Shawna Forde

Meet the Three Women Currently on Arizona's Death Row

While a jury's apparently having a tough time deciding whether Jodi Arias should be put to death for killing Travis Alexander, we'll point out that Arias would join just a few other women on death row, if that's where the jury decides to send her.There are only three Arizona women in the custody of ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

Joe Arpaio-Henchman Bill Montgomery Milks CIR While Separating Parents from Children

Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery is gettin' real popular with some in the pro-immigration reform crowd. Never mind that he collaborates with Sheriff Joe Arpaio in prosecuting undocumented workers, while ignoring those who hire them. See also: -Bill Montgomery's Victims Rot in Jail, While A ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Wing-Nut Supporter John Philip Sousa IV's Hysterical Appeal for Moolah

Anyone who actually would be proud to be the great grandson of John Philip Sousa, a third rate 19th Century composer of marching tunes whose music could bore you right into a coma, must have a screw loose. See also: -Joe Arpaio Takes Full Advantage of Scary Box in Mail: "I'm a Victim" -Joe Arpaio ... More >>

Psycho Killer: Jodi Arias' Kinky Death-Penalty Trial

Bill Montgomery Is No Immigration Moderate

S.A.N.E. Immigration Initiative Undercut by Bill Montgomery's Nativist Panderings

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 >>

Glenn Spencer's Lawyer John Munger Calls Me a "Wacko" as He Mainstreams a Racist Anti-Semite

You'd think a practicing lawyer, former president of the Arizona Board of Regents, and erstwhile GOP gubernatorial candidate would possess a lick of sense. But Tucson attorney John Munger is proof positive that possession of a swell resume is no guarantee of intelligence.Munger is the fella who rece ... More >>

Glenn Spencer, Nativist Anti-Semite, Repped By John Munger, Ex-Gubernatorial Candidate

Right-wing attempts to legitimize nativist border wacko Glenn Spencer persist in the strangest fashion.Today, the conservative website Right Side News reported on a letter from former GOP gubernatorial candidate John Munger to Luis Heredia, Executive Director of the Arizona Democratic Party, de ... More >>

Glenn Spencer, Nativist Anti-Semite, Lectures State Senate Border Security Committee

Nativist extremist and documented anti-Semite Glenn Spencer spoke today at the state Senate Border Security, Federalism, and States' Rights Committee, a seriously loony legislative panel chaired by crackpot Republican state Senator Sylvia Allen.Democratic state Senators Steve Gallardo and Robert Mez ... More >>

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 >>

Shawna Forde, Kid-Killing Minutewoman, Sentenced to 65 Years in Prison -- in Addition to Death Sentence

If Shawna Forde avoids the executioner's needle, she still has at least 65 years in prison to look forward to.​Assuming Shawna Forde, the kid-killing minutewoman sentenced to death for the 2009 murders of an Arivaca man and his daughter, avoids her date with death, she won't be getting out of pris ... More >>

David Irving, Holocaust-Denier, Does a Phoenix Best Western

Pro-Hitler propagandist and Holocaust-denier David Irving, pitching a fit last night after his soiree for swastika-lickers endedWell, it wasn't too difficult to find out where pro-Hitler propagandist and Holocaust-denier David Irving was having his coffee klatch of kooks, the one I informed you abou ... More >>

Russell Pearce, Jan Brewer, Tom Horne, the Tea Party, All Get the Dennis Gilman Treatment

Gilman's latest: Beyond 1070: The Tea Party's War on ChildrenI'm sure glad I'm on local, lefty videographer Dennis Gilman's good side. Otherwise, he might skewer me in a video like the one above, where Attorney General Tom Horne, state Senator Lori Klein, state Senate President Russell Pearce, ... More >>

Kid Killer Jason Bush to Join Accomplice Shawna Forde on Death Row for Deadly 2009 Attack on Arivaca Family

Clear a spot on death row for kid killer Jason Bush.​Jason Bush, the kid-killing accomplice of Minutewoman Shawna Forde, will join his murderous cohort on death row, a Tucson jury decided today.Bush was found guilty last monthd in the murders of an Arivaca man and his daughter in May 2009.In ... More >>

Kid-Killing Minutewoman Shawna Forde's Accomplice Guilty on All Counts in Murders of Man and Child

Jason Eugene Bush​Kid-killing Minutewoman Shawna Forde's co-defendant, Jason Eugene Bush, was found guilty this morning in a Pima County Superior Court for the murders of an Arivaca man and his daughter in May 2009.In addition to the two first-degree murder convictions for the murders of Rau ... More >>

Glenn Spencer, Nativist Anti-Semite, To Lecture Arizona Senate Committee

walkingthelinefilm.comWhat, me a raving racist anti-Semite? You would think that an old, Mexican-bashing coot like Glenn Spencer, the head of the nativist "organization" American Border Patrol, would be radioactive to any politician with a lick of sense, after all of the dumb, bigoted statements he' ... More >>

Jan Brewer's Personal Army? SB 1495 Paves the Way

Senator Allen: Pawn of the feds?Do you think Governor Jan Brewer, or any Arizona governor from this point on, should have a volunteer military force that she can call up and use for any purpose whatsoever?Well, that's what the governor would have if Senate Bill 1495 becomes law: A blank check t ... More >>

Shawna Forde, Kid-Killing Minutewoman, Sentenced to Death

Shawna Forde will be put down like a dog, thanks to a Pima County jury.​A Pima County jury decided this morning that Shawna Forde, the kid-killing minutewoman responsible for the deaths of a 9-year-old Arivaca girl and her father in May of 2009, will pay for the murders with her life.Earlier this ... More >>

Shawna Forde, Kid-Killing Minutewoman, Convicted of Murder

Shawna Forde faces the possibility of the death penalty after being convicted of murdering an Arivaca man and his 9-year-old daughter.​Shawna Forde, a founder of the anti-immigration group Minutemen American Defense Corps., has been convicted of murder in the 2009 slayings of an Arivaca man and hi ... More >>

Russell Pearce's "Tea Party Senate" and the Report on Tea Party Nationalism

from teapartynationalism.comWant a preview of Pearce's "Tea Party Senate"? Check out IREHR's reportWhat are we to make of neo-Nazi-huggin' state Senator Russell Pearce's declaration that under his rule as majority leader, Arizona's upper house will be "the Tea Party Senate"?Look no further than the ... More >>

Arpaio's Gulags, As Experienced by a Limey; Plus the Media Chumps Out on the Latest Racist Tea Party

August 16 In Blogs: Tea Party, Absinthe, John Mayer, Petit Fromage, and Breathalyzers

​​​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, J.D. Hayworth, Shawna Forde and the Tea Party on Glenn Spencer's Ranch

walkingthelinefilm.comGlenn Spencer, host of the nativist Tea Party rally happening Sunday, August 15Although the United We Stand for Americans Web site announcing its Tea Party rally on the U.S.-Mexico Border this Sunday August 15 includes the address of the event and maps leading there, it careful ... More >>

John McCain, Russell Pearce, Michelle Obama, Jan Brewer Pimp-Slapped in New Dennis Gilman Video

Everyone gets a piece of hand sandwich in Dennis Gilman's new YouTube video on the hypocrisy of our political leaders over SB 1070 and the plight of the 12 million undocumented in this country.This time Gilman spares no one on the left or the right. Everyone from John McCain and Jan Brewer to Gabby ... More >>

John McCain's Daughter Meghan McCain Opposes SB 1070, as Her Dad Rolls Over for the Nativist Right

photo by "Jumping cheese" Unlike her pop, Meghan McCain doesn't have to pander to nativist extremists You've got to give it up for Meghan McCain, who came out against state Senator Russell Pearce's racial profiling law yesterday, particularly since her opinion on the legislation is far more n ... More >>

Minuteman Civil Defense Corps Disbanding -- Sort Of

www.mcdctexas.com​The Minuteman Civil Defense Corps announced this week that it will disband as a corporation. However, as a hate-mongering group of anti-immigration fanatics, local factions of the organization will continue to "stand guard" at the border, according to the group's president. ... 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 >>

Laine Lawless Met with Shawna Forde and Accomplice Hours After Arivaca Killings, Says Report

from Lawless' site BorderGuardians.org Laine Lawless: Can't keep a bad Wiccan down... Mexican flag-burnin' nativist Laine Lawless may have some 'splainin' to do. According to a report in the Everett, Washington Daily Herald, the newspaper that's been the most dogged in follwing their hometown ... More >>

Sept. 9 In Blogs: Shawna Forde, Dfactor, Sonic Youth, Drip Coffee, and Jeff Flake

​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: Laine Lawless Met with Shawna Forde and Accomplice Hours After Arivaca Killings, Says Report ... More >>

Pro-Shawna Forde Site Pimped by Laine Lawless, Mexican Flag Burner Extraordinaire

Shawna Forde gets a little help from her pal, nativist Wiccan Laine Lawless​Just when you think the nativists have sunk to a new low, they limbo right down into the gutter a little lower. In this case, it's our old pal, Wiccan wackjob Laine Lawless (real name, Roberta Dill), known for her love of ... More >>

August 24 In Blogs: Arpaio, Kiss, Two Hippies, and Twilight

​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, Soldier of Fortune Cover Boy, Channels His Inner Mr. Magoo Pro-Shawna Forde Si ... More >>

Prosecutors Pursue Death Penalty for Three Nativists Who Killed Father and 9-Year Old on U.S.-Mexico Border

Shawna Forde​Looks like our nativist cover-girl Shawna Forde and two others could get the death penalty for their roles in the murder of a man and his 9-year old daughter during an Arivaca home invasion earlier this year. Deputy Pima County attorney Kellie Johnson announced yesterday that she ... 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

How a Teen Prostitute and Beautician Morphed Into a Minuteman American Defense Leader and Alleged Killer

Neo-Nazi J.T. Ready Speaks at Phoenix Tea Party Event, as Does Tasered Tempe Pastor Steven Anderson

J.T. Ready at the Phoenix Tea Party July 4, 2009 These uber right wing Tea Parties continue to be a magnet for extremists and crazy folk of all stripes. Though I wasn't able to make the recent hate-Obama rally that took place July 4 at the Arizona state Capitol, I have since discovered from in ... More >>

July 3 In Blogs: Shawna Forde, Jay-Z, The Mission, and Roosters

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: Shawna Forde Associate a Former Pima County Sheriff's Deputy in Training? Up on the Sun: Could ... More >>

Shawna Forde Associate a Former Pima County Sheriff's Deputy in Training?

The Norwegian video interview of Shawna Forde and a fella by the name of Todd Hezlitt Someone recently sent me a link to the blog Immigration Talk with a Mexican American, which in turn links to the blog Crooks & Liars and a Norwegian news video featuring the infamous Shawna Forde of Minuteman A ... More >>

July 2 In Blogs: Shawna Forde, President Obama, The Kitchen Market Cafe, and AZ Justice Courts

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:Shawna Forde Associate a Former Pima County Sheriff's Deputy in Training? Up on the Sun:Obama ... More >>

More Shawna Fordes in the Making? Violent Rhetoric and Unbalanced Actions from Phoenix Nativists

Dennis Gilman asks the timely question: Which racist nativist will pop off next? My June 22 post last week on alleged kid-killer and minutewoman Shawna Forde received a number of comments from the immigrant-bashing side of the argument accusing me of painting their prejudiced movement with too bro ... More >>

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 >>

June 22 In Blogs: Shawna Forde, Rose Johnson, Devastation, Cartel Coffee Lab, and Angels & Outlaws

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:Shawna Forde, Alleged Kid Killer, Extremist, Phoenix Tea Party Attendee, and Ghost of Tea Par ... More >>

Mayor Phil Gordon Torpedoes Arpaio Over the Sheriff’s Neo-Nazi and Nativist Pals, and One More Reason the Democrats Need to Take Boxing Lessons