Is California beyond saving? Or is this the biggest political cover-up in America?

Real estate mogul, entrepreneur, and former California gubernatorial candidate Elaine Culotti joins Jillian Michaels for an explosive conversation about the hidden systems she says are driving California into collapse.

From ballot harvesting and voter roll controversies to homeless spending, high-speed rail failures, NGOs, special interests, Gavin Newsom, Karen Bass, and billions of taxpayer dollars disappearing into bureaucracy, this episode pulls back the curtain on what many believe is a broken system.

Why does California keep electing the same leaders despite rising crime, failing infrastructure, and a worsening affordability crisis? Who is actually benefiting? And can the state still be saved?

Elaine doesn't hold back.

🔥 Topics discussed:

California election integrity

Ballot harvesting explained

Gavin Newsom's "Break the Glass" comments

California voter rolls

Homeless industrial complex

NGO influence and taxpayer spending

California high-speed rail scandal

Pacific Palisades recovery failures

Karen Bass controversies

Billionaire tax proposal explained

California's affordability crisis

Why people are fleeing California

No Party Preference (NPP) movement

Can California be fixed?

Why Prop 36 and Prop 37 go unfunded

Whether you agree or disagree, this conversation will completely change how you think about who runs California, where your tax dollars go, and what America's future could look like.

The bigger question isn't whether California is failing. It's whether the rest of the country is next.

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CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro

01:28 Ballot Harvesting EXPOSED

06:03 Spencer Pratt Controversy

10:04 Why Independents Lose

13:23 - California Voter Roll Scandal

16:06 Special Interests Run CA

20:02 The NGO Money Pipeline

30:18 Bankrupting CA is Only Way Out

34:55 Newsom Bankrupted CA

35:04 High-Speed Rail Corruption

38:31 Buying Political Power

39:27 Billionaire Tax Exposed

44:00 Homeless Voter Registration

46:11 Newsom’s Break Glass Plan

49:30 Can Elections Be Fixed?

53:08 - Trump Federal Funding Breakdown

55:37 The NPP Movement

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The news is in bananas this week and we're tracking every single hilarious, desperate, and corrupt moment.

First up: real corruption is unraveling in California. Gavin Newsom's former Chief of Staff, Dana Williamson, has officially pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud charges in a massive campaign embezzlement scheme. Now, federal investigators are turning their sights on Newsom, his wife, and his inner circle. Is the golden boy’s house of cards finally collapsing?

Meanwhile, Hollywood's aging elite are back at it again. Outraged over President Trump's electric UFC event, a group of ultra-wealthy white hollywood liberals (Jane Fonda & Robert Deniro) staged a "RISE UP" counter-protest to profess their hatred for trump for America. Then Joy Reid practically vibrated with rage calling the president names and blaming him for the cancellation of her career.

But it's not all hollywood hypocrisy— capitalism just won the ultimate championship ring. SpaceX went public, and Elon Musk has officially become the world’s very first trillionaire. If you love American innovation and free speech, you’re cheering—but if you watch MSNBC, it’s the literal end of days. We break down the absolute jealousy driving the "eat the rich" crowd's latest hyperventilation.

Plus, we look at the devastating new Statutory Independent Inquiry into Grooming Gangs rocking the UK, and how Vice President JD Vance just walked into the lion’s den on The View to promote his new book Communion—and left all six co-hosts completely outmatched.

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#ElonMusk #GavinNewsom #JDVance #PoliticalNews #TheView

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The ActBlue Scandal: What Are They Hiding?

🚨 The CEO of the Democratic Party's $19 billion fundraising machine took the Fifth. 22 times. Including when asked if she deliberately misled Congress about how the platform screens for campaign finance fraud.

On June 10, 2026, ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones sat before the House Administration Committee under subpoena—and what happened next shocked Capitol Hill. Surrounded by explosive allegations of systemic campaign finance violations, money laundering, and illegal foreign cash flooding into American elections, she went completely silent. But Congress already has the receipts. How deep does this actually go?

👇 EXPLORE THE EVIDENCE 👇

Internal documents obtained under subpoena reveal a stunning look inside a massive corporate machine facing total exposure: Lax Vetting Standards: Whistleblowers and internal training memos allege ActBlue intentionally relaxed its fraud filters during a major election year—allowing transactions without standard card verification. The Target List: Investigators are probing 237 foreign-IP transactions that slipped through the system in a critical 30-day window, alongside automated bot networks mimicking everyday donors. Mass Staff Exodus: Five current and former ActBlue employees—including top compliance officers and general counsel—invoked the Fifth Amendment a combined 146 times before their sudden departures or terminations. Meanwhile, a federal judge has frozen Texas AG Ken Paxton’s multi-state legal assault on the platform, just days after rising Democratic star James Talarico brought in record-breaking fundraising numbers. Is it a coincidence, or the frantic protection of a vital political pipeline? This isn't just about one side. WinRed, the Republican fundraising giant, has faced its own fierce scrutiny with hundreds of FTC complaints and major vulnerabilities. If both sides are wide open to bad actors... who is actually choosing America's leaders?

THIS EPISODE BREAKS DOWN:

✅ The ActBlue congressional investigation explained

✅ Regina Wallace-Jones's Fifth Amendment testimony

✅ How bot-driven "smurfing" donations allegedly work

✅ James Talarico and Ken Paxton's Senate Race battle

✅ Why election integrity concerns are growing on BOTH sides

✅ What this means for the upcoming 2026 and 2028 cycles —

💬 IS THIS THE BIGGEST CAMPAIGN FINANCE SCANDAL IN U.S. HISTORY? Are both major political parties fundamentally broken when it comes to tracking money, or is this a targeted partisan hit job?

Let us know your thoughts in the comments below—we are reading and responding to everyone!

#ActBlue #Scandal #CampaignFinance #Politics #DNC #WinRed #BreakingNews

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

00:59 - ActBlue CEO Subpoenaed For Fraud

02:10 - Shocking Fifth Amendment Coverup

06:49 - Massive Identity Theft Laundering

09:41 - Catching Fraud Intentionally Ignored

10:20 - Secret Training Manual Leaked

13:58 - Shadow Vendor Smurfing Exposed

15:56 - Automated Botnets Stealing Elections

17:06 - Criminal Referrals Fracturing System 2

23:00 - Foreign IP Fingerprints Found

27:07 - ActBlue Legal Team Implodes

27:36 - Incriminating Covington & Burling Memo

28:41 - Whistleblower Retaliation

31:05 - WinRed Secretly Enrolling Retirees

35:06 - How To Fight Back

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Is the Democratic Party collapsing under the weight of anti-Semitism, open-border policies, identity politics, and the abandonment of working-class voters? Or is something even bigger happening beneath the surface?

Batya Ungar-Sargon joins Jillian Michaels for one of the most explosive conversations of the year.

From the growing divide inside MAGA to the civil war tearing apart the Left, Batya exposes the political realignment nobody in the mainstream media wants to talk about. Why are Black voters abandoning Democrats? Why are former liberals sounding the alarm? And why are Americans increasingly rejecting the political establishment on both sides?

Plus: Trump's biggest test yet. Will the Iran crisis end in peace, regime change, or a wider war? What happens if Trump's strategy succeeds—and what happens if it fails?

Batya also breaks down the shocking alliance forming between the woke right and the woke left, the Israel-Gaza debate consuming American politics, the controversies surrounding Sam Harris and Megyn Kelly, and the argument at the center of her explosive new book.

And looking ahead to 2026 and beyond: Could the midterms become a political bloodbath? Is the future of the Republican Party JD Vance or Marco Rubio? Is the Democratic Party headed toward Gavin Newsom, AOC, or something even more radical?

The answers may surprise you.

Listen until the end.

#JillianMichaels #BatyaUngarSargon #MAGA #Trump #Iran #Israel #2026Midterms

Chapters

00:00 - Intro

00:33 - Trump’s Iran Crisis Deepens

01:12 - Graham Platner Controversy

02:06 - Dangerous Debates

04:06 - The Ultimate Political Realignment

05:21 - Ana Kasparian = Nick Fuentes

07:02 - Sam Harris Wakes Up

08:42 - Democratic Party Implosion Looming

09:41 - Ditching Wokeism Forever

11:47 - Yale Study Shatters Matrix

14:16 - California Municipal Meltdown Escalates

15:19 - Black Voters Fleeing Democrats

18:06 - Immigration Exploitation Exposed

20:08 - Trump’s Populist Coalition Surges

21:52 - Megyn Kelly Changes Teams?

23:30 - Elite Identity Politics Fails

28:09 - MAGA Civil War Explodes

31:13 - The Influencer Exodus Trajectory

34:06 - America's Looming Economic Crash

38:56 - Working-Class Voters Betrayed

41:13 - Corporate Media Attacks

44:40 - 2026 Midterm Predictions

46:57 - Anti-Zionism Infiltrates Mainstream Left

51:56 - Israel-Gaza Money

54:43 - Hidden Global Genocides Ignored

56:30 - The Dangerous Putin Myth

57:29 - Tucker Carlson Controversy Shockwaves

59:18 - Marco Rubio Momentum

59:48 - Gavin Newsom Threat

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BREAKING - TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK:

🗳️ CALIFORNIA ELECTION INTEGRITY CRISIS CONTINUES — Newsom and Trump go to war over California elections. Voter rolls packed with tens of thousands of ineligible registrations. Homeless voters registered with zero verification — no ID, no Social Security number, nothing. A 29-day counting window giving election officials access to unreturned ballots. And when the DOJ demanded transparency, Gavin Newsom cited "privacy" and stonewalled federal investigators. California isn't an outlier — 14 states plus Washington D.C. require zero proof of identity to vote.

⚖️ HOW THE SAVE ACT DIED IN THE SENATE — 80% of Americans — including the majority of Democrats — support voter ID and proof of citizenship to vote. So how did this bill collapse? We break down the 60-vote filibuster threshold, the Byrd Rule, the four Republican defectors — McConnell, Collins, Murkowski, and Tillis — and the procedural nuclear option that could have passed it with 51 votes and why Republicans refused to use it.

🚨 THE LEFT'S DEPLORABLES MOMENT — The Democratic Party is now openly rallying behind a Maine Senate candidate with a documented hate symbol tattoo, multiple abuse allegations from former partners, and a campaign director who quit and went public the night before the primary. Senator Andy Kim's response: "I'll work with whoever Maine elects." This is the same party that spent a decade calling the right deplorable. Now they're running their own — and CNN's Dana Bash is calling it political sophistication.

📺 DANA BASH'S / GRAHAM PLATNER CNN HYPOCRISY EXPOSED — Bash went on camera to argue that Democrats are finally "mature" enough to look past a deeply compromised candidate in the name of winning. We break down exactly what that candidate's record actually looks like — and why this is the most cynical spin CNN has produced yet.

🔴 HASAN PIKER AND THE NEW LEFT — The Democrats now routinely campaign alongside Hasan Piker — a streamer who went online after October 7th and justified violence against Israeli civilians and has a documented record of content so extreme it would end any Republican's career overnight - and the left justifies it all.

🎙️ VIRAL CLIPS THAT BREAK THROUGH THE NOISE — A former progressive goes viral explaining exactly why he walked away from the left. A teenager on a political panel shuts down a CNN-style gotcha question with more clarity and grace than any cable news anchor has managed in years.

🌍 GOOD NEWS THAT ACTUALLY MATTERS — Australia is on track to eliminate cervical cancer entirely by 2028. The Bahamas certified for eliminating mother-to-child HIV transmission. Stanford scientists have developed an injection that regrows human cartilage and could reverse arthritis. And meet Gilbert — the glowing robotic fish cleaning microplastics from the ocean right now.

CHAPTERS

00:00:00 Intro

00:00:34 CALIFORNIA ELECTION INSANITY

00:03:05 TRUMP FURIOUS / SAVE ACT DEAD

00:10:00 DANA BASH LIES

00:11: 00 DEMOCRAT DEPLORABLES

00:12:00 GRAHAM PLATNER, HASAN PIKER,

00:15:21 LEFTIST HYPOCRISY

00:20:41 The Tribal Debate

00:25:41 Global Meidcal Miracles

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Is the entire California election system engineered from the top down?

As the California primary election results 2026 stall in a grueling California 38 day vote count, millions of voters are asking the exact same question: “Why does California take so long to count votes?” The mainstream media calls the endless California ballot counting delay normal—but behind the scenes, a battle for California election integrity has just gone nuclear.

From the historic Steve Hilton Xavier Becerra governor race to the chaotic Los Angeles mayoral primary 2026, the establishment is facing a massive populist revolt. The internet erupted after a stunning shift caused the Spencer Pratt lead flips overnight in the highly contested Nithya Raman vs Spencer Pratt race, igniting a national conversation over the state's controversial ballot tabulation process California uses to finalize the LA mayor race update.

Now, the MAGA movement is calling it out directly as the front line of the Gavin Newsom vs Trump election fraudwar, claiming a widespread California mail in ballot cheating scandal is playing out in broad daylight. Activists are pointing directly to the systemic flaws inside the state’s Voter Roles, lax Motor Voter auto-registrations, Universal Mail In Ballots, and weaponized Homeless registration voting rings.

They thought they had the Los Angeles political news 2026 narrative locked down. They were wrong.

A legal bombshell has just dropped. State Assemblyman Bill Essayli has triggered a sweeping Trump US attorney Los Angeles investigation, sending federal auditors into the system to freeze the data. We have just obtained a leaked internal memo from a whistleblower inside the registrar's office. What is written on page 4 exposes the exact blueprint used to shift outcomes when the clock ticks past midnight. If you think your vote counts, you need to see what the feds just uncovered.

#CaliforniaPrimary2026 #SpencerPratt #NithyaRaman #BillEssayli #SteveHilton #LAMayorRace

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The US-Iran-Israel war is reshaping the Middle East in real time — and most people have no idea what's actually happening. Jillian Michaels sits down with military historian and geopolitical strategist Victor Davis Hanson for an unfiltered breakdown of the crisis.

Iran is threatening the Strait of Hormuz. Oil prices are spiking. Hezbollah is escalating. And Donald Trump is under fire from Congress, the media, and fractures inside his own coalition. The window to prevent a wider regional war is closing fast.

Is Iran capable of backing down — or is regime collapse inevitable? Has Trump strengthened or undermined American deterrence? And are we watching the beginning of World War 3 — or the final chapter of the Iranian regime?

Victor Davis Hanson breaks it all down:

Trump's Iran strategy — is it working?

Iran's nuclear program and the enrichment red line

Why Gulf States are quietly aligning with Israel

The Israel-Hezbollah escalation timeline

The conservative foreign policy civil war — Tucker vs. the hawks

China and Russia's role in the crisis

Campus radicalization and the mainstreaming of anti-Semitism

Whether America can avoid another endless war

This isn't punditry. This is the history, the military calculus, and the geopolitical architecture that will define the next decade.

#VictorDavisHanson #IranWar #Trump #IsraelIran #MiddleEast #WorldWar3 #IranNuclear #Hezbollah #Netanyahu #Geopolitics #ForeignPolicy #Trump2026 #OilPrices #China #Russia #TuckerCarlson #MegynKelly #AntiSemitism #Israel #MilitaryHistory

CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro

02:45 War Powers Act Showdown

04:50 Iran's Economy in Freefall

07:45 How Modern Warfare Actually Works

11:11 Will the Iranian Regime Survive?

15:55 The Trump-Netanyahu Leaked Call

19:45 Drone Warfare Is Rewriting the Rules

22:20 Gulf States Quietly Pick a Side

26:00 Europe's Deterrence Is Already Dead

29:00 Anti-Semitism's New Home

33:15 China and Russia: Opportunity or Alliance?

42:50 The Right Is Fracturing on Foreign Policy

50:15 How the Middle East Captured American Academia

54:40 The Progressive Media Bubble

59:21 What "Neocon" Actually Means

01:03:40 The Human Rights Hypocrisy Nobody Talks About

01:07:35 Why Trump's Political Comeback Is Bulletproof

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Is California finally turning on the political establishment? Is Europe unraveling in real time? And what happens when ideology collides with science?

In this explosive episode of The Weekly Rundown, Jillian Michaels breaks down the biggest stories shaking America and the world.

CALIFORNIA'S POLITICAL EARTHQUAKE

The California primary results are in—and the establishment is officially on notice.

Jillian reacts to Karen Bass' controversial election night appearance as Spencer Pratt surges in the Los Angeles mayoral race. Then the team breaks down the battle for governor as Steve Hilton gains momentum against Xavier Becerra, examining the policies driving crime, homelessness, economic decline, and the continued exodus of California families.

Is California on the verge of a political realignment—or headed for even deeper trouble?

THE PUBERTY BLOCKER DEBATE: THE SCIENCE THEY DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT

After viral clips from Dave Rubins Jubilee debate and dangerous laims from woke commentator Sam Seder, Jillian delivers a data-driven takedown of the mainstream narrative surrounding puberty blockers and gender-affirming care for minors.

Using findings from the landmark Cass Review, leaked WPATH files, international medical policy changes, and emerging research on youth gender medicine, she dismantles claims about gender affirming care being a “pause button, and highlights growing concerns surrounding bone density, fertility, sexual function, long-term health outcomes, and more. Plus, why have multiple European countries reversed course—and why are so many activists refusing to acknowledge the evidence?

IRAN ESCALATES

As breaking news unfolds during the show, reports emerge of an Iranian missile and drone attack targeting Kuwait's international airport.

What does this mean for the Middle East? Is this an isolated event—or the beginning of something much bigger?

PARIS BURNS & THE WESTERN IDENTITY CRISIS

Following PSG's championship victory, Paris erupts into riots, mass arrests, injuries, and destruction.

Jillian examines the growing intersection of immigration, assimilation, lawlessness, political extremism, and cultural fragmentation that many believe is transforming cities across Europe.

Is Paris a warning—or a preview?

THE UK STORY THAT LEFT EVERYONE STUNNED

The team reacts to disturbing bodycam footage involving college student Henry Nowak, who was allegedly treated as a suspect after being stabbed multiple times when accusations of racism entered the situation.

The case raises difficult questions about policing, justice, race, political pressure, and whether governments have become afraid to apply the law equally.

HOPE IN THE DARKNESS

To close the week, Jillian highlights stories that remind us humanity is capable of far more than division and chaos—from a moving military homecoming to breakthroughs in diabetes treatment, AI innovations reducing animal cruelty, major conservation victories, and record-breaking technological advances.

Because while the headlines often focus on what's broken, there are still reasons to believe in what's possible.

CHAPTERS

00:00 – Intro

00:45 – LA Mayoral Race: Karen Bass vs. Spencer Pratt

06:10 – California Gubernatorial Race: Steve Hilton & Xavier Becerra

12:35 – Breaking News: Iran Bombs Kuwait Airport

14:15 – Fact-Checking Youth Gender Medicine, Sam Seder, & The Cass Review

29:10 – Paris is Burning: Reacting to the French Riots

36:20 – UK Henry Nowak Tragedy

42:50 – Weekly Win: Positive News From Around the World

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Is everything you’ve been told about the American Dream a lie? In this explosive episode of Keeping it Real, Jillian Michaels sits down with democratic socialist author and professor Dr. Ben Burgis for a high-stakes, brutally honest clash over the economic frameworks controlling your life.

🔥 Inside This Mind-Bending Episode:

The Karl Marx Bombshell: Was the father of communism just a "lazy bum" who couldn't pay his own rent, or a deeply committed political dissident?

The Union Stranglehold: Do powerful unions protect everyday workers, or are they holding our public school systems hostage?

The 70% Tax Nightmare: Jillian breaks down the jaw-dropping reality of where your money actually goes—and why she no longer trusts the state to fix a broken society.

The Universal Healthcare Trap: Why do rich Canadians secretly sneak into America for medical procedures?

The "Fjord" Argument: Can Nordic-style policies actually work in a country ten times its size, or is it an economic impossibility?

This isn't your standard partisan screaming match. If you are ready for an intellectually rigorous, non-tribal, and deeply respectful breakdown of capitalism, socialism, and the ugly reality of human nature, you cannot afford to miss this.

Hit that SUBSCRIBE button, drop a comment with your take, and share this video to disrupt the matrix! 🎧👇

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

00:42 - Capitalism vs. Socialism

01:54 - Karl Marx: Bum or Committed Dissident?

07:13 - Authoritarian Communist Regimes

11:04 - Socialism From Jamestown to the USSR

14:44 - Fascism vs. Socialism

19:51 - Laissez-Faire Capitalism vs. Regulated Capitalism

23:39 - Can Socialism Fix U.S. Healthcare?

24:46 - The Good and Bad of Labor Unions

27:58 - The 1970s Winter of Discontent

34:58 - Trump Tariffs

40:45 - The NLRB Lawsuits: Defending vs. Weakening Worker Rights

46:40 - Dangers of Government Overreach

50:24 - America's Welfare State Still Fails

54:57 - The Two-Tiered Healthcare Trap

01:01:46 - Democratic Socialists vs. Democrats

01:07:34 - Nordic Countries vs. the U.S.

01:10:59 - Jillian's 70% Tax Nightmare

01:21:45 - American Oligarchs vs. Workers

01:27:54 - Mamdani's $30 Million Grocery Store

01:33:57 - Human Nature vs. Meritocracy

01:39:57 - Raising the Floor: Lifeboats of Upward Mobility

01:47:50 - Free Buses and Rent Freezing

01:51:53 - The Israel-Palestine Question

01:54:22 - Modern Antisemitism: The Ugly Reality

01:58:28 - Where to Find Ben Burgis and Jacobin Magazine

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Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death, yet up to two-thirds of patients wouldn’t qualify for a routine scan under current federal guidelines.

Today, we are joined by health advocate Shira Boehler, founder of the Cancer Doesn’t Care Foundation and author of One Scan Saved My Life, to dismantle the myths surrounding this silent epidemic. In this episode, we unpack: The Shocking Diagnosis: How a perfectly healthy, non-smoking marathon runner detected Stage 1 lung cancer with zero warning signs.

The Flawed Guidelines: Why current medical criteria focus strictly on age and smoking history, leaving young adults and women completely exposed. The Medical Stigma: Shira addresses the hidden biases of lung cancer and why self-advocacy is your ultimate weapon.

Taking Control: The exact steps and screening protocols you need to protect your own health, regardless of what your insurer or doctor says.

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California is at a breaking point.

Newsom’s corruption, crime, homelessness, immigration, skyrocketing taxes, the insurance crisis, devastating wildfires, failing infrastructure, and a growing exodus of residents have many Californians asking the same question: How did the Golden State get here?

Jillian Michaels sits down with Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, one of the leading candidates in the 2026 California Governor's race, to discuss the policies he says have pushed California into decline—and his plan to reverse course.

The conversation dives into Bianco's critiques of fellow gubernatorial candidates Xavier Becerra, Katie Porter, and Tom Steyer, tackling issues ranging from healthcare for undocumented immigrants and gender policy to immigration enforcement, homelessness spending, and government accountability.

Sheriff Bianco pulls no punches as he takes on Governor Gavin Newsom's legacy, California's homelessness crisis, sanctuary state policies, Proposition 36, public safety, immigration, wildfire prevention, the California insurance collapse, rising crime rates, and the state's controversial tax policies—including his proposal to eliminate California's state income tax.

Jillian and Sheriff Bianco examine why so many residents and businesses are leaving California, whether the state's one-party political system is driving institutional failure, and what it would take to restore affordability, public safety, and opportunity for Californians across the political spectrum.

And, Bianco weighs in on Spencer Pratt’s chance at winning Los Angeles’ Mayoral race.

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