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J.T. Ready, Neo-Nazi and One-Time Pal of Russell Pearce, Is Shooter in Gilbert Massacre (w/Update)

J.T. Ready, Arizona's most prominent neo-Nazi and the one-time political protege of recalled state Senate President Russell Pearce, is reportedly dead by his own hand in a multiple murder-suicide in Gilbert that left four others dead, including a two year old.A one-time member of the neo-Nazi Nation ... More >>

Russell Pearce, Serial Liar, Endorses Mitt Romney, Tells the Truth for Once

According to a recent item in the Washington Post's Election 2012 Blog, recalled state Senate President Russell Pearce has endorsed Mitt Romney in the Republican presidential primary, more than a month after Romney won Sand Land's GOP contest. As a result, Romney immediately called a press ... More >>

Utah Compact's Sister Arizona Accord Argues for Humane Immigration Solutions

As I anticipated in a blog item late last year, the Arizona version of the Utah Compact, called the "Arizona Accord," was introduced to the public at the state Capitol yesterday. It argues for a rational, humane approach to immigration reform.The accord's statement of principles, which you can read, ... More >>

Rachel Brock, Daughter of County Supervisor, Avoids Jail Time; Gets Probation For Abusing Same Boy Mother Molested

MCSORachel Brock, daughter of County Supervisor Fulton Brock, was sentenced this morning to 10 years probation for sexually abusing a teen boy on multiple occasions.​Rachel Brock, the daughter of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock, was in court this morning, where she was sentenced to 10 year ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Opponent Mike Stauffer Comes Out in Favor of Proposed "Arizona Compact" for Immigration Reform

​As Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio stands by his hawkish approach to solving the illegal immigration problem, Scottsdale Lieutenant Mike Stauffer, the man who hopes to put an end to Arpaio's reign, has come out in favor of a more moderate approach to immigration reform.Stauffer, a life-long Re ... More >>

Prediction: State Senator Russell Pearce Will Be Kissing His Political Career Goodbye on November 8

Russell Pearce's Chad Willems Worked for Group Opposing Mormon Temple in North Phoenix

FacebookChad Willems' pet snake Constantin: Just a joke, people. I don't know if that snake is his pet...Props to the ever-entertaining and informative Politoco Mafioso blog for scoring the following intriguing info concerning Summit Consulting's Chad Willems, state Senate President Russell Pea ... More >>

Russell Pearce-Foe Jerry Lewis Swings and Connects During Thursday's Debate

Eye of the tiger, indeed...State Senate hopeful Jerry Lewis, the man seeking to topple the most powerful politician in Arizona, landed several verbal blows both during and after his debate in Mesa Thursday with state Senate President Russell Pearce, as you can see in this latest video from my collea ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, September 22, 2011

Warren Jeffs Released From Hospital After Failing to Starve Himself to Death

Warren Jeffs survived self-imposed starvation.​About three weeks after failing to starve himself to death while rotting in a Texas prison, child-raping cult leader Warren Jeffs has been released from the hospital and taken back to the big house.Jeffs, the former leader of the Fundamentalist Church ... More >>

Russell Pearce Operative Matt Tolman's Bag of Dirty Tricks

Christopher Bradley via FacebookPhoto of one of the sleazy, pro-Pearce placards going up in MesaIf you need a sign of state Senate President Russell Pearce's desperation, look no further than above: one of the placards sprouting up around Mesa, smearing the recall effort, Citizens for a Better Arizo ... More >>

Susan Brock Sex Scandal: Chandler Police Recommended LDS Bishops be Charged Crimes for Failing to Report

This apparently applies to alerting authorities that a 49-year-old woman is sexually abusing a teenage boy.​A new report released by the Chandler Police Department shows that detectives investigating two bishops in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recommended that the two men ... More >>

Russell Pearce Is Going Down, But the Recall Still Needs Your Help

Randy Parraz (in black) with volunteers and staff at recall headquartersAs I type this, Maricopa County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox and a number of local activist groups are having a press conference calling on Sheriff Joe Arpaio to resign and for the feds to take the sheriff's office and the jails ... More >>

County Supervisor Fulton Brock Asked Former County Attorney to Recommend Sex Abuse Defense Lawyers a Month Before He Claims to Have Learned of Wife's Affair With Teenage Boy

Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock asked former County Attorney Rick Romley for lawyer advice a month before his wife was arrested for sexually abusing a teenage boy.​A month before claiming to be "flabbergasted" by the news that his wife was having a sexual relationship with a teenage ... More >>

County Supervisor Fulton Brock on Wife's Teenage Victim: "There's Something Different About That Boy"

www.biliterature.comMaricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock compared his wife's teenage victim to the Oscar Wilde character Dorian Gray, a hedonistic, immoral pleasure-seeker.​ Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock compared his molester wife's teenage victim to the fictional character of Dorian ... More >>

Susan Brock Sex Abuse Victim Worked on County Supervisor Hubby's 2008 Campaign

​We've come to realize that you should never think the Brock family sex scandal couldn't get any more bizarre. Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock's wife, Susan, is heading to the big house for 13 years, of course, for sexually abusing the same teen boy with whom her daughter is ... More >>

Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock's Handwriting Sample Obtained Through Chandler Police Search Warrant. Related to Daughter's Teen Sex Case, Cops Say

Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock's had a rough six months.​Once again, just when we though the uber-bizarre sex scandal involving both the wife and daughter of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock and a teenage boy couldn't possibly get any more bizarre, it did.The Chandler Police ... More >>

Rachel Brock Pleads Not Guilty; Prison-Bound Mom Says Daughter Admitted to Sex With Boy, Prosecutors Say

Rachel Brock ​Rachel Brock, the daughter of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock, was in court this morning where she pleaded not guilty to charges that she had sex with a then-13-year-old boy when she was 18.The boy, as you're probably aware, is the same child whom her mother, Susan Brock, was ... More >>

Russell Pearce, Bad Mormon? At Least According To the Utah Compact

Looks like Pearce opposes his own church on immigration... When I first began reporting on immigration and Sand Land politics several years ago, I was under the mistaken impression -- because I'd never lived in an area so heavily influenced by the LDS before -- that most Mormons were like neo- ... More >>

One Mother’s Suffering, Joe Arpaio’s Bigotry, and Stories of Racial Profiling by the MCSO

Artist Angela Ellsworth Channels Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith and Makes a Point in Sette Gallery's Underpinning

Multi-media artist Angela Ellsworth never, ever disappoints me. And just when I think she can't outdo herself, she proves me wrong. Her aesthetic coup this time can be seen in "Angela Ellsworth: Underpinnings" at Lisa Sette Gallery in Scottsdale until January 31. And it's one for the books. Right: ... More >>

Walloping Janet Napolitano for Her Prop 102 Stance, The Word-Wrangling Wren Looks to Harvey Milk for Inspiration

Dramatic Testimony Heard In Mormon Murder Case

Jurors and a packed courtroom heard riveting, often heartbreaking, testimony today as the prosecution opened its first-degree murder case against former Phoenix Suns nutritionist Doug Grant. Actually, Jenna Stradling, who is alleged murder victim Faylene Grant's 18-year-old daughter, is on the st ... More >>

Persecution Complex

Prophet Warren Jeffs' conviction won't stop underage marriages among his followers, much less end polygamy

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, July 26, 2007

Charmed

Stephenie Meyer's vampire romance novels made a Mormon mom an international sensation

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, October 26, 2006

Loose Screws

The patriotic pigeon uses the bleedin’ facts to peck holes in the rantings of 9/11 conspiracy wacktivists!

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, July 27, 2006

Minutewomen

The feathered fiend unloads on Mothers Against Illegal Aliens, Arizona Senate Prez Ken Bennett's brat and Suns play-by-play man Tom Leander's nicknaming fetish

Rogue Cops

The police force in Polygamyland helps fugitive Prophet Warren Jeffs and his cult break the law

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, January 12, 2006

Satan's Cheerleaders

Our diabolical duo sets Sugar Daddy's ablaze for the first-ever Saints 'n' Sinners Ball

Elephant Slayer

Napolitano deftly played politics this legislative session to fend off all GOP foes

Letters

Letters from the week of Thursday, April 21, 2005

Arrest the Polyg Prophet Now!

What are authorities waiting for? Pedophile Warren Jeffs has looted school coffers and is on the run

Quid Pro Crow

ASU's president puts the squeeze on freedom of speech to please his biggest donor

Dangerous Dance

Ominous storm clouds threaten to trample the Constitution and turn our republic into a theocracy.

Letters

Letters from the week of October 23, 2003

Eyes Wide Shut

From Governor Janet Napolitano down, Arizona authorities have protected polygamous sexual predators with their indifference

Profits of Polygamy

Arizona launches a probe into alleged improper spending by the Colorado City school district

When He Was Cruel

Neil LaBute tries

to be nice but comes off very savage

Polygamists Probed

The Utah AG's office vows aggressive prosecution of fundamentalist Mormons who "marry" young girls

Organ Players

Letters from the week of April 3, 2003

Good Sports, Bad Religion

Letters from the week of October 17, 2002

In Memory of Deborah Laake

Flashes

We Know Amparano, "Freak Show" Review, Is Janet Moonlighting?, Do Tell

Meet Puppets

Trouble in the Kingdom of God

Rebel polygamists in Colorado City win a crucial court victory

Horndog Jim