Jason Rose Defends John Huppenthal on Student’s Video of Him

Wagner’s original video of the Huppenthal interviewGOP spinmeister Jason Rose has stepped into the fray regarding a high-school student’s video report that included an interview with state Senator John Huppenthal, who is seeking to become Arizona’s schools superintendent.Rose cries foul in a news release, wherein he states that Huppenthal was never…

Russell Pearce’s Colossal Canard: Hispanics Support SB 1070

Surprise, surprise: Russell Pearce prevaricates yet againSometimes I wonder if state Senator Russell Pearce would know the truth if it bopped him upside his mutton head. Known for spewing bogus stats conflating crime with Mexican migration, he can’t seem to help himself, no matter how bogus the factoids he throws…

John Huppenthal Humiliated By High School Student Journalist’s Video

Huppenthal spanked hard by a student journalist. Is this sweet or what?No one’s ever accused Republican state Senator John Huppenthal of being the brightest bulb in the state GOP’s closet. You might think Huppenthal’s lowest moment came when he scuffled with a 78 year-old Democratic activist on election day 2008…

Kris Kobach Kicked To the Curb by County Attorney Rick Romley

Nativist attorney Kris Kobach, the man who essentially wrote Arizona’s new “papers, please” law and who had been retained by Sheriff Joe Arpaio to train his deputies on immigration matters to the tune of $300 per hour, has been cut loose by Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley, albeit in a…

Joe Arpaio Tab-Keeper Phoenix Copwatch’s Fundraiser at the Firehouse

Know that old song by Elvis Costello, “Watching the Detectives”? Well, Phoenix Copwatch does it for real. The volunteer organization monitors all cops in the area, but pays particular attention to Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s boys in beige, especially when the MCSO is doing one of its notorious anti-immigrant sweeps of Hispanic communities. Copwatch…

Russell Pearce Speaks Spanish with a Woman’s Voice

Phoenix journalist Valeria Fernandez has single-handedly emasculated neo-Nazi hugging state Senator Russell Pearce, and in Spanish no less.How she got Pearce to sit down for an interview for CNN en Espanol, I don’t know. But listening to the best known Hispanic-bashing bigot in the state, and perhaps the nation, being…

Phoenix Rising Rally Nativists EXPOSED by Dennis Gilman

The cranks are all here in this video of the June 5 Phoenix Rising rally by videographer Dennis Gilman: Russell Pearce, Joe Arpaio, and lesser known wackjobs such as “Chemtrail Chelene” Nightingale, “Loopy Lupe” Moreno, self-loathing, wannabe white-boy Ray Herrera, and black apologist for slavery Ted Hayes. Gilman braved aggro,…

Morning Poll — Joe Arpaio’s Latest “Raid”: Waste of Time?

On Thursday night, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio conducted a raid of the Burlington Coat Factory in the Arizona Mills Mall. He arrested three undocumented workers — and we stress the word “workers.” With the huge number of un-served, felony warrants in Maricopa County, and the coyotes and drug smugglers…

Arizona Democratic Party Takes Thousands from Nativist Mark Spencer’s PLEA

When it comes to campaign contributions from the Phoenix Law Enforcement Association, headed by anti-immigrant opportunist Mark Spencer, Republican U.S. Senate candidate J.D. Hayworth just barely edges out the Arizona Democratic Party. For the current 2009-2010 election cycle, Hayworth, the Mexican-bashing former radio host has taken $10,000 from the Phoenix…