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Republican National Committee

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    The 5 Most Hilarious Republican Attempts To Co-opt Rock Songs

    ​The problem with being a Conservative, besides the fact that you spend all your time trying to ruin things for everyone else, is that, let's face it, you're really square. You probably have a million sexual hang-ups, you're always 50 years too late to claim credit for any social movements tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2010

    Top 10 WTF LA Nightlife Moments of 2010

    Lina Lecaro(T)hat's All Folks! at Dragstrip 66​ What a year. Looking back as we always do around this time, one thing was very clear, LA be crazy after dark! Was it end-(or beginning?)-of-decade (yup, look it up) dementia, all the mercury in retrograde activity or something else that gave th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2010

    With Independent Ad, Kamala Harris Looks To Link Steve Cooley To Karl Rove

    Steve Cooley: Dime con quien andas...​Among candidates for state office, Kamala Harris is the only Democrat who's trailing in the polls. That means plenty of Democrats plan to split their ballots with a vote for moderate Republican Steve Cooley.So in the closing week of the campaign, the Harris ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2010

    Ken Mehlman Comes Out; Great News For Prop 8 Opponents

    ​Ken Melhman's decision to come out and identify as gay, thus confirming one of the oldest rumors in Washington, is a big victory for opponents of Prop. 8, the California ban on gay marriage. Prop. 8 is currently up on appeal after being struck down by a federal judge earlier this month. Mehl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2010

    Two Republican Party Officials Fired Over L.A. Club Outing

    An image from Voyeur's website.​Two Republican National Committee officials were fired over the weekend for their part in approving a nearly $2,000 outing at West Hollywood club Voyeur, known for its edgy, sexual theme. The heads of RNC finance director Rob Bickhart and his deputy, Debbie Le ... More >>

  • Music

    April 8, 2010

    Nightranger: Twinkle, Kinkle

    An image from Voyeur's website.​Two Republican National Committee officials were fired over the weekend for their part in approving a nearly $2,000 outing at West Hollywood club Voyeur, known for its edgy, sexual theme. The heads of RNC finance director Rob Bickhart and his deputy, Debbie Le ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    Residents Gripe About Noise, Not Kinky Republicans, At Voyeur

    While bloggers and op-ed columnists have raged with glee, and some moral indignation, about Republicans visiting a hot-to-trot nightclub in West Hollywood called Voyeur, nearby residents couldn't care less about scantily clad women dancing for a bunch of political power brokers.Voyeur7969.comAn imag ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    WeHo Club At Center Of Republican Controversy Misunderstood

    voyeur7969.comAn image from Voyeur's website.​A publicist for the West Hollywood club at the center of a Republican National Committee spending spree in the Los Angeles area last month wants to correct the record: It's not a bondage club, nor is it a strip joint or bikini bar. Voyeur is just ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2010

    'Courageous Karl' Rove Cuts Speech Short After Code Pink Protester Charges At Him With Handcuffs

    ​Karl Rove, believed by some to be the architect of President George W. Bush's political policies, cut short a speaking engagement in Beverly Hills Monday night after hecklers disrupted him. Bush's former deputy chief of staff walked away from the talk and book signing for his bestseller Cour ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2010

    Young Republicans Gone Wild In L.A: Staffer Fired For Bondage Club Visit

    voyeur7969.comAn image from Voyeur's website.​This is a fun game to play, and some of you probably called it: When an entire political party's leadership took heat for approving lavish expenses that included private jet travel, top-flight luxury hotels and a trip to a bondage-themed club in We ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2010

    Republicans Go Bondage Clubbing In L.A. On Party Dime

    RNC chairman Michael Steele.​The Republican National Committee came under fire Monday after reports revealed that it spent nearly $2,000 for entertainment at sexually charged West Hollywood club Voyeur, not to mention chairman Michael Steele's $9,099 spent at the Beverly Hills Hotel and anothe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2008

    Buy the Gossip Girl Closet: Only $38,560!

    If you've been watching Gossip Girl, maybe you too have fallen in lust with their outfits. I've always had a soft spot for the preppy, WASP-y, schoolgirl look. Bluefly.com has been doing a promotional "buy the Gossip Girl closet" thing (though have been ever careful to include a "No celebrity endors ... More >>

  • News

    October 30, 2008

    The Red Scare and Average Joes

    What we talk about when we talk about socialism

  • Blogs

    September 25, 2008

    The Trickle Down Economics of the Nation's Financial Crisis

    This week, the Los Angeles Business Journal explains how the trickle down economics of the country's financial crisis may hurt LA...as well as some of its wealthiest citizens. Billionaire Eli Broad, who's a major shareholder of American International Group, the insurance company that the federal gov ... More >>

  • Columns

    September 11, 2008

    The Latest Republican Cover-Up: The Presidency of George W. Bush

    Ready to hit the reset button: At the GOP convention, plenty of Mac and cheese, no W

  • Blogs

    September 5, 2008

    North Hollywood High or McCain Mansion?

    How hilarious to see Talking Points Memo and other bloggers track down that interesting "mansion" used as a set piece behind John McCain last night at the RNC. McCain must be trying to match, in his own way, the fake, creepy Greek columns chosen as Barack Obama's backdrop by some real idiots in the ... More >>

  • News

    September 4, 2008

    Rocking the Rhetoric at the DNC: Coachella for C-Span Junkies

    With notes on Harry Reid — the unknown poet of the political speechwriting?

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2008

    Election '08: Taking Down Amy Goodman and Donna Brazile

    The scene outside MSNBC's outdoor RNC studio at St. Paul's Rice Park, just outside Xcel Center. BY VANESSA SILVERTON-PEEL The 1999 World Trade Organization protests in Seattle were like the Big Bang in the evolution of modern police tactics and policies toward protesters. When the political b ... More >>

  • News

    October 19, 2006

    Bush's Big Bluff

    The end of Internet gambling

  • Stage

    November 17, 2005

    Immorality Play

    Measure for Measure, a tale of girlie boys

  • News

    September 15, 2005

    They Shoot News Anchors: Part II

    Media moguls, not looters, killed Katrina’s truth tellers

  • News

    September 8, 2005

    They Shoot News Anchors, Don’t They?

    Media moguls, not looters, killed Katrina’s truth tellers

  • News

    March 3, 2005

    Our Russia, Ourselves

    Sleeping with the enemy . . . then scolding her

  • News

    January 13, 2005

    Nonpartisan Harassment

    Sleeping with the enemy . . . then scolding her

  • News

    November 11, 2004

    Demon Democrats

    Some revelations about good and evil in Florida

  • News

    October 28, 2004

    The Ground War

    Hanging with the Florida troops out to win — and keep — a Kerry victory

  • News

    September 30, 2004

    Damn Polls

    The weird science that gives George the edge right now

  • News

    September 23, 2004

    The Yes Men Are Coming! The Yes Men Are Coming!

    In the midst of their 'Yes, Bush Can!' campaign, the busy pranksters spread faux Republican cheer on their way to L.A. for the opening of their new movie

  • News

    September 16, 2004

    Letters

    In the midst of their 'Yes, Bush Can!' campaign, the busy pranksters spread faux Republican cheer on their way to L.A. for the opening of their new movie

  • Columns

    September 9, 2004

    The Day of the Jackals

    Mythmaking at the Republican Convention and getting punk’d on Kudlow and Cramer

  • News

    September 9, 2004

    Moments of Noise

    The people behind the most protests on the convention floor

  • News

    September 9, 2004

    Rebel, Rebel, Your Face Is a Mess

    Why protests fail . . . and fail

  • News

    September 9, 2004

    Lighten Up, Bloomberg

    The demonstrators yelled a lot, so what?

  • News

    September 2, 2004

    Grand Old Illusions

    Exposing the secrets of an empire

  • News

    September 2, 2004

    Bloggers’ Report

    Exposing the secrets of an empire

  • News

    September 2, 2004

    War Party

    John Kerry gets his marching orders in New York

  • News

    September 2, 2004

    Big Tents That Are Hard To Get Into

    At the convention, GOP talks inclusion and walks intolerance

  • News

    September 2, 2004

    World vs. GOP

    War for truth marches on in the streets of New York

  • News

    September 2, 2004

    The Perfect Storm

    Remember me to Herald Square

  • News

    August 19, 2004

    Annul This

    Remember me to Herald Square

  • News

    July 29, 2004

    Payback

    Howard Dean makes a pitch for the under-30 vote

  • Columns

    July 15, 2004

    July Surprises

    The Kerry-Edwards cute meet plus Bush’s search for Osama

  • News

    April 22, 2004

    Swallow This, Deep Throat

    A case for silencing anonymous sources

  • News

    March 6, 2003

    The Back Story

    A case for silencing anonymous sources

  • News

    January 23, 2003

    Baby Greens

    Politics may be a drag, but kids today are turning Green instead of tuning out

  • News

    November 21, 2002

    Paradise Lost — Again

    The Bush plan for the environment

  • News

    November 14, 2002

    How the Democrats Blew It

    The blame starts with Daschle and Gephardt

  • News

    September 21, 2000

    The Greenberg Factor

    How Al Gore figured out what this election is about. How W. didn’t

  • Eat+Drink

    May 13, 1999

    The Falafel Truth

    A fine Westside sandwich

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