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January 5, 2012
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher: Congress Deserves Appreciation!
Happy DanaRecent respected polling shows that more Americans support the nation turning communist than approve of Congress, but don't tell that to Orange County Congressman Dana Rohrabacher. Rohrabacher must not be able to process the fact that a New York Times poll found that just nine percent o ... More >>
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December 27, 2011
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who is the Richest Orange County Congressman of Them All?
U.S. Rep. Gary G. Miller (R-Brea), is the eighth wealthiest Member of Congress, the 18th wealthiest when combining members of both houses and Orange County's richest congressman by far, according to numbers recently crunched by the Center for Responsive Politics. The nonprofit and nonpartisan cen ... More >>
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October 27, 2011
Dana Rohrabacher Identifies National Income Disparity Cause
RohrabacherSince 1993, the wealthiest one percent of Americans have captured 50 percent of the nation's economic growth.If that fact alarms you, Orange County Congressman Dana Rohrabacher knows who to blame for the 18-year-old crisis: a Chicago constitutional law professor. You may have heard of ... More >>
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October 18, 2011
John Boehner's Orange County Tee Party
Thinkprogress.orgThe Los Angeles Times and other outlets are reporting that Orange County activists rolled out the welcome mat for House Speaker John Boehner, who was in Newport Beach yesterday. While angry citizens in Irvine protested the cozy relationship between Wall Street and our p ... More >>
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July 26, 2011
Drop By Rep. Loretta Sanchez's Office At Noon To Tell Her How You Feel About The Debt-Ceiling Debate
As the debt-ceiling debate trudges on in Washington, a liberal political action committee is taking to every nook and cranny of the country--including Garden Grove. In emails sent to their members, Moveon.org urges "every patriotic American" to show up outside Democratic congressional ... More >>
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July 6, 2011
Locals Push Bill Spreading Religious Freedom
A Santa Ana-based group pushing for religious freedom worldwide has launched a new advocacy campaign aimed at beefing up the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 and, with it, U.S. foreign policy. Turmoil in Nigeria, the Middle East, Northern Africa and Pakistan--including the burning of ... More >>
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April 9, 2011
Rep. John Campbell: USA Close To 'Collapse'
Campbell pulling a NostradamusDespite $38 billion in federal budget cuts last night, Orange County Congressman John Campbell told Fox News on Saturday morning that the United States soon faces a financial doomsday."Really big changes are needed" to future federal government spending habits o ... More >>
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February 25, 2011
Rohrabacher, Royce, Campbell and Other Doves vs. Pelosi, Waxman and Other Hawks
Before shock and awe, there was just give peace a chance. The call for a surge in Iraq drew a push-back from MoveOn.orgers. Doves bristle at endless warfare.Ah, the good old days. Now, down is up, Simon Cowell is Jennifer Lopez, and hawks who once warned "You-break-it, you-fix-it" are talking pul ... More >>
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February 21, 2011
OC Planned Parenthood Funding in Crisis
On Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a budget resolution that eliminates Title X, a program that gives low-income women access to family-planning services. Taking the biggest hit is Planned Parenthood--the nation's largest reproductive health services provider--which would lose a ... More >>
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January 20, 2011
Loretta Sanchez Goes to the Net for the Vietnamese
Here in the goldarn US of A, we argue about Net neutrality, but over in Vietnam, there are citizens struggling just to get access to the Internet. It's like a mass of people who would looooooove dial-up AOL.Help for them is coming from this side of the world--in Washington, D.C., to be precise--w ... More >>
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January 11, 2011
Congressman Darrell Issa to Oversee Federal Food Regulation: Good or Bad?
With the newest Congress sworn in comes Capitol Hill's traditional musical chairs of parties switching leadership roles for committees and the like. The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is charged with investigating the government's regulations to see if they're overreaching. Th ... More >>
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January 10, 2011
[UPDATED] Remember Dana Rohrabacher's Vehement Defense of His Pal Tom DeLay?
Update, Jan. 10, 3:07 p.m.: Former House majority leader Tom DeLay was sentenced today to three years in prison for illegally plotting to funnel corporate contributions to Texas Legislative candidates in 2002, the Washington Post reports. Throughout his political and legal ordeal, DeLay was vehem ... More >>
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January 7, 2011
Sen. Lou Correa Praised for Proposed Online-Gambling Bill
Orange County state Senator Lou Correa (D-Santa Ana) is better than a handful of aces, if you ask the California Gaming Association.The group is praising Correa's proposed Senate Bill 40, which would legalize online poker in California and is opposed by--one guess--yes, greedy Nevada casino execu ... More >>
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January 6, 2011
Loretta Sanchez Pushes Anti-Stalking Law With Anti-Gay Dingbat
Virginia Foxx, dingbatIn a bipartisan effort with a notorious North Carolina Republican, Orange County Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez is proposing a new federal anti-stalking law that is designed to aid law enforcement in capturing offenders.The pair has dubbed their House Resolution 196 the Simpl ... More >>
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January 5, 2011
"Everyday Affluent" Can Be Pampered in Newport Coast Vacation Home
Do you consider yourself a member of the "everyday affluent" who has endured poor vacation experiences or, at least, been forced to congregate near common, working-class folks?Well, Brent Handler has an idea you might like:Never lower your standards from the luxury you deserve--especially after B ... More >>
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December 23, 2010
Return to Sender
What would comprehensive immigration reform look like if the Feds got off their duffs?
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December 20, 2010
WikiLeaks Expose Questionable Details From Dana Rohrabacher's Visit to Honduras
R. Scott Moxley told you in October about Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach) having inserted himself in the violent 2009 coup that toppled the democratically elected president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya. Was Dana Rohrabacher Playing Kingmaker in Central America?To refresh your memory, th ... More >>
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December 18, 2010
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Overturned in Senate
Godspeed, Lt. Choi.This morning will be known as the day the DREAM Act died in the U.S. Senate but "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" was overturned there.By a bipartisan vote of 63 to 33, the Senate voted to end the debate on a bill that will allow President Barack Obama to overturn the Pentagon's ban on g ... More >>
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December 18, 2010
DREAM Act Dies in Senate, Maybe Forever
The dream is over, possibly forever, possibly until some time after the 2012 election--if and when the political climate changes in Washington.Once again, the DREAM Act that would provide a path to citizenship for young people who were brought into the country by the undocumented failed to break ... More >>
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December 17, 2010
Will Michael Steele Still Be RNC Chairman When He Keynotes Financial Forum in Irvine?
Despite Republicans gaining 63 House seats and six Senate seats in the November elections, its National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, the USA Today says, had a worse year than President Barack Obama, MSNBC and the National Review agree Steele is a baffoon and all indications are he ... More >>
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December 9, 2010
[UPDATE:] DREAM Act Passes in the House, Stalls in the Senate
Update, December 9, 6:11 p.m.: The esteemed Surf City GOP Congressdude, Dana Rohrabacher, said on the House floor that the DREAM Act is unfair to "non-minorities."Oh no he diiiiiiiin't?!?Oh, yes. Yes he did. See the video and a passage from his debate after the jump . . .
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December 9, 2010
[BREAKING:] Sorry, Lt. Dan Choi: "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Repeal Fails
Repeal of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy that would have allowed gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military just failed in a 57-40 procedural vote in the U.S. Senate. Despite two-thirds of Americans and most in the mlitary supporting the repeal, the setback seemingly doom ... More >>
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November 24, 2010
Remember Dana Rohrabacher's Vehement Defense of His Pal (and Felon) Tom DeLay?
As Tom DeLay moseys into a possible life prison sentence after being convicted today of federal money laundering charges, let us turn to his pal and Huntington Beach's Surfin' Congresstool, Dana Rohrabacher.We'll begin with something spit out of the Mouth That Rohrabachered, followed by a slimy c ... More >>
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November 23, 2010
Rep. Loretta Sanchez Blasts North Korea and Backs Vietnam Human Rights Sanctions Act
Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Garden Grove) has issued a statement condemning North Korea for firing dozens of artillery shells at South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island, killing two South Korean soldiers and wounding 15.The freshly reelected congresswoman, who is the ranking female member on the House Armed ... More >>
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November 4, 2010
Latino Voters Influence Felt Beyond Brown and Boxer in California, Claim Advocates
Should we credit/blame Latino voters for Jerry Brown returning to the governor's office, Barbara Boxer remaining in the U.S. Senate and Democrats not only holding the nation's upper house but picking up a seat in the California Assembly? Latino advocacy groups think so.
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October 21, 2010
Elvira Casts Spell Over 2010 Election
Photo by Kevin ScanlonElvira, out recent cover ghoul, has thrown her two . . . erm . . . cents into the 2010 mid-term election.Elvira's World: Casandra Peterson is pushing 60 and still Mistress of the DarkThe midnight Movie Macabre maven, who for years was the face and . . . uh . . . form of Knot ... More >>
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October 21, 2010
Can Van Tran Get Loretta Sanchez Fired?
[Moxley Confidential] Republican challenger says he will boot OC's lone Democrat from Congress
Blogs
October 7, 2010
OC GOP is the "Marijuana Party": Duane Roberts, Green Party's U.S. Senate Candidate
That wascally Duane Roberts is at it again.Last time we checked in on the Green Party nominee for the U.S. Senate seat held by Democrat Barbara Boxer and coveted by Republican Carly Fiorina, Roberts was labeling Boxer's party "anti-immigrant."Now, the Anaheim resident is saying the Republican Par ... More >>
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October 6, 2010
Gay Rights Groups Again Link Carly Fiorina to Latino Outreach Bus That Breezed Through OC
We began Monday morning by noting the "Vota Tus Valores" ("Vote your values") bus filled with conservative Hispanics and marriage inequality proponents was in Santa Ana, following up with the news that a demonstrator against the Latino outreach effort there claimed he had been roughed up by someo ... More >>
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October 1, 2010
More Evidence Van Tran Has Loretta Sanchez Sweating
An OC-bound ClintonBringing out feisty liberal Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) several weeks ago was just the warm up act of Rep. Loretta Sanchez's efforts to excite her Democratic voter base in central Orange County where Republican challenger Van Tran is hoping to pull an upset. Sanchez is brin ... More >>
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September 3, 2010
Loretta Sanchez and Hugh Hefner--Together, At Last. Again.
U.S. News and World Report (they still exist) reported yesterday on a manufactured controversy by the Republican Party against their eternal llorona, Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez. Seems Playboy founder and publisher Hugh Hefner tweeted earlier this week that he was having lunch with Loretta at t ... More >>
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September 2, 2010
Garden Grove Veterans Advocate Seizes on Sliver in President Obama's Iraq Speech
President Barack Obama's Tuesday evening speech announcing the end of major combat operations in Iraq generated heat on both sides of the aisle, with Republicans complaining he did not give George W. Bush enough credit and Democrats complaining, "This is what you chose to talk about with the econ ... More >>
News
September 2, 2010
Barney Frank Rallies Dems for Loretta Sanchez
[Moxley Confidential] Does she really need his help?
Blogs
August 30, 2010
Rep. Barney Frank Receives Death Threat After OC Event
Following OC Weekly's Saturday night blog post coverage of protesters at the Orange County Democratic Party event featuring Barney Frank as keynote speaker someone left a death threat comment against the Massachusetts Democratic congressman."BF will be shot and dead next time he shows his fa ... More >>
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August 28, 2010
Protesters Greet Barney Frank in Orange County
Frank speakingLate this afternoon more than 40 protesters greeted the arrival of Congressman Barney Frank in Orange County, but the sentiments weren't welcoming in the place once hailed as "Reagan Country." "No more [Sen. Barbara] Boxer!" the protesters shouted repeatedly in unison as a ... More >>
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July 22, 2010
Antonia Rivera, Local DREAM Act Student Arrested by Feds but Released, To Appear on Gustavo's KPFK Show Today
Logo for OC Dream TeamMy, the Orange County Register readers are sure pissed off that authorities in Washington didn't immediately deport Antonia Rivera, an undocumented college student from Orange County and UC Irvine graduate who was arrested as part of a sit-in at Capitol Hill earlier this wee ... More >>
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July 22, 2010
Jane Harman, Michael Jackson's Family and Nancy Pelosi's Daughter: Saviors for Orange County Motel Kids and Foster Children?
Courtesy of HBOWouldn't it be something if substantial help for Orange County "motel kids" and adult foster children comes not from local churches, Loretta Sanchez or the social-program slashing Orange County Board of Supervisors but a Los Angeles charity, Jermaine Jackson and the daughter of Nan ... More >>
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June 25, 2010
Santa Ana Teacher Begs Congress for Her Job
Teachers were on Capitol Hill Wednesday and Thursday reminding members of Congress who are yammering about creating jobs not to forget endangered public education positions.Among them was Clarissa Barragan, a native Santa Anan who attended schools there, became the first member of her family to f ... More >>
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May 21, 2010
LA Times Hints DeVore Misdirected Over Military & Reagan Background
John Gilhooley / OC WeeklyChuck DeVore: Fill in the blank.Perhaps inspired by the New York Times' recent detrailment of a Connecticut senatorial candidate's campaign by pointing out that he had repeatedly "misspoken" about fighting in the Vietnam War, a Los Angeles Times article today takes a clo ... More >>
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May 7, 2010
UPDATE: Palin Endorses Fiorina, Adding to Chuck DeVore's Endorsement Blues
Therealbs2002 / Wikimedia / Creative CommonsBackstab DeVore? You betcha.Originally posted May 6, 12:41 p.m. Updated May 7, 8:22 a.m.: DeVore really is sad! See bottom of post.Half-term Alaska governor Sarah Palin has endorsed ex-HP CEO Carly Fiorina's run to dethrone Barbara Boxer in the U.S. Sen ... More >>
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May 6, 2010
It's The Fiorina-DeVore-Campbell Debate Drinking Game!
MS Paint photo illustration by Spencer Kornhaber, you can give me my Pulitzer now.Fiorina's ready to play.Sometimes, campaign flacks are kinda useful!Case in point: the drinking game directions we received from Julie Soderlund from the Carly Fiorina for U.S. Senate campaign. Fiorina is debating Repu ... More >>
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March 24, 2010
Wiley Drake Prays for 219 Congress Members to Die
Gustavo ArellanoWiley Drake, saint coachBuena Park radio pastor Wiley Drake grabbed headlines last year for calling on his supporters to pray for Barack Obama to die. Now he has extended that Christianly action to the 219 members of the House of Representatives who voted for the health-care ... More >>
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March 23, 2010
Orly Taitz Gets In On the Suing Healthcare Reform Game
Taitz photo by John Gilhooley / OC WeeklyThe two most powerful women in America.The cluster of attorneys general filing suit against the federal government to stop the just-passed health-care reform bill aren't alone in their battle.We'll give you one guess on who else has taken up their cause.
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March 6, 2010
Carly Fiorina and Chuck DeVore Elbow Each Other To Face Sen. Barbara Boxer
Fiorina: I'm on the DeVore diet.A conspiracy theorist might suspect that the boys running the California Republican Assembly (CRA) state convention in Buena Park this weekend wanted to slight U.S. Senate candidates Carly Fiorina and Tom Campbell. Irvine's ultra-conservative Chuck DeVore, who also ... More >>
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February 18, 2010
Phil Zuckerman Lecture: Society Without God
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June 11, 2009
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