Andrew Breitbart

SWATting, a Deadly Political Game

DA Patrick Frey's enemies called 911, saying he'd shot his wife

California Tax for Mentally Ill Is Going Toward Massage Chairs, Zumba Classes in SoCal

California Governor Jerry Brown is asking for another tax hike this November: He hopes the dead-broke people of this dead-broke state will have the heart to toss a few coins at our crumbling education system. But how do we know our money won't end up paying for some bedazzled charter-school megagym ... More >>

Andrew Breitbart's Fans Think His Coroner Was Suspiciously Poisoned to Death

And the mother of all conspiracy theories hits the rightblogosphere: Fans of the late Andrew Breitbart are speculating as to why a forensic technician from the L.A. County Coroner's Office would suddenly drop dead on the day Breitbart's autopsy results were released. They were two of the strangest ... More >>

Ron Paul Mania at UCLA: Stadium Reaches Capacity, Students Climb Trees to Get a Glimpse

Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul has the libertarian college kids going ga-ga for his firm anti-big government stance. Whereas the clean, hopeful, Shepard-Fairey vetted Obama campaign in 2008 was all the rage with Gen Y, Paul's more skeptical (even paranoid) approach is winning over young v ... More >>

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Andrew Breitbart Was L.A.'s Implausible Native Son

How L.A.'s liberal Westside produced a fierce conservative provocateur

'Kony 2012' Goes Hollywood: Celebrity Photog Tyler Shields Writes 'Stop Kony' in His Own Blood

On the second day of the absurdly viral #StopKony campaign, Hollywood jumped on board. Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Oprah and the rest Tweeted a 30-minute documentary produced by non-profit organization Invisible Children to millions of followers -- making the hip, clickable Joseph Kony awareness drive ... More >>

Rush Limbaugh's 'Slut' Comment Is Illegal Under Florida Law, Says Gloria Allred

Advertisers running for the hills can't spook Rush Limbaugh, America's most popular (and most conservative) talk-show host. Nor can half a nation of angry feminists. But ace celebrity lawyer Gloria Allred -- now there's a fembot to get scared of. We're talking the same L.A. attorney who helped forc ... More >>

Steve Bridges, Best Bush Impersonator Ever, Dies in L.A. From 'Super Jet Lag'

On Sunday, just four days after raging L.A. conservative Andrew Breitbart collapsed dead in Westwood from a probable heart attack at just 43 years old, a similar scene played out in Playa Vista: Steve Bridges, the 48-year-old comedian best known for his political impersonations (and best best known ... More >>

Andrew Breitbart Was Planning Huge New Web Project on Eve of Sudden Death

Updated after the jump with new details about the project -- "a total relaunch of all the websites" this coming Sunday. Originally posted March 1 at 2:30 p.m. Forty-three-year-old Andrew Breitbart's shocking death in Westwood last night came just days before he was set to unveil a mysterious new p ... More >>

Andrew Breitbart's 5 Angriest Moments

In the two days since he collapsed dead near his home in Westwood -- likely from a heart attack -- conservative blogger and personality (and publisher and author and everything else) Andrew Breitbart, 43, has been praised for his Internet ingenuity and deep understanding of the media/the audience. ... More >>

11 Craziest Nude Scandals in L.A. in the Last Year (Photos NSFW)

Lots of crazies get in trouble in our fair city, and lots of those crazies are also nude. Just this week a naked man (above) climbed a radio tower in downtown L.A. and threatened to jump. Do they have this problem in, say, North Dakota? What is it about L.A. that brings out the unhinged unclothed? ... More >>

LA Weekly's Top 11 News Stories of 2011

And here we thought 2010 was a sexy one for Los Angeles. Our most popular news stories in 2011 make last year's fare -- alleged John Travolta sightings at a gay spa, Vegas broads who sell sex to make rent -- look wholesome by comparison. Los Angeles was a blur of nude pics and racy murders these la ... More >>

Occupy L.A. versus Zuma Dogg: OG City Activist Tries to Out-Shout Occupiers

ladailyblog.blogspot.comBattle L.A.: Who can free-speech louder?​Leave it to Zuma Dogg, perpetual public commenter at every single L.A. City Council meeting ever (rivaled only in civic involvement by John Walsh of the insane neckties and Einstein hair), to add even more confusion to the Occupy ... More >>

City Council Unanimously Passes Occupy L.A. Resolution -- Protesters Struggle to Distance Themselves From Democrats, Unions

Los Angeles TimesCity Council President Eric Garcetti shows his support.​Just now, the L.A. City Council unanimously approved a joint resolution to officially "support" the Occupy L.A. demonstration and "demand accountability and results from the banks we invest taxpayer dollars in." (Full tex ... More >>

John Nolte, Hollywood Writer, Calls L.A. 'a Big, Fascist, One-Story Ghetto'

Eric DemarcqSuch a ghetto.​It's hard to passionately disagree with a piece and nod in agreement with it almost at the same time. But that's our honest reaction to Hollywood writer/director John Nolte's Dear John letter to Los Angeles. After eight years in L.A. and an admittedly unsuccessful b ... More >>

Anthony Weiner Resigns: We Now Have Nothing to Write About

​If it wasn't here before, the era of the blogger as king-taker is upon us. After L.A. blogger Andrew Breitbart revealed that New York U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner was sexting and sending revealing photos to women who aren't his wife, the congressman resigned today, saying: Today I am announcing ... More >>

Anthony Weiner Sexting Scandal Timeline in Haiku

​ Anthony Weiner proud of bulge. Blogger Andrew Breitbart exposes sexting scandal proudly. Weiner denies it at first.

Anthony Weiner Gets Bulging Action Figure in His Honor

​If photos of Anthony Weiner's legislative action aren't enough to satiate your imagination, a company is taking orders for action figures based on the disgraced New York Democrat. There are two to choose from: A "stealth body" that's definitely not anatomically correct (but which is child-sa ... More >>

Anthony Weiner Sexted Underage Girl? Cops Are Looking Into Reported Twitter Relationship Between U.S. Rep And 17-Year-Old

debaird​This Weiner scandal has legs, and not the kind you want to see sexted to your iPhone, either. Cops today are reportedly investigating whether U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner communicated with an underage girl from Delaware as part of the Weinergate sexting scandal that erupted after L.A. blo ... More >>

Anthony Weiner Nude Penis Photo Makes the Rounds, Allegedly Via L.A. Blogger Andrew Breitbart (But it Could be a Hoax)

Weiner's head.​Update: Weiner seems to have admitted the photo is of his organ, via a spokeswoman, who says, " ... He has sent explicit photos." You knew that those boxer briefs could not contain the Twitter scandal, instigated by L.A. blogger Andrew Breitbart, that was set off by a non-nude ... More >>

Anthony Weiner Picks Best Sexting Partner Ever in Porn Star Ginger Lee: But She Could be His Biggest Problem

missgingerlee.comGinger Lee.​One of U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner's alleged sexting pals is sometime porn star Ginger Lee, whom he reportedly tried to coach to lie about their relationship. The episode, revealed by TMZ, highlights the role of public relations in the business of your taxpayer-funde ... More >>

Anthony Weiner: Shirtless, Christopher Lee-Like Photo Revealed by L.A.'s Breitbart

bigjournalism.comBreitbart comes with more Weiner.​L.A. blogger Andrew Breitbart today blew the shirt off of Weinergate, revealing a few more racy photos of the U.S. representative, ones he allegedly tried to use to woo women. This as Anthony Weiner of New York admitted in a Monday afternoon ... More >>

Was Reese Witherspoon's Sexting Advice on MTV Intended for Anthony Weiner?

Hollywood LifeCome on, Weiner -- it's a no-brainer.​Everyone seems so sure that Reese Witherspoon's condescending sext lesson at the MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles last night was directed at Blake Lively, the young "Gossip Girl" hottie whose bedroom-mirror body shots recently took the celebri ... More >>

L.A.'s Andrew Breitbart Announces 'Big Ol Gay Party' For 'These People' at Conservative Convention In D.C.

Andrew Breitbart welcomes the gay crowd. Sort of.​L.A.-based conservative pit bull Andrew Breitbart is about as right as it gets here on the left coast. But that doesn't mean he isn't down with the rainbow massive. To prove it Breitbart pulled out every musical stereotype in the book (declari ... More >>

Criswell predicts: "The Homosexual Capital will be Des Moines, Iowa, and the Bisexual Capital will be Pasadena"

​ Like an apolitical Andrew Breitbart, the Amazing Criswell used to live in L.A. and make things up. Over at this week's Studies in Crap on our Style Council blog, you can relish the most baffling of Criswell's predictions for the 1970s, selected from his book Criswell Predicts Your Next Ten ... More >>

Adam Carolla Fan Defends His Remarks Criticizing Los Angeles, Says 'L.A. Sucks. L.A. Should Know That'

adamcarolla.comAdam Carolla with L.A.-based blogepreneur Andrew Breitbart.​Podcaster and onetime Dancing With The Stars contestant Adam Carolla had some harsh things to say about the leadership of L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and his City Council cohorts in a recent piece in Los Angeles mag ... More >>

Tickets Gone Wild? Angelenos Complain About Increase In Traffic, Parking Tickets AsBudget-Stretched City Looks To Raise Money

Lord JimMore tickets from the L.A. Department of Transportation?​Anecdotal reports suggest a rising chorus of complaints over traffic and parking tickets in the city of L.A. as officials try to raise money to close an ever-present budget gap. This week blogger Lawrence Myers on Andrew Breitba ... More >>

L.A. Conservative Pundit Andrew Breitbart Dropped As ABC News Election-Night Commentator

He doesn't look too worried about it.​Conservative L.A. blogger Andrew Breitbart was psyched when he found out he'd be an ABC News commenter on election night. He probably should have kept his mouth shut and rolled with the good fortune, however. What he did might have made the gig unravel: H ... More >>

Movie Review: NESHOBA: THE PRICE OF FREEDOM

Does Shirley Sherrod Have A Libel Case Against Andrew Breitbart?

​ Shirley Sherrod, the Department of Agriculture official who got caught up in a Beltway maelstrom last week when conservative provocateur Andrew Breitbart accused her of discriminating against white farmers, will sue Breitbart for libel, she told a group of assembled black journalists Thursda ... More >>

Andrew Breitbart, As Predicted, Loses No Juice In The GOP

​ Andrew Breitbart will co-host a fundraiser for the Republican National Committee next month at the Beverly Wilshire, TalkingPointsMemo reports. The conservative provocateur had a wild ride last week, posting video of Department of Agriculture official Shirley Sherrod seeming to say she favo ... More >>

Andrew Breitbart's Reaction: Just As You Knew It Would Be

Apologize? Never!​ In one of the least surprising media developments of the year, Andrew Breitbart, the conservative provocateur whose media company is based in Santa Monica, has reacted to an embarrassing journalistic error not by apologizing -- but by going on the attack. Tuesday we wonder ... More >>

Andrew Breitbart: Is There No Such Thing As Bad Publicity?

​ The past 36 hours have been a whirlwind for Andrew Breitbart, the right-wing bomb thrower who oversees a family of conservative Web sites -- Big Government, Big Journalism and Big Hollywood -- from an office building in Santa Monica. The quick history: He released a video that seemed to s ... More >>

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Metrolink Tries to Censor Bloggers

A paranoid transit agency spends public money threatening critical Web sites

Celebs to the Slaughter

Why Arianna’s Blog Blows