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When truth is stranger than fiction: Oregon puts a convicted cold-blooded killer on a police oversight board. Kyle Hedquist executed a 19-year-old girl by marching her into the woods and shooting her in the back of the head—all to silence a potential witness. He got life without parole. Then former Governor Kate Brown commuted his sentence without even notifying the victim's family. Now he's reviewing police conduct in Sale...
A new forecast from Metro shows that weakness in Multnomah County’s economy is slowing collections from the region’s homeless services tax—raising fresh questions about how stable funding for homelessness programs really is.
In this video, we break down a recent Willamette Week report explaining why revenue from the Supportive Housing Services (SHS) tax is coming in lower than expected, how Multnomah County is lagging behind nei...
One year after the devastating Los Angeles wildfires, rebuilding has barely begun. According to recent reporting, only about 13% of destroyed or heavily damaged homes have received rebuilding permits—leaving thousands of residents still waiting to return home.
California has officially dropped its lawsuit challenging the federal government’s decision to withdraw more than $4 billion in funding for the state’s high-speed rail project. The lawsuit, filed by the California High-Speed Rail Authority, targeted a move made during the Trump administration under Donald Trump.
State officials say the decision reflects growing doubts about the federal government as a reliable funding partner. Despi...
Here we go again—Washington Governor Bob Ferguson is pushing a "millionaire's tax" that'll supposedly only hit the wealthy. Spoiler alert: once they get this through their packed state Supreme Court, everyone's getting taxed. This is the classic slippery slope playbook, and businesses are already eyeing the exits just like they did in California. We break down how this 9.9% income tax proposal completely ignor...
Chicago City Council has passed an alternate 2026 budget — and Mayor Brandon Johnson has decided not to veto it.After months of conflict over taxes, spending priorities, and how to close a billion-dollar deficit, the City Council moved forward with its own plan, rejecting the mayor’s proposed corporate head tax. Johnson called the budget deeply flawed but chose not to block it, allowing it to become law to avoid a potential governm...
Welcome to #Firegate, where Los Angeles city leadership tried to scrub their own after-action report to hide their catastrophic failures during the Palisades Fire. The LA Times just exposed deliberate deletions designed to shield Mayor Bass, the fire department, and Governor Newsom from accountability—including removing references to the January 1st fire that crews were ordered to leave smoldering, only to reignite six days later a...
Deadbeat Newsom defaults on $20 billion—and guess who's paying? While every other state in America used federal funds to responsibly pay off their COVID unemployment loans, California chose a different path: stimulus checks for voters and zero dollars toward the debt. Now businesses are stuck with automatic payroll tax hikes that escalate $21 annually, with surcharges projected to exceed $400 per worker. Meanwhile, Newsom had a...
Toilet rats. Yes, you read that right. Western Washington health officials are warning residents that flooding could send sewer rats swimming up into your toilet bowl—because apparently, 2025 wasn't weird enough already. This is the same public health department that brought you "booty bump kits," so you know we're in good hands. We break down their official advice: stay calm (good luck with that), close the lid, flush repeatedly, ...
Anheuser-Busch is shuttering its 50-year-old Fairfield brewery—yet another business exodus from California. But don't expect the media to connect the dots. They'll blame the beer industry slump, maybe even reference that disastrous Bud Light marketing fiasco from 2023, but conveniently ignore the anti-business policies strangling the Golden State. We're talking crushing taxes, suffocating regulations, sky-high real esta...
Here we go again—universities have gone completely off the rails with performative virtue signaling that accomplishes absolutely nothing. This episode dives into a federal appeals court ruling that sided with a Washington professor who dared to mock his university's land acknowledgement ritual. Spoiler alert: he almost lost his career for it. We break down the absurdity of land acknowledgements (they don't give money, they ...
A 75-year-old woman had her eye ripped out by a career criminal swinging a bolt-spiked board outside the King County Courthouse in broad daylight—and when police arrested him, their reaction was priceless: "Oh, you know him? Yeah, he usually just punches people." Welcome to Seattle, where a violent felon with EIGHT prior assault convictions gets to roam Third Avenue because he checks every protected box: homeless, mentally ill, dru...
A Portland bureaucrat literally cries on camera and blames capitalism for the city's homelessness crisis—after spending THREE BILLION DOLLARS in five years while homelessness skyrocketed 150-200%. You can't make this up. City Administrator Michael Jordan refuses to mention drugs or mental illness, instead pointing fingers at "wealth distribution" while Portland's streets overflow with addiction and untreated m...
Are the Chicago Bears really preparing to leave Illinois? 👀🏈Recent reports suggest the Bears are expanding their stadium search beyond Arlington Heights — and even looking across the border into Northwest Indiana. Fans are furious, and criticism toward Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker is growing as negotiations stall and the threat of relocation becomes more real.
Portland and Multnomah County have unveiled an updated Homelessness Response System Action Plan aimed at reducing homelessness through clearer goals, improved coordination, and measurable results. In this video, we break down what’s new in the plan, including the 12 key performance indicators, how the city and county plan to prevent housing loss, expand shelter and services, and accelerate pathways into permanent housing.
Immigration enforcement in Oklahoma has intensified, with recent reports showing a sharp increase in ICE arrests across the state. Much of this rise is driven by partnerships between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities, including 287(g) agreements that allow local officers to assist ICE directly.
California has officially reversed course on its plan to revoke thousands of commercial driver’s licenses held by immigrant truckers. After facing pressure and confusion over federal compliance rules tied to work permit expiration dates, the state will now reissue those licenses—offering relief to thousands of drivers who were at risk of losing their livelihoods.
In this video, we cover the shocking incident at the Bellevue Transit Center in Washington, where 38-year-old Mohamed Morray Bangura allegedly placed a false 911 call before attacking responding police officers with a knife. Officer Sean Winebrenner sustained serious facial and shoulder injuries during the confrontation, and another officer fired at the suspect, stopping the assault.
California is facing a major shake-up in its energy sector. Valero has announced a $1.1 billion exit from its Benicia refinery, choosing to shut down operations rather than continue under California’s strict regulatory environment. This closure could remove nearly 9% of the state’s in-state gasoline production—and analysts warn it may intensify the ongoing gas price crisis.
California invested nearly half a billion dollars to upgrade its outdated 911 network — promising faster response times, better location tracking, and modern features like text-to-911.Instead? The project collapsed.System failures. Dropped emergency calls. A design no other state used. And now, taxpayers are left with the bill as the state prepares to start over.
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