May 11, 2012
Yesterday, the DOJ filed a suit against Sheriff Joe Arpaio, America’s self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff,” after infamous Joe decided to be his usual belligerent self. Sheriff Joe has refused to comply with the Department of Justice’s terms after he was found to have “engage in a pattern or practice of...
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The Department of Justice announced yesterday that it is filing a lawsuit against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, following a months-long delay during which “America’s Most Corrupt Sheriff” refused to reform his enforcement practices or agree to the independent oversight of a monitor. The development is the latest in...
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Apr 26, 2012
“If there’s one thing that we can all agree on, it’s that half of us will not agree on even that,” starts off Stephen Colbert on his popular late-night TV show’s segment, The Word, wittily entitled “United, We Can’t Stand Them.” Rumor has it that immigrants are pyromaniacal, highly-contagious,...
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News about Andrew Thomas, the Maricopa County attorney disbarred this week for being Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s corrupt partner in crime is really getting pickup. We’ve written about the disbarring, but not the reason for the disbar. Talking Points Memo sums up the story of Thomas and Arpaio, the nightmare-team...
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Russell Pearce—former Arizona state senator, sponsor of arch-anti-immigrant bill SB 1070—defeated last fall in a historic recall election. Paul Babeu—hardline anti-immigrant sheriff of Pinal County, famous for the “complete the danged fence” ad he shot with John McCain—tarred this year for certain…indiscretions, and now on the defensive with both...
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