CLOSE Skip in Skip x Embed x Share Sarah Palin is not laughing about the very NSFW Twitter rant Azealia Banks went on Monday in which she said that the former Alaska governor should be sexually assaulted. According to People, Palin is planning to sue. USA TODAY 
 
 Why are Sarah Palin and Azealia Banks fighting? (Photo: Cliff Owen/AP, Cassandra Hannagan, Getty Images) 
 
 This week's NSFW Twitter fight is brought to you by Sarah Palin and Azealia Banks. 
 
 Update: After Palin refused to accept Banks' apology and threatened to sue, the rapper fired back on Twitter with an incestuous trailer park joke about the Alaskan governor-turned-TV personality's family. 
 
 Why are they fighting, you ask? Let's rewind. 
 
 Their Twitter rumble all started with a satirical news article from Newslo.com on March 31 that Banks seems to have believed was real; it jokingly quoted Palin telling an Alaska newspaper that African Americans "enjoyed" being slaves. 
 
 That set Banks, an outspoken reparations advocate for African-Americans, off into a heated tweetstorm. The rapper issued missives that can't be reprinted here, but the implications included that Palin should be raped by a gang of black men. 
 
 Later, likely when Banks realized the original article was fake, she deleted the graphic tweets (Media Research Center captured them and Breitbart has them here), and said simply, "I can't." 
 
 Palin, 52, responded Tuesday morning on Twitter and Facebook. 
 
 "Hey Female Rapper," Palin addressed Banks in a post. "Listen up, little darling. No one has any idea what you're wigging out about in these bizarre, violent rants against me, but you're obviously not exercising enough intelligence to acknowledge you've been sucked into believing some fake interview in which I supposedly offered comments representing the antithesis of my truth." 
 
 Palin went on to encourage Banks to use her platform for social good, while promising to "go through my young daughter's playlist to make sure there hasn't been any inadvertent addition of any anti-woman, pro-rape garbage that you seem to endorse." 
 
 On Tuesday Banks was still tweeting about Palin, including this Saturday Night Live sketch starring Tina Fey. 
 
 Banks' latest rant joins a long list of feuds, fights and controversial statements begun by the young rapper, 24. Last fall she declared gay men are "like the KKK" before deleting the tweet, and was caught on video having a tantrum on a Delta airplane. In December she was arrested outside an NYC nightclub. 
 
 Recently, she declared she's voting for Donald Trump, because "Donald trump is evil like America is evil and in order for America to keep up with itself it needs him." Apparently voting for Trump is the one thing Banks and Palin have in common. 
 
 Update: Banks apologized to Palin – sort of – in an open letter via Tumblr later Tuesday. 
 
 "In my honest defense, i was completely kidding. I happen to have a really crass, New-York-City sense of humor," wrote Banks, in a meandering apology that attempted to define Palin's “je ne sais quoi," aimed for solidarity against "censorship" and clarified that her "joke" tweets referred to group sex "NOT" rape. 
 
 Then, in a kicker to her "sincerest" apology, Banks added: "If Bristol Palin listened to my music she probably wouldn’t have all those (expletive) kids!!!" 
 
 So, feud over? Doubtful. 
 
 The Sarah Palin page in history will be condensed to a footnote in the Azealia Banks chapter. Well behaved women seldom make history. — AZEALIABANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) April 5, 2016 
 
 For one thing, Palin isn't letting it go. She issued a statement to People that she will take legal action against Banks "on behalf of all reasonable women of every age, race and political leaning." 
 
 
 
 She said she's fed up with "unanswered threats and attacks against my family and me." 
 
 "So, for the first time I'm going to enjoy the only retribution some protected 'celebrities' seem to understand – I'm suing Azealia Banks and can't wait to share my winnings with others who have gone defenseless against lies and dangerous attacks far too long." 
 
 She said she was taking a stand against "problems like Azealia's mouth" and the "double standards that result in her actually being rewarded for her divisive tactics and aggressively inciting violence." 
 
 If a white girl had said what Banks said, Palin charged, "the screams for the entire white population's head would be louder than the nonsensical rap that Azealia spews all the way to the bank." 
 
 So no more just accepting lies and threats, Palin stormed. 
 
 "I think this time I don't just sit back and swallow it, but put the fear of God in her by holding her accountable. As many of you have for years implored me to do, I'm finally going to sue." 
 
 Details about how and when and where are still up in the air. 
 
 Read or Share this story: http://usat.ly/1MQvd4b ||||| Azealia Banks, the rapper known for calling paparazzi “f**gots” and demanding $100 trillion in slavery reparations, is calling for former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be raped by a group of black men. 
 
 In a series of now-deleted tweets, Banks stated Palin “needs” to be gang raped and forced to perform oral sex on men [Warning: Graphic content]: 
 
 Banks wrote the rape should be filmed and uploaded to the website WorldStarHipHop, known for its graphic depictions of violence. 
 
 Within minutes after posting the tweets, Banks deleted them and stated she simply “can’t.” 
 
 Banks presumably fell for the satire article circulating that asserts Palin said African-Americans willingly accepted slavery. 
 
 Banks has not issued an apology for saying Palin “needs” to be raped. 
 
 Banks’ remarks on Palin come days after she reiterated her support for Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump (who is also endorsed by Palin) and stated “minorities” have “nothing to show” for voting Democrat. 
 
 Banks’ new album, “Slay-Z,” was released on March 24. ||||| NOTE: We've posted the entire volume of 24,199 emails that Sarah Palin sent or received as governor in a series of large, downloadable files you can read here. The New York Times and msnbc.com have also made the emails available on their websites. 
 
 The state released the emails today as printed pages. The records begin when Palin took office in December 2006 and run through the fall of 2008, when she was a candidate for vice president (and media organizations requested them). 
 
 We've posted a who's who in the emails and want to hear what you're finding interesting. Email us at emails@adn.com with the details. 
 
 Daily News reporters reviewed a sampling of the emails throughout the day. Our notes: 
 
 Sarah, it's Lance 
 
 From Kyle Hopkins in Anchorage, 11:30 a.m., Saturday -- 
 
 From: Lance Mackey 
 
 Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 7:59 PM 
 
 To: Governor Sarah Palin 
 
 Subject: RE: Other 
 
 Iditarod is closing in and still wondering if you are interested in riding my 2nd sled out of Anchorage? 
 
 The other option is an Iditarider which rides in the sled but is chosen by the highest bidder.all proceeds go to Iditarod. Please let us know ASAP and we can get into specifics or I can choose some one other than yourself If you are unable. 
 
 Lance 
 
 From: Governor Sarah Palin (GOV sponsored) 
 
 Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 6:11 AM 
 
 To: Lance Mackey 
 
 Subject: RE: Other 
 
 Thank you for writing to Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. The concerns, opinions, and/or information you have sent are important and valuable to the Governor. Although she is unable to respond to each and every email herself, your message has been received and is being reviewed by the appropriate staff person in this office who can best address your need, suggestion, or comment. 
 
 "Play Tina Fey" 
 
 From Kyle Hopkins in Anchorage, 6:45 p.m. -- 
 
 Pat Galvin to Palin on Sept. 16: Subject: "Tina Fey." 
 
 "My suggestion is you offer to go on SNL and play Tina Fey, and you interview her as she plays you," Galvin says. This advice seems unsolicited. 
 
 Haters and well-wishers 
 
 From Kyle Hopkins in Anchorage, 6:45 p.m. -- 
 
 I've been going through the very last emails of the bunch, from the fall of 2008. This is post-fame Palin, and the messages reveal a little about what life was like in the governor's office after Palin had become a political rock star. 
 
 Haters and well-wishers e-mailed the official governor's account, seemingly in equal measure. Some called for Palin to be shot from a plane like an Alaska wolf. A Juneau woman decried the first dude's increasing role in state government. Others asked Palin to support charity runs or hold fund-raisers in their home states. 
 
 -- On Sept. 20, someone claiming to be a Wikipedia editor asked for a high-quality photo of Palin. The governor's office turned him down. "Any request that is any way campaign or partisan-related must be directed to the appropriate campaign," wrote communications director Kate Morgan. 
 
 -- On Sept. 17, Mike Nizich e-mailed to say that Rex Tillerson, CEO of Exxon Mobil, hoped to met Palin the following month in Dallas. 
 
 -- On Sept. 15, a woman from Utah writes to say that she's an old aquaintance. Their kids used to go to elementary school together at Iditarod Elementary. Plus, like Track, her son is in the military. The woman's 17-year-old daughter "finds herself in the same predicament as Bristol." 
 
 "I hope you don’t mind if I feel I can (identify) with you in some small way," she writes. 
 
 -- On Sept. 15, Pat Galvin writes that the national media have suddenly discovered AGIA "and they WANT it to be wrong somehow." 
 
 "First, the New York Times wrote that the gasline is no sure thing, quoting Bert and Lyda as recent converts against it ("We're shocked that TC demands $500 million from the statel"), acting as if you had said the gas was practically flowing right now. Recently, we hear that a Newsweek reporter wants to "blow the lid" oli' the real story that everybody knows we'll never get through Canada, and AGIA was all a ruse to get you to the White House." 
 
 "Holy cow," Palin replies the next morning. "Thank you guys for continuing to get the truth out! And Meg can help." 
 
 -- On Sept. 12, Barbara Dewberry of Dallas, Texas, writes that she was visiting Alaska and overheard Jay Ramras talking about Palin at the Snow City Cafe. "We said hello and asked if you were in town and that we loved you - wanted you to come to TX. He said you were not 
 
 smart and were dangerous." 
 
 What's NOT being released 
 
 From David Hulen in Anchorage, 1:25 p.m. -- 
 
 Hundreds of Palin emails are not being released, with various reasons cited by the state. Here are spreadsheets of what were withheld or redacted posted by msnbc.com. It's a big file. 
 
 Palin on Don Young: "I don't want to get chewed out by him yet again again" 
 
 From Richard Mauer in Anchorage, 12:20 pm. -- 
 
 Here's an email that touches on Sarah Palin's difficult relationship with Rep. Don Young and her apparent weakness in dealing with him. 
 
 On Sept. 16, 2008, about three weeks after she was selected as John McCain's running mate. Chief of staff Mike Nizich tells Palin that Young wants a call from her. Palin responds: "Pls find out what it's about. I don't want to get chewed out by him yet again again, I'm not up for that." 
 
 Ghost-writing letter to editor 
 
 From Kyle Hopkins in Anchroage, 11:35 a.m. -- 
 
 In another example Palin’s effort to counter-punch criticism in the media, she ghost-wrote a letter to the editor – quoting herself – that would reply to a complaint that Palin had failed to appear at the 2008 Miss Alaska pageant. 
 
 In the July 26th, 2008 note to Frank Bailey, Kris Perry and Rosanne Hughes, Palin drafted a letter to the paper and asks her aides to find someone to send it to the Daily News under his or her name: 
 
 Palin writes: 
 
 “I’m looking for someone to correct the letter writer’s goofy comments, but don’t want the letter to ADN in response to come from me.” 
 
 Palin then provides her aides a draft of the letter: 
 
 “Dear Editor: To address Judi Spry’s Anchorage Daily News letter-to the editor on July 26 asking where the governor was during this year’s Miss Alaska Pageant: 
 
 First, when I asked Gov. Palin if she was ever Miss Alaska (as Ms. Spry stated), our Governor replied, “Nope, a mere “Miss Congeniality”, one of the runner-up sashes, and much-needed college scholarships were my wins as a participant in that scholarship program, about 100 years ago it seems now.’” 
 
 Palin tells her staff she wants the letter to argue that she didn’t blow off the pageant because of a “lack of support” for the event, but in order to keep a commitment to travel to Fairbanks to meet with U.S. Congressmen who were touring ANWR. 
 
 Palin aide Ivy Frye replied to the e-mail later that day, suggesting Palin friend Kristan Cole could send the letter. 
 
 “Kristan Cole would be perfect as she knows the pageant world but also she knows how busy you and Todd are. I’ll touch base w her today, and Frank too to make sure we’re sending variations and not duplicates of this letter,” Frye wrote. 
 
 “Also, we’re rallying the troops re: letters for dps and agia. Phil Schneider’s should run this wkend,” Frye added. 
 
 A few days later, on Aug. 2, a letter appeared in the paper attributed to Hughes, Palin's director of "external communications." It paraphrased some of the same points that Palin made in her e-mail, but did not include the quote. 
 
 Palin on blog commenter: "Our security guys should check into her..." 
 
 From Sean Cockerham in Juneau, 11:10 a.m. -- 
 
 Palin seemed to be particularly sensitive to the comments posted on the Anchorage Daily News politics blog, at one point asking that her security team check out one of the most critical commentators. 
 
 Palin wrote her staff on July 9, 2008 about comments posted on the ADN by Sherry Whitstine of Wasilla. 
 
 “I think our security guys should check into her because the times she’s blogged about Todd’s schedule and what we drive have really infringed on our privacy rights and potential safety when psychos know when Todd’s out of town,” she wrote. 
 
 Where to read the emails as they're posted 
 
 From David Hulen in Anchorage, 10:30 a.m. -- 
 
 In addition to the links I posted earlier below, msnbc,.com now has a searchable archive of 500+ pages (out of 24,199) up online. 
 
 The Washington Post has posted a searchable PDF of roughly the first two months of Palin's governorship - December 2006 through most of February 2007. 
 
 Again, we want to hear from you about you're finding interesting as you read through these. Email us at emails@adn.com with the details. 
 
 "Now. About the blogs..." 
 
 From Sean Cockerham in Juneau, 10: 20 a.m. – 
 
 The emails show Palin and her team obsessive about countering criticism of the governor. One example, from April 24, 2008, is an email from Palin communications director Roseanne Hughes to the top members of the governor’s staff. 
 
 “Now. About the blogs. As you know, our boss is getting pounded. Let’s take action. TODAY. 
 
 Frank and Ivy, if you could get the word out to your contacts – grassroots supporters who love our boss – we need to get them out there FLOODING that Anchorage Daily News Alaska politics blog. I mean FLOODING. 
 
 She then offered ideas of what people could say, including “Quoting Newt Gingrich that Governor Palin is one of the most aggressive reformers in the country.”' 
 
 Per diem 
 
 From Sean Cockerham in Juneau 10:10 a.m. -- 
 
 Another email string shows Palin chief of staff Mike Nizich giving Palin advice in how to handle the issue of her taking state per diem for nights she spent in her own home. 
 
 This email, sent to a personal account of sp@hslak, was from Sept. 11, 2008, as Palin was running for vice president. 
 
 It includes talking points like “State of Alaska rented an apartment in Anchorage for Governor Murkowski” and “Governor Murkowski’s travel in 2006 totaled $525,392.” 
 
 It also said that Palin prefers to driver herself, “no chauffeur” and that Palin does not travel with an entourage. 
 
 “Just some info we have used to counter comments on the per diem issue,” he wrote to Palin. 
 
 Tell us what you're finding in the emails 
 
 From David Hulen in Anchorage, 10:05 a.m. -- 
 
 It looks like the New York Times has a partial easily searchable archive of emails up online now. it covers nine days, with new material being added. The Huffington Post also has some emails posted. 
 
 Readers: As you're going through the documents, we want to hear what you're finding interesting or newsworthy. Email us at emails@adn.com with as many specifics as possible. 
 
 A list of the emails withheld from release has been scanned and posted by msnbc.com. It's a big pdf. 
 
 "This is of course ridiculous." 
 
 From Sean Cockerham in Juneau, 9:50 a.m. -- 
 
 I’ve just started going through the 24,199 pages of Sarah Palin’s emails. One, from July 3, 2008, has Palin expressing incredulity that the Daily News is working on a story about the state paying for her daughter, Piper, to come with her to an event in Barrow, 
 
 “Huh? Is he writing a story on the First Family’s invitation to attend a native celebration? The state bought one, one-way ticket for only one other member of the First Family (only the return flt,) as not all 7 of us attended of course. 
 
 …And we didnt even spend the night so no hotel! And my travel is ¼ what Murk’s was, despite having a large family that’s always invited to all these Alaskan first family events,” Palin wrote her top staffers from her gov.sarah@yahoo.com private email account. 
 
 Someone with the email account ftb907@yahoo.com wrote back (might be Palin aide Frank Bailey) Comparing Murki’s travel is key here. 
 
 “Also I bet Kris could get Mayor Itta or someone to indicate the desire and/or specific request from the community of Barrow for the whole family This is of course ridiculous. The community of Barrow was elated that you and Piper visited,” the person wrote. 
 
 "The emails detail a Governor hard at work. Everyone should read them." 
 
 Update, 9: 05 a.m.: 
 
 This from the Palin camp: 
 
 Statement on email release by Tim Crawford, Sarah PAC Treasurer. 
 
 "The thousands upon thousands of emails released today show a very engaged Governor Sarah Palin being the CEO of her state. The emails detail a Governor hard at work. Everyone should read them." 
 
 Released 
 
 From Sean Cockerham in Juneau, 9:02 a.m. -- 
 
 We picked up our set of the documents and are headed to the airport. The whole things seems to be going off without a hitch so far. 
 
 Palin emails to be released this morning 
 
 Original post: 
 
 From Sean Cockerham in Juneau, 7:19 a.m. -- 
 
 In less than two hours the state will be handing over 24,199 printed pages of emails that Sarah Palin sent or received as governor, a massive trove that has the potential to give insight into how she governed Alaska before vaulting to celebrity. 
 
 I’m in Juneau to pick up the boxes of emails being released under public records requests made by more than a dozen media outlets, including the ADN. The document release has attracted intense media attention, with network television crews and reporters from the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN and other outlets descending on Juneau to pick up their boxes. 
 
 Media organizations are recruiting volunteers from the public to help them sort through the enormous stack of emails, and going to convoluted lengths to figure out how to get them all scanned and posted up on their websites ASAP. 
 
 We're inviting readers to share what they're finding newsworthy or interesting (or not) as they read the documents later today. Let us know what you're seeing that's interesting at emails@adn.com 
 
 It’s not clear just what all this effort is going to reveal. The emails being released cover from when Palin took office at the end of 2006 until the end of September 2008, the heat of the vice presidential campaign. What they don’t cover are the tumultuous final months of Palin’s term, when she returned to Alaska after the McCain-Palin loss until her abrupt resignation in July 2009. 
 
 Other records requests have been filed for those emails, the state isn’t saying when they’ll be released. 
 
 The state is withholding more than 2,000 pages of Palin’s 2006-2008 emails, having deemed them private, personal or otherwise exempt from Alaska’s public disclosure law. The state’s lawyers made recommendations for what to withhold and the final decision was made by the governor’s office, which includes holdovers from the Palin administration. A set of the emails to be released was also previously sent for review to Palin’s lawyer, John Tiemessen of Fairbanks. The state says the Palin team made no requests to redact or withhold any of those records. 
 
 It’s also questionable if the state even has all of Palin’s emails. Palin did state business using her private yahoo account. The state has sought to retrieve those records, but it’s not clear how many of them remain outside of the public’s view. 
 
 But with Palin coming off her East Coast bus tour and flirting with the idea of running for president, the interest is enormous in whatever she had to say. For Alaskans, the release also has the potential of giving insight into how their governor and state government did the public’s work. 
 
 Our plan is to get our six boxes of emails as soon as they are released and use a hand truck to bring them to the Juneau airport. I’ll start going through them while waiting for the next flight to Anchorage, scheduled to leave at 12:20 p.m. 
 
 I’ll try to blog and post photos of what I see, although I’ll only be able to get a taste of what’s in the emails before we need to check the boxes for the flight to Anchorage. Once in Anchorage, though, the plan is to have a local document firm scan them into electronic form so we can post them for the public on adn.com starting later in the afternoon. 
 
 We plan to by Saturday have them up in searchable form, allowing readers to narrow their look at the huge email archive into topics, whether they’re interested in how Palin dealt with the oil companies, or what she had to say about specific issues or people during her time as governor.
– Sarah Palin is feuding with notoriously outspoken rapper Azealia Banks—and even some of the Alaskan's detractors say this time, she appears to be in the right. Palin has threatened to sue Banks over an NSFW Twitter rant—which was deleted but can be seen here—in which Banks suggests Palin should be gang-raped by black men. Palin tells People that she is suing "on behalf of all reasonable women of every age, race and political leaning." "I've had enough of the unanswered threats and attacks against my family and me," says Palin, who, in an earlier Facebook post, said she would go through her "young daughter's playlist to make sure there hasn't been any inadvertent addition of any anti-woman, pro-rape garbage." Banks appears to have gone on the attack after reading a satirical news article with a fake Palin quote about black people enjoying slavery, USA Today reports. The rapper later "apologized" in a rambling open letter posted on Tumblr. "I want to start this letter off by telling you that I actually, really like you," she said, going on to claim that she had only been kidding, and the language she used referred to group sex, not rape. "Woman to Woman, I hope you will accept my sincerest apology," she concluded, adding: "If Bristol Palin listened to my music she probably wouldn't have all those cotdamn kids!"