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  • Blogs

    May 14, 2012

    Ron Paul Ends Campaign: Who Wins The Pot Vote?

    It's being widely reported today--including right here on Navel Gazing, like one minute ago--that Ron Paul is bowing out of the 2012 presidential race, or more accurately, ceasing any campaigning in states that have yet to hold their Republican Party primary elections.This is not good news for peopl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2011

    Rep. Dana Rohrabacher's Wife Took 50% of Congressional Campaign Contributions

    Rohrabacher: Campaign contributions land in family bank account​Costa Mesa Congressman Dana Rohrabacher gave his wife more than 50 percent of the campaign contributions he raised mostly from corporate sources during July, August and September, according to recently filed records at the Federal Ele ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2011

    Scott Evans DeKraai, Mass Killer Suspect, is a Darling of the Tea Party and Divorced Dads Rights Groups

    ​Scott Evans Dekraai, the 41-year-old Huntington Beach man held without bail for last week's mass killing spree in a Seal Beach salon, is a teabagger. This license-plate frame at right was on Dekraai's Toyota SUV, proving that he was a proud member of the gun-lovin', tax-hatin', gubment-despisin' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    Dave Gilliard, OC Sheriff's Adviser, Caught in "Shady" $840,000 Scheme

    ​Dan Morain, one of the true jewels of mainstream journalism in California, has tied a key campaign adviser to Sheriff Sandra Hutchens, Congressman Ed Royce and state Assemblyman Jim Silva to a "shady" effort to smear Sen. Barbara Boxer in the 2010 election.Veteran political consultant Dave Gillia ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    Dave Gilliard Defends Secret, Anti-Barbara Boxer Campaign

    ​This morning I posted a brief story linking to Sacramento Bee coverage of a secretive, 2010 campaign effort against Sen. Barbara Boxer, and my post has been protested by a participant as inaccurate.Here's the background: According to the Bee's Dan Morain, a group called Taxpayer Network raised an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2011

    Help Feed Dana Rohrabacher's Family Today

    Dana: Fighting for his own free lunch and having fun!​In the last 32 days of 2010, Dana Rohrabacher's congressional campaign committee raised $3,400 and his wife, Rhonda, took $5,387 from it for the family under the theory that she is her husband's campaign manager, according to the Federal Electi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2010

    Van Tran Filed Inaccurate Pre-Election Disclosure Reports

    Tran: Oops​In his energetic but losing attempt to unseat Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, Little Saigon state Assemblyman Van Tran under reported pre-election money pouring into his campaign, according to amended financial disclosure reports filed at the Federal Election Commission (FEC).Size of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2009

    Loretta Sanchez-Sarah Palin Fashion Smackdown!

    News item: The Federal Election Commission says Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (D-Garden Grove) improperly used campaign money to buy new clothes, bringing to mind the flap last year when it was discovered the Republican National Committee spent more than $150,000 on designer clothing and accesso ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2009

    Loretta Sanchez Fashion-Off With Sarah Palin Draws Response From Congresswoman's Chief of Staff

    Courtesy Rep. Loretta Sanchez's Office The congresswoman presses the flesh at Little Saigon's Tet Festival. For years and years and years--beginning long before most of you were born--Clockwork has taken potshots at Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Garden Grove). For that, this wind-up Cra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2009

    Ex-Orange County Democratic Party Boss Charged in Extortion Plot

    ToledanoJim Toledano, the 65-year-old former chairman of the Orange County Democratic Party and a three-time losing state assembly candidate, has been charged with two felony counts in an alleged $350,000 extortion plot, according to prosecutors.Also charged in the case is Toledano-client Michael E ... More >>

  • News

    February 12, 2009

    [Moxley Confidential] DA Tony Rackauckas Wins Civil Suit, Does Not Cry

    ToledanoJim Toledano, the 65-year-old former chairman of the Orange County Democratic Party and a three-time losing state assembly candidate, has been charged with two felony counts in an alleged $350,000 extortion plot, according to prosecutors.Also charged in the case is Toledano-client Michael E ... More >>

  • News

    November 13, 2008

    Longtime OC GOP Legislator Ross Johnson Finds New Life As a Campaign-Finance Watchdog in Sacramento

    ToledanoJim Toledano, the 65-year-old former chairman of the Orange County Democratic Party and a three-time losing state assembly candidate, has been charged with two felony counts in an alleged $350,000 extortion plot, according to prosecutors.Also charged in the case is Toledano-client Michael E ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2008

    Sexploitation Producer, Rocker Among Those Who Flood Rohrabacher Coffers

    Dana Rohrabacher, Vietnam War, combat duty, House of Representatives, Huntington Beach, Wall Street, PACs, Debbie Cook, Sammy Hagar, Sierra Club, oil drilling, California, Robert F. Kennedy, assassination, R. Scott Moxley, OC Weekly, presidential candidate, Los Angeles hotel, Lloyd Kaufman, NSA

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2008

    Once Term Limits Champ, Rohrabacher Wants 11th Term in D.C.

    Early in his political career, Dana Rohrabacher hailed himself as a term-limits champion for federal politicians and spoke passionately about the inherent evils of one person staying in power for an extended period of time. Fast-forward 20 years: Rohrabacher, the conservative Republican seeking an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2008

    Women Beater Aids Steve Young's Campaign?

    Relax. It's not what it seems. New campaign-finance disclosure reports filed today in Washington, D.C., show that Irvine attorney Steve Young, a Democrat, has collected an impressive amount of contributions in his uphill bid to unseat Representative John Campbell. Included in the $64,555 Young ( ... More >>

  • News

    September 18, 2008

    Surf City Mayor Debbie Cook Takes on Dana Rohrabacher, OC's Weirdest Republican Congressman

    Relax. It's not what it seems. New campaign-finance disclosure reports filed today in Washington, D.C., show that Irvine attorney Steve Young, a Democrat, has collected an impressive amount of contributions in his uphill bid to unseat Representative John Campbell. Included in the $64,555 Young ( ... More >>

  • News

    August 7, 2008

    [Moxley Confidential] We Don't Need No Stinking Badges

    Relax. It's not what it seems. New campaign-finance disclosure reports filed today in Washington, D.C., show that Irvine attorney Steve Young, a Democrat, has collected an impressive amount of contributions in his uphill bid to unseat Representative John Campbell. Included in the $64,555 Young ( ... More >>

  • News

    March 20, 2008

    [Moxley Confidential] Notes on Lifeguard Sex, Loretta Sanchez, the Rohrabachers and DNA

    Relax. It's not what it seems. New campaign-finance disclosure reports filed today in Washington, D.C., show that Irvine attorney Steve Young, a Democrat, has collected an impressive amount of contributions in his uphill bid to unseat Representative John Campbell. Included in the $64,555 Young ( ... More >>

  • Features

    January 24, 2008

    Moneyopoly

    Who are the OC players who contributed to the 2008 presidential candidates?

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2007

    Thursday's Headlines & Surprises: Carona Camp Says FBI Case "Trash"

    Hookers take cash too, Mikey: Dana Parsons writes today that “the good news for [indicted OC Sheriff Mike] Carona is that the government doesn’t always win.” But Parsons says the “bad news” for Calamity Mike is that the feds take their “sweet time putting public corruption cases togethe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2006

    FOO Fighter

    We're re-posting this Oct. 10, 2005, post because: a) A reader wondered why the Weekly had never connected slime-ball GOP lobbyist Jack Abramoff to our smurfin' Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach). As the post shows, Clockwork had (and Moxley will mention it in Thursday's edition). 2) ... More >>

  • News

    November 24, 2005

    Campbell’s Dupe

    Congressional candidate’s supporters wage war against Minuteman founder Gilchrist

  • Columns

    October 6, 2005

    A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

    Congressional candidate’s supporters wage war against Minuteman founder Gilchrist

  • News

    June 2, 2005

    Cox by the Numbers

    Congressional candidate’s supporters wage war against Minuteman founder Gilchrist

  • News

    December 25, 2003

    Mr. Taliban

    Dornan says Rohrabachers got a weakness for terror suspects

  • News

    February 27, 2003

    Danas Follies

    Dornan says Rohrabachers got a weakness for terror suspects

  • Features

    December 26, 2002

    Toxic Politics

    District Attorney Tony Rackauckas weighed his own political future against the safety of Orange County's drinking water and decided to save his own skin

  • News

    October 3, 2002

    Separate and Unequal

    On the Mideast controversy, Georgia Democrat Cynthia McKinney and our own Dana Rohrabacher are virtually identical. So whyd the media roast McKinney and let Dana walk?

  • Features

    March 7, 2002

    Made in Newport Beach

    How Chris Cox helped produce the Enron scandal

  • News

    April 13, 2000

    Cash Cow!

    Make money or unplug your computer

  • Features

    January 6, 2000

    MAN OF THE MILLENNIUM

    Robert K. Dornan

  • News

    December 23, 1999

    Smith Says F to You!

    El Toro Airport Watch No. 127

  • Columns

    July 1, 1999

    Ain't He a Pisser?

    El Toro Airport Watch No. 127

  • News

    July 1, 1999

    The Bullet-Proof HMO

    How the federal government helps shield health-maintenance organizations from negligence suits

  • Features

    January 7, 1999

    July-September

    How the federal government helps shield health-maintenance organizations from negligence suits

  • News

    November 26, 1998

    Covert Campaigner

    Cox quietly funnels $900,000 to 2000 Senate run

  • Features

    August 27, 1998

    How Bob Dornan Turned Political Defeat into a Windfall for his Family

    How to feed your children on political contributions

  • News

    August 27, 1998

    The Loser Wins

    How Bob Dornan turned political defeat into a financial windfall for his family

  • News

    July 9, 1998

    Blood Money

    Anti-abortion activists attack cozy relationship between county republicans and abortion doctor

  • Articles

    July 2, 1998

    'BLOOD MONEY' ANTI-ABORTION ACTIVISTS ATTACK COZY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COUNTY REPUBLICANS AND ABORTION DOCTOR

    Anti-abortion activists attack cozy relationship between county republicans and abortion doctor

  • News

    February 12, 1998

    Poof!

    Anti-abortion activists attack cozy relationship between county republicans and abortion doctor

  • News

    May 1, 1997

    Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?

    Encounter with Longtime Foe Leads to Battery Complaint Against Dornan

  • News

    December 26, 1996

    The Dems' Wine-and-Cheese Whiz

    Wylie Aitken shows how an RFK lover makes it big in OC politics

  • News

    October 24, 1996

    The Secret Lives of Bob Dornan

    Inside the Fevered Imagination of O.C.'s Most Infamous Congressman

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