A couple of weeks back, I blogged on the obscenity of Arizona’s business elite feting “Bush’s brain” and “war criminal” Karl Rove on November 9 at the Sheraton as part of the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce’s “Phoenix Forum” speaker series.Rove was part of the Bush administration scheme to sell the American public…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s panties are in a bunch over a t-shirt that’s being distributed by Arizona’s “Weed Party.” The t-shirt is pro-prop-203, shows a picture of a pot leaf, and pictures Arpaio suckin’ on a weed pipe.We have one in our office — it’s very hip.The sheriff took…
If you thought Senate Bill 1070 was bad, there’s far worse on the way. That’s because Senate Republicans have picked a new president: 1070 “author,” state Senator Russell Pearce, Arizona’s Pope of Prejudice. Pearce figures Governor Jan Brewer “owes” him for saving her career, bullying 1070 through the legislature, giving her…
***UPDATE 11/3/10 6:12 AM: The Associated Press has called the state AG race for Horne*** Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard did little to lift the morgue-like atmosphere at the Wyndham Hotel in Downtown Phoenix Tuesday night. By the time Goddard ascended the stage shortly before 10 p.m., Governor Jan Brewer…
Sherwood gets the Dennis Gilman treatment in this YouTube video Andrew Sherwood may not slay the anti-immigrant goliath, neo-Nazi-huggin’ state Senator Russell Pearce, but he’s got the right idea on how to take on the beast. And that is, talk about everything Pearce’s not doing, and all the stuff he’s…
Brewer declares her desire to live in America, 4:24 in. (Psst, so do “illegals,” Jan) When you’re Governor Jan “We have did” Brewer, how do you top yourself on the gaffe-meter following that September 1 brain freeze during the Channel 8 debate? The reality is, with a flub like that, there’s…
It’s not lookin’ good for Maricopa County’s corrupt top constable, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and that bottomless pit of iniquity known as the MCSO.You’d think things were bad enough with a federal grand jury probing the sheriff’s office on criminal abuse of power allegations, and intertwining investigations by the FBI, the…
In a startling turn of events, Sheriff Joe Arpaio has cut ties with the local nativist organization Ban Amnesty Now over a controversial e-mail that many Latino and liberal groups assumed was a voter suppression effort. As I detailed in a blog post yesterday, the e-mail claimed (falsely) that illegal aliens are poised…
Phoenix civil rights activist Salvador Reza filed suit two days ago in federal court against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and several high-ranking Arpaio henchmen over Reza’s false arrest on July 30 by a pack of MCSO thugs. Reza and his lawyer Stephen Montoya held a press conference in Montoya’s offices…
***Please see my update on Arpaio’s breaking ties with BAN, here*** The paranoia has been reaching a fever-pitch both in and over an e-mail recently sent out by the local nativist organization Ban Amnesty Now, which claims that “illegals” are looking to steal the upcoming midterm elections. The e-mail BAN…
The anti-Horne ad causing all the hubbub, currently in heavy rotation On Wednesday, a Maricopa County Superior Court Judge denied Republican state attorney general candidate Tom Horne’s request for a restraining order against a controversial attack ad now running against him. The ad, which is paid for by the DC-based…
To borrow a phrase from that great modern philosopher Flavor Flav, when it comes to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeal’s recent ruling on Prop 200, don’t believe the hype.Because hype, fake outrage and panic is basically what we’re getting from right-wingers and Republican politicos about the court’s striking down…
The man who shot Liberty Valance? Close. The man who’s taking on Pearce in LD18 I’ll have more to say about Democrat Andrew Sherwood later this week, but here’s a preview. Sherwood’s going toe-to-toe with neo-Nazi-hugging, Republican state Senator Russell Pearce in Legislative District 18. That is, he would be…
Tom Horne has an A-bomb dropped on him in this latest TV hit pieceIn the annals of negative campaign advertising, this new anti-Tom Horne ad from the Washington, D.C.-based Committee for Justice and Fairness could win a gold medal in the below-the-belt category.In it, Horne, Republican candidate for Arizona Attorney…
Former vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin was in town briefly on Friday to give the keynote address at a Tea Party rally at the state capitol. That, of course, meant there were news cameras around, which usually means one thing here in the Valley: Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is…
If you need an incentive to cast a ballot, here it isArizona Attorney General Terry Goddard may not be the perfect gubernatorial candidate, but compared to his Republican rival Governor Jan Brewer, he’s a freakin’ Nobel Prize laureate. It’s a real sin that the political climate of this state is…
Since the indictment of Phoenix Police Officer Richard Chrisman on a second degree murder charge in the slaying of south Phoenix resident Daniel Rodriguez, there’s been much speculation about the so-called “Brady list” that he and hundreds of other Valley cops are on. The list is named for the 1963 U.S…
So was anyone surprised by neo-Nazi-hugging state Senator Russell Pearce’s press conference yesterday announcing that he’ll be targeting U.S. citizen children in a racist attempt to undermine the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment guarantee of birthright citizenship?Well, you might have been had you read an October 10, Associated Press piece discussing…
The first thing that sprang to mind when I got the above flier in my e-mail in-box announcing that “Bush’s Brain” Karl Rove will be speaking at the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce’s “Phoenix Forum” series, was, um, what, you mean David Duke was unavailable?Sure, that’s a slight to David Duke,…
Andrei Cherny’s ad attacking Doug Ducey has the ex-Cold Stone CEO playing defense My head’s been so buried in statistics for an upcoming feature that I missed a news conference last week for former Clinton advisor and Democratic contender for Arizona State Treasurer Andrei Cherny. In it, the Cherny camp…
I don’t want to get my hopes up, but do you think the mainstream media’s finally beginning to “get it” when it comes to our corrupt top constable, Sheriff Joe Arpaio? CNN didn’t exactly lead last night with the above piece on the federal grand jury inquiry into Arpaio, his former fellow…
A Guadalupe man run over by a Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop last year will receive $600,000 in a settlement of his lawsuit.Armando L. Nido didn’t pull over for deputy James Carey, (see our post about Nido’s notice of claim), so Carey didn’t stop for Nido. He…
