Joe Arpaio Slammed by Goldwater Institute Over Stoddard Mess

The Goldwater Institute can be reactionary on various issues, particularly when it comes to denouncing President Obama on health care reform, siding with the tea bag types or rah-rahing charter schools. Hell, it ain’t named after the late Senator Barry Goldwater for nothin’.Still, you have to give G.I. props for…

The Anti-Arpaio Haymarket Squares Storm the Cronkite Building (Video)

Because I was upstairs at the Cronkite School building this past Monday watching Sheriff Joe get blistered by the journalism profs, then sung off the stage by the Freddie Mercury impersonators, I missed all the action taking place on the ground floor. There, a peaceful revolt was in full swing, with the anti-Joe…

Joe Arpaio’s Boy Adam Stoddard: Is He in the Lower Buckeye Jail?

There’s beaucoup speculation out there about the location of MCSO detention officer Adam Stoddard, the poor, poor deputy (sniff) who’s been jailed for contempt of court by Judge Gary Donahoe following Stoddard’s refusal to apologize for his videotaped swiping of a public defender’s docs right off her desk.My colleague Sarah…

Ron Paul’s “Ronulans” Go Gaga Over Documentary For Liberty

Whenever Congressman Ron Paul shuffles off this mortal coil, he’ll have no dearth of hagiographers. Indeed, he already has plenty, like the makers of the documentary For Liberty, who have produced a slavish, worshipful portrait of the man and the movement that will be screened at Tempe’s Harkins Valley Art…

Joe Arpaio to be Honored with Award Named for Wing-Nut Paul Weyrich?

Like you needed further evidence of Joe Arpaio’s involvement with far right extremists, Arpaio recently stated on his Twitter account that his contributions to wing-nuttery will be acknowledged this December 3 in D.C. by the ultra-conservative Let Freedom Ring think-tank, one of the orgs behind the tax day tea party…

Tater Tots and a Video from the Nativists Featuring Yours Truly

On this day after Thanksgiving, I want to show my appreciation to the nativist knuckleheads who’ve helped me fill endless blog items with reports on their stupidities and racist deeds. Without you white pride doofuses to kick around, all I’d have left would be neo-Nazis, bigoted politicos, corruption, and Sheriff Joe. Of…

Joe Arpaio’s Deputies Admit Destroying Evidence in Racial Profiling Lawsuit

In a stunning revelation recently made public as part of the ongoing federal civil rights lawsuit against the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office and Sheriff Joe Arpaio, an MCSO sergeant has admitted that the department has been destroying documents and e-mails directly related to the MCSO’s anti-immigrant sweeps. This, despite numerous requests…