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Fortify AZ has ended its effort to place the Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Accounts Reform and Accountability Act on the November ballot. The initiative would have required the Arizona Department of Education to create an online marketplace payment system for ESA purchases, eliminated the reimbursement and debit card system, imposed additional restrictions on allowable expenditures, required fingerprint clearance cards for qualified tutors and school personnel, permanently removed parents who intentionally misuse funds from the ESA program, and required quarterly reporting on vendor payments, disqualifications, and recovered funds. The effort received more than $5.3 million in support from the American Federation for Children, which maintained that the proposed reforms reflected successful policies used in other states and offered the best opportunity to preserve school choice in Arizona. Efforts to reach a legislative compromise between Republican lawmakers and the Arizona Education Association that would have ended both this initiative and the Protect Education Act ultimately failed. The Protect Education Act remains active and would impose a $150,000 income cap on ESA eligibility, require tutors and schools to obtain fingerprint clearance cards, register annually with the Arizona Department of Education, pay fees, and become subject to State Board of Education discipline. Nearly all funding for the Protect Education Act campaign has come from the National Education Association. Arizona’s ESA program currently serves more than 100,700 students.
Screw AFC. They've lost all credibility as a school choice organization.
https://azfreenews.com/2026/06/fortify-az-calls-off-esa-reform-ballot-initiative/
| 2 | Arizona voters will decide in November whether to amend the Arizona Constitution through the Arizona Secure Elections Act, also known as the FAST Election Results Act. The measure would reaffirm that only United States citizens may register and vote in Arizona elections, prohibit foreign nationals from contributing money or anything of value to influence Arizona elections, and require voters to present valid government-issued identification before casting a ballot, including when voting by mail. Supporters maintain that election confidence has declined, that stronger safeguards are needed, and that election laws should be determined by Arizonans rather than outside interests. They contend that voter identification and proof of citizenship requirements are reasonable security measures that will improve trust in election outcomes. Opponents maintain that the measure is redundant because Arizona already requires proof of citizenship and voter identification, and that the proposal could make mail-in voting more difficult and create a pathway for future restrictions on voting by mail. The resolution passed the Legislature along party lines and will be decided by Arizona voters in the general election.
https://azfreenews.com/2026/06/arizona-ballot-measure-would-ban-foreign-election-spending-expand-voter-id-requirements/ | 2 |
| 3 | Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes stated that DACA recipients serve as police officers, firefighters, nurses, and small business owners in Arizona while defending the DACA program and criticizing calls for the deportation of individuals who entered the country illegally. Arizona law requires United States citizenship to serve as a peace officer, making DACA recipients ineligible for law enforcement positions in the state. The dispute arose after Senate President Warren Petersen pledged to support deportation of all individuals who entered the country illegally and criticized Mayes for supporting DACA. The issue also highlighted efforts by Democratic officials to prevent the deportation of a DACA recipient arrested for felony retail theft in Tucson. Federal courts have ruled the DACA program unlawful, preventing new admissions while allowing existing recipients to renew their status if they remain eligible. Attention to the program increased following the arrest of a DACA recipient accused of leading a plot targeting elected officials and attendees at a White House event. More than 825,000 individuals who entered the country illegally as minors have participated in the DACA program.
https://azfreenews.com/2026/06/arizona-attorney-general-falsely-claims-daca-recipients-can-be-police-officers/ | 2 |
| 4 | A Maricopa County Superior Court judge ordered the Glendale City Council to reinstate Councilmember Jose “Lupe” Conchas after the council voted to remove him from office over his election to the Salt River Project (SRP) board. The council argued that Conchas violated the Glendale City Charter, which prohibits councilmembers from holding another compensated public office, because SRP board members receive a $60 per diem for attending meetings. Judge Greg Como ruled that the per diem is a reimbursement that reasonably approximates actual expenses rather than a salary or compensation that would disqualify him from serving on the council. The court found that the council exceeded its authority when it declared Conchas’ seat vacant and ordered his reinstatement. The ruling relied in part on Arizona constitutional and statutory provisions governing dual office holding, which focus on salaried positions rather than expense reimbursements. Conchas stated that the decision confirmed he had followed the law throughout the process, and the City of Glendale indicated it would comply with the ruling and take the necessary steps to restore him to office representing the Cactus District.
https://azfreenews.com/2026/06/court-orders-glendale-city-council-to-reinstate-ousted-democrat/ | 1 |
| 5 | Congressman Abe Hamadeh introduced the No American Left Behind Act and the No Equipment Left Behind Act of 2026 to strengthen efforts to recover Americans abroad and prevent U.S. military equipment from falling into enemy hands. The No American Left Behind Act establishes a formal doctrine directing the federal government to prioritize the recovery of Americans detained, stranded, or held hostage overseas through improved coordination among government agencies. The legislation is inspired by efforts to secure the release of Americans held abroad and to recover the remains of Arizona humanitarian worker Kayla Mueller, who was abducted and killed by terrorists in Syria. The No Equipment Left Behind Act responds to the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and previous events in Iraq, where billions of dollars in U.S.-funded military equipment were captured by hostile forces. The bill establishes enhanced reporting, risk assessment, accountability, tracking, transfer, and destruction requirements to ensure military assets do not fall into enemy hands during future withdrawals. Both measures were unanimously approved by the House Armed Services Committee for inclusion in the Fiscal Year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act and are intended to ensure the United States never abandons its citizens or military equipment overseas.
https://azfreenews.com/2026/06/hamadeh-introduces-bills-to-ensure-no-americans-or-u-s-military-equipment-are-left-behind-overseas/ | 5 |
| 6 | Arizona’s ESA program gives parents the ability to choose the educational environment that best meets their children’s needs, including public schools, charter schools, private schools, homeschooling, and other options. Military families and other parents have used ESAs to access educational opportunities that better fit their children’s learning styles, goals, and challenges. The Protect Education Act would restrict access to ESAs by adding new limitations and barriers, reducing educational choice for families. ESA awards generally cost less than the total amount spent per student in traditional public schools, meaning the state often spends less when a student uses an ESA. Instances of fraud and misuse within the program are rare, with state analyses finding that serious fraud accounts for only a small fraction of total ESA spending. The appropriate response to misuse is stronger accountability and oversight rather than restricting educational options for families. Arizona’s leadership in educational freedom is built on trusting parents to make decisions for their children, and preserving that freedom supports parental rights, student success, and access to a wider range of educational opportunities.
https://azfreenews.com/2026/06/yendi-parker-the-protect-education-act-doesnt-protect-education/ | 4 |
| 7 | More than 600 Pima County property owners are set to receive approximately $6 million in tax refunds after the county assessor's office identified years of overvaluations affecting 630 properties. Former Treasurer Brian Johnson refused to issue the refunds, arguing that the assessor's methodology violated state law and failed to properly calculate property values for each individual tax year. Johnson maintained that taxpayers deserve assurance that corrections and refunds comply with Arizona law, particularly when millions of dollars are involved and the costs could ultimately impact local governments, school districts, and other taxing entities. Following Johnson's resignation, county officials concluded that the treasurer's office does not have the authority to challenge or delay Notices of Proposed Correction issued by the assessor and moved forward with the refunds. The assessor's office attributes the errors to problems discovered during the transition to a new valuation system and traces some issues back to property data adjustments made more than a decade ago. The dispute highlights concerns about government accountability, transparency, property tax assessments, and the proper limits of authority between elected county officials when correcting valuation errors and distributing taxpayer funds.
https://archive.ph/m7ZZu | 10 |
| 8 | The Department of Education has entered agreements with the Department of Justice and the Department of Health and Human Services to transfer key responsibilities as part of a broader effort to reduce the federal government's role in education and ultimately return more authority to the states. Under an agreement with the Department of Justice, the Office for Civil Rights may refer discrimination complaints to the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division for evaluation, investigation, and resolution, while continuing to oversee civil rights data collection, mediation, settlements, policy guidance, and technical assistance. Individuals will still be able to file discrimination complaints with the Office for Civil Rights, and existing enforcement activities will continue. The Department is also transferring the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services to HHS. That office administers the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, provides billions of dollars in special education funding to states, and oversees vocational rehabilitation programs for individuals with disabilities. Federal rights, protections, and funding for students with disabilities will remain unchanged, and states are expected to receive additional funding in fiscal year 2026. These actions advance Education Secretary Linda McMahon's effort to dismantle the Department of Education by shifting responsibilities either to states or to other federal agencies better suited to carry them out.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/17/education-department-takes-further-steps-to-dismantle-itself/ | 12 |
| 9 | Hobbs continues to block much of the Republican agenda in Arizona, issuing 88 additional vetoes and bringing her total this session close to 150. Among the measures she rejected were bills that would have capped photo-enforcement fines, lowered the learner's permit age to give teens more supervised driving experience, prohibited the use of Sharia law in Arizona courts, expanded protections for children from gender-transition treatments, strengthened cooperation with federal immigration authorities, prevented financial institutions from serving illegal immigrants, enhanced ballot security measures, protected individuals from vaccine mandates, and promoted domestic energy development through small modular nuclear reactors. Hobbs also vetoed legislation requiring paid petition circulators to disclose they are not Arizona residents, expanding protections for unborn children exposed to drugs or alcohol, and strengthening election integrity through ballot security features.
These were common-sense measures designed to protect children, strengthen public safety, secure elections, uphold the rule of law, expand parental rights, promote energy independence, and preserve Arizona values. Yet Hobbs rejected them, arguing that many were unnecessary, unconstitutional, or infringed on local control.
In November, let's make sure we VETO Hobbs!
https://archive.ph/dQ1ya | 16 |
| 10 | Cole Tomas Allen, the 31-year-old man accused of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner and shooting a Secret Service officer, failed in his effort to remove U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche from prosecuting his case. Allen argued that Pirro's friendship with Trump, along with statements made by both officials after the incident and their presence at the event, created a conflict of interest and the appearance of impropriety. U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden rejected those arguments, ruling that neither their attendance at the dinner, their public comments about the case, nor Pirro's friendship with the president constituted grounds for disqualification. The court found that neither official is likely to be a trial witness or meets the legal definition of a victim in the case. Allen also sought to disqualify Pirro's entire office, but that request was denied as well. Following Allen's indictment, Pirro and Blanche publicly pledged to pursue the maximum penalties available under the law against individuals who use violence for political purposes.
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/attempted-trump-assassination-suspects-complaints-about-jeanine-pirro-go-up-in-smoke-as-judge-sees-no-issue-with-her-friendship-with-the-president/ | 18 |
| 11 | Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho resigned after being placed on paid administrative leave following FBI raids on his home and district office. The federal investigation is focused in part on school district contracts and Carvalho’s interactions with contractors connected to AllHere, the company that developed the district’s AI-powered chatbot, “Ed.” The chatbot was intended to help families access educational services but was abandoned after the company collapsed. No criminal charges have been filed, and Carvalho has denied wrongdoing. He stated that he resigned so schools could remain focused on students and learning without distraction. Carvalho led LAUSD beginning in 2022 after serving as superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools for 14 years and received recognition for improvements in student achievement, graduation rates, and test scores. During his tenure, the district also faced a major cyberattack, labor unrest, declining enrollment, and increased scrutiny over spending related to the chatbot project. His contract was renewed in 2025, and it remains unclear whether his resignation includes a financial settlement, although his employment agreement reportedly guaranteed at least a 12-month payout if he were terminated without cause.
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/lausd-superintendent-carvalho-resigns/ | 17 |
| 12 |  +1HOW DOES ESA FUNDING WORK?
An ESA student receives 90% of what the state legislature would appropriate for them to attend a public school.
Reference: ARS 15-2402 (C)
https://www.azleg.gov/ars/15/02402.htm
ESA students do not receive any federal or local funds at all. Those are still appropriated, in whole, to the public schools.
See the Joint Legislative Budget Committee reference to funding - this year, a typical public school student gets (on average) $14,983 and a typical ESA student (on average) gets $8,372
Reference: https://www.azjlbc.gov/units/allfunding.pdf | 12 |
| 13 | Major corporate charitable giving platforms connect employers with nonprofit organizations and help determine which charities employees may support through workplace giving programs. Some of these platforms have used the Southern Poverty Law Center's "hate map" and related designations as part of their nonprofit screening process, resulting in the exclusion of certain conservative and Christian organizations from eligibility. Critics argue that this practice effectively blacklists mainstream conservative, pro-life, and religious groups and creates viewpoint discrimination within corporate giving programs. Concerns are heightened by allegations surrounding the Southern Poverty Law Center, including a federal indictment related to past financial dealings involving Ku Klux Klan informants. In response, organizations such as 1792 Exchange and Alliance Defending Freedom are urging corporate giving platforms to stop relying on SPLC designations. Some companies have already directed their giving platforms to stop using SPLC-based screening, and platforms such as Groundswell have eliminated platform-wide reliance on the SPLC entirely. Bonterra now allows customers to disable SPLC-based vetting at their discretion, while Benevity maintains that use of such screening tools is controlled by individual corporate clients rather than being applied universally. The broader concern is that nonprofit eligibility decisions affecting millions of employees and hundreds of thousands of charities may be influenced by politically controversial third-party classifications.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/20/sneaky-way-corporate-america-shifts-responsibility-blacklisting-conservatives | 12 |
| 14 | Randi Weingarten argues that teachers face severe financial hardship, that teacher pay lags far behind other college-educated professionals, and that stronger union-backed collective bargaining agreements are necessary to improve compensation. However, teachers receive substantial benefits in addition to salary, bringing average total compensation above $100,000 annually, while working significantly fewer hours per year than full-time private-sector employees. Collective bargaining agreements do not increase teacher pay and may result in lower earnings than those received by teachers in non-unionized districts. Teachers pay significant union dues, yet the overwhelming majority of the American Federation of Teachers' political contributions support Democratic candidates despite a substantial portion of teachers identifying as Republicans. Weingarten earns more than $500,000 annually while advocating for higher teacher pay. Her claims regarding school reopening efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic conflict with her union's actions to influence federal guidance and support prolonged school closures. Union funds were used extensively to support the production, legal review, promotion, and publication of her book, with teachers ultimately financing much of the project through their dues. Weingarten is also a prominent participant in progressive political activism while leading a union whose members do not directly elect its national president. Teachers would be financially better off leaving the union, keeping their dues, and no longer supporting an organization that primarily advances political objectives rather than improving teacher compensation or working conditions.
https://larrysand.substack.com/p/randi-whinegarten | 15 |
| 15 | Cuban educational institutions, academic programs, and exchange initiatives are used to promote socialist and Marxist ideology, cultivate support for the Cuban regime, and recruit foreign students and academics. Programs connected to the Autonomous University of Social Movements and the University of Havana present Cuba as a society built on equality, free health care, free education, subsidized food, childcare, and guaranteed employment while omitting political repression, violations of due process, suppression of dissent, and the executions that followed the Cuban Revolution. These programs seek to reshape participants’ understanding of Cuba through a social justice framework and remain available to U.S. students through educational travel exemptions under existing U.S. regulations. Because Cuba is designated a State Sponsor of Terrorism and has been identified as a threat to U.S. national security, educational travel programs and academic exchanges with the island should be reconsidered. Academic networks and organizations operating within the United States provide opportunities for Cuban intelligence services to spread propaganda, cultivate influence, identify potential recruits, and advance the interests of the Cuban regime. Organizations such as the Latin American Studies Association function as venues where Cuban regime operatives, intelligence assets, and supporters can build networks and influence American academic and political institutions.
https://washingtonstand.com/article/indoctrinating-americans-in-cuba-academia-as-a-weapon-part-2
Related Post: https://t.me/Fighting4_AZ/47009 | 15 |
| 16 | Nine members of Beijing’s Zion Church were released after more than eight months in detention when the maximum investigative detention period under Chinese law expired. Nine remaining church leaders continue to face prosecution on charges of illegal business operations and fraud after authorities replaced earlier allegations related to the use of information networks. Zion Church maintains that its Bible training activities are legitimate religious activities, not commercial enterprises, and that church offerings are voluntary donations rather than fraud. The church leaders are preparing not-guilty defenses as the case moves forward. The crackdown began in October 2025 and targeted one of China’s largest and most influential independent house churches, which had previously refused government demands to install surveillance cameras and operate under state oversight. Chinese authorities increasingly use economic crime allegations against independent churches that refuse to join the state-approved Three-Self Patriotic Church. The outcome of the case is expected to signal how China intends to handle independent Protestant churches in the future. Christian organizations and supporters around the world continue to advocate for the detained believers and for greater religious freedom in China.
https://washingtonstand.com/article/china-releases-9-zion-church-members-escalates-charges-against-9-others-detained | 15 |
| 17 | Federal authorities arrested Abraham Hermosillo Alvarez, a Mexican national who remained in the United States illegally for nearly 25 years after overstaying a temporary visa and later receiving protection under the DACA program. Alvarez is accused of leading a five-person terrorist plot targeting President Donald Trump, government officials, and attendees at the UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House, with plans involving drones and counter-sniper tactics intended to maximize casualties. The case is used to underscore the importance of strict immigration enforcement and deportation policies. The Trump administration reports 13 consecutive months with no illegal immigrants apprehended at the border being released into the country, a dramatic shift from prior policies under which most border crossers were released through various programs. Border encounters have fallen by 94%, and immigration enforcement operations continue to target illegal immigrants with criminal records. In a single month, one ICE field office in Houston arrested 735 illegal immigrants with more than 1,700 criminal convictions, including homicide, attempted murder of a police officer, sexual offenses against children, sex trafficking, assault, burglary, drug trafficking, weapons violations, kidnapping, domestic violence, gang activity, and numerous other serious crimes. These arrests demonstrate that prior immigration policies allowed violent criminals and repeat offenders to remain in the country and that aggressive enforcement and deportation efforts are necessary to protect public safety and prevent future victimization of Americans.
https://washingtonstand.com/article/federal-authorities-arrest-illegal-immigrant-terrorist-plot-mastermind--and-other-violent-criminals | 12 |
| 18 | Colorado Children’s Hospital halted the provision of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to minors after receiving a federal subpoena and facing potential federal consequences, including risks related to Medicaid funding. A Colorado Supreme Court ruling required the hospital to resume offering these services under state anti-discrimination law, but every physician affiliated with the hospital’s gender clinic independently declined to prescribe, renew, or refill gender-transition medications for patients under 18. The physicians concluded that the risk of federal enforcement actions outweighed the benefits of continuing treatment and stated that their decision was necessary to protect their ability to care for patients in the future. Recent Department of Justice actions against other hospitals that provided gender-transition procedures to minors, including large financial settlements and long-term restrictions on such services, reinforced those concerns. The situation reflects a direct conflict between Colorado’s efforts to guarantee access to gender-transition treatments for minors and federal efforts to discourage or penalize those practices. Increasing legal and financial liability is driving medical providers away from offering pediatric gender-transition treatments, even in jurisdictions that strongly support them, demonstrating that federal enforcement pressure is reshaping medical practice regardless of state-level political support.
https://washingtonstand.com/article/colorado-doctors-individually-refuse-to-practice-at-trans-center-over-fear-of-personal-consequences | 15 |
| 19 | The Department of Justice has sued Virginia, arguing that two new state laws unlawfully interfere with federal immigration enforcement and violate the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause. One law restricts federal agents from wearing face coverings and requires identification badges during operations, while the other limits voluntary cooperation agreements between local law enforcement agencies and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The DOJ contends that states do not have authority to regulate how federal law enforcement carries out its duties and compares Virginia’s actions to similar measures previously challenged in California. The lawsuit seeks to block the laws before they take effect on July 1, arguing that the requirements could expose federal agents to criminal penalties, doxing, harassment, and safety risks. The DOJ cites a recent court victory against California as support for its legal position and warns that other states considering similar restrictions may face comparable legal challenges. ICE maintains that agents conceal their identities during some operations because threats and attacks against agents and their families have increased amid opposition to federal immigration enforcement efforts.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/doj-warns-former-red-state-becoming-next-california-governor-embraces-ice-limits | 17 |
| 20 | Education has a long history of ignoring rigorous evidence and allowing ineffective practices to persist despite research showing better alternatives. Common objections to evidence-based education—including claims that teaching is too complex to study scientifically, every child is different, experience matters more than research, evidence threatens teacher autonomy, randomized trials are unethical, research changes too often, or evidence-based practice is merely political—are rejected as excuses that shield education from the standards of accountability expected in fields such as medicine, aviation, and public health. Human complexity does not prevent scientific investigation, and professional judgment should be informed by evidence rather than replace it. Education has frequently embraced unsupported ideas such as learning styles, Brain Gym, whole language instruction, and other pseudoscientific approaches while resisting practices supported by substantial evidence, particularly explicit reading instruction. Effective teaching requires integrating research, professional expertise, and consistent implementation focused on student outcomes rather than ideology, tradition, or personal preference. High-quality evidence should guide the adoption of effective practices, the removal of ineffective ones, and the rejection of pseudoscience. Student achievement is not predetermined by socioeconomic status, and schools have a responsibility to improve outcomes through evidence-based instruction. Education should hold itself to the same standards of scientific rigor, accountability, and continuous improvement expected in other professions that directly affect human well-being.
https://www.aei.org/articles/the-dog-ate-my-homework-educations-evidence-excuses-echo-chamber | 15 |
