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The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that the political parties also have the same right to reduced ad rates on television before an election that candidates do.

The one holdout? The one who isn't a biologist and also still wears a mask in public.

The Supreme Court on Friday lifted a ruling that prevented party committees from accessing cheaper advertising rates in the lead-up to November's elections, siding with Republicans, for now, in an emergency case that drew staunch Democratic opposition.
Federal law mandates that broadcast stations offer their lowest available rate in the 60 days preceding a general election. Everyone agrees candidates get the discount, but whether political parties and joint fundraising committees can, too, has come under question.
The court appeared to split 8-1, though the justices don't have to disclose their votes in emergency decisions publicly. The majority said that federal courts had no authority yet to intervene in the dispute.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the court's junior liberal justice, publicly dissented. In a one-paragraph opinion, she explained the lower panel likely had authority to move ahead.
Republicans' Senate and House campaign arms -- boasting a cash advantage and backed by the Trump administration -- brought the fight to the Supreme Court after Democratic candidates sued to stop them from accessing the cheaper rate.

Democrats are suddenly suing to stop this because, of course, the RNC has a huge amount of money right now and the DNC is broke.

With the midterms less than a dozen weeks away, the Republican National Committee continues to boast a massive cash advantage over its Democratic counterpart, according to Federal Election Commission disclosures made by both committees on Wednesday.
The filings, which cover the month of July, show that the Democratic National Committee had about $16 million of cash on hand at the end of the month compared with the Republican National Committee's $130 million in cash.
The DNC also has $17.9 million in debts, though the committee has reduced its debts by roughly 3 percent from the $18.5 million in debts and obligations owed at the end of June.
The Democrats' fundraising arm has been mired in money issues for months: The Washington Post reported in July that though DNC Chair Ken Martin and allies expected Democratic victories and the approaching midterms to bring major donors back, that hasn't materialized.

Michael Shellenberger:

Michael Shellenberger
@shellenberger
Reporters use the label "far right" 3 to 14 times more often than "far left." The term implies that the parties opposing mass migration are undemocratic. In fact, they're winning elections. The real fascists are the ones censoring, banning, and prosecuting their enemies.

Michael Shellenberger
@shellenberger
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Political parties that oppose mass migration are "far-right," according to most of the mainstream news media.
The Associated Press reported on Sunday that "the far-right Alternative for Germany was projected to win a strong victory in a regional election," and characterized the party as "anti-migration and Russia-friendly."
Reuters called France's presidential front-runner the "far-right candidate Marine Le Pen." AP described Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni as "the head of a far-right party" who "backs curbing migration and promoting traditional values." Euronews labeled both her Brothers of Italy party and Matteo Salvini's League as "far-right."
Others describe Reform UK as a "far-right political party" and call its head, Nigel Farage, "leader of the far-right, anti-immigration party Reform UK."
The label implies that these parties are fascist, but by the standards of scholars who study fascism, they are not.
Roger Griffin, who wrote in 2020 that members of the International Association of Comparative Fascist Studies had "broadly adopted" his definition of fascism as "a revolutionary form of ultranationalism," and that "none of the leaders of illiberal democracies are actually fascist," and that the danger of parties like the Rassemblement National "is precisely that they are NOT fascist."
Tim Bale of Queen Mary University of London noted that the term "far right" is a "loaded, weaponised term" likely to "cause confusion and controversy in equal measure."
Even Gideon Rachman of the Financial Times, who is hostile to right-wing populists, admitted in 2024 that "if a party pushes policies that liberals regard as unpleasant, reactionary or even racist but does that within the framework of democratic politics and the rule of law, the term 'far right' may no longer be appropriate." And Rachman said Meloni "to date has looked like a relatively conventional conservative in power..."

Communists always lie. The first rule of Communist Club is denying the existence of Communist Club.

War Correspondent
@warDaniel47
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🚨 WOW! Fox News just absolutely stunned Sen. Jeane Shaheen (D).
SHAHEEN: I haven't heard anyone in my party wanting to give illegals taxpayer-funded healthcare!
FOX: I'm glad you said that. I have some tape...
"Show of hands: provide coverage for illegal aliens?"
EVERY DEMOCRAT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: *Raises hand*
FOX: That's literally every member of your party...from moderate to progressive. 💀

LA police decide to finally crack down on "teen takeovers" and illegal street racing.

Dozens of arrests were made and hundreds of citations were issued when the Los Angeles Police Department completed "Operation Street Sweeper" overnight, busting a Harbor Gateway street takeover.
A fleet of tow trucks and buses was called to the scene to arrest drivers and spectators and impound vehicles.
According to LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell, "Operation Street Sweeper" was planned ahead of time using intelligence gathering and drone technology that helped officers predict the locations of four separate street takeovers.
The operation conducted by LAPD's Street Racing Task Force culminated in a massive scene at the intersection of South Figueroa Street and West Alondra Boulevard around 2 a.m. LAPD said over 700 people were gathered for an illegal street takeover at the intersection.
More than 150 LAPD officers were deployed to the scene and surrounded the massive gathering, taking dozens of people into custody and citing hundreds more.
In total, McDonnell said 66 people were arrested for participating in or aiding in a street race or takeover. Three additional arrests were made: one for assaulting an officer, one for battery and one for obstructing or interfering with officers.
In addition to the nearly 70 arrests, 570 citations were issued, McDonnell said. Of those 570 citations, 442 were issued for being a spectator at a speed contest or exhibition of speed. An additional 128 citations were issued for juveniles who were out past the city of Los Angeles' 10 p.m. curfew for minors. McDonnell said the youngest person was just 11 years old.
Law enforcement impounded a total of 200 vehicles from the scene, and in the process of making arrests and issuing citations, McDonnell said seven firearms were recovered. Canisters of nitrous oxide were reportedly also recovered.

Congratulations to Los Angeles on their discovery of enforcing the law. pic.twitter.com/8E4tUhDvhD
— Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) September 7, 2026

These people are unbearable. This one takes the crown today.

She's probably someone's grandmother and mother btw.
pic.twitter.com/rULx4aKBmE
— Defiant L’s (@DefiantLs) September 7, 2026

More: She's a "caregiver."

All communists are vile, ugly, dysgenic freaks who have to project their self-loathing onto the rest of us in the most grotesque ways. I miss the Hot Topic days when these people would just hate themselves in private in their blacklight rooms. pic.twitter.com/LJIGkMnPAf
— Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) September 7, 2026

WATCH: James Talarico denies that Jesus Christ is the only way to truth, arguing that Allah can lead people to divine truth as well. pic.twitter.com/iA9m3nke4S
— Election Wizard (@ElectionWiz) September 7, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:30 PM

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1 Blade be firsting and all, bro

Posted by: Elric the Blade at September 08, 2026 05:33 PM (v/qpK)

2 Is this decision rejecting part of that stupid citizens united garbage that is still hanging on?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 08, 2026 05:34 PM (I43vL)

3 Y’all got all the fuckin math out of your system?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 08, 2026 05:37 PM (u73oe)

4 War Correspondent
@warDaniel47

🚨 WOW! Fox News just absolutely stunned Sen. Jeane Shaheen (D).

SHAHEEN: I haven't heard anyone in my party wanting to give illegals taxpayer-funded healthcare!

FOX: I'm glad you said that. I have some tape...

"Show of hands: provide coverage for illegal aliens?"

EVERY DEMOCRAT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: *Raises hand*

FOX: That's literally every member of your party...from moderate to progressive.
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That was Woke 1.

Democrats haven't decided what our Woke 2 public position should be. But I know it will be a lie.

Posted by: Sen. Jeane Shaheen (D) at September 08, 2026 05:38 PM (5rh/l)

5
Talarico is the Neopolitan of politicians. He's all the flavors so nobody feels left out. Schmuck.

Posted by: Frank Barone at September 08, 2026 05:38 PM (OkYzo)

6 Allah can lead people to divine truth"

Sure can. One might not like the answer...

Posted by: man at September 08, 2026 05:38 PM (XuXeR)

7 There is no Allah. It is a fiction of Mohammed the War Lord, who was reacting against Jews and Christians rejecting his revelations. I haven't heard Talarico say anything that remotely resembles any orthodox version of Christianity, but I'm sure he's angling for the votes of Muslims in Texas.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 08, 2026 05:39 PM (SzveA)

8
The LAPD swooping in, in force with "Bad boys" playing? I had a 1990's flashback.

Posted by: Frank Barone at September 08, 2026 05:40 PM (OkYzo)

9 I have decided that I don't want to look at any videos by leftists.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 08, 2026 05:40 PM (SzveA)

10 6 Allah can lead people to divine truth"

Sure can. One might not like the answer...

Posted by: man at September 08, 2026 05:38 PM (XuXeR)

Hah, you beat me to it. Satan can also lead to divine truths, just some very unpleasant ones.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 08, 2026 05:40 PM (l3cgK)

11 Remember Bidenomics?

1. You pay taxes.
2. Joe sends it to Ukraine.
3. Ukraine gives it to Hunter.
4. Hunter gives % to Joe.
5. Hunter pays no taxes.
6. Joe pardons Hunter.
7. Ukraine blames Trump.

Did I miss anything?

Oh yeah, Trump gets impeached for trying to stop it

Posted by: SMOD at September 08, 2026 05:41 PM (GIf+b)

12 but I'm sure he's angling for the votes of Muslims in Texas."

True. Hispanics aren't the reliable voting bloc, blacks simply don't have the numbers, so...pander we must!

Posted by: man at September 08, 2026 05:41 PM (XuXeR)

13 >>>LA police decide to finally crack down on "teen takeovers"

I think that's what we used to call a "wilding."

Posted by: m at September 08, 2026 05:43 PM (odBC9)

14 Oops, should've checked for a new thread. From the last one:

19 Guess Tucker is living proof about the horseshoe theory of politics.
Posted by: Thrawn at September 08, 2026 04:36 PM (oPFtC)

SciVo's Law: All grifters eventually end up sounding alike.

SciVo's Corollary: All grifters eventually end up blaming Jews.

It isn't even politics, let alone horseshoe theory. It's just scammers doing whatever works. It's the postmodern "nihilistic lying" of neither knowing nor caring whether their words are true, so long as they're effective.

Posted by: SciVo at September 08, 2026 05:43 PM (ke3zm)

15 7 There is no Allah. It is a fiction of Mohammed the War Lord, who was reacting against Jews and Christians rejecting his revelations. I haven't heard Talarico say anything that remotely resembles any orthodox version of Christianity, but I'm sure he's angling for the votes of Muslims in Texas.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 08, 2026 05:39 PM (SzveA)

He needs them desperately, knowing Texas blacks won't vote for him.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at September 08, 2026 05:43 PM (GD2xa)

16 Here's an example, AfD is called "far right" constantly.

Outside of immigration they are a run of the mill leftwing party.

So if you different from the left on anything you are immediately "far right"

Posted by: 18-1 at September 08, 2026 05:43 PM (sKqQm)

17 I think we're looking at the wrong underlying issue on this one. First off, the DNC may be showing a crappy balance, but democrat candidates are taking in a windfall. For all the Kabuki theater associated with ActBlu, their current records for 2026 show them setting fundraising records much higher than previous years (when we assumed, likely correctly that they were just laundering funds...taxpayer funds, for DNC candidates).

The lawsuit filed by the DNC to keep the RNC from receiving discounted air time is more likely to keep an advantage they have been exploiting. Ask yourself a simple question....

"Knowing the absolute bias of the media corporations relative to politics, do you really think they weren't handing the DNC discounted rates under the table and inflating RNC rates simultaneously?"

The SCOTUS ruling was less about expanding the definition...and more about the DNC keeping their unfair advantage.

Posted by: Orson at September 08, 2026 05:43 PM (dIske)

18 5
Talarico is the Neopolitan of politicians. He's all the flavors so nobody feels left out. Schmuck.

Posted by: Frank Barone at September 08, 2026 05:38 PM (OkYzo)

You'll know Talarico is desperate when he begins airing ads showing him being a manly Texas man, pretending to be a hunter, as Timmy Walz tried and failed.

It won't be long from now.

Posted by: Gref at September 08, 2026 05:43 PM (5rh/l)

19 There is no Allah. It is a fiction of Mohammed the War Lord, who was reacting against Jews and Christians rejecting his revelations.

Oh, I wouldn't go that far. It isn't my favorite but I do have so many names. So many.

Posted by: Stan at September 08, 2026 05:44 PM (sKqQm)

20 James Talarico denies that Jesus Christ is the only way to truth, arguing that Allah can lead people to divine truth as well.
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So he's a United Methodist?

Posted by: Crusader at September 08, 2026 05:45 PM (TN0g+)

21 I think there was a teen takeover in my pants! The skidmarks prove it!

Posted by: Demented Former Grand Poobah at September 08, 2026 05:45 PM (Fn+3X)

22 James Talarico is not a Christian.

Prove me wrong.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 08, 2026 05:45 PM (VmnuK)

23 James Talarico denies that Jesus Christ is the only way to truth, arguing that Allah can lead people to divine truth as well.
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So he's a United Methodist?
Posted by: Crusader at September 08, 2026 05:45 PM (TN0g+)

Unitarian Universalist?

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 08, 2026 05:47 PM (wVcYX)

24 Kin I get me a huntin' license here?

Posted by: Jimmy T at September 08, 2026 05:47 PM (Fn+3X)

25 You'll know Talarico is desperate when he begins airing ads showing him being a manly Texas man, pretending to be a hunter, as Timmy Walz tried and failed.

It won't be long from now.

Posted by: Gref at September 08, 2026 05:43 PM

He'll be doing pick up truck spots soon. He's already doing videos of eating at Cracker Barrel. He is the poser of poser's.

Posted by: Frank Barone at September 08, 2026 05:47 PM (OkYzo)

26
Jeanne Shaheen's eyeroll just before that Fox anchor said "Let's play the tape." Oh my, must we drag in facts and evidence?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 08, 2026 05:47 PM (XJ22o)

27 Talarico is cringe made flesh. Homo Cringeous.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at September 08, 2026 05:48 PM (v/qpK)

28 So he's a United Methodist?
Posted by: Crusader at September 08, 2026 05:45 PM (TN0g+)

Unitarian Universalist?
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Is there a meaningful difference?

Posted by: Crusader at September 08, 2026 05:49 PM (TN0g+)

29
The act that consists of teens thronging and disrupting traffic, stealing, and destroying things should never have become so common that it got a nickname: Teen Takeover. And yet here we are.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 08, 2026 05:49 PM (XJ22o)

30 Posted by: Crusader at September 08, 2026 05:45 PM (TN0g+)

Yes, there are fringey United Methodists. There are also quite traditional ones. Unitarian Universalists would be more likely to say this,

And IF Talarico claims to be a Christian there are plenty of Christian mystics whom he can read including Brother Lawrence,, the French lay monk.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 08, 2026 05:49 PM (SzveA)

31 Have to hand it to Talarico. I've never seen a political candidate set forth so many positions that will make voters think he's an ahole.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 08, 2026 05:50 PM (v6vok)

32 Hmmm... impounded 200 vehicles? Unless they caught them racing? ie actually breaking the law? What were they impounded for as we are supposed to have the RIGHT to assemble?

This whole government seizure of private property is getting scary.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 08, 2026 05:50 PM (mP0Kj)

33 You'll know Talarico is desperate when he begins airing ads showing him being a manly Texas man, pretending to be a hunter, as Timmy Walz tried and failed.

It won't be long from now.

Posted by: Gref at September 08, 2026 05:43 PM

He'll be doing pick up truck spots soon. He's already doing videos of eating at Cracker Barrel. He is the poser of poser's.

Posted by: Frank Barone at September 08, 2026 05:47 PM

I love the ads he is running that show him shopping in an empty grocery store and walking out carrying an empty paper grocery bag to his pick up truck parked at the curb with not a single other vehicle in sight.

By Jingo that just makes me want to vote for him twice!

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 08, 2026 05:50 PM (I43vL)

34 There is no Allah. It is a fiction of Mohammed the War Lord, who was reacting against Jews and Christians rejecting his revelations.

Oh, I wouldn't go that far. It isn't my favorite but I do have so many names. So many.
Posted by: Stan at September 08, 2026 05:44 PM (sKqQm)

There is only Xenu.

Posted by: L. Ron Hubbard at September 08, 2026 05:50 PM (wVcYX)

35 I can just smell the estrogen oozing out of Tallifreako

Posted by: Truck Monkey at September 08, 2026 05:50 PM (affD0)

36 LA police decide to finally crack down on "teen takeovers" and illegal street racing.

Last week we got a new crosswalk painted; this week we got cops cracking down on street takeovers.

That's how you know there's a mayoral election going on in L.A.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 08, 2026 05:51 PM (guGkK)

37 I can just smell the estrogen oozing out of Tallifreako

At this time of year he usually smells like pumpkin spice.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 08, 2026 05:51 PM (guGkK)

38 I missed the fun Tucker Carlson thread...*sigh*

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 08, 2026 05:52 PM (FZ29D)

39 I have long thought that Street Takeovers were merely cover and diversions for more serious crimes. The takeovers are clearly organized and orchestrated by people smarter and more capable than the packs of feral retards that show up.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at September 08, 2026 05:52 PM (v/qpK)

40 Reporters use the label "far right" 3 to 14 times more often than "far left."

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And I ride upon the backs of 3-14x as many unicorns with laser-horns than the next guy.

The far left exists. The far-right doesn't. Coefficients aren't meaningful, here.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 08, 2026 05:53 PM (BI5O2)

41 Was Talerico ogling the boys in Sunday school?

John 14:6 "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."

Acts 4:12 "...there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."

John 10:9 "I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture."

John 3:36 "Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him."

Posted by: bonhomme at September 08, 2026 05:53 PM (mkw2N)

42 Have to hand it to Talarico. I've never seen a political candidate set forth so many positions that will make voters think he's an ahole.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 08, 2026 05:50 PM (v6vok)
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I dunno....Surely El-Sayed has to be a contender....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 08, 2026 05:53 PM (FZ29D)

43 How much does a Street Takeover pay?

Posted by: Stoner in his parent's basement at September 08, 2026 05:54 PM (2Ez/1)

44 They are not "teen takeovers"... They are semi-contained black mini-riots. call it what it is

Posted by: Truck Monkey at September 08, 2026 05:55 PM (affD0)

45 He'll be doing pick up truck spots soon. He's already doing videos of eating at Cracker Barrel. He is the poser of poser's.

I hear he eats carburetors for breakfast.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 08, 2026 05:55 PM (guGkK)

46 Have to hand it to Talarico. I've never seen a political candidate set forth so many positions that will make voters think he's an ahole.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 08, 2026 05:50 PM (v6vok)

He's a regular Kama Sutra of positions.

Posted by: Vishnu at September 08, 2026 05:56 PM (wVcYX)

47
One of those Strict Scrutiny vocal-fryers that I hate-watch is delightfully panicked about those new rulings from SCOTUS. She can't make any principled objection; just "It helps the Republicans because they have more money." (And while we're here, has anyone solved the mystery of that money gap?)

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 08, 2026 05:56 PM (XJ22o)

48 Spencer Pratt
@spencerpratt
All communists are vile, ugly, dysgenic freaks who have to project their self-loathing onto the rest of us in the most grotesque ways. I miss the Hot Topic days when these people would just hate themselves in private in their blacklight rooms.
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This guy gets the psychological aspects of Marxism.

Posted by: The Paolo at September 08, 2026 05:57 PM (RIvkX)

49 32 Hmmm... impounded 200 vehicles? Unless they caught them racing? ie actually breaking the law? What were they impounded for as we are supposed to have the RIGHT to assemble?

This whole government seizure of private property is getting scary.
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 08, 2026 05:50 PM (mP0Kj)
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Let's see. Yes, there were races going on, and speed exhibitions. Likely quite a few without valid licenses. Perhaps a spattering of stolen vehicles (or more than a smattering). Wreckless driving for a teen is a catalyst, but I expect it was the California law that states that a California license is probationary up until you turn 19 years old. And finally, teen curfew ....can't drive the thing if you aren't supposed to be there. And, since there were over 500 arrests, they can't just leave cars downtown...impound lot is a safety feature.

Posted by: Orson at September 08, 2026 05:57 PM (dIske)

50 I wonder how a cluster bomb would work on those street takeovers.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 08, 2026 05:57 PM (yIb5h)

51 /time you all knew

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 08, 2026 05:57 PM (RIvkX)

52 45 He'll be doing pick up truck spots soon. He's already doing videos of eating at Cracker Barrel. He is the poser of poser's.

I hear he eats carburetors for breakfast.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 08, 2026 05:55 PM (guGkK)

We need Mike Dukakis tank like videos.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at September 08, 2026 05:57 PM (Sco7b)

53 Talifreako, sooner or later someone will complain of a foul odor emanating from his basement or crawlspace. The authorities should check that fucker out now, just on general principles.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 08, 2026 05:58 PM (+/Ezd)

54
Last week we got a new crosswalk painted; this week we got cops cracking down on street takeovers.

That's how you know there's a mayoral election going on in L.A.
Posted by: Cicero

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Gonna be wild to see all the normal governance break out when LA preps for the Olympics.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 08, 2026 05:59 PM (XJ22o)

55 @45 after he loses Talarico will still be doing truck stops

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 08, 2026 05:59 PM (v6vok)

56 We need Mike Dukakis tank like videos.
Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart

Don't forget me!

Posted by: Kerry In A Bunny Suit at September 08, 2026 05:59 PM (Fn+3X)

57 Also that money goes to the Democrats/ Marxists Propaganda Ministry

Posted by: Skip at September 08, 2026 05:59 PM (Ia/+0)

58 Try going to an exotic car meet and doing something stupid and dangerous with your Lamborghini. The cops will be on you like stink on shit.

But these teen takeovers and dogshit street races with JDM shirboxes largely go on uninhindered.

Seems giving tickets to rich guys in loafers is much easier than chasing down feral gangbangers with stolen guns.

But LA did crackdown on this takeover, so maybe things are changing. Or it’s just election season.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at September 08, 2026 05:59 PM (v/qpK)

59
Kin I get me a huntin' license here?
Posted by: Jimmy T

Be vewy vewy quiet.

Posted by: Elmer Fudd at September 08, 2026 06:00 PM (Cqx++)

60 So he's a United Methodist?
Posted by: Crusader at September 08, 2026 05:45 PM (TN0g+)
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PCUSA

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at September 08, 2026 06:00 PM (B0NCh)

61 I wonder how a cluster bomb would work on those street takeovers.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus)

Probably good. I wondered about a daisy cutter during the BLM riots.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 08, 2026 06:00 PM (mqudn)

62 Y’all got all the fuckin math out of your system?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 08, 2026 05:37 PM (u73oe)

LOL

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 08, 2026 06:00 PM (RIvkX)

63 I'm sure the impounded cars are either stolen or owned by illegals.

Let's drop the lie that there's innocent bystanders being victimized.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at September 08, 2026 06:01 PM (bX16E)

64 47
One of those Strict Scrutiny vocal-fryers that I hate-watch is delightfully panicked about those new rulings from SCOTUS. She can't make any principled objection; just "It helps the Republicans because they have more money." (And while we're here, has anyone solved the mystery of that money gap?)

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 08, 2026 05:56 PM (XJ22o)

The end of USAID?

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at September 08, 2026 06:01 PM (GD2xa)

65 But LA did crackdown on this takeover, so maybe things are changing. Or it’s just election season.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at September 08, 2026 05:59 PM (v/qpK)
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It's election season.

And they need the normie vote.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 08, 2026 06:01 PM (RIvkX)

66 Unfortunately arresting so-called 'street takeovers' doesn't matter if the woke Soros DA won't prosecute.

Which they won't.

That's the REAL reason this crap goes on. Police don't bother arresting them because why bother? They won't be prosecuted.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at September 08, 2026 06:03 PM (UkEqa)

67 63 I'm sure the impounded cars are either stolen or owned by illegals.

Let's drop the lie that there's innocent bystanders being victimized.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at September 08, 2026 06:01 PM (bX16E)

Lie? do you have evidence of your assertion?

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 08, 2026 06:03 PM (mP0Kj)

68 Any Morons have an insiders look to selling media commercial time?

I have always thought the MSM selling ad time to Democrats and Leftist causes at X$ per minute while selling to Republicans at 5X$ per minute might not even be possible to expose. (Or might not even be illegal?)

Another impactful way for them to put their thumbs on the scales.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 08, 2026 06:03 PM (HlyYF)

69 Talarico is the Neopolitan of politicians. He's all the flavors so nobody feels left out. Schmuck.

Posted by: Frank Barone at September 08, 2026 05:38 PM (OkYzo)

rainbow sherbert

Posted by: Mark1971 at September 08, 2026 06:03 PM (/OKHJ)

70 So he's a United Methodist?
Posted by: Crusader at September 08, 2026 05:45 PM (TN0g+)
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PCUSA
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Yeah, I flipped a coin to determine which denomination to use as a punch-line. I also toyed with aiming the shot at the Episcopal church. There's a whole lot of play-acting going on every Sunday.

Posted by: Crusader at September 08, 2026 06:03 PM (TN0g+)

71 Somebody get that woman a brassiere. That is one ugly look, honey. I guess it goes with your nasty, black little heart though.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 08, 2026 06:03 PM (H9BGx)

72 I think this is the third time today I've heard the word dysgenic after never hearing it before.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 08, 2026 06:04 PM (Cqx++)

73
We need Mike Dukakis tank like videos.
Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at September 08, 2026 05:57 PM (Sco7b)

No one beats John Kerry in his turquoise Space Jammies.

Though maybe Ol' Tali-wacker needs to prance around in a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader routine.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 08, 2026 06:05 PM (iJfKG)

74 Cite?

Posted by: Jake Tapper, on his way to have dinner with a Very Important Person at September 08, 2026 06:05 PM (B0NCh)

75 Unfortunately arresting so-called 'street takeovers' doesn't matter if the woke Soros appointed DA won't prosecute
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Asset forfeiture, impoundment - all that stuff is administrative and de facto automatic, if not mistaken. They can put a real dent in this sort of thing if they use the tools that are available. And there are a LOT of tools available in these U. States. "The process is the punishment" we are sometimes told. Well let's start processing these SOBs.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 08, 2026 06:06 PM (+/Ezd)

76 dysgenic
adjective
pertaining to or causing degeneration in the offspring produced

Dysgenics
the study of factors producing the accumulation and perpetuation of defective genes /traits

Read AoSHQ often and your vocabulary WILL expand.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 08, 2026 06:06 PM (wVcYX)

77 Spencer Pratt ain’t wrong, but that pig in the video is a babe compared to some of these truly fugly disgusting commie worms that a gorilla wouldn’t fuck.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at September 08, 2026 06:07 PM (v/qpK)

78 Talarico doesn't know Christ and obvious he hasn't accepted him as his personal savior. Because it's impossible to say what he did if he had.

Posted by: polynikes at September 08, 2026 06:07 PM (KC5Lt)

79
(And while we're here, has anyone solved the mystery of that money gap?)

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 08, 2026 05:56 PM (XJ22o)

The end of USAID?
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis

=================

Here's hoping, because I love it when a plan comes together and it happens so rarely.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 08, 2026 06:07 PM (XJ22o)

80 @63 Romeo13-most if not all of these cars at these takeovers are stolen.

Posted by: JROD at September 08, 2026 06:07 PM (qCXuZ)

81 Gonna be wild to see all the normal governance break out when LA preps for the Olympics.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 08, 2026 05:59 PM

I do not believe it is even possible to peacefully clear homeless encampments on a short time frame.

I want Andy Ngo, Nick Shirley, and others to plant guys with cameras. Then post lots of footage of Bass' and Newsom's enforcers totally acting as the Brute Squad.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 08, 2026 06:07 PM (HlyYF)

82 @lisacusack_ca
Lisa Cusack
@lisacusack_ca
The LA County Board of Supervisors is taking $5 million of the original $10 million set aside to help fire victims and using it to pay rent for migrant households that claim economic hardship because of ICE.

Government programs always start off sounding so good…

Posted by: Crusader at September 08, 2026 06:07 PM (TN0g+)

83 One of those Strict Scrutiny vocal-fryers that I hate-watch is delightfully panicked about those new rulings from SCOTUS. She can't make any principled objection; just "It helps the Republicans because they have more money." (And while we're here, has anyone solved the mystery of that money gap?)

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 08, 2026 05:56 PM

Well the dnc burned a $hit ton of money helping talerico beat crockett here in Texas during the democrat primary. I can't recall the exact dollar figure but it was in the tens of millions.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 08, 2026 06:07 PM (I43vL)

84 72 I think this is the third time today I've heard the word dysgenic after never hearing it before.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 08, 2026 06:04 PM (Cqx++)

I use it all the time, but just try to use it in an algebra equation! I dare you! Can't be done! The Jooos strike again!

Posted by: Tucker Carlson at September 08, 2026 06:08 PM (5rh/l)

85 >>>Unfortunately arresting so-called 'street takeovers' doesn't matter if the woke Soros DA won't prosecute.

LA County voted out the Soros DA in 2024. New guy is pretty solid.

Posted by: Mark1971 at September 08, 2026 06:08 PM (/OKHJ)

86 Talirico is a painfully obvious spook, that's his job.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 08, 2026 06:08 PM (+/Ezd)

87 (And while we're here, has anyone solved the mystery of that money gap?)

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 08, 2026 05:56 PM (XJ22o)

The end of USAID?
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis

=================

Here's hoping, because I love it when a plan comes together and it happens so rarely.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 08, 2026 06:07 PM (XJ22o)

Some of it might be that the Dem Donors Kamala pissed off by blowing the wad so completely are also not contributing. USAID is probably drying up a lot of sources that they were relying on.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 08, 2026 06:09 PM (uhVAy)

88 "Someone's grandmother and mother btw" needs a good support bra.

Posted by: Tuna at September 08, 2026 06:11 PM (lJ0H4)

89 Posted by: Orson at September 08, 2026 05:57 PM (dIske)

So, a misdemeanor Teen Curfew violation, which is a ticket.... now gets you arrested? and your private property impounded? note... curfew violation in LA?

$20 fine...

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 08, 2026 06:11 PM (mP0Kj)

90 Kamala
wad
blow
oh come on

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 08, 2026 06:11 PM (wxsGM)

91 Well the dnc burned a $hit ton of money helping talerico beat crockett here in Texas during the democrat primary. I can't recall the exact dollar figure but it was in the tens of millions.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 08, 2026 06:07 PM (I43vL)

Dem Operator N-1 defeated by Dem operator N.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 08, 2026 06:11 PM (uhVAy)

92 "Someone's grandmother and mother btw" needs a good support bra.
Posted by: Tuna at September 08, 2026 06:11 PM (lJ0H4)

She's the Hostess with Ptosis!

Posted by: Count de Monet, expanding his vocabulary at September 08, 2026 06:12 PM (wVcYX)

93 Just say no.

Posted by: zombie Nancy Reagan at September 08, 2026 06:12 PM (0sNs1)

94
Old and busted: RNC -"Please send money"
New hotness: DNC - "Please send money"

Posted by: wth at September 08, 2026 06:13 PM (UjdFS)

95
I want Andy Ngo, Nick Shirley, and others to plant guys with cameras. Then post lots of footage of Bass' and Newsom's enforcers totally acting as the Brute Squad.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot

==================

That would be great, because you know the MSM won't bother looking.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 08, 2026 06:13 PM (XJ22o)

96 You know in my childhood there was that threat that after curfew kids outside would get picked up. A fire whistle would blow for years. Don't know of anyone ever picked up. And on sleep outs we ran all over town all night

Posted by: Skip at September 08, 2026 06:14 PM (Ia/+0)

97 off sock

Posted by: Gref at September 08, 2026 06:14 PM (5rh/l)

98 James Talarico denies that Jesus Christ is the only way to truth, arguing that Allah can lead people to divine truth as well.

-
Well, that's not the only commandment he's got a problem with.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 08, 2026 06:14 PM (ndZc7)

99 And on sleep outs we ran all over town all night
Posted by: Skip

Ah, the joys of a free range childhood.

Posted by: Tuna at September 08, 2026 06:15 PM (lJ0H4)

100 There is a very easy way to stop the “teen takeovers.”

Impound the vehicles and crush them.

Problem solved.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 08, 2026 06:15 PM (W2Pud)

101 Y’all got all the fuckin math out of your system?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 08, 2026 05:37 PM

Imagine a spherical cow ...

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 08, 2026 06:16 PM (0sNs1)

102 That would be great, because you know the MSM won't bother looking.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 08, 2026 06:13 PM

At this point, the MSM actively buries any footage that would make the Democrats look bad.

Journalists my a$$!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 08, 2026 06:16 PM (HlyYF)

103 I guess every thread is a boob thread.

Even with grandma up there whose tittys are dancing the limbo with her waistline.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 08, 2026 06:17 PM (yIb5h)

104 100 There is a very easy way to stop the “teen takeovers.”

Impound the vehicles and crush them.

Problem solved.
Posted by: nurse ratched

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vehicles stolen. You need to crush the drivers and spectators.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 08, 2026 06:18 PM (yIb5h)

105 So, a misdemeanor Teen Curfew violation, which is a ticket.... now gets you arrested? and your private property impounded? note... curfew violation in LA?

$20 fine...
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 08, 2026 06:11 PM (mP0Kj)
_________________________

Welcome to the world of "Repercussions". I don't support asset acquisition by law enforcement. BUT, I do support impounding vehicles of criminals if that violation associates with the vehicle itself. And, I gave you quite a few examples of how it might.

Posted by: Orson at September 08, 2026 06:18 PM (dIske)

106 I do not believe it is even possible to peacefully clear homeless encampments on a short time frame.

-
A flamethrower is firey but mostly peaceful.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 08, 2026 06:18 PM (ndZc7)

107 At UPI: "Philanthropist David Rubenstein, the Kennedy Center chairman ousted by President Donald Trump during his takeover last year, has purchased Blue, the sculpture removed from the center last week. Rubenstein paid more than $2 million for the sculpture ..."

Barnum was right.

Posted by: gp at September 08, 2026 06:20 PM (Jr5Lq)

108 The LA County Board of Supervisors is taking $5 million of the original $10 million set aside to help fire victims and using it to pay rent for migrant households that claim economic hardship because of ICE.
.......

Government: "Guess which one the ball is under."
*shuffles cups around rapidly*

Taxpayer: "That one."

Government: *lifts empty cup* "Nope. Wanna try again?"

Posted by: wth at September 08, 2026 06:20 PM (UjdFS)

109 Even with grandma up there whose tittys are dancing the limbo with her waistline.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 08, 2026 06:17 PM (yIb5h)

As you live with the natural big tits, so shall ye died with the natural big tits.

But this woman is just ugly as hell inside and out.

I love women, but a lot of them have been exposing their souls here lately.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 08, 2026 06:20 PM (zZu0s)

110 SC denied Missouri's appeal . The old map stays for the midterms

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 08, 2026 06:22 PM (v6vok)

111 Imagine a spherical cow ...
Posted by: Duncanthrax
......

A Guatemalan cow?

Posted by: wth at September 08, 2026 06:22 PM (UjdFS)

112 @100 nurse ratched-crushing these cars will do absolutely nothing. I run with a lot of high performance car groups in the Bay Area. On occasion the owners of the cars can recover them. Justice system is a revolving door that just encourages more of this shit. Now they’re doing takeovers on e bikes. Severe punishment/consequences is the only way to curb this shit. Crush “their” vehicles? Big deal, they’ll go steal another one.

Posted by: JROD at September 08, 2026 06:22 PM (qCXuZ)

113 SC denied Missouri's appeal . The old map stays for the midterms

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 08, 2026 06:22 PM (v6vok)

Not so fast

https://x.com/realPrestonHill/status/2097450206220386549

Posted by: Mark1971 at September 08, 2026 06:24 PM (/OKHJ)

114 110 SC denied Missouri's appeal . The old map stays for the midterms
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 08, 2026 06:22 PM (v6vok)

Yup.. The Dem seat is saved

Posted by: It's me donna at September 08, 2026 06:24 PM (+gK6I)

115 Was it good for you?

Posted by: The Margins at September 08, 2026 06:24 PM (zZu0s)

116 Yup.. The Dem seat is saved
Posted by: It's me donna at September 08, 2026 06:24 PM (+gK6I)

Maybe not...

Posted by: It's me donna at September 08, 2026 06:25 PM (+gK6I)

117
Q: I'm working with 12' 2x6 boards for an 8' deep deck on a 12' run, on joists that are on 18" centers, so I should need how many joist hangers and teco nails?

A: Fuck the Jews.

Posted by: Tucker Carlson, interviewing a real carpenter, not the Hebraic kind at September 08, 2026 06:25 PM (BI5O2)

118 ***The court appeared to split 8-1,
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Such a split it barely made it. whew

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 08, 2026 06:25 PM (AJWch)

119 My mother was a teacher. Parents would often insist their little hoodlums were always innocent.

Mom's imitation was "he's-a good-a boy. he's-a shoot-a tha cop, but, he's a good-a boy."

There you are, Romeo.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at September 08, 2026 06:25 PM (bX16E)

120 At BBC, for algebra-haters: "88 hours after it had set 10,000 AI bots to the task, OpenAI ... found a solution to what's referred to as the Navier–Stokes existence and smoothness problem."

I think that might be one of the long-standing prize problems in math.

Existence > Smoothness > Roughness > Itchiness

Posted by: gp at September 08, 2026 06:26 PM (Jr5Lq)

121 Not the worst thing to happen. Let's Mo Reps campaign on an out of control State Supreme Court.
And may well keep a whole lotta people home.

Posted by: MkY at September 08, 2026 06:26 PM (q6tQZ)

122 Imagine a spherical cow ...
Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 08, 2026 06:16 PM

Why imagine, when you can watch The View?

Posted by: J. Random Moron at September 08, 2026 06:26 PM (McGao)

123 122 Ha!

Posted by: gp at September 08, 2026 06:27 PM (Jr5Lq)

124 At BBC, for algebra-haters: "88 hours after it had set 10,000 AI bots to the task, OpenAI ... found a solution to what's referred to as the Navier–Stokes existence and smoothness problem."
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Navier-Stokes...What can't it do?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 08, 2026 06:28 PM (FZ29D)

125 Q: I'm working with 12' 2x6 boards for an 8' deep deck on a 12' run, on joists that are on 18" centers, so I should need how many joist hangers and teco nails?

A: Fuck the Jews.
Posted by: Tucker Carlson, interviewing a real carpenter, not the Hebraic kind at September 08, 2026 06:25 PM (BI5O2)

Ok. I laughed.

*golfclap*

Note: I read that in the voice of Norm from This Old House.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 08, 2026 06:28 PM (zZu0s)

126 SC denied Missouri's appeal . The old map stays for the midterms

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 08, 2026 06:22 PM

They declined to take up the emergency appeal and sent the case back to the voters to decide.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 08, 2026 06:29 PM (I43vL)

127 Existence > Smoothness > Roughness > Itchiness
Posted by: gp at September 08, 2026 06:26 PM

Begun the Carpet Wars have ...

Posted by: Yoda at September 08, 2026 06:29 PM (0sNs1)

128 If a Talarico Muslem explodes a suicide vest in a Christian church, does he get a free ticket to Heaven.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 08, 2026 06:29 PM (ndZc7)

129 Existence > Smoothness > Roughness > Itchiness
Posted by: gp at September 08, 2026 06:26 PM (Jr5Lq)

Put chiggers WAY to the right.

I am glad autocucumber is not racist.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 08, 2026 06:30 PM (zZu0s)

130 >>>Congratulations to Los Angeles on their discovery of enforcing the law.

It's pretty 2026 when LE doing actual LE is news.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 08, 2026 06:31 PM (dK+Kv)

131 119 My mother was a teacher. Parents would often insist their little hoodlums were always innocent.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at September 08, 2026 06:25 PM

Bride of PI is currently teaching at a low-income Middle School.

She has now learned to identify early in the semester which parents always back the hoodlums and which parents support their child getting an education.

For the students of the latter group of parents, it is remarkably effective to say, "You haven't turned in any work this entire week and you have been disruptive in my classroom. Do I need to send another email to your mother?"

That results in good behavior and paperwork incoming.

Too bad only 20-30% of her students have that dynamic.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 08, 2026 06:33 PM (HlyYF)

132 >>>The one holdout? The one who isn't a biologist and also still wears a mask in public.

It's not nice to pick on the retards, ace.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at September 08, 2026 06:33 PM (syz1S)

133 >>>There is no Allah. It is a fiction of Mohammed the War Lord, who was reacting against Jews and Christians rejecting his revelations.
~~~~~

Mohammed likely was an epileptic and his "revelations" came to him after seizures. The whole cult is a joke and it amazes me that hundreds of millions of people follow it.

I have no patience for adherents of islam. If you are a devout muslim you must, according to the book, be violent. Ergo, the only good muslim is a bad muslim.

Aside from Zuhdi Jasser, who has been spinning his wheels for more than 20 years, what well-known muslim has spoken out against all the slaughter?

Posted by: IrishEi?! at September 08, 2026 06:34 PM (3ImbR)

134 NOOD

Posted by: It's me donna at September 08, 2026 06:34 PM (+gK6I)

135 Some of you advanced arithmeticians seem to have a feel that whenever you see the symbol 'x' there is algebra involved.
Please be advised that it is the symbol for multiplication.
Doing multiplication is not algebra.
You're as bad as Tucker.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at September 08, 2026 06:34 PM (zdLoL)

136
Her Majesty and The Big Dummy are home after a month on the road. Dear heavens, the unloading. There's a small mountain of laundry, both dog and biped.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 08, 2026 06:34 PM (eRlcH)

137 Severe punishment/consequences is the only way to curb this shit. Crush “their” vehicles? Big deal, they’ll go steal another one.
Posted by: JROD at September 08, 2026 06:22 PM (qCXuZ)

Not if they, uh, hypothetical, of course, get shot stealing it. Could happen.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at September 08, 2026 06:36 PM (hmYU4)

138 Mitch McConnell's medical team has issued a statement that after 85 days, he is "still having issues with breathing".

Other medical experts have noted this is a common side-effect of being dead.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 08, 2026 06:41 PM (0sNs1)

139 32 Hmmm... impounded 200 vehicles? Unless they caught them racing? ie actually breaking the law? What were they impounded for as we are supposed to have the RIGHT to assemble?

This whole government seizure of private property is getting scary.
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 08, 2026 05:50 PM (mP0Kj)

Illegally parked vehicles can always be towed, no matter the legality of what you're doing. (I have been paranoid enough, just going downtown to a live music show, to take a photo of my vehicle safely behind the line for the fire hydrant zone.) Just ask yourself whether you truly believe that the kind of punks that drive to a "street takeover" would bother with parking legally.

Posted by: SciVo at September 08, 2026 06:41 PM (ke3zm)

140 I'm not holding my breath for any of the LA thugs who were arrested in the street takeover to get some serious jail time. It ain't gonna happen.

Posted by: Ralph at September 08, 2026 06:41 PM (8WZD4)

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