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Everything Online Feels Like a Scam

September 25, 2026 7:00 amSeptember 25, 2026 7:01 am

I almost miss the Nigerian prince. You remember him. He had several million dollars, a complicated banking problem, questionable spelling, and, for reasons never fully explained, needed my help. It was a simpler time. The scam practically introduced itself. Delete...

Two More Hospitals Close Youth Transgender Clinics in Settlement With Trump DOJ

September 25, 2026 6:00 amSeptember 25, 2026 6:01 am

Late last week, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that New York University Langone Hospitals (NYU), and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), will end providing dangerous “gender affirming care,” medically known as transgender interventions for minors. On Friday, the...

The Vermin Are Winning in Los Angeles: Five Dead From West Nile, Typhus Makes an Encore

September 24, 2026 12:04 pmSeptember 24, 2026 12:38 pm

Los Angeles County is now reporting 100 West Nile virus cases this year, nearly five times the total recorded for all of 2025, with 94 hospitalizations and five deaths. The numbers come from the Los Angeles County Department of Public...

Sister Company of Brightline West High Speed Rail Plans Imminent Chapter 11 in New Jersey

September 24, 2026 7:13 amSeptember 24, 2026 9:55 am

The sister company of Brightline West, the high speed rail company in Florida and the planned line from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, is preparing to file for bankruptcy. Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reported, “Florida Railroad Brightline Plans Imminent...

The Paradox of Protecting Children

September 24, 2026 5:00 amSeptember 24, 2026 5:01 am

A child does not understand jurisdiction. She does not understand reasonable cause, dependency petitions, safety plans, evidentiary standards or the benevolent intentions of the state. She understands arms. Smells. Voices. Her blanket. Her bed. Her dog. Her brother sleeping down...

Mayor Bass Cancels November in the Name of Democracy

September 23, 2026 12:47 pmSeptember 24, 2026 12:10 pm

On Flagrant and Funny with Jemele Hill and Cari Champion, Mayor Karen Bass did California the courtesy of canceling November. “That’s why the governor’s race is over. Our governor’s name is Xavier Becerra. You don’t need an election on November...

Senate GOP Taps Former Justice Gould, Shifts Hobbs Pay-to-Play Probe After Hoffman Scrutiny

September 23, 2026 10:34 amSeptember 23, 2026 10:37 am

Arizona Senate Republicans have appointed former Arizona Supreme Court Justice Andrew Gould as special counsel in their investigation of alleged “pay-to-play” dealings involving Gov. Katie Hobbs and Sunshine Residential Homes, transferring the inquiry from the Government Committee to the Appropriations...