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September 12, 2025
Did you know? On September 19, 1796, George Washington’s Farewell Address was published. In it, he warned against political factions and urged unity.
This week on Breaking Battlegrounds, Chuck and Sam welcomed a powerhouse lineup of guests covering it all. Congressman Mike Simpson of Idaho joined to discuss the 58 Democrats who voted against cracking down on political violence (with another 38 Dems voting “present”), President Trump’s push to make D.C. safer, and his work on the House Appropriations Committee. Veteran media insider Ken LaCorte weighed in on the FCC’s removal of Jimmy Kimmel, what the agency’s responsibility should be, and the inside story of the Murdoch family succession deal. Former NFL kicker and now congressional candidate for Arizona’s 5th District, Jay Feely, sat down in studio to talk about the rise of political violence, Arizona’s energy future, and his campaign to represent the district. Financial expert Gary Gygi broke down the looming shortage of wealth advisors as America faces a historic wave of retirements and generational wealth transfer. And to close the show, Kiley’s Corner explored the wild theories surrounding the body found in singer D4VD’s car. Tune in now!
A Tale of Two Munis
Why Government Culture Matters
News yesterday that Phoenix rehired longtime City Manager Ed Zuercher should cheer most residents. As chief of staff to longtime Phoenix Councilman and Zuercher-thorn Sal DiCiccio, I underestimated Zuercher initially, but came to appreciate his approach to the role more the longer I worked with him. The contrast to Maricopa County – an entity fairly similar in resources and operational size – makes him look even better.
D4vd’s eerie unreleased ‘Celeste’ song surfaces as cops search home where he stayed before Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s decomposing body found in his Tesla
Cops raided a Los Angeles house where singer D4vd had reportedly been living after finding the dismembered corpse of 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez in the trunk of his Tesla — as netizens revealed his unreleased song about a girl with the same name.
Police executed a search warrant Wednesday night at the Hollywood Hills mansion where 20-year-old D4vd — whose legal name is David Anthony Burke — had been living, sources told ABC Los Angeles.
The house was near where a Tesla registered to the “Romantic Homicide” singer had been abandoned — with the rotting body of the missing teen hidden in the trunk.
The raid on D4vd’s crash pad was the latest development in a case cops are investigating as a homicide — as connections between the pop star and the dead teen keep piling up.
Researchers Blown Away After Finding Jaguar Population up 30% Across Mexico
Imagine sitting in southern Texas and knowing that in less than a day you could drive to se the world’s third largest cat.
That is absolutely the reality in Mexico today, following a second national jaguar population census which found this charismatic cat is actually increasing in numbers across the country, reaching around 5,300 animals.
Gerardo Ceballos and colleagues conducted the first census in 2010, hoping to grasp more or less the gravity of the risk of extinction faced by the jaguar. They were estimating they’d find around 1,000 in the whole of Mexico.
But rather than the risk of extinction, their results conveyed a different narrative. They found four-times as many cats as they expected.
“It was a great surprise, terrific news,” Ceballos said. “Obviously 4,000 means the species is still in danger of extinction, but 4,000 is a lot better than 1,000.”
Then in 2025, Ceballos completed a second survey, employing over 50 national and local research institutions and community leaders, who together set up 920 motion-activated camera traps.
Staggered again, the count showed that in 15 years, jaguar numbers had increased 30%. It turns out that even though the twenty-teens saw hundreds of thousands of acres of forest cleared, there were almost as many jaguars in Mexico as there are cheetahs on the entire African continent.
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