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By every measure, Republican Spencer Pratt wiped the floor with his opponents during Wednesday night’s first debate between the three Los Angeles mayoral candidates. But an online poll conducted by NBC4, which co-hosted the debate, says it all. An astonishing 88 percent gave Pratt the win, while only seven percent chose the incumbent, Democrat Mayor Karen Bass. Councilmember Nithya Raman brought up the rear with just five percent support. A separate poll asked if the debate changed any minds. Sadly, 73 percent said no while only 22 percent said yes. A mere five percent remain undecided. I say “sadly” because,…

The European Commission’s attempt at narrative warfare online was deemed Orwellian and clueless The European Commission has faced ridicule after using a popular internet meme to portray critics of the EU as conspiracy theorists.On Thursday, the bloc’s executive branch posted a variation of the well-known ‘Peter Parker glasses’ four-panel meme on social media. The format, taken from the Tobey Maguire-era ‘Spiderman’ films, typically shows the main character realizing that reality looks very different depending on whether he is wearing glasses.In the commission’s version, Paris is depicted as beautiful and safe – unless it is viewed through the supposedly distorted perspective…

A spokesman for Iran’s terrorist Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) condemned the United States on Friday for conducting what U.S. Central Command referred to as “self-defense strikes” to protect American assets in the region, claiming that it had responded and caused “significant damage.” Central Command (CENTCOM), the wing of the American armed forces responsible for operations in the Middle East, revealed on Thursday that it had “intercepted unprovoked Iranian attacks and responded with self-defense strikes,” destroying the Iranian assets used in the attack. CENTCOM described a flurry of “missiles, drones, and small boats approaching American naval assets and attacking, but failing to…

Breitbart News was at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) when Robert Cekada was sworn in Monday, and he sat down with us afterward to talk about growing up hunting with his dad, owning numerous AR-15s, and valuing the importance of an armed citizenry. Cekada’s parents immigrated from Yugoslavia and his exposure to firearms came from his father, who would take him target shooting and, eventually, along on hunting trips in Upstate New York. The target shooting began in his youngest years when Cekada’s dad began taking him on hunts when he was 12 years of age.…

Three tankers reportedly reached the Islamic Republic via Pakistani waters as leaked US intel claimed Tehran could withstand the blockade for months Three Iranian oil tankers have bypassed what US President Donald Trump has called a naval “wall of steel” in the Strait of Hormuz and reached Iranian ports through Pakistani waters over the past two days, Tehran’s IRNA state news agency reported on Friday, citing maritime tracking data.Washington imposed a naval blockade on Iran last month to choke off the country’s oil trade and pressure Tehran into agreeing to a deal on its nuclear program.Iran operates ports outside the…

Venezuela’s socialist regime on Thursday admitted that one of its political prisoners, Víctor Hugo Quero Navas, has been dead since July 2025 — a revelation that comes after a 16-month desperate search by his 82-year-old mother. Quero Navas was a 50-year-old Venezuelan businessman who was arrested by the Venezuelan socialist regime in January 2025. For over a year, Quero Navas’s 82-year-old mother Carmen Teresa Navas and his family declared through several methods — including social media — that they had no contact with their relative and had no information on his actual whereabouts. His family repeatedly accused the Venezuelan regime of…

Federal agents raided an infamous open-air drug market in Los Angeles, California, Wednesday and seized a massive amount of fentanyl at the residence of one of the arrested individuals. “Today, we begin reclaiming MacArthur Park from criminals and drug addicts to return this public space to the citizens of Los Angeles,” First Assistant United States Attorney Bill Essayli said in a statement. “Together with our federal and local law enforcement partners, we are executing multiple arrest and search warrants targeting those who are distributing drugs in and around the park. Formally known as “Operation Free MacArthur Park,” the project led…

The Greek authorities are investigating a suspected Ukrainian-made sea drone discovered by local fishermen in a cave on the island of ‌Lefkada, Reuters reported on Friday, citing coast guard and police sources.The vessel, reportedly a MAGURA V3 kamikaze drone, was found late on Thursday. Preliminary evaluation indicated the boat was fitted with at least three detonators, sources told the agency. One source said the vessel was packed with explosives, but that information has not been confirmed by the Greek military yet.Bomb disposal experts and military divers were reportedly deployed to the island to dismantle the drone and further examine the…

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the San Ysidro Port of Entry recently found and seized more than 225 pounds of cocaine in a single smuggling event. The late-April seizure demonstrates the agency’s ability to focus on defeating cartel smuggling networks that continue to probe the heightened Trump border security posture for weaknesses. The cocaine smuggling venture was encountered at the San Ysidro Port of Entry when officers became suspicious of a 21-year-old male U.S. citizen driving a Ford F-250 pickup truck attempting to enter the country, according to information provided to Breitbart News by CBP officials. Officers…

A coordinated effort to target international cryptocurrency scammers resulted in about 276 people being arrested, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced April 29. The agency said the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Dubai Police Department, and the Chinese Ministry of Public Security joined forces to nab the suspects. Authorities also dismantled at least nine scam centers that were allegedly being used for cryptocurrency investment fraud schemes, the DOJ said, adding those centers were bleeding Americans for millions of dollars. Three of the defendants were charged in the Southern District of California with federal wire fraud and money laundering, and…