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Jodi Arias Trial: Five Things to Watch for Between Now and July 18

Jodi Arias coverage has been in the doldrums since the May 23 non-decision by the jury on the death penalty. Some news media outlets are digging up crumbs leftover from the trial. Nancy Grace and CNN resorted to interviewing Arias' fellow jail inmates; Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced l ... More >>

Doug Stanhope Raising Thousands for Tornado Survior Who Told Wolf Blitzer She's an Atheist

Comedian Doug Stanhope, a Bisbee resident, has helped raise more than $100,000 for a woman whose house was destroyed in the Oklahoma tornado last week.Stanhope tells New Times that he started raising funds for Rebecca Vitsmun after her widely-seen interview on CNN, in which anchor Wolf Blitzer asked ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Top Ten Bigoted Statements

Sheriff Joe Arpaio, guilty of racial profiling? You don't say? Next thing, they'll be telling us Zonies that we all live in a desert, or something. See Also: Judge Snow's Decision Damns Not Just Arpaio, but All of Maricopa County Joe Arpaio's Doomsday: Arpaio Loses ACLU Civil Rights Lawsuit, MCSO E ... More >>

Jodi Arias Asks Jury to Spare Her Life So Her Family Isn't Hurt; No Apology to Victim's Family, No Tears

Jodi Arias asked the jury in her long-running murder trial to spare her life, contradicting previous statements that she preferred the death penalty to life in prison. She failed to apologize for killing ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander in her highly anticipated statement to the jury today. See bel ... More >>

Jeff Flake Slammed in TV Ad by Mother of Aurora Shooting Victim (Video)

A Valley mom whose son was killed last year in the movie-theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado, slams Senator Jeff Flake in an advertisement that's about to hit Phoenix airwaves, thanks to Flake's vote against a proposal for more background checks on gun purchases.Caren Teves recently made news after ... More >>

Matt Salmon's Gay Son Totally Fine With Congressman's Anti-Gay Beliefs

It's difficult to listen to Republican Congressman Matt Salmon's gay son explain his relationship with his father.See, he says their relationship is better than ever, but Congressman Salmon doesn't think his son should be allowed to marry a man -- and his son claims to be fine with that. Even if he ... More >>

Did Lawmakers Screw the Pooch on Colorado City?

Despite all the denials, the FLDS border towns of Colorado City and Hildale on the Utah/Arizona border still aren't up to par on the American way of life.Even after recent reports of more horrific animal abuse (even more recently than we'd previously thought), and the reports that as many as 60 surv ... More >>

Gabrielle Giffords' Husband Mark Kelly Bought an AR-15 Rifle -- Do You Buy His Explanation?

Buying an AR-15 rifle is probably at the top of the list of things you would never expect former Congressman Gabrielle Giffords' husband, Mark Kelly, to do.However, that's exactly what Kelly did at a Tucson gun shop, and it looks like not everyone's buying his explanation.

Paul Babeu, Pinal County Sheriff, Jumps Aboard the Latest Immigration-Related Conspiracy

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu is at it again -- trying to gin up fear about immigrants running wild, ready to "commit crimes against the citizens in our state." That's what he claimed during an appearance on CNN. He's echoing criticism by Republicans that comes in the wake of Immigration and Cus ... More >>

Trent Franks Makes List of the 10 Weirdest Members of Congress

Brad Paisley Tells Country Audiences There's Nothing Wrong With White Folks Becoming the Minority

Editor's note: Every couple weeks, Alan Scherstuhl, the film editor at our sister publication The Village Voice, will be taking a hard listen to the music in which millions of Americans soak. We're happy to share his findings. By Alan Scherstuhl Brad Paisley, Southern Comfort Zone Current Billboa ... More >>

Arizona Deserves No Peace From Pro-Immigrant Forces

Fiscal Cliff: The Up on the Sun Playlist for Your Financial Woes

If you're not a thumbsucking moron who only cares about which overzealous rapper impregnated which leg-spreading reality star, you might've heard of this thing called the "fiscal cliff." If not, lemme just clue you in via economist Paul Craig Roberts: "The fiscal cliff is automatic spending cuts an ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Recall Fever Meets Two Americans at Harkins

So Sheriff Joe Arpaio wants to make nice with Latinos now? Pardon me while I laugh till I spit. Though Arpaio's won re-election for an unprecedented sixth term in office, so far, as of Friday, his two opponents together garnered 47.98 percent of the vote. See also: -Joe Arpaio Doc Two Americans ... More >>

Richard Carmona, U.S. Senate Candidate, Trailing Congressman Jeff Flake, According to Early Results

Several hundred Democrats gathered inside of a Tucson Marriott conference room are still waiting to hear from U.S. Senate candidate Richard Carmona and other Election Night candidates. It's about three hours past Carmona's expected arrival, but it's likely he's waiting for results from all voting ... More >>

Jeff Flake Smiled at Rich Carmona's "Prettier" Joke, Now Lamely Makes Hay Over It

So why can't a man be prettier than a woman? Look at Brad Pitt. Leonardo DiCaprio. Johnny Depp. David Beckham. And, um, Congressman Jeff Flake. Not that Channel 12's Brahm Resnik is in their league. I mean, he's no Joe Dana. If you ask me, you folks who were outraged by former Surgeon General an ... More >>

Obama Versus Romney, Round Two: Who Won This Debate?

President Obama and Mitt Romney engaged in an event last night that was billed as a "debate," and given the nature of the so-called "debate," somebody's got to be the winner.According to the apparent mainstream media consensus, Obama won the debate, to tie the debate record at 1-1.

Joe Biden or Paul Ryan: Who Won the Vice-Presidential Debate?

For once, two men argued on television, and national media outlets didn't choose the winner for everyone (well, fewer than usual).We're talking about the vice-presidential debate between current VP Joe Biden, and VP-hopeful Paul Ryan, who had their lone debate last night.

Child Molester Sues for Obama's DNA, Plans to Compare It to Osama Bin Laden's

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 ... More >>

Your Gonzo Guide to the Republican National Convention

Paul Babeu Turns Distortion of Truth Into an Art Form

Joe Arpaio/MCSO Lawyer Explains Some Actual Objections to Justice Department Monitor

If you've heard Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's explanations for why negotiations with the Justice Department broke down, he makes it sound as if Attorney General Eric Holder himself wants to be the new sheriff.It's the proposed Justice Department "monitor" that people in the MCSO's corner are ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Reign of Terror Blasted in New Documentary Two Americans

Anyone who knows award-winning Phoenix journalist Valeria Fernandez knows that for four years now she and her collaborator, filmmaker Dan DeVivo, have been working on a documentary about Sheriff Joe Arpaio's reign of terror and error in Maricopa County, a film ultimately titled Two Americans.Fernand ... More >>

Steven Seagal Somehow Helped Joe Arpaio's Boys Find a Bunch of Weed

​Actor Steven Seagal added another cameo to his list of appearances with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office last night, and Sheriff Joe Arpaio says Seagal somehow helped real deputies find a bunch of weed.Seagal's starring role in MCSO raids seems to be going down the toilet, as he's gone from r ... More >>

Angela Simpson Pleads Guilty to Impaling, Stabbing, Strangling, Beating, and Extracting Teeth From Disabled Man, Then Dismembering Him and Setting Pieces of His Body on Fire

Angela Simpson pleaded guilty today to first-degree murder in the 2009 killing of 46-year-old Terry Neely in Phoenix.Simpson's method of choice: Pulling Neely's teeth out, driving a nail into his head, bashing him with a tire iron, stabbing him around 50 times, and strangling him.Then she chopped up ... More >>

Update and Interview with Zenyata White, One Half of the Now Famous Lesbian Couple Asked to Leave District American Kitchen Last Sunday

We were happy to get a return call from Zenyata White yesterday. She apologized for not getting back to us more quickly as she'd been busy with new fewer than five different news stations and calls from CNN affiliates after the what happened at District American Kitchen on Sunday.

Andrew Breitbart's Brandon Darby Incorrectly Claims Paul Babeu's Mexican Ex Is U.S. Citizen

As much as the late Andrew Breitbart was reviled by the left, I always found him to be an entertaining, if often inflammatory, media presence. Breitbart died Thursday of natural causes at the way-too-young age of 43, giving liberals everywhere less reason to assault their TV screens in apoplectic ra ... More >>

The Life of a State: A Timeline of Arizona's History

Alice Cooper: No More Mr. Bad Guy

Dozens of Teenage Boy Scout Explorers Have Been Sexually Abused by Cops; Should Scouts Share the Blame?

Bloody Black-Friday Arrest at Buckeye Walmart to be Investigated by AZ Department of Public Safety

​The Arizona Department of Public Safety will conduct an independent investigation of the bloody Black-Friday arrest of a Walmart shopper.Jerald Newman, 54, was knocked unconscious after a Buckeye police officer performed a "leg sweep" on him while arresting him on suspicion of shoplifting. (UPDAT ... More >>

Arizona Dems on GOP Presidential Debate: Can Arizona's Tea Party Top Booing a Gay Soldier?

​Arizona Governor Jan Brewer announced yesterday that CNN will produce a "major" debate in Arizona between GOP presidential candidates.Jan's "thrilled.""I've been in politics a long time, but I can't remember a more critical election than this," she says. "When it comes to some of the hallmark iss ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Birther Posse Probes President Obama's Birth Certificate

Obama ain't getting anything past master-sleuth Sheriff Joe and his crack team of birther probersIn a bizarre new stab at courting conspiracy nuts who believe President Barack Obama is a Kenyan, Sheriff Joe Arpaio has empowered a "birther posse" to look into claims by wackadoodles such as World Net ... More >>

Michele Bachmann Puckers Up For Joe Arpaio; Plans to Target Arizona in 2012 GOP Primary

Image: James KingMichele Bachmann puckering up for Joe Arpaio.​ For all of about three minutes, presidential candidate/Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann met with reporters and Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio this afternoon, during which she gave the sheriff a metaphorical smooch right on ... More >>

Katt Williams: Patriot or Prick?

www.yourblackworld.comKatt Williams: go back to Mexico, "nigga."​If you're unfamiliar with the ongoing Katt Williams saga, allow us to get you up to speed...For starters, let's just clarify who Katt Williams is: he's not Eddie Griffin. He's a D (maybe C-)-list celebrity comedian. He's the type of ... More >>

Katt Williams Not Exactly Sorry for Anti-Hispanic Tirade. In Fact, He's not Sorry at All

Katt Williams: not sorry.​Remember last week when a publicist for comedian Katt Williams issued a statement saying how sorry the comedian was for an anti-Hispanic tirade he went on during a performance in Phoenix last month? About that...Williams was on CNN over the weekend where he not only didn' ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, July 21, 2011

John McCain Doubles Down on Racist Scapegoating of Latino Migrants

CNNMcCain, digging the hole deeper after his racist comments over the weekend When white nationalist websites and racist minutemen with erstwhile ties to child killers are championing your cause, you know you've made a serious error. Particularly when you're a failed presidential candidate still des ... More >>

Ask a Mexican on the Tea Party and Making the Rich Richer

This Week In Chow Bella

Another week has come and gone leaving us to ponder the upcoming events that will shape our lives and, more importantly, our dinners out. But before we move on, let's have one last look at the blog posts from this week. Five Tequila Cocktails for Grown Ups Eddie Matney Turns Up the bin Laden Heat ... More >>

SB 1070 Has Been Bad for Arizona and Worse for Mexicans, But It Inspired a Year's Worth of Great Art

Michele Bachmann's Coming to Town; Just When You Thought Arizona Was at Its Capacity for Nutty Politicians

house.gov​Arizona's just about overflowing with wacky politicos: Governor Jan Brewer, Senate President Russell Pearce, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, maybe Sarah Palin, and many, many others. But it apparently ain't a party until Tea Party overlord Michele Bachmann shows up. The Arizona Repu ... More >>

Dan Quayle Defends "Worst President in History's" Golf Game

www.needlenose.comDan Quayle's totally cool with Barack Obama playing golf.​Barack Obama may be the Ben Quayle-certified "worst president in history," but if you ask the freshman congressman's old man, the president spending time on the golf course as the entire world slips into chaos is A-OK.Obam ... More >>

Senator Scott Bundgaard Plays Patty-Cake with Jason Rose, and Russell Pearce Goes KGB on Pro-Immigration Activists

Louie Puroll Gets Fired for Lying

Daniel Hernandez: Why He's Awesome

Daniel Hernandez: An awesome dude. ​While most interns spend their time filling Starbucks orders and finding ways to screw up making photocopies, Daniel Hernandez was busy applying pressure to the entry wound on Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords' forehead to keep her alive.   Hernandez, ... More >>

Milestones in Bieberdom: Historic Moments in the Life and Career of Teen Idol Justin Bieber

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

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