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Arizona Squatter Crackdown Bill Heads To Governor With Broad Bipartisan Support

May 28, 2026 10:49 amMay 28, 2026 10:52 am

Legislation designed to speed the removal of unlawful occupants from private property has cleared the Arizona Legislature and now heads to Governor Katie Hobbs for consideration following broad bipartisan support. Arizona Senate Bill 1426, sponsored by Senator Wendy Rogers (R-Flagstaff),...

H-1B Visa Surge Displaces American Tech Workers as Foreign-Born Talent Dominates Silicon Valley

May 26, 2026 1:39 pmMay 26, 2026 1:39 pm

A sweeping May 2026 RealClearInvestigations report paints a stark picture of foreign dominance in one of America’s most vital economic engines. Two-thirds of Silicon Valley’s nearly 400,000 tech jobs are held by foreign-born workers. India-born employees account for 23 percent...

DSA-Backed Democratic Socialist Wins Tempe, AZ Council Seat As Progressives Oust Incumbents

May 26, 2026 9:56 amMay 26, 2026 9:56 am

Two challengers defeated incumbent Tempe City Council members in the city’s runoff election, elevating an open Democrat Socialist backed by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) while reshaping the political makeup of one of Arizona’s...

Spencer Pratt Releases Bold 5-Step Treatment-First Plan to End LA’s Drug-Driven Homelessness Crisis

May 22, 2026 6:00 amMay 22, 2026 6:01 am

In a powerful nine-minute video released Thursday on X, Spencer Pratt, candidate for Mayor of Los Angeles in 2026, unveiled his comprehensive 5-step plan to tackle the city’s homelessness crisis. Pratt framed the issue not as a housing shortage but...

Mayor Lurie’s Hollow Victory: Optics Over Substance in San Francisco’s Homelessness Numbers

May 15, 2026 6:00 amMay 15, 2026 6:01 am

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie stood before cameras this week at the city’s first sober shelter, Hope House, and declared victory. Preliminary results from the 2026 Point-in-Time (PIT) Count, he announced, showed “incredible progress”: unsheltered homelessness had plummeted 22 percent...

From The Hills To City Hall? The Rise of Spencer Pratt

May 7, 2026 5:21 pmMay 8, 2026 10:03 pm

Just weeks ago, the political class dismissed him as a reality-TV punchline. But Spencer Pratt, a reality star and 42 year-old millennial “outsider,” delivered a powerful reality check last night during the Los Angeles mayoral debate. Today, Pratt is surging...

California Supreme Court Unanimously Reins in Coastal Commission’s Overreach in Major Property Rights Victory

April 24, 2026 9:31 amApril 24, 2026 9:39 am

In a unanimous decision hailed as one of the most significant checks on the California Coastal Commission’s (CCC) power in nearly 40 years, the California Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the agency unlawfully overrode a county-approved building permit for a...