Today, while driving underneath the 10 freeway along Centinela Ave -- the dividing line between Santa Monica in the west and L.A. to the east -- I noticed an interesting outcome of the different in local enforcement of vagrancy laws.
On the right (west) side, as you drive south, there is just a clear sidewalk. And on the left (east) side, there is a row of tents, where homeless people live. The reason they are all on the L.A. side is that L.A. does not enforce the laws. (The Santa Monica sidewalk also looked as if it had been recently washed.)
Dennis Prager's Prager U happened to come out with a new podcast today about precisely this issue. The fact that some cities -- with liberal leaders -- are capable of enforcing the laws, and others are unwilling, shows it can be done.
Homelessness in L.A. is not, primarily, a problem of the lack of housing. It is about drugs, mental illness, and the benefit of better weather and weaker law enforcement. The one thing that does NOT work is to indulge the problem.
https://www.prageru.com/video/what-do-we-do-about-the-homeless/
This week, we are tackling two major areas of contention between the Trump administration and Democrat governors: fighting crime, and redistricting. The president is sending the National Guard to blue cities -- and blue states are trying to stamp out Republican representation. Is this a civil war situation?
Special guests:
- Bradley Jaye -- Breitbart News congressional correspondent, on redistricting
- Tom Manza, California Business and Industrial Alliance, on Gavin Newsom
- Jon Fleischman, veteran California political expert, on the special election
- Dan Backer, veteran political lawyer and consultant, on corruption
- DJ Mark Anthony, on a recent visit to Rome and visiting Pope Leo XIV
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This week's portion is the last of the month of Av -- also known as Menachem (Comforter) Av -- which begins in mourning and ends in celebration and anticipation of the New Year and the process of repentance and renewal.
In a similar vein, the portion features Moses offering the Israelites a choice between a blessing and a curse. They are masters of their own fates: if they obey God's commandments, they receive the blessings -- and vice versa.
The key commandment is to reject idol worship. There is said to be something magnetic about the practice of worshiping idols in the new land, such that it would be constant moral battle, both individually and collectively, in the land.
Nowadays, according to Jewish tradition, humanity has lost the urge for idol worship (and the antidote, which is divine prophecy) -- but there are several near substitutes, such as lust or excessive appetites for worldly pleasures.
We are wired for compulsive behaviors, bad habits, and even addictions. These ...
We have so much to talk about this week -- Trump's efforts to negotiate peace through negotiation, and Gavin Newsom's efforts to divide Americans through gerrymandering. We'll also talk about Playboy leaving LA and California.
Special guests:
Frances Martel - Breitbart News foreign editor, on Russia & Ukraine
Bradley Jaye - Breitbart News congressional correspondent, on Newsom
Harmeet Dhillon - DOJ Civil Rights Division chief, on the fight against DEI
Jessica Vaugn - Playboy model on political commentator, on California
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