Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s “birther” probe is such an important issue for the nation that he would not like to see the two men running for President of the United States talk about it in front of the country.We’re not sure why this thought ever popped into the head…
Remember Elias Bermudez? He one of the stranger critics of Sheriff Joe Arpaio who practically disappeared a few years ago after being ordered by a county judge to stop charging immigrants for his legal advice, since he’s not a lawyer.Well, he’s popped up again — the New Mexico Attorney General’s…
It was just a couple weeks ago that Democratic U.S. Senate Candidate Richard Carmona’s campaign was boasting about raising $51,000 in his bid to upset Republican Congressman Jeff Flake.That had been Carmona’s biggest haul of U.S. currency in one week, until now — Carmona’s campaign says they took in more…
You probably could’ve seen this coming, but Governor Jan Brewer just couldn’t issue a comment on the killing of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Ivie without mentioning President Obama or his administration.While most public officials remained cordial with their remarks (for example, Attorney General Tom Horne and Senator John McCain),…
UPDATE: Border Patrol Agent Nicolas Ivie, 30, has been identified as the agent who was killed this morning. Ivie joined the Border Patrol in January 2008. The other agent is in stable condition, Border Patrol says. A U.S. Border Patrol agent was killed and another one was wounded in a…
When it comes to state Attorney General Tom Horne’s campaign-finance scandal, Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery is taking enforcement action. Meanwhile, Montgomery’s got his 2012 campaign to run. And one of his campaign consultants is Chris Baker, a key figure in another major campaign-finance scandal. –See Also: Tom Horne’s Alleged…
Michael Turley, the alleged director of the terrorist hoax video starring his own nephew as a terrorist, is actually known as “Michael Giannantonio” in the world of professional film-making. If you’re into hypnotism and magic, you may also know Turley as “Gianni.”Turley was arrested last week after allegedly having his…
“Peace be with you,” is a phrase often heard in Catholic churches. But it’s election season, and not all Catholics are feeling at peace. See also: Catholic Conundrum: What’s an Anti-Abortion, Pro-Immigrant Voter to Do? See also: The Mormon Delemma: What About Mormon Latinos?…
Republican Congressman Trent Franks’ obsession with abortion has now gone international.Franks, whose numerous anti-abortion proposals have been signed into law exactly zero times, is now concerned about the state of abortion in Ireland. Ireland.See also:-Trent Franks Successfully Wastes Everyone’s Time Again as His D.C. Abortion Bill Fails-Trent Franks Trying to…
Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson stopped by Arizona State University’s Tempe campus today as part of his national tour of colleges, and one of his opening acts described the general tone of Johnson and his audience pretty well:He’s the “third option to Beavis and Butt-head.”…
The 16-year-old kid wearing a sheet on his body and a towel on his head, who ran around a Phoenix intersection with a fake rocket-propelled grenade launcher, was Michael Turley’s own nephew, according to court documents obtained by New Times.Turley was arrested after police discovered he allegedly put his nephew…
How long would it take the Phoenix Police Department to respond to a terrorist situation?Michael Turley really wanted an answer to that question, and he got it — by getting a 16-year-old kid to wear a sheet on his body, put a towel on his head, and run around Phoenix…
A group of Republicans are throwing their support behind Richard Carmona, a lifelong Independent who registered as a Democrat to run for the U.S. Senate. It’s not surprising, given that Carmona was tapped by President George W. Bush to serve as the nation’s 17th U.S. Surgeon General and was courted…
Congressman Jeff Flake, a longtime politician in a close race for the U.S. Senate against Richard Carmona, a former U.S. Surgeon General, has only agreed to participate in a single debate against his opponent. So far, anyway. See also: Jeff Flake-Foe Rich Carmona on Taxes, the Deficit, and Immigration See also:…
Democratic Congressman Ron Barber — who won the special election in June to fill the seat of former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords — is already fighting for his reelection, and he’s already made his Republican opponent angry.Martha McSally’s campaign put out a press release condemning Barber for saying House Republicans are…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s “birther” chief Mike Zullo has no shame in telling his story of getting the cops called on him because he spent hours at a Hawaii nursing home in an attempt to badger a 95-year-old woman.In fact, after being asked not to return to the nursing home again,…
As you may have heard, a video surfaced of GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney pandering to a wealthy group of potential donors, in which he described 47 percent of Americans as people who “pay no income tax,” and are committed Obama voters addicted to the government teat.That’s good news for…
U.S. District Court Judge Susan R. Bolton has lifted the injunction on Senate Bill 1070’s “papers please” provision, which allows cops to begin enforcing that section immediately.This move was pretty much expected, as Bolton signaled her intent to release the injunction a few weeks ago, as she noted that the…
A convicted child molester filed a mostly incoherent lawsuit yesterday in U.S. District Court here, seemingly asking for DNA samples from President Obama, Osama bin Laden, and Saddam Hussein.The convicted child molester is Arnold Begay, whose lawsuit is postmarked out of a low-security federal prison in North Carolina…
Religion has played an increasingly dominant — and sometimes volatile — role in politics in recent years. But what happens when religious beliefs conflict with a political party’s platform? Or when voters have to square conflicting beliefs within their own church? In this week’s feature story, Monica Alonzo dissects the…
See also: Kris Kobach Gets $300 Per Hour to Advise MCSOSee also: Kris Kobach’s Misleading Statements on SB 1070 Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has so much Arizona right-wing-nuttery in his blood that he ought to get tested.As one of the creators of Senate Bill 1070, he’s part Russell…
See also: Jon Kyl’s Lies “Not Intended to be Factual Statement” Attention Senator Jon Kyl’s press secretary: please re-send the statement clarifying that the senator’s words are “not intended to be a factual statement.” Kyl’s getting attention now because he told a group of reporters that a press release put…
