Republican National Committee

Republicans Head To Los Angeles For Spring Meeting, Face Culture Shock

The Republicans are coming to Los Angeles next week. They must be from out of town because they'll be the only red dogs around these parts. Which makes us wonder: Why the hell did they chose L.A?

Sarah Palin Porn Lookalike Lisa Ann, L.A. Adult Star, Rocks GOP Convention: VIDEO, PHOTOS

Some Republicans might not like abortion for victims of rape unless, you know, it's "legit rape." Likewise some of those on the far-right side of the GOP aren't really big on birth control. Or "sluts" who want to speak out about the right to contraception, for that matter. But don't get us wrong. R ... More >>

Gay Republican Fred Karger Wants Your Vote, Calls Mitt Romney 'Mechanical'

Gay Republican Fred Karger, who's based in Southern California, has been stirring things up on the campaign trail this year, seeking the Republican nomination for president. The uber-underdog Karger is not going to get it -- candidate Mitt Romney will get the nod. But he's still on the ballot for Ca ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Nightranger: Twinkle, Kinkle

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 >>

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 >>

'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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

The Red Scare and Average Joes

What we talk about when we talk about socialism

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 >>

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

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 >>

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

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

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 >>

Bush's Big Bluff

The end of Internet gambling

Immorality Play

Measure for Measure, a tale of girlie boys

They Shoot News Anchors: Part II

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

They Shoot News Anchors, Don’t They?

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

Our Russia, Ourselves

Sleeping with the enemy . . . then scolding her

Nonpartisan Harassment

Demon Democrats

Some revelations about good and evil in Florida

The Ground War

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

Damn Polls

The weird science that gives George the edge right now

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

Letters

The Day of the Jackals

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

Moments of Noise

The people behind the most protests on the convention floor

Rebel, Rebel, Your Face Is a Mess

Why protests fail . . . and fail

Lighten Up, Bloomberg

The demonstrators yelled a lot, so what?

Grand Old Illusions

Exposing the secrets of an empire

Bloggers’ Report

War Party

John Kerry gets his marching orders in New York

Big Tents That Are Hard To Get Into

At the convention, GOP talks inclusion and walks intolerance

World vs. GOP

War for truth marches on in the streets of New York

The Perfect Storm

Remember me to Herald Square

Payback

Howard Dean makes a pitch for the under-30 vote

July Surprises

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

The Back Story

Paradise Lost — Again

The Bush plan for the environment

How the Democrats Blew It

The blame starts with Daschle and Gephardt

The Greenberg Factor

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

The Falafel Truth

A fine Westside sandwich