Arizona Republicans were quick to celebrate after U.S. Speaker of the House, Ohio Republican John Boehner, announced this morning that he would resign at the end of October. Whether through tweets or formal statements, the general gist of their statements was: “Thanks for your service, but step aside and make…
Jon Ritzheimer, the face of Arizona’s anti-Islam movement, wrote an open letter to the American people earlier this week in which he declared his intention to drive around the county with other militiamen and systematically arrest and detain U.S. Senators who support President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran. The group…
Maricopa County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Pearce wasn’t following a murder suspect when he hit and killed a citizen in his vehicle, as was previously reported. A police report obtained by New Times shows that about the time of crash, other deputies had stopped the taxi believed to contain murder suspect…
Citing climate change as a “socialist talk point,” Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar announced that he will be boycott Pope Francis’ speech to a joint session of Congress later this week. His office claimed he won’t be the only one. “Several House colleagues spoke to Congressman Gosar last Friday in support…
Twitter users this week were quick to call out Arizona Senator John McCain for his statements about the Environmental Protection Agency’s handling of the Animas River spill during a meeting of the bi-partisan Indian Affair sub-committee. “Don’t even try to say you care…you hypocrite,” one user wrote. “If you really…
The cry to halt “anchor baby” births is clambering toward fever pitch among Republican presidential hopefuls. But, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis, the issue isn’t as urgent as Donald Trump and company would like Americans to believe. Researchers estimate the number of babies born to undocumented immigrants…
A lively crowd attended the Arizona Republican Party’s presidential debate viewing party last night in Scottsdale and concluded, as one man said towards the end of the night put it: “The biggest loser tonight is Hilary Clinton because she can’t win against any of these candidates.” And, in fact, even…
Ahead of tonight’s second GOP primary presidential debate, a new poll conducted by the local consulting group, MBQF, confirms that Republican voters in Arizona overwhelmingly favor Donald Trump and Ben Carson. (29.9 percent and 21.3 percent respectively). Hundreds of Arizona Republican voters were asked over the weekend: “If the election…
Whether or not you’re on team Trump, Wednesday night’s second Republican presidential debate should be very entertaining. Perhaps even more so than the first one August 6. The debate will feature the top 11 candidates — Donald Trump, Carly Fiorina, Ben Carson, Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz, John Kasich, Marco Rubio,…
A week after the harrowing image of Aylan Kurdi, the 3-year-old Syrian boy whose dead body washed up on shore in Turkey, Arizona Senator John McCain took to the Senate floor to blame President Barack Obama’s administration for the Syrian refugee crisis. “Let’s be clear,” he said, “the current crisis…
So here’s a giant surprise, Pinal County Sheriff and unannounced candidate for U.S. Congress Paul Babeu is the “honorary chairman,” of a dark money, 501(c)4 non-profit that is pimping….yes, you guessed it, Paul Babeu. Babeu’s new Arizona Security and Prosperity Project’s website promises that the group will pursue “public advocacy for…
When a U.S. District Court judge rejected claims that the so-called “show me your papers” section of Arizona’s controversial 2010 immigration law discriminated against Latinos, DeeDee Garcia Blase’s first thought was: “What the heck just happened? This state clearly has a racial-profiling problem!” Her second: “We have to prove it!”…
Guadalupe’s vice mayor is pressing for a recall of Mayor Rebecca Jimenez after she pleaded guilty to misrepresenting her household income to obtain food stamps. Vice Mayor Andrew Sanchez blasted Jimenez for bringing the small town of about 6,000 “negative media attention by her choices. “Mayor Jimenez holds others in…
As the 41st U.S. Senator voiced support for President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran this week, further shrinking the chance any Republic effort to block the deal in Congress will succeed, a different tactic to undermine the negotiations is brewing in Arizona and a handful of other states. The…
Jessica Burlew, a Glendale teenager charged with killing a 43-year-old man she met online, signed a plea bargain this morning after spending the last 594 days in jail. In exchange for a guilty plea, the state will charge her with second-degree murder and recommend a 10-year sentence with no possibility…
Let the ‘Recall Diane Douglas Games’ begin! The campaign to recall Arizona State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Diane Douglas, filed the necessary paperwork with the State Secretary this morning, and can now legally begin collecting signatures. But having spent the last ten months since the November 2014 election organizing and…
U.S. immigration authorities incarcerate Mexicans at a much higher rate than immigrants from any other country, according to an analysis by BuzzFeed News. Seventy-five percent of Mexicans who are facing deportation for non-criminal reasons are being held in detention centers. By comparison, Immigration and Customs Enforcement locks up just 39…
Despite Senator John McCain’s reported interest in all things related to Islamic terrorism and abortion politics, he claimed not to know about the growing Islamophobia movement in Arizona and the recent report by a team of forensic video experts proving that the controversial Planned Parenthood videos were edited in a…
Thanks to Republican presidential contender Donald Trump and right-wing pundit Ann Coulter, hating on “anchor babies” is all the rage. But Phoenix nativist Michelle Dallacroce, founder and president of Mothers Against Illegal Aliens wants you to know that she was hating on so-called anchor babies before hating on them was…
Local liberals freaked when their top 10 wacky beliefs were skewered. But Arizona conservatives boast equally nutty ideas. Here are 10 of the nuttiest. 10) President Obama is not a natural-born citizen. 9) More guns in America means a safer America. 8) People give a rat’s ass about Hillary’s e-mails. …
In what may turn out to be one of the least competitive citywide elections in Phoenix history, voters overwhelming reinstated Mayor Greg Stanton and four City Council members — Daniel Valenzuela, Thelda Williams, Bill Gates, and Michael Nowakowski — and passed all five ballot measures. It was not a very…
“I really don’t like the idea of someone getting a traffic ticket or J-walking ticket and having to set up a payment plan in order to finance somebody’s election,” William Nelson, a Navy veteran, said Monday night. “That sounds pretty rotten.” This was one reaction to a proposal to publicly…
