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New York City just elected a 30-something Democratic Socialist who's never run anything, and now he wants to open state-run grocery stores while doubling minimum wage to $30 an hour. What could go wrong? We've literally seen this playbook fail spectacularly - Kansas City's government grocery store collapsed in August after struggling with empty shelves and crime, costing taxpayers millions. Yet here we go again with the greatest hits: rent freezes, free buses, and city-owned everything. The bodega owners Mandani name-dropped in his victory speech? They're calling it the road to communism and they're not wrong. One owner perfectly summed...

California just dropped the most mind-blowing budget numbers you've ever seen - and they're spending 30 TIMES more on healthcare for criminal illegals than on state police. We're talking $10 billion versus $348 million, folks. Oregon's doing the same insane dance, spending double on non-citizens' healthcare compared to their state police budget. Meanwhile, law-abiding Californians are paying through the nose for taxes while watching their hard-earned money fund free doctor visits, dental care, vision coverage, and medications for people who broke the law to get here. But hey, actual citizens? Good luck affording your own healthcare! This is government priorities at their...

Greg Abbott threatens 100% tariffs on New Yorkers fleeing to Texas - and honestly, it's brilliant! While the media clutches their pearls about legality, Abbott's trolling perfectly captures what's happening as Wall Street heads south and major banks double down on Texas operations. Meanwhile, New York just elected a 34-year-old socialist with zero experience who's promising free everything - city-run grocery stores, rent freezes, and higher taxes on anyone with money left. Is anyone surprised that Goldman Sachs already has 4,500 workers in Dallas? What did progressives expect when they layer regulation after regulation while campaigning on "affordability" that their own...

Here we go again – the brilliant minds behind "Housing First" are doubling down on their failed experiment while real people die in government-funded drug dens. After 20 years and billions in taxpayer money, we've got the father of Housing First still claiming success while Andrea Suarez from WeHeart Seattle shows us the devastating reality: cockroach-infested units, overdose deaths at record highs, and addicts choosing drug scenes over their taxpayer-funded apartments.We're comparing academic theory versus boots-on-the-ground reality. One side says "just give them housing and they'll get better," while the other has logged 40,000 volunteer hours cleaning up the mess and ac...

Portland's doom loop just hit warp speed as two massive downtown skyscrapers sold for literal dirt prices - 80-90% off their original valuations! Big Pink went for $45 million and the Pack West building for $55.7 million, basically land acquisition value for buildings worth hundreds of millions just years ago. While other cities like San Francisco and Seattle are slowly recovering, Portland's progressive leadership keeps doubling down on policies that created this mess in the first place. We're talking about a city where businesses fled, office vacancy rates hit 35%, and the streets are overrun with drug-addicted homeless people chasing each other...

A Portland city hall staffer takes a homeless woman into his home, then abandons her at a remote state park at 2 AM with no tent, no sleeping bag, and a wheelchair. What could possibly go wrong? This bizarre story has all the hallmarks of Portland's signature blend of virtue signaling and catastrophically bad judgment. We dive into the twisted tale of a $131,000-a-year political aide who thought bringing a mentally ill homeless woman with a pitbull to his house was somehow "compassionate." From midnight phone calls to forest dumping grounds to police tasers - this story reads like satire...

California just proposed a "one-time" 5% wealth tax on billionaires to cover $30 billion in federal funding cuts - because what could possibly go wrong? We break down how desperate California has become, targeting the very people who pay 40-50% of their taxes while ignoring the real spending problems like funding illegal immigrants and bloated bureaucracy.Meanwhile, we're seeing the same pattern play out in Seattle where Amazon is laying off 14,000 employees - with 88% of Washington state cuts happening in the city that taxes them the most. It's almost like there's a connection between anti-business policies and businesses leaving! We dive...

Seattle just learned what happens when you bite the hand that feeds you – and it's not pretty. Amazon's latest layoffs hit Seattle hardest, with 1,887 out of 2,300 Washington state cuts coming from the Emerald City. Coincidence? Not when you're slapping your biggest employer with a 2.5% payroll tax while they're already planning their escape to business-friendly Bellevue.We break down how Seattle's anti-business policies are driving away the golden goose, leaving thousands of workers jobless and the city scrambling to fill budget holes. From the jumpstart payroll tax to sky-high costs that make even Uber rides painful, Seattle's socialist experiment is pl...

Here we go again! Progressive cities are hemorrhaging BILLIONS as retail crime explodes 93% since 2019, yet they keep telling us crime is down. Right. New York tourism tanks by $4 billion while San Francisco's downtown sits at a staggering 34.8% vacancy rate. But hey, let's double down on the same failed policies!We're diving into the real cost of soft-on-crime leadership - from Seattle's $9 billion budget managed by someone who's never run a business, to Portland's iconic Big Pink selling for 90% below market value. When stores lock up contact solution but leave adult toys accessible, you know we've lost the plot. These...

Here we go again - Portland's commercial real estate dumpster fire claims another victim as PAC West Center sells for $55.7 million, a fraction of its 2007 purchase price of $161.5 million. What did they expect when you decriminalize hard drugs, defund police, and let homeless camps turn your downtown into a post-apocalyptic nightmare? We break down how progressive policies destroyed billions in tax revenue, why businesses refuse to lease space next to drug-addled zombies wielding swords, and the hilarious mental gymnastics city officials perform to blame everyone except their own catastrophic decision-making. From Big Pink's fire sale to the tax compression...

Seattle's about to elect a mayor who gets $2,200 a month from mommy and daddy for daycare while running on a "working class" platform - you can't make this stuff up! Katie Wilson, socialist candidate leading in polls, has never held a substantial job, run a business, or managed a payroll, yet wants to oversee Seattle's $9 billion budget and 41 departments. Meanwhile, her Transit Writers Union has LOST money for three straight years with a budget smaller than what the city spends on coffee. But hey, she made a slick video with grandma explaining why families should "take care of each...

Seattle's brilliant solution to grocery stores fleeing due to rampant shoplifting? Force them to let competitors move in! Because nothing says "smart business policy" like watching Kroger shut down citing theft, safety issues, and hostile regulations, then demanding they can't block competition from opening in the same crime-ridden location. We dive into Seattle's latest legislative masterpiece that tackles food deserts by... completely ignoring why stores are closing in the first place. While politicians pat themselves on the back for "doing something," we explore the real reasons behind 25 break-ins at one restaurant, homeless encampments, and why even Whole Foods said "...

Seattle's about to elect a straight-up socialist mayor who can't even afford to live in the city she wants to run – and gets $2,200 monthly from her parents at age 43. What could go wrong? We dive deep into Katie Wilson's housing plan that promises to solve Seattle's sky-high rents with the same progressive policies that created the crisis in the first place. She wants billion-dollar bonds, rent caps, and more red tape while record-low housing permits and fleeing businesses tell the real story. Meanwhile, small businesses get robbed 25 times and grocery stores shut down because crime pays better than commerce. Wi...

Welcome to the perfect storm of socialist incompetence meets basic economics! Portland's city council just got a harsh lesson when their iconic Big Pink building sold for $45 million – down from $373 million in 2015. That's a 88% discount that would make Black Friday shoppers weep with envy.We break down how Portland's "woke" leadership created a downtown wasteland where businesses board up windows faster than they can say "defund the police," and how one fire sale just triggered a tax revenue avalanche that's about to crush their bloated city budget. From Antifa street theater to empty storefronts, we explore why nobody wants to...

So Seattle's International District has become such a lawless nightmare that a Little Saigon property owner is suing the city for $30 million – and honestly, he's got a solid case. We're talking about an open-air drug market where people are literally dying on the streets while cops just drive by, businesses are shuttered, and a $21 million property sale collapsed because no developer wants to touch this chaos. Meanwhile, the Asian community gets zero attention from Seattle's DEI crowd – apparently "communities of color" doesn't include the ones being overrun by fentanyl zombies and knife-wielding addicts in wheelchairs. The city's response? "Policy disa...

Remember Seattle's glorious "Summer of Love"? Well, here's what actually happened when city officials abandoned an entire police precinct and told cops to stand down. New video evidence reveals the chaos that led to two black teenagers being gunned down by the very activists who claimed to protect black lives - and the city's desperate attempt to cover it up.We break down the timeline of how CHOP security (aka Antifa and BLM activists) executed 16-year-old Antonio Mays Jr. in a hail of 30+ bullets, then scrambled to destroy evidence while Seattle police literally watched through binoculars and did nothing...

Portland's brilliant new solution to their homeless crisis? Just ship them out of town and hope for the best! As usual, city leadership is avoiding the real problem while taxpayers foot the bill for another feel-good program that ignores reality. We dive into Portland's 'reunification' plan that aims to send 700 unhoused individuals back to family - because nothing says effective governance like making your problem someone else's responsibility. The kicker? They've managed to relocate a whopping 127 people out of nearly 7,000, while the truly troubled individuals who desperately need mental health intervention remain on the streets terrorizing families and destroying...

Portland's in chaos as usual, and where's Governor Tina Kotek? Off on a taxpayer-funded "trade mission" to South Korea and Japan while her state burns – literally. We've got three suspected arsons targeting Portland politicians in two years, FBI investigations into the Trail Blazers, nightly clashes at ICE facilities, and property crime rates second only to Memphis nationwide. Meanwhile, city leaders insist there's "no violence problem" here. Is anyone surprised?We break down the pattern of political intimidation through arson, from City Councilor Candace Avalos's torched car to Commissioner Renee Gonzalez's parents' vehicle going up in flames. Plus, the Rachel Co...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson thinks he can fix a $1.2 billion deficit with... a yacht tax and charging social media companies 50 cents per user? As usual, when progressive policies create massive budget holes, the solution is always the same: tax the rich until they flee to Florida! Johnson's brilliant plan includes taxing Amazon (hello, Bellevue relocation), slapping fees on yacht owners, and even borrowing money to pay city worker salaries. What could go wrong?We break down Johnson's delusional "progressive revenue" scheme that critics say won't survive court challenges, plus his desperate moves like selling city land and merging office...

Here we go again with LA City Council's latest stroke of genius - nearly doubling construction worker minimum wages from $18 to $32.35 an hour while simultaneously crying about a housing shortage. Is anyone surprised that the same city council members who've never run a business think they can magically solve housing costs by making it twice as expensive to build? This brilliant plan covers mid-sized apartment buildings (10+ units, up to 85 feet) - exactly the housing LA desperately needs.We break down how this "workers of the world unite" mentality will drive construction companies straight out of LA to neighboring areas...

California's getting exactly what it wanted – and now Gruesome Newsom is shocked that gas prices are about to skyrocket again. Valero just confirmed they're shutting down their Benicia refinery after failed talks with state officials, because surprise – you can't virtue signal your way out of basic economics.We break down how California's 20-year crusade against fossil fuels created this mess, why their desperate search for a refinery buyer is going nowhere, and what happens when you constrict supply while demanding the impossible. Meanwhile, they'll import oil on massive container ships from the Middle East because apparently that's more "green" than...

California's infinite wisdom strikes again! They've handed out 62,000 commercial driver's licenses to people whose legal status couldn't be verified – because nothing says "road safety" like putting someone behind an 18-wheeler when you don't know if they're here legally, speak English, or can even read a stop sign. What could go wrong?We dive into the deadly consequences of sanctuary state policies gone wild, from drug-addled drivers plowing through multiple vehicles to truckers who only speak Mandarin navigating American highways. Meanwhile, Governor Newsom sees "no problem here" as families bury their loved ones and Florida sues California and Washington over th...

Well, well, well - turns out Antifa isn't just throwing molotov cocktails at federal buildings anymore. They've gone professional and infiltrated Seattle's entire homeless industrial complex! A damning News Nation investigation reveals what locals have been screaming about for years: the same black-masked militants disrupting sweeps are the ones working inside the nonprofits supposedly helping the homeless. These chaos-loving ideologues literally prevent drug addicts from getting treatment, shelter, and housing because - wait for it - that would be "fascist." Meanwhile, they attack volunteers like Andrea Suarez for the crime of cleaning up human waste and needles from public...

Twenty-five break-ins since 2020 at one Seattle restaurant. TWENTY-FIVE. What's the owner's brilliant strategy? Keep calling city officials who can't help him while bleeding six figures in repairs and security upgrades. Meanwhile, Seattle voters just picked a 43-year-old socialist whose parents send her $2,200 monthly for daycare to potentially run the city. You can't make this stuff up.We break down how progressive policies created this crime wave, why the revolving door justice system enables repeat offenders, and what happens when "defund the police" meets reality. From understaffed police departments to judges who think 45 felony convictions deserve diversion programs, Seattle's small...

Seattle is about to elect a 43-year-old mayoral candidate whose biggest qualifications are taking thousands from her parents to survive and busking with a guitar at Pike Place Market. Katie Wilson - a Democratic Socialist who's never held a job for more than a year or run a business - is leading in the polls to manage a $9 billion city budget. What could go wrong?We break down how this political train wreck mirrors the same pattern destroying cities nationwide: progressive activists with zero real-world experience pushing out businesses with their "tax the rich" fantasies while creating government-run grocery...

A UK fitness influencer thought he'd start his American tour in Portland – and immediately got a reality check courtesy of gunshots, screaming, and open-air drug markets. Welcome to liberal paradise, folks! Within 48 hours, this strong, capable guy was running for the exits after experiencing what locals have been screaming about for years while city leadership walks hand-in-hand pretending everything's peachy. Here's the kicker: Portland now has the second-highest property crime rate in the nation, 35% office vacancy rates, and Oregon leads the country in mental illness – but hey, at least they're fighting fascism with costume parties at the ICE facility, righ...

Seattle allows rampant crime and homelessness, then acts shocked when businesses flee and residents face food deserts. After clearing downtown encampments, Mayor Bruce Harrell just shuffled the problem to residential neighborhoods like Lake City, where Fred Meyer finally said "we're done" and closed shop. Now Seattle's brilliant solution? Government-run grocery stores and "multi-pronged approaches" – everything except actually dealing with the shoplifting, drug addiction, and safety issues that drove businesses away in the first place. We dive into how the city's whack-a-mole homeless sweeps moved encampments two blocks down the street, why less than 5% of homeless accept actual housing, and ho...

Oregon officially leads the nation in mental illness rates - 30% of adults compared to the national average of 23%. Shocking? Not really, especially when you see adults in inflatable frog costumes 'protesting' outside ICE facilities while chanting 'No Kings.' We dive into the jaw-dropping statistics showing Oregon's mental health crisis has skyrocketed since 2021, coinciding with their bizarre protest culture and complete abandonment of public safety. While the state throws hundreds of millions at mental health services, somehow things keep getting worse. Meanwhile, you've got governors like Abbott in Texas actually cleaning up homeless encampments, while Oregon's leadership pretends everything...

Here we go again - another liberal mayor whining about "compassion" while his city turns into a criminal playground. Governor Abbott just steamrolled Austin's weak mayor by clearing 48 homeless encampments, arresting 24 repeat felony offenders, and seizing over 125 grams of narcotics. Meanwhile, Mayor Watson is clutching his pearls because the state didn't ask permission to clean up his own streets.We're talking fake police badges, outstanding warrants, armed and dangerous criminals - but the mayor wants to "rebuild relationships" with these folks. Really? Abbott did what any competent leader should do: prioritized taxpaying citizens over criminal drug addicts camping in...

California spent $24 billion on homelessness in 5 years and can't account for where it went. Now we know why – LA developers just got busted for allegedly stealing millions meant for homeless housing to buy private jets, exotic cars, and a $46,000-per-month Beverly Hills mansion. Because nothing says "helping the homeless" like flipping a property from $11 million to $27.3 million in just 12 days using taxpayer money, right?We break down the fraudulent appraisals, pay-to-play donations to county supervisors, and how the homeless industrial complex has become a goldmine for grifters. Meanwhile, over 1,200 city-owned homeless housing units sit vacant after an $800 million buying sp...

Canadian cities are now declaring "housing emergencies" to fast-track homeless encampment sweeps – and surprise, surprise, it's just expensive whack-a-mole with taxpayer dollars! Toronto's homeless population doubled in under four years, while cities spend tens of billions on "affordable housing" that somehow creates more homelessness, not less. We dive into the uncomfortable truth about the homeless industrial complex: build it and they will come, complete with wraparound services costing $50K per person annually.From Toronto's hostile architecture (concrete blocks to prevent tent setup) to Barry's mayor declaring "day one, no encampments allowed," we see two approaches to the same crisis. Me...

Nine months after the LA wildfires, and guess what's LA County's top priority? It's not helping the thousands of Americans still living in temporary housing or fighting insurance companies. Nope – they've declared a state of emergency to pay rent for criminal illegals who are "afraid" to go to work because of ICE raids. Meanwhile, 75% of Pacific Palisades residents are still displaced, one in five households are skipping meals, and people are fleeing California in droves because the rebuild process is an absolute nightmare of bureaucratic red tape. But hey, at least the criminal illegals don't have to worry about re...

So ICE just arrested a criminal illegal alien who was serving as a police officer in suburban Chicago. Yes, you read that right – a guy who overstayed his tourist visa by 10 YEARS became a sworn officer carrying a gun, which violates federal law on multiple levels. But hey, Illinois passed a bill allowing non-citizens to become cops, and somehow the ATF said this criminal illegal could carry a firearm "while on duty." Meanwhile, the same guy who's supposed to be deported is out there potentially arresting actual citizens. We dive into how a tourist visa overstay from 2015 managed to fo...

Here we go again! Oregon's brilliant leadership has decided to spend $500 MILLION more on healthcare programs for illegal immigrants than on their entire state police budget. Meanwhile, Portland business owners are literally begging the city council for help as their establishments get shot up, vandalized, and overrun by criminals every single weekend. But sure, let's prioritize virtue signaling over actual public safety!

We dive into heartbreaking testimony from small business owners who are hanging on by a thread, desperate for more cops while watching their life's work crumble. One bar owner described blood splattered...

California just passed a law to hide bacon-wrapped hot dog vendors from ICE, because apparently street food protection is now a state priority. While red states are working with federal immigration enforcement to make communities safer, California is busy shielding vendor databases from the very agents tasked with enforcing our immigration laws. We've got states like Texas and Florida requiring local law enforcement to cooperate with ICE, and then you have California literally passing laws to protect criminal illegals selling danger dogs on street corners. The divide couldn't be clearer - some states want law and order, others want...

Letitia James — the New York AG who sued Donald Trump — is now indicted herself. Federal prosecutors accuse her of mortgage fraud involving her Virginia home, where her fugitive grandniece reportedly lives rent-free. Is this justice or politics? Let’s dive into the documents, the drama, and the deeper story behind this breaking case.

Portland officials are gaslighting everyone about downtown conditions while small business owners testify about daily machete attacks, armed robberies, and blood-splattered security cameras. Yet again, we're watching politicians look straight into the camera claiming everything's peachy while entrepreneurs flee the city in droves. The Mayor insists people are "riding bikes and buying produce" while business owners literally fear for their lives, and the Governor stands downtown pretending it's not a wasteland with a 35% vacancy rate. Here's the kicker: crime stats magically drop when police stop filing reports – who could have seen that coming? Is anyone surprised that Portland has th...

California Democrats just declared an EMERGENCY because ICE is doing their job – and their solution? Pay rent for criminal illegal immigrants who are "too scared" to work. You literally cannot make this up. We're talking about taxpayer-funded rent relief for people who broke federal law to get here and are now avoiding work because they're afraid of being deported. Meanwhile, law-abiding citizens struggling with their own rent get... nothing. This is virtue signaling gone completely insane – Los Angeles County supervisors voted 4-to-1 to mobilize resources and request federal funding (yes, YOUR tax dollars) to help criminal illegals stay comfortable whil...

Traditional journalists and social media influencers covered Portland’s ICE facility protests — but their stories couldn’t look more different.This video breaks down how access, framing, and audience shape what you see online.Are influencers changing journalism, or just rewriting the rules of propaganda?

The housing market is showing signs of strain. Foreclosure filings jumped 17% in a year, as homeowners face soaring mortgage rates and stubbornly high prices.We’ll unpack what’s really happening behind the numbers — and what it could mean for buyers, sellers, and investors heading into 2026.