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Why are so many businesses leaving California? @AustynJeffs reports.

Why did LA warn Palisades residents to remove their storage pods? @AustynJeffs reports.

In September, Gov. JB Pritzker posed with an outreach worker—paid by the state to stop gang violence. Six days later that man was charged with murder. It turns out, there are more like him. My investigation into Illinois’s BILLION DOLLAR anti-gang violence experiment⬇️

Taxpayers and billionaire philanthropists have spent around $1 billion on “violence interrupter” programs in Chicago over the past decade. The backers include some of the biggest names in politics and business, like Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of Steve Jobs, and Governor J.B. Pritzker. There’s just a few problems—@Olivia_Reingold found more than two dozen instances of violence interrupters getting arrested, including a murder charge.

Can a post-God society survive? THE GOD DEBATE is out now on The Free Press and Paramount+. @SAPinker faces off against @DouthatNYT, moderated by @WhigNewtons. Watch it now: thefp.com/p/debate-do-we…

Gas prices in California are nearly double the cost of those in neighboring Arizona. “As a lifelong Californian I always thought we were being price gouged by the oil companies. It turns out: We’re being price gouged by the state.” @AustynJeffs reports.

Minneapolis gun owners are divided over Alex Pretti. Support for the Second Amendment used to fall along predictable party lines. Then border patrol agents shot and killed a man carrying a pistol. @Olivia_Reingold and @AustynJeffs report.

Minnesota students ditched high school today to attend an anti-ICE protest. @AustynJeffs reports for The FP.

I spent half of my 20s as a brainwashed climate activist. This is the story of how I changed my mind and became a climate realist.

Amid sub-freezing temperatures, Minneapolis was a “ghost town” on Monday, says @AustynJeffs. Still, smaller protests continued. “If these pigs are going to fucking murder people in the streets, we’re going to take direct action. We passed the point of civility a long time ago,” said one activist.

The mood in Minneapolis has become “somber” over the last month, says anti-ICE demonstrator Julie Prokes. “People are worn out—they’re just sick of it, and they want it all to stop.” @AustynJeffs reports for The FP.

Imagine your house burned down in a California wildfire. The power company allegedly responsible for starting that fire could possibly make you pay. They’ve done it before. @AustynJeffs reports from Los Angeles.

Meet Iran’s Starlink Smugglers @RafaelaSie and @TanyaLukyanova_ report on the satellite internet terminals helping Iranians evade Tehran’s digital crackdown.

“They let us burn.” One year later, Los Angeles fire victims are fed up. @AustynJeffs reports.

Rain hits LA and LAX turns into a full-blown disaster movie. Karen Bass and Eric Garcetti really left us with this masterpiece of infrastructure 😂

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“America isn’t the plains, and it’s not the buildings, and it’s not the politicians—it’s not even the land. America is you.” @AustynJeffs reports from a naturalization ceremony in Tucson, where new Americans told us what taking the oath feels like.

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