Morgan Fischer

We’re back at the bargaining table today w/ @VMGGuild to negotiate our new contact. I’ve changed my profile picture in solidarity with my fellow guild members as we continue to fight for a fair deal. 💥

On Jan. 26, a Phoenix cop hastily shot and killed a man subduing a home intruder. Prosecutors charged the intruder -- not the cop -- with murder. The slain man's family isn't happy. They want the cop, Jason Valenzuela, to face justice. By @morgfisch: phoenixnewtimes.com/news/family-ma…

NEW: Two years ago, over brunch, Trumpists working under Project 2025 began plotting ways for Trump to deploy the military on U.S. soil. Election-denier Jeffrey Clark suggested invoking the Insurrection Act. Welcome to the Insurrectionist Brunch: phoenixnewtimes.com/news/trumpists…

NEW: Google yanked money from a PAC promoting the pro-industry slate in SRP's election. The tech giant also asked that its name be removed from all campaign materials. The PAC has made some folks queasy by cozying up to Turning Point. By @stephenlemons: phoenixnewtimes.com/news/google-ya…

Vanessa Hickman pleaded guilty to one count of theft, a class 6 undesignated felony that can be knocked down to a misdemeanor after probation, and one count of facilitation to commit trafficking in stolen property, a class 2 felony. phoenixnewtimes.com/news/ex-arizon…

On Monday, the Mijente Support Committee launched a campaign to display more than 200 billboards across the country calling out ICE. Forty of those billboards are scattered across the Valley. phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix-f…

Vanessa Hickman, the former Arizona Attorney General's Office division chief who was popped for stealing and reselling misdelivered mail, entered a guilty plea last week. By @morgfisch: phoenixnewtimes.com/news/ex-arizon…

Last year, a jury acquitted Dorrian Jones of ESA fraud. He says the prosecution still ruined his life. Jones is suing Kris Mayes and Tom Horne, claiming Horne pointed Mayes at him not because he was committing ESA fraud but because he was WARNING of it. phoenixnewtimes.com/news/arizona-m…

Phoenix police arrested Little Joe Lageman in 2024 for a hit-and-run. They dropped the charges a year later. He's now suing, claiming they arrested the wrong guy, chipped his teeth during the arrest and never considered other suspects. By @morgfisch: phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix-p…

Former mobster Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano allegedly sexually assaulted an ex-employee of his production company. She says he forcibly kissed her, bragged about his erection and once had her collect his feces for a stool sample. By @morgfisch: phoenixnewtimes.com/news/arizona-w…

Brad Miller, the embattled Pinal County attorney who lied about using Signal, sure knows how to pick 'em. As @stephenlemons lays out, Miller's hand-picked top investigator, Richard Mueller, is a disgraced cop with a long history of misconduct. Story: phoenixnewtimes.com/news/pinal-cou…

If a 41-year-old Tempe resident detained by ICE is sent back to his home country of Iran, he will be executed, his attorney says. But the agency appears deadset on deporting him there anyway. Latest for @phoenixnewtimes phoenixnewtimes.com/news/detained-…

Yesterday, state Sen. John Kavanagh left a committee hearing in which his bill against ICE alerts was to be heard. The chair, Wendy Rogers, didn't know where he was. Then state Sen. Analise Ortiz showed her a livestream of Kavanagh on talk radio. phoenixnewtimes.com/news/arizona-l…

State Sen. Wendy Rogers wants to compel local election officials to allow ICE agents at every -- EVERY -- voting location this November. “It’s deeply disturbing. It’s racist and it’s intended to intimidate people from turning out to vote.” Story: phoenixnewtimes.com/news/arizona-b…

Kristi Noem was here today. The truth was not. All that just to reheat the same tired old lies about Arizona elections. By @morgfisch: phoenixnewtimes.com/news/false-ari…

This the second incident this session involving a Republican lawmaker preventing someone from filming or taking photographs during public committee hearings, which are already recorded and livestreamed.

A Republican wants to jail you for saying ICE is in your neighborhood phoenixnewtimes.com/news/arizona-l…

An Arizona lawmaker wants to criminalize people who alert others about the presence of ICE in their communities. It's a broad, far-reaching proposal that likely violates the First Amendment. Read the full story @phoenixnewtimes phoenixnewtimes.com/news/arizona-l…

The 911 audio from Christian Diaz Rendon's killing is awful. You hear his kids' terror as a gunman enters the house. Then relief as they tell police that their dad had subdued him. Finally, you hear their anguish as a Phoenix cop shoots their dad dead. phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix-c…

I’m extremely concerned about the rise in measles cases in Arizona and the recent exposure at Sky Harbor. Measles is highly contagious but preventable. The best way to protect yourself and your family is to be vaccinated. azfamily.com/2026/02/09/mea…

Saying "Rot in hell Charlie Kirk" is a firing offense in Gila County... phoenixnewtimes.com/news/gila-coun…