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Sarah Palin doesn’t like it that an Illinois girls basketball team won’t be playing in an Arizona tournament due to the state’s racist immigration law. Cover your ears, Palin’s voice hits some frequencies only heard by bats.

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has signed a bill banning ethnic studies classes for public school students. Because they “promote resentment” of white people. Gov. Jan Brewer approved the measure without public statement Tuesday, according to state legislative records. The new law forbids elementary or secondary schools to teach classes that are “designed primarily for pupils of a particular ethnic group” …

(Via – Americablog)

The Awl reports that Long Island’s Smithtown Messenger has created a before-and-after photo essay to demonstrate how the stress of the presidency affects the faces of presidents and first ladies. The projected “after” photo of the Obamas is from Sanford & Son. Oh, but the paper has now issued an apology. So it’s OK!

Over on GringoMask.com, Arizona’s Hispanics are invited to print out the above face masks to have on hand should they encounter the police.

Concerned about its impact on tourism, the Arizona cities of Tuscon and Flagstaff are suing their own state government over the recent immigration law. They are the first municipalities in Arizona to approve legal challenges to the law. Earlier this week, proposed litigation in Phoenix took a hit when the city attorney said Mayor Phil Gordon lacks the authority to …

According to Sen. John McCain’s just-posted campaign ad, he and his proposed super-fence are the “last line of defense” against Arizona completely being overrun by Mexicans. You know, those brown folks who were there a few hundred years before the U.S. ran up its flag?

At the Billboard Latin Music Awards, yesterday Ricky Martin called out Arizona’s new immigration law as racist. Ricky Martin thinks the new Arizona law is totally loca. The singer told the crowd at last night’s Billboard Latin Music Awards that the legislation allowing police to stop anyone they think may be an illegal immigrant simply “makes no sense.” This being …

“Well it all starts with the federal government not coming out with a law. They’ve been talking about it for years and they still haven’t done anything about it. And Arizona is really getting crime-ridden. There’s people coming over, there’s killings all over the place, there’s shootings all over the place. What are you going to do? I mean, are …

Iowa GOP congressional candidate Dr. Pat Bertroche says the government should put microchips in illegal immigrants. Just like we do with dogs at the pound. Speaking at a forum Monday in Toledo, 3rd District Republican candidate Pat Bertroche said police should catch illegal immigrants and document their whereabouts. The Cedar Rapids Gazette reported that he added, “I can microchip my …

Moronic Rep. Steve King (R-IA) says that since Rep. Raul Grijalva is calling for a boycott of his own state, the U.S. has “already ceded” his district to Mexico. Bonus racist pandering points from Fox host Laura Ingraham in the below clip. Well, it looks like the case is that, that he’s trying to scare the businesses out of Arizona, …

Tim James, GOP candidate for governor of Alabama, says if elected he’ll do away with driver’s license tests in all languages except English. The state currently offers the test in 12 languages. James says the exams are a public safety issue. On his campaign website, he cited a 2004 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report that connected a 72 percent …

The speaker of the California Senate yesterday asked the Governator to “tear up” any contracts between the state and Arizona as calls for a boycott continue to swell. In another swipe at Arizona and its strict new anti-immigration rules, California Senate leader Darrell Steinberg on Tuesday asked Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to “deliver an unequivocal message” of disgust by tearing up …

You’ve GOT to at least watch Gov. Jan Brewer’s reaction when asked, “What DOES an illegal immigrant look like?”

(Via – Andrew Sullivan)

From Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s Facebook page: “Had such a great time with Sarah Palin last night that we went to the Diamondbacks game today before she left town. It was great talking to her about my efforts here in Arizona of securing our borders, fighting Obama Care and preserving our 2nd Amendment rights.”

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors will hold a meeting tomorrow to consider “emergency legislation” cutting the city’s ties with Arizona. Supervisor David Campos this morning confirmed that he will tomorrow introduce emergency legislation calling for a San Francisco boycott of Arizona in response to that state’s recently enacted, harsh immigration law. “I feel the city and county of San …