Representatives of the “meth lab of democracy” are apparently comedy gold for The Daily Show, as U.S. Senator John McCain was featured in one of the show’s segments earlier this week.McCain’s appearance was actually in the same episode as Michael Hicks, a Tucson Unified School District governing board member, who…
In Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu’s first Congressional campaign video — a 30-second spot posted on YouTube — he tells viewers that he is “still the conservative fighter who stood up to Obama over border security. And I’m still the pro-life candidate who will fight for new jobs and against…
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery stepped up for Sheriff Joe Arpaio yesterday, saying the Justice Department was “reckless” to assert county residents are being negatively affected by the sheriff’s office unless Montgomery gets the evidence.Montgomery sent a second request to the Justice Department for more information, and said it was…
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery today released letters that show his defense of Sheriff Joe Arpaio from what he calls a “reckless” Justice Department.One of the letters, by deputy assistant Attorney General Roy Austin, also states that the feds have discovered new evidence that Arpaio’s office botched sex-crimes investigations.The April…
The National Republican Congressional Committee has been increasing press-release blasts to some of its targeted districts recently, including two already today.The releases mostly tie local candidates to the Obama administration and the current Democrats in Congress, just plugging in the name of the local Democratic congressional candidate.In Arizona’s newly formed…
The report from an ethics investigation into state Representative Daniel Patterson was released Monday, as team of lawyers selected by House Speaker Andy Tobin found quite a few reasons as to why they believe Patterson should be expelled from the House.Among several other things in the report, investigators claim Patterson…
After reading the investigation done on behalf of the House Ethics Committee, a handful of legislators were ready to punt state Representative Daniel Patterson out of the House today, but that didn’t happen.Among several other things in the report released yesterday, investigators claim Patterson routinely ignores House rules, “verbally abuses,…
Arizona’s House Bill 2549, which was labeled by one critic as a “bill to censor electronic speech,” has been stopped, according to one of the bill’s sponsors.As we’ve already mentioned twice before, the bill was never transferred to the governor, contrary to the numerous media reports saying it has. The…
Governor Jan Brewer’s being considered for TIME magazine’s list of the world’s 100 most influential people, and according to its reader poll, she’s doing better than President Obama.The governor dropped from 13th place to 15th by the end of the day yesterday — leaving her one spot above Stephen Colbert…
Update: H.B. 2549 has been stopped.Way to go, Arizona legislators, you officially pissed off the Internet.One of the most popular Twitter accounts associated with the Anonymous community, “YourAnonNews,” got wind of Arizona’s House Bill 2549, which was labeled by one critic as a “bill to censor electronic speech.”The response –…
The video above (language probably not safe for work) seems to be very similar to what was released today in a report on Democratic state Representative Daniel Patterson.What everyone assumed was a ethics complaint filed over domestic-violence allegations against Patterson has turned out to be much, much more.Simply, the investigation…
Update 2: H.B. 2549 has been stopped.Update: Anonymous advocates are sending Jan Brewer and legislators a “butthurt report form” in response to House Bill 2549. It has been brought to our attention that there’s a bill cruising through the Legislature that, according to some critics, could cause people like myself and…
If you think annual lists by TIME magazine are still relevant, get a load of this — Governor Jan Brewer’s being considered for the mag’s “100” list of influential people, and according to its reader poll, she’s doing better than President Obama.According to TIME’s website, only the number one vote-getter…
In the last couple of months, Governor Jan Brewer has issued official responses to two parties critical of Senate Bill 1070, brushing both of as mere “political” ploys.The first was New York Democratic Senator Charles Schumer, who asked Brewer to show up to his Senate subcommittee hearing on immigration in…
Governor Jan Brewer has issued her official response to a brief filed by California and 10 other states opposing Senate Bill 1070, and Brewer’s calling the brief “pure politics.”Apparently everyone wants to play politics, as groups of former police chiefs, attorneys general, members of Congress, cities and counties, former Immigration…
Yesterday, we let you know infamous conspiracy-theorist Jerome Corsi was mingling among Scottsdale’s Republican socialites as part of the “Politics on the Rocks” event.That announcement pretty much gave anyone the green light to have a drink or two with a guy who believes the President of the United States is…
For the past month, Democratic state Representative Daniel Patterson has continuously denied the domestic-violence allegations that led to him becoming the subject of a House ethics complaint.Now he’s issued his formal response to the ethics complaint — a complaint that was signed by nearly all of Arizona’s House Democrats –…
If you’re unfamiliar with “Politics on the Rocks,” it’s a pretty simple concept — younger folks to the right of the political spectrum gather monthly to have some drinks and hang out with politicos.Sometimes it’s headlined by establishment right-wingers, like J.D. Hayworth, but they’ve also featured the more off-the-wall types…
Congressman Paul Gosar is spreading the word among voters in Arizona’s Fourth Congressional District that there is no way that his opponent, Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu, is the face of fiscal conservatism. Not with a $1.6 million budget shortfall in Babeu’s office, and especially not with Babeu asking the…
For one Phoenix man, there’s apparently only one thing left to do after allegedly going on a domestic-violence spree for a few hours — “wildly” swing a baby around in front of a group of people in a parking lot.According to court documents obtained by New Times, the wife of…
Yet again, Republican Wil Cardon’s U.S. Senate campaign has gone on the attack against his primary foe, Congressman Jeff Flake, over his travel habits.And yet again, Cardon appears to be confused about what Flake’s actually doing.It started with an ad called “Flake Air,” describing Flake as an “international jet-setter” for…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, state Representative Carl Seel, and others held a press conference yesterday at the capitol to pimp out Seel’s House Bill 2480.Seel’s bill is the watered-down, penis-free version of last year’s “birther” bill, which forces presidential candidates to sign a sworn affidavit that they’re eligible in…
