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Matt Himes is a writer and editor at Blaze Media who lost his Pacific Palisades home when the wildfires struck Los Angeles. A former liberal, he says the ineptitude shown by Democratic leaders like LA Mayor Karen Bass and California Gov. Gavin Newsom have made him — and many of his neighbors — more conservative. Want to cure a liberal? Ship them to California. One-party rule has been squandering California’s abundant talent and treasure for decades, turning a one-time exemplar of the middle-class American dream into a crumbling, crowded and crime-ridden hellhole. Los Angeles especially has suffered a steep decline....

Author Lewis Ungit talks about his research into the links between psychedelics and the occult and shares an excerpt from his book, "The Return of the Dragon." Although Lewis Ungit released "The Return of the Dragon" a year ago, his book examining the links between psychedelics and the supernatural is more relevant than ever. So-called secular society continues to fill the post-Christian void with transhumanist fantasies and progressive utopian visions. Bitcoin bros "jokingly" reinterpret the second coming of Christ as the advent of artificial super intelligence. And everyone from prominent podcasters to suburban moms confront their demons in harrowing, healing...