Glendale City Council candidate Carolyn Kaloostian has flown under the radar so far during this election season. A quick look through social media suggests that she is part of the Alex Balekian and Lisa Cusack Glendale MAGA contingent. Like Balekian, she seems to be suggesting that being a doctor makes you a good city council candidate. Ah yes, working for a massive private healthcare system is EXACTLY like running local government! Like known MAGA extremists Balekian and C

Glendale Extremist Network and why we exist.

Vartain Gharpetian and Lisa Cusack join in a vigil in Glendale for a slain rightwing podcaster.

Now that MAGA has all the power federally, the local extremists of Glendale seem to be preparing to take another run at City Council and possibly School Board seats for the upcoming June 2026 election. Here's what we've seen: PATRICK MURPHY / GLENDALE CITY COUNCIL: La Crescenta Facebook Warrior Patrick Murphy appears to think that he can leverage his dozens of comment likes into a full-fledged campaign for Glendale City Council. (He does know he'll have to come down the hill

With fascist majorities in the House, Senate, Supreme Court and Presidency, our local extremists continue to whine about their favorite usual topics -women, bike lanes, affordable housing, etc. Anything to detract from the Epstein situation, right? Trump's failure to honor his campaign promise to "release the Epstein files" about the notorious sexual abuser seems to have driven a wedge between our extremists and their dear leader.

You'd think that with ICE raids in Glendale paralyzing businesses and causing fear, Glendale's leaders would be focused on supporting the heavily immigrant population of our fair city. Instead, Ara Najarian took time during his comments tonight (hi Ara! You should be paying attention to the meeting, not reading this!) to call out utility box art that he finds "offensive." He wants all submissions for the program to come before council for approval. That the utility box art N

Glendale's Biggest Hypocrite and Big Boy Mayor, Ara Najarian, posted a statement via the City social media channels ahead of Saturday's No Kings protest. Organized with the help of East Area Progressive Democrats, the diverse crowd at Glendale City Hall swelled at one point to nearly 8,000 people according to estimates. It even made the New York Times!

The City of Glendale moved with uncharacteristic speed, taking less than a week to rescind the contract once it came to light that detainees were being housed in subpar conditions, and as ICE ramped up their goon squad patrols targeting the people who make our cities function. Rather than celebrate the rule of law and good governance, Glendale Parents [sic] Voices (neither parents nor voices in most cases, just shitposting lies online) doubled down on accusing random LGBT

Both at the council meeting and within the web of social media accounts they are connected to, familiar public comment performance artists Maro Yacoubian, Ray Shelton, and Mike Mohill accused multiple community members by name. Later, an immigration attorney revealed Glendale's contract with ICE to house detainees is still in effect in possible violation of state law.

Ara Najarian continues to suck at being a kind, compassionate person.

Another day, another pathetic city council meeting in Glendale. This time, Ara Najarian, Ardy Kassakhian, and Vartan Gharpetian used every tool at their disposal to avoid granting GlendaleOUT $5000 for their annual Pride in the Park Community Picnic.

Just weeks after Ara Najarian gave a disingenuous apology for amplifying anti-LGBTQ disinformation on a cult-owned fake news channel, he returned to familiar fatuous form at Tuesday's city council meeting.

We wondered what it would take for Ara Najarian to get to be the ceremonial Mayor of Glendale one last time (allegedly). Queen Bee Najarian Yesterday we found out. On Monday, Vartan Gharpetian seemed to think he was next in line for mayor, after Najarian flamed out and melted down, slapping his own city with a lawsuit that was ultimately thrown out, costing taxpayers nearly 65,000 in legal fees and filings. Vartan took to social media to invite everyone to come watch him be

NAJARIAN'S LOSING STREAK CONTINUES Ara Najarian has a well-documented history of cronyism, opposition to community improvement measures ,...

The MAGA folks now control all three branches of the Federal government. As they gut everything from weather services to humanitarian aid to Armenia, our local MAGA are already focused on growing their ranks for 2026 elections. Self-described MAGA "Mama Bear" Lisa Begakis Cusack has been attempting to grow her following in Glendale. Since "fleeing" Los Angeles for Glendale in 2021 because she was terrified of "riots" and "homeless people" she quickly ingratiated herself into

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Ara Najarian throws another tantrum at Glendale City Hall related to the Verdugo Wash study vote.

Sometimes we go through the City Council archives for fun . In this September 24, 2019 meeting, you can see then-mayor Ara Najarian, the current longest-serving councilman, and Vartan Gharpetian (in his first term). The men are responding to public comment from a local student inviting them to Pride activities for the newly-established Ally Week within their GUSD school. (Note: This is deep into the Trump era, but before the extremist far right decided to target LGBTQ issues

What a week! Candidate Alex Balekian has spent the homestretch of his "campaign" for Congress complaining at Glendale City Council meetings, wearing lederhosen, putting up Really Big Signs, and filling out ballots for grandmothers. While all three activities are legal, they are not the hallmark of a well-organized congressional campaign. Balekian demanded to have his WHOLE FACE shown on the camera so he could get his VIRAL MOMENT of another tirade against Laura Friedman (can

At long last, Guy Fawkes has been (maybe) unmasked! Contemporary English Extremist James Clarke appears to be the author behind blog posts on "Make Glendale Great Again," "Evict Elen," and "AlexforCA30" websites. How does James Clarke find the time? When not blogging vigorously, James Clarke enjoys reading books and riding bikes with his husband, Alex Balekian. Perhaps he enjoys light cosplay as a far-right Catholic extremist who tried to burn down British parliament in 160