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October 3, 2006
Got HIV/AIDS? Kick Hillary Clinton
Perhaps preoccupied by the GOP man-boy love case in the lower house, the U.S. Senate over the weekend failed to reauthorize the Ryan White CARE Act and with it about $6 million annually that helps Orange County deal with a growing HIV population and increasing number of AIDS cases, alerts the AIDS S ... More >>
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August 24, 2000
Pol Dancing
Perhaps preoccupied by the GOP man-boy love case in the lower house, the U.S. Senate over the weekend failed to reauthorize the Ryan White CARE Act and with it about $6 million annually that helps Orange County deal with a growing HIV population and increasing number of AIDS cases, alerts the AIDS S ... More >>
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December 12, 2008
Sheriff Mike Carona Corruption Trial Quote of the Day!
"I like his values system."--Defense witness Thomas Banks, a volunteer pilot in the Orange County Sheriff's Aero Squadron, on why he'd contributed to Sheriff Mike Carona's campaign and offered him a paid board position at his company, Aperture Health of Mission Viejo. Last year, FBI agents arrested ... More >>
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February 18, 2009
John Taylor Describes His Last Day on the Job at Nixon Library
John H. Taylor, who left his longtime gig as the executive director of the Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace Foundation to lead St. John Chrysostom Episcopal Church and School as the Rancho Santa Margarita church's vicar, describes the events of his last day on the job in Yorba Linda here.It wa ... More >>
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April 3, 2009
Is Re-election Loretta Sanchez's Most Difficult Option?
Near the end of this Reid Wilson story on TheHill.com, Republicans indicate they will go hard at the congressional seat currently held by Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Garden Grove) in 2010. "We are looking to some unconventional districts where we believe we can draft a top-flight candidate to ... More >>
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September 6, 2007
Not Taking It Anymore
OC Young Democrats Women’s Forum
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December 5, 2002
Crash-Test Dummy
OC Young Democrats Women’s Forum
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March 22, 2007
Epistolary Democracy
The 22nd Annual Great American Write-In
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August 3, 2006
Diary of a Mad County
July 26 - Aug. 1
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December 15, 2005
A Very Special Introduction
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July 7, 2005
July 7 - July 14
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March 24, 2005
Diary of a Mad County
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December 9, 2004
Learning to Live With it
Books that beat back the Bush blues
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July 22, 2004
Just Another Wedding Expo
Gay and lesbian event trudges on, politics be damned
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March 4, 2004
Secret War Hero
Mr. President, we have an alibi
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February 28, 2002
Art, Gays and the American Way
Mr. President, we have an alibi
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January 3, 2002
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Orange County, California: 2001
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February 15, 2001
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August 31, 2000
Letter to Shredder
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April 20, 2000
Shut Em Down!
Green Party candidate Medea Benjamin brings trade politics to OC
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January 7, 1999
October-December
Green Party candidate Medea Benjamin brings trade politics to OC
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December 24, 1998
You Gotta Keep 'em Separated
Green Party candidate Medea Benjamin brings trade politics to OC
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January 26, 2010
Imaginary U.S. Map Leaves OC Intact
Democrats around the nation are feeling a lot of ire at America's electoral system lately. Even though Dems have still got a 59-41 majority in the U.S. Senate, the election of Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown means they won't be able to get health-care reform--which was crazy-close to being p ... More >>
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February 4, 2010
Carly, Tommy, Chuckie and the Demon Sheep
The Interwebs are all a-Twitter over the new campaign ad by California Republican U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina featuring--DUNT-DUNT DUNNNNN!!!--demon sheep.Actually, for the rest of this post to make any sense at all, you should first check out the spot, which cannot be embedded here only ... More >>
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February 18, 2010
Phil Zuckerman Lecture: Society Without God
Irvine Ranch Water District
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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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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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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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June 8, 2010
[UPDATED:] Today's Important Unimportant Election, From My TV Screen to Your Computer/Phone Screen
11:15 p.m.: Don't be surprised if KOCE is accused of turning over its election coverage to that rare Orange County bird known as the "Democrat." The "live, election night edition of Real Orange" came from the Artists Village in Santa Ana, OC's version of Havana. Their election expert was the Voic ... More >>
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June 10, 2010
She's Still the Sheriff
On the night declared the start of 'the year of the woman,' Sheriff Sandra Hutchens wins big enough to avoid a run-off with either the tea-party guy or the OC Republican-establishment guy
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June 17, 2010
Chuck DeVore's New Career: Blogger
John Gilhooley / OC WeeklyWe should have seen this coming from the California Republican party's greatest geek politician, the man who posed with an iPhone on the cover of the Weekly and who, as we long ago predicted he would, ran the most Snakes On a Plane-like campaign (plenty of hype, laughed ... More >>
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August 27, 2010
Disneyland Resort District Goes to Pot
The Happiest Place on Earth, meet The Highest Place on Earth.What is supposedly Orange County's first large-scale marijuana expo opens Saturday morning at the Anaheim Convention Center, which is, of course, directly across Katella Avenue from Disney's California Adventure theme park and the main ... More >>
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September 13, 2010
Duane Roberts, Green Party Candidate for Senate, Endorses Prop 19
As election day nears, we'll be running more and more coverage of what will likely be the most contentious ballot initiative this November: Proposition 19, which would legalize recreational possession and cultivation of marijuana for residents over the age of 21. Or at least that's what supporter ... More >>
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October 4, 2010
Carly Fiorina Bus Pandering to Latinos is in Santa Ana (or is It?)
A bus that represents Republican U.S. Senate nominee Carly Fiorina's outreach to Latinos was scheduled to park right now at the Santa Ana intersection of Main and 17th streets--home of Norm's, bus stops and the Weekly's former world HQ. But, as a wag over at the Orange Juice blog has noted, it's ... 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 11, 2010
Carly Fiorina Gets the Worm at Tequila Summit
When it comes to the four major party candidates for California's highest state offices this November--Democrat Jerry Brown and Republican Meg Whitman for governor and Democratic incumbent Barbara Boxer and Republican Carly Fiorina for U.S. Senate--it is Fiorina who has so established herself as ... More >>
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October 24, 2010
Sunday News Notes: Reg Slams Loretta Sanchez
Local news highlights include:Register against Loretta Sanchez but drags out marijuana stanceThe editorial staff of the OC Register has declared itself for congressional candidate Van Tran, a Republican; U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina, a Republican; and Whitman, yep, a Republican. "From our ... More >>
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October 28, 2010
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Bowers Museum
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November 3, 2010
[UPDATED:] Election 2010: Coker is Spun, Polled, Teabagged
1:28 p.m.: Orange County agreed with state voters on most ballot initiatives, although more of us did want to keep choking on polluted air until the unemployment rate drops and most like the state budget approval process to remain fucked-up, thank you very much (probably because many are philosop ... 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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December 2, 2010
Mexican Macroeconomics
Do undocumented migrants steal jobs from American workers?
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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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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 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 20, 2010
Can We Please Stop Freaking Out About S.510 (the Food Safety Modernization Act) Now?
Flickr user paullewThe large food safety overhaul has passed the U.S. Senate after a clerical error and a deal between the Democrats and the Republicans to keep it out of the continuing resolution that will keep the government running, and is now headed back to the House for final passage (and, u ... More >>
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May 5, 2011
California DREAM Act Passes State Assembly
It's a little confusing, but no less a victory for illegal immigrant college students. While the national DREAM Act, an immigration bill aimed at providing a path to citizenship for young people, died in the U.S. Senate--and possibly forever--last year, the California DREAM Act is very much alive ... More >>
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July 26, 2011
Jerry Brown Signs Half of California DREAM Act; Illegal Immigrants Now Eligible For Private College Scholarships
Having made a campaign pledge to do so, Gov. Jerry Brown signed the California DREAM Act yesterday. Well, half of it.During a town hall meeting at Los Angeles City College, Brown signed AB 130, the part of the two-bill package that gives illegal immigrants who live in California and at ... More >>
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November 3, 2011
Village Voice Media Asks for Your Support of Senate Bill 596
Having made a campaign pledge to do so, Gov. Jerry Brown signed the California DREAM Act yesterday. Well, half of it.During a town hall meeting at Los Angeles City College, Brown signed AB 130, the part of the two-bill package that gives illegal immigrants who live in California and at ... More >>
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