Jason Ready

Russell Pearce Gets Mad Love from the Arizona Republic

One thing both The Republic and Pearce lack: A sense of shame. Prepare for 15 seconds of commercial before the foot-licking begins. The Arizona Republic's editorial board must be patting themselves on the back right now. Why, they scored an editorial on the Gang of Eight's immigration bill from non ... More >>

Russell Pearce, Ol' Buds with Killer J.T. Ready, Now Wants to Be the Poster Boy for Gun Rights

The Arizona Republic somehow has found it reasonable to give a platform to recalled Senate President Russell Pearce, and in Pearce's op-ed piece this morning, he says he wants to be known for his stance on gun rights.Perhaps, just perhaps, Pearce isn't the guy to trust on gun "freedom," as his ex-bu ... More >>

Bill Montgomery's Victims Rot in Jail, While Arizona Republic Praises His Hypocrisy on Immigration Reform

Now, a news flash from inside the stultifying atmosphere of the Arizona Republic's editorial bubble: Hypocrisy is a good thing. Particularly as practiced by Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery. See also: -Joe Arpaio, Bill Montgomery Lose Again: Undocumented Worker Found "Not Guilty" -Bill M ... More >>

Republican Blogger Jeff Vath Fought for Sanity in the AZ GOP

J.T. Ready Takes the Cover of Southern Poverty Law Center's "Year in Hate and Extremism"

If you're looking for the face of "The Year in Hate and Extremism," it's the face of neo-Nazi J.T. Ready, at least, according to the cover of the Southern Poverty Law Center's latest report.Ready's spot on the front is well deserved, after he murdered a man, two women, and a child before killing him ... More >>

Arizona's "Nativist Extremist" Groups Nearing Extinction, According to Report

The nativist movement is in its "death throes," according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.The organization's new report has documented three such groups in Arizona, which is a low number, considering 21 were documented in 2009.

Joe Arpaio's Incredibly Whiny Response to Recall Effort: "Why Do They Hate Me So Much?"

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has issued what's undoubtedly the world's whiniest response to the recently announced recall effort against him.There's a statement from his campaign manager Chad Willems, as well as an Arpaio fundraising e-mail, in which the Sheriff asks, "Why do they hate me so m ... More >>

Jan Brewer "Kinder, Gentler" on Immigration? Republic Dons Kneepads for Governor

As the Arizona Republic was bleeding ink for Governor Jan Brewer's allegedly "kinder, gentler tone" on immigration over the weekend, what was Janbo up to? See also: -Jan Brewer on Blast by DREAMers and CBA in Protest: 3 Arrested -Arizona Deserves No Peace From Pro-Immigrant Forces Raising cash for ... More >>

Tempe Wingnut Is the Ideal Man to Run the County GOP -- and Here's Why

Arizona's Top Ten News Stories of 2012

All in all, 2012 hasn't been that bad of a year. Some good stuff transpired, and some of it happened because New Times' scribes made it happen. Usually to some very deserving recipients. The great H.L. Mencken said it long ago, and it still holds true today: "Journalism is to politician as dog is t ... More >>

John McCain Meets Neo-Nazi and Onetime J.T. Ready-Sidekick Harry Hughes

Neo-Nazi Harry Hughes is like the National Socialist Movement's version of the traveling gnome in those Travelocity.com commercials. See also: -Why Authorities Could've Prevented J.T. Ready's Murder Spree The Maricopa, Arizona-based swastika-lover's been photographed next to Pinal County Sheriff P ... More >>

NRA's Wayne LaPierre and Neo-Nazi Agree on Sandy Hook Solution: More Guns

It's dang encouraging to learn that the National Rifle Association's top propagandist Wayne LaPierre is practically on the same page as Maricopa, Arizona neo-Nazi Harry Hughes regarding what the nation should do in response to the massacre of the innocents in Newtown, Connecticut. More guns! As I ... More >>

Attention Arizona Secessionists: Some Considerations for Your Brilliant Plan

With President Obama's re-election, the empty threat from the people who just loathe the Leader of the Free World has changed from "I'M MOVING TO CANADA" to "WE'RE SECEDING."By "we're seceding," we're referring to the roughly 18,500 people who signed a petition on the Internet, asking the White Hous ... More >>

Tom Horne's Snakepit, Bill Montgomery's Dirty Money, and the Problem with Carmen Chenal

The media's been hot for Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne's head over allegations that during the 2010 campaign he was improperly involved in supporter-turned-staffer Kathleen Winn's independent expenditure committee Business Leaders for Arizona. See also: -Tom Horne's Alleged Hit-and-Run at an ... More >>

Russell Pearce Skunked by Bob Worsley in LD 25 Republican Primary

See also: Russell Pearce's Ruin Caused in Part by Citizens for a Better Arizona See also: Russell Pearce at RockinRRanch and Lester Pearce Insults All of Maricopa County See also: Russell Pearce Can't Shake His Ties to Neo-Nazi J.T. Ready See also: Russell Pearce's Bile Gone from Public Life for Goo ... More >>

Jeff Flake Endorses Russell Pearce Foe Bob Worsley at 11th Hour

Why did Republican Congressman and U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Flake wait till practically the last possible minute to endorse Bob Worsley, the foe of recalled, disgraced ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce in the GOP primary for Legislative District 25? After all, the tusker golden-boy has nev ... More >>

Russell Pearce Can't Shake His Ties to Neo-Nazi J.T. Ready

Russell Pearce's Scores Wife LuAnne's Endorsement

See also: Russell Pearce Can't Shake His Ties to Neo-Nazi J.T. Ready See also: Russell Pearce's "Friends of Russell," and Brent Ellsworth's Vivisection of RP See also: Did state Representative Russell Pearce ever beat his wife LuAnne? See also: Anger in need of management: Russell Pearce's "violent ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Most Awful Moments of 2012 (Thus Far...)

Ousted state Senate President Russell Pearce never fails to provide absurdly outrageous moments. Pearce's outrageous moments are far more cringe-worthy and outright despicable than they are humorous -- (although some are pretty damn funny). There are still almost five full months left in 2012 and P ... More >>

Russell Pearce Claims David Schweikert's Endorsement, Schweikert Spokesman Denies Claim

See also: Russell & Lester Pearce's Hillbilly-Fest: David Schweikert Not Attending, Though Lester Thinks Otherwise (w/Updates) See also: Russell Pearce's "Arizona Teacher's [sic] Association": Olivia Cortes Part 2? (w/Updates) See also: NRA PAC Endorses Russell Pearce Despite His Blame-the-Victims R ... More >>

Russell Pearce in the Bunker, Part Deux

Thanks to Dennis Gilman for posting this piece of comedy genius... You loved him last time, frothing at the mouth about leftist pigs, throwing pencils at his subordinates, pleading for someone to phone his good buddy J.T. Ready for him. And you'll love him again, ranting in the bunker, as a fundra ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Woes Indicate the Nativist Movement Has Seen Its Best Days

Russell Pearce on Blast for Racist E-mails in New Dennis Gilman Video

Gilman skewers Pearce and brings back an old Pearce bud from the dead From beyond the grave, J.T. Ready haunts recalled, disgraced state Senator Russell Pearce in this new video by Dennis Gilman on the controversy surrounding Pearce's racist e-mails, unearthed and made public by the ACLU. Some of ... More >>

Russell Pearce Blames Victims for Dark Knight Massacre

See also: Russell Pearce's Racism "Discovered" by Arizona's Media See also: Russell Pearce's Mexican-Bashing E-mails Slammed By Randy Parraz, Others Recalled, disgraced ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce's heart, or what little there is of it, goes out to the victims of the Dark Knight Rises ... More >>

Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson to Headline KUPD's Desert Uprising

See also: We Chat with John Holmberg About "Mom Farts" See also: A Closer Look at KUPD's MILF Contest Phoenix heavy music fans, prepare to bust out the heavy metal sex playlist and celebrate: KUPD has announced Desert Uprising, a huge, two-day metal festival headed to Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pav ... More >>

Raul Castro's Treatment by Border Patrol an Argument for BP's Elimination

I despise the United States Border Patrol. One-hundred miles from the U.S. Border, the entire U.S. border, they are a law unto themselves, in what the ACLU refers to as a "constitution free zone," that encircles the entire contiguous United States.They regularly treat U.S. citizens with contempt. Th ... More >>

J.T. Ready's Work for "U.S. Border Guard" Detailed in U.S. Border Patrol Documents

The U.S. Attorney's Office blew two chances to prosecute J.T. Ready for pulling guns on illegal immigrants months before the neo-Nazi gunned down four people in Gilbert, records show.The documents were released by Nick Martin of Talking Points Memo (and former Valley reporter), who broke the story a ... More >>

Jailhouse Goons Make Fun Of and Kill a Mentally Ill Inmate

Russell Pearce's Worst Nightmare Bob Worsley Wins Chamber Endorsement

A Worsley TV ad, part of a $10K ad buy, according to the Worsley campAs disgraced ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce recycles old signs from last year's historic recall election, his GOP primary rival Bob Worsley is running $10,000 ad buys on cable TV and racking up endorsements from Mesa Mayo ... More >>

Lacey: America's War on Mexicans Has Gone Too Far

J.T. Ready Brags About Hunting "Two-Legged Varmints" in Police Report

According to one Gilbert neighbor, neo-Nazi baby-killer and anti-immigrant vigilante J.T. Ready boasted of hunting "two-legged varmints" just days before a massacre in which Gilbert police believe he murdered four, including a 16-month-old girl, and then committed suicide.In a police report released ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, May 24

J.T. Ready's Victims: Three Fundraisers for Their Families

Three fundraisers are planned this week to help the families of J.T. Ready's victims. On May 2, Ready shot and killed his girlfriend Lisa Mederos, 47; her daughter Amber Mederos, 23; Amber's fiance Jim Hiott, 24; and Amber's one year-old baby girl Lilly, in a murder spree that ended when Ready ... More >>

Russell Pearce a One-Note Johnny, New Bob Worsley Video Says

The Worsley camp's latest, and how true it is...At the Red Mountain Tea Party Monday night, recalled, disgraced ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce did not bow out of the GOP primary in Legislative District 25 for state Senate, as some in the blogosphere had anticipated.Instead, according to th ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Softer, Gentler Side, via the Video Stylings of Constantin Querard

Soft and cuddly this Mesa muttonhead will never beI sure hope recalled ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce doesn't bow out of the GOP state Senate primary in Legislative District 25, as some have been speculatin' in the blogosphere.Why? Well, because that would rob me of the immense pleasure of ... More >>

Why Authorities Could've Prevented J.T. Ready's Murder Spree

Russell Pearce Apologist Linda Bentley's Denial of Guilt Over J.T. Ready

I've often said that in Arizona you don't have to be a swastika-carrying neo-Nazi to have the same or similar beliefs. Which is why the presence of neo-Nazis and other right-wing wackjobs in the midst of the immigration donnybrook here in Sand Land has caused little or no outrage. And yet, when ... More >>

J.T. Ready Gilbert Massacre: Listen to the Unedited 9-1-1 Recordings Here

Gilbert police released the recordings of the 9-1-1 calls yesterday made before and after neo-Nazi J.T. Ready allegedly murdered four people before icing himself last week, and not surprisingly, local news outlets weren't too hip to the idea of playing the entire recordings.Since we're not in the bu ... More >>

J.T. Ready, the Early Years, Courtesy of His Hometown Newspaper

I knew Gilbert massacre shooter J.T. Ready was from Polk County, Florida, and I had contacted some relatives of his over the weekend seeking comment. (No luck, alas.) But until today, I could find no mention of him in his hometown newspaper, The Ledger, located in Lakeland, Florida.Thankfully, Ledge ... More >>

J.T. Ready's Last-Minute Anti-Semitic Ravings

Neo-Nazi J.T. Ready could be quite lucid and genial. Sometimes, he came off as an autodidact, widely read if not highly educated. That impression would last only so long, however. Inevitably, he would make some anti-Semitic or racist comment, or go off on some related tangent involving eug ... More >>

J.T. Ready Confirmed by Police to Be Among the Five People Dead in Gilbert Massacre, and the Suspected Shooter

Until around 5 a.m. today, news outlets were relying on sources to confirm neo-Nazi J.T. Ready was among the five people dead in yesterday's massacre in Gilbert.Gilbert police have now confirmed Ready is dead, along with four other people, including a baby born last January.If Ready's name doesn't r ... More >>

Math-Challenged Sheriff Joe Arpaio Can't Account for the $41 Million He's Cost Taxpayers