The cause of the provisional-ballot uproar has not been solved. At least, there doesn’t appear to be an agreement over the cause.Although Secretary of State Ken Bennett said one of the people involved in an effort to register 34,000 new Latino voters admitted that they were checking the permanent early-voting…
Despite activists’ complaints that Latino voters were more likely to cast provisional ballots in this year’s election — and that elections officials were likely to blame — Secretary of State Ken Bennett pointed a finger back at the activists.Bennett recently testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee alongside other states’…
In a move that wasn’t exactly unexpected, President Obama nominated Senator John Kerry for the secretary of state post to replace Hillary Clinton.That reminds us of the moment earlier this month when Senator John McCain — who essentially forced out Obama’s original pick for the spot, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s joke of an “investigation” into President Obama’s birth certificate is still an issue.Now, even after President Obama’s re-election, Arizona Republican Party chairman Tom Morrissey — who insists he’s not a “birther” — says he does not believe the president’s birth certificate is authentic.See also:-Joe Arpaio’s…
Despite becoming the butt of jokes for his concerns about the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, Senator John McCain got his way — U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice told NBC News she’s taking herself out of the running for the secretary of state post.In a letter to President…
The people who smuggle drugs into the United States from Mexico really have some ingenious ways of getting the goods over the border.There’s the old trick of hiding the drugs in fruit; we’ve even seen piñatas. We’ve also seen at least one instance of someone trying to drive over a…
Conservative political commentator Debbie Schlussel can sometimes wildly miss the mark on her points — occasionally dabbling in conspiracy-theory-level stuff — but she’s got one hell of a question for Republican Congressman Paul Gosar.If Gosar knew in 2011 that Abdullatif Aldosary was a “known terrorist” — which, above all, is…
Governor Jan Brewer’s brain-fart response last week to a KTVK-Channel 3 reporter’s question about global warming does not appear to be the only Jan bein’ Jan moment from that interview.According to a report, Brewer totally punched Channel 3 political reporter Dennis Welch.See also:-Jan Brewer Claims Weather May Be Caused by…
A Border Patrol agent was allegedly caught smuggling about 147 pounds of marijuana into the United States on Sunday.According to a federal complaint, Agent Aaron Anaya didn’t have much more to say than the fact he believes he’s “fucked.”…
The Associated Press has reported that Governor Jan Brewer is not in Arizona, and the public is not to know where exactly she is…
Michael Goodale, the Kingman resident who calls recently re-elected Republican state Representative Doris Goodale “mom,” is looking at some prison time after pleading guilty to a charge related to a Kingman Police Department heroin-trafficking investigation.According to the local paper of record, the Kingman Daily Miner, Michael Goodale pleaded guilty to…
Governor Jan Brewer declared late last week that the components of the weather in Earth’s atmosphere are caused by “different things,” creating another Jan bein’ Jan moment in the governor’s repertoire. The setup from KTVK-Channel 3’s Dennis Welch was asking the governor whether she believes global warming is man-made, and…
So, some of the media-types poked fun at Senator John McCain yesterday for comparing the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya to the bin Laden raid.As for the bigger picture, some people have started asking — especially after McCain’s proposal of a White House “coverup” of the attack…
It’s been a while since Senator John McCain has talked about a White House “coverup” of details in the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya — although his spokesman wouldn’t tell us if he’s given up on that theory — but McCain still has complaints.One of these new…
Now that outgoing Republican Senator Jon Kyl doesn’t have to rely on votes from the anti-immigrant crowd, he and Texas Republican Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison have introduced a bill that’s kind of, sort of, similar to — but definitely isn’t — the DREAM Act.Whereas versions of the DREAM Act have…
Attention Charles Sheen, Tomás Cruz, Bartholomew Simpson, and other people with near-celebrity names: it’s time to run for public office.One example of why that may be a good idea is Bill Maher. No, not Bill Maher, but Bill Maher — the Green Party’s state House candidate in Legislative District 16,…
The photo above was not taken outside the Maricopa County Elections Department at 5:53 p.m. yesterday, when County Recorder Helen Purcell announced that the last votes in the county — and indeed, the state — have been tabulated.See also:-Joe Arpaio Still Won, Arizona Vote Count Over…
After officially making President Obama upset over the finger-pointing related to the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, it turns out that Senator John McCain may not have been correct.McCain’s been blaming the White House for U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice’s initial comments that the September 11 attack on…
Federal law-enforcement officers busted what was undoubtedly going to be a great fiesta, as officials say 425 pounds of marijuana was found hidden in a shipment full of “assorted piñatas.”U.S. Customs and Border Protection says a dog sniffed out something in 24-year-old Tucson resident Juan Marcelo Armstrong’s truck Friday afternoon…
Finally, we know who Arizonans are sending to Congress — the Democratic Congressman Ron Barber has an unbeatable lead over Republican challenger Martha McSally in CD-2.Indeed, it looked unlikely Thursday morning that McSally could take over Barber’s lead, although it was small, the number of ballots remaining to be counted…
A bunch of immigrant- and civil-rights groups have named the Pinal County Jail one of the top-10 immigration detention facilities in the nation.By “top-10,” we mean it’s among the 10 worst facilities in the country, according to the groups, which have partnered with the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona.See…
The stereotypical stripper answer for why she or he’s a professional stripper is usually that they just need the money, but what does someone do if they’re already a stripper and need more money?For Tucson resident and stripper Maria Bustamante, that answer is human smuggling, allegedly…
