Many Republican candidates for state and federal office would like you to believe that they want people to go to prison for selling porn, and think tipping strippers should be illegal.The lobbyists at the Center for Arizona Policy released the candidates’ answers to their questionnaires for this year’s elections, which…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio had about an entire day to come up with a response to alleged comedian George Lopez calling him a “fat motherfucker” and “fucking puto.”And here’s what Arpaio’s “ghost tweeters” eventually delivered to the world.”Go back to school. Learn to make intelligent commentary rather than dropping F bombs…
Republican Congressman-turned-lobbyist-turned-congressional candidate Matt Salmon promises he’ll “join the fight to repeal Obamacare” if he’s elected to Congress this fall.If you ask his primary opponent in the state’s Fifth Congressional District, former Arizona House Speaker Kirk Adams, Salmon already joined that fight — except he was lobbying for the bill’s…
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If you trust politicians (ha, ha), then get this — many local Republicans believe people need to go to prison for selling porn, and tipping strippers should be illegal.The lobbyists at the Center for Arizona Policy released the candidates’ answers to their questionnaires for this year’s elections, which is not…
Let’s hope this isn’t becoming a trend, but today marked the second time in as many weeks that a school bus driver pleaded guilty to doing something sexual with a kid.On July 6, it was the former Legacy Charter School bus driver who liked to be called “Mr. Bill” who…
Based on the video above, George Lopez is no fan of Sheriff Joe Arpaio.Or, according to Lopez, the “fat motherfucker,” “fucking puto” Joe Arpaio…
The Arizona Diamondbacks lost all three games in a series against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field this weekend. With the starting pitchers struggling and a dismal offensive performance, the D-backs managed to put up a mere three runs the entire series. Fresh off the All-Star break, the D-backs now…
The American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a complaint in Arizona Federal District Court Thursday to knock down the Arizona law that will make it illegal for women to receive an abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The threshold was set as the point at…
On Friday, we told you about some pro-Joe Arpaio TV ads that were painfully funny to watch, but are also being shown on TV to Fox News viewers.They’re the product of John Philip Sousa IV and his independent-expenditure committee, “Americans for Sheriff Joe.”Given the shaking camera, the constant zooming in…
John Philip Sousa IV runs an independent-expenditure committee called “Americans for Sheriff Joe.”Sousa and his committee have started running TV ads on Fox News, and those ads are absolutely awful…
A Phoenix woman told police earlier in the week that she got her hair cut off, burned by cigarettes, and had some heroin. She did not want to do any of that.Five people are accused of holding down the woman and doing each of those things, as Phoenix Police Sergeant…
The feds unsealed an indictment charging 41 members and associates of the Devils Diciples Motorcycle Club — including the national president and national vice president — with crimes mostly related to gambling, drugs, and violence.The Justice Department says the crimes committed by members of the Michigan-based Diciples (that’s the gang’s…
Sending teenage boy scouts out overnight to fend for themselves in the middle of the Santa Rita Mountains — a popular spot for human and drug smuggling — might not be the brightest idea. It apparently sounded like a good plan to the troop masters of the 14-year-old Boy Scout…
Republican U.S. Senators John McCain and Jon Kyl announced their endorsement of Congressman Jeff Flake for the Senate seat being vacated by Kyl.That brings Flake’s tally of endorsements from sitting Senators to five, in addition to Congressman Paul Ryan and Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal.Flake’s primary opponent, Wil Cardon, is still…
After being run out of three venues in Phoenix last month by activists, a fundraiser for recalled, former state Senate President Russell Pearce has finally found a home at a local hotel run by one of his supporters. According to an item on the conservative Sonoran Alliance blog, Pearce and…
The controversy continues over what looks to be a three-way race for Maricopa County Sheriff come November, as the Feathered Bastard highlighted in his column this week.Right now, it looks like there are going to be two people trying to defeat Sheriff Joe Arpaio: Independent candidate Mike Stauffer, and Democrat…
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A Phoenix man was arrested on felony animal-cruelty charges for the mistreatment and neglect of his two horses, marking the second time in just more than a week that the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office has nabbed somebody over abused horses. MCSO deputies arrested Jesse Noriega, 33, for alleged neglect of…
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