Southern Poverty Law Center

Latest issue of SPLC's Intelligence Report outs PHX "Odin," slams FAIR, and details alleged, attempted murder of Amanda Crow by fellow skins.

Rogues gallery: Southern Poverty Law Center blasts AZ nativists, profiles Sean Gaines, and interviews Nazi memorabilia dealer Dieter Bueschgen of Glendale.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Easter ethnic cleansing.

Letters

Letters from the week of July 3, 2003

Balls on the Tree

Lies, avocados, and statistics

Oh, Beautiful, for Spacious ERs

If you aren't part of the solution, you're 80% of the problem

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 >>

U.S. House 287(g) Hearings: Mesa Police Chief George Gascon Says 287(g) in Some Cases Sets "the Police Profession Back to the 1950s"

MCSO paramilitary-style raid on Mesa's public library that George Gascon cited to the Judiciary Committee.After the second panel of witnesses was seated and introduced, Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren cited the Southern Poverty Law Center letter about witness Kris Kobach mentioned in my firs ... More >>

U.S. House 287(g) Hearings: Judiciary Committee Chairman Says in Opening Remarks That "Immigrant Bashing" is a "Pretty Popular Sport" in Some Places

Things are just getting under way here in Room 2141 of the Rayburn House Office Building for the House Judiciary Committe's 287(g) hearings. There's a packed house, with plenty of representation from Arizona, including Mesa Police Chief George Gascon, civil rights activist Salvador Reza, and la ... More >>

Arpaio and the 287(g) Hearings, Direct from D.C.

Things are just getting under way here in Room 2141 of the Rayburn House Office Building for the House Judiciary Committe's 287(g) hearings. There's a packed house, with plenty of representation from Arizona, including Mesa Police Chief George Gascon, civil rights activist Salvador Reza, and la ... More >>

On Anchor Babies and Mexican Penis Sizes

Things are just getting under way here in Room 2141 of the Rayburn House Office Building for the House Judiciary Committe's 287(g) hearings. There's a packed house, with plenty of representation from Arizona, including Mesa Police Chief George Gascon, civil rights activist Salvador Reza, and la ... More >>

Femmy Nazis

The Taloned One ogles white pride wenches, welcomes an infamous mining titan to town, and takes another swipe at illegal-immigrant-bashing car king Rusty Childress

Burn, Baby, Burn!

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

Special "Best-Of" Edición

Blasts from the past

Pride vs. Power

Caucasian hip-hoppers are celebraters, not haters

White-Supremacist Activity Is on the Rise in Sand Land, and One Latino-American Family Is the Victim of a Vicious Hate Crime in North Phoenix

Caucasian hip-hoppers are celebraters, not haters

On Root-Based Contraception, Gold Teeth, and an Argument That Has Nothing to Do with Culture

Caucasian hip-hoppers are celebraters, not haters

Rage from the Cage

Phoenix Zoo director refutes allegations of animal abuse

Peacenik Nazis

Radical right capitalizes on September 11 fears

Pride vs. Power

Caucasian hip-hoppers are celebraters, not haters

Supreme Court Nominee Sonia Sotomayor Called Racist by the Racists

Sonia Sotomayor, a racist? Riiiiiight.... You know it's taken a turn for the surreal when an obnoxious lout like William Gheen is calling you a racist. Gheen is a nasty piece of work, the founder of the extremist nativist Americans for Legal Immigration PAC, which is headquartered in Rale ... More >>

Phil Gordon Demands Joe Arpaio Distance Himself from Neo-Nazis after Holocaust Museum Shooting

Arpaio's neo-Nazi problem was documented at length in this recent New Times cover storyIn a response to the tragedy today at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum where 88-year-old white supremacist James von Brunn allegedly opened fire killing a security guard before being severely wounded himself, Ph ... More >>

Tom Metzger's Buds Dennis and Daniel Mahon Collared for Scottsdale Bombing, Arizona ADL Helped Bring Them Down

White supremacist godfather Tom Metzger at the 2004 Aryanfest, from New Times' cover story "Barbecue Nations" Friday morning, I dropped by the offices of U.S. Attorney Diane Humetewa to attend a news conference announcing the indictment of identical twin white supremacists  ... More >>

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

White supremacist godfather Tom Metzger at the 2004 Aryanfest, from New Times' cover story "Barbecue Nations" Friday morning, I dropped by the offices of U.S. Attorney Diane Humetewa to attend a news conference announcing the indictment of identical twin white supremacists  ... More >>

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

White supremacist godfather Tom Metzger at the 2004 Aryanfest, from New Times' cover story "Barbecue Nations" Friday morning, I dropped by the offices of U.S. Attorney Diane Humetewa to attend a news conference announcing the indictment of identical twin white supremacists  ... More >>

William Gheen, Nativist Hatemonger, Kicks Me Off His Facebook Friends List: Boo-Hoo-Hoo

William Gheen, givin' the Old North State a bad name...​I'll say one thing about nativist nudniks like William Gheen of ALIPAC, they can sure dish it out when it comes to bashing Mexicans on their little blogs, but boy do they scurry like schoolyard cowards when you call them out. I'm ... More >>

Phoenix's "Elements of Hate" Panel Discussion, What Was Good and What Was Missing

www.PhotosByJoseMunoz.com Wednesday's Elements of Hate panel discussion​Mayor Phil Gordon is to be congratulated for the Elements of Hate panel discussion his office organized, which took place Wednesday at the newly-renovated AE England Building at Civic Space Park in Downtown Phoenix. The ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Hosted in Houston by Two Nativist Extremist Groups

photo by Liana Lopez Arpaio wows the old fogies in Houston... I don't know about the devil goin' down to Georgia, but Sheriff Joe did go down to Houston this weekend to pimp the pack of bogus yarns in his 2008 tome Joe's Law. You know, the one wherein he claims credit for busting the French C ... More >>

Arpaio Visits Houston and the Bigots at Westboro Baptist Church Have a New Target: Jews

photo by Liana Lopez Arpaio wows the old fogies in Houston... I don't know about the devil goin' down to Georgia, but Sheriff Joe did go down to Houston this weekend to pimp the pack of bogus yarns in his 2008 tome Joe's Law. You know, the one wherein he claims credit for busting the French C ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Stumps Southern California for Conservative Sheriff Wannabes Jay LaSuer and Bill Hunt

from sheriffjay.org The happy couple: Arpayaso and San Diego Sheriff hopeful Jay LeSuer... Sheriff Joe Arpaio's political stock isn't exactly at an all-time high here in Maricopa County, what with ongoing probes by the U.S. Department of Justice -- and reportedly the F.B.I. as well& ... More >>

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 >>

Neo-Nazi NSM Scum at the Arizona Capitol: Should Sane People Give Them the Time of Day?

Will Phoenix ignore the Nazi goon squad November 7?Let's not mince labels, here: The neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement members who'll be rallying at the state Capitol this coming Saturday afternoon are lowlife degenerates. And I don't just mean that their anti-Semitism, outright racism and adorat ... More >>

Joe Arpaio, Walkin' on the Water? Wacky, Nativist African-American Preacher Compares Sheriff Joe to Jesus Christ

Usually, folks like to compare Sheriff Joe to rather nefarious historical figures, you know, like Bull Connor, Idi Amin, Augusto Pinochet, Benito Mussolini (well, they're both Italian), and so on. But the Man from Galilee? The Prince of Peace? The Light of This World? Jesus Christ himself? That's t ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Partners with Nativist Extremist Kris Kobach, Arizona ADL Blasts Both

Far-right lawyer Kris Kobach: One sign Arpaio's given up on success in MelendresAs disturbing as the prospect is of a nativist extremist lawyer like Kris Kobach training all 881 of Sheriff Joe's beigeshirts in immigration law, I have to wonder if it's a sign that Arpaio's throwing in the towel ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's New Counsel Kris Kobach, and His Disingenuous Statements to Fox 10

Kris Kobach, defensive and dodgy in this Fox 10 interviewFox 10 News has posted a 13 minute interview that reporter Steve Krafft recently did with nativist law prof Kris Kobach, the guy who'll be "training" all 881 of Sheriff Joe's gendarmes on immigration law. It's an interesting watch, if only to ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, April 15

Kris Kobach, defensive and dodgy in this Fox 10 interviewFox 10 News has posted a 13 minute interview that reporter Steve Krafft recently did with nativist law prof Kris Kobach, the guy who'll be "training" all 881 of Sheriff Joe's gendarmes on immigration law. It's an interesting watch, if only to ... More >>

Jan Brewer, Dean Martin Now (Former) Facebook "Friends" of Neo-Nazi J.T. Ready

FacebookA screenshot of JT Ready's Facebook page as of May 5, 2010Mesa neo-Nazi J.T. Ready's been getting around lately, earning play in the local media by calling Cinco de Mayo "Report an Illegal Day" on behalf of his beloved National Socialist Movement, or showing up to support Sheriff Joe Arpaio' ... More >>

SB 1070: Is Arizona Willing to Take a $18.6 Billion Travel Industry Hit or Suffer Long-Term Economic Consequences From Its Dalliance with Ethnic Cleansing?

FacebookA screenshot of JT Ready's Facebook page as of May 5, 2010Mesa neo-Nazi J.T. Ready's been getting around lately, earning play in the local media by calling Cinco de Mayo "Report an Illegal Day" on behalf of his beloved National Socialist Movement, or showing up to support Sheriff Joe Arpaio' ... More >>

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 >>

Joe Arpaio's Candidates Steve Poizner, Bill Hunt, Jay LaSuer All Lose Big-Time in California

OCWeeklyJoe Arpaio, extremist Barbara Coe, and loser Bill Hunt in NovemberIt's official: Joe Arpaio's endorsement is worth squat beyond the confines of Sand Land, particularly when we're talking about California.All of the politicians Arpaio plugged, campaigned for, raised money for, or just had a k ... More >>

June 9 In Blogs: Anal 101, Jack White, La Bocca, J.D. Hayworth, and Joe Arpaio

​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:

Jan Brewer's 1070 Defense Fund: White Power "American Third Position" Party Claims Donation

William Johnson, Chairman of A3P, the group claiming to have donated to Brewer's 1070 defense fundBack in May, I warned that a new racist, white nationalist organization out of California known as the American Third Position, or A3P, was attempting to gain a political toehold in Arizona with a quixo ... More >>

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 >>

Vinlanders Vanquished: Phoenix PD's Career Criminal Squad Crushes White Supremacist Gang in Arizona

The Vinlanders Social Club, out of business in AZ because of the Career Criminal SquadAccording to records on file with the Maricopa County Superior Court, the investigators of the Phoenix Police Department's elite Career Criminal Squad, with the assistance of the local Anti-Defamation League,& ... More >>

The Career Criminal Squad Scores Again, Putting the Boot to Phoenix's Contingent of the Vinlanders Social Club

The Vinlanders Social Club, out of business in AZ because of the Career Criminal SquadAccording to records on file with the Maricopa County Superior Court, the investigators of the Phoenix Police Department's elite Career Criminal Squad, with the assistance of the local Anti-Defamation League,& ... More >>

Russell Pearce and Other Illegal-Immigration Populists Rely on Misleading, Right-Wing Reports to Scapegoat Immigrants and to Terrify Penny-Pinched Americans

The Vinlanders Social Club, out of business in AZ because of the Career Criminal SquadAccording to records on file with the Maricopa County Superior Court, the investigators of the Phoenix Police Department's elite Career Criminal Squad, with the assistance of the local Anti-Defamation League,& ... More >>

Sidebar: Bookworms

The Vinlanders Social Club, out of business in AZ because of the Career Criminal SquadAccording to records on file with the Maricopa County Superior Court, the investigators of the Phoenix Police Department's elite Career Criminal Squad, with the assistance of the local Anti-Defamation League,& ... More >>

Tempe Church Labeled Hate Group; Pastor Tells New Times Government Should Put Homosexuals to Death

www.faithfulwordbaptist.comManiacal man of God, Steven Anderson.​A Tempe church has been labeled a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, and after speaking with the church's pastor this morning, we have a pretty good idea why.Pastor Steven Anderson, the leader of the Faithful Word Baptist ... More >>

ADL's Jared Loughner Report: Mental Illness, Not Ideology Likely Led To Tragedy

Mental illness, rather than Tea Baggery's likely to blame for Loughner's rampage, says the ADLSince Saturday's massacre in Tucson, both the left and the right have parsed alleged killer Jared Lee Loughner's YouTube videos, the statements of his supposed school chums, his favorite books (everything f ... More >>

Justin Bieber Compared to "Sissified, Effeminate Twinkie" by Homophobic Lunatic "Pastor" Steven Anderson

www.treacheryisafoot.comAnd Faithful Word Baptist Church Pastor Steven Anderson might be next...​We may have found the cure for "Bieber fever": twerpy Tempe "Pastor" Steven Anderson, who recently compared teen heart throb Justin Bieber to a "sissified, effeminate twinkie" in one of his sermons.And ... More >>