by David Safier
If you don't follow Talking Points Memo on a semi-regular basis, you're missing one of the best sources for news and information anywhere. It combines a top reporting staff with first rate blogging. It's the home page for my browser. I read over it thoroughly in the morning, then glance at it during the day.
This morning, TPM ran a piece going over the Star's informative article about the disbanding of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps. TPM wanted to bring the topic to wider notice, especially the fact that the Minuteman leader asked members to bring their "long arms" to the border, "locked, loaded and ready."
TPM didn't mention, as I did in a post about the article, that no one at the Star got a comment from Al Melvin on the topic. So far as I know, the self-declared "proud Minuteman" who has said he wants an unbroken border fence stretching from San Diego through Texas, is the highest ranking elected Arizonan with direct ties to the group.
How direct are his ties? These photos are from Melvin's 2006 campaign website.
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