Breaking: Neo-Nazi Minuteman kills 4, himself in AZ

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Wednesday May 02, 2012 · 4:16 PM PDT

2012/05/02 · 16:16

This is a breaking story, so I apologize for the short diary, but from the Arizona Republic:

A border militia leader on Wednesday shot and killed four people at a Gilbert home, including a toddler, before committing suicide, sources said.
Sources identified the shooter as Jason "J.T." Ready, a reputed neo-Nazi who made headlines when he launched a militia movement to patrol the Arizona desert to hunt for illegal immigrants and drug smugglers.

For those of you who might recognize the name JT Ready but don't remember from where, JT was an ally of former Arizona State Senator Russell Pearce (R-Mesa), who was successfully recalled in November.

I'll try to post more updates as they become available.

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Wednesday October 13, 2010 · 10:24 AM PDT

2010/10/13 · 10:24

Talking Points Memo has an article today describing a GOP mailer sent out to constituents of AZ state representative Rae Waters (D). The front is pretty standard stuff, Waters voted against the state's racial profiling law SB 1070, which means she wants to shoot up your stop signs, apparently.

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This in itself would be bad enough; the AZ GOP hasn't gotten the memo that crime is down in most of Arizona, so it has to insist that crime is out of control and blame the foreigners.

After the jump, you'll see the back, which I find much, much worse:

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Thursday September 30, 2010 · 9:31 PM PDT

2010/09/30 · 21:31

8th grade, Election '96. I was one of the few "liberals" in my class. Typical for the conservative area I grew up in. I still remember J's face, looking at me as we headed into government class, unable to understand why I wanted Bill Clinton to win again.

"You know he's gay, right?"

".....What?"

"He supports gay rights. Who else but a gay guy supports gay rights?"

Even then I knew I was gay. I thought President Clinton was straight (and this was before Lewinsky was on everyone's minds), but what if more people thought like J? What if classmates saw my "liberalness" (my nickname at one point was "Mr. Bleeding Heart") and figured I was gay?

It seems so silly now.

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Wednesday June 02, 2010 · 11:24 AM PDT

2010/06/02 · 11:24

First, I have a confession: after looking over the front page on DailyKos, I immediately check out the Hidden Comments. Why would I subject myself to items that trusted users have voted down? Well, for one thing, I see it as a sign of community moderation done right. The rules for HRing are well understood by the community, and abuse of HR privileges don't go unchallenged. The hidden comments list can also demonstrate some "hot and controversial" topics, based on what subject areas bring out a little too much vitriol for the users.

Finally, I've always been intrigued by troll-rated diaries. Sometimes they're infuriating, sometimes they're to be laughed at, sometimes they're good only for the recipes people share in the comments. They seem to be a constant (and somewhat predictable) around here...but are they as constant and predictable as we think?

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Tuesday May 04, 2010 · 1:54 PM PDT

2010/05/04 · 13:54

Sports and Arizona boycotts seem to go hand in hand, don't they? During the MLK Day boycott, the NFL moved the Super Bowl out of Arizona in protest. Already many fans (including myself) have written Major League Baseball asking them to move the 2011 All Star Game out of Phoenix over the racial-profiling law.

One person who has now taken a stand against the bill is Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver.

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Saturday May 01, 2010 · 12:30 PM PDT

2010/05/01 · 12:30

Well, not fluently. I had three years of Spanish instruction in high school, and heard it off and on growing up, but I can't really "speak" it. I used to blame my mother for this; she's Tejana, but is one of those who feels "Cuando in los Estados Unidos, hable ingles" (When in the US, speak English), so she never talked with us in Spanish. Now I know it was just because I allowed myself to be so "comfortable" with English that I never worked towards being bilingual. I could get along growing up in the suburbs of Phoenix without speaking Spanish, so I didn't bother.

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Thursday April 22, 2010 · 2:43 PM PDT

2010/04/22 · 14:43

Arizona media sources are reporting on a major student walkout this afternoon, in protest of SB 1070 (the racist "anti-immigration" bill. As of 3:18 MST, the Arizona Republic is reporting that 2,500 students are involved.

Hundreds of students from high schools across Phoenix walked out of school and marched to the Capitol on Thursday, joining other activists urging Gov. Jan Brewer not to sign the immigration bill.

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"We're U.S. citizens; we were born here," said Jessica Perez, a Tolleson High School student. "It's not right that they separate us from our parents."

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The students said their voices need to be heard, even if they aren't old enough to vote. They said their goal was to protect their family and friends from possible racial profiling.

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Tuesday April 20, 2010 · 3:22 PM PDT

2010/04/20 · 15:22

Lately, tea has been given a bad name around here. I'll admit, I'm not a tea-drinker myself, preferring to start the day with my usual quad venti caramel latte. However, I do respect this wonderful beverage that has sadly become associated with right-wing ideologues. Just Google Tea Party: you have to go down to the 6th option for something actually focusing on the beverage, not politics.

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Monday April 05, 2010 · 3:13 PM PDT

2010/04/05 · 15:13

The National Journal's website is reporting that RNC Chief of Staff Ken McKay has resigned.

RNC chief of staff Ken McKay has resigned from the national committee a week after improper expenditures came to light, a top GOP source tells Hotline OnCall.

McKay had been on the job about a year. His exit is the latest moment of fallout in a scandal that took on an outsized role after The Daily Caller reported last week that the RNC had spent $2K at a Los Angeles nightclub, an expense that drew criticism from social conservatives.

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Tuesday March 16, 2010 · 10:55 AM PDT

2010/03/16 · 10:55

Yesterday I filled out my Census 2010 forms, explaining there was a white American of Mexican-American ancestry living at my apartment. In a years' time, that information will be coupled with the millions of other people to create a Snapshot of America. Soon after this, my current state of California will use this information to create 53 Congressional districts, 80 State Assembly districts, and 40 State Senate districts.

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Thursday February 18, 2010 · 12:45 PM PST

2010/02/18 · 12:45

Slinkerwink suggested a separate diary be made for this, so apologies if this ends up being short. My friend alerted me to live comments on CNN from Texas governor Rick Perry about the plane that was purposely crashed into the Internal Revenue Service building (which, to me, fits the definition of a "terror attack"). His comments included this line:

"It is always a battle between a battle of anarchy and tyranny,"

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Saturday November 07, 2009 · 8:56 PM PST

2009/11/07 · 20:56

We're still awaiting official word on what 39 Democrats voted against the Health Care Reform bill, but I found out this morning that my representative, Chet Edwards (TX-17), would vote against it. (Update: I see from the diaries posted as I wrote this that Edwards has been confirmed as a no vote.)

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It seems so silly now.

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