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Trump Delivers on Water for Valley, Gives Lift to GOP Congressmen

President Donald Trump signed a memorandum Friday afternoon in Scottsdale, Arizona, that one senior White House official called “the most significant action by a president on western water issues.” Trump’s policy would streamline regulations to help speed up deliveries from the Central Valley Project and State Water Project, the two...

Irony Alert: Nunes Hits Up Bay Area for Campaign Donations

Highly respected San Francisco Chronicle political reporter John Wildermuth served up a scoop Monday. Rep. Devin Nunes is hitting up Bay Area conservatives for campaign donations in the fight to keep his seat against Andrew Janz. The irony is that in his local campaign ads the Tulare Republican attacks Janz, a...

Does Nunes Deserve the Medal of Honor? Trump Says He Does.

President Donald Trump lavished high praise on Rep. Devin Nunes during an interview Thursday morning on "Fox & Friends." "If this turns out as everyone thinks it will, Devin Nunes should get the Medal of Honor," Trump said. Later on, the president suggested that the Tulare Republican should receive the...

Debunked Nunes Ad Shows He's Fat, Flabby & Out of Campaign Shape

We can surmise with a high degree of certainty three things about Rep. Devin Nunes' re-election bid. One, internal polling has given Nunes reason to worry that Democratic challenger Andrew Janz is breathing down his neck. Two, it's been so long since Nunes had a credible opponent, he's literally forgotten...

Trump's Tariffs Could Sow Trouble for GOP in Farm Districts

SPANGLE, Wash. — In the aptly named Harvester Restaurant, wheat farmer Roy Dube makes clear he's no fan of President Donald Trump's trade policy. "We get him elected into office and he pulls us out of trade agreements," Dube said last week as local farmers gathered to hear Democratic House...

Janz Can Stun the Nation With This One Thing: Focus on Republicans

If Andrew Janz wants to pull off the political upset the nation talks about for months, he needs to do one thing — and one thing only — before the Nov. 6 election. Talk to Republicans in CA-22. Janz and President Trump (what a combo!) have already energized Democrats in Rep....

City Official Is No Fan of Nunes Pension Reform Bill

Tulare Congressman Devin Nunes is pushing his pension oversight bill for the fifth time. And he's doing so with support from groups associated with such conservative icons as the Koch brothers and Grover Norquist. The Public Employee Pension Transparency Act, or HR 6290. would encourage disclosure of public pension fund’s...

Janz Is One of Many Dems Who Want to Ditch Pelosi

If the Blue Wave washes over Republicans in November, will Nancy Pelosi return as Speaker of the House? First, Democrats have to take control of the House of Representatives. Second, those Democrats would have to stick with the San Francisco liberal stalwart as their leader. Vox reports that Pelosi’s party...

Nunes 'Fake News' Attacks on Bee Focus of Vice News Story

Vice News Tonight aired a report about Congressman Devin Nunes’ attacks on The Fresno Bee on its HBO show Tuesday. (Click on the image above to view the segment.) Correspondent Alexandra Jaffe spoke with Bee reporter Mackenzie Mays and editor Joseph Kieta. The story focused on Nunes’ accusations that The...

Elections Guru Nate Silver Gives Janz & Heng Little Chance of Winning

Noted statistician Nate Silver, who analyzes political elections for a living, sees two Republican incumbents in the Valley's congressional delegation losing their seats in the November election. Neither of them is Rep. Devin Nunes of Tulare. In "The 5 Big Takeaways From Our House Forecast" posted Friday at fivethirtyeight.com, Silver...

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