If you are wondering why the two people who want to lead the nation's second-largest city are sitting in what looks like a high school student council debate set up, read our backgrounder from this morning on the persistent power of the Sherman Oaks Homeowners Association! pic.twitter.com/hztaF0KR8M
— Julia Wick (@sherlyholmes) August 20, 2026
The Sherman Oaks Homeowners Association didn't spring for a professional Zoom account, so sorry, you can't watch the Mayoral debate if you're just logging in now. https://t.co/bSeAvP9iEL
— Esotouric's Secret Los Angeles (@esotouric) August 20, 2026
Seriously, what is this amateur hour foolishness? The City has a television channel. pic.twitter.com/dNPRcVKk7d
Thanks to a Redditer who apparently wishes to remain anonymous, here is an unlisted livestream from inside the Sherman Oaks Homeowners Association Mayoral debate between Karen Bass and Nithya Raman. Thanks!https://t.co/NWmVowtw8r pic.twitter.com/aja8biAeNU
— Esotouric's Secret Los Angeles (@esotouric) August 20, 2026
Congratulations to Nithya Raman on becoming Mayor of LA! www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
— Justin Ware (@justinware.bsky.social) August 20, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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Arellano: L.A. Mayor Karen Bass lost last night's debate against Nithya Raman. Badly https://t.co/e4eQykzVHh
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) August 20, 2026
Coincidentally, "We could have won by now if we had done more war crimes" is what Russians have been saying for 5 years now. Meanwhile the gloves have been off since day 1. This is just cope.
— Chrononaut (@chrononaut.bsky.social) August 20, 2026 at 11:57 AM
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ArticleAfter a significant polling miss, TSPI says it took respondents who had already picked Jay Collins and switched them to James Fishback because his number in their data "did not align with our read of the race." pic.twitter.com/ZKfMhNxngp
— Ryan McComb (@ryanjmccomb) August 19, 2026
Scoop: The Guardian has identified and spoken with the man behind Median Strategies (@MedianPolling), the fake polling website that shut down earlier this week. https://t.co/MDlud5JoDZ w/ @sophiemsullivan @annabettss
— Sam Levine (@srl) August 20, 2026
Fake company Median Strategies was done by a 21 year college kid into election Twitter, which I hypothesized earlier this week in @Noah__Goldberg’s story at LA Times pic.twitter.com/Skr5abC7Ye
— Christian Grose (@christiangrose) August 20, 2026
if, uh, anyone knows how to make some money off of Wonder / Blue Apron going under please let me know. because they are toast.
— MacCallister Higgins (@macjshiggins) August 11, 2026
"FreshRealm had been the main supplier for Blue Apron and Marley Spoon. It filed for bankruptcy earlier this year after a series of listeria outbreaks in its factories last year led Walmart—a major customer—to end the relationship."
— Dave Infante (@dinfontay.com) August 20, 2026 at 7:15 AM
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NEW: An undercover ICE agent’s dropped recording device revealed a purported operation that religious groups say violates a court order barring most immigration enforcement in/near churches. Now the groups want ICE held in contempt.
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) August 20, 2026
w/ @joshgersteinhttps://t.co/UqEyyxhbAJ
UK bathroom stuff sounds like brexit tier behavior. Yes, we managed to ruin the lives of a minority but we also managed to get the exact opposite of what we said we wanted! Now everyone is worse off and angrier and unhappier! (Except for a couple of billionaires who never use public toilets)
— Sam Barlow 🔥 (@mrsambarlow.bsky.social) August 19, 2026 at 7:06 AM
is everything just completely insane and incoherent now
— charles (young QB agnostic) mcdonald (@fourverts.bsky.social) August 18, 2026 at 8:11 AM
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(Is he considered a reliable source now?)“And please, when I fail, will you tell me? You have the absolute right to cuss me out, if need be, when I deserve it, because no one knows or cares about me more.” … “With all my heart, Natalie”
— Bill Grueskin (@bgrueskin.bsky.social) August 20, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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Penn State QB Rocco Becht says he’ll skip in-person classes this year and take a custom online course created for him.
— College Transfer Portal (@CollegeFBPortal) August 20, 2026
However, Becht doesn’t know what the course is about…
“I don’t know yet, we haven’t picked it yet.” 😳 pic.twitter.com/JwgMN7Fkaa
A power four personnel executive summed up the surreal scene in the wake of the Louisiana state ruling yesterday: “Pretty hilarious we are now cutting up NFL preseason games for late roster adds. It’s ridiculous.” https://t.co/4lMRJk2Rev
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) August 20, 2026
Nearly every athletic department in Louisiana is bleeding money, impacting the fiscal health of the rest of the school. The situation has administrators eyeing ways to get their hands on more sales tax revenue to stabilize their programs. #lalege #lagov https://t.co/hqmIEHAuE7
— Piper Hutchinson (@ByPiperHutch) August 20, 2026
(College football is about as fun as watching spring professional football now)Tensions Rise for Deion Sanders as Colorado Suffers Alarming 4.1M Loss in Just 3 Years After His Arrival https://t.co/0thKEqXPgy via @YahooSports
— Michael McCarthy (@MMcCarthyREV) August 19, 2026
(I muted the guy years ago, but can't avoid the reposts)Our age of spreadsheets is collapsing
— Nurbsy (@nurbsy.bsky.social) August 20, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Incredible work, we're complaining about gas prices IN GAMES now, we did it we made the metaverse happen
— Sam Barlow 🔥 (@mrsambarlow.bsky.social) August 19, 2026 at 11:37 AM
cashier today told me he knew me from twitter and said him and his partner still use “the butter’s penthouse” 😭
— Mike Ginn (@shutupmikeginn.bsky.social) July 28, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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こんなにおもしろいのに！！！ https://t.co/LdK5T3zNFs pic.twitter.com/JKo2fp3lFp
— 【公式】 KATVRJAPAN🏃♂️歩行型VRデバイス (@KATVR_JAPAN) July 26, 2026
She loved her surgery cone for the first couple days (it made her feel powerful and intimidating) so we got her a courted ruff to look sinister in.
— Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @ SPX 2026 (@escherbug.art) July 28, 2026 at 4:43 AM
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@theprincepoodle his swim practice waits for no one #toypoodle #fyp #dogsoftiktok ♬ original sound - toney & prince
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