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Trump Tries to Win Over California Republicans by Advocating Violence in GOP Convention Speech Friday

Republican presidential nominee frontrunner and alleged criminal Donald Trump attacked California for its crime, forests, homelessness, and electric vehicles, while also complaining about Nancy Pelosi and alleged election fraud.

SF Attorney Harmeet Dhillon Might Be Elected Chair of the Republican National Committee This Week

“San Francisco Values,” hmmm? Local attorney and longtime Republican gadfly Harmeet K. Dhillon is running against Ronna McDaniel in Friday’s race for RNC chair, but her reported “unity ticket” with the MyPillow Guy might doze her odds off.

California GOP Putting Out Bogus Ballot Boxes In At Least Three Counties

Republican party operations in Fresno, Los Angeles, and Orange County get busted for bamboozling voters with phony ballot drop boxes, which is totally a felony.

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Kink.com Offers Free Access To Republican Delegates As They Vote To Label Porn A 'Public Health Crisis'

In preparation for the Republican Party's national convention, that party's delegates have unanimously adopted an amendment to their highly conservative draft platform referring to pornography as "a public health crisis" and a "public

Pelosi Rips Into Apple CEO Tim Cook For Hosting Republican Fundraiser

Apple CEO Tim Cook today was scheduled to host a fundraiser for GOP House Majority Leader Paul Ryan. Ryan is one of the most visible leaders of his party, and as the Chronicle

Apple Won't Give Computers Or Donations To GOP Convention, As It Traditionally Does, Because Trump

CBS 5 calls it a "boycott," which might be an extreme way of looking at it, but yes, Politico reports that Apple will not lend any help to the GOP convention over the

Exclusive Video: Trump Protesters Build Wall, Crash Gates As Candidate Visits Bay Area

Warning: One arguably NSFW image below. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump brought his reality-TV-and-racism roadshow to the Bay Area today, speaking to a California GOP Convention crowd of about 600 party bigwigs Friday

A Challenger Rises: Former GOP Chair Announces Run Against Gavin Newsom

Former SF Mayor, now California Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom has been busy this month, what with hanging out with the French President, pulling his support from CA's high-speed rail project, and encouraging everybody

How The Bratty Government Shutdown Will Affect The Bay Area

The GOP's egregious shutdown of the federal government will have wide-reaching effects (other than your noble attempts at being a fantasy Daily Show writer, as evidenced by Facebook and Twitter). In addition to,

Mitt Romney Was A Major Financial Donor To California's Gay-Marriage Ban

The Human Rights Campaign released financial documents today from the National Organization for Marriage (AKA NOM, the organization partially responsible for Proposition 8, California's same-sex marriage ban) that show a staggering $10,000

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Dear Jelly Belly, Please Do Not Make A 'Santorum' Flavored Jelly Bean

Locally based, but nationally beloved gourmet jelly bean maker Jelly Belly is hosting a rally for Rick Santorum at their Fairfield, CA factory today. Why is a GOP presidential hopeful holding a $1,

Gloria Steinem: 'Religious, Economic Extremists Have Taken Over GOP...Snooki Sucks'

On Monday night, the Marriott Hotel in Walnut Creek hosted the 2012 East Bay Women's Conference featuring feminist and political icon Gloria Steinem. During the conference, which culminated in her standing ovation-causing "The

Ron Paul Glitter Bombed In Minneapolis

As the only GOP presidential candidate without a glitter bombing to his name, Ron Paul probably should have seen the sparkling shower coming by now. As CityPages reports this morning, the Texas Congressman

Mitt Romney Glitter Bombed By Gay Rights Activist

An unidentified gay rights activist glitter bombed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney today during a campaign rally in Eagan, Minnesota. As Mitt took the stage at a warehouse bash, the activist tossed a

Former Godfathers' Pizza CEO Leads GOP President Poll

In a surprise twist, Herman Cain leads other GOPs in a recently published Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll. Cain, a former Godfather's Pizza CEO, scored 4 points ahead of deplorable frontrunner candidate

Video: GOP Boos Gay Soldier at Presidential Debate

During last night's GOP debate, it was difficult to watch the Google logo stand next to evil, so unintentionally in contrast with its corporate logo. Case in point: Rick Santorum expressing his opinion

Michele Bachmann Signs Racist Pledge Declaring Black Children Were Better Off Slaves

Avowed racist Rep. Michele Bachmann, the GOP presidential candidate, signed an anti-Christian conservative pledge last week stating that among other things, according to the Telegraph, "African American children were more likely to grow

Republican Party Angry Over Michelle Obama's Calif. Visit

First Lady Michelle Obama arrives in the Bay Area today to make several appearances, including a fundraiser dinner with Alice Waters. Some local members of the Republican Party, however, are shaking their fists

Jerry Brown Won't Reach Budget Deal On Time

Much to no one's surprise, Governor Jerry Brown admitted this morning that he might not reach a budget deal by Thursday, "his self-imposed 60-day deadline," even though floor votes in the Legislature are

Leland Yee's Racist, Homophobic Messages from Sarah Palin Zealots

Though touched upon in yesterday's Day Around the Bay, we thought we'd share it with you in a separate post since it's a peek inside the heart of the former VP candidate cum

SF 'Tea Party' Protest Pics

While not every rally in San Francisco is newsworthy, Thursday's 'tea day' tax filing day protest in Union Square was unique due to its heavy right-wing tint. (Other than anti-abortion rallies and lynchings,

Meghan McCain Urges NY State GOP To Support Gay Marriage

Meghan McCain, daughter of the Senator and P.O.W. presidential candidate John McCain, wrote an opinion piece in the Daily News today. What it is is this: an open letter to New

Senator Specter Shocks GOP By Becoming Democrat

Senator Arlen Specter, the 29-year Senate veteran from Pennsylvania, announced today that he was changing his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat. In a statement, he said, "Since my election in 1980, as

ALL OF THEM: West Portal Ave & Ulloa

ALL OF THEM: West Portal Ave & Ulloa -- David Letterman after the final McCain/Obama debate via the absolutely critical at-these-times politicalirony.com. This one's from inside the venerable Eezy Freezy Market

ALL OF THEM: Market And Van Ness

ALL OF THEM: Market & Van Ness -- mattymatt, "Sarah Palin Engages in Perverse Journalistic Orgy of Excess" How could we forget such a violently vapid comment? We can't. We shan't. So let's