The end of last week marked two of the grimmest American anniversaries: the 25th year since September 11 and one year since Charlie Kirk’s assassination. There was much solemnity, a lot of punditry, and, in the case of Arizona, quite a bit of stupidity.

•State Senator Mark Finchem chose September 11 as the moment to circulate a conspiracy claim asserting that a missile rather than American Airlines Flight 77 struck the Pentagon. Maricopa County Supervisor Thomas Galvin, also a Republican, publicly responded by calling Finchem “a bum and a Grade-A idiot.” Fact check: true. “I hold 9/11 deniers with just as much disdain as election deniers, and I want more people in my party to speak up against these folks who are not only hurting our party, but hurting our country,” Galvin said in a text to The Arizona Republic.

•A social-media post circulated Friday accusing a Gilbert Higley High student of mocking Kirk’s assassination by wearing a blood-stained “Freedom” shirt, mocking the shirt Kirk was wearing when he was assassinated. The school’s principal confirmed that the person pictured was a student, said it does not condone political violence, and said it would protect the student’s privacy and not talk about whether or not it was pursuing disciplinary measures. Higley’s next scheduled board business meeting is Sept. 22.

•Someone vandalized the new Charlie Kirk statue outside Turning Point’s Phoenix headquarters overnight Saturday into Sunday. They sprayed red paint on the statue and the nearby memorial. Phoenix police are investigating and had not announced an arrest when the story broke Sunday.

•On Thursday, Judge Murray Snow ruled that Maricopa County hadn’t established a sufficiently durable remedy for the Joe Arpaio-era racial-profiling violations that created an oversight regime. Even though the Arpaio-led immigration patrols ended 15 years ago, The U.S. Justice Department argued to end the oversight. The judge said there were still racial disparities in traffic stops in Maricopa County. “Continued federal oversight of MCSO would serve only to further deplete public funds and divert taxpayer dollars from the sheriff’s primary responsibility: fighting crime and protecting public safety,” Maricopa County board chair Kate Brophy McGee and vice chair Debbie Lesko told the AP.

•Attorney General Kris Mayes made Arizona the first state to sue L’Oréal over alleged cancer risks from hair relaxers. The state filed the consumer-protection action late Thursday, seeking penalties, damages and warnings if the products remain on sale. L’Oréal disputes that the products cause cancer. Why did Mayes file the suit? Because we’re worth it.