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The 33-Year-Old Tour Guide Exposing the Absurdity of the California Recall Homeless

The 33-Year-Old Tour Guide Exposing the Absurdity of the California Recall

One candidate wants to fight for freedom. Another wants to protect children, families, and small businesses. And almost everyone running in California’s gubernatorial recall election wants to restore the so-called California dream.  Read through enough candidate statements—many of which vow to magically resolve the state’s litany of overlapping crises: fires,…
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September 10, 2021
Police Department Pissed After Anti-Abortion Group Plasters Cop on Billboard Homeless

Police Department Pissed After Anti-Abortion Group Plasters Cop on Billboard

In 2017, Albuquerque Police Officer Ryan Holets made national headlines after encountering a pregnant homeless woman on his shift who was about to shoot up heroin. Holets offered to adopt the woman’s unborn child, who he later named Hope, and helped her into recovery. The heartwarming story was referenced by…
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September 9, 2021
47 People Actually Want This Job? 10 Huge Problems for California’s Next Governor Homeless

47 People Actually Want This Job? 10 Huge Problems for California’s Next Governor

This story is co-published with Capital & Main In this composite image, California Governor Gavin Newsom (l.) is pictured with two of his rivals in the gubernatorial recall election, Caitlyn Jenner (c.) and John Cox. Getty Images There are 46 people who want to replace Gavin Newsom as governor of…
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September 9, 2021
Video of Larry Elder Being Egged by Woman in Gorilla Mask Viewed 3.5 Million Times Homeless

Video of Larry Elder Being Egged by Woman in Gorilla Mask Viewed 3.5 Million Times

Clips of California Republican Larry Elder having an egg thrown at him on the campaign trail have been watched more than 3.5 million times. The conservative talk show host—seen as the main GOP candidate who could possibly unseat Governor Gavin Newsom in the recall election on September 14—had an egg…
bubmag
September 9, 2021
Larry Elder Leaves Campaign Event at Homeless Encampment After Egg Thrown at Him Homeless

Larry Elder Leaves Campaign Event at Homeless Encampment After Egg Thrown at Him

Conservative talk show host Larry Elder was confronted by an angry crowd on Wednesday, with an egg thrown towards his head narrowly missing as he campaigned to replace California Governor Gavin Newsom. Elder, the top Republican candidate in next week's recall election, was greeted by an unfriendly crowd while he…
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September 9, 2021
Larry Elder cuts short Venice homeless encampment tour after hostile reception Homeless

Larry Elder cuts short Venice homeless encampment tour after hostile reception

A homeless man takes a swing at a staff member for Republican gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder during a tour in Venice Wednesday. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) Larry Elder’s scheduled tour of homeless encampments in Venice ended shortly after it began Wednesday morning, with the leading Republican in the…
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September 9, 2021
California Set to Spend Billions on Curing Homelessness and Caring for ‘Whole Body’ Politic Homeless

California Set to Spend Billions on Curing Homelessness and Caring for ‘Whole Body’ Politic

OAKLAND, Calif. — Living unmedicated with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, Eugenia Hunter has a hard time recalling how long she’s been staying in the tent she calls home at the bustling intersection of San Pablo Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Way in Oakland’s hip Uptown neighborhood. Craft coffee shops…
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September 8, 2021
‘7 Prisoners’ Film Review: Brutal Brazilian Drama Examines Modern-Day Slavery and Exploitation Homeless

‘7 Prisoners’ Film Review: Brutal Brazilian Drama Examines Modern-Day Slavery and Exploitation

Venice 2021: Rodrigo Santoro plays a cruel boss who’s merely part of a pyramid of economic abuse in this social-realist powerhouse Netflix Contrary to what its title might imply, director Alexandre Moratto’s sophomore feature “7 Prisoners” isn’t set in a correctional facility or during an armed conflict, but in the…
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September 6, 2021