New Polls Show How Much Worse It Just Got for Dems as Spencer Pratt Surges

Reality TV star Spencer Pratt is gaining significant ground in the Los Angeles mayoral race, advocating for basic order, cleanliness, and public safety. His campaign is framed as a 'common sense' response to urban decay, contrasting sharply with current leadership. An attack ad against him, which highlighted his opposition to taxpayer-funded housing for the unhoused, increased police presence over social workers, and reduced union power, inadvertently made him more appealing to a broad segment of voters.

Pratt's proposals include 'no more nakedness, no more drug use, no more robbing,' and bringing in the CDC for 'medieval diseases in these encampments.' An NBC Los Angeles poll showed Pratt winning the mayoral debate with 80% support compared to Karen Bass's 14%.

Senator John Fetterman and Bill Maher, both identifying as Democrats, express a growing sense of isolation within their party, which they perceive as having shifted dramatically towards socialism and extreme positions. Fetterman, despite voting with Democrats 93% of the time, faces backlash from the party's base for holding differing views on certain issues, illustrating the party's decreasing tolerance for dissent.

Fetterman states his values haven't changed, but 'the party really has changed,' putting him 'at odds.' Maher notes Fetterman's use of 'increasingly lonely' and 'orgy of socialism' to describe the Democratic Party. Fetterman mentions that 'socialist' used to be a smear but is now normalized, calling it a 'dangerous slippery slope.'

The host defends Trump's assertive stance against Iran, arguing it's a necessary 'peace through strength' approach to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. He criticizes previous administrations, particularly Obama's, for what he views as appeasement, citing the 'plane filled with cash' as a prime example. The current strategy has severely degraded Iran's military capabilities, but the challenge remains to remove enriched uranium and dismantle enrichment sites.

Federman supports Trump's actions, noting that 'every single Democrat has said we can't ever let Iran build a bomb.' Trump's State Department spokesman affirms the objective: 'the Iranian regime cannot have a nuclear weapon.' Netanyahu states the war is 'not over' due to nuclear material and enrichment sites that 'have to be taken out of Iran.'

The Virginia Supreme Court overturned a Democrat-gerrymandered redistricting map, restoring a more balanced representation. This outcome, along with similar developments in other states, is seen as a significant win for Republicans. In response, Democrats are accused of resorting to 'racist' and 'Jim Crow' rhetoric and attempting to manipulate the judiciary by proposing to lower the mandatory retirement age for Supreme Court justices to remove those who ruled against them.

Benny Johnson reported the 'Massive Virginia Supreme Court overturns redistricting referendum strikes down Democrat Jerry Mandered map.' Scott Jennings predicts Republicans will gain '10 or 11' seats due to redistricting. Democrats referred to the Supreme Court's decision as throwing the South 'back into the Jim Crow era' and a 'political lynching.' Poly Market reported Virginia Democrats proposing to lower the judicial retirement age from 75 to 54, targeting judges over 53.

AOC is criticized for making historically inaccurate statements that reframe American history through a modern, class-warfare lens. Her claims that the American Revolution was 'against the billionaires' and that 'black Americans really created democracy' are presented as examples of ideological extremism and a 'nonsensical' approach to history, reflecting a broader trend on the left to deconstruct America's founding.

AOC stated, 'The American Revolution was against the billionaires of their time.' Grock (AI) rated this 'a solid nine out of 10 on the stupidity scale,' explaining the Revolution was 'a fight for self-government... not anti-wealth.' Another clip shows AOC claiming 'black Americans really created democracy in this country.'