First Amendment

How Undercover Animal-Rights Activists Are Winning the "Ag Gag" War

Jared Loughner Was Always "Pissed at the Pigs," According to Newly Released Documents

Thousands of pages of records have been released from Pima County Sheriff's Department's investigation of Jared Loughner's 2011 shooting that killed six people and injured 13, including former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, perhaps giving more insight into Loughner's life.Interviews with Loughner ... More >>

Russell Pearce Scores Lame Summary Judgment Against Sal Reza in Federal Court (w/Update)

You could say Russell Pearce beat the lawsuit (for now), but lost his career. Today, U.S. District Court Judge Frederick J. Martone sided with recalled, disgraced ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce, finding that Pearce did not violate the constitutional rights of Phoenix activist Sal Reza wh ... More >>

David Horowitz Has Made Taunting College Students a Spectator Sport

NFL Punter Is Prying Open America's Last Closet: Pro Sports

Randy Slack's Art Show Chaos Theory Grows Up

Michael Crane Can't Represent Himself in Paradise Valley Murder Case, Judge Rules

Judge Warren Granville has ruled that Michael Lee Crane cannot represent himself in his murder trial.Crane's accused of killing three people -- Paradise Valley couple Glenna and Lawrence Shapiro, as well as businessman Bruce Gaudet -- and while Granville found Crane competent to represent himself, i ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Joins Lawyer Dennis Wilenchik on the Hook for 2007 Arrests of VVM Executive Editor and CEO

See also: Breathtaking Abuse of the Constitution See also: Who's Sorry Now? Andy Thomas eats crow to save his political career See also: New Times Will Appeal Ninth Circuit Court Decision See also: Lawsuit Against Joe Arpaio Et Al to Be Heard by Full Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals See also: Joe ... More >>

Michael Salman Is Not in Jail for Having Bible Studies in His Home

See also: Michael Salman wants to build a church in his backyard. His neighbors aren't buying itDespite what's being said by Fox News and Christian news outlets about Phoenix pastor Michael Salman, he's not in jail for hosting bible studies at his place.The former gang member is in jail for breaking ... More >>

Tom Horne's White Flag in Oral Arguments on Tucson's Ethnic Studies Program

This week Attorney General Tom Horne paid a visit to recalled ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce's Ban Amnesty Now radio show, where he regaled Pearce's tens of listeners with his heroic legal work of late, despite Pearce's incessant efforts to turn the conversation back to his ridiculous "buy ... More >>

Fan of Tempe Mayoral Candidate Michael Monti Lets the World Know He Plans on Ripping Down Opponent's Signs

Here's a tip: If you're planning on doing something that may be a crime, don't tell the state's largest paper before doing so.Apparently our tip is a little late, as it would seem that a fan of Tempe mayoral candidate Michael Monti did that yesterday.Legislative District 17 Republicans chairman A.J. ... More >>

Russell Pearce Just Like Raul Grijalva Says Pearce Opponent Bob Worsley

Republican candidate for state Senate Robert Worsley, a conservative Mesa entrepreneur with a track record of success in the private sector (unlike his government-mooching opponent in Legislative District 25, ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce, natch) is speaking out in opposition to Pearce's ... More >>

Channel 12 Reporter Booted from State House Floor

GOPer and State House Speaker Andy Tobin's turning into a regular Russell Pearce clone these days.Earlier in the year, there was his support of new restrictions on freedom of speech at the Arizona Capitol, and today, according to Channel 12 reporter Melissa Blasius, Tobin's officious flack Rey Torre ... More >>

Cynical Politicians in Tucson's Ethnic Studies Case Will Be on History's Losing Side

Joe Arpaio Takes on "Cop-Killer" Website; Plans to Serve Search Warrant at Google's California Headquarters

​Detectives from the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office are heading to Santa Clara, California this afternoon, where they plan to serve a search warrant at Google headquarters to try and determine who's responsible for death threats made against Sheriff Joe Arpaio on a website that glorifies killing ... More >>

Arpaio Corruption: The Feds Have Spoken, But Justice Won't Be Served Until the Sheriff's Indicted

Henry Rollins on Occupants, the Occupy Movement, and the Radio

​There aren't a lot of middle-of-the-roaders when it comes to Henry Rollins. You love him or you hate him, and he gives you plenty of chances to do either: He hosts a radio show on KCRW (doing remarkable things like following up a Curtis Mayfield cut with a jam by Japanese drone-rockers Boris ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Allies at Cave Creek's Sonoran News Slime an Innocent Woman in an Attempt to Besmirch the Effort Seeking His Recall

New Times Will Appeal Ninth Circuit Court Decision on Its Lawsuit Against Joe Arpaio, Andrew Thomas, and Others

Russell Pearce Begs for Corporate Funds, Uses Office on Behalf of Anti-Recall Effort

Pearce, seeking corporate dough to save his hideState Senate President Russell Pearce and the Republican-controlled Legislature couldn't be bothered today to change one word in state law to extend unemployment benefits to 15,000 out-of-work Arizonans, but Pearce has had time to compose a lengthy, fi ... More >>

Paul Babeu's PIO and Neo-Nazi Harry Hughes Have At It Over BFF Photos

Harry Hughes' FacebookSeems Paul Babeu doesn't like this photograph of him and NSM member Harry Hughes (right, in black)A couple of weeks back, I blogged about how Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu's spokesman Tim Gaffney had apparently borrowed some stills of desert barricades taken by National Socia ... More >>

Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman Ends Ruthless Censorship of the Word "Suck" -- by Saying it 11 Times in Single City Council Meeting

TempeTempe Mayor Hugh Hallman no longer "sucks" in New Times eyes.​Say what you will about Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman, but he's a man of his word -- at least when it comes to the word "suck."In an apparent attempt to make up for his ruthless censorship of New Times'' work, the mayor said the word "s ... More >>

Andrew Thomas and Lisa Aubuchon are Criminally Corrupt, Dishonest Conspirators and Just Plain Sucky Lawyers, Says Formal State Bar Complaint

Photo illustration: Ray SternAndrew Thomas and Lisa Aubuchon: The conspiracy was all theirs.​ The real conspiracy was on the other side.Former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas and his lackey, Lisa Aubuchon, while alleging high crimes and conspiracies against county leaders, were conspiri ... More >>

When Valley Neo-Nazi J.T. Ready Converted to Mormonism, Guess Which Prominent Politico Ordained Him an "Elder"

Phoenix PD Used to Smell Sweet Compared to the MCSO -- Now They Both Stink

Joe Arpaio, Salvador Reza, and Fox 10's Miriam Garcia

Reza in court after his false arrest and imprisonment on July 30 I recently obtained paperwork related to the MCSO's July 30 arrest of Phoenix civil rights leader Salvador Reza. The file is chock full of absurd, asinine attempts by the sheriff's office to deflect criticism ... More >>

Behind BadPhoenixCops.com: The Blogger Who Took on the Phoenix PD — and the Homicide Detective Who Might Be His Best Source

The Lumley Vampire Attacks Arizona Department of Corrections’ Charles Ryan for the Death of Marcia Powell, Arpaio’s Goons Zip-Tie a 12-Year-Old, and the Jail Lockdowns Are Over

Judge Bars Divorced Man from Taking His Kids to Mormon Services

The Bird Marches with Zack de la Rocha and Laughs at the Latest Arpaio "Death Threat"

Letters from the issue of Thursday, February 21, 2008

ASU Inc.

Welcome to the world of Mike-Crow management

The Real Rip-Off Report

Ed Magedson calls himself an advocate. His enemies call him an extortionist

Out, Out, Damn Sport!

Voters seem certain to do what the Arizona Legislature has repeatedly refused to do--ban cockfighting, and hasten the death of a way of life