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Lawsuit against Ariz. anti-abortion law allowing pharmacists to deny women birth control dropped

By | 09.13.11 | 11:38 am

After two years in court battling controversial anti-abortion-rights legislation in Arizona, Planned Parenthood of Arizona declared Monday it would not appeal an Arizona Court of Appeals ruling, which last month upheld most of the provisions they challenged.

Pawlenty will headline Arizona Tea Party convention

Former Gov. Tim Pawlenty is scheduled to headline a tea party summit in Phoenix, Ariz., from Feb. 25 to 27. The “American Policy Summit-Pathways to Liberty” is being marketed as the official two-year anniversary of the Tea Party movement. Pawlenty will also be headed to Nashville to speak on More…

Arpaio Gives Palin Pink Underwear as an Allusion to His Treatment of Immigrant Detainees

By | 10.25.10 | 6:04 pm

Today in news too bizarre to skip: Joe Arpaio, the Arizona sheriff who makes illegal immigrant detainees wear pink underwear as a humiliation tactic, gave Sarah Palin a pair of pink underwear last week to welcome her to Phoenix.

Arpaio became famous for his purposefully harsh treatment of More…

Liberal Ads Use Brewer, Arpaio to Motivate Latinos to Vote

By | 10.15.10 | 1:41 pm

NDN, formerly called the New Democrat Network, is running Spanish-language ads in Arizona urging Latinos to vote in the midterm elections. Their pitch? Latinos should vote to make a statement to Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer and Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the controversial head law enforcement officer of Maricopa County, More…

Gutierrez Heads to Arizona to Fight Immigration Bill

By | 04.23.10 | 4:34 pm

Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) has announced that he will travel to Phoenix to oppose Arizona Senate bill 1070 at a rally at the State Capitol this Sunday.

From a statement he released today:

I am going there to let the people of Arizona know that they

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When Does Carrying a Loaded Weapon to a Presidential Rally Become a Threat?

By | 08.18.09 | 9:03 am

We now know that there were two men who openly carried assault rifles — CNN reports they were AR-15s — outside the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall in Phoenix where President Obama spoke yesterday. According to The Associated Press, about eight more people were carrying More…