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		<title>Did the county recorder reject thousands of legitimate ballots?</title>
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					<dc:creator>Zach Buchanan</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 07:07:55 -0700</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/ww-media/mediaserver/phx/2025-25/justin-heap-1.webp" alt="justin heap pointing and smiling" />The rate of ballots rejected for bad signatures jumped, and MAGA Recorder Justin Heap's new processes might be to blame.]]></description>
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		<title>How Arizona’s lawmakers voted on releasing the Epstein files</title>
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					<dc:creator>Zach Buchanan</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 14:46:31 -0700</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/ww-media/mediaserver/phx/2025-30/trump-epstein-files-getty.webp" alt="An image of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, along with the words “President Trump: Release All the Epstein Files,” is projected onto the U.S. Chamber of Commerce building on July 18." />Turns out no one wanted to be on record as protecting a notorious pedophile and sex offender.]]></description>
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		<title>Epstein files billboard pops up in Andy Biggs’ district ahead of vote</title>
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					<dc:creator>Zach Buchanan</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 12:08:34 -0700</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/ww-media/mediaserver/phx/2025-08/andy-biggs.webp" alt="andy biggs" />Rep. Andy Biggs was for releasing the Epstein files and then against it. With the pressure on, he's back on the bandwagon.]]></description>
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		<title>Phoenix homelessness is set to surge thanks to Trump, experts say</title>
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					<dc:creator>Zach Buchanan</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 11:35:35 -0700</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/ww-media/mediaserver/phx/2022-33/the-zone-homeless-encampment-2-mh.webp" alt="Phoenix homelessness is set to surge thanks to Trump, experts say" />Due to Trump cuts, “the whole country is bracing for the biggest humanitarian crisis you’ve ever seen,” one expert says.]]></description>
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		<title>Phoenix pastor says church shouldn’t help ‘single mother whores’</title>
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					<dc:creator>Zach Buchanan</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 13:40:27 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title>Arizona Rep. Ansari trolls House speaker for covering up Epstein files</title>
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					<dc:creator>Zach Buchanan</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 15:52:53 -0700</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/ww-media/mediaserver/phx/2024-45/yassamin-ansari.webp" alt="yassamin ansari" />Rep. Yassamin Ansari recreated a classic meme while sitting outside the office of the Republican Speaker of the House.]]></description>
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		<title>2 Phoenix politicians among top 25 young Democrats to watch</title>
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					<dc:creator>Zach Buchanan</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 12:23:00 -0700</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/11/Analise-Ortiz-Yassamin-Ansari.jpg" alt="analise ortiz and yassamin ansari" />Arizona isn't exactly overflowing with Democrats, but these two young legislators have earned national attention.]]></description>
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		<title>What is Prop. 409? The Maricopa County ballot measure explained</title>
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					<dc:creator>Zach Buchanan</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 06:41:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title>With SNAP in limbo, low-income Arizonans worry about their next meal</title>
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					<dc:creator>Zach Buchanan</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 16:45:52 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title>Arizona does not follow daylight saving time. Why?</title>
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					<dc:creator>Zach Buchanan</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 11:23:15 -0700</pubDate>
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