Chris Simcox

Ex-Minuteman Demands Spousal Support From Estranged Wife He Allegedly Threatened At Gunpoint

Jillian Rayfield | December 3, 2010, 8:36AM

Chris Simcox, founder of the Minuteman Project, in 2005

In the divorce case of former Minuteman leader Chris Simcox, the plot has gotten molasses-thick.

Simcox, who helped found the anti-immigration Minuteman group and incurred a $200,000 debt in a failed bid for John McCain's Arizona Senate seat, has requested that his estranged wife, who has previously alleged that Simcox threatened her and their children at gunpoint, pay him spousal support and take on half of his campaign debt.

Alena Simcox was granted a restraining order from her husband in June, after she alleged Simcox had drunkenly threatened her, her children, and police officers on multiple occasions while wielding a gun.

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Chris Simcox

Arizona Court: Ex-Minuteman Chris Simcox Still A Threat To Family

Jillian Rayfield | September 7, 2010, 12:24PM

Chris Simcox, founder of the Minuteman Project, in 2005

An Arizona court has upheld a restraining order against former Minuteman (and Minuteman co-founder) Chris Simcox, granted in April to his wife Alena Simcox and their children, after she alleged that he made several threats against his family and the police.

The court determined last week that the restraining order should continue "in full force," according to The Washington Times.

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Immigration

Right-Wingers Stand By Their Fabricated Mexican Drug Cartel Raid Story

Eric Lach | July 30, 2010, 1:21PM

According to anonymously-sourced reports pushed by right-wing blogs last weekend, members of Mexico's notorious Zetas drug gang crossed the border into Texas and, "in what could be deemed an act of war," seized two ranches near the border town of Laredo. The situation was dire, wingers warned, but a government enforced media blackout kept knowledge of the raid from the general public.

Really?

No, not really.

Here's the thing: the "raid" never happened.

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Chris Simcox

Minuteman Founder: Ex-Minuteman Bounty Hunter Chased Me After He Slept With My Wife

Jillian Rayfield | July 15, 2010, 8:30AM

Chris Simcox, founder of the Minuteman Project, in 2005

Minuteman founder Chris Simcox was being hunted by former Minuteman and bounty hunter Stacey O'Connell, and Simcox thinks he knows why: Because O'Connell is allegedly having an affair with Simcox's wife, the same wife who accused Simcox of threatening her at gun point.

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AmeriPAC

Perpetual Money Machine: Conservative PAC Raises Millions In Order To Raise More Millions

Justin Elliott | May 12, 2010, 9:07AM

AmeriPAC President Alan Gottlieb (c-span.org/ameripac.org)

The fundraising emails from AmeriPAC stream in with subject lines designed to give a conservative a heart attack: "Obama Plays 'Russian Roulette' With Supreme Court" ... "Illegals March Terrorizing American Cities" ... "Stop Reid's Extreme Left-Wing Agenda."

In lurid prose sprinkled with bold and underlined capital letters, the emails highlight the outrage du jour and ask like-minded people to help fund the fight against President Obama's agenda: "We need you to donate regularly every week or month with the same commitment to candidates that are listening and help AmeriPAC give the maximum support we can to every candidate that will pledge to take back America," a typical pitch goes.

But despite promises to spend donor money on conservative candidates, a review of AmeriPAC's campaign finance reports by TPMmuckraker shows the outfit has used just $1,300 on campaign-related spending out of nearly $1.3 million raised in the 2010 election cycle. Meanwhile, about 85 percent of the money -- which was raised in $20, $50, and $100 dollar increments from individuals around the U.S. -- has gone back into fundraising expenses, with nearly $1 million going to a single Pennsylvania-based email marketing firm with a history of controversy.

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