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April 7, 2011
McDonald's Gets Some McLove as Arizona Legislators Put the Kibosh on Happy Meal Bans; Bill Awaits Governor Jan Brewer's Approval
foundshit.com Have a McCrappy plastic toy too. The Arizona Legislature's had a busy couple of weeks -- Governor Jan Brewer signed a bill banning imaginary abortions and the state Senate's trying to make sure Arizonans can't vote a Kenyan into the White House -- and on Wednesday, the Legi ... More >>
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April 18, 2011
Jan Brewer Vetoes Humiliating "Birther Bill." Gov Finds Penis Descriptions Too Get on Ballot Goes to Far
Even Jan Brewer thinks it's nuts to make a candidate provide a description of his penis to run for president in Arizona.It pains us, but big props must go out to Governor Jan Brewer, who today vetoed one of the most ridiculous, conspiracy-based, purely symbolic pieces of legislative garbage to pa ... More >>
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April 19, 2011
Morning Poll: Is Governor Jan Brewer Getting Back to Her More-Moderate Roots?
Jan Brewer seems to be getting back to has did-ing what's right for Arizona.Yesterday, Governor Jan Brewer shocked everyone when she didn't cave to the state Legislature's right-wing crazies and vetoed three bills that were humiliating for Arizona/products of right-wing kookery.Brewer refused to ... More >>
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April 26, 2011
Morning Poll: Do Arizona Democrats Owe Jan Brewer a Thank You?
Jan Brewer "has did" the right thing by vetoing several ridiculous bills. The Arizona Republic thinks she's earned herself some gratitude from Democrats.Governor Jan Brewer went against the far-right-wing-nuts in her party last week and vetoed several bills -- including the humiliating "Birther B ... More >>
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April 27, 2011
Morning Poll: Is "Birther" Issue Leading U.S. Down a "Path of Destruction"
Governor Jan Brewer was on CNN Monday night where she told host John King that the "Birther" issue was "leading our country down a path of destruction."Frankly, we don't think the "Birthers" are capable of constructing their own tin-foil helmets, let alone destroying the entire country, so to mak ... More >>
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April 28, 2011
Gov. Jan Brewer Rejects Tax Bill Benefiting State Sen. Steve Yarbrough, Says Special Session May Be Necessary
Arizona LegislatureSelf-promotion is the law in Steve Yarbrough's perfect world.Jan Brewer again rejected a bill increasing the amount of money Arizona taxpayers can write off on their tax bill and give to private scholarship charities yesterday, denying Sen. Steve Yarbrough's second attempt ... More >>
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May 5, 2011
Governor Jan Brewer's Pretty Sure She Can Run for Third Term -- All She Has to Do is Ignore Arizona Constitution
Jan Brewer: Making it up as she goes alongGovernor Jan Brewer is trying to weasel her way into a third term as governor by calling the Arizona term-limit law "ambiguous" -- which is complete BS.Brewer is convinced that she can legally be governor for another term, even though the Arizona Constitu ... More >>
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May 5, 2011
Governor Jan Brewer's Spokesman Explains the Arizona Constitution Shouldn't Apply to Her in Running for Third Term
Jan Brewer: Making it up as she goes alongWhile Governor Jan Brewer is pretty sure she can run for a third term (which she can't), her camp is already cooking up some wild explanations to let it happen.Brewer's spokesman Matthew Benson tells New Times that folks inside the governor's office beli ... More >>
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May 25, 2011
Governor Brewer Fails to Defend Will of Voters in Attack on Medical Pot; Supports Enforcement of Federal Drugs Laws
Governor Jan Brewer is failing to stand up for Arizona's voters following the Arizona U.S. Attorney's threat to arrest participants of the state's new medical marijuana program. Governor Jan Brewer ought to just come out and admit it: She's thwarting the will of voters who approved Ari ... More >>
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May 26, 2011
Governor Brewer Can't Stop Medical Marijuana Under State Law; Qualified Patients Can Legally Possess Drug Without State Approval
Governor Jan Brewer hopes to derail Arizona's voter-approved medical marijuana law, but qualified patients can legally possess weed with or without state approval. The effort by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and state Attorney General Tom Horne to steamroll voters in their attempte ... More >>
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June 13, 2011
Jan Brewer's Special Session Adjourns Leaving 45,000 Arizonans in the Lurch
Brewer's "special session" was a major dudThe state Legislature recessed indefinitely today from its special session without making a minor change in state law that would allow some 45,000 jobless Arizonans to continue receiving unemployment checks.Around 15,000 out-of-work Sand Landers will receive ... More >>
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June 28, 2011
Morning Poll: Is Arizona Better Off Without Matching Funds?
The United States Supreme Court yesterday ruled that the matching funds provision of Arizona's Clean Elections law is unconstitutional.The matching funds portion of the law was designed to give the little guy a fighting chance in state and local elections when faced against a candidate capable of ... More >>
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July 1, 2011
Governor Jan Brewer Says Feds' New Letter on Medical Pot Proves She Took "Proper Course of Action" in Derailing Dispensary Program
Governor Jan BrewerGovernor Jan Brewer believes that a "clarification" by the feds on medical-marijuana programs proves she took the "proper course of action" in halting the voter-approved dispensary program.Brewer and state Attorney General Tom Horne filed a declaratory judgment in federal ... More >>
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July 7, 2011
Amazon.com Plans for Fourth Facility Touted by Governor Brewer, State Revenue Department Says Company Cheats Tax Laws
Governor Jan Brewer today celebrates the arrival of Amazon.com's fourth major facility in Arizona today, yet the state's revenue department calls the company a tax cheat.Brewer and the online bookseller's representatives are touting the estimated 3,000 jobs created by the company's other thr ... More >>
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July 7, 2011
ACLU Asks Federal Judge to Dismiss Governor Brewer's Lawsuit Against Medical Marijuana Act
Governor Jan Brewer Governor Jan Brewer is using a supposed threat to state workers as a "pretext" for thwarting the will of voters, says the American Civil Liberties Union in a court action filed today.Lawyers for the ACLU's Arizona chapter and the Valley firm Gammage & Burnham, who repr ... More >>
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July 8, 2011
Governor Jan Brewer Holds Ceremonial Signing for Law Striking "Retarded" and "Crippled" From Statutes
Governor Jan Brewer held a ceremonial signing in her office on Thursday for a new law that strikes the "R-word" from state statutes.When it takes affect on September 30, the law will replace "mentally retarded," "retardation" and "crippled" in state code with gentler phrases like "children wi ... More >>
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July 20, 2011
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to Allow Marijuana Dispensaries as Governor Jan Brewer Keeps Thwarting Voters
Image: Office of NJ Governor Chris ChristieNew Jersey Governor Chris Christie says he'll allow medical marijuana dispensaries without federal approval. Meanwhile, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer keeps thwarting her state's voters.New Jersey Governor Chris Christie isn't scare of the feds anymore when ... More >>
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July 21, 2011
Governor Brewer to Police Chiefs: You Should Have Tried Harder to Stop "Dreadful" Medical Pot Law
Governor Jan Brewer, having halted the state's medical marijuana dispensary industry, laments that she and police chiefs didn't campaign hard enough against the new pot law before the November election. Governor Jan Brewer told the state's police chiefs today that they should have tried ... More >>
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August 1, 2011
Feds Want Court to Dismiss Jan Brewer's Lawsuit Against Medical Marijuana
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer's lawsuit against medical marijuana is on the ropes following today's motion to dismiss by the U.S. Justice Department. Arizona Governor Jan Brewer's lawsuit against the state's voter-approved medical marijuana law should be dismissed by the court, says the U.S. Ju ... More >>
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August 11, 2011
Morning Poll: Should Arizona Take SB1070 to the U.S. Supreme Court?
Governor Jan Brewer is appealing SB1070 to the U.S. Supreme Court. After a U.S. District Court judge stripped key provisions out of Arizona's SB1070 law, Governor Jan Brewer appealed. Like the district court, the Ninth Circuit Court found unconstitutional the parts of the law that a ... More >>
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September 2, 2011
Jan Brewer: Arizona Awarded GOP Presidential Debate. Gov Bails on Plan to Move Primary Date to January 31
According to Governor Jan Brewer, GOP presidential candidates will be coming to Arizona to debate.The debate, Brewer says, was awarded to the state by the Republican National Committee, and has apparently persuaded the governor to not seek a "louder voice" for Arizona nationally by moving the sta ... More >>
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October 6, 2011
Feds Target Property Owners of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries in California
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer right about medical marijuana? If the feds get away with shutting down the nationa's medical marijuana dispensary, it'd be hard to argue otherwise. The feds launched a new assault in their fight against medical marijuana today, threatening to seize the property of ... More >>
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October 18, 2011
Vice President Jan Brewer? The Arizona Republic Seems to Think it's Possible
James KingVice President Brewer? FML!Vice President Jan Brewer?If you just spit out your coffee, you can thank the Arizona Republic, which recently suggested the aforementioned absurd prophecy in one of its "Political Insider" posts.Check it out here.From the Republic:
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November 9, 2011
Rick Perry's Jan Brewer Debate Moment *VIDEO*
Rick Perry has did gone the route of Arizona Governor Jan Brewer when it comes to looking like a total idiot during a debate.Remember when Arizona Governor Jan Brewer had the most epic brain-fart in the history of public speaking during a televised debate last year (which in turn -- somehow -- ma ... More >>
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November 17, 2011
Jan Brewer DENIED: IRC Chair Colleen Mathis Reinstated
A scorpion has a higher IQ than this woman...Arizona Governor Jan Brewer's incompetent overreach of power in removing the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission's chairwoman Colleen Mathis -- one aided and abetted by former state Senate President Russell Pearce's "Tea Party Senate" -- has been ... More >>
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November 23, 2011
Jan Brewer BODY-SLAMMED by Arizona Supreme Court on Redistricting, Again
Governor of Screeching Overreach, Jan BrewerMan, this drama is getting moldier than a rerun of 21 Jump Street. This afternoon, the Arizona Supreme Court -- for the second time -- handed Governor Jan Brewer a big fat loss on her attempt to remove Colleen Mathis, chairwoman of the Arizona Indepen ... More >>
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December 1, 2011
Jan Brewer's Sniveling New Memoir Laughably Paints Her as a Tough-as-Nails Governor
Governor of Screeching Overreach, Jan BrewerMan, this drama is getting moldier than a rerun of 21 Jump Street. This afternoon, the Arizona Supreme Court -- for the second time -- handed Governor Jan Brewer a big fat loss on her attempt to remove Colleen Mathis, chairwoman of the Arizona Indepen ... More >>
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December 1, 2011
Jan Brewer's Arrogant Bull at ALEC's GOP-Corporate Love Fest
Brewer blowing smoke at ALEC attendees...I kept waiting for her nose to start sprouting. Because when you tell whoppers like Governor Jan Brewer did at the American Legislative Exchange Council's opening luncheon at the Westin Kierland Resort and Spa Wednesday, there really should be some Pinocchio- ... More >>
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December 7, 2011
Jan Brewer's Scorpion Lies, Part I
See any "screaming kids" chained to the state Capitol? Obviously, there's limited room in New Times' print edition to attack all the lies, myths, falsehoods, and half-truths promulgated by Governor Jan Brewer in her ghost-written memoir Scorpions for Breakfast. So there was no way for me ... More >>
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December 8, 2011
Jan Brewer Investigated by Feds Over Criminally Insane Son's Social Security Benefits
Governor Jan BrewerFederal authorities spent more than a year investigating Governor Jan Brewer's role in collecting Social Security benefits intended for her mentally ill son, Ronald, who currently is in a state hospital after being found not guilty by reason of insanity in 1990 on kidnapping an ... More >>
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December 12, 2011
Governor Brewer's Lawsuit Vs. Medical Marijuana Act Criticized by Federal Judge; Says State Must Choose Sides
U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton hammered Governor Jan Brewer's lawsuit against medical marijuana today in court. Bolton is also the judge in the SB 1070 case.Governor Jan Brewer's lawsuit against Arizona's medical marijuana law took a beating today in federal court, where a judge told the state' ... More >>
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December 15, 2011
Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, December 15th, 2011
U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton hammered Governor Jan Brewer's lawsuit against medical marijuana today in court. Bolton is also the judge in the SB 1070 case.Governor Jan Brewer's lawsuit against Arizona's medical marijuana law took a beating today in federal court, where a judge told the state' ... More >>
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December 29, 2011
Arizona Legislators Still Want Guns on College Campuses
www.zazzle.comArizona state legislators have redrafted legislation that would allow guns on college campuses, despite Governor Jan Brewer's vetoing of a similar bill earlier this year.The new bill is just a modified version of the old bill, which Brewer felt was too vague. However, after vetoing ... More >>
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January 4, 2012
Governor Brewer's Lawsuit Against Medical Marijuana Law Dismissed by Federal Judge
A federal judge today tossed Governor Jan Brewer's lawsuit against the state's Medical Marijuana Act, saying in her ruling that the state's complaint wasn't ripe.U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton dismissed the case without prejudice and invited the state to file an amended complaint to correc ... More >>
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January 4, 2012
Governor Brewer to Ponder Medical Marijuana Lawsuit Ruling While Keeping Her Ban on Dispensaries; Supporters of Law Praise Ruling
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer Governor Jan Brewer and her legal counsel will study today's dismissal of her lawsuit against the medical marijuana law while keeping a ban on dispensaries, a spokesman says.Brewer, with the help of state Attorney General Tom Horne, filed the federal complaint back ... More >>
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January 5, 2012
Governor Brewer to Refile Medical-Marijuana Lawsuit, Channel 12 Reporter Tweets
Brahm Resnik of Channel 12 News (KPNX-TV) just tweeted that Governor Jan Brewer "indicates she will refile lawsuit to block medical marijuana law."We called Brewer's communication office, but a woman there who answered the phone couldn't confirm that report. She suggested we call Matt Benson, ... More >>
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January 9, 2012
Jan Brewer's Back Gets Self-Inflicted Pat-Down During Gov's Third State of the State Address
In case you were wondering why Arizona hasn't fallen further into the depths of economic catastrophe, Governor Jan Brewer's got the answer: Governor Jan Brewer.This afternoon, in her third State of the State Address (her second since using an immigration bill to get herself elected) Governor Glug ... More >>
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January 10, 2012
Does Jan Brewer Deserve Credit For Arizona's Not Having a Complete Economic Meltdown?
Image: James KingJan Brewer: I saved Arizona.Governor Jan Brewer yesterday gave her third State of the State Address, during which she credited herself with taking "the helm" of the sinking ship that was Arizona's economy and saving the entire state.At least she's humble.See our post on Brewer's ... More >>
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January 10, 2012
Jan Brewer Brags About Keeping Campaign Promise (Set to Chris Rock's "Black People Vs. Niggaz")
In Governor Jan Brewer's State of the State Address yesterday, she bragged about her plan to do something that apparently is unusual for a politician: keeping a campaign promiseTo quote comedian Chris Rock, "you're supposed to, you dumb motherfucker!"
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January 18, 2012
Judge Orders Arizona to Implement Medical Marijuana Act, Tosses Out Four Rules for Dispensary Applicants
Arizona needs to start up the 2010 Medical Marijuana Act as voters intended, but without several of the rules designed to restrict dispensary applicants, a judge has ordered.Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Richard Gama ruled on the Compassion First, LLC, lawsuit yesterday, noting that voters ... More >>
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January 24, 2012
Arizona Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Likely to be Open This Summer, State Official Says
The first medical-marijuana dispensaries could be open as soon as July, says Will Humble, director of the state Department of Health Services. The first state-authorized medical marijuana dispensaries will likely open in Arizona this summer, said Will Humble, director of the state Department ... More >>
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January 25, 2012
Barack Obama Was In Phoenix Today -- And Jan Brewer Had to Make a Scene
Sierra for ArizonaArizona said goodbye to the wrong elected official today.Leave it to Jan Brewer to humiliate Arizona -- yet again...President Barack Obama was in town today to tour an Intel factory getting built in Chandler -- and it took Brewer all of five seconds to make a goddamned scene.A s ... More >>
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January 25, 2012
Governor Jan Brewer Leading By Example: No Wonder Phoenix/Scottsdale Rank High on List of America's Rudest Cities
As we noted yesterday, Phoenix/Scottsdale ranked among the top 10 rudest cities in America, according to surveys by Travel Leisure magazine. On Wednesday, our fine Arizona Governor Jan Brewer "has did" all she "could did" during an Arizona visit by President Barack Obama to live up to the reputa ... More >>
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January 26, 2012
Jan Brewer's Blowup On Barack Obama: Political Theatrics, Or Jan Bein' Jan?
APJan Brewer's finger: complete lack of respect for the office of the United States president, or a great photo-op for a far-right-wing-nut politician?Anyone with any respect for what the office of the president of the United States represents should take one look at the above photo of Governor J ... More >>
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January 27, 2012
Jan Brewer/Barack Obama Finger-Gate: Was it "Overblown?"
The White House is downplaying the embarrassing scene that unfolded on the tarmac at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport on Wednesday, when Governor Jan Brewer was photographed sticking her finger in the face of President Barack Obama as the two (according to Brewer, anyway) disagreed on Brewer's accoun ... More >>
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January 27, 2012
Jan Brewer's Letter to Barack Obama: We Got the Rough Draft (Kinda)
Governor Jan Brewer yesterday released a copy of the letter she handed to President Barack Obama on Wednesday as the two argued on the tarmac at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport.Initially, Brewer refused to release the letter.Regardless, New Times has come into possession of not only the letter the g ... More >>
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January 30, 2012
Best Reader Caption For Photo of Jan Brewer Humiliating Arizona?
APYour caption here.Last week, we asked our readers to come up with their own captions for the above photo of Governor Jan Brewer humiliating Arizona (yet again) for this week's New Times You Write the Caption contest. Brewer, as you know, stuck her finger in the face of President Barack Obama as ... More >>
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January 30, 2012
Jan Brewer's Already Whoring Out Obama Finger-Gate Photo to Raise Money
www.janpac.comJan Brewer (sigh)...For a lot of Arizonans, the photo taken last week of Governor Jan Brewer sticking her finger in the face of President Barack Obama was humiliating. If you're like us, you spent the past several days explaining to out-of-state friends that not everyone in Arizona ... More >>
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February 2, 2012
Paul Babeu: Look at Me! Look at Me! Jan Brewer Stuck Her Finger In My Face, Too!
Pinal County Sheriff's OfficeJan Brewer's finger is getting way too much attention these days.Fox News host/Governor Jan Brewer's BFF Greta Van Susteren broadcasted a photo last night of the governor sticking her finger in the face of Pinal County Sheriff/Congressional candidate Paul Babeu.Brewer ... More >>
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February 3, 2012
Jan Brewer, Umm, Fingering Paul Babeu (and Greta Van Susteren Yuckin' it Up) in You Write the Caption
Pinal County Sheriff's OfficeYour caption here.By popular demand, we submit to you the above photo of Governor Jan Brewer fingering Pinal County Sheriff/Congressional candidate Paul Babeu for this week's New Times You Write the Caption contest.Adding to the fun is the (ahem) hil-arious caption ad ... More >>
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