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Judicial Overreach: Judge Forces Huntington Beach into Ranked-Choice Voting Experiment

August 19, 2026 5:00 pmAugust 19, 2026 5:07 pm

Orange County Superior Court Judge Craig L. Griffin has single-handedly upended the entire City Council election system of Huntington Beach. With one ruling, he has ordered the city to abandon its long standing at-large elections, impose ranked-choice voting, and consolidate...

Mayor Bass’s One-Day Pothole PR Stunt Leaves Ordinary Angelenos in the Dust

August 18, 2026 3:45 pmAugust 18, 2026 3:45 pm

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass finally found a pothole worth her time. After Emmy-nominated journalist and comedy creator Simone Boyce posted an Instagram reel spotting a crater at Melrose and Gardner Street—one that “totally tore up my suspension”—and challenged the...

Los Angeles’s Homeless Crisis Deepens Under Mayor Bass

August 17, 2026 3:00 pmAugust 17, 2026 3:01 pm

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass promised to end street homelessness. Instead, the latest numbers show her administration is delivering the opposite. According to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority’s 2026 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count, released in late July, the...

Jared Leto Documentary Details Sexual Misconduct Allegations: An All Too Familiar Script

July 31, 2026 4:00 pmJuly 31, 2026 4:01 pm

On July 29 the BBC released Jared Leto: Hollywood’s Dark Secret, an investigative documentary in which ten women describe encounters with the actor and musician between 2002 and 2016. Nine of them spoke publicly for the first time. Four alleged...

A Clash of Vices: Kalshi Accuses Netflix of Defamation

July 30, 2026 8:00 amJuly 30, 2026 8:01 am

When two institutions that profit from human weakness turn on each other, the public is left to decide which is the lesser evil. That is precisely the spectacle unfolding between prediction-market platform Kalshi and Netflix over the trailer for the...

Guy Ritchie Film Exhibits Normal Gay Relationship but Dubbed Homophobic

July 29, 2026 5:00 pmJuly 29, 2026 5:01 pm

Guy Ritchie’s latest action film, In the Grey, arrived in theaters this spring with two bankable stars, a familiar director, and a $70 million budget. It left with a worldwide gross of roughly $23.7 million (about $5.7 million of that...

Hollywood is Learning a New Trick in the Horror Genre by Courting Young Fresh Talent

July 24, 2026 7:00 amJuly 24, 2026 7:01 am

Hollywood, that aging canine long content to chase its own tail through endless remakes, sequels, and franchise extensions, is finally learning a new trick. Production companies are scouring the internet —YouTube, TikTok, creepypasta forums, and viral short-form content—for the next young...