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 account of a past meeting…
Congressman Jeff Flake may be the poorest member of Arizona’s Congressional delegation, and he may have flaked on his support of comprehensive immigration reform, but he’s still a standup guy — a class act from whom other Arizona politicos (we won’t name names…just kidding — specifically, Governor Jan Brewer) could…
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 Jan Brewer sticking her finger in the face of this country’s commander in chief and say “who the f**k do you think you are,…
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 reputation…
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 scene that has now gone viral — which was likely…
Gabrielle Giffords formally resigned from Congress this morning in an emotional goodbye that brought tears to the eyes of several lawmakers present — including, of course, House Speaker John Boehner.While holding Congressman Jeff Flake’s hand, Giffords listened on as Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz read her letter of resignation to…
If you didn’t get an O-boner from President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech last night, you probably didn’t watch it.Per usual, the president killed it — the man’s got a gift for gab.Unfortunately, talking about doing things doesn’t get things done.For example: his comments on comprehensive immigration reform…
Congratulations to the New Times reader who goes by the handle MGH, you are the proud winner of this week’s New Times You Write the Caption contest.On Friday, we asked readers to provide what they think would be an appropriate caption for the above photo of Congressional candidate “Marlboro Macho…
Arizona Congressman Trent Franks yesterday introduced a bill into Congress that would dictate when women in Washington D.C. are allowed to end a pregnancy.The rest of the country’s allowed to make its own rules, but thanks to the U.S. Constitution, Franks and his Congressional cronies have a say when it…
Fagala-phobic abortion bully Trent Franks today introduced a bill into Congress that, if it becomes law, would dictate when people in Washington D.C. are allowed to end a pregnancy.Franks, just to be clear, is a congressman from Arizona — but that’s not stopping him from playing morality cop in Washington…
Republican state Representative Judy Burges has a new title: state Senator Judy Burges.Burges was chosen this morning by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors to fill the state Senate seat made vacant when former Senator Scott Bundgaard.Bundgaard, as you know, called it quits just minutes before he was scheduled to…
Last week, we asked readers to come up with their own captions for the above photo of Congressional candidate “Marlboro Macho Man” Matt Salmon’s transformation from lobbyist to cowboy for this week’s New Times You Write the Caption contest.The photo was taken a couple of weeks ago when Salmon headed…
Tom Ryan, the crusading Chandler attorney who in 2011 exposed the shenanigans behind the diversionary candidacy of Russell Pearce’s fave Latina Olivia Cortes, is calling foul on news that Cortes-attorney Anthony Tsontakis has just scored a plum gig working as a legal beagle for the Republican-led state Legislature.Tsontakis defended the…
A U.S. Border Patrol agent and a corrections officer with the Arizona Department of Correction were arrested yesterday on charges that they helped a drug trafficking organization (DTO) smuggle drugs into the United States.Ivhan Herrera-Chiang, 29, a U.S. Border Patrol agent stationed in Yuma, and Michael Lopez-Garcia, 28, a corrections…
Former Congressman Matt Salmon wants to be a congressman again. He’s currently running in District 6 — and apparently is in the process of transforming from lobbyist to cowboy to appeal to the District’s far-right-wing electorate as he fights his way through a GOP primary with former Arizona House Speaker…
Fagala-phobic Arizona Congressman Trent Franks is obnoxiously conservative. Aside from thinking race/gender-based abortions are a legitimate problem in the United States (which it’s not), he thinks letting gay people tie the knot “literally is a threat to the nation’s survival” because it threatens the sanctity of traditional marriage.Cheating on your…
Get ready, Arizona: another John McCain-esque “build the danged fence” campaign ad is apparently on the horizon –this time, compliments of Congressional candidate Matt Salmon.GOP sources tell New Times Salmon headed down to the border last week to shoot an ad for his District 6 Congressional campaign. Apparently, he found…
President Barack Obama will be in Arizona on January 25 as part of a five-state swing across states Democrats feel are in play for the president in this year’s election.During his three-day, post-State of the Union trip, Obama also will visit Michigan, Colorado, Iowa, and Nevada — all states Dems…
As you may know, the Internet is “on strike” today. Well, not the entire Internet — just Wikipedia. Several other big-name, high-traffic websites — including Google and Craigslist — have “blacked out” their websites today in protest of a bill currently making its way through Congress that they say would…
State Senate Minority Leader David Schapira, a Democrat, announced yesterday that he’s running for Congress in Arizona’s newly formed District 9.Much to the minority leader’s chagrin, we’re sure, he’s not the only lefty with his eye on the seat — former state Senator Kyrsten Sinema also has announced that she…
As predicted, former state Senator Kyrsten Sinema’s not the only Democrat with her eye on Arizona’s new Congressional seat — this morning, state Senate Minority Leader David Schapira announced that he, too, will run in Arizona’s newly formed 9th Congressional district.Schapira’s announcement isn’t exactly a surprise to those familiar with…
There’s good news and bad news…The good news: the Scott Bundgaard freeway fight fiasco is finally over. The bad news: he might be replaced by state Representative Judy Burges — one of the first sponsors of Arizona’s humiliating “Birther Bill,” and the author of the “I didn’t pay enough fund”…
