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Jan Brewer's Sniveling New Memoir Laughably Paints Her as a Tough-as-Nails Governor

Best Reader Caption For Photo of Shamed Former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas and One of His Henchwomen, Rachel Alexander?

Rachel Alexander's Facebook page.Your caption here.​Last week, we asked our readers to offer suggestions for an appropriate caption for the above photo of shamed former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas and one of his henchwomen, Rachel Alexander (who's apparently dressed as former Alaska Go ... More >>

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Morning Poll: Do You Buy Sarah Palin's Reason for Purchasing Scottsdale Home?

​Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has refused to answer any reporters' questions about a home she was rumored to have recently bought in Scottsdale. But Fox News' Greta Van Susteren apparently isn't any reporter.Despite the former vice presidential candidate's recent media silence, Van Susteren ... More >>

Morning Poll: Will Sarah Palin Run for Senate in Arizona

Arizona Senator Sarah Palin?​Rumors that Sarah Palin is planning a Senate run in Arizona seem a little more credible now that it seems the former Alaska governor has purchased a house in Scottsdale.Rumors have been swirling for months that Palin was either looking to purchase a home in Scottsdale, ... More >>

Ed Harris in a John McCain Costume *PHOTO*

Ed Harris is the spitting image of Senator John McCain.​HBO has released promotional images from the upcoming film Game Change, and one thing is clear: A Beautiful Mind star Ed Harris is a dead ringer for "The Maverick."Harris is signed on to play the role of Senator John McCain in the ... More >>

May 3 In Blogs: Ethnic Studies, Indie ArtHouse, Tequila, Beckett's Table, and Donald Trump

​​​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:

Meghan McCain Expects to be "Crucified" in HBO Movie Game Change

Meghan McCain is not a fan of the new movie being made about her family.​Meghan McCain, the overly vocal daughter of Senator John McCain, does not expect the upcoming HBO movie about her family and her pops' failed bid for the presidency in 2008 to paint her in the most positive light. In fact, sh ... More >>

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 >>

Morning Poll: Who Should Play John McCain in Upcoming Flick About 2008 Presidential Campaign?

Who should play "the Mav" in the upcoming HBO film Game Change?​As we mentioned yesterday, HBO's making a movie based on John Heilemann and Mark Halperin's bestselling book, Game Change, in which the authors air some of the McCain campaign's dirty laundry -- namely, Sarah Palin and her ... More >>

John McCain's Presidential Run: They're Actually Making a Movie About it

Who's going to play "the Maverick' in HBO's upcoming flick Game Change?​Hollywood actually has taken an interest in Senator John McCain's failed bid for the presidency in 2008, which raises an interesting question: who's going to play the role of "The Maverick?"The movie is getting ... More >>

Palin Invasion of Arizona Continues: Sarah Palin Would Base Presidential Campaign in Scottsdale, According to Rumor Mill

Arizona could be the base for Sarah Palin's presidential campaign.​Fresh from the rumor mill: if Sarah Palin runs for president, she will base her campaign out of Scottsdale, continuing the Palin family's invasion of Arizona.As you know, Palin's daughter Bristol recently/inexplicably bought a home ... More >>

March 9 In Blogs: Jan Brewer, Forever 21, Mumford & Sons, Big Earl's BBQ, and Scott Bundgaard

​​​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:

Herman Cain Favored by Tea Partiers For Presidential Run. Take That, NAACP

www.projectqatlanta.comHerman Cain leads the pack of potential Tea Party presidential candidates.​The Tea Partiers were in Phoenix over the weekend for the group's first ever "American Policy Summit," and according to a straw poll conducted during the conference, Georgia businessman Herman Cain, a ... More >>

Sarah Palin Ditching Phoenix Tea Party Convention to Watch Snow Machine Race. Shucks!

www.yourfunnystuff.comYou betchya Sarah Palin's going to the Iron Man Snow Machine Race, which means she's not joining her fellow Tea Partiers in Phoenix next week.​Tea Partiers from across the country will be flocking to Phoenix next week for the group's first ever "American Policy Summit." Soun ... More >>

Jan. 13 In Blogs: Jared Loughner, First Friday, Flaming Lips, Rula Bula, and Sarah Palin

​​​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:

Palin and Tea Party Rhetoric Was Not the Reason Gabrielle Giffords Was Attacked -- America's Treatment of Mental Illness Is to Blame

​The attempted assassination of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, the incidental execution of Arizona's Chief Federal Judge, the collateral killing of five bystanders, including a child, and the deranged wounding of 14 politically curious civilians is not the result of the First Amendment's pe ... More >>

Funny Pics: Band Names Taken Literally

Sea Wolf​ There are a lot of stupid band names out there. In fact almost every band name ever created is kind of stupid if you stop and think about it for a minute. Once you do stop to think about the literal meaning of the name it will change from this cool sounding combination of words to ... More >>

Rap Songs Fit for a Tea Party: Hip-Hop Songs with a Right Wing Bent

​Maybe you've heard: Today is election day.This year's election is a little different than the 2008 one, though. It seems not everyone is happy with the progress the Kenyan/Indonesian/Martian guy who usurped the presidency has been making toward converting our economy to socialism. Crazy, right? S ... More >>

Blogosphere Erupts With Minor News That John McCain Says He Won't Endorse Sarah Palin's Officially Unofficial 2012 Presidential Bid...Yet

The Mav​It's only 2010, and Sarah Palin hasn't said whether she'll be running for president in 2012, but all indications suggest that she will (you don't quit your gig as governor of Alaska and travel around the country lending teabaggers a wink and a 'you betchya' for nothing).But Arizona S ... More >>

Oct. 26 In Blogs: Tom horne, Jan Brewer, Damon Albarn, Jerk Chicken, and Sarah Palin

​​​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:

Joe Arpaio Takes to Twitter to Talk About Sarah Palin's New Pink Undies

Sheriff Joe​Former vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin was in town briefly on Friday to give the keynote address at a Tea Party rally at the state capitol. That, of course, meant there were news cameras around, which usually means one thing here in the Valley: Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio ... More >>

Meghan McCain Takes Shot at Bristol Palin; Apparently Looking "Like a Stripper" Not as Terrible as Being a Teen Mom

Meghan McCain's scandalous "tweet."​What could potentially be a fairly hot cat fight is brewin' within the GOP and if it goes down, we want a front row seat.Meghan McCain, the daughter of Senator John McCain wrote a book (shocking, we know) detailing her experience as the daughter of a candidate i ... More >>

Burning Qurans, Flags, Bibles? The First Amendment Rules

~crystalina~ If the book burning was to be of Bibles instead of Qurans, would anyone have cared? All the sturm und drang of the past few days over a Florida pastor's plans to burn a pile of Qurans on September 11 may have paid off. The AP is now reporting that Pastor Terry Jon ... More >>

Meghan McCain May Not be an Idiot, But She Plays One -- Well -- on TV

Meghan McCain's scandalous "tweet." Hubba-hubba.​If you know anything about Meghan McCain, the daughter of Senator John McCain, you might find it shocking that she was able to read write a book. Well, she did. And now she's hitting the TV airwaves to pimp the newly released tell-all about th ... More >>

Sarah Palin of Sand Land? Could Be Pamela Gorman

The only thing that stands between state Senator Pamela Gorman and Sarah Palin is a bikini and someone with a little spare time and photoshop.Don't look at me to reprise it. But the video above for the conservanut Gorman's congressional campaign is reminiscent of that famous faux pic ... More >>

June 29 In Blogs: Pamela Gorman, First Friday, Blitzen Trapper, Maizie's, and Hispanics

​​​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:

Sarah Palin Joins Jan Brewer in Propaganda Effort to Whitewash SB 1070

Sarah Palin, with Basilio Aja and Governor Jan Brewer at the Marriott Desert Ridge In a media event that lasted less than 20 minutes, before a crowd of red-shirted Brewer-for-Governor supporters at the Marriott Desert Ridge in north Phoenix, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin stood with Arizona Gove ... More >>

May 14 In Blogs: ACLU, Ghost Lounge, Cielo Kitchen, and The Gringo Mask

​​​​​​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: ACLU's Anti-SB 1070 Lawsuit; Bud Selig Waffles; Sarah Palin Weighs In; Er ... More >>

Sarah Palin Comes To Jan Brewer's Rescue in Phoenix Saturday; And Brewer's Big Prevarication on SB 1070

Wahoo! The Wackjob from Wasilla's here to save Jan!Sarah Palin will be in Phoenix Saturday at the Marriott Desert Ridge, joining her fellow Republican, Governor Jan Brewer in an event billed at launching a "national effort and Web site to educate America on border security and encourage support for ... More >>

Ron Paul Renegade Roughed Up by Police at John McCain Campaign Event

​Much to our dismay, the Ron Paul Revolution apparently isn't over, and at a John McCain campaign stop in Mesa on Saturday, the "revolution" was televised.Cameras rolled as a man, who identified himself only as Alex, was tossed out of the event -- where former vice presidential candidate Sarah ... More >>

March 24 In Blogs: Mary Rose Wilcox, Phoenix, Crab Cakes, and 17 Pounds of Meth

​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: Joe Arpaio Indictment Called for by Mary Rose Wilcox in New Video, and Puente's Protest o ... More >>

Sarah Palin's Coming to Arizona to Campaign for John McCain; Should J.D. Hayworth be Worried?

The "straight talk express" will once again be rolling through Arizona come March. ​Sarah Palin, the new darling of the Conservative party, announced today that she will be making the campaign rounds for several Republican Congressional candidates, including a stop in Arizona to campaign for ... More >>

Sarah Palin Says McCain Visor Redaction Was to Throw Off Photogs

You betcha!​John McCain's former rogue running-mate, Sarah Palin, was photographed on a Hawaiian beach this week wearing a McCain campaign visor with McCain's name scribbled out with black marker.Check out the photos here.Palin says the gesture was no jab at Arizona's senior senator but ... More >>

Beene There, Done That

Renowned fashion designer shows off hip threads

Go to Hell

Christ on a crutch. This one’s scary. For all the wrong reasons.

Top 10 Metal Albums of 2008

In a year worthy of your rage, metal delivered in spades. What with the economy circling the drain and Sarah Palin coming down from the tundra and then refusing to go back, 2008's been the kind of year that really makes you want to smash your head into walls or punch random strangers in the face. Go ... More >>

The Fringe Revolution

Sausage Army leader continues campaign for comedic reform

Irreconcilable Differences

Libs want to boot the old crank out of the house

Go to Hell

Christ on a crutch. This one’s scary. For all the wrong reasons.

Jesus Crist, Can't the New York Times Afford Copy Editors?

Hot Links: McCain Battles Keating Five Ghosts, Arizona GOP Risks Loss of Legislature, Tina Fey Scores Beaucoup Viewers for SNL.

Hot Links: Supes lock out public, Rep eliminates 37 positions, McCain trails Obama, and Brad Pitt supports gay marriage.

The Bird joins the anti-Arpaio siege at Wells Fargo, postmortems the Pearce- Gibbons race, and knocks Napolitano for defending Sarah Palin

Hot Links: Nik Richie revealed, Heart pissed at McCain/Palin, pot popes plead guilty, and more.

Hot Links: Russell Pearce wins his primary, ditto for Tim Nelson, Mayor Gordon breaks back, St. Louis slays D-Backs, Cards fans named worst in NFL.

Arizona State's Matthew Scully, Sarah Palin's Speechwriter

Lindsay Lohan's blog like, totally rules. Seriously.

Sarah Palin VP Pick Has Media Calling Former New Times Writer Brendan Joel Kelley