LA mayor: $800M deficit, layoffs coming,
seeking bailout
Posted By: ConservativeYankee, 4/22/2025 11:16:26 AM
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said Monday the city faces an $800 million deficit, plans plans to lay off 1,647 staff, is seeking a state bailout and has “identified new revenue.” Bass blamed the Trump administration and the economy for falling revenue. “Cities like ours are going through challenging economic times across the nation,” said Bass. “Turmoil and uncertainty from Washington and a slowing economy are causing lower revenue projections.” With 61,455 employees, 1,647 layoffs equate to a workforce reduction of 2.7%. With just over $8.3 billion paid out in payroll last year, the city pays its employees an average of $135,355 per year, or more than
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SCOTUS Sides With Illegal Aliens Again
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The U.S. Supreme Court, following its shocking decision to block the Trump administration from deporting terrorist illegal alien gang members more quickly, has just issued another decision favoring illegals.
Today, the court, according to Newsweek, “ruled that immigrants who agree to leave the U.S. voluntarily are entitled to deadline flexibility when the deadline falls on a weekend or holiday.” Because obviously illegal aliens who should never have been here to begin with deserve all the consideration in the world when authorities are kicking them out in line with the law, federal orders, and the will of We the People.
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A former FBI analyst who resigned over FBI Director Kash Patel and President Donald Trump announced he was running for Congress on Tuesday.
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The U.S. Army formalized equal fitness standards between men and women in combat roles in new guidelines released Monday.
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The dye is cast
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(X) Many social media users were perplexed by the claims of these Democrats.
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Longtime “60 Minutes” executive producer Bill Owens abruptly quit on Tuesday, citing a loss of journalistic independence as CBS’ parent company Paramount Global looks to settle a lawsuit from President Trump.
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Bass blamed the Trump administration and the economy for falling revenue.
“Cities like ours are going through challenging economic times across the nation,” said Bass. “Turmoil and uncertainty from Washington and a slowing economy are causing lower revenue projections.”
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He also directed the USAGM to restore employment to its workers placed on leave
For more than a century, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) stood as a pillar of moral clarity, leadership, and responsibility. It was an organization that trained boys to become men of character — young men who would go on to serve their families, churches, and communities with conviction and courage.
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Top advisers to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other military officials recently urged the Department of Defense to cut ties with Scouting America, saying the organization has “gone too woke” and they had “lost what they stand for.”
Pete Hegseth himself didn’t mince words:
“This is an institution the left didn’t control.
Elizabeth Warren, best known for impersonating a Native American to gain favorable treatment at Harvard, is big mad at the White House. What's she ranting about this time? President Donald Trump had the audacity, the absolute gall, even, to collect on taxpayer-backed student loans that people voluntarily took out.
According to the far left, the imbecile who took out a $100,000 loan to pay for a useless liberal arts degree shouldn't be on the hook. Instead, you should be on the hook. Sure, you paid your way through college, and you've got bills of your own to worry about,