Brahm Resnik
@brahmresnik.bsky.social
25 years covering Arizona. It's been a time.
Reporting on politics government & democracy at KPNX/12News (NBC) PHX. Host, 'Sunday Square Off,' 8am Sundays.
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Northwestern U.
McGill U.
Reporting on politics government & democracy at KPNX/12News (NBC) PHX. Host, 'Sunday Square Off,' 8am Sundays.
X: @brahmresnik
Tips: [email protected] or Signal
Northwestern U.
McGill U.
'Overkill': Tempe PD's arrest of Tucson woman in alleged threat to City Council raises issue of local government cracking down on critics' free speech, per columnist Tim Steller of AZ Daily Star. Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell weighing felony charge. tucson.com/news/local/s...
Tim Steller's column: Overkill in Tucsonan's arrest by Tempe PD for 'threat'
For Star subscribers: It made sense for Tempe police to investigate whether a post by Tucsonan Kathleen Tierney was a threat. Now, though, they appear to be turning critics' free
tucson.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
'Overkill': Tempe PD's arrest of Tucson woman in alleged threat to City Council raises issue of local government cracking down on critics' free speech, per columnist Tim Steller of AZ Daily Star. Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell weighing felony charge. tucson.com/news/local/s...
Per Charles Blanchard, fmr general counsel to Army & USAF (& fmr AZ state senator): "The target of this case is not merely Sen. Kelly, but the many military retirees that have been outspoken in their opposition to the Trump Administration." notesfortheperplexed.substack.com/p/the-depart...
The Department of Defense Joins the Lawfare Game: Three Observations on the Investigation of Senator Mark Kelly
Yesterday, the Department of Defense announced that it was investigating Senator Mark Kelly from the great state of Arizona for “serious allegations of misconduct,” apparently for the fact that he par...
notesfortheperplexed.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Per Charles Blanchard, fmr general counsel to Army & USAF (& fmr AZ state senator): "The target of this case is not merely Sen. Kelly, but the many military retirees that have been outspoken in their opposition to the Trump Administration." notesfortheperplexed.substack.com/p/the-depart...
NOW Pentagon says it's investigating Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly over video aimed at service members.
November 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
NOW Pentagon says it's investigating Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly over video aimed at service members.
Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly on threats from Trump: "People listen to him more than they listen to anybody else. And there are a lot of nuts out there that do crazy things. He's experienced this himself. He should know better."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwJ0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwJ0...
Sen. Mark Kelly responds to troop deployments and presidential threats
YouTube video by 12 News
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November 23, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly on threats from Trump: "People listen to him more than they listen to anybody else. And there are a lot of nuts out there that do crazy things. He's experienced this himself. He should know better."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwJ0...
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#SundaySquareOff
🔽Can they do that? 1A reporter Taylor Seely on Fountain Hills council ending public comment.
▶️Updates on Axon deal, MariCo rejected ballots, $80M indoor football stadium
▶️Hobbs hijacks Trump cuts, Kelly message, GOP vote fraud w Stacy Pearson & Chad Heywood
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🔽Can they do that? 1A reporter Taylor Seely on Fountain Hills council ending public comment.
▶️Updates on Axon deal, MariCo rejected ballots, $80M indoor football stadium
▶️Hobbs hijacks Trump cuts, Kelly message, GOP vote fraud w Stacy Pearson & Chad Heywood
📺8a 12News
November 23, 2025 at 3:12 AM
#SundaySquareOff
🔽Can they do that? 1A reporter Taylor Seely on Fountain Hills council ending public comment.
▶️Updates on Axon deal, MariCo rejected ballots, $80M indoor football stadium
▶️Hobbs hijacks Trump cuts, Kelly message, GOP vote fraud w Stacy Pearson & Chad Heywood
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🔽Can they do that? 1A reporter Taylor Seely on Fountain Hills council ending public comment.
▶️Updates on Axon deal, MariCo rejected ballots, $80M indoor football stadium
▶️Hobbs hijacks Trump cuts, Kelly message, GOP vote fraud w Stacy Pearson & Chad Heywood
📺8a 12News
BREAKING Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes will keep 'fake electors' case alive with appeal to Arizona Supreme Court. www.12news.com/article/news...
Arizona attorney general Kris Mayes decides to keep 'fake electors' case alive
Mayes asking Arizona Supreme Court to review lower court ruling that would have returned case to grand jury. Court had set Friday deadline for decision.
www.12news.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
BREAKING Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes will keep 'fake electors' case alive with appeal to Arizona Supreme Court. www.12news.com/article/news...
As residents express outrage, Fountain Hills AZ Town Council ends public comment at meetings
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
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As residents express outrage, Fountain Hills ends public comment at council meetings
The Fountain Hills Town Council voted 5-2 to end public comment at their meetings following threat of lawsuit over religious expressions.
www.azcentral.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:47 PM
As residents express outrage, Fountain Hills AZ Town Council ends public comment at meetings
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
'Worst idea' in town history? Fountain Hills AZ may end public comment at meetings
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'Worst idea' in town history? Fountain Hills may end public comment at meetings
After a resident accused the town of religious proselytizing and violating the First Amendment, Fountain Hills may block public comment altogether.
www.azcentral.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
'Worst idea' in town history? Fountain Hills AZ may end public comment at meetings
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
Who decides the fate of a gun used in a crime? AZ law mandates the sale of guns used to commit a crime - even the killing of a police officer. A top Republican prosecutor wants to give crime victims a say. #SundaySquareOff
www.youtube.com/watch?v=78gG...
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Who decides fate of a gun used in crime?
YouTube video by 12 News
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November 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Who decides the fate of a gun used in a crime? AZ law mandates the sale of guns used to commit a crime - even the killing of a police officer. A top Republican prosecutor wants to give crime victims a say. #SundaySquareOff
www.youtube.com/watch?v=78gG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=78gG...
Shutdown post-mortem with @SenRubenGallego: Did Dems cave? Should Schumer stay? Why take paycheck? & fate of ACA. #SundaySquareOff
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKA7...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKA7...
Sen. Ruben Gallego's shutdown review
YouTube video by 12 News
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November 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Shutdown post-mortem with @SenRubenGallego: Did Dems cave? Should Schumer stay? Why take paycheck? & fate of ACA. #SundaySquareOff
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKA7...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKA7...
SundaySquareOff
🔽Sen Ruben Gallego on voting 'no' to end shutdown, keeping Schumer, taking paycheck & more.
▶️Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell on push to let crime victims decide how weapon used against loved one should be disposed of. AZ law requires guns be sold, not destroyed.
📺8am 12News
🔽Sen Ruben Gallego on voting 'no' to end shutdown, keeping Schumer, taking paycheck & more.
▶️Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell on push to let crime victims decide how weapon used against loved one should be disposed of. AZ law requires guns be sold, not destroyed.
📺8am 12News
November 16, 2025 at 3:44 AM
SundaySquareOff
🔽Sen Ruben Gallego on voting 'no' to end shutdown, keeping Schumer, taking paycheck & more.
▶️Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell on push to let crime victims decide how weapon used against loved one should be disposed of. AZ law requires guns be sold, not destroyed.
📺8am 12News
🔽Sen Ruben Gallego on voting 'no' to end shutdown, keeping Schumer, taking paycheck & more.
▶️Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell on push to let crime victims decide how weapon used against loved one should be disposed of. AZ law requires guns be sold, not destroyed.
📺8am 12News
'Billions & billions & billions of gallons': Top export from Mohave County AZ is water guzzled by out-of-state interests, per @azcir.org
https://azcir.org/news/2025/11/13/out-of-state-interests-turn-haualapi-valley-into-de-facto-transfer-basin/
https://azcir.org/news/2025/11/13/out-of-state-interests-turn-haualapi-valley-into-de-facto-transfer-basin/
Arizona's Hualapai Valley now a 'de facto transfer basin' for out-of-state interests
Since 2014, an influx of out-of-state interests have drilled nearly 200 agricultural wells in Mohave County’s Hualapai Valley groundwater basin, straining the aquifer and putting residential water sup...
azcir.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:34 AM
'Billions & billions & billions of gallons': Top export from Mohave County AZ is water guzzled by out-of-state interests, per @azcir.org
https://azcir.org/news/2025/11/13/out-of-state-interests-turn-haualapi-valley-into-de-facto-transfer-basin/
https://azcir.org/news/2025/11/13/out-of-state-interests-turn-haualapi-valley-into-de-facto-transfer-basin/
JUST IN Speaker Mike Johnson will swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva at 2pm AZ time Wednesday on House floor, per
NBC. Swearing in comes 7 weeks after her victory in special election. Grijalva will succeed her late father, Rep. Raul Grijalva #AZ07
NBC. Swearing in comes 7 weeks after her victory in special election. Grijalva will succeed her late father, Rep. Raul Grijalva #AZ07
November 11, 2025 at 10:51 PM
JUST IN Speaker Mike Johnson will swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva at 2pm AZ time Wednesday on House floor, per
NBC. Swearing in comes 7 weeks after her victory in special election. Grijalva will succeed her late father, Rep. Raul Grijalva #AZ07
NBC. Swearing in comes 7 weeks after her victory in special election. Grijalva will succeed her late father, Rep. Raul Grijalva #AZ07
Are you an Arizona resident who is covered by health insurance offered on the Affordable Care Act marketplace? I'd like to talk to you for a story I'm working on. Please reach out at [email protected]
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Are you an Arizona resident who is covered by health insurance offered on the Affordable Care Act marketplace? I'd like to talk to you for a story I'm working on. Please reach out at [email protected]
NEW Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes appears poised to drop prosecution of Arizona's 2020 'fake electors.' #SundaySquareOff
www.12news.com/article/news...
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Arizona AG Kris Mayes appears poised to drop 'fake electors' case
Mayes has less than 2 weeks to decide whether to keep going. Comments on 'Sunday Square Off' suggest she'll shut down prosecution stemming from 2020 election.
www.12news.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
NEW Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes appears poised to drop prosecution of Arizona's 2020 'fake electors.' #SundaySquareOff
www.12news.com/article/news...
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SNAP SEESAW Trump to states: Stop sending food stamp benefits - or else face financial penalties. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Officials Demand States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
SNAP SEESAW Trump to states: Stop sending food stamp benefits - or else face financial penalties. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
#SundaySquareOff:
🔽AZ AG Kris Mayes on lawsuits v Trump tariffs & SNAP freeze, and will she drop 'fake electors' case w deadline looming?
▶️Turning Point's Mesa council win, Dems' big night, reax to Mayes' response on electors w Dem elex lawyer Roy Herrera & GOP activist TylerJMontague.
📺8am 12News
🔽AZ AG Kris Mayes on lawsuits v Trump tariffs & SNAP freeze, and will she drop 'fake electors' case w deadline looming?
▶️Turning Point's Mesa council win, Dems' big night, reax to Mayes' response on electors w Dem elex lawyer Roy Herrera & GOP activist TylerJMontague.
📺8am 12News
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 AM
#SundaySquareOff:
🔽AZ AG Kris Mayes on lawsuits v Trump tariffs & SNAP freeze, and will she drop 'fake electors' case w deadline looming?
▶️Turning Point's Mesa council win, Dems' big night, reax to Mayes' response on electors w Dem elex lawyer Roy Herrera & GOP activist TylerJMontague.
📺8am 12News
🔽AZ AG Kris Mayes on lawsuits v Trump tariffs & SNAP freeze, and will she drop 'fake electors' case w deadline looming?
▶️Turning Point's Mesa council win, Dems' big night, reax to Mayes' response on electors w Dem elex lawyer Roy Herrera & GOP activist TylerJMontague.
📺8am 12News
Turns out you can't just flip a switch to resume SNAP benefits. It could take weeks. www.12news.com/article/life...
Arizona SNAP recipients face new obstacles despite Trump Administration payment pledge
Food stamp recipients might have to wait weeks for payments, according to a court filing. Under the federal formula, some might get nothing.
www.12news.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Turns out you can't just flip a switch to resume SNAP benefits. It could take weeks. www.12news.com/article/life...
Reposted by Brahm Resnik
Sandwich Guy Beats the Wrap!
BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Sandwich Guy Beats the Wrap!
Reposted by Brahm Resnik
Hero jury saves hoagie hurler from legal grinder www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent
www.nytimes.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Hero jury saves hoagie hurler from legal grinder www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
JUST IN Maricopa County Board votes unanimously to reject rezoning request for a massive railway hub in the Northwest Valley after hearing from dozens of residents opposed to the project. BNSF railway planned $3.2 billion rail hub in Wittman with trucks, trains & warehouses.
November 5, 2025 at 7:28 PM
JUST IN Maricopa County Board votes unanimously to reject rezoning request for a massive railway hub in the Northwest Valley after hearing from dozens of residents opposed to the project. BNSF railway planned $3.2 billion rail hub in Wittman with trucks, trains & warehouses.
NOW Tolleson Union High School District request for $125 million in new borrowing is being rejected by voters 60%-40%.
'It's too late': $80 million for indoor football stadium will be discussed at Tolleson Union School Board meeting two weeks after Tuesday's election on borrowing $125 million. Board meeting before election was canceled. www.12news.com/article/news...
'It's way too late': Discussion of high school's $80 million indoor football stadium comes after vote on borrowing money
Tolleson Union cancels School Board meeting before Tuesday's bond election. Board will give 'direction' on stadium two weeks after vote.
www.12news.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:25 AM
NOW Tolleson Union High School District request for $125 million in new borrowing is being rejected by voters 60%-40%.
'I thought it was fake': Arizona Autism staffer didn't believe company email announcing termination. Phoenix-based provider offers a switch to independent contractor for an undisclosed number of 2,800 employees set to be laid off after Christmas. www.12news.com/article/news...
'I thought it was fake': Arizona Autism staffer didn't believe company email announcing termination
Phoenix-based provider offers a switch to independent contractor for an undisclosed number of 2,800 employees set to be laid off after Christmas.
www.12news.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
'I thought it was fake': Arizona Autism staffer didn't believe company email announcing termination. Phoenix-based provider offers a switch to independent contractor for an undisclosed number of 2,800 employees set to be laid off after Christmas. www.12news.com/article/news...
'I thought it was fake': Arizona Autism staffer didn't believe company email announcing termination. Phoenix-based provider offers a switch to independent contractor for an undisclosed number of 2,800 employees set to be laid off after Christmas. www.12news.com/article/news...
'I thought it was fake': Arizona Autism staffer didn't believe company email announcing termination
Phoenix-based provider offers a switch to independent contractor for an undisclosed number of 2,800 employees set to be laid off after Christmas.
www.12news.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
'I thought it was fake': Arizona Autism staffer didn't believe company email announcing termination. Phoenix-based provider offers a switch to independent contractor for an undisclosed number of 2,800 employees set to be laid off after Christmas. www.12news.com/article/news...
'It's too late': $80 million for indoor football stadium will be discussed at Tolleson Union School Board meeting two weeks after Tuesday's election on borrowing $125 million. Board meeting before election was canceled. www.12news.com/article/news...
'It's way too late': Discussion of high school's $80 million indoor football stadium comes after vote on borrowing money
Tolleson Union cancels School Board meeting before Tuesday's bond election. Board will give 'direction' on stadium two weeks after vote.
www.12news.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:55 AM
'It's too late': $80 million for indoor football stadium will be discussed at Tolleson Union School Board meeting two weeks after Tuesday's election on borrowing $125 million. Board meeting before election was canceled. www.12news.com/article/news...