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Adam Cox, a guy who says stupid things on the Internet.

Remember the Tennessee weirdo who said Satan "ordered" him to kill "birthers" to spark a war between political parties in order to decrease the population in America?

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio issued a cry for attention press release saying that guy might be Arizona-bound.

Arpaio has claimed Adam Eugene Cox is an "Obama fanatic" who threatened to kill the sheriff -- intel the sheriff says came from evident from what he posted online, and according to the guy's mother.

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In case you missed it, it's you, John Q. Taxpayer, who's currently funding a trip for one of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's deputies to go on a trip to Hawaii for more "birther" bullshit.

Indeed, the investigation once billed as being at "no cost to taxpayers" happens to have some cost to taxpayers.

Arpaio said "expects" the donation-funded "Cold Case Posse" to pay him back, but what taxpayer really wants to take that chance to send Scooby Doo and the gang to Hawaii to play detective?

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Dear Maricopa County taxpayers, you're currently funding a trip to Hawaii for one of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's deputies so he can help hunt for President Obama's birth certificate or something.

Yes, the investigation that was billed as being at "no cost to taxpayers" happens to have some cost to taxpayers.

According to what Arpaio told conspiracy theorist/alleged "special deputy" Jerome Corsi, the "birther" brigade is "with an MCSO deputy detective for safety reasons and to act as a liaison between MCSO and local law enforcement."

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Joe Arpaio posters are a hot commodity in Podunk, Kansas.

Adding to the list of illogical things surrounding the aura of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, a Kansas cop is accused of stealing a framed poster of the sheriff from an office belonging to a former lawyer convicted on meth charges.

Really, the only thing better about this than the fact that an ex-prosecutor convicted of meth charges had a framed poster of Arpaio hanging in his office is that the cop just had to have that poster.

The criminal information document submitted by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Wichita, Kansas is pretty brief, but states that Spencer Coate -- a police officer in Galena, Kansas -- stole the poster of Arpaio and another poster of a duck from the suspect's law office in June 2009.

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On Wednesday, we told you about U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy asking Attorney General Eric Holder asking if Maricopa County could be on the hook for repaying up to $25 million in federal taxpayer coin, thanks to the Justice Department's civil-rights case against Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

Turns out, alleged civil-rights violations by Arpaio and the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office could potentially cost way, way more -- hundreds of millions of dollars.

It's unlikely, but county officials and the Board of Supervisors think there's a possibility the county could be liable for more than $400 million.

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If a U.S. Senator from Vermont is right, then Maricopa County could be on the hook for repaying up to $25 million in federal taxpayer coin, thanks to the Justice Department's civil-rights case against Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

Senator Patrick Leahy wrote a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday, asking whether the government could recover the $25 million in grants the county's received since 2000.

As part of the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, counties are reimbursed for costs related to jailing undocumented immigrants.

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The location where an inmate claims Sheriff Joe Arpaio saved all the "brothas."

Forget everything you've heard about the Justice Department lawsuit against the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office and Sheriff Joe Arpaio for racial-discrimination claims, because there's an inmate who says "Joe Arpaio and stuff" saved the lives of all the "brothas" at the 4th Avenue Jail.

OK, don't actually forget everything you've heard about the lawsuit, it's just the sheriff's office releasing a recording of an inmate's phone call saying that "Joe Arpaio and stuff" saved the lives of African-American inmates.

Arpaio announced in late April that the 4th Avenue Jail was on lockdown, as he claimed the Mexican Mafia was "attempting to control" the jail.

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Joe Arpaio may need a fresh pair of these after his continuous freak-outs over the proposed "monitor" situation.

If you've heard Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's explanations for why negotiations with the Justice Department broke down, he makes it sound as if Attorney General Eric Holder himself wants to be the new sheriff.

It's the proposed Justice Department "monitor" that people in the MCSO's corner are objecting to -- defined as the person or people who would have "the opportunity to review and approve all new guidelines and plans before their implementation by the MCSO" -- and Arpaio/MCSO lawyer Joe Popolizio has offered his explanation of what a few of the actual objections are.

The monitor was supposed to make sure Arpaio and company got the ball rolling on changes in the right direction, on the heels of a Justice Department investigation that found massive racial-profiling in the Sheriff's Office, as opposed to Arpaio's half-assed attempt, in the form of a 17-page booklet.

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Paul Babeu quitting Congressional race.

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu dropped out of his Congressional race early this morning and plans instead to run for re-election as sheriff -- despite recent assurances by his camp that he planned to continue his Fourth District run.

Babeu would have us believe that his decision has nothing to do with the polls that show he has no chance of winning the Congressional seat. And he wants us to believe that it has nothing to do with his campaign contributions for Congress all but drying up.

Instead, he insists that his decision is based on personnel issues within the Pinal County Sheriff's Office.

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Joe Arpaio had a thing or two to say about the lawsuit yesterday, and one of those things involves basketball with the president.

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio was sued by the Justice Department yesterday over racial-discrimination claims, and not surprisingly, Arpaio had a little more than two cents to give to everyone yesterday.

His responses ranged from the Justice Department having the wrong guy, wanting to play basketball with President Obama, and saying he could just get reelected on the basis of pink underwear.

Given his wide range of responses, we're letting you choose the dumbest for this morning's poll.

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