Nancy Pelosi

Cindy Sheehan For Congress, John Lennon Shot Dead: Connect The Dots

Ammiano Calls Pelosi and Fenstein "Moms"

Dalai Lama to Pelosi: Get Rid of Your Negative Attitudes

This Morning: Pelosi Talks about Hunger, Blames Bush for Rising Food Prices

We Read Nancy Pelosi’s Book So You Don’t Have To

News & Booze Pre-Election Analysis: Who Should We Be Laughing At?

Economic Magic: USPS Makes Tenderloin's 'Full-Service Post Office' Disappear

Eh, it's a little-known fact that if you lost as much money as the Post Office loses in a day, the coins would fill all the couches in America -- that ever existed. It's true, Normy.Is it possible to miss something you never had? That's a question Elaine Zamora is pondering right about now. Not quit ... More >>

Uncle Sam Wants You... To Check Out Nancy Pelosi's Adorable Cats!

New media maven?Several years ago, an episode of the satirical cartoon South Park poked fun at the dumbing-down of network news with a parable of the modern television viewer's tastes: The most popular program on a fictional elementary school's amateur TV station was, it turned out, looped videos of ... More >>

Off-Base (Part II)

The most vituperative battle ever fought over the Presidio pits a handful of activists (and a certain weekly newspaper) against a local coalition of environmentalists, business, and the majority of elected officials. Is the congressional compromise to es

Is There a Speaker in the House?

The most vituperative battle ever fought over the Presidio pits a handful of activists (and a certain weekly newspaper) against a local coalition of environmentalists, business, and the majority of elected officials. Is the congressional compromise to es

Who’s Your Mimi?

The most vituperative battle ever fought over the Presidio pits a handful of activists (and a certain weekly newspaper) against a local coalition of environmentalists, business, and the majority of elected officials. Is the congressional compromise to es

Face It

The most vituperative battle ever fought over the Presidio pits a handful of activists (and a certain weekly newspaper) against a local coalition of environmentalists, business, and the majority of elected officials. Is the congressional compromise to es

Drive-by Reporting

A primer for out-of-town journalists flocking to the Pelosi power story

Porkmistress Pelosi

Madam Speaker says she wants to tame pork-barrel spenders. Takes one to know one.

Sneaking Into the Flying Circus: How the Media Turn Our Presidential Campaigns Into Freak Shows

Nancy Pelosi's daughter explains how (but not why) running for prez became so miserable

State and National Candidates

Nancy Pelosi's daughter explains how (but not why) running for prez became so miserable

Human Rights Watch: Pelosi Has Some 'Splaining To Do About Torture Briefing

Oh, that waterboarding...Oh, for a return to the days when a troupe of miscreants breaking into Democratic Party headquarters was the source of our national angst -- and not nightmarish, government-sanctioned torture techniques. A memo released yesterday by the Director of National Intelligence and ... More >>

Republican Committee Accuses Nancy Pelosi of Cutting Sweetheart Deals for Her 'Nephew,' Gavin Newsom -- Who Is Surprised to Discover He's Pelosi's Nephew

No use hiding it, Nancy! We know your secret!​A blustery Friday release from the National Republican Congressional Committee accused Rep. Nancy Pelosi of playing hardball politics to wrest Treasure Island away from the Navy. No surprise there -- that's not the first we've heard of that. But the Re ... More >>

List: Do not open until Christmas

No use hiding it, Nancy! We know your secret!​A blustery Friday release from the National Republican Congressional Committee accused Rep. Nancy Pelosi of playing hardball politics to wrest Treasure Island away from the Navy. No surprise there -- that's not the first we've heard of that. But the Re ... More >>

Against all odds, a radical S.F. Republican takes on Nancy Pelosi

No use hiding it, Nancy! We know your secret!​A blustery Friday release from the National Republican Congressional Committee accused Rep. Nancy Pelosi of playing hardball politics to wrest Treasure Island away from the Navy. No surprise there -- that's not the first we've heard of that. But the Re ... More >>

Ash Wednesday Makes Mark on Pelosi Photo-Op

http://www.ucsf.edu/​We were visiting U.C. San Francisco's Web page the other day -- you never know when you'll stumble across something amazing -- when something hit us right in the forehead. Specifically, Rep. Nancy Pelosi's forehead hit us in the forehead. We were glancing at the above photogra ... More >>

Nancy Pelosi Victory Tour Continues at Commonwealth Club

Guess what the topic of discussion will be? ​House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's "You like me! You really, really like me" post-health care Bay Area tour continues with an appearance at the Commonwealth Club. We've made some calls, and, guess what? It looks like Pelosi wants to talk about health care. Wh ... More >>

Report: FBI Arrests S.F. Man for Scores of Phone Threats to Pelosi

'Hello, Nancy...'​The Associated Press today reported that the FBI has arrested a San Francisco man for scores of threatening phone calls he made to Rep. Nancy Pelosi's California and Washington, D.C. homes. It is alleged Gregory Guisti -- who will be arraigned tomorrow -- also dialed up Pelosi's ... More >>

BREAKING: Pelosi Speaking at City Hall at 11 a.m.

house.gov/pelosiHere to speak​We've just been informed that most-powerful San Franciscan Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, will make an appearance at City Hall in about 20 minutes.

Pelosi's Visit: Speaker Speaks Softly, Plugs Children, Walks Out Fast

Chris Roberts/The SnitchCares about kids!​Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi provided we miserable media wretches a small spark of excitement Monday morning when she visited San Francisco City Hall for a rare visit. Her focus: "Our children, our children, our children."In between ... More >>

Will SF Pride deliver a message to Pelosi on Sunday?

​The Town Hall meeting held in San Francisco last week may be the first of a series of contractions that give birth to a litter of community forums where the general public can meet with the advocacy groups and political leadership that represent the LGBT community.   Even though the mee ... More >>

'Attack of the 50-Foot Pelosi' Is Latest Bizarre GOP Attack Ad

Monstrous Pelosi, ruthlessly destroying Republicans ability to concentrate​A new National Republican Congressional Committee ad airing in states such as Pennsylvania uses Pixar-style 3-D animation to depict Nancy Pelosi as a crazed 50-foot monster, once "confined to liberal San Francisco," but now ... More >>

Week in Gay: Carrie Prejean to Wed 'Jesus in Cleats'

Her prince has come!​On Thursday, members of the LGBT media were invited to participate in some kind of weird press conference at the White House. Was it a show of good faith (this is a first for queer journalists) or just another attempt to appear attentive? An administration official named Melod ... More >>

Nancy Pelosi: Investigate Funding of Ground Zero Mosque Opponents

Nancy Pelosi says: Show me the money! ​Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi yesterday didn't quite manage to sidestep igniting a firestorm with Right Wing media types over the contentious plans to erect a mosque and Islamic Center not far from Ground Zero in Manhattan. Her vanilla answer about whethe ... More >>

Her House Divided

The most powerful female politician in the country now teeters between long-term victory and instant defeat.

SF Weekly Letters

The most powerful female politician in the country now teeters between long-term victory and instant defeat.

SF Weekly Letters

The most powerful female politician in the country now teeters between long-term victory and instant defeat.

Democratic Candidate Portrays San Francisco as Haven of Dirty Hippies

Dirty hippies! ​It's a bit odd for a Democratic candidate to use, as a selling point, how little he has in common with the Democratic Party. But, if that's the chosen route to electoral success, it's not very surprising that said candidate should portray San Francisco as a den of bizarre, gyrating ... More >>

Poll: Dems Abandoning Pelosi. Does Nancy-Challenger John Dennis Have a Chance?

Still just a dream​John Dennis may live in Pacific Heights, but his similarities to fellow posh neighborhood resident Nancy Pelosi end there. The Republican challenger to most-powerful San Franciscan Pelosi supports Proposition 19, wants a repeal of the Defense of Marriage act, and is even OK with ... More >>

Red Dawn: What's Next for Nancy Pelosi, San Francisco?

Scott AndersonWhat's next for her -- and us? ​Two things are all but certain in the near future. We'll be hearing, ad nauseum, about angry voters' rightward swing. And, as in the past, some number-cruncher will point out that shifting a few tens of thousands of votes the other way nationwide would ... More >>

Nancy Pelosi Running for Minority Leader

​Rep. Nancy Pelosi's team has been relegated to the minor leagues -- but she still wants to be the manager. In an announcement made via her Twitter account, the Speaker of the House announced she will be running for Democratic Minority Leader. Win or lose, it seems @SpeakerPelosi will be needing a ... More >>

The Year in Gay, 2010 Edition

What a year it was​Who Will Be The Uppity Fag Of The Year?Let's face it -- this was a messy, messy year for the gays. Much of the news was good, ultimately, but shit dragged on! There were three major federal trials (four, technically -- but two were sorta merged in Massachusetts), promises ... More >>

Pelosi's Waning Power Felt with Republican $15 Million Cut for The Presidio

Thanks, Republicans.​House Republicans delivered a gut-punch to their nemesis Nancy Pelosi Thursday with a proposed $15 million cut in funding for the Presidio, a national park that's long been Pelosi's pet project.In order to wean itself off federal funding, the former U.S. Army base has become a ... More >>

Pelosi Called 'Sick Woman' By Former GOP Candidate Carl Paladino

We get it...you don't like Pelosi​Defunct New York gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino made the unfortunate and embarrassing mistake of hitting send on an e-mail where he called Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi a "sick woman."In that scenario, there's only two things to do: apologize or get defensive. ... More >>

Nancy Pelosi: Elections Shouldn't Matter as Much as They Do

Pelosi doesn't like elections as much as she used to​Well, it's probably easier to say after losing the most powerful position in Congress, but Nancy Pelosi is now claiming elections should not matter all that much. Pelosi, the former Speaker of the House, pulled this about face during a recent sp ... More >>

Guardian Loves it a Carpetbagger

Ready to take on Pelosi, sir? ​In serving as the self-anointed standard bearer for progressivism, The San Francisco Bay Guardian does well to never exactly explain what progressivism is. In this way, progressivism merely becomes whatever the Guardian deems it to be. If progressivism is whatever th ... More >>

Nancy Pelosi Calls for Ethics Investigation of Congressman Anthony Weiner

Pelosi tells Weiner to be a man, like the one in the photo he sent ​It didn't take long after New York Congressman Anthony Weiner admitted he was sending sexy tweets to women for the official dog piling to start on Capitol Hill. San Francisco's most vociferous Democrat, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi ... More >>

Nancy Pelosi's Wealth Just Keeps Growing

What the hell does she know about being broke?​While the rest of us have been languishing in what seems like a never-ending recession, one of top San Francisco lawmakers just keeps getting richer. Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi's (D-San Francisco) personal wealth grew by 62 percent over the last year, ... More >>

Nancy Pelosi's Role in the Fall of Anthony Weiner

A force to be reckoned with ... still​When Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi was the Speaker of the House, she was fighting big battles like healthcare reform and bank bailouts. But since being demoted to the minority leader in Congress, her political agenda contains far less pressing items, like bringin ... More >>

New Bill Would Stop Federal Enforcement of Marijuana

Not feeling it​Congressman Ron Paul (R-Texas) defines the word "maverick." His stance on hemp farming and his position against the Federal Reserve earned the 2012 presidential hopeful the moniker long before the Republican establishment hijacked the label in 2008. The hero of political independent ... More >>

60 Minutes Expected to Air Investigation of Pelosi Stock Investments

Nancy Pelosi​Indications from the Beltway media world are that 60 Minutes is preparing to air a segment exploring legislative actions House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi oversaw that might have benefited her husband's stock investments.According to multiple news reports, 60 Minutes reporter Steve K ... More >>

Pelosi Takes Shots at GOP, Lobbyists for Targeting Occupy Protesters in 'Message War'

Standing with Occupy​House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is rallying Democrats to defend the sundry Occupy movements that have sprung up across the country, appealing in a fundraising e-mail for money to help combat a "message war" against protesters orchestrated by GOP-connected lobbyists.Pelosi's ... More >>

Nancy Pelosi, Dianne Feinstein Are Stinking Rich

Put your money where your mouth is​Here is something that might inspire the dwindling Occupiers to return to their tents: While our very own Nancy Pelosi was pushing to extend unemployment  benefits that will, ideally, keep Spam on the tables of the 99 percent -- and provide a boatload of job ... More >>

Mitt Romney Will Win Republicans Over By Teaming Up With Nancy Pelosi

Mitt Romney, looking away at something more interesting than his book.​Mitt Romney is all set to be the Republican nominee for president except for one stubborn hitch: Republican primary voters -- like most people -- don't like him, perhaps because he's actually an actor playing a presidential ... More >>