• SMALL TOWN VALUES: The “other” grandmother of little Tripp Von Axl Dump Truck Johnston, Ms. Sherry Johnston, entered a “not guilty” plea for that drug thing at an Alaska court today, without friends or family but with a public defender because no one would help her get a private attorney. Sorry Sherry! Levi’s a Palin now, so you’re on your own. [ADN/McClatchy]

As approximately 15 bajillion tipsters have excitedly emailed us, Sarah Palin’s daughter’s soon-to-be-baby-daddy’s mom has been arrested for something having to do with drugs. On the one hand, this is totally non-news, because trashy white ladies get arrested every day for — well, whatever Sherry Johnston was arrested for, nobody’s saying. Dealing pot? Cooking meth? Secretly growing a glorious garden of opium poppies in her back yard in scenic Wasilla, home to the world’s largest collection of dumpsters and gravel pits? MORE »