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Don’t Dismiss Spencer Pratt’s Loss
The former reality TV star lost his bid for Los Angeles mayor, but his blunt talk about meth, fentanyl, and homelessness changed the conversation around…
Sam Quinones
California’s Voting System Is Built for Suspicion
The slow count of votes in Los Angeles led to allegations of a stolen election. There’s no evidence of impropriety, but the system is a recipe for…
Peter Savodnik
Heidi Montag Is Already LA’s First Lady
Plus: Joanna Stern on dating an AI chatbot.
Suzy Weiss
California Won’t Die Without a Fight
One-party rule won’t last forever. Tuesday’s primaries showed that a large share of Californians are desperate for an alternative to the state’s…
Peter Savodnik
The Revenge of the California Republicans
Peter Savodnik, Caitlin Flanagan, and Michael Shellenberger unpack the California election results.
Peter Savodnik
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Inside Spencer Pratt’s Viral Video Machine
The former reality star’s campaign has become an online phenomenon. Austyn Jeffs met one creator powering Pratt’s surge with viral AI ads.
Austyn Jeffs
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‘Spencer, Saca La Bassura’: Will LA’s Latinos Back Pratt?
In 2020, Adrian Alvarez was so panicked Trump would win he wound up in hospital. Now he leads ‘Latinos por Pratt’ and makes AI videos for the outsider…
Peter Savodnik
Caitlin Flanagan: Pratt Daddy’s Revenge
How did Spencer Pratt, reality TV star and ‘healing’ crystal salesman, become the ‘adult in the room’ in the LA mayor’s race?
Caitlin Flanagan
Going for the Gold—on Drugs. Plus…
The progressive LA mayoral candidate ‘out-Mamdanied’ by Spencer Pratt. Martin Gurri on Trump’s Cuba plans. Evan Barker dives into the Democrats…
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Nithya Raman Was Supposed to Be LA’s Mamdani. Then Spencer Pratt Showed Up.
The city councilmember thought she’d be the outsider to take on Karen Bass in the mayoral contest. Now she’s battling a Republican former reality-TV…
Peter Savodnik
Rod Dreher: What the San Diego Mosque Shooters Believed
The teenage killers’ manifesto contains ominous echoes of the past, and is a dark warning of our future.
Rod Dreher
Was This Prosecutor Pulled from a Case Because He’s Jewish? Plus. . .
Where does all the teachers’ unions’ money go? MAHA gets its first scalp.
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