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Nathan Solis
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Hello, Mother Leopard.

Editor at The L.A. Local

Former breaking news reporter at the L.A. Times. Normal amount of hands and feet. Definitely not a spider.
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I know people are going to revel in the schadenfreude here, but this is really just an admission—given how close the House is split—that they’re just mad it didn’t work. Fewer than a dozen House GOPers could change America tomorrow. That they’re not proves this is just about losing, not principles.
PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:

@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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foraging finds 🔎🌿
November 24, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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You absolutely have the constitutional right to record ICE, Border Patrol, or any law enforcement officer in public, and with everything happening in Charlotte right now, people need to understand that clearly.
November 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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L.A. Marshall defeats Eagle Rock for City Section Open Division flag football title
L.A. Marshall defeats Eagle Rock for City Section Open Division flag football title
Jaylin Macias ran for two touchdowns and passed for another to lead L.A. Marshall to victory over Eagle Rock in the City Section Open Division championship.
www.latimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:07 AM
'Cause if you like it, then you should've put a ring on it

If you like it, then you should've put a ring on it

Don't be mad once you see that he want it

'Cause if you like it, then you should've put a ring on it
November 23, 2025 at 2:52 AM
My kid after she hits me with a blue shell - "THAT WAS FROM ME!"
a woman says tell cersei i want her to know it was me .
Alt: Olenna Tyrell says, "Tell Cersei. I want her to know it was me."
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Happening TODAY!

Made a new sign for the homie ✊🏻🚫🧊
November 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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VERIFIED: Fundraiser for the Queens family that had their door busted down & a gun pointed in their face by ICE.

The children are all traumatized, unable to sleep.

Fundraiser seeks to secure them emergency housing and get therapy for the kids. www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-...
Donate to Help a Traumatized Family Find Safety and Stability, organized by Katherine Gomez
A family in our community is living through every parent’s worst n… Katherine Gomez needs your support for Help a Traumatized Family Find Safety and Stability
www.gofundme.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:50 AM
There seems to be a theme
November 22, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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“THE NON-ARTIST FIXATION ON HYPERREALISM AS THE PINNACLE OF ART IS CLEARLY PART OF THE REASON SO MANY ADULTS THINK THEY CANNOT DRAW OR CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE FAILURES, KAWAII, FOLK ART, DOODLES, OR OTHER EASIER ENTRY POINTS ARE CONSIDERED CHILDISH, WHICH IS WHY JAPANESE DRAWING BOOKS ARE BETTER…”
November 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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huh, i thought this was AI because there's no way someone could order such an ugly shirt
November 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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I wrote about how Katy Perry still can't catch a break, not even on #Elsbeth, which skewered her for her attempted purchase of a nunnery www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/kat... via @thedailybeast.bsky.social
Katy Perry Roasted for Killing a Nun in Popular CBS Series
The pop star’s convent saga resurrects in the latest episode.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Q: “Are you affirming you think Trump is a fascist?”

TRUMP: “That’s ok, you can just say yes.”

ZOHRAN: “Ok. Yes.”
November 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Hi!

We're looking to highlight local/ small businesses in the Los Angeles area (Koreatown, Pico Union and Westlake) for an upcoming gift guide at The LA Local. The newsletter will go out in a few weeks.

Loved to hear your recs 🤩

Help us say we did it!
#Koreatown #picounion #Westlake #gifts
a man in a suit is sitting in front of a door that says " you did it "
Alt: Buddy the elf bursts in to say " you did it! "
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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But... you don't look Mexican...

Ok, let me just...
November 21, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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CASH💰 FOR KEYS🔑 UPDATE

From January 2019 to July 2025, there were 5,991 “cash for keys” (landlords paying tenants to move out) agreements filed with the Housing Department.

Average buyout amount: $25k per unit

Check out our map & analysis here: cashforkeys.lacontroller.app
November 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
November 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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The Riverside City Council this week voted 5-2 to approve an updated three-year, $16.8 million agreement with the Riverside County Department of Animal Services.
riversiderecord.org/riverside-ci...
Riverside City Council Approves $16M Animal Services Contract With County
The Riverside City Council this week voted 5-2 to approve an updated three-year, $16.8 million agreement with the Riverside County Department of Animal Services.
riversiderecord.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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From @eff.org Cops are using automatic license plate readers to surveil protesters. No Kings and 50501 protests were used in license searches. Below are some of the agencies that looked up people related to the No Kings protest.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
November 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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It's important to understand what this ad does and why it is so threatening to the Trump admin. It gets to social identity theory, which posits that we have many identities, and the one which is salient in a given context will dictate how we think/behave in a particular situation. 1/
WATCH: After six Democratic lawmakers posted a video urging members of the military not to follow illegal orders, Trump erupted online, accusing them of “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!” Sen. Elissa Slotkin, one of the senators in that video, joins Chris Hayes to respond.
'HANG THEM': Trump melts down, accuses six Dems of ‘seditious behavior’
YouTube video by MS NOW
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.

I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM