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Something remarkable is unfolding in America’s political theater exposing a deep well of hypocrisy that rarely makes the evening news. Democrats who just months ago criticized President Trump for not sending the National Guard to Capitol Hill on J6 have now turned on him for deploying the Guard in Los Angeles. The issue is the …
One of the most funded, most heavily taxed cities doesn't have funding? Where did all the money go? The left keeps suggesting that they manage money perfectly and it's all Trump's fault for manufacturing DOGE finds. — Sheep 🐑🇺🇸 (@SheepvWolf) June 12, 2025
by Michael Will we soon see rioting in major cities all over America? The city on the west coast that has the most people living in it illegally is Los Angeles, and we have already seen what happened there. The city on the east coast with the most people living in it illegally is New York, …
by Michael If the protests in Los Angeles are supposed to be peaceful, why is brand new riot gear being trucked in and given to the protesters? And why isn’t this making front page news all over the country? First of all, protesters only need riot gear if riots are going to break out. Secondly, …
President Trump is making it clear that his second term will be defined by military strength. The administration has authorized the deployment of 700 active-duty Marines to Los Angeles, escalating tensions with California officials. Governor Gavin Newsom has condemned the move, calling it a provocation, but the White House remains firm. The National Guard presence …
Los Angeles is at the center of a political firestorm. Immigration protests have escalated into full-blown clashes, and the response from officials has been swift. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, known as “ICE Barbie” for her tough stance on immigration enforcement, has vowed to press charges against protesters involved in violent confrontations with federal agents. …
by Michael If they keep telling us that the riots in Los Angeles are “mostly peaceful”, do they think that we will eventually believe it? Over and over again, reporters are telling us that the protests are “mostly peaceful” as they literally stand in front of burning vehicles. It is the exact same sort of …
by Michael We were warned that an internal revolution started by the communists would be coming. We were also warned that the summer of 2025 would be a “summer of chaos” in the United States. So the truth is that what happened in Los Angeles over the past few days shouldn’t be a surprise to any of us. …
Your cause shouldn’t come at the cost of someone else’s peace. One protest after another, and still.. no real message gets across. In LA, someone got hit with a rubber bullet. Which indeed is tragic, But when protests turn into mayhem, the original point is lost. And everyday… — Faizaan Unscripted (@FaizUnscripted) June 9, 2025 …
by Mike Shedlock With benefits, the effective wage is $38.35. This is inflationary. New Minimum Wage AI Overview Los Angeles is moving towards a $30 minimum wage for hotel and airport workers by 2028, a move supported by unions and some council members who believe it will benefit the local economy. The city council passed …
On a hazy Southern California morning, undercover police officers watched Jiayong Yu step out of a Range Rover in a strip-mall parking lot and walk into a Chase bank with a black-leather backpack full of cash. At the teller window, Yu pulled out stacks of bills and waited while a woman fed them into a …
This is absolutely nuts 👀 How is this not a fiasco in a few weeks? pic.twitter.com/zOtGV3VqiD — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) April 29, 2025 Live look at the Port of Los Angeles, the busiest port in the United States. There's no traffic thanks to Donald Trump and his ridiculous trade wars and tariffs. 🤦♀️ pic.twitter.com/N5MJdD8obx — …
by Martin Armstrong https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/PublicSectorEmployee.Homelessness.mp4 California’s homeless crisis presents the public sector with a valuable political opportunity to expand its resources. The state and cities continually increase spending to combat the homeless epidemic without producing any results. Funding vanishes into the coffers of the public sector, with the number of people on the streets continuing to …
Trucking volumes out of Los Angeles are equivalent to Thanksgiving and close to Christmas. Thanksgiving and Christmas are typically the lowest volume days of the year. Truckers should avoid taking freight to Southern Cal, else risk having to deadhead back to Dallas to get… pic.twitter.com/fdF0JCozWO — Craig Fuller 🛩🚛🚂⚓️ (@FreightAlley) April 24, 2025
⬆️ MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET: DEPARTMENT SALARIES/PAYROLL INCREASES/DECREASES ⬇️ • 1,647 layoffs (direct savings $114M)• 1,074 vacant position eliminations (direct savings $100M) • Fire will get a net increase: +227 positions• Housing will get a net increase: +74 positions pic.twitter.com/qRWwBQfj0g — LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia (@lacontroller) April 22, 2025 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles …
Someone went around chopping down trees all over Downtown Los Angeles, California. Where were the police? pic.twitter.com/n1SS986ebX — Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) April 20, 2025
CONFIRMATION: The owner of the Los Angeles Times is calling on the Senate to confirm @RobertKennedyJr. pic.twitter.com/WUbZcy4JsP — @amuse (@amuse) January 29, 2025 I had not met Bobby Kennedy until a few months ago. The more I got to know him I truly believe he has the American public’s best interests at heart. I have …
by Michael What would you do to criminals that are using the California fires as an opportunity to loot homes? And what would you do to criminals that are setting additional fires? There are no words that are sufficient to describe the immense devastation that we are witnessing in the Los Angeles area. Thousands upon thousands of …
Reality star Khloe Kardashian is the latest Hollywood celebrity to hold Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) accountable for her disastrous handling of the historic fires, calling Bass a “joke” over accusations that she failed to properly fund the L.A. Fire Department. In her Instagram stories, Khloe Kardashian posted a screenshot of a TV interview …
by Michael Will the insurance industry be able to survive tens of billions of dollars in losses from the Los Angeles fires? There have been catastrophic fires in California before, but never anything quite like this. So what is going to happen to homeowners if their insurance companies go bankrupt and cannot pay? Even the ones …
According to this live map https://www.latimes.com/wildfires-map/ Portions of Calabasas, Encino, Santa Monica & Malibu remain under evacuation warnings due to the Palisades fire: https://t.co/B0MYZa9gG2 — Rush8 (@WhiskyBling) January 11, 2025 The wildfires in Los Angeles County have indeed burned over 40,000 acres, and evacuation orders are still in effect for areas including Calabasas. The situation …
NEW: I am calling for an independent investigation into the loss of water pressure to local fire hydrants and the reported unavailability of water supplies from the Santa Ynez Reservoir. We need answers to ensure this does not happen again and we have every resource available to… pic.twitter.com/R0vq0wwZph — Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) January 10, 2025 …
Fires raging across the Los Angeles area entered their fourth day, killing at least ten people, forcing the evacuation of 180,000 residents, and destroying more than ten thousand structures. Preliminary estimates place damages and economic losses up to $150 billion. As of Friday morning, five fires are burning across the LA County area. The largest, …
If you live anywhere within the triangulation of these 3 cities EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY I'm not being hyperbolic. Emergency services are split in 3 directions, all 3 fires are 0% contained, and it's going to be raining ash, power outages, water shortages Pack up and GO pic.twitter.com/lP3Irp5Whv — AJAC (@AJA_Cortes) January 8, 2025 https://twitter.com/Cayko22/status/1877094428222919108
🇺🇸🔥Man films HUGE walls of fire around his house in Los Angeles while still inside with his dog #PalisadesFire pic.twitter.com/ZqXqwBLiLD — Radar 𝘸 Archie🚨 (@RadarHits) January 8, 2025
Multiple Homes Are Burning as Los Angeles Firefighters Having Issues with Water Pressure – Wildfire Rages Out of Control – Hydrants Out Firefighters are having issues with water pressure on Lachman Lane. The hydrants are currently dry #PalisadesFire #Palisades pic.twitter.com/ey8H6OKUlk — Matthew Seedorff (@MattSeedorff) January 8, 2025 https://twitter.com/_/status/1876830334085394801 LIVE FEED: Los Angeles County to Host …
19 are below their 2022 peaks: Austin -20%, San Francisco -10%, Phoenix -8%, San Antonio -7%, Denver -7%, Salt Lake City -6%, Sacramento -6%, Portland -5%, Dallas -5%, Seattle -5%, Honolulu -4%… The mix that drives the housing market now: Lowest demand since 1995 and surging supply of existing homes, as buyers are on strike …
LOS ANGELES — The VA must build more than 2,500 units of housing for homeless veterans on its sprawling campus in west Los Angeles, a federal judge ruled Friday. U.S. District Judge David O. Carter also said in his 124-page ruling that leases on portions of the Veterans Administration property to private schools, UCLA and …
