The election results were rolling in, and so were the phone calls for Donald Trump. But no matter who was on the other end of the line, the person handing the phone to the next president of the United States was the same. “Jared was screening the calls,” said Armstrong Williams, a political ally who … Read more
The November election was the latest of many Republican nightmares. The blame for the loss of the California governor’s seat and many traditional Republican congressional seats cannot be placed on the national Republican Party, but rather on the local leadership at the county levels. Recent articles by members of the Ventura County Republican Central Committee … Read more
The wives and children of Marines, many feeling lonely and frightened, crowded into a helicopter hangar at Camp Pendleton on Thursday to hear Vice President Dan Quayle praise their courage and strength. It was an old-fashioned pep rally for an estimated 2,500 people, including a baby hoisted on his mother’s shoulders who held a tiny … Read more
Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco), right, receives congratulations from Sen. Steve Glazer (D-Orinda), left, and Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles), center, after lawmakers approved the 2016-17 state budget. (Rich Pedroncelli/Associated Press) Over three decades, state budget stalemates were just part of the natural rhythm of governing in Sacramento. There was 2003, … Read more
Workers removing Donald Trump’s name from an apartment building formerly known as Trump Place in New York in 2016. (Seth Wenig / Associated Press) Is Donald Trump a NIMBY or a YIMBY? Given that the housing crisis is a front-and-center issue throughout the country, whether or not the president-elect reflexively favors housing development is an … Read more
Four members of Rep. Robert K. Dornan’s staff, including a Vietnamese-American aide who left Saigon the day before its fall 13 years ago, are leaving today for Vietnam in an effort to reunify families with their relatives in Orange County. “The main purpose of this trip is to ask the Vietnamese to cooperate more fully … Read more
Riordan’s honeymoon is over? Less than 24 hours after the mayoral election, Valley resident Janice Lark received a mailer that said: “Don’t buy Dick Riordan’s lies.” Voters in the Wilshire and Westside areas received anti-Riordan missives from the Democratic National Committee on Wednesday and Thursday. To which we respond: Now, just a minute! Irrespective of … Read more
Karl Rove, President Bush’s chief political advisor, and Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) have called the Senate Judiciary Committee’s defeat of Judge Charles W. Pickering for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals a lynching. “Lynching,” like “Holocaust,” is a word that should not be used gratuitously. The word has special meaning to native … Read more
The House overwhelmingly passed a major revision of the Clean Air Act late Wednesday that includes a precedent-setting pilot program to mandate the sale of clean-fueled cars in California. Tougher than a version already approved by the Senate, the House bill was adopted by a vote of 401 to 21. Lawmakers brushed aside the threat … Read more
Then-President Trump and Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell onstage at a campaign rally in Lexington, Ky., in 2019. (Timothy D. Easley / Associated Press) Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell endorsed Donald Trump for president on Wednesday, a remarkable turnaround from the onetime critic who blamed the then-president for “disgraceful” acts in the Jan. 6, 2021, … Read more
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