resident of #Portland it is impossible to capture how unhinged this is. We are a low crime city and the ICE protest "siege" consists of one auxiliary ICE office that normally has at most a dozen weirdos debating what performance art they should use to block a single driveway
What the world needs now is another Martin Luther King, Jr.
www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/...
www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/...
1 detainee dead, 2 critically wounded after shooting at Dallas ICE facility
A shooter, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, killed a detainee and injured two others outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas after firing from a nearby rooftop Wedne...
www.tucsonsentinel.com
September 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
What the world needs now is another Martin Luther King, Jr.
www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/...
www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/...
AI weaponized against us www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/...
AI will soon have a say in approving or denying Medicare treatments
Taking a page from the private insurance industry’s playbook, the Trump administration will launch a program next year to find out how much money an artificial intelligence algorithm could save the fe...
www.tucsonsentinel.com
September 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
AI weaponized against us www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/...
Reposted by Stephen Lemons
I know older people were conditioned to pick up the phone when it rings; I was well into my thirties when cell phones became ubiquitous. But that's a habit you really should unlearn.
When the phone rings, look at the caller ID. If it isn't someone in your phone directory, hit "ignore".
When the phone rings, look at the caller ID. If it isn't someone in your phone directory, hit "ignore".
Gift link. This is one are where I think we need the federal government to take a much heavier hand. Like "stringing these guys up by their balls" heavy handedness.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/n...
I’ve Written About Loads of Scams. This One Almost Got Me.
www.nytimes.com
September 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I know older people were conditioned to pick up the phone when it rings; I was well into my thirties when cell phones became ubiquitous. But that's a habit you really should unlearn.
When the phone rings, look at the caller ID. If it isn't someone in your phone directory, hit "ignore".
When the phone rings, look at the caller ID. If it isn't someone in your phone directory, hit "ignore".
Reposted by Stephen Lemons
"They use that all the time: 'We dropped the ball.' That must be the department catchphrase instead of 'to serve and protect.'"
Murdered man’s family slams ‘shocking’ police communication failures
"They use that all the time: 'We dropped the ball.' That must be the department catchphrase instead of 'to serve and protect.'"
www.phoenixnewtimes.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
"They use that all the time: 'We dropped the ball.' That must be the department catchphrase instead of 'to serve and protect.'"
"They use that all the time: 'We dropped the ball.' That must be the department catchphrase instead of 'to serve and protect.'"
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix...
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix...
Murdered man’s family slams ‘shocking’ police communication failures
"They use that all the time: 'We dropped the ball.' That must be the department catchphrase instead of 'to serve and protect.'"
www.phoenixnewtimes.com
September 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
"They use that all the time: 'We dropped the ball.' That must be the department catchphrase instead of 'to serve and protect.'"
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix...
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix...
Reposted by Stephen Lemons
David Denogean was murdered in 2022. Police ID'd a suspect in 2023.
No one told his family until we got the police report.
"They use that all the time: 'We dropped the ball.' That must be the department catchphrase instead of 'to serve and protect.'"
By @stephenlemons.bsky.social:
No one told his family until we got the police report.
"They use that all the time: 'We dropped the ball.' That must be the department catchphrase instead of 'to serve and protect.'"
By @stephenlemons.bsky.social:
Murdered man’s family slams ‘shocking’ police communication failures
"They use that all the time: 'We dropped the ball.' That must be the department catchphrase instead of 'to serve and protect.'"
www.phoenixnewtimes.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
David Denogean was murdered in 2022. Police ID'd a suspect in 2023.
No one told his family until we got the police report.
"They use that all the time: 'We dropped the ball.' That must be the department catchphrase instead of 'to serve and protect.'"
By @stephenlemons.bsky.social:
No one told his family until we got the police report.
"They use that all the time: 'We dropped the ball.' That must be the department catchphrase instead of 'to serve and protect.'"
By @stephenlemons.bsky.social:
Reposted by Stephen Lemons
Happy First Amendment Day!
Stephen Miller's latest method of attacking free speech is falsely claiming that any criticism of authoritarianism incites violence (which isn't even the full Brandenburg standard anyway, but also... is wrong).
September 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Happy First Amendment Day!
Reposted by Stephen Lemons
The line between church and state was nowhere to be found at Sunday's service, which drew masses of Charlie Kirk followers.
Charlie Kirk's funeral was a marathon of Christian Nationalism
The line between church and state was nowhere to be found at Sunday's service, which drew masses of Charlie Kirk followers.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com
September 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The line between church and state was nowhere to be found at Sunday's service, which drew masses of Charlie Kirk followers.
Reposted by Stephen Lemons
Police identified, never charged suspect in 2022 teacher killing
Records from David Denogean’s murder investigation show police have had a suspect since 2023. Denogean’s family didn't know. www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix...
Records from David Denogean’s murder investigation show police have had a suspect since 2023. Denogean’s family didn't know. www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix...
Police identified, never charged suspect in 2022 teacher killing
Records from David Denogean’s murder investigation show police have had a suspect since 2023. Denogean’s family didn't know.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com
September 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Police identified, never charged suspect in 2022 teacher killing
Records from David Denogean’s murder investigation show police have had a suspect since 2023. Denogean’s family didn't know. www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix...
Records from David Denogean’s murder investigation show police have had a suspect since 2023. Denogean’s family didn't know. www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix...
Reposted by Stephen Lemons
Records from David Denogean’s murder investigation show police have had a suspect since 2023. Denogean’s family didn't know.
Police identified, never charged suspect in 2022 teacher killing
Records from David Denogean’s murder investigation show police have had a suspect since 2023. Denogean’s family didn't know.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com
September 11, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Records from David Denogean’s murder investigation show police have had a suspect since 2023. Denogean’s family didn't know.
Police identified, never charged suspect in 2022 teacher killing
Records from David Denogean’s murder investigation show police have had a suspect since 2023. Denogean’s family didn't know. www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix...
Records from David Denogean’s murder investigation show police have had a suspect since 2023. Denogean’s family didn't know. www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix...
Police identified, never charged suspect in 2022 teacher killing
Records from David Denogean’s murder investigation show police have had a suspect since 2023. Denogean’s family didn't know.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com
September 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Police identified, never charged suspect in 2022 teacher killing
Records from David Denogean’s murder investigation show police have had a suspect since 2023. Denogean’s family didn't know. www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix...
Records from David Denogean’s murder investigation show police have had a suspect since 2023. Denogean’s family didn't know. www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix...
Reposted by Stephen Lemons
As head of the Border Patrol union, Brandon Judd fawningly sucked up to Trump. Now he's set to become ambassador to Chile.
How kissing Trump’s ass won a Border Patrol leader a cushy job abroad
As head of the Border Patrol union, Brandon Judd fawningly sucked up to Trump. Now he's set to become ambassador to Chile.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com
September 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
As head of the Border Patrol union, Brandon Judd fawningly sucked up to Trump. Now he's set to become ambassador to Chile.
Reposted by Stephen Lemons
As Border Patrol union president, Brandon Judd enthusiastically embraced Donald Trump, to the dismay of some agents.
Now, that sychophancy is being rewarded with an ambassadorship to Chile.
The latest in the Arizona Watchdog Project from @stephenlemons.bsky.social:
Now, that sychophancy is being rewarded with an ambassadorship to Chile.
The latest in the Arizona Watchdog Project from @stephenlemons.bsky.social:
How kissing Trump’s ass won a Border Patrol leader a cushy job abroad
As head of the Border Patrol union, Brandon Judd fawningly sucked up to Trump. Now he's set to become ambassador to Chile.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
As Border Patrol union president, Brandon Judd enthusiastically embraced Donald Trump, to the dismay of some agents.
Now, that sychophancy is being rewarded with an ambassadorship to Chile.
The latest in the Arizona Watchdog Project from @stephenlemons.bsky.social:
Now, that sychophancy is being rewarded with an ambassadorship to Chile.
The latest in the Arizona Watchdog Project from @stephenlemons.bsky.social:
Sheridan may be “putting the band back together,” the insider said — only “they’re a lot older and don’t sing as well.”
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/maricop...
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/maricop...
The Arpaio All-Stars: Meet the county sheriff’s sketchy retreads
Jerry Sheridan claims he’s no Sheriff Joe. Still, he's brought back some of Arpaio's favorite badge-wearin' bubbas.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com
August 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Sheridan may be “putting the band back together,” the insider said — only “they’re a lot older and don’t sing as well.”
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/maricop...
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/maricop...