The killer at the heart of Trump's racist ad was set free—by Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio - Daily Kos

Donald Trump announced at the outset that he wanted this election to be about racism and, despite a few pesky bombs and a mass murder, that has certainly been the core focus of his rallies and statements going into the midterms. ....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1809302

Trump’s new immigration ad was panned as racist. It was also based on a falsehood - The Washington Post

It blames Democrats for an undocumented immigrant murdering two cops, but the man was released by Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office and returned to the country twice under President George W. Bush. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/11/02/trumps-new-immigration-ad-was-panned-racist-turns-out-it-was-also-based-falsehood/

Grown men languished in Joe Arpaio’s 'concentration camp.' Now Trump may throw migrant kids in one - Daily Kos

During the 24 years that former sheriff Joe Arpaio kept his infamous Maricopa County, Arizona "tent city" in full operation, it showed no mercy to the human beings locked up inside. .....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1771675

Trump’s twisted view of who qualifies as a victim - The Washington Post: Opinion

A broken moral compass produces predictably inhumane results. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2018/06/01/trumps-twisted-view-of-who-qualifies-as-a-victim/

Donald Trump is not your president - The Washington Post: Opinion

The pardons of Dinesh D'Souza and Joe Arpaio, and Trump's response to Roseanne Barr's racism, are part of the same story. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/06/01/donald-trump-is-not-your-president/

Mike Pence dishonors himself. Again. - The Washington Post: Opinion

By lauding Joe Arpaio, the vice president embraces racial profiling and criminality.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mike-pence-dishonors-himself-again/2018/05/04/0ea69dde-4f18-11e8-af46-b1d6dc0d9bfe_story.html

This is why Pence’s sickening embrace of Arpaio is so important - The Washington Post: Opinion

The problem goes waaay beyond Trump and Pence .....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2018/05/03/this-is-why-pences-sickening-embrace-of-arpaio-is-so-important/

Trump's Doctor Speaks, Ty Cobb Is Out, Pence Praises Arpaio: A Closer Look

Seth takes a closer look at how everyone who gets close to President Trump, from his former personal doctor to his chief of staff, eventually turns on him.....
Interview:
https://youtu.be/LDs81lJTnTE

Mike Pence’s peculiar sense of morality - The Washington Post

Mike Pence has managed to appall just about everyone across the political spectrum. That takes some doing.....

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/05/02/mike-pences-peculiar-sense-of-morality/

Ex-sheriff Joe Arpaio shakes up Arizona Senate race, and the GOP - NBC News

A candidacy emblematic of how Republican politics have been transformed in the Trump era. ...
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/ex-sheriff-joe-arpaio-shakes-arizona-senate-race-n859331

Joe Arpaio Found Out He Admitted Guilt With Trump Pardon On Live TV -- Newsweek

"I didn't admit guilt," Arpaio said, but a Supreme Court decision says he did. ....
http://www.newsweek.com/joe-arpaio-found-out-admitted-guilt-trump-pardon-live-tv-781824

Joe Arpaio, controversial sheriff pardoned by Trump, enters Arizona Senate race -- CNN

Joe Arpaio, the former Maricopa County sheriff known for his hard-line immigration tactics, says he's running for Senate ....
http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/09/politics/arizona-senate-joe-arpaio/index.html

Joe Arpaio: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) - YouTube

Donald Trump issued his first presidential pardon to the last person who should get one. John Oliver discusses the troubling record of former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZNZY-gd3K0&t=300s

Trump’s Pardon Aside, Reporters Have Built Long Rap Sheet Against Sheriff Joe -- ProPublica

President Donald Trump issued his first pardon to Joe Arpaio, the former Maricopa County sheriff famous for using his local police force to aggressively pursue undocumented immigrants. In its official statement, the White House credited Arpaio with "more than fifty years of admirable service to our nation," which made him "a worthy candidate" for a pardon.

Below is a list of essential reading on one of the most reviled and beloved lawmen in the U.S. ....
https://www.propublica.org/article/sheriff-joe-arpaio-trump-pardon-aside-reporters-long-rap-sheet

When I Filmed Sheriff Joe Arpaio, He Was Cooperative and Horrifying -- The Daily Beast

In 2001, I made a documentary film for German TV about the man who called himself "The Toughest Sheriff in America." Ten years after I witnessed Joe Arpaio in action, a judge ordered him to stop detaining people based solely on racial profiling. Yet Arpaio continued to flout the law, and he faced up to six months in prison for criminal contempt of law. Before Arpaio was sentenced, President Trump pardoned him. ....
http://www.thedailybeast.com/when-i-filmed-sheriff-joe-arpaio-he-was-cooperative-and-horrifying

After pardoning the lawless Joe Arpaio, Trump administration cites 'rule of law' in ending DACA

In his speech announcing the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III cited “the rule of law” in his explanation as to why Donald Trump and his administration sided with white supremacists to end a program that actually was lawful....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1696139

Liberals can’t hope to beat Trump until they truly understand him | John Harris | Opinion | The Guardian

Rightwing populists are operating according to different rules. If everything is a circus, who cares about bread?....
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/30/liberals-donald-trump-rightwing-populists?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=241759&subid=22113254&CMP=GT_US_collection

Now Republicans Support Disaster Relief For Some Reason - The Facepalm Five: September 4, 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu3H25Q1Kmo&feature=youtu.be

Dems Urge House Judiciary Chair To Hold Hearing On Trump's Arpaio Pardon -- TPM

Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday called on the committee's Republican chair to hold a hearing scrutinizing President Donald Trump's decision to pardon former Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio. ...
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/house-judiciary-democrats-urge-hearing-arpaio-pardon

Trump’s Pardon Aside, Reporters Have Built Long Rap Sheet Against Sheriff Joe Arpaio - ProPublica

Trump hailed Joe Arpaio’s “admirable service” in Arizona. There’s more to his career than that....
https://www.propublica.org/article/sheriff-joe-arpaio-trump-pardon-aside-reporters-long-rap-sheet