Chris Simcox

Dec. 2 In Blogs: Chris Simcox, Crafeteria, Coldplay, Raw Chocolate, and Derek Anderson

​​​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:

Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Report Features Arizona "Patriots" on Cover

SPLCCan you spot the Sand Landers in this cover art?Arizona has made the cover of the Summer 2010 issue of the Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Report magazine, but for all the wrong reasons, as you might expect.The issue is devoted to the resurgent "patriot" movement, a conspiratorial gra ... More >>

J.D. Hayworth Calls John McCain's Immigration Plan "Election Year Gimmick"

​Earlier today, Senators John McCain and Jon Kyl released a 10-point plan to combat crime along the U.S./Mexico border, which -- among other things -- includes hiring 3,000 more Customs and Border Protection agents for Arizona, building new fences along the state's southern border, and increas ... More >>

Arizona's Down on Brown and Suffering Economically; Plus, Tohono O'odham Chairman Ned Norris Finally Gets in Touch

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, February 25, 2010

Rodney Glassman, the Sole Potential Democratic Senate Candidate, Holding Off on Announcing He's Running

Rodney Glassman​Rodney Glassman, Tucson's vice-mayor and lone Democrat mulling over a run for John McCain's Senate seat, says he's holding off on making his candidacy official until a budget is in place for Tucson.That's a nice change of pace from the several state legislators who abandoned ship t ... More >>

J.D. Hayworth Draws Support of Phoenix Police Union, but McCain Gets Nod of Past PLEA Presidents

www.newsreelblog.com​Former Congressman J.D. Hayworth picked up an endorsement today that wasn't Joe Arpaio or Minutemen co-founder Chris Simcox.The Phoenix Law Enforcement Association announced today that it would support Hayworth in his bid to try to unseat Senator John McCain in the ... More >>

John McCain Picks Up Two More Endorsements; J.D. Hayworth Still Has Joe Arpaio

​Two former Arizona governors jumped on board the McCain train, endorsing "The Maverick" in his bid to fend off former Congressman J.D. Hayworth, the senator's campaign announced today.Former governors Fife Symington and Jane Dee Hull will both back McCain in this year's Republican primary.Hul ... More >>

J.D. Hayworth Makes it Official; Will Challenge John McCain in U.S. Senate Primary, and Joe Arpaio and Chris Simcox Seem Thrilled

www.mcdonaldlawwaz.com The many faces (and chins) of J.D. Hayworth​Former Congressman J.D. Hayworth made it official today that he will run against Senator John McCain in a Republican primary for the U.S. Senate.Flanked by Sheriff Joe Arpaio and Minutemen co-founder Chris Simcox, Haywo ... More >>

J.T. Ready, Sal Reza, and a Horde of Racist Tea Party Tards in Big Noise Films' White Power U.S.A.

I met Big Noise filmmakers Richard Rowley and Jacquie Soohen while they were in town to cover the National Socialist Movement march on the Arizona state Capitol in November. Though the duo live in New York, they fly all over the world, from Afghanistan and Iraq to Mexico and Ecuador producing docume ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Supporter Jim Gilchrist Takes Swipe at Ron Paul "Fanatics" and Every Other Nativist on the Planet

The one thing you can always count on with minutemen, nativists and neo-Nazis is more backstabbing than backstage at a Miss America Pageant. This video from VronRN2 of a conversation between anti-racist YouTuber Naui Ocelotl Huitzilopochtli (try saying that three times fast) and minut ... More >>

John McCain and J.D. Hayworth in Dead Heat in Rasmussen Poll, but Will Foghorn Leghorn Take the Plunge?

Could J.D. eat McCain's lunch? The Rasmussen poll suggests that it's a possibility.A new Rasmussen Reports poll just out shows KFYI lip-flapper and former congressman J.D. Hayworth in a dead heat with U.S. Senator John McCain for the 2010 GOP primary nod. Hayworth is within the 4 percent margin of e ... More >>

Hillbilly Hootenanny: Nativist Jabronis Occupy the Arizona State Capitol for Yet Another Hatefest

The face of nativist hate...Who're worse, behavior-wise, the nativists or the neo-Nazis? Sure, neo-Nazis are nefarious and nuts. But the nativists make the neo-Nazis look urbane by comparison. And in some ways the nativists are more violent, despite the fact crazy old crones with canes and old dudes ... More >>

The MCSO Retaliates Against a Guadalupe Activist; Plus, John Huppenthal Spews Bogus Stats During a Prejudice Party at the Arizona Capitol

Minuteman Chris Simcox's 2007 Female Trouble

from Simcox for SenateDespite his good looks, the "Little Prince" has not always had luck with women...In doing research on Chris Simcox -- the minuteman posterboy currently waging a quixotic campaign for the 2010 GOP U.S. Senate primary nod against the ancient, lizard-skinned Senator John McCain -- ... More >>

Arizona Tea Party Puddin' Heads; Plus, Russell Pearce Says Joe Arpaio Won't Run for Guv, Despite Business Journal Report

From left, Jack Harper, Dean Martin, Russell Pearce, and John Huppenthal Obama is a Nazi. Obama is a commie. Obama is a pirate. (Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum.) Obama is a socialist. Obama is the Joker from The Dark Night. (You know, Heath Ledger) Yadda-yadda-yadda. Such was the refrain f ... More >>

About John McCain's Lame Rejection of Sonia Sotomayor for the U.S. Supreme Court...

Check out Arizona Senator John McCain's stated reasons for his pending no-vote against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. ​ One word that comes to mind is hypocrisy. Here's part of what the defeated 2008 presidential candidate (that's him in the infamous debate photo) on t ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, July 30, 2009

Our Michael Jackson Spoof Is Outed, Plus Connecting the Dots Between Shawna Forde and Her Ideological Confederates

Shawna Forde, Alleged Kid Killer, Extremist, Phoenix Tea Party Attendee, and Ghost of Tea Parties Future

Shawna Forde, MAD-woman, Tea Partier, alleged murderer... A Petri dish of right wing insanity and goofiness. That was my impression of the April 15 Tea Party that took place on the grounds of the Arizona state capitol and drew thousands in a mass fit of anti-Obama rage. Sure, not eve ... More >>

Neo-Nazis and Extreme Right-Wingers Love Joe Arpaio, and There’s Evidence that the MCSO Keeps Them Close

Arpaio’s Avondale Sweep a Bust, Pima County Sheriff Wants to Check School Kids’ Immigration Papers, and Chris Simcox Takes on McCain

Hobbit Lady Anna Gaines in Court Today, Trial on Trespassing Charge Set for March 10

Anna Gaines at a nativist protest, long before being cited by the PHX PD for trespassing.Sadly, I wasn't able to make Anna Gaines' arraignment today down at the Arcadia Biltmore Justice Court before Judge Steve Sarkis. But a clerk for the judge told me that the little Hobbit lady known far and wide ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Rubs Shoulders with Minuteman Chris Simcox, and Alleged Trespasser Anna Gaines

Joe and the nativists, the love that never dies... You judge a man, sometimes, by the company he keeps. So what does it say of Sheriff Joe that he recently spoke at the Arizona American Italian Club to a group of notorious nativists, including minuteman honcho Chris Simcox, and alleged criminal tre ... More >>

Jan. 2 In Blogs: Larry Fitzgerald, Irish Breakfast, Cream Stereo Lounge 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: Phoenix Library Card Blasts Off; Designed by Local Artist Kiyomi King ... More >>

Nativist Roy Warden Storms the Arizona Supreme Court, Kinda-Sorta

Roy Warden addresses the troops, all six of 'em...I confess, I'm drawn to the deep and abiding weirdness of the nativist movement for the same reason I watch televangelists, bird-dog neo-Nazis, and listen to on-air wackjobs like Michael Savage or Glenn Beck. Freaks are fascinating, let's be honest. ... More >>

Sheriff Joe Offers Hispanics an Olive Branch, Kinda-Sorta, on Barriozona.com.

Sand Land Rednecks Rally for Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Harass Mayor Gordon at His Home.

Nationalist Enquirer

Filmmaker/artist gives voice to patriots, real and imagined

Russell Pearce, Buffalo Rick and the White Knights of America.

U.S.A. racists rally for Russell Pearce; and Buffalo Rick Galeener's latest court date for public urination.

Patriots Border Alliance's neo-Nazi love-fest; and why Anna Gaines' recall of Mayor Phil Gordon is doomed.

Russell Pearce seeks donations from fellow bigots on Glenn Spencer's site; receives thanks from U.S.A. racists re: May 1 demo.

Racist Daisy-Chain

The Wild Turkey calls the guv a coward, outs Republican white supremacists, and searches for Dennis Wilenchik’s lost subpoenas

ADL's new report on nativist extremism is out, and the winners are...

Pitiless P-Town

The cranky cockatoo slams callous P-towners, pecks away at (sigh . . .) another bogus "plot" to off Sheriff Joe, and profiles the "Mexican Mutant"

Anti-Heroes

The ornery oriole chugs brews with bikers at a fundraiser for convict Ignacio Ramos, and investigates Rusty Childress' banishment from the American Freedom Riders

Penn and Teller: Bullshit! on immigration...

PHX Kia-dealer Rusty Childress drummed out of his own bike club?

Redneck Touchdown

The belligerent buzzard performs a postmortem on the latest immigration battles, denounces attorney Dennis Wilenchik's hypocrisy, and chases after Mayor Phil "Goober" Gordon

Minuteman leader Chris Simcox sued by pissed-off donor over border fence.

Monkey Knife Fight at the MCDC: Chris Simcox puts the smack down...

Monkey Knife Fight, Part Deux: Is it over for the Little Prince?

Dueling Mormons

Marshal Jeff Flake goes toe-to-toe with Russell Pearce, and a former New Times staffer's popped for armed robbery

Jeff Flake to the rescue on immigration reform?

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, March 8, 2007

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, March 1, 2007

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, February 22, 2007

Burn, Baby, Burn!

Butch-lesbian nativist Laine Lawless loves incinerating Mexico's flag. Is she a dangerous wacko or a proud patriot?

Minuteman of the Hour

One nation, under Simcox