Magnus’ Resignation Won’t Stop the Border Crisis
BORDER SECURITY - It is unusual when a government official gets fired for poor job performance. Not because they perform their job duties well. It’s because the bureaucracy protects them.
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BORDER SECURITY - It is unusual when a government official gets fired for poor job performance. Not because they perform their job duties well. It’s because the bureaucracy protects them.
GUEST COMMENTARY - It’s more than a bit bizarre that until Elon Musk bought Twitter, most policy types apparently did not see a risk that huge platforms like Facebook and Twitter could be controlled by people with a clear political agenda.
THE VIEW FROM HERE - As all Angelenos know, the Los Angeles City Hall is a quagmire of corruptionism where Quality Of Life for Angelenos plays no role.
GUEST COMMENTARY - Every year prior to Thanksgiving, Los Angeles City Council members purchase large quantities of Turkeys which are to be given out to their needy, low-income constituents.
THE VIEW FROM HERE - Although the recent city council elections were rife with charges of corruption, the word remained undefined.
THE DOCTOR IS IN - It's no secret that trying to see a doctor in a timely manner is at best difficult, and at worst downright impossible.
THE VIEW FROM HERE - Unlike the twit Musk, who bought something he did not understand, Zuckerberg built Meta Platforms (Meta).
ACCORDING TO LIZ - THX 1138 was, and is, an iconic American movie set in the 25th century where the workforce has been drugged into submission.
MARK, MY WORDS - Former President Trump may have the singular distinction of going down in history as simultaneously the worst and best President the United States has ever had depending on who you are asking.
GUEST COMMENTARY - California YIMBY, the land-use lobbying group for Big Tech, continues to hide behind its nonprofit status and refuses to reveal exactly who contributes the big bucks to the organization.
ELECTION 2024 - Kanye West says he’s planning to run for president in 2024, and he’s tapped disgraced ex-gay alt-right troll Milo Yiannopoulos to work on his campaign.
LET FREEDOM RING - With Thanksgiving around the corner, it’s worth revisiting some of the holiday’s most cherished expressions.
THE VIEW FROM HERE - The sound and fury about homelessness and crime during the elections was merely rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
MIDTERM ELECTION - The result of the midterm election has caused a seriously widening fissure within the Republican party.
ACCORDING TO LIZ - Despite the disapproval of most Angelenos as well as a number of national figures which must be hitting their egos hard, Councilmembers Gil Cedillo and Kevin De León are still clinging to their seats on the City Council.
GUEST COMMENTARY - Whether one thought rushes of red or a bombardment of blue would be sweeping across the country with the 2022 midterm ballots, as the final votes are being tallied the hopes of either such outcome are seen to be being dashed.
ACCORDING TO LIZ - Has he no shame? Or is he so egoistic that he is forever removed from the perceptions of the rest of the universe?
THE VIEW FROM HERE - Everyone is focusing on the balance of GOP vs Dem in the House and Senate without realizing that their obsession is actually a huge warning sign that the nation is rushing towards disaster.
GUEST COMMENTARY - As a recovering democrat forced out of a party I no longer recognize due in no small part, to an extremely combative, social media savvy and “truth- fluid” group, I found myself in an uncomfortable place.
ELECTION 2024 - A day ahead of his expected 2024 announcement, former President Donald Trump on Monday was hit with a campaign finance complaint...
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