Russell Pearce Blames Victims for Dark Knight Massacre (w/Update)

See also: Russell Pearce’s Racism “Discovered” by Arizona’s Media See also: Russell Pearce’s Mexican-Bashing E-mails Slammed By Randy Parraz, Others Recalled, disgraced ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce’s heart, or what little there is of it, goes out to the victims of the Dark Knight Rises shootings in Aurora, Colorado. But…

Russell Pearce’s Racism “Discovered” by Arizona’s Media

See also: ACLU Seeks New Injunction on “Papers Please” Portion of SB 1070 See also: Russell Pearce Scores Another Win Against Hispanics See also: Russell Pearce’s Falsehoods, Inaccuracies and Inventions on Channel 12’s Sunday Square-Off See also: Russell Pearce Preaches Hate on Ban Amnesty Now Radio Show Color me bemused by the local…

Joe Arpaio’s Deputy Thinks Most Day-Laborers Are Undocumented

See also: Joe Arpaio’s Racial Profiling Trial Begins, and, Yes, He’s Guilty as Sin See also: Joe Arpaio Racial-Profiling Trial Draws Protestors’ Calls for Justice on Opening Day See also: Joe Arpaio’s Racial Profiling Case Costs County Close To $1 Million, So Far In the law-enforcement experience of Maricopa County…

New Commenting System Added to New Times Blogs

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ACLU Seeks New Injunction on “Papers Please” Portion of SB 1070

See also: SB 1070, SCOTUS, Friendly House, and a Ray of HopeSee also: SB 1070: Supreme Court Upholds “Papers Please” Section, Invalidates OthersSee also: The Supreme Court’s 1070 Ruling Is No Win for Teabaggers As I anticipated in April, when it became clear that the U.S. Supreme Court intended to lift a lower…

Arizona Congressman David Schweikert Confesses Ignorance on Immigration

See Also: Arizona Congressman David Schweikert Falsely Claims Illegal Immigrants Are No Longer Afraid See Also: Obama’s 287(g) Move Bogus, Activists Call on Feds to Cut Ties with Arizona Arizona Congressman David Schweikert admits he’s no expert on immigration. Still, he insists that any immigration-reform proposal in Congress resulting in…

Joe Arpaio’s Birther Investigation Blasted by Randy Parraz

See Also: Joe Arpaio Denied Birther Donations, Randy Parraz Blasts Andy Kunasek See Also: Joe Arpaio Hides as Randy Parraz and CBAers Pizza Party It Up Randy Parraz and his posse of activists from Citizens for a Better Arizona want Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to come clean on using…

DREAMers Vulnerable to Scams, Activists and Feds Warn

See Also: DREAMers Score a Win with Obama’s Immigration Initiative, But the War Is Far from Over Young illegal immigrants should be wary of scam artists promising work permits as a result of the Obama administration’s new immigration policy toward them. That’s the message from pro-immigrant activists worried that the…

Kyrsten Sinema: Being Latina Ain’t All It’s Cracked Up To Be

See also: Kyrsten Sinema Identified (Wrongly) as Latino by NALEO See also: Can Kyrsten Sinema Win in Congressional District 9? See also: Kyrsten Sinema’s Hilary Rosen Moment, and Her Persistent Verbal Flubbery My Monday blog item discussing Ninth Congressional District candidate Kyrsten Sinema and the “Latina” label incorrectly granted to…

Puente’s “Undocubus” Set to Travel to Democratic National Convention

See Also: Arizona Congressman David Schweikert Falsely Claims Illegal Immigrants Are No Longer Afraid While most pro-immigrant activists are focusing on educating people about President Obama’s new immigration policy regarding DREAM Act students, which promises to stop the deportations of some undocumented youth, the local human-rights group Puente is advocating a halt…

Kyrsten Sinema Identified (Wrongly) as Latino by NALEO (w/Update)

Former state Senator Kyrsten Sinema is many things: a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House in Arizona’s Ninth Congressional District, a strident advocate for lefty causes, a one-time supporter of erstwhile Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader. And, according to the nonprofit National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials,…