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The IRS is already hiring new Special Agents, As House Passes So Called "Inflation Reduction Act."
If you've always dreamt of being an IRS agent, now is the time. But you may have to use a gun to collect the taxes, apparently. The Internal Revenue Service is advertising for new special agents,...
Santa Monica City Council Okays Ballot Measure Capping Rent Control Increases
The Santa Monica City Council this week voted to place on the November ballot a measure capping at 3% the rent increase for rent controlled units City officials said this measure will support rent con...
Russia Accidentally Prints "Navy Day" Posters Featuring Cruiser Moskva (Sunk last April by Ukraine); American Aircraft Carrier USS George Bush
Someone is about to lose his job at the printing palace in Moscow. Russian posters featuring the USS George Bush aircraft carrier, and the sunken Russian cruiser Moskva, have accidentally been...
Russia Denies Deal to Trade Notorious Arms Dealer for WNBA Allstar Brittney Griner, Businessman Paul Whelan
Update, July 28 2022: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said “there are no agreements” on a U.S. request to release WNBA star Brittney Griner and former Marine Paul Whelan from Russian custody. Pesk...
US and UK Spy Chiefs Agree: "There Is No Evidence" That Russian President Vladimir Putin is Sick or Dying
7.21.22: He has been speculated to have Parkinson's, poisoning and various forms of cancer. I have speculated as much as anyone else, but US and UK intelligence chiefs are in agreement that Vladimir P...
Russian Milbloggers Turn On Putin. "Because of HIMARS and other Western Equipment, the War is Now Lost."
They are called Milbloggers, which is short for military bloggers. They have cheered the invasion since day one. They believe Putin's problem is he has held back and not used enough brute force on...
Mainstream Media Ignores Newly Released Video Showing Hunter Biden Weighing Crack on Scales
Remember the Hunter Biden laptop? You could get banned from Facebook or Twitter for mentioning it in the run-up to the November 2020 US Presidential election. Well it turns out that not only is the...
Did Shinzo Abe Have Incriminating Evidence About Hillary Clinton Prior to his Assassination? AP Calls it Fake News
Rumor has it that before he was shot dead by an unlikely assassin, a shocking surprise; that former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe made the mistake of tweeting about Hillary Clinton. The main stream media are...
Dutch Farmers Block Highways As They Protest Country's Newest Greenhouse Policy
7.6.22: Dutch farmers have shut down the small country as they protest new restrictions on the use of fertilizer, they say will cut their production of food by 30% or more. The restrictions on...
Enough Signatures to Recall George Gascon Turned in at Los Angeles County Recorder's Office
The political action committee behind the petition to recall LA County DA George Gascon today turned in 717,000 signatures. Backers need 566,000 of the signatures to be qualified as those of...
In Russian Prisons, Criminals Recruited to Serve as Wagner Mercenaries In Ukraine War
In a scene right out of a movie, inmates at Russia's prisons are being recruited to serve as mercenaries in Ukraine. Those who survive will win their freedom. Terms of service include large payments o...
Fully Boosted Are Catching Covid-19 More Frequently than Those with Primary Vaccine Series Only, Both in Los Angeles County and the Nation
June 23, 2022 - Both the Centers for Disease Control and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health are revealing that individuals who are up to date with their Covid-19 booster shots are...
Ben & Jerry's Parent Company, Unilever, Puts a Stop to Israel Boycott
The Simon Wiesenthal Center received a call Wednesday morning from Unilever CEO Alan Jope, who informed the SWC of the company's decision to put a halt to Ben & Jerry's Israel boycott. Rabbi...
Covid-19 Death Rate for Under-50 Population Negligible According to Los Angeles County Health Department
June 24, 2022 - The death rates from Covid-19 for the past month have been so low for those under 50 years old that the Los Angeles County Health Department is unable to show them on a bar chart....
City Council Okays Plan to Construct 9,000 More Units Under Santa Monica Housing Element
6.23.22: The Santa Monica City Council this week approved revisions to the city's 6th Cycle Housing Element Update which will be resubmitted to the California Department of Housing and Community...
Construction Crews Break Ground on New Pedestrian Bridge at Will Rogers State Beach.
6.23.22: The State of California has broken grounds on a new pedestrian bridge over PCH that connects Will Rogers State Beach with the George Wolfberg Park at Potrero Canyon. The State budgeted $11 mi...
Election Results of the California June 7 Primary For Santa Monica
June 10, 2022 - Results from the primary election that was held on June 7 are still preliminary as vote-by-mail ballots still have several days to reach their destination. But results are available...
Transfer Tax Signature Gatherers Promote Initiative Outside Santa Monica Markets
You may have seen paid solicitors gathering signatures for Santa Monica's half percent transfer tax on real estate. Mayor Sue Himmelrich has proposed the tax to fund homeless programs. Local property...
Mike Bonin's Los Angeles City Council Office Protected From the Homeless by Private Security
June 2, 2022 - The Westside Current broke the news yesterday that Los Angeles City Councilman Mike Bonin of District 11 has hired a private security company to guard his government office in...
"Green" Santa Monica Wastes Reusable Furniture, Sends it to the Dump
May 18, 2022 - The city of Santa Monica prides itself on being environmentally sustainable. In fact, an entire division of the city is devoted to sustainability, where the government website states,...
Rent Control Board Commissioner Nicole Phillis Resigns Thursday Night
5.12.22: Rent Control Board Commissioner Nicole Phillis announced Thursday evening that she was resigning her position on the Rent Control board. Apparently Phillis is moving away from Santa Monica,...
Ben Allen Faces Only Write In Candidates In His June Campaign for Re-election to California State Senate
In an unexpected turn of events, California State Sen. Ben Allen is on the ballot unopposed in the June 7th Primary. However, he will probably have to run against one of two write in candidates in...
Santa Monica Councilmember Phil Brock Says it's Time to Dissolve DTSM Inc and Remove Safety Ambassadors to Get Real Safety and Security Downtown
May 2, 2022 - Santa Monica City Councilmember Phil Brock says he "got triggered" when he discovered that the dumpster rooms in downtown's public garages are left open at night for the homeless. They...
Putin Says he Invaded Ukraine Because US and the West were Threatening Russia and Refusing Security Guarantees
Russian president Vladimir Putin addressed a colorful and well choreographed parade, full of salutes and military Hurrahs on Monday morning in Moscow. Putin said that they had to invade after the...
350k Signatures Collected on Recall Gascon; CA AG to Investigate Big Oil for Plastic Pollution (Really); Chain Retailers Fight Back Against Shoplifting; Hertz Customers Falsely Arrested After Rentals
Special Note To Readers Oral argument in the appeal of ADDA v. Gascon and the companion case People v. Nazir will occur at 1:30 pm Monday, May 9th. The hearing can be viewed using the BlueJeans app...