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Posted on 08/13/2026 6:46:24 PM PDT by thecodont
A former Republican member of Congress who was once called Donald Trump’s “stooge” has resurfaced as a wine connoisseur in a quaint coastal California town.
Devin Nunes made headlines constantly in the first Trump administration, with the Central Valley representative accused of meddling in Trump’s Russia investigation to protect the president and then suing a parody Twitter account called “Devin Nunes’ Cow” for $250 million after it called him a “treasonous cowpoke.”
He left Congress to run Trump’s social media platform and then largely fell out of the news. He has since re-emerged as a wine investor and the owner of a new tasting room in Pismo Beach called the Nunes Wine Company.
The former representative was first spotted by the San Luis Obispo Tribune’s opinion editor. Nunes is partnering with longtime winemaker and personal friend Mike Sinor, who has helped Nunes turn his political persona into a brand. The former representative’s name is written in big, white capital letters on every bottle.
Pismo Beach is an idyllic beach community north of Santa Barbara, known for its wide sandy beaches, seafood and small town charm. The town was known as the “Clam Capital of the World” for years for its abundance of its namesake Pismo clam, until overfishing destroyed the local shellfish industry by the late 20th century.
Jon Fleischman, the former executive director of the California Republican Party and longtime Republican consultant, told SFGATE that “it’s great” he’s opening up the business, but the news is unexpected.
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I always thought Nunes was a sincere but mostly ineffective
attorney for President Trump. When you are representing someone as controversial as Donald Trump, you have to be ready to vigorously define and defend the president to the public as needed. You can’t waste a lot of energy trying to be nice to those who openly hate your guts.
I was hoping Nunez was going to make Truth Social the next X/Twitter and make me a bunch of $$$$. I bought in at $125? a share on the IPO, and it’s now under $10. That was back when it was DWAC/ TMTC as a SPAC.
Wasn’t he providing legal advice to the president during all those “Russian Conspiracy” charges?
He isn’t a lawyer.
Devin Gerald Nunes is an American businessman and politician who served as the Chair of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board since January 20, 2025, and as CEO of Trump Media & Technology Group. (Wikipedia)
Born
October 1, 1973 (age 52 years),
Tulare, CA
Previous offices
Representative, CA 22nd District (2013–2022),
Representative, CA 21st District (2003–2013)
Education
California Polytechnic State University (1996)
“Pismo Beach disaster”
You’re right. The movie that made this up wasn’t very good either. I used to spend my summers at our cabin in Oceano at the state park and did a lot of clamming, eating them, and making chowder. Two delicacies come to mind:
Baked clams on the half shell—historically famous from the classic Plessa’s restaurant in Pismo Beach—feature minced local clams mixed with bacon, onions, and seasonings, bound with egg and milk, shaped or spooned into half-shells, rolled in crushed corn flakes or breadcrumbs, and baked until crispy. Plessas Tavern is now gone, but it and Mr. Lazerus are still remembered. Wanna treat? The baked clam recipe is on the chamber of commerce website and here is the menu from Plessas’:
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-10-24-fo-12621-story.html
https://nyheritage.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/cia/id/2652
The specialty at Splash Cafe at the pier in Pismo Beach, California, was an award-winning, legendary clam chowder. It features a rich, creamy base made with fresh cream, three types of clams, celery, and potatoes, and is famously ladled into a toasted sourdough bread bowl. Still there today and always busy.
Outside of cracking the clams open, and eating the meat with a little tabasco after washing it clean with salt water, you couldn’t get better than either of the above two. But recreational clamming has limited getting them yourself...too bad. Loved that place.
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Devin Nunes left his role as CEO of Trump Media & Technology Group, the parent company of Truth Social, in April 2026 following a steep stock plunge that wiped out billions in market value and severe financial losses exceeding $1.1 billion.
While the company did not officially state a direct cause for his departure, the leadership shakeup occurred amid heavy financial pressures, declining share prices, and previous internal scrutiny over management.——PBS——
That’s true.
Devin Nunes is not a lawyer.
He is a farmer by trade. He advised Trump as head of the House Intelligence Comm. Nunes informed Trump of what he was seeing about the fake Russiagate. Nunes is a bit of a hero in my book.
surprised how many here are in dark on importance of Nunes.inform yourselves, people! he was the first to notice nefarious doings of Dems on Russiagate, suffering their long ethics investigation to try to stop him. he was undaunted. he knows who did what-when- and for that has loyalty from DJT. Maria B often has him on to give context to ongoing Russiagate revelations.
Exactly. Nunes was the reason Trump knew what was going on about Russiagate. Nunes was courageous and a straight shooter. Our country owes him a lot.
Nunes and Kash Patel together.
Aside from Bugs, Pismo Beach reminds me of the actor on one episode each of Dragnet and Adam-12 who plays a drunk (naked in Adam-12) who wants to go back to Pismo Beach.
Can’t find the actor’s name, but he was also in Yours, Mine and Ours.
There were not a lot of republicans circling the wagons around Trump in the early days of the Russian collusion hoax..
Yes, but Nunes and Kash Patel discovered the Russiagate hoax. Without them nobody would have ever known, so EVERYONE else came after them.
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