@robodellaz

Former data and investigative reporter at the Arizona Republic. Won Pulitzer in 2018 and Goldsmith in 2020. PA native. Proud dad to two girls.

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Joined September 2013
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More than a year ago, I was asked to do the impossible. Help build an algorithm that could tease out what statehouse bills were created from model legislation (ie copy-paste legislation). Along with a terrific team @USATODAY and @azcentral. We did it. Here’s how. (THREAD)
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Here's the original investigation by @robodellaz and @ByIanJames: azcentral.com/in-depth/news/…

Arizona provides sweet deal to Saudi farm to pump water from Phoenix's backup supply

Arizona is leasing farmland to a Saudi company, straining aquifers and threatening future water supplies for Phoenix

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HOW IN THE ACTUAL HELL IS THAT NOT A PUSHOFF ON TATUM?!?! IN WHAT WORLD?!?!??
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Rob O'Dell retweeted
Ian James@ByIanJames2 May 2023
Arizona has revoked permits that would have allowed a Saudi dairy company to drill two more wells on state-owned farmland. The decision comes nearly a year after @robodellaz's investigation revealed sweet deals in leases of state land. @sbarchenger azcentral.com/story/news/pol…

Arizona blocks Saudi company from drilling 2 more wells on state land

Arizona previously had signed sweetheart land leases with Fondomonte and some other companies that use state groundwater without any oversight.

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A source just said the Bills “got their slot receiver on a tight end contract.” He’s a tight end but will be used like a WR. A top 10 prospect fell into their laps and he coincidently dominates in the areas the Bills need back in their offense…..Pretty wild.
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Makes it look so easy, especially when you talk about transitioning into a runner and putting his body in a position to get some yards after the catch.
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Very exciting news regarding a potential movie about #AngelosBachelorParty:
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@DEADLINE24 Apr 2023
EXCLUSIVE: Peter Hoare has been tapped by producers Joe Russo and Jordan Finnegan to pen the script for ‘Reply All,’ a new film based on the viral, true story of Will Novak deadline.com/2023/04/peter-h…

Peter Hoare Tapped To Pen ‘Reply All’ Film Based On True Story Of Will Novak & His Mission To...

Peter Hoare has been enlisted to script the film 'Reply All,' based on the viral true story of Arizona's Will Nova

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hahahahaha Paul Reed just tried to control the ball with his feet while rolling around on the floor, I love this dude (honestly kind of a smart play as Butler might have had an easy bucket otherwise)
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“This is a seminal moment in the history of mass media. And we need to treat it that way.” Read @ThePlumLineGS on Fox. washingtonpost.com/opinions/…

Opinion | Finally, Democrats appear ready to wage war on Fox News

A series of texts involving network personalities requires Democrats to rethink their approach to information warfare.

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The NFLPA team survey has some striking stuff. The Cardinals charged players for eating meals at the team facility? Wow. We encouraged players to eat at the facility and hoped they would. Did Michael Bidwell really need that money for player food? Bad look.
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I frame it a little differently: the commercial wing of a political movement that operates by monetizing resentment. But I like @davidfolkenflik's description too.
Tim Graham
@TimJGraham1 Mar 2023
NPR's David Folkenflik: "what we saw, in a sense, was Fox being revealed to what we've found it to be by our reporting. It's really a business operation around which is wrapped a highly ideological and political shop, around which is wrapped the public face of a news operation."
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Replying to @mtgreenee
Man that sucks. I was attacked and screamed at in 2018 by an insane woman named Marjorie Taylor Greene. She had no respect for the privacy of me as an 18 year old school shooting survivor or my staff. She was self righteous, insane, and completely out of control.
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We are about to find out how much influence McDermott had over the defense. He stated many times publicly that it was Frazier's defense. I don't know whether everyone believes that or not. Either way, who they hire, and this next year will give us the answer. #BillsMafia
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Possibly the funnest Sixers basketball sequence in years. LFG.
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Tonight showed the difference between Jokic and Embiid Embiid was mostly awful on offense. Still made a huge impact on the game with his defense Jokic can’t do that #💯
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This move by @krismayes is happening because former @azcentral reporter @robodellaz broke this story. #journalismmatters
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"It's my view that the lease itself is being violated. I also think it violates the gift clause. Watch for an announcement from my office soon." 12news.com/article/news/poli…

'A very serious matter': Arizona AG talks Saudi farm, Rio Verde Foothills and fake electors

A deal dating back to the 1940s set up the complicated relationship between Arizona and Saudi Arabia's agriculture. Water needs have brought that lease under fire.

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🤷‍♂️ We can regret every day about what might have been had we acted in time, but what is most important is acting now so we have fewer regrets tomorrow. Stop repeating the same mistakes and give Ukraine everything it needs to win now. xitter.cf/erripis/status/1625129…
Ioannis K. Erripis@erripis13 Feb 2023
One year ago (and 11 days before the invasion), @Kasparov63 was right (as usual) facebook.com/GKKasparov/post…

Garry Kasparov

My latest op-ed on Putin's war on Ukraine in the NY Daily News. Which started eight years ago, by the way, and most of my recommendations now were the same then. Had they been enacted, we would not...

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Tom West@TomWestNBA13 Feb 2023
Ah, another old Sixers backup center who'll wrongfully take minutes away from Paul Reed.
Adrian Wojnarowski
@wojespn13 Feb 2023
The 76ers are signing free agent center Dewayne Dedmon for the rest of the season, sources tell ESPN.
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Tom West@TomWestNBA13 Feb 2023
Meanwhile, as the Sixers sign another bad center, Isaiah Joe is leading the NBA in 3PT% at 45.8% on 4.6 attempts per game -- and 10.6 (!) per 36 minutes. Over his last 11 games, he's played 21.5 minutes per game to average 11.9 points and 50.6% from 3 on 7.0 attempts.
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Hate that call. Not on this stage. Eagles haven’t made stops in the second half but …agree w Greg Olsen.
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The striped shirts ruin another game.. Weird.
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The refs were doing such a great job letting the boys play. That call is actual bull shit and should have never been called. Embarrassing.
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