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 […]
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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, […]
Dana Watch: #DenialDana
National reporters who visit Representative Dana Rohrabacher (R-Putin’s Tossed Salad Bar) often make mention of surfboards hanging on his Washington, D.C., office wall. The “Surfin’ Congressman” also posts photos on social media and his official website of himself in a wetsuit, riding the waves. But as the 30-year congressman approaches yet another November election, fellow […]
Peter Navarro of UC Irvine Business School and Trump White House Trades in Controversy
You are forgiven if, until recent days, 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 the 68-year-old from becoming a household name by now. We’ll get to the reasons […]
Will Rohrabacher Show at Debate Tonight? Plus, He and Mimi Walters Get Drilled
At least four Democratic candidates seeking the 48th Congressional District seat of Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach) are scheduled to debate tonight at UC Irvine. Meanwhile, representatives of various groups plan to gather at the Huntington Beach Pier on Thursday to call on Rohrabacher and 45th Congressional District Rep. Mimi Walters (R-Irvine) to reverse their […]
Homeless are Still Homeless but They Sure are Getting Mucho Attention
The only thing that could make Super Bowl MVP Nick Foles hotter would be to take every single thing away from him and stick him in Orange County. That’s how hot Orange County homeless people are right now. (Side message to Foles: Should you go through with that, keep the Super Bowl ring somewhere safe […]
Dana Watch: Is ‘Russia’s Favorite Congressman’ Named in Rick Gates’ Plea Document?
The ears of Representative Dana Rohrabacher (R-Putin’s Pump House) must have been burning on Feb. 23. That’s the day the Washington Examiner, the Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg news service and various national political sites put two and дBa together before disclosing that Rohrabacher was the unnamed congressman in Rick Gates’ plea document. Gates and Paul […]
Supervisor Todd Spitzer and Other Leaders Organize Active Shooter Response Forum
While announcing an active school shooter response forum it is sponsoring, the County of Orange warns parents that mature subject matter will be addressed so discretion is advised when it comes to bringing along students. Then again, it is the enlightened students of Parkland, Florida, who are teaching adults a thing or three about this […]
Protest Targets Walters, Rohrabacher, Trump and Oil Drilling Off Orange County Coast
At high noon Thursday, demonstrators plan to gather in Laguna Beach to call attention to their opposition to oil drilling off the Orange County coast and three Washington, D.C., politicians: U.S. Representatives Mimi Walters (R-Irvine), Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach) and President Donald Trump. The crowd organized by the Sierra Club Angeles Chapter, Greenpeace USA, OFA-California, […]
5 Democrats in House’s 49th District Race Meet in First Face-to-Face Debate Tonight
Five Democrats, who hope to win the congressional seat of departing Representative Darrell Issa (R-Vista), debate tonight in San Juan Capistrano. Doug Applegate, Sara Jacobs, Paul Kerr, Mike Levin and Christina Prejean are scheduled to square off starting at 7 p.m. at San Juan Hills High School, 29211 Stallion Ridge, San Juan Capistrano. The moderator […]
And Now a Message from PBS SoCal’s Andrew Russell on Trump’s Budget
Andrew Russell President & CEO PBS SoCal Costa Mesa, CA Dear friends, This week, the President released to Congress his annual budget, which recommends eliminating funding for public media. Specifically, the budget proposes to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which distributes critical seed funding to PBS SoCal and other public television and radio stations […]
Pat Harris Tells OC Democrats Tonight Why He’s Better Than Dianne Feinstein
A Democrat gunning for the U.S. Senate seat held by a leader of his own party speaks in Laguna Niguel Monday night. Pat Harris, an author, criminal defense and civil rights attorney and one of six Democrats challenging Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-California), is scheduled to pull his “eco” bus up to Faith Episcopal Church, 27801 […]
How UC Irvine Became the National “Free Speech Command Center”
At Cal State Fullerton on Tuesday, the CSUF College Republicans staged Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, complete with cops, cop cars, supporters, supportive ribbons and–this being a university campus–demonstrators. The inclusion of the latter prompted CSUF College Republicans to issue a press release regarding “a protest by Students for Quality Education (SQE) orchestrated in response. SQE […]
