Jeff Flake Defends Free Trade, DREAM Act, and His Political Future
A left-wing group is running ads attacking Arizona U.S. Senator Jeff Flake for not denouncing Trump’s chief strategist, Steve Bannon.
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Judicial Watch and Russell Pearce File Lame Lawsuit Against Arizona AG
Far-right advocacy group Judicial Watch files suit on behalf of Russell Pearce against Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich for public records that Brnovich’s office was about to release.
Liberal Fascism Checked: California Attorney General’s Backpage Prosecution Hits a Roadblock
Even liberals can cop a fascist line: Take California Attorney General Kamala Harris whose Backpage prosecution hit a roadblock last week in Sacramento, the capital of the bluest of blue states.
California Judge Issues Tentative Ruling, Throws Out Criminal Charges Against CEO and Former Owners of Backpage.com
In an apparent rebuke of California Attorney General and U.S. Senator-elect Kamala Harris, a Sacramento judge has found in favor of the current CEO and two former owners of online classified site Backpage.com, granting a tentative ruling dismissing criminal charges against the three men on Wednesday, hours before oral arguments…
The California Attorney General Wants to Imprison the Owners of Backpage.com and Curtail Internet Freedom
Columnist Stephen Lemons lays out how felony pimping charges against the founders of online-classified giant Backpage.com are the product of a prosecutorial overreach that might seem ridiculous if it didn’t have such serious ramifications for defendants, for the internet as we know it, and for the First Amendment.
Trump Triumphs, But Arpaio and Babeu Take Beatings
At the Phoenix Hyatt Regency, amid the euphoria over Donald Trump’s victory Tuesday night, those who gathered for the state GOP’s watch party overlooked key losses to Democrats as if they were mere trifles, rather than the demise of some major Arizona power players. Perhaps this was due to the unexpectedness…
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Nativists Spread Hoax Story That Claims Illegal Immigrants Were Vanned in to Vote in Arizona
Arizona nativists are spreading a fake news story that claims that a vanload of undocumented immigrants have voted illegally at six polling places in Pinal and Maricopa counties.
Five Things to Remember About Paul Babeu as You Head to the Polls
Five things voters need to know about congressional candidate Paul Babeu before they go to the polls in Arizona’s First Congressional District.
Five Things to Remember About Sheriff Joe Arpaio as You Head to the Polls
Here are five things to remember about Sheriff Joe Arpaio before you cast your vote on November 8, 2016.
Judge Sets Final Pretrial Date for Driver Who Killed Rapper Jose ‘Low Key’ Hernandez and Two Others
A Phoenix judge set January 6, 2017, as the final pretrial hearing for Andy Barrios, accused of killing three men on December 26, 2015, in an auto accident.
Trump Supporter George Lindell, the “Jew S.A.” Guy, Explains His Views on Race, Religion, and Slaves
New Times catches up with George Lindell, the “Jew S.A.” guy from the recent Trump rally in Phoenix, who discusses his controversial political, religious, and racial views.
Even Without an Opponent, Leonore Driggs’ Campaign for Justice of the Peace Raises Questions
Candidate for JP Leonore Driggs got her rivals booted from the ballot and is running unopposed, but some are criticizing the way the mother of five is presenting herself to the public.
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Donald Trump and Janet Napolitano Visit Phoenix, and I’m Not Sure Whom I Despise More
It doesn’t give me a lot of faith in Hillary Clinton’s campaign in Arizona to know that it touted former governor Janet Napolitano’s return to the state on Sunday to stump for HRC at the Democratic Party headquarters in Phoenix before heading over to the memorial service downtown for former…
Arpaio’s New DC Lawyers Ask Judge Snow to Recuse Himself for, Um, Talking to His Monitor
Sheriff Joe Arpaio has hired a D.C. firm to ask Judge G. Murray Snow to recuse himself based on a curious legal argument. Arpaio’s critics cry foul.
Joe Arpaio Lashes Out at Obama and DOJ in New TV Ad, Calls Contempt Charge ‘Garbage’
Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s latest campaign commercial offers the best evidence yet that his re-election effort may be foundering like that doomed fishing vessel in The Perfect Storm. Recent polls have shown Arpaio trailing his Democratic challenger Paul Penzone, sometimes by difficult-to-believe margins — as much as 15 points according to an Arizona…
Joe Arpaio Is OK with Deputies Drinking on Duty (Audio)
If recent polls are to be believed, Sheriff Joe Arpaio trails Democratic challenger Paul Penzone by double digits, signalling the end may be near for the 84 year-old GOP icon, who recently was charged with criminal contempt of court by the U.S. Department of Justice for his obstreperous behavior in…
Phoenix’s Wolfskin Ink Firebombed: Murdered Owner Subject of New Times Cover Story
Wolfskin Ink, a popular West Phoenix tattoo parlor whose late proprietor is the subject of this week’s New Times cover story, was firebombed early Wednesday morning by unknown persons wielding a Molotov cocktail. According to Wolfskin’s current owner Rayney Perkins, most of the damage done to the shop was due…
21st-Century Viking: The Life and Death of Ex-Con, Tattoo Artist, and Heathen Warrior Jubel Dean Perkins
Beneath a merciless Arizona sun on a Saturday in early September, a crowd of more than 300 waits at the edge of Bartlett Lake, about 50 miles northeast of downtown Phoenix, to watch a Viking ship, gliding silently atop the lake’s still waters, meet a fiery end. The seven-foot replica, painted scarlet and black, features a black mainsail etched…
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Kratom Ban Dead for Now: DEA Withdraws Schedule I Notice
Earlier today, bending to public backlash and pressure from the U.S. Congress, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Center’s acting administrator, Chuck Rosenberg, formally withdrew the agency’s August 31 notice of intent to make the head-shop staple kratom a Schedule I drug along with substances that include heroin, peyote, and LSD. The…
Joe Arpaio’s Deputy Brian Mackiewicz Will Not Be Prosecuted by Arizona AG, But He Did Make Brady List
The Arizona Attorney General’s Office has declined to prosecute Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s favorite deputy Brian Mackiewicz on allegations that Mackiewicz abused his overtime while working on the MCSO’s notorious Seattle investigation, which involved a 13-month probe of a kooky anti-Arpaio conspiracy theory that supposedly involved federal Judge G. Murray Snow…
Kratom Madness! The Head-Shop Staple Remains Legal — But for How Long?
Cracks have appeared in the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s plan to outlaw kratom, a popular plant-based pain reliever that’s sold online and in smoke shops in powder, liquid, and capsule form. This past Friday, September 30 — the day the ban was expected to take effect — Wisconsin Congressman Mark…
This Article Wasn’t Written Under the Influence of Kratom. I Waited for It to Wear Off.
Despite public outcry and two congressional letters asking for a delay to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s proposed ban on the herbal remedy kratom, the DEA remains poised to make the head-shop staple a Schedule I drug, adding it to the same category of illicit substances as heroin, LSD, and…