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The Knicks’ disinterest in LeBron James represents their new reality — and more importantly their new pressure.

A Wall Street regulator, Kalshi and Polymarket had sued after Gov. Tim Walz signed the measure into law in May, making it a crime to operate, host or promote a prediction market in Minnesota.

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The concert-goer went viral for her painfully awkward reaction to Usher's seductive dance moves, eventually getting booted offstage.

The concert-goer went viral for her painfully awkward reaction to Usher's seductive dance moves, eventually getting booted offstage.

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Recently a friend slapped my name onto AI and requested it churn out a column “specifically in the voice of Cindy Adams. Specifically in the way she’d speak.”

Taxpayer Millions Couldn't Stop Seven Save A Lot Grocery Stores From Going Dark In Crime-Ridden Chicago

Save A Lot shuttered seven locations across Chicago's crime-ridden South and West sides over the weekend, once again exposing the dysfunction of a metro area run by unhinged progressives. City officials poured millions of dollars into the grocery outlets in hopes of improving food access, only to watch the stores remain unprofitable amid persistent theft.

Seven Save A Lot grocery stores in Chicago are closing their doors on Saturday, citing financial difficulties.

The company says the stores were severely impacted following the Trump administration’s cuts to SNAP benefits, which it says contributed to the closures. pic.twitter.com/DywVtWGv7B

— Goofies Of Chicago (@Chicago_Goofies) July 24, 2026

Local outlet ABC 7 reports "frustration, anger, and concern" among the community as Save A Lot shuttered seven stores on Saturday, with many residents saying this would reduce their access to food.

The outlet noted:

Save A Lot began a partnership with retail company Yellow Banana in 2023 in an effort to keep grocery stores open on the city's South and West sides and combat food deserts.

A company spokesperson cited financial struggles and cuts to SNAP benefits as reasons for the closures. In a statement, the company said, "We are committed to the wellbeing of the communities we serve. We will continue to engage with City and Community leaders to explore ways to provide access to quality food and services for residents, and we are actively supporting impacted Yellow Banana team members throughout the transition."

The Chicago Sun-Times reported that Yellow Banana had a $26 million redevelopment agreement with the city of Chicago and received more than $13 million in taxpayer financing to renovate and reopen Save A Lot locations. The rest of the funding came from federal grants and loans.

Despite the debate on X over whether the seven locations qualified as "government grocery stores," they were privately owned and operated but supported with taxpayer funding. Even with public backing, the stores failed to turn a profit. Theft was likely a major factor in the shutdowns, although the operator cited broader financial pressures and reductions in SNAP benefits.

Add Save A Lot to the growing list of retailers reducing their exposure to Chicago, alongside Walgreens, Aldi, and Walmart. Walgreens and Aldi explicitly cited theft, burglaries, and violent incidents in certain closures, while Walmart and Save A Lot pointed more broadly to persistent losses and financial headwinds.

The accelerating retail exodus suggests Chicago's progressive governing model enforced by City Hall is backfiring. Without basic public safety and a commercially viable operating environment, progressives risk even broader food and pharmacy deserts in low-income areas as businesses want no part of lawless neighborhoods.

Meanwhile, socialist politicians gaining power at the local level are promoting taxpayer-funded supermarkets and "free food for everyone." Yet history offers little evidence that government-run grocery models can remain efficient, financially sustainable, or responsive to consumers without persistent subsidies. But, of course, these politicans pitch 'this time is different' ... 

Tyler Durden Mon, 07/27/2026 - 19:40

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Los Angeles Mayoral Candidates Spar Over Response To Rise In Homelessness

Authored by City News Service via The Epoch Times,

Mayor Karen Bass and her challenger in the Nov. 3 election, Councilmember Nithya Raman, criticized one another on July 24 over the increase in homelessness in Los Angeles.

Homeless tents are seen in the Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles on June 11, 2026. Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images

Homelessness increased by 3.4 percent in the city to an estimated 45,194 people, and unsheltered homelessness also rose by nearly 8 percent, according to figures from the 2026 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count. The data showed the first increase in the unhoused population following two consecutive years of decreases.

Raman, who represents the Fourth Council District, held a news conference in Studio City to discuss the results of the count released on the afternoon of July 24.

"By now you've probably seen the reports: despite hundreds of millions of dollars spent - and repeated assurances that Los Angeles had turned a corner - unsheltered homelessness increased by nearly 8% in this city," Raman said in a statement.

"That is a moral outrage. And it is a failure of leadership," Raman added.

The councilwoman noted her district experienced a 49 percent decrease in unsheltered homelessness.

"We track every case, break through the barriers holding up placements, connect people with housing and care, and stay involved until they are housed," Raman said in her statement.

Raman said, if elected, she would bring that approach and results citywide.

She added homelessness is "not an unsolveable problem. It's a mismanged one."

In response, Bass's campaign said Raman claimed credit for the decrease in her district while avoiding the rest of the city's data as chair of the City Council's Homelessness and Housing Committee.

Bass's campaign said Inside Safe brought 236 people in the Fourth Council District into interim housing since 2023. It further alleged Raman has not attended a single Inside Safe operation in her district last year.

The homeless count further showed that the Fourth Council District had a reduction of recreational vehicles used as housing for people experiencing homelessness from 103 in 2023 to 38 in 2026, a 63 percent decline.

Bass's campaign said the removal of RVs involves towing, storage, and relocation operations that the city's homelessness teams run.

"Nithya Raman is taking credit for the results of Inside Safe while campaigning against it," Alex Stack, a spokesman for Bass's campaign, said in a statement.

"While Raman takes credit for the city's work in her district, ignoring the fact that she's the chair of the Homelessness & Housing Committee for all of Los Angeles, Mayor Bass is working to move our city forward and address years of neglect," Stack added.

Bass served on the LAHSA Commission for a three-year term that ended June 30. The commission consists of 10 appointed members - five representatives from the city and five from the county.

Commission members hold authority over budgetary, funding, planning and program policies.

Bass, who is seeking a second term, continues to campaign on what she has deemed as progress in her first term - part of that includes her administration's ability in moving unhoused people into temporary housing.

The 2026 Homeless Count represents an opening for Raman, who is attempting to garner voter support with a new approach to address homelessness.

Raman has criticized Bass's Inside Safe program for being too costly, and failing to produce better results.

While Bass has defended Inside Safe, her signature program for encampment resolution, a Los Angeles Times analysis found that in the nearly four years since the program began, about 41 percent of unhoused people who participated in the program had returned to homelessness.

In a statement Thursday, Bass blamed the Trump administration for the increase in homelessness, saying its policies have driven up the cost of living and while reducing federal funding for safety net programs. She noted that reductions in state funding for homelessness have also impacted the city's ability to respond to the crisis.

The mayor also criticized Los Angeles County for a "lack of adequate services," which she said was a contributing factor to people cycling in and out of homelessness. The county provides cities with services such as mental health and substance-abuse counseling.

Bass noted the city has reduced unsheltered homelessness by 11 percent since 2023, and housing more than 1,000 homeless veterans.

Recently, critics have expressed frustration with Bass over the slow cleanup of rotting food left by the Lineage Logistics cold-storage warehouse fire in Boyle Heights, as well as concerns raised over a crisis communications consultant who worked for Bass's office for free, among other issues.

Meanwhile, Republican Party of Los Angeles County Chair Roxanne Hoge told City News Service in an email that the rise in homelessness was caused by existing leadership.

"Every parent knows that you get more of behavior you reward. Karen Bass, Nithya Raman, Lindsey Horvath and the entire Homeless Industrial Complex comprised of NGOs and the California Democrat Party reward everything from criminal vagrancy, drug addiction, untreated mental illness and the takeover of public spaces. The results we see are the results they want," Hoge said in a statement, referring to Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath and nongovernmental organizations.

Tyler Durden Mon, 07/27/2026 - 19:15

Better to be slow and steady. Remember that.

LeBron James no longer has the Los Angeles Lakers, and a significant chunk of the NBA, in a holding pattern. James is now officially with the Philadelphia 76ers after leaving the Lakers in free agency.  His other potential suitors — the Golden State Warriors, Miami Heat, Cleveland Cavaliers and Minnesota Timberwolves — are no longer...

The incident comes shortly after another Yellowstone parkgoer had an encounter with a bison — which led to the beast charging him and launching him into the air. 

The act's death-defying stunts involve arrows fired backward or in pitch darkness at tiny targets near assistants' heads.