New data has revealed that the number of homeless people in the city of Los Angele has gone up over the last year, despite the fact that the city and state have spent billions upon billions of dollars trying to ‘fix’ the problem.

Now that Spencer Pratt is out of the running for mayor, the next mayor will either be incumbent Karen Bass or communist upstart Nithya Raman, which means this situation will probably get even worse.

At what point do the people of Los Angeles, the law abiding taxpayers finally say that they have had enough?

The Los Angeles Times reports:

Homelessness has increased in L.A., dealing fresh setback to Mayor Karen Bass

The number of people living on the street, both in the city of Los Angeles and across much of Los Angeles County, is up compared to the previous year, dealing a fresh blow to Mayor Karen Bass as she runs for reelection.

L.A.’s unsheltered homeless population — those living outdoors or in their vehicles — went up by 7.9% after two consecutive years of decreases, according to two people familiar with the numbers presented by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority in closed-door briefings.

Overall homelessness, which includes those living in shelters and other temporary facilities, increased by 3.4% compared to the previous year, those sources said.

Both asked to remain unnamed because they were not authorized to publicly discuss LAHSA’s presentation, which focused on this year’s annual point-in-time count conducted in January.

The numbers represent a significant setback for Bass, who is seeking a second term in the Nov. 3 election and has made the fight against homelessness a central part of her agenda, touting her administration’s progress in moving people indoors.

Bass, in a statement, attributed the increases to an array of issues, including funding cuts by the state and federal governments. She described a lack of adequate county services, such as mental health and substance counseling, as a contributor to the crisis.

Here’s a video report:

WATCH: Inside sources tell me L.A.’s homeless count is expected to rise… ending two straight years of reported declines.

The official numbers won’t be released until Friday, but multiple sources familiar with LAHSA’s latest count say homelessness is trending upward in Los… pic.twitter.com/sUYPMVcN54

— Matthew Seedorff (@MattSeedorff) July 23, 2026

Los Angeles is doomed.

They finally had a chance to really deal with this problem when Spencer Pratt was running for mayor but the radical left ended that.

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Republican Rep. Brandon Gill grilled Michelle A. Behnke, the president of the American Bar Association this week about DEI policies in law schools, the future of the U.S. Supreme Court and more.

If you have ever seen Gill in this type of environment before, you know how good he is at this.

He asked this woman very simple questions but she kept falling back on answers that sounded like rehearsed legal responses.

Here’s a partial transcript:

GILL: According to the ABA’s website, quote, all of us have implicit biases, would you agree with that statement?

BEHNKE: The ABA believes that, uh, diversity, equity and inclusion, improves the lives of…

GILL: Would you agree with the statement? That, quote, all of us have implicit biases, from the ABA’s website?

BEHNKE: The ABA believes that diversity in all of its…

GILL: Is that a yes? Can I take that… It’s a yes or no question. Do you believe that all of us have implicit biases as your website says?

BEHNKE: The ABA looks to remove barriers and…

GILL: That’s not my question, ma’am. Do you believe that all of us have implicit biases?

BEHNKE: I’ve expressed what the ABA is doing…

GILL: That is the ABA’s position. Umm. As expressed by their website. Against which groups do you have implicit biases?

Watch:

The American Bar Association claims on their website that all of us have “implicit biases.”

I asked their President what groups she has implicit biases against and if she’d like to reflect on them. pic.twitter.com/PhTo9fvSTL

— Brandon Gill (@realBrandonGill) July 22, 2026

In another clip, he asks her about the diversity of the U.S. Supreme Court.

GILL: Would you say that it’s helpful, it’s beneficial if our Supreme Court resembles the racial diversity of America?

BEHNKE: The ABA believes that diversity in all of its forms is important. We want people to bring all of who they are, whther they be from small practice…

GILL: Diversity. Can you define diversity here? You want to… Should the Supreme Court resemble America’s racial makeup, roughly? It’s a yes or no question.

BEHNKE: The ABA does not… uh… support quotas.

GILL: I’m not asking about quotas, I’m asking if it should roughly resemble America’s racial makeup.

BEHNKE: It should represent all of what people are…

GILL: What people are, OK. So right now there’s about. There’s two of nine Supreme Court justices are black, that’s about 22 percent of the Supreme Court. Umm, according to your testimony, about 13 percent of America’s population is black. If the Supreme Court should roughly resemble America’s demographic makeup, as the ABA states is proper, um, in your opinion, regardless of qualifications, should the Senate refuse to confirm another black Supreme Court justice?

BEHNKE: The ABA supports and encourages diversity in all of its forms.

Watch:

The American Bar Association says that the Supreme Court should reflect America’s racial demographic makeup.

I asked the ABA’s President if that means the Senate should refuse to confirm a third black Supreme Court justice. pic.twitter.com/gWkGL56lzY

— Brandon Gill (@realBrandonGill) July 22, 2026

Brandon Gill has a bright future ahead of him. He has a real talent for making the left own their nonsense.

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Republicans are accusing California’s Democrat Attorney General Rob Bonta of “rigging” the 2026 election voter ID ballot initiative after he made a sneaky change to the measure’s wording.

Proposition 39 made its way to California’s 2026 ballot, which would require voters to prove citizenship when registering to vote.

When grassroots organizers were gathering signatures last year, Rob Bonta issued a title and bullet points to describe the initiative.

However, with just months to go until the November election, Bonta made radical changes to the ballot initiative’s title and wording in an effort to destroy the measure.

Republican California Assemblyman and chairman of Reform California, Carl DeMaio, said the title change could sway voters.

“The ballot title is being manipulated to try to encourage people to vote no, to scare voters away. They’re trying to falsely claim that citizens would be prohibited from voting,” Carl DeMaio said on Wednesday.

“It is so illegitimate. It is so corrupt. It is so dishonest what this attorney general has decided to do, because he does not support this initiative,” DeMaio said.

BREAKING: CA Politicians change ballot title on Prop 39 Voter ID Initiative – trying to RIG ELECTION!
Read our full release: pic.twitter.com/LtUy4ui6Q6

— Carl DeMaio (@carldemaio) July 21, 2026

Here are the changes via Fox 40:

Original language (Sept. 19, 2025)

ESTABLISHES ADDITIONAL VOTER IDENTIFICATION AND CITIZENSHIP VERIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

Under current law, when registering to vote, individuals must state under penalty of perjury that they are United States citizens and provide information to verify their identity (e.g., birthdate, driver’s license or Social Security number).

This measure would amend the California Constitution to further require that:

– list voters present government-issued identification at the polls or the last four digits of a government-issued identification number when voting by mail;

– the State provide voter identification cards on request; and

– elections officials annually report percentage of each county’s voters whose citizenship they have verified.

Updated language (July 21, 2026)

PROHIBITS CITIZENS FROM VOTING UNLESS THEY PRESENT GOVERNMENT-ISSUED IDENTIFICATION. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

– Prohibits voting by mail unless voter designates a government-issued identification number for their voter registration.

– Invalidates mail ballots if envelope does not include last four digits of government-issued identification number matching the number designated in the voter’s registration (e.g., if voter designates Social Security number for registration, but provides driver’s license number on envelope, their ballot would not count).

– Prohibits voting in person without presenting government-issued identification.

– Requires elections officials to annually report percentage of each county’s voters whose citizenship status they have verified.

More on this story from Fox News:

HOLY CRAP! The Democrat Attorney General of California Rob Bonta has just been caught trying to RIG the 2026 election’s ballot initiative that would enact statewide voter ID and citizenship

Bonta inserted the words “prohibit citizens from voting” ONTO THE BALLOT

He… pic.twitter.com/UYC2ag1Ob6

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 24, 2026

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Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk just delivered a devastating reality check to the legacy media in a fiery interview with The Economist editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes.

The fiery exchange occurred during a 90-minute interview recorded at a Tesla factory in Texas and published Thursday.

When the globalist outlet accused Musk of supporting not only the “populist right,” but also the “far right” and “very fringe parties” in Europe.

Musk immediately rejected her loaded characterization.

“No, I support the normal people—what you call the far right, falsely,” Musk fired back.

He then challenged Beddoes to explain which of his supposedly “extreme” principles she found so objectionable.

“Here are the principles, and tell me which of these sound terrible: that we should have secure borders, that we should have safe cities, that we should have sensible spending,” Musk said.

“Which of those three are far-right fringe?”

Of course, the reporter could not identify which of those basic principles supposedly qualified as “extremist.”

Musk then looked directly into the camera and delivered a blistering rebuke of the dishonest media narrative.

“I would just like to admonish you and the media for the absurd characterization of the far right,” Musk declared. “It is false, misleading, and nonsense!”

“Please keep this part in. Don’t cut this part.”

“We’ll keep all of it in,” Beddoes responded.

WATCH:

AWESOME! Elon Musk MIC DROPS this reporter accusing him of being “far right”

“It’s actually just NORMAL PEOPLE…here are the principles. Which sound terrible? We should have secure borders, safe cities, and sensible spending.”

“Which of those 3 are ‘far right?’”

“I’d like… pic.twitter.com/AQueMObzN9

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 23, 2026

In the same interview, Beddoes tried a different angle, pressing Musk on why some people “loathe” him and whether his actions help Western democracy.

Musk’s response was pure, unfiltered fire:

“Yes, some people do. But I don’t care.”

When she pushed again, he flipped the script hard:

“Maybe some people do loathe me. And that’s probably true. I don’t care. But the fact that, as you pointed out, a quarter billion people follow me is that I think a lot more people actually like me than don’t. And I think a lot more people hate you and the media more than you realize.”

Brutal. Accurate.

WATCH:

Liberal White Woman: “Some people loathe you. Do you understand why?”

Elon: “Maybe some people do loathe me. That’s probably true. I don’t care. I think a lot more people hate you and the media than you realize.”

I love this man!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/DpsZ4suVC0

— Matt Van Swol (@mattvanswol) July 23, 2026

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested an illegal alien from Ecuador as she tried to board a Southwest Airlines flight at Denver International Airport on Monday.

The woman was taken into custody right on the jetway while bystanders filmed and screamed, “Help us! ICE is here!”

According to ICE and the Department of Homeland Security, 27-year-old Chantal Alejandra Morales Rojas, an Ecuadorian national, entered the United States on October 20, 2024, on a visa that expired January 4, 2025.

She overstayed that visa and remained in the country illegally. She is now in ICE custody pending removal proceedings.

“On July 20, 2026, ICE arrested Chantal Alejandra Morales Rojas, an illegal alien from Ecuador. She entered the country on October 20, 2024, on a visa that would allow her to stay in the country until January 4, 2025. In violation of our nation’s laws, she overstayed her visa. She remains in ICE custody pending removal proceedings,” DHS said in a statement to CBS News.

Video circulating online shows plainclothes federal agents confronting the woman on the Southwest jet bridge as she prepared to board a flight to Oakland, California. Chantal’s friend, Alicia Dantzker, who was traveling with her, began filming, demanding a lawyer, and shouting at the officers.

Agents escorted Morales Rojas out a door onto the tarmac and into a Homeland Security vehicle while the companion yelled obscenities and accused them of being “evil.”

A Southwest gate agent stepped in and warned the disruptive passenger that she would not be allowed to board if she continued interfering.

WATCH:

 

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More from Newsweek:

A fundraiser for a woman living in California who was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Colorado has surpassed $100,000 in under two days.

The GoFundMe was set up after agents detained Chantal Alejandra Morales Rojas on the jetway of a Southwest Airlines flight at Denver International Airport on Monday night. The Ecuadoran national initially arrived in the U.S. on a temporary visa and had applied for asylum, according to the fundraiser page.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told Newsweek Rojas did not have to be in ICE detention—she could self-deport.

Southwest denied alerting DHS about Morales Rojas’ immigration status. The airline explained that the Transportation Security Administration and DHS already have access to passenger information through the federal security-screening process.

The airline also said employees are instructed to ensure that law-enforcement officers present the appropriate legal documentation before conducting operations in gate areas. Denver International Airport similarly noted that federal agencies have jurisdiction at the airport and are not required to notify airport officials before taking action.

According to the fundraising campaign:

This fundraiser is for a beloved Oakland resident who spent two years as the au pair for an ultimate frisbee family, becoming an integral part of their lives and the local community. Chantal entered the United States lawfully in 2023 with a J-1 visa as an au pair, complied with the terms of her visa, and has a recent pending application with the immigration authorities that would provide her with status. She is now living and working in Oakland on a work permit. Recently, while trying to return home to Oakland, she was detained by ICE at the Denver airport. In a shocking turn of events, she was taken from the jetway and hustled into an unmarked van on the tarmac. With the help of friends and supporters, we have tracked her down to an ICE facility, and are now doing everything we can to secure the legal support she needs for the long fight ahead.

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