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Bizarre things are happening in the U.S. Senate race in Arizona. Jeff Flake is retiring and three Republicans are running in a primary to win his seat, including convicted criminal (and recipient of a presidential pardon) Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
The ranking Judiciary Committee Democrat, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) ripped Trump for disregarding the law with the pardon of Joe Arpaio.
"The pardon was a sign of pure contempt for every American who believes in justice, human dignity and the rule of law."
"The President has the authority to make this pardon, but doing so at this time undermines his claim for the respect of rule of law as Mr. Arpaio has shown no remorse for his actions."
Within the span of about a week, the President of the United States will have endorsed white supremacists and announced that he's pardoning a man who racially profiled Latinos.
Trump decided that subtle racism wasn't good enough, so he took it up another notch by announcing that he is considering a pardon for Joe Arpaio, the former Arizona sheriff who was found guilty of illegally conducting anti-immigrant traffic patrols.
Ex-Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, ousted from office in an election last November, will stand trial in U.S. District Court for defying a 2011 injunction that barred his deputies from stopping and detaining motorists solely on the suspicion of being in the country illegally.
On Monday, New York Times columnist Charles Blow reminded the nation, that being black in America has consequences when African-Americans interact with the police. He relayed the story of how his son, Tahj, a Yale University student, was confronted at gunpoint by a campus police officer. The young man was unarmed and had committed no crime. He had just left the campus library. However, because Blow’s son resembled the description of a burglary suspect, an officer accosted the student, and forced him to the ground.
Rick Perry is another in a growing collection of GOP banditti. In the old days, the Texas Rangers would have been hunting him down. In today's Texas, he was their boss
Sheriff Joe doesn't say how, precisely, U.S. troops would accomplish their mission once we've got boots on the ground but as we know from Iraq, Republicans don't actually worry about such things
Rick Joyner of MorningStar Ministries said Monday that our "republic can't last much longer" and that only a military takeover can save us
Are you not entertained? Former action star Steven Seagal is training a criminal collection of deputies how to protect our school children
The same people who love Sarah Palin call Obama a dictator. But in 2008, then Gov. Palin stripped the militia of their guns and many powers.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio is going to send his armed posse of volunteers to stalk Maricopa County schools for "protection."
Michael Salman claims he was holding small bible studies in his home but he built a 2,000 square foot church in his backyard for 80 people
Sheriff Joe Arpaio faces allegations in federal court today that he systemically violated the rights of citizens, but a political analyst says it will only help him get re-elected.
By arresting a six year old, Arpaio was giving the President and the Federal government the middle finger salute.
There are many reasons to vote for Barack Obama in 2012, and very few to vote against him, given the alternatives
Christopher Monckton tells many lies about his own credentials so its no surprise that he has jumped on Joe Arpaio's birther bandwagon
Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett says President Obama may be left off their November ballot because he can’t validate the birth certificate.