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Dedicated to providing Alternative News and Unbiased Reporting for those tired of the mainstream media. Our Real Stories, Live Coverage, and Pressing News cover topics from social unrest to true crime. We feature Documentary Pieces and In-Depth Interviews that the media avoids, embracing Citizen Journalism and highlighting under-reported events. Tune in to our channel for daily updates on the most pressing news, and become a part of our growing community that values truth and transparency. Don't forget to subscribe and hit the notification bell to never miss an episode!
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Yet again, Portland discovers what everyone with common sense already knew: roughly 1 in 4 people in homeless encampments have outstanding arrest warrants, with some camps hitting nearly 40%. Shocking? Absolutely not. This video breaks down the new data revealing how these encampments have become magnets for crime, drug dealing, stolen goods, and violence. We explore Portland's sharp turn on enforcement after hitting rock bottom, compare it to Seattle's refusal to act, and examine how 18-20% of shootings are connected to homeless encampments. Meanwhile, Seattle's new mayor just halted a sweep—because what could go wrong with letting criminal activity flourish, right? The data is clear: allowing people to camp wherever they want creates dens of lawlessness that prey on communities and endanger the very people these policies claim to help. Is anyone surprised that "compassion" without accountability leads to chaos? Should cities keep rebuilding parks that get destroyed, or is it time for actual consequences? Drop your thoughts below, and if you're tired of watching cities ignore reality, hit subscribe and that notification bell. Let's keep exposing the insanity.
Gavin Newsom is celebrating a 9% drop in unsheltered homelessness while simultaneously rolling out another $419 million in state grants. If billions upon billions of California taxpayer dollars were actually working, wouldn't we see more than a 9% reduction? We dive into the elaborate homeless encampments under LA's freeways—complete with TVs, furniture, and fire hazards that could recreate the massive 2023 freeway inferno. Meanwhile, San Francisco's mayor admits the city spends a cool billion dollars on homelessness annually. That's billion with a B.Watch as we break down the whack-a-mole reality of encampment sweeps, the "housing first" policy that keeps attracting more people, and why some cities like San Francisco are finally getting tough while Seattle reimagines doing absolutely nothing. California can't account for $22 billion in recently spent funds, yet here we go again with hundreds of millions more. At what point do we admit this isn't working?
Imagine firefighters literally begging taxpayers for a sales tax increase while LA dumps over a billion dollars annually on homelessness programs that only make the problem worse. Here we go again. Los Angeles firefighters are operating with the same staffing levels as the 1960s—but with five times the call volume and six fewer stations. Response times have doubled the national standard to 8 minutes. Meanwhile, Karen Bass and city leaders throw $22,000 per homeless person per year at a crisis that keeps spiraling, with many of those encampments actually starting the fires in the first place. The fire department has million-dollar engines sitting idle with weeds growing around the tires because they can't afford mechanics, yet the homeless industrial complex gets blank checks. When did basic public safety become optional while virtue signaling became the priority? Why are first responders fundraising for their own jobs while billions vanish into programs nobody can account for? Let me know in the comments what you think about these backwards priorities. If this frustrates you as much as it does me, smash that like button, subscribe, and share this with anyone who needs to see where their tax dollars are really going.
Chicago has officially passed a record-breaking $16.6 billion city budget, and the impact will be felt across the city.This new budget includes hundreds of millions of dollars in new and increased taxes, affecting everything from everyday purchases to digital services, rideshares, and online activities. While city leaders say the plan closes a major budget gap, critics warn it relies heavily on temporary fixes, new taxes, and one-time revenues rather than long-term financial reform.
LA County just raised sales tax to fund $1.1 billion for homelessness—and now they're slashing $219 million from those same programs. You can't make this up. With 72,000 homeless people (nearly 10% of the entire U.S. homeless population), LA has perfected the art of building the homeless industrial complex and watching them come. We break down the budget crisis, the 46% increase in shelter bed costs (seriously, what are they buying?), and why cutting funding might actually reduce homelessness more than throwing billions at it. Plus, we compare LA's approach to Seattle's new socialist mayor who just cancelled encampment sweeps—because that worked so well during the pandemic, right? Spoiler alert: If you build it, they will come. If you don't... they'll migrate to the next city with better perks. Is this the most expensive failure in government history, or just another day in California? What do you think happens when the 2028 Olympics roll into town? Drop your thoughts below, and if you're tired of watching taxpayer money disappear into the void, hit subscribe and let's keep exposing this madness together.
When a 400% increase in human excrement events in your mall elevators becomes a regular Tuesday, you know you've hit rock bottom. San Francisco's largest mall—1.5 million square feet of former retail glory—is now officially dead. Panda Express, the last restaurant standing, has closed its doors for good.This wasn't a slow decline; this was policy-induced collapse. Remember "15 days to flatten the curve"? Try two years of lockdowns that killed foot traffic, combined with open-air drug markets and the Tenderloin's finest using elevators as bathrooms. The mall went from millions of shoppers to zero bids at foreclosure auction. Not even at $134 million—less than 20% of peak value. Westfield literally handed the keys back to lenders and said "good luck."Meanwhile, city leaders proposed solutions like... a soccer stadium? Sure, because what San Francisco needs is more places nobody will visit. Is anyone surprised this happened? What did they expect when they turned a blind eye to street chaos for years?
Oregon just spent over a BILLION dollars on homelessness, added 11,000 shelter beds, and yet homelessness surged 15%. Shocked? You shouldn't be. This video exposes the "if you build it, they will come" disaster unfolding in Portland, Seattle, and beyond. We break down how Oregon's $45,000-per-homeless-person spending spree is creating a drug-fueled vortex while officials scratch their heads wondering why people won't accept shelter. Spoiler: They're too busy doing drugs in tent cities with zero accountability.The state needs 96,000 more housing units while Portland celebrates adding 1,500 beds. Meanwhile, advocates still blame "high rent" instead of addressing the actual problem—enabling addiction without consequences. We dive into the numbers, the failed "housing first" ideology, and why unconditional support keeps these communities trapped in cycles of dependency.
Chicago's brilliant plan: raise hotel taxes to the highest in America to *boost tourism*. If you had to read that five times, same. The city wants to jack hotel taxes from 17.5% to 19%—making it more expensive than anywhere else in the country—to generate $40 million for marketing "Choose Chicago." Because nothing says "come visit" like the nation's highest hotel tax, 10,000 businesses fleeing the area, massive property tax hikes, kids looting stores on the Magnificent Mile, and a person shot every 4 minutes. Meanwhile, Boeing just dumped their Chicago headquarters at a massive loss, and the Bears are looking to bolt for Indiana. But sure, let's compete with Vegas by making conventions MORE expensive. This isn't a misconception—it's reality. Does anyone on Chicago's city council understand basic economics? What business is going to choose the most expensive, most difficult city when Nashville and New Orleans are rolling out the red carpet? Let me know what you think in the comments. Don't forget to like, subscribe, and share this madness with anyone who still believes government makes sense.
The Mayor of St. Paul just sued the federal government to stop federal agents from enforcing federal law. Let that sink in. No legal precedent? No problem—she'll just create one, apparently. Yet another performative lawsuit burning through taxpayer dollars while ICE carries out deportations of criminal illegal immigrants who already have deportation orders.We break down the embarrassing CNN interview where she admits there's zero legal precedent for this case, explain why every administration has conducted local deportations (because geography exists), and explore the chaos in Minnesota following Operation Metro Surge's 2,500+ arrests. Meanwhile, six federal prosecutors resign after being asked to investigate domestic terrorism connections. The wheels are coming off in Minneapolis, folks.Is this what "resistance" looks like in 2025—lawsuits without legal standing and prosecutors rage-quitting? How long can sanctuary city officials keep pretending federal law doesn't apply to them?
San Francisco is actually arresting drug addicts? What timeline are we living in? The city that became the poster child for enabling addiction just opened a "reset center" with a simple message: get sober, get arrested, or get out. This is the same city where a 400% increase in human excrement in mall elevators became normal. Now they're trying involuntary custodial intervention—words that would have triggered absolute meltdowns just five years ago.Meanwhile, Seattle is sprinting in the opposite direction, refusing to arrest anyone for public drug use while taxpayers fund addicts' apartments AND their tents. San Francisco hit rock bottom and said enough. They're drawing a line in the sand, even if it just means pushing the problem to Portland or Seattle. Will it work? Maybe, maybe not. But at least they're signaling they won't tolerate the chaos anymore.Is tough love the only thing that works with addiction? Why did it take San Francisco becoming a national embarrassment to try common-sense enforcement? Drop your thoughts below, and if you're tired of watching cities enable destruction, hit subscribe and that notification bell. We're tracking which cities learn the lesson and which ones double down on failure.
Boeing just dumped its Chicago headquarters for $22 million—the same building they bought for $165 million. That's what happens when you choose a city run by fiscal lunatics like "Let's Go Brandon" Johnson and where your employees need to dodge looters on their lunch break. The aerospace giant is basically flushing its Chicago presence down the drain, keeping just 70,000 square feet to house the skeleton crew shutting everything down. Meanwhile, former Mayor Lori Lightfoot—who oversaw the city's finances—can't even pay her own $11K credit card bill despite pulling in over $400K in salary and retirement withdrawals in a single year. You can't make this stuff up.Boeing saw the writing on the wall: anti-business policies, crushing taxes, and a leadership more interested in virtue signaling than creating conditions where companies actually want to stay. Is anyone surprised another major corporation is fleeing Illinois? What does it say when a prosecutor-turned-mayor can't manage her own finances, let alone a city's?
Welcome to Califraia—the brilliant new term for California's jaw-dropping $250 billion in fraud, waste, and abuse. Yes, you read that right: a quarter TRILLION dollars of taxpayer money flushed down the government toilet. When Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton first dropped this bombshell, it seemed impossible. But after digging into the details—$24 billion in unaccounted homelessness spending, $55 billion in pandemic unemployment fraud, $20 billion more in bogus jobless claims, plus countless scams in CalFresh, Medi-Cal, fake college applications, and the high-speed rail to nowhere—suddenly $250 billion doesn't sound so crazy. One-party rule has created a culture of corruption so deep that even Newsom's own state auditor flagged his administration as "high risk." Meanwhile, Newsom's response? Insults and deflection, as usual. Is anyone surprised California leads the nation in homelessness, poverty, and cost of living while hemorrhaging billions in fraud? What will it take for California voters to demand accountability? Subscribe for more government waste exposés, hit that like button, and let's make #Califraia trend!
Seattle's new socialist mayor and city attorney just effectively decriminalized open-air drug use, and they're pretending nothing changed. Here we go again. The city attorney's memo redirects all drug possession and use charges to a "diversion program" instead of prosecution—which means cops won't bother making arrests for crimes that go nowhere. What did they expect would happen?This policy guarantees more overdose deaths, more theft from small businesses getting robbed 15 times a month, and more addicts openly shooting up in parks while glaring at families like they're the problem. Seattle just told every dopehead in America: come here, we won't stop you. Business owners are begging for help while politicians babble about "re-imagined community courts" and worry about being called racist.Is suicidal empathy the official policy now? How many more people need to die before Seattle admits justice reform without consequences doesn't work? Don't let them gaslight you—this IS a policy change, and it's going to be a disaster.
Portland is finally threatening to evict homeless shelter residents who refuse to engage with services after 120 days. Is anyone surprised this "tough love" comes after years of enabling open-air drug use and building a massive homeless industrial complex? We're diving into Mayor Keith Wilson's new policy that will affect 80-90 people—complete with formal warnings and exceptions for severe mental health cases. Meanwhile, nonprofits are clutching their pearls about "unsheltered houselessness" and claim these folks were "failed by fragmented systems." Really? The same systems that decriminalized hard drugs with Measure 110 and watched overdoses skyrocket? The city created this mess by coddling addiction, and now they're shocked people won't voluntarily get clean. Here's the kicker: Multnomah County is closing two shelters with 210 beds combined due to budget constraints—because when your downtown core is hollowed out and property values tank 50-90%, tax revenue disappears. Who could have predicted that? Do you think four-month deadlines will work when there's been zero accountability for years? Or is this just shuffling the deck chairs while the homeless industrial complex keeps collecting paychecks? Drop your thoughts below, and if you're tired of watching cities enable their own destruction, hit subscribe and share this with someone who needs to see it!
Portland's police chief literally cried on camera while confirming that federal agents were right—the people they detained are Tren de Aragua gang members. One's a convicted criminal, the other runs a prostitution ring online, and together they tried to ram a truck into CBP officers. Yet instead of backing law enforcement, we get tears and politicians calling ICE "state-sponsored terrorism."Meanwhile, a Portland cop gets reassigned for stating the obvious truth to unhinged protesters: "Sometimes criminals get shot when they break the law." He's punished for reality while city leaders rally behind violent Venezuelan gang members with final deportation orders. One cop speaks common sense, loses his assignment. Career criminals assault federal agents, become victims.When did defending actual criminals over law enforcement become the default? Why are mayors crying over gang members instead of supporting officers doing their jobs? Is anyone else tired of backwards priorities that put taxpayers and communities last?
Two billionaire brothers from New Zealand just scooped up 16 prime Malibu beachfront lots for $65 million—and their genius plan? Ship in prefab homes manufactured in China. What could possibly go wrong? While devastated fire victims navigate California's nightmarish permit process (12-24 months just for approval), these surf-bro billionaires claim they're doing it out of love for Malibu. Sure, guys. Nothing says "community rebuilding" like factory-built Chinese imports on some of America's most prestigious waterfront real estate. The city has issued only 22 permits in Malibu versus 1,300+ in Pacific Palisades, leaving desperate homeowners with few options. Enter the Mobre brothers with their "altruistic" cash offers. Do you trust billionaires claiming they're not in it for profit? Will homes built in 4-6 weeks even meet California building codes? Should iconic American coastline be rebuilt with foreign prefabs while local contractors sit idle? Drop your thoughts below. Like and subscribe for updates on this absolute circus as it unfolds.
California just watched $1 trillion in billionaire wealth vanish into thin air—and they're shocked that rich people don't actually love paying confiscatory taxes. Who could have seen this coming? The state's genius move: announce a retroactive 5% wealth tax on billionaires, give them zero time to react, and act surprised when Larry Page, Larry Ellison, and Peter Thiel head for the exits. Meanwhile, Gavin Newsom lectures about "fairness" from his $9.2 million mansion while promoting the exact policies driving productive citizens out of the state.Here's what the politicians won't tell you: when billionaires flee, the middle class and working families get stuck with the bill. Washington state is speedrunning the same playbook with their millionaire's tax. Texas and Florida are rolling out the red carpet while blue states tax themselves into oblivion. The U-Haul index doesn't lie—more people are leaving California than any other state.Is taxing your golden geese into extinction really "good for innovation"? How long before the last person turns off the lights in Sacramento? Drop your thoughts below, and if you're tired of watching states commit economic suicide, subscribe for more reality checks on government insanity.
A billion dollars in cash flying through Minneapolis airport in suitcases—plus a carry-on full of brand new passports—and TSA just waved them through. Yet again, the pattern is undeniable: Somali daycare fraud funneling taxpayer money overseas, potentially to al-Shabaab terrorists, while officials look the other way. A whistleblower TSA agent confirms what investigative reports documented back in 2018—$100 million per year leaving MSP International, week after week, in carry-on luggage. Seattle's new socialist mayor says there's "no reason to investigate." Minnesota's Tampon Tim ignored it for years. When a YouTuber asks "got any kids in this daycare?" the whole scheme unravels. Commercial real estate brokers now report Somalis scrambling for office space to create paper trails before audits hit. They don't want you to know how deep this goes, but the cameras, the customs forms, and the witnesses tell the story. How is this not organized crime? Why are blue state officials calling investigators "extremist influencers" instead of protecting taxpayer dollars? Is anyone surprised anymore? What do you think happens next—will there be real accountability or just more excuses? Hit subscribe and share this with everyone who needs to see how your tax dollars are being stolen.
Remember when building a luxury Ritz-Carlton tower in downtown Portland seemed like a brilliant idea? Fast forward to 2026, and we've got a 50% fire sale on units that can't even move at half price. What could go wrong with $7.85 million condos surrounded by open-air drug markets, zombie mini-marts, and streets you wouldn't walk at night?We're breaking down how this 460-foot skyscraper went from Portland's luxury flagship to an absolute albatross—with one-bedrooms slashed from $1.2M to $600K, two-bedrooms cut from $2.6M to $1M, and three-bedrooms gutted from $3.3M to $1.6M. Only 11 of 130+ units sold, and the lender is desperate to move inventory. We'll walk through the dystopian street-level reality, the appraiser's brutal analysis showing units priced 3.7X higher than downtown averages, and why even world-class finishes can't overcome external obsolescence when your neighborhood features hypodermic needles and human feces.Is this a buying opportunity or the perfect case study in timing over location? Will 50% off actually move the needle, or do these prices need to drop another 20%? Drop your thoughts below—and if you've experienced downtown Portland lately, share your stories.
Seattle's socialist mayor is declaring war on ICE while they're literally removing convicted child predators from our streets. Let that sink in. We break down the Minneapolis ICE shooting everyone's outraged about—except we actually show you the bodycam footage they don't want you to see. Turns out actions have consequences when you drive into federal agents during a deportation operation.We'll expose the criminal illegal ICE was tracking (hint: he dragged an agent 300 feet and required 20 stitches after sexually assaulting his stepdaughter), reveal why Seattle's mayor is more concerned about protecting Democrat voters than actual children, and explain why these sanctuary city politicians are fighting tooth and nail against agents cleaning up the mess Biden created. The contrast between the virtue-signaling press conference and the reality on the ground is staggering.Is protecting criminal illegals really the hill Democrats want to die on? When did keeping communities safe become controversial? Drop your thoughts below—this comment section is going to be spicy. If you're tired of the gaslighting, hit subscribe and that notification bell. Let's keep exposing the truth they're desperate to hide.
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