Comments made by Representative Dana Rohrabacher (R-Putin’s Barbie Dream House) in support of barring home sales to gay would-be buyers just cost the veteran Orange County congressman the steady support of the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Contributions from NAR to Rohrabacher campaigns go back to 1997—he’s been listed as a “Realtor Champion”—and since December […]
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George Costanza vs. Dana Rohrabacher (Featuring Harley Rouda)
I don’t know if Harley Rouda will be one of the two candidates in the 48th Congressional District race to advance beyond the June 5 primary, but the Laguna Beach businessman has so far won Funniest Campaign Advertisement honors. That’s because the Democrat’s campaign just posted “Rouda vs. Rohrabacher Debate: Moderated by Jason Alexander.” Rohrabacher (R-Huntington […]
OC Education Worker’s Twitter Page Gone After Harm Wished on Barron Trump
An Orange County Department of Education employee sent tweets that expressed her hope that what happened to Texas school shooting victims Friday would also be experienced by the children of President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and National Rifle Association spokeswoman Dana Loesch. One tweet mentioned Trump and […]
Russian Doll Billboard with Putin, Trump, Rohrabacher and Baugh is Unveiled Today
UPDATE, MAY 18, 9:05 A.M.: The following arrived in my inbox this morning: This statement is incorrect: “Baugh, the former state assemblyman … is currently a fan of “Calexit,” the California version of Brexit. The U.K. strategy involves pulling out of the European Union, while Calexit would break California into up to six distinct states.” […]
Dana Watch: Dems vs. Dems
Dana Watch previously exposed some of the intrigue involving 48th congressional district incumbent Dana Rohrabacher (R-Putin’s erector set) and his Republican rivals Scott Baugh, a former protégé, and Paul Martin, who is endorsed by the Russian leader’s great foe, chess champion Garry Kasparov. But there are also plenty of machinations on the Democratic side of […]
HB Councilman Refuses to Remove Commissioner Over “Colored People” Comments, Antisemitic Videos
Huntington Beach city councilman Patrick Brenden is standing by Gracey Van Der Mark, his embattled finance commission appointee who came under fire last month for racist online comments and even more racist alt-right associations. The Ocean View School District voted to remove Van Der Mark, who called blacks “colored people” in a now-deleted YouTube comments, […]
Prominent Newport Beach Lawyer Accused of Dodging $10 Million Malpractice Debt
If you believe Phillip Greer, he could be California’s most poverty-stricken, veteran lawyer famous for representing embattled Orange County Republican politicians from Congressman Ed Royce to state Assemblywoman Janet Nguyen to Supervisor Shawn Nelson. Greer has lived for decades in an expansive $2.1 million Newport Coast home close to the Pacific Ocean but, after losing […]
County Supervisor Todd Spitzer Blasts Probation Department Over “Offensive Flyer”
Orange County Supervisor Todd Spitzer, who wants to be your next district attorney, is seeking an apology from the chief of the Orange County Probation Department for “an offensive flyer announcing the job transfer of a director that depicts Santa Ana as a gang haven.” The flyer announces a May 10 going-away party for Division […]
SoCal Murder Victim’s Husband and Killer’s Attorney Form Unlikely Bond
CHAPTER ONE Having waited nearly four years to see punishment for the unhinged, heavily armed man who in 2011 murdered his wife and seven other people in Orange County’s worst mass shooting, Paul Wilson stood before Superior Court Judge Thomas M. Goethals on March 20, 2015, incredulous that People v. Scott Dekraai would take more […]
Dana Watch: Never Trumpers Clash
In an April 23 letter to Orange County GOP Chairman Fred Whitaker, 48th congressional district candidate Scott Baugh and 19 other prominent local Republicans call for the stop of campaign ads for incumbent Dana Rohrabacher that spread “false information.” In the bid by Rohrabacher (R-Putin’s Clutch Purse) to win a 16th two-year term in Congress, […]
Dana Watch: Polled Over
If anyone hoped that a long list of distinguished candidates for the 48th Congressional district seat might prevent incumbent Representative Dana Rohrabacher (R-Putin’s chest protector) from advancing beyond June’s primary election, a poll of likely voters dispels that notion. In its poll conducted March 4-6, Change Research for Fight Back CA PAC received 688 responses […]
List of Active Candidates for Rohrabacher’s House Seat Shrinks But the Ballot Doesn’t
There are now fewer candidates actively seeking the 48th congressional district seat that Representative Dana Rohrabacher (R-Putin’s Sleeping Bag) is trying to keep. Not that the June primary election ballot will reflect that. Candidates who exited the race after the March 9 filing deadline remain on the ballot. On Thursday morning, Republican businessman Stelian Onufrei […]
Dana Watch: Slime Baugh
Scott Baugh, the former California Assembly Republican leader and Orange County GOP chairman, should feel honored. The re-election campaign for Representative Dana Rohrabacher (R-Cambridge Analytica) put out its first mailer sliming a candidate seeking the incumbent’s coastal Orange County congressional seat. However, the mailer’s target is not one of the six Democrats who have been […]
Dana Watch: My Favorite Martin
It was revealed a couple of Dana Watches ago that Representative Dana Rohrabacher (R-Putin’s Bareback Saddle) drew a high-powered Republican opponent in former county GOP chairman Scott Baugh. Baugh mentioned in his campaign-entry statement that his ex-friend’s preoccupation with the interests of Russian President Vladimir Putin was an example of the congressman having lost touch […]
Dana Watch: Cannablitz
There is one industry that political opponents of Representative Dana Rohrabacher (R-Putin’s Bongwater) had better not ignore. No, not the space, defense, immigrant roundup, Russian doll or pea green garment-making industries one immediately associates with Rohrabacher. It’s that other one, the cannabis industry or cannabiz. “California’s conservative firebrand and cannabis legalization champion is facing the […]
Democrat AG’s Pushback to OC Sheriff’s Sanctuary Law Pushback Spurs GOP and Trump Pushback
Following the bouncing political stunts. The Democratic Party-controlled Legislature passed a law making California an immigration sanctuary state that our Democratic Governor Jerry Brown signed on Oct. 5. As the Los Alamitos City Council voted to defy the law and the Orange County Board of Supervisors and councils for other surrounding cities publicly explored doing […]
Congressional Candidate Sam Jammal’s Ballot Designation Challenged by Fellow Democrat
The crowded race for retiring Congressman Ed Royce’s seat is thinning out ahead of California’s primary election in June. Democratic candidates Jay Chen and Phil Janowicz, both early front-runners, bowed out of contention in the 39th Congressional District. With the vote drawing nearer, two of several still remaining contenders are now locking horns. Gil Cisneros […]
Dana Watch: Baugh’s In Your Court
However you feel about the man, his political party or what he stands for, you have to tip your Kangol to Scott Baugh. A former Huntington Beach-based California assemblyman, state Assembly Republican Leader and Orange County Republican Party chairman, Baugh made a stunning last-minute entry into the 48th Congressional District race on March 9. By […]
Gavin Newsom Joins Saturday March for Our Lives in Santa Ana
California Lieutenant Governor and gubernatorial candidate Gavin Newsom is scheduled to take part in Saturday’s March for Our Lives (and against gun violence) Saturday in Santa Ana. The Centennial Park march is one of more than 600 happening in every state, with students and survivors of gun violence having organized the events. “For years, there […]
Peter Navarro of UC Irvine and the Trump White House Trades in Controversy
You are forgiven if, until only recently, you had forgotten that President Donald Trump’s cabinet includes the UC Irvine Paul Merage School of Business professor emeritus in economics/public policy. For Peter Navarro, it was not for lack of trying that prevented him from becoming a household name earlier. Within the past two weeks, the 68-year-old […]
Dana Watch: For Whom the Bell Trolls
Part of watching Dana requires checking out his Facebook page. However, it was not until a very recent time I did this that I noticed all the comments gremlins leave under his posts. They are hilarious. Take the one under the invitation to the March 11 “St. Patrick’s Fun-raiser” at Skosh Monahan’s in Costa Mesa, […]