We need a new open thread, and this is a real busy week, so how about just a rundown of everything that’s going down?
TUESDAY, FEB 10
Irvine
- 2-4PM – [Weekly through March 20] Really Really Free Market
Langson Library at UCI near Lot 2
Hosted by: Food Not Bombs Irvine
Focus: NOT A PROTEST. Community-focused event; all are welcome and everything is free, no questions asked, no strings attached. Bring books, games, art, clothing, household items, non-perishable food, or just yourself!
Link: Click here for more information
Speaking of Irvine, this was seen yesterday on the 405 near Jeffrey (h/t Reddit) – good job Irvine!
“He’s a Pedophile!” – who can argue with that?
Orange
- 5-6:30PM – [Weekly] When We Unite We Win
- Glassell x Chapman
- Hosted by: Indivisible Orange
- Focus: Immigrant rights
Mutual Aid: Yes, bring nonperishable food and essential household basics to contribute towards community aid efforts- Link: Click here for more information
Mission Viejo
- 6:00PM – City Council Meeting
- Mission Viejo City Hall
- Hosted by: SouthOC4Democracy
- Focus: Support Cynthia Vasquez as she introduces a proposal that will direct MV staff to compile a list of resources to educate residents, workers and visitors about recent immigration enforcement actions in Orange County
- Link: Click here for more information
Placentia
- 6:00PM – PYLUSD School Board Meeting
- 1301 E Orangethorpe Ave, Placentia
- Hosted by: Community organized
- Focus: Push back on boardmember Leandra Blades’ proposal for a resolution to cooperate with ICE and allow agents on school campuses.
From the Placentia / Yorba Linda kids
(make sure to click those little arrows on the right)
WEDNESDAY FEB. 11
Mission Viejo
- 11:00 AM–1:00 PM – [Weekly] Defend Democracy, Demand Accountability
- La Paz Rd & Marguerite Pkwy
- Hosted by: SouthOC4Democracy
- Focus: Defend democracy & voting rights. Guest Speaker Oliver Ma, CA Lt. Gov. candidate.
- Mutual Aid: Yes, bring nonperishable food and essential household basics to contribute towards community aid efforts
- Link: Click here for more information
Rancho Santa Margarita
- 7:00PM – City Council Meeting
- Rancho Santa Margarita City Hall
- Hosted by: Community organized
- Focus: The mayor said he’d welcome ICE proudly. Tell him we do not agree!
- Link: Click here for more information
Vern here, let me just step in on this RSM thing. I wrote about what Mayor Tony Beall said at the last meeting that he DEIGNED TO HOLD, and it was worse than that: He suggested that Renee Good brought on her killing by her own bad behavior. Then a lot of angry locals were going to show up to the next meeting and react to that (meanwhile Alex Pretti had also been murdered) and Tony cancelled that meeting. I wrote “I bet he thinks RSM citizens will forget.” Let’s see if you-all do. Read “If Beall St. Could Shut Up”
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THURSDAY Feb. 12
(Lincoln’s birthday!)
Lake Forest
- 4:00–6:00PM – Weekly “Stand Up for Our Rights” Rally
- El Toro Rd & Trabuco Rd
- Hosted by: Indivisible Lake Forest
- Focus: Immigrant justice & civil rights
- Link: Click here for more information
La Habra
- 5:00–6:30 PM – Weekly “Save Democracy” Protest
- Imperial Hwy & S. Beach Blvd
- Hosted by: Indivisible La Habra
- Focus: Fight the fascist regime
- Link: Click here for more information
And from 7-9pm, the monthly meeting of the (proudly unchartered)
ANAHEIM DEMOCRATS CLUB!
Chris Duncan, former ICE attorney (who quit in 2019 over Trump I’s child separation policies) will talk about his old agency, how it has devolved, how we can defeat it. Also Congressional candidate Esther Kim-Varet, and the beginning of our campaign for RENT CONTROL IN ANAHEIM (we should have the first petitions ready!) Great food, camaraderie, all the usual… at the Untold Story Bookstore, 301 N. Anaheim Blvd on Cypress St. FACEBOOK LINK
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FRIDAY the 13th.
Villa Park
- 8:00–9:30 AM – [Weekly] No Hate, No Fear! Immigrants Are Welcome Here
- Villa Park Rd x N Wanda Rd
- Hosted by: Voices of Villa Park
- Focus: Immigrant rights & advocacy
- Link: Click here for more information
Ladera Ranch
- 5:00 – 6:30 PM – [Weekly] Ladera Ranch Stands For Human Rights
- Crown Valley & Antonio Pkwy
- Hosted by: OC Indivisible Coalition
- Focus: Immigrant rights & democracy
- Link: Click here for more information
AND AT 12:30 pm – TENANTS UNITED ANAHEIM PRESS CONFERENCE!
We will announce our new campaign to get strong rent control and tenant protections (including for mobile home tenants) ON THE STEPS OF ANAHEIM CITY HALL! Join us and stand with us or join us and watch. By early June we need to get at LEAST 20,000 signatures, in order to get this initiative on the November General Election ballot. If you live in Anaheim (or nearby and care about tenants) JOIN US!
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SATURDAY Feb. 14
Costa Mesa
- 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM – Basic Essentials & Food Drive
- IKEA, 1475 S Coast Dr
- Hosted by: Costa Mesa Mutual Aid
- Focus: NOT A PROTEST. Basic essentials & food are being collected to help immigrant families in need. Vetted volunteers will deliver to affected households.
- Mutual Aid: Yes, bring nonperishable food and essential household basics to contribute towards community aid efforts
- Link: Click here for more information
Newport Beach
- 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM – [Weekly] “Defend Democracy” Protest
- PCH & Jamboree
- Hosted by: Newport Indivisible
- Focus: Immigrant rights, voting rights & democracy
- Link: Click here for more information
Santa Ana
- 10:30 – 12:30 PM – [Weekly] Protest Rally
- Bristol St and MacArthur Blvd
- Hosted by: Defenders of Democracy
- Focus: Immigrant rights & democracy
- Link: Click here for more information
Aliso Viejo
- 11:00 AM–12:30 PM – [Weekly] “Defend Democracy” Protest
- 26501 Aliso Creek Rd (at Enterprise)
- Hosted by: Aliso Viejo Resistance
- Focus: Fight oligarchy & corporate power, stand up for human rights
- Mutual Aid: Yes, bring nonperishable food and essential household basics to contribute towards community aid efforts
- Link: Click here for more information
San Clemente
- 12:00 – 1:30 PM – Banner Drop for Democracy
- Ripcurl-Trestles Pedestrian Overpass
- Hosted by: SJC Indivisible
- Focus: Defend democracy; tell the world what’s happening is not ok
- Link: Click here for more information
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SUNDAY Feb. 15
Huntington Beach
- 1:00–2:30 PM – [Weekly] Rally at City Hall
- Huntington Beach City Hall
- Hosted by: HB 4 Democracy
- Focus: Immigrant rights, voting rights & democracy
- Mutual Aid: Yes, bring nonperishable food and essential household basics to contribute towards community aid efforts
- Link: Click here for more information
Irvine
- 2:00–4:00 PM – Protest Rally
- Irvine City Hall
- Hosted by: Community organized
- Focus: Defend democracy
Orange
- 2:00–4:00 PM – [Every 2nd & 4th Sunday] Weekly Rally for Democracy (location varies)
- 55 Freeway & E. Chapman Ave (near Yorba Park)
- Hosted by: 50501 Movement Orange County & OC Indivisible Coalition
- Focus: End executive overreach. Uphold the Constitution.
- Mutual Aid: Yes, bring nonperishable food and essential household basics to contribute towards community aid efforts
- Link: Click here for more information
Trump’s anti-semitism panel stumbles over Israel right out the gate.
https://jewishinsider.com/2026/02/religious-liberty-commission-antisemitism-hearing-israel-contentious/
Interfaith alliance sues Trump administration claiming his Religious Liberty Commission is unbalanced and opaque in violation of Federal Advisory Committee Act.
https://bsky.app/profile/joshgerstein.bsky.social/post/3mejh2byd5s22
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.657592/gov.uscourts.nysd.657592.1.0.pdf
Have you read the UNITE HERE! LOCAL 11 Manifesto?
https://www.instagram.com/p/DUjTanLEiSj/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Interesting new IG channel, anti-UNITE HERE leadership (anti-Ada) as well as anti-Santa Ana progressive. Sounds like a combo of Pedroza and Cunningham. Maybe not so interesting the more I explore it.
Wow what a febrile back up of venom. But for the life of me I can’t tell what it’s for or against.
No for or against anything…just info for voters. So they know what is happening behind the scenes.
Hi Vern…the post you categorize as Anti Unite Here & Anti-Ada was created to provide the information that was sent to us. We did not create the document, only posted it.
Suggesting that is page is anti-Santa Ana Progressive and then throwing the names “Pedroza” and “Cunningham” to be associated with it, seems like your willingness to defend those you like comes at any price and maybe clouding your judgment.
The post here is a ‘Manifesto’ allegedly written by Unite Here members, however people have thrown out the name of Mark Pulido or Julio Perez as the people behind the document. In any case, residents and members should have this information in front of them to make their own decision.
And we can assure you, none of those names PEDROZA or CUNNINGHAM you mentioned are associated with this page.The page is not “ANTI” anything. As a matter of fact, many of us were union members and/or progressive leaning.
However, for this page, we are trying to keep away from biases as much as possible and only providing information trying to present it’s tone as it was presented to us.
It serves as a page for information readily not available to the average resident or union member.
EXAMPLE of one of the posts on the page:
OC Supervisor Sarmiento campaigning for SA Council-member Jessie Lopez in the background for months before officially coming out for her, but at the same time telling people he was neutral and making SA Council-member Johnathan Hernandez believe he still had a shot at his support. The supervisor was asking organizations and people to support Lopez all while publicly saying he didn’t have a dog in this fight.
Feedback is highly accepted…attacks are not.
We are not writers, journalists, or anything of the sort….just looking to get info out to residents and union members that they normally would not get.
If it’s what I think it is I saw it on Facebook attributed (either accurately or as political sabotage) to Julio Perez.
I blame Betty Martinez Franco and her big mouth.
https://www.ocregister.com/2026/02/10/ice-reportedly-leases-office-spaces-in-irvine-and-santa-ana/
[GAD: Bowdlerized for your protection!]
The COPD is in shambles since Ada left which is a good sign of whether Ada is in this for the people or herself. She doesn’t appear to build things that last but she is good at getting attention for herself. For example, the short lived Muslim-latino collaborative. The Muslims don’t have an ally in Ada.
https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/tn-wknd-et-muslim-latino-collaboration-20170203-story.html
What evidence do you have that DPOC is in “shambles”? C’mon, it’s raining, tell us a story!
Yes, Ada does have a problem with lack of follow-through. But mostly, like Fran Sdao and Frank Barbaro before her, she had access to a lot of money. Florice does not have access to the same sort of money — let alone rizz, though she can be persuasive in one-on-one situations, much like Hillary Clinton supposedly was — so she starts with a handicap. In this sense she reminds me most of Henry Vandermeir, who probably had the best mind and ethics to be a DPOC Chair, but just was not a leader interpersonally. He could work harder than anyone else, but didn’t get people to follow him. (He apparently blamed me for much of this — but that was his mistaking lack of conformity with lack of support.)
Ada has had good advisors, though, and they probably remind her that California Democratic politics considers alliances with Muslims to be deeply sus. Getting past that, if one is so inclined, requires a seriously steely moral core.
I don’t know why all this talk about Ada is on this open thread and not on our new Unite Here story.
Ummm, I always start out with the comments so I can assess the Neshanian damage. I’ll be off to that story soon and then return to my overdue knitting.
Look at their fundraising without her. Start there.
As I said: Florice doesn’t have ready access to serious money — not from her practice like Barbaro (those she does relatively well); not from her spouse (like Sdao), who did so much to ruin Steyer’s Presidential campaign; and not from her union (and somewhat craven public radio figures, plus Latino media) like Ada. She isn’t especially charming, and at her least charming she is positively alienating. She (like future Chair Lauren) is a Zionist activist (so far as I recall) at possible the worst time this century to be one. And she can’t speak recklessly without accountability like you can.
I don’t know how other relatively wealthy counties are doing at a time when young people are revolting against Democratic leadership, but I’d sure like to have some points of comparison before saying it’s mostly her fault.
Scott Weinser enemy of the CDP and Israel!! Lol!
https://sfstandard.com/2026/01/22/scott-wiener-jewish-caucus-gaza-israel-resigns/
Like I said the COPD is in shambles. You are only bolstering my position.
Issaquah September (6/20/09)
Indian land
Snoqualmie summer
Hop harvest
Frontier post
Old train town
Immigrant inlet
The engines stopped running
but the ghosts remain
cattlemen, lumberjacks, coal miners, wildcats
tell stories
of their glory
on the smoke
of wood burned,
saloon stoked,
supper fires
Leaves yield
yellow upon
autumn’s approach
the gingko
still stands
artifact sentinel
wind whistles wildly
through the highland wilderness
rivers roll roaringly
out yonder
whitewater falls
elk grazing gracefully
over cloud shadowed meadows
this Issaquah September
Oh how I long for the Carrizo Plain
The coloured lichen carpets
The high grass waving
The rock art of natives remain
The wildflowers returning
To a land unchanged
Waiting to capture
A long hard rain
And when I hear the quail
cooing from the chaparral cover
It still takes me places
I cannot explain
Oh how I long for the Carrizo Plain
4/12/2023
Not sure it’s an anti-ICE protest song, but in the words of Oliver, “please sir, I want some more.”
https://youtu.be/01t_AchaYdM
https://youtu.be/7tOkpntQtBM
Member of Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission ousted over her support of Candace Owens and inquiring if anti-Zionism is always antisemitism.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trumps-religious-liberty-commission-descends-into-chaos-11510486
Spurgeon street reverses judgment in ballot designation case arising from Surf City council race without determining it was erroneous.
http://www.metnews.com/articles/2026/unusualreversal_021026.htm
https://medium.com/@ryan.d.kashfian/the-quiet-death-of-paul-v-da857f165bd2
https://law.justia.com/cases/california/supreme-court/2d/62/129.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/trump-administration-working-expand-effort-strip-citizenship-foreign-b-rcna255427
Gimme some more. I want a little more. Queue Jane’s Addiction “Whores”
https://youtu.be/OwBOnwVlQbA
I’m still not going to Substack sites because I’ve heard some unsettling things about the organization and am waiting for the consensus to gel. So if someone could please pass this along to Jeff Pearlman about this post:
https://www.thetruthoc.com/p/an-unpopular-take-on-ca-40
Hey, Jeff Pearlman! With all of the recent massive outcome shifts in favor of Blue candidates, both wins and surprisingly narrow losses, I wonder whether and how much your mind has changed on this post?
Esther Kim Varet — appearing just as I write at the Anaheim Dems meeting, suddenly seems viable , doesn’t she? (For that matter, so does Joe Kerr, but I still don’t think his appeal extends beyond his fellow firefighting worshippers.) Making MAGAts spend money on this race is a good thing — and might well pay off!
Greg,
Don’t be silly. The DPOC doesn’t have any money let alone money to throw at the likes of Joe Kerr.
If the COPD can’t raise money, is it really of a player in the whole scheme of things???
Yes, the DPOC really is a player in primaries, and still would be if it didn’t have a dime in its coffers, for two reasons:
(1) Threats and Rewards: If it chooses to endorse a candidate (or gets CDP to do so), it narrows the field, in part by threatening those who don’t play along with sanctions and rewarding those who do play along with favor. Fundamentally, this is not so different in form from Trumps doling out consequences base on compliance.
(2) Institutional Influence Media figures and commenters look to DPOC to see which candidates are worth taking seriously. This doesn’t mean that they should win or are going to win; but it does mean that — even if they are hapless (such as, in my view Joe “Self-Love” Kerr) — they won’t be overlooked. They also signal to people who want to cozy up to candidates who they can influence and control which of them is likely to be favored.
I, blissfully, don’t even yet know whether, when, and whom DPOC will endorse in this race. But let’s imagine for a moment who they would endorse if they did want to narrow the field. Kim-Varet is not going to go away no matter what DPOC does because she is a self-funder with a healthy dose of rizz, and she can tell (based on past results) that Kerr is a weak candidate against either Young Kim or Old Calvert. But if Kerr doesn’t get the endorsement — even if its a decision not to endorse? Well, that would be the death knell for his campaign, because inevitability (along with his belief that he can convince people that being the President of a local public labor union makes him a “labor leader” in the the sense that Gloria or Ada Inc. are, and his assistant hype man Tony Bedolla) is his main asset.
You’re just being an ignorant blowhard. Admittedly, you were born to play the role!
Who will the DPOC endorse in CA 40? There will certainly be no DPOC endorsement before the primary, with 3 fairly equally popular candidates none of em will get 60%. I got a story coming out about Esther vs Lisa. Dan can keep polishing Joe Kerr, he is so handy with polishing.
Ok Derek Tran. #1 and #2 It didn’t work with him and he came from nowhere. Enjoy the kitchen table er office.
No, Derek Tran didn’t “come from nowhere.” He had a lot of support from North and West County Democrats; he was a lawyer and spoke very well. And I’d like to think that activists like Vern and I, us writing here and others doing their thing elsewhere, played a role. The fact that he won the general election speaks well for him.
I work at my computer, in a nook off of our living room, not at the kitchen table. But thanks for dipping so low, you pustulant asshole. I think maybe I’ll rewrite some of your poetry.
OC Rag reports on OCPA v. County of Orange.
https://www.ocregister.com/2026/02/12/orange-county-power-authority-seeks-nearly-1-million-from-county-in-breach-of-contract-lawsuit/
“The OC Board of Supervisors unanimously voted Tuesday, Feb. 10, to hire the law firm Stradling, Yocca, Carlson & Rauth and partner Allison Burns to represent the county in the lawsuit. County spokesperson Molly Nelson said the board could not comment about pending litigation.
The power authority is represented by the law firm Best Best & Krieger.”
Betty “I’m apparently Eric’s guilty secret fantasy love object” Franco [that was edited] dares the US government to try and revoke her citizenship.
https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=122162810666875788&id=61576273646802
You should watch footage of Ma. Franco during council meetings. She is a clown that took money from Farrah Khan and thinks only Latin Americans are being victimized by the Trump administration. Her whole DEI champion persona is a sham. She fabricated it to get on the Irvine DEI committee where she didn’t do squat including failing to learn even an iota of Roger’s
rules of order. And, now when her inexperience shows,
she does her best Blanche impersonation and plays the victim because she is new at all of this. She is unserious. EN said it.
See, it wasn’t that hard to avoid slagging a woman’s body parts while you’re criticizing them, was it?
That’s setting the bar about as low as it can go — but it’s a start!
The Blue Square Super Bowl ad proves that Jews are just as racist as the rest of society.
https://www.jta.org/2026/02/13/ideas/debate-over-the-blue-square-super-bowl-ad-is-fading-the-racist-responses-from-my-fellow-jews-will-be-felt-longer
I kindly fixed your “Blie” typo, after first looking it up in both Armenian and Turkish.
I happen to believe that Jews are not exempt from being racist (even beyond long-standing anti-Muslim sentiments), although personally I’m paying more attention to the sexual predation these days (which sickens me as a human being, and doubly and trebly so as a male Jew). But I don’t see how this Super Bowl ad “proves” anything of the sort about Jews generally. It was a weird ad, grabbing credibility from a scripted African American rooting against Palestinian sensibilities, but I promise you this: Jews did not have a big secret vote about whether to fund that ad and what it should say. (Just be glad that people don’t judge all Armenians by what you say and do.)
Awkward, immigrant, staunch Republican politician (and, former Irvine mayor) celebrates “exposed” Turkish foreign agent on behalf of California.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DSGRwlTgcLK/?img_index=1
https://tcusapac.org/a-legacy-of-community-and-generosity-the-2025-kirlikovali-holiday-party-brings-turkish-americans-together-in-california/
Your statement there was pretty opaque. But it is sort of nice to see you suffering.
What elected office did Derek Tran hold before winning the election sending him to DC? He was so well known and liked that the DPOC didn’t want him.
Jonathan Greenblatt goes all blm in Harlem cuz Ethiopian Jews aren’t discriminated against in Israel. ADL is silent about that. Perhaps they should work on protecting black Jews in Israel.
https://www.jns.org/cafe-in-harlem-ny-ends-dine-in-service-citing-anti-israel-harassment/
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/racist-attitudes-toward-ethiopian-jews-displays-need-to-unite-above-differences/
https://www.sdjewishworld.com/2025/05/26/author-chronicles-israeli-discrimination-against-ethiopian-jews/
If cair knew what was up they would throw their support
Behind Marc pulido!
Speaking about CAIR.
https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2025/12/9/florida-lists-muslim-rights-group-cair-a-terror
Willie the weenie, the opportunist, claims oc republicans are for a free Iran. A little late bro. Meanwhile, COPD sleeps.
https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1593137739485283&id=100063672171402
Eric Swallwell, the secret erotic poet.
https://nypost.com/2026/02/16/us-news/ca-governor-candidate-eric-swalwells-secret-erotic-poetry-is-uncovered/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15551455/amp/eric-swalwell-erotic-poems-california-governor-gavin-newsom.html
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6389498425112
Icymi, pro-Turkic, gyro-deprived cub reporter Gabe revisits weed in Anaheim to provide updates on Ament’s attempt to strip the wire fraud charge against him.
https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/entertainment/story/2026-02-14/anaheim-retail-cannabis
FSB was Betty Franco’s former employer.
How is it that the only deliberative bodies in Orange Countu purporting to promote DEI (Orange County Human Relations Commission and Irvine DEI committee) are currently lead by American Jewish Zionists (Lauren Johnson Norris and Wendy Bokota)? Note: the OCHRC cancelled its first meeting this year during which it was supposed to elect a new chair.
I don’t think Jewish Zionism and DEI are compatible. Let’s face facts DEI is political window dressing that is all but dead in Orange County.
Looks like the contact person for Democrats for Israel – Orange County is COPD’s Executive Vice Chair Lauren Johnson Norris.
https://www.facebook.com/people/Democrats-for-Israel-Orange-County/100088231463452/?sk=about
Funny, their Facebook page went dormant months before October 7th.
https://www.facebook.com/people/Democrats-for-Israel-Orange-County/100088231463452/
I think Lauren has a conflict of interest.
Recent news re Pro-Israel Lobby groups imposing in elections.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/19/pro-israel-dmfi-endorsements-democrats-house-primaries-00787254
https://www.facebook.com/washingtonpost/posts/the-american-israel-public-affairs-committee-is-masking-its-involvement-in-compe/1282483860410153/
Irvine DEI committee cancels yet another meeting while ICE hovers.
https://records.cityofirvine.org/OnBaseAgendaOnlineDEI/Documents/DownloadFileBytes/DIVERSITY,_EQUITY,_AND_INCLUSION_ADVISORY_COMMITTEE_REGULAR_MEETI_4996_Minutes_2_26_2026_5_00_00.pdf?documentType=2&meetingId=4996&isAttachment=true
https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=122163768032875788&id=61576273646802 (red fupa alert)
Almost two days after ICE detained three women in Irvine, the OC Rag reports about it.
https://www.ocregister.com/2026/02/19/3-women-detained-at-irvine-business-days-before-anti-ice-protest-on-friday/
Anti ice protest today In Irvine.
“A protest organized by the 50501 organization’s Orange County branch will be held outside ICE’s new Irvine office from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 20, at Mercantile and Morse Avenue.”
Yeah I was wanting to write about that, couldn’t get a hold of any Irvine people. It’s coming up though, at 11!
Lemme see how quick I can slap something up!
One of the 50501 organizers is running against Franco for Irvine d5.
Who is that and what is their beef? I doubt it has anything to do with a Charro accent or red fupa.
They are Latino also I assume. Byron salvatierra
https://irvinewatchdog.org/city-hall/2026-irvine-city-council-candidates-and-election-preview/
https://www.byronforirvine.com/
Sorry Filipino. My bad. And, he looks like a bad ass.
Of course UTA who represents the Anti-defamation league is going to defend Bari Weiss one of their other clients.
https://www.unitedtalent.com/news/UTA-Signs-Anti-Defamation-League-As-Anti-Semitism-Other-Hate-Crimes-Rise-Across-US
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/uta-jay-sures-bari-weiss-ucla-lecture-1236509918/
She canceled because she can’t handle the heat.
A story about how the sausage gets made in DC.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/09/tom-cole-house-appropriations-profile-00770360?utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=dlvr.it
How to report potential misconduct by federal agents in California.
https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1341247511143479&id=100057747292623&http_ref=eyJ0cyI6MTc3MTcwOTQ4MzAwMCwiciI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbVwvIn0%3D
And some perspective about immigration enforcement the last 46 years.
https://www.nytimes.com/1979/11/11/archives/president-orders-action-to-deport-iranian-students-illegally-in-us.html
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/third-batch-iranians-deported-by-us-return-home-tasnim-reports-2026-01-26/
Anti-Defamation League teams up with Robert Kraft to place coloured, geographic patches on Jewish kids across the USA.
https://www.sdjewishworld.com/2026/02/20/adl-to-promote-blue-square-symbol-to-fight-antisemitism/
Blue patches were used in Nazi Germany.
https://www.dachautour.com/news/2018/10/1/identification-badges-at-dachau
On 2/22 and US men’s hockey
https://www.wmtv15news.com/2026/02/22/february-22-1980-usa-wins-gold-miracle-ice-game/?outputType=amp
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/22/nx-s1-5722810/team-usa-faces-tough-canadian-squad-in-olympic-gold-medal-hockey-game
Golden again after EXACTLY 46 years.
P.S. This also happened on 2/22
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3216461498567251&vanity=ancaorangecounty&http_ref=eyJ0cyI6MTc3MTc4ODA2NzAwMCwiciI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbVwvIn0%3D
Rabbi Dicky Steinberg, Orange County Human Relations Commission member and Don Wagner appointee, wants you to believe that Israel didn’t commit genocide in Gaza, cites to post-truth reality and mentions lack of context. Context? So what the Nakba wasn’t genocide neither? What about the West Bank? Context. Pfft.
https://youtu.be/HfSQDfEw5ZU?si=RL7YDHnJLJ-bTThB
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/07/israel-opt-israeli-organizations-conclude-israel-committing-genocide-against-palestinians-in-gaza-in-another-milestone-for-accountability-efforts/
https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/09/israel-has-committed-genocide-gaza-strip-un-commission-finds
Umm, pretty clear he is a genocide denier.
Jack Hugjes potted the winner for team USA. He is Jewish. Well done!
https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-hockey-star-jack-hughes-clinches-gold-medal-for-team-usa-at-winter-olympics/amp/
Proof that duplicitous Rabbi Dicky was an ADL member while an acting OC Human Relations commissioner.
https://x.com/ADLCalifornia/status/1867700344664490301?mx=2
“He serves of the Boards of the Jewish Federation, American Jewish Congress and the AntiDefamation League and is an office [sic] on the Orange County Board of Rabbis.”
cams.ocgov.com/Web_Publisher_Sam/Agenda11_10_2015_files/images/O00115-001488E.PDF
Flashback. https://dailybruin.com/1996/04/09/anti-defamation-league-infring
Some Jews warn California officials and teachers that they are watching and prepared to act.
https://www.jns.org/california-civil-rights-body-lists-progressive-group-as-sole-statewide-jew-hatred-resource/
Jonathan Greenblatt shills.
https://momentmag.com/how-adl-is-innovating-in-the-fight-against-antisemitism/
https://www.jpost.com/podcast/jpost-podcast/article-887534
Some Jewish Zionists v. California over control of the school curriculum. Otherwise known as “help, we are losing control of the narrative.”
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-02-27/jewish-advocacy-groups-sue-california-over-antisemitism-in-schools
The CDP convention got heated.
https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/02/california-democrats-endorsement-feud/
CDP neglects to endorse candidate for governor, lieutenant governor or insurance commissioner at convention. 1st artivld doesn’t even mention Iowan Katie Porker. Swallwell, Yee finish 1,2 in delegate votes.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/02/22/california-democrats-declined-to-endorse-a-candidate-for-governor-at-their-annual-convention-heres-what-that-means/amp/
https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/politics/california-democratic-party-delegates-can-t-agree-on-top-endorsements/article_c662e876-3e48-43a8-a9fe-60d034d6acd1.html (Porter 5th behind Steyer; Porter go home already!!!)
https://www.kcra.com/article/california-democratic-party-likely-wont-endorse-a-candidate-for-governor-and-most-statewide-offices/70449477
https://www.aol.com/news/democratic-candidates-insurance-commissioner-fail-205810569.html
The divide between American pro-Israel lobby groups and Jewish advocacy groups widens re message and method.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/project-shema-dei-jews-anti-semitism
Newsom trolls Trump over his hair.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/gavin-newsom-trolls-donald-trumps-weird-big-hair-at-state-of-the-union/
In case you missed it the race for supervisor of D5 has turned into trash. Foley is floundering. Of course it’s politics.
https://voiceofoc.org/2026/02/expansion-of-county-landfill-turns-into-hotbutton-campaign-issue/
Poet among those killed in speedboat that engaged in shootout approaching Cuban mainland dreamed of counterrevolution.
https://amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/cuba/article314864557.html
Some CA gubernatorial goose step to the joy of some local pro-Israel lobby organizations and Jewish Zionists.
https://jweekly.com/2026/02/27/candidates-for-ca-governor-vow-to-keep-jews-safe-and-israel-ties-strong/
Are there gubernatorial candidates going to do candidate forums with every ethnic and religious group in the state or just some. This is xenophobic and treasonous if you ask me, pledging to keep some safe and pledge allegiance to a foreign country.
Wait! Are Californian politicos pro-Israel/jewish or pro-Iran/muslim cuz you cannot be both in the current climate.
These politicos should be more worried about who shouldn’t be here that may want to harm us in light of this mishegas.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/02/28/california-officials-condemn-attack-on-iran-urge-congressional-vote/amp/
https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/california-politicians-react-to-major-us-israeli-attack-on-iran/amp/
This is an example of politicos needing to be more aware of what is going on here.
https://apnews.com/article/iran-pakistan-trump-assassination-asif-merchant-trial-faa05d588c03e7fc56e0c44b24c9170f
Foley’s follies in d5 reelection campaign has grown toxic.
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-03-01/orange-county-herbicides-waterways
Paywall. Summarize it or lose it!
Same article as above with no paywall.
https://www.aol.com/articles/fear-herbicides-poisoning-orange-county-110000794.html
https://voiceofoc.org/2026/02/toxic-herbicide-spraying-orange-county/
On undeclared wars and sleeper cells.
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/5369993-iranian-sleeper-cells-what-to-know-about-us-warnings/amp/
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/22/us/politics/iran-terrorist-attacks-proxies-trump.html
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/german-secret-service-overseer-warns-of-iranian-retaliation-in-europe/
https://metro.co.uk/2026/03/01/iran-will-waking-sleeper-agents-across-west-says-former-israeli-general-27169802/amp/
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/enemy-within-counterterrorism-experts-fear-sleeper-cells-could-poised-inside-usto.amp
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/heightened-security-threat-us-after-iran-strikes-federal-law-enforcement-officials-warn/
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4475931/khamenei-dead-learn-terrorists-crossed-the-us-border/
Austin is a great town. Lots of fun on 6th street. Nice whisky selection at the second floor bar at the Stephen F. Austin Royal Sonesta hotel just down the street from the Capitol.
https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/austin-mass-shooting/active-attack-reported-in-downtown-austin/269-1a19c462-1416-4316-8dba-732c395fbfcf
One of my favorite towns. One of my four “home towns.” I lived there from 89 to 97. Moved there when there were still Texas Democrats in power.
“78705 – more than a zip code, a way of life.”
Keep Austin weird!