10 Surprising Facts About Muslims in America

Adherents of Islam have a long and varied history in the United States, despite their being a tiny minority of the total population. Here are some intriguing facts about the world’s fastest growing religion and those who practice it in this country. 10.Muslims were in America prior to the Declaration…

Accused Child Molester Chris Simcox’s Trial Date Set

With the Arizona Supreme Court refusing to intervene in the case, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Jose Padilla on Wednesday set a start date of April 4 for the trial of former minuteman and accused child molester Chris Simcox. “We need to get this to trial,” Padilla said during a…

Arizona Spends Nearly $367K to Honor Muslim Syrian Immigrant

How’s this for irony? One month before Governor Doug Ducey issued a statement calling for a halt to the placement of Syrian and Iraqi refugees in Arizona, the Arizona State Transportation Board voted in favor of spending about $367,000 in public funds to honor a Syrian Muslim immigrant. The mostly-federal…

Joe Arpaio’s Escaped Child Rapist, Adrian Cruz, Back in Phoenix

Convicted child-rapist Adrian Cruz is back in Phoenix, following a six-year vacation from his lifetime sentence behind bars, a vacation he owes to the negligence of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s boys and girls in beige. Cruz, who escaped from MCSO custody in 2009, was arrested in April by Mexican police, after…

10 Damning Audio Clips from Joe Arpaio’s Seattle Investigation

A bag containing $7,000 in cash.  A self-made billionaire code-named “Cabo.” A media-hog sheriff obsessed with a wack investigation of President Obama’s birth certificate. A supposed CIA database of illegally harvested data. And a Seattle-based computer guru, code-named “Oz.” These are a few of the speakers and subjects found in…

Joe Arpaio Accused of Deception Under Oath by Federal Judge

Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s lead attorney John Masterson had just begun to argue why the court should pay no heed to the MCSO’ so-called Seattle investigation, when federal Judge G. Murray Snow, standing rather than sitting for most Friday’s final arguments in the sheriff’s contempt trial, interrupted him. The jurist stated…

Joe Arpaio’s Phony Reputation Finally Turns True Believers Into Foes

One of the more insightful passages in former MCSO Executive Chief Brian Sands’ book about his old boss, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, deals with Joe’s long-fostered image as an avuncular Dr. Dolittle with a badge. Whether its ginning up bogus animal-cruelty cases against Maricopa County residents or taking celebrity Pam Anderson…

Joe Arpaio’s Posse Investigator Mike Zullo’s Secret Recordings

Did Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s infamous Seattle investigation begin with a billionaire intent on revenge against his ex-wife? And was this wealthy individual drawn to Arpaio as part of the paranoid atmosphere that swirled around Arpaio’s investigation of President Barack Obama’s birth certificate? To judge from audio files recently entered into…

Joe Arpaio’s Trial Judge Warns Others Could Be on Chopping Block

As testimony in Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s contempt trial wrapped up Friday morning in federal court, Judge G. Murray Snow offered an ominous warning for those not named as defendants in the civil case. Arpaio, his Chief Deputy and three other current and former Arpaio henchmen face allegations of civil contempt…

Joe Arpaio’s Cloak-and-Dagger “Seattle Operation” Files Released

A Montana billionaire secreting thumb drives of sensitive info through airport security in his socks. Handwritten receipts for cash payments to MCSO confidential informant # 1437, aka, Dennis Montgomery, whose e-mail alias, “David Webb,” is also fictional super-spy Jason Bourne’s birth-name. And multiple timelines’ tying together former Phoenix Mayor Phil…

Joe Arpaio’s Birther Buddy in Court, While Joe Whines for Cash

Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s birther-prober Mike Zullo attended a telephonic hearing before federal Judge G. Murray Snow on Tuesday, phoning in to a nearly-deserted courtroom to discuss pending issues in Arpaio’s ongoing contempt trial.  Zullo was on the line with about 16 or so attorneys for the various parties in the…

Joe Arpaio’s Posse Pal Mike Zullo Lashes Out at Judge, Lawyers

Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Cold Case Posse commander Mike Zullo is madder than Donald Trump at a mariachi convention. Zullo’s latest, hot-headed filing in Arpaio’s contempt case before federal Judge G. Murray Snow takes at aim at Snow, the ACLU, the law firm of Covington and Burling, and former Assistant U.S. Attorney…