Al Sharpton

Pinal County Democratic Party Calls On Sheriff Paul Babeu to Put Duties As Sheriff Above His Congressional Aspirations

The Pinal County Democrats aren't happy with Sheriff Paul Babeu's latest rhetoric about pushing for a law making it a crime for federal law enforcement officers to enforce President Barack Obama's proposals to reduce gun violence. Yeah, he did say that. Babeu brought it up during an appearance on ... More >>

Best Way to Describe Paul Babeu's Chat With Al Sharpton?

In case you missed it, Pinal County Sheriff Paul "studboi1" Babeu and his alleged "7-inch cut" were invited to Reverend Al Sharpton's show on MSNBC, and it wasn't pretty for Babeu.He was defending a fact-devoid rant he'd fired off to President Obama -- actually, he sent it to President "Barak" Obama ... More >>

Reverend Al Sharpton Reveals on National Television that the Emperor of Pinal County, Paul Babeu, Has No Clothes (ICYMI)

We all know the Danish tale about the emperor whose men and subjects stroke him in admiration over his new clothes. Of course, as the story goes, the emperor isn't actually wearing any clothes. Instead of questioning the obvious, everyone basks in a collective ignorance. Until a little boy in the c ... More >>

How to Speak Republican

Joe Arpaio VS Al Sharpton Redux (Redux) -- America's Self-Proclaimed "Toughest Sheriff" to Square Off With Civil Rights Leader...Again

Joe V. Al...again.​Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is littering social media websites with alerts to his upcoming verbal sparring match with civil rights leader Al Sharpton. "Interview with host Al Sharpton on MSNBC today @ 6:40 est Last time we spoke he led thousands of protestors here a ... More >>

Barack Obama Holds Immigration Dog And Pony Show With Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Bloomberg, But No Members of Congress

White House Left, right, or center: Don't hold your breath waiting for "immigration reform."​President Barack Obama is hosting a meeting to outline his views on immigration reform this afternoon with top cabinet officials and national politicians, including New York City Mayor Michael Bloo ... More >>

Jesus Christ Was a Liberal, No Matter What Republinuts Say

northernsun.comIf he was around today, the Republinuts'd be calling him a commieWhat is it about some Republicrazies and conservatards that makes them think God is on their side? I mean, they really believe all liberals are godless atheists who worship Satan and hate religion, and that Jesus is thei ... More >>

Kyrsten Sinema's Drop House Bill, and Steve Gallardo's Rebuttal

Gallardo's Facebook PageDemocrat Steve Gallardo gave fellow Dem Kyrsten Sinema hell in committee re: her drop-house legislationArizona's pro-immigrant community is ticked at one if its own: uber-lefty state Senator Kyrsten Sinema, who has in the past marched with the Reverend Al Sharpton in protest ... More >>

Reverend Jarrett Maupin Endorses Ben Quayle in Congressional Race. WTF?

Rev. Jarrett Maupin​Our holy-shit-ometer kicked in around 8:30 last night when we got an email from Reverend Jarrett Maupin, an African-American civil rights leader here in Phoenix (he's basically a young version of Al Sharpton -- check the hair). Maupin leads the Inner-City Democracy Empowerment ... More >>

Pro-SB 1070 Phoenix Rising Rally: Neo-Nazis, Nativists, Crackpots, and More

A white supremacist in the nativist nut bag... A fruitcake of nativist rage and looniness baking in the Arizona sun: That's what was generally to be found at Wesley Bolin Plaza this Saturday, June 5 for the pro-SB 1070 Phoenix Rising rally, which drew around 2,000 mostly white participants to ... More >>

Al Sharpton Wears "Los Suns" Jersey During March to Arizona Capitol Protesting SB 1070

Rev. Sharpton (center) with county Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox (left) and Pastor Bishop Alexis A. Thomas (right)The man right-wing crackers love to hate, the Reverend Al Sharpton, preached to standing ovations from the crowd at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church Wednesday night, in an impressive show of op ... More >>

May 6 In Blogs: Al Sharpton, Girls Gone Wild, Tattoos, and Jan Brewer

​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Al Sharpton Wears "Los Suns" Jersey During March to Arizona Capitol Protesting SB 1070 ... More >>

Al Sharpton Calls for Boycott of Arizona, Decries SB 1070 at Phoenix's Pilgrim Rest

Rev. Al Sharpton and Maricopa County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox at Pilgrim Rest In advance of a service to be held tonight at Phoenix's Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church, and a subsequent march to the state Capitol, the Reverend Al Sharpton blasted Arizona's new "papers please" legislation during a press ... More >>

May 3 In Blogs: Al Sharpton, Conan O'Brien, Marcellino Ristorante, and Joe Arpaio

​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Padres' Adrian Gonzalez, Mets' Rod Barajas, MLB Players Association Blast Arizona ... More >>

SB 1070: Many Shout That Arizona's New Immigration Law Has Awakened a Sleeping Giant Who's Ready to Kick Some Political and Economic Backside

Saturday Night Live Skewers SB 1070; Al Sharpton Plans Freedom Walks in Arizona

Saturday Night LiveSNL's Weekend Update on Arizona: "It's a dry fascism"Like you need more proof that Arizona has become a national joke due to its wingnutty gun laws, its conspiranutty birther bill, and its racist new immigration law SB 1070, Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update took aim at the sta ... More >>

Senator Jon Kyl Calls for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to Resign Over Obama "Negro Dialect" Comment

www.punditkitchen.com​Arizona Senator Jon Kyl isn't letting Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid get away with racially charged comments he made about Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential campaign.According to the recently released book Game Change, written about the 2008 presidential campaign b ... More >>

Salvador Reza Calls for Anti-Joe Arpaio March This Friday, October 16

Sal Reza: On the front lines, as always... In case you haven't noticed, Maricopa County will be coming to a boil this Friday. Not only is it the day of Arpaio's announced anti-immigrant sweep -- his first without 287(g) field authority, but the Rev. Al Sharpton will be back ... More >>

Joe Arpaio on Glenn Beck Re: Mexican Migrants, "They Like to Fight Each Other"; and Al Sharpton Returns the Day of the Sweep

Glenn Beck has some fun at Arpaio's expense on Beck's Fox TV show I normally loathe Glenn Beck and his smarmy posturings, but I may have to reconsider that attitude after watching Beck mercilessly mess with our geriatric top gendarme on his Friday show. At points, Beck openly makes fun of Arpaio, ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, July 23, 2009

Al Sharpton Whups Sheriff Joe, and Courtney Bisbee’s Innocence Claim Is Shot Down by a Judge

Al Sharpton Rocks Phoenix, from Pilgrim Rest, to El Portal, to Wells Fargo and Finally, Lou Dobbs

Rev. Sharpton at Pilgrim Rest, early Friday morning Today the Reverend Al Sharpton achieved what no one else has achieved before in Arizona's civil rights struggle for the undocumented: the bringing together of African Americans and Latinos on the issues of racial profiling, immigration r ... More >>

Al Sharpton's Former Phoenix Protege, Jarrett Maupin II, Doesn't Agree Sheriff Arpaio's Office Racially Profiles

Disgraced local activist and former Phoenix school board member Jarrett Maupin II was once Al Sharpton's treasured Arizona connection. We're not sure what Sharpton, who's coming to Phoenix on Friday, thinks about Maupin's shameful conviction for lying to the FBI about Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon, M ... More >>

Rev. Al Sharpton and Sheriff Joe Arpaio to Meet Behind Closed Doors for Battle Royale

photo by David ShankboneMy advice to Al: Wear a wire, Rev. It's like going to visit a mafia don.It promises to be more scintillating than the Thrilla in Manila, though, sadly, this verbal donnybrook will mostly behind closed doors, according to the Rev. Al Sharpton's camp.I'm talking about the news ... More >>

Jarrett Maupin II Responds to Quotes in Sheriff's Report; Says He Believes Sheriff's Office Racially Profiles

Jarret Maupin II, in an impassioned phone call to New Times and in a comment posted today on our blog, now says that he "unequivocally" believes the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office commits racial profiling. Maupin claims his quotes to the contrary that turned up in a deputy's report were "complet ... More >>

June 17 In Blogs: Al Sharpton, Ignite Phoenix, George Harrison, Supermercado and Light-Rail

In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Rev. Al Sharpton and Sheriff Joe Arpaio to Meet Behind Closed Doors for Battle Royale Up on the ... More >>

Al Sharpton Does Phoenix This Friday, June 19th, According to Arizona ACORN

by David Shankbone Get your game face on, Joe, Rev. Al's ready to rumble...I've just received confirmation from Monica Sandschafer, ACORN's lead organizer in Arizona, that the Rev. Al Sharpton will be in Phoenix this Friday, June 19th. For those unaware of it, that date is known as Juneteenth ... More >>

June 15 In BlogS: Barack Obama, Al Sharpton, Bonnaroo, and Zinburger

In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Barack Obama's Shame: Joe Arpaio Wrecks Families, Wounds a Business, Makes a Little Girl Cry, Al ... More >>

Jarrett Maupin II Pleads Guilty to Lying to Federal Agent; Resignation From School Board Part of Plea Deal

Image: Jeff Newton Jarrett Maupin II pleaded guilty today to a felony count of making a false statement to a federal law enforcement agent. Prosecutors are recommending probation for the former candidate for Phoenix mayor; his sentencing is scheduled for late July. U.S. District Court Judge Da ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Writes Al Sharpton a Letter, Burns Through a Crate of Crayons in Process

image by Jasmine HobeheidarPharaoh Joe, tellin' Rev. Al where to go...Maricopa County's top oppressor of Mexicans has written the Reverend Al Sharpton a letter in response to the civil rights leader's recent suggestion that Sheriff Joe take a long walk off a short pier career-wise, and resign from o ... More >>

April 13: In Blogs: Zombies, Obama, Al Sharpton, Wilco and More

We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Valley Fever: Obama Degree From ASU Still Denied, ASU Decides, But Criticism Leads to ... More >>

Lou Dobbs Battles Al Sharpton and ACORN's Bertha Lewis, Gets His Lunch Eaten

Part one of Sharpton and Lewis vs. TV minuteman Lou Dobbs I don't know what CNN's resident nativist Lou Dobbs thought he was doing when he invited the Rev. Al Sharpton and ACORN's Bertha Lewis on his program yesterday. But suffice it to say that the bottle-blond senior citizen got owned on his own s ... More >>

Al Sharpton, Mary Rose Wilcox, ACORN's Bertha Lewis, and Others Blast Joe Arpaio on Media Conference Call

photo by Juda EngelmayerRev. Al's got his eye on Sheriff Joe...As I promised in a previous blog post, I participated in a national conference call this morning, which featured the Rev. Al Sharpton of the National Action Network, ACORN CEO Bertha Lewis, Maricopa County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox, ... More >>

April 7 In Blogs: Andrew Thomas, Al Sharpton, Ghostbusters and More

We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Valley Fever: County Attorney Andrew Thomas Smears Judge Timothy Ryan -- Again PUMA ... More >>

Al Sharpton to Denounce Sheriff Joe Arpaio in Tuesday Press Conference

photo by David Shankbone Look out Joe, Rev. Al's comin' for ya... The left's finally bringin' out the big dogs to take on our racial-profilin' Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Tomorrow in Harlem, Rev. Al Sharpton will denounce Maricopa County's corrupt, tin-pot tyrant in a national press conference with B ... More >>

April 6 In Blogs: Don Stapley, Al Sharpton, Tempe Music Festival and More

We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Valley Fever: Don Stapley Case Bombshell: Andrew Thomas Refers Prosecution to Yavapai ... More >>

Why the Huffington Post Needs to Get Over Chip Saltsman and "Barack the Magic Negro"

Is Barack really "the magic negro"? Considering the state of the economy, let's hope so. The liberal political correctness posse over at the Huffington Post is doing backflips of fake outrage over RNC Chairman hopeful Chip Saltsman's sending out a humor CD to Republican committee members -- one tha ... More >>

Hushed Heroes

Speaking of snake-eyes . . .

The Big Cheesy

The last thing poor New Orleans needs is planning tips from Phoenix

Word Play

It’s easy, m’kay

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, April 26, 2007

Jarrett and Goliath

The Bird kicks it with Jarrett Maupin, infiltrates Rusty Childress’ prejudice parties and explains why Don Imus should’ve said "Eff you!"

Rev. Jarrett Maupin baptizes new campaign HQ: Promises to "kick Phil's butt."

Kid Sharpton

Jarret Maupin is the reverend Al's handpicked protégé. Is Phoenix City Hall ready?

Barbecue Nations

Aryanfest was hardly the badass event it billed itself. Shaved-headed men hugged each other like they were at a gay pride picnic.

Gettin' Windy in the City

The Chicago clip crew gleefully gabs on in Barbershop 2

Dem Blues

The left, turning right, was plain wrong

to attack pop culture

Hop Online

Is Russell Simmons' 360HipHop.com the best hope to bring hip-hop culture onto the Internet?

Slice Guys

Rioters' Cramp