Dan Schnur

As is often the case, if one were looking for one single quotation to summarize the state of a complicated political landscape, the most likely source of that overview comes from Donald Trump. On a campaign trip to South Carolina last Friday night, Trump laid it on the line for his most loyal supporters. Faced with a lineup of Republican House and Senate candidates who do not seem to be motivating the party faithful, Trump issued the following plea:

While it's indisputable that younger and progressive voters are driving the party away from its historic support for Israel, the old-guard Zionist Democrats have made it clear that they will not surrender without a fight.

Dan Schnur is a US-based political analyst, commentator and academic, and has extensive experience working on national and state-level election

I've got a soft spot for the 1970s. For shag carpet and avocado-colored everything. For the whir of box fans in open windows and the waxy sheen of tube socks pulled up high enough to count as pants. Back when changing the TV channel meant sitting close enough to do it with your toes. When they'd play “The Star-Spangled Banner” at midnight before the station turned to snow until sunrise. I loved all that. Or rather, I love it now, from this great and glittering distance. Just like you love a photograph of a house you no longer live in, knowing the linoleum was cheap and the plotlines contrived, but still aching, inexplicably, for the hum of it all.

Now that the 2026 Assessment Roll has been closed as of June 30 and publicly released with a total net taxable value of $2.272 trillion, I thought it would be helpful if I broke down approximately where the money goes.

Since the invention of public opinion polling, there has never been an advancement in communications technology that inspired more fear than excitement. Until now. Most Americans are extremely and increasingly anxious about the growing impact of artificial intelligence in our society, and far more voters believe that AI will cause them more harm than good. … Keep reading

Ironically and tellingly, the biggest obstacle that both Vance and El-Sayed face is their refusal to separate themselves from even more noxious denigrators of the Jewish state and the Jewish people.

In the summer of 2023, I was between homes in the Palisades. I had a new commission from the Vail Dance Festival and would be out there for a few weeks, so I put my belongings in storage and decided to wait until I got back to look for a new place. Since I still needed somewhere to receive mail, I walked over to InstaMail Office on Via de la Paz to inquire about a temporary mailbox.

The City of Los Angeles, LADWP and the State can be sued and are being sued. In February, Superior Court Judge Samantha Jessner rejected most of their efforts to dismiss the principal claims. On May 6, the Second District Court of Appeals denied writ petitions from both the City of Los Angeles/LADWP and the State of California. The case is now in discovery, with all defendants continuing to deny liability. This means the litigation can proceed; it does not mean the defendants have been found liable.

Dennis Rodman, the controversial former basketball star, episodic reveler and occasional thwarted diplomat, was once asked if his off-the-court escapades might cause some of his fans to think less of him. Rodman’s response: “The only bad press is an obituary.” Donald Trump, in much less stirring prose, has long held the same belief, writing in… Keep reading