Democratic Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick seems to be concerned about the possibility of “devastating sequestration cuts.”She also seems concerned about the fact that she’s gonna need some cash for the 2014 election, so if you could create and equal concern for the sequester and the re-election effort, then you’ll have your…
According to most of the people running law-enforcement agencies along the U.S./Mexico border, so-called “spillover” violence from Mexico isn’t really happening.Some grandstanding politicians would swear otherwise, but a Government Accountability Office report says officials from 31 of 37 state and local law-enforcement agencies on the border “stated that they have…
After hours of debate, the Phoenix City Council voted 5 to 3 to approve a measure that expands the city’s anti-discrimination measure to include members of the LGBT and disabled community. Councilmen Sal DiCiccio, Jim Waring and Bill Gates voted against the hotly contested measure…
Testimony for and against a measure to protect members of the LGBT and disabled communities has been going on for more than two hours. An audience packed with members of the LGBT community, religious leaders, Phoenix residents, and business owners are trying with both logical and emotional pleas to persuade…
Phoenix Councilman Sal DiCiccio is trying to rally his ultra-right-wing conservative troops to oppose a policy proposal that aims protect individuals from discrimination because of their “sexual orientation,” “gender identity or expression,” and “disability.” DiCiccio calls the proposal a “radical left turn for Phoenix.” He attacks Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton…
Democrat Felecia Rotellini, 2010’s Attorney General election runnerup, announced that she’s making another run for the AG post in 2014.Also, we’ve found out what 2012 U.S. Senate election runnerup Richard Carmona’s up to — being the chairman of Rotellini’s campaign.See also:-Terry Goddard Wants to Be AG Again? Puh-lease-Arizona AG Tom…
According to Arizona’s most powerful homophobic organization, Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton is trying to let men “gain access” to little girls in bathrooms.Yes, the Center for Arizona Policy — which claims pornography “has been linked” to rapes, child molestations, and serial killers and claims “homosexual activists” are “attempting to indoctrinate…
Unless someone’s familiar with a Nogales-area establishment that sells chicken and meth in the same bucket, we’ll have to rely on U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s claim that it busted a smuggling attempt.Yes, the preferred method of smuggling in this attempt apparently was to hide multiple pounds of meth inside…
If you have an e-mail account, it’s highly likely you’ve received a nonsense, political chain e-mail — you know, FW:FW:FW: Barack Hussein Obama II has signed more secret orders than any dictator in human history, even George Soros!Based on the video footage of Senator John McCain’s town hall meeting on…
The anti-immigration-reform crowd’s broken record is currently playing in the offices of Republican Congressmen Matt Salmon, Trent Franks, Paul Gosar, and David Schweikert.The congressmen, like Governor Jan Brewer, insist that they can only even fathom immigration reform proposals if the border is secure. Still, no one’s able to provide a…
Democratic Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema has been in Congress for a little more than six weeks now, but libertarian-minded attorney Marc Victor is already planning to defeat her in 2014.We’ve heard from his campaign that Victor, who ran as the Libertarian option against Richard Carmona and then-Congressman Jeff Flake in the…
A bill that would disband the police force in Colorado City is back again this legislative session.For whatever reasons, legislators ended up killing almost the same exact bill last session, and the allegedly corrupt “marshals” on the Utah/Arizona border — whom Attorney General Tom Horne contends are still loyal to…
A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer who let 1,200 pounds of weed roll on into the United States on a truck from Mexico was found guilty of several charges by a federal jury.Luis Vasquez faces a maximum of 40 years in prison and a $5 million fine at…
Attention Republican Congressman Trent Franks: we get it — you don’t like abortion.As we’ve been chronicling here for a few years now, Franks’ fanaticism about abortion almost rivals that of the people who stand outside Planned Parenthood locations with posters full of fetus photos, shouting “murderer” at anyone who may…
President Obama got some heavy applause during his bits on immigration reform during yesterday’s State of the Union address, as he delivered points that were almost echoed in Republican Senator Marco Rubio’s response.Then, we read what seem to be some unintentionally hilarious accounts of Governor Jan Brewer’s apparent response to…
A handful of Republican state legislators are proposing a bill that would make it illegal for cops to use drones to gather information without a search warrant.House Bill 2574, proposed by some of the black-helicopter-phobes at the Leg’ — including Representative Carl Seel and Senator Judy Burges — actually says…
After three weeks of thinkin’, Governor Jan Brewer’s finally figured out what she’s going to do about her order denying driver’s licenses for deferred action beneficiaries — nothin’.Brewer’s August order says that participants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program do not have “any lawful or authorized status and does not…
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials say the last year Border Patrol apprehended fewer people than last year was almost two decades ago.The 124,631 “apprehensions” by Border Patrol in Arizona in 2012 is the lowest number in 19 years, and the agency says that’s how they measure attempted border crossings…
Question: is it appropriate to call someone a “monkey”?If that person eats bananas and swings from trees, then maybe. If you’re Senator John McCain, and you’re talking about Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, then maybe not…
Political alliances continue to take shape in City Council District 8 with State Senator Anna Tovar being the latest to declare her support for Kate Gallego, one of several candidates in the race. Gallego, along with Lawrence Robinson and Pastor Warren Stewart, are vying to replace Councilman Michael Johnson, a…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s “investigation” into President Barack Obama still exists after 16 months, which has an industry term of “long con.”Believe it or not, Arpaio’s birther chief still claims that there’s evidence Barack Obama’s birth certificate is fake, and indeed, new evidence that will have anyone convinced.See also:-Mike…
Republicans in Congress are suddenly on board with immigration reform — specifically, a bipartisan plan that would create a pathway to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrations — according to Senator John McCain.”Well, I’ll give you a little straight talk,” McCain said on ABC’s This Week. “Look at the last…
