Mike Bonin
@mikebonin
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Former LA City Councilmember. Dad, husband, hiker, progressive activist, DC Comics nerd, host of What's Next Los Angeles podcast.
Los Angeles, CA
Joined January 2009
“Hear me, President Trump: To get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us.”
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Andrew Cuomo concedes the NYC mayoral race to Zohran Mamdani in a characteristically bitter, divisive and vitriolic speech that is shows why voters rejected him and are turning against the empty, establishment status quo that he stands for.
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On What's Next, Los Angeles, we present a one-on-one interview with LA Mayor Karen Bass. We discussed her style of leadership, progressive politics, a new challenger in the mayor's race, housing policy, homelessness, the upcoming Olympics and more. https://t.co/SpWtIa27iH
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Here’s how LA reps voted on the resolution honoring Charlie Kirk: No -Gomez, Kamlager-Dove, Waters Present- Friedman, Sherman, Sanchez, Brownley, Whitesides, Rivas, ,Cisneros Not Voting-Barragan, Garcia, Torres Yes -Lieu, Chu, Takano Source:
clerk.house.gov
VOTE QUESTION: On Agreeing to the Resolution, DESCRIPTION: Honoring the life and legacy of Charles “Charlie” James Kirk, VOTE TYPE: Yea-And-Nay, STATUS: Passed
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Antifa isn’t a group. It’s an umbrella term - like "MAGA movement." By declaring Antifa a “terrorist organization” they’re creating a legal framework to charge organizers, protesters, elected officials, commentators and anyone they want with domestic terrorism. This is how
President Donald Trump’s threat to designate the left-wing antifa movement as a 'terrorist organization' is 'transparent authoritarian political gamesmanship,' a historian of the movement said https://t.co/Jc4BNMjVOp
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We are not starting our slide into authoritarianism. We are already there. What comes next is the nightmare — the immense and continued cruelty and harm they create with the power that our once coequal branches of government, our legacy media, and our elite institutions have
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Trump’s allies now control X, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, & TikTok. They own Fox News, CBS, WaPo, WSJ & NY Post. They own Sinclair Broadcasting which has 200 tv stations and local news in 100 markets. “Freedom of speech” is now what Trump and his billionaire pals say it is.
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This is nothing short a shredding of the U.S. Constitution and an endorsement of racial profiling. Essentially, armed, masked agents of the government can stop and detain anyone who is brown-skinned, or a Spanish speaker, or a low wage worker. And this is just the beginning.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court — over the objection of Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson — allows the Trump administration’s racial profiling of people working certain types of jobs in its immigration raids during litigation.
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BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! It’s the honor of my life to serve as your Los Angeles City Controller. I’m proud to announce that I am running for re-election. Help us continue the fight to keep City Hall transparent and accountable! DONATE at https://t.co/7KCcqWae6Z VOTE on June 2, 2026
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How did LA go from being a notorious anti-worker city to a stronghold of labor power? Listen to this re-air of my interview with Kent Wong of the @uclalabor on What’s Next, Los Angeles. Brought to you in partnership with @LosAngelesFwd . https://t.co/gftROSbdOn
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We have learned that one of the women taken is Sabrina Medina, a pregnant U.S. Citizen expecting twins from Huntington Park, whom Kristi Noem targeted and was present last month for a photo op. Agents at that time were looking for her husband and trying to enter her home without
Exclusive: US Customs and Border Protection arrest 2 women on Alvarado and 8th around 3:15pm. They can be heard saying they're US Citizens. Verified by L.A. TACO.
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Is there really anybody in LA who seriously thinks this will end well? I can't imagine what benefits LA could receive that would justify what is coming.
Trump names himself chair of L.A. Olympics task force, sees role for military during Games
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What's next for @Elex_Michaelson? Political editor of Murdoch's new California Post? Correspondent for 60 Minutes under the new ownership of CBS? A CBS late night talk show?
BITTERSWEET NEWS: I've made the difficult decision to leave @FOXLA to pursue an exciting new opportunity...that I'm not allowed to talk about just yet. My last day at the station is Friday August 15th. What I can talk about...is my enormous gratitude to my incredibly talented
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INFRASTRUCTURE WEAK: On this week's LA Podcast, Alissa, Mike, and Godfrey discuss the next era for LA’s homeless services with a newly named interim CEO for LAHSA and a terrifying executive order from the Trump administration. Plus, LA Charter reform and the CA governor's race.
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If homicides were on the rise, there undoubtedly would be a flood of stories linking that to the reduced size of the LAPD. But when crime is down, no outlet will use the headline “LAPD Shrinks, Crime Plummets.”
City of L.A. on pace for lowest homicide total in nearly 60 years
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Federal agents in an armored vehicle were spotted rolling past MacArthur Park in the Westlake area of Los Angeles Monday morning when they were confronted by a crowd. It's unclear what agency they were affiliated with or if they were carrying out some sort of operation.
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This is naked, ugly authoritarianism. The Trump Gestapo terrorizing our kids.
Full blown militarized raid on horseback, military tactical vehicles, and soldiers on foot with a perimeter set around McArthur Park. Looks like a big show of force by ICE/Border Patrol. It’s unclear which other military presence is there. Our reporter is on the way.
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Congress just approved giving Trump his own massive army of secret police and stormtroopers, unaccountable to no one but him. I am afraid history is going to show this vote was the bullet that killed America.
People don't yet realize the terrifying implications of tripling ICE's enforcement budget, making it the largest law enforcement agency in the country, and building tens of billions of dollars of new "Alcatrazes." If you think things are bad now, it's about to get way scarier.
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Can we fix a broken Los Angeles? I talk with Rick Cole the latest episode of WNLA. Rick has unique insights and strong opinions to share. Check it out wherever you listen to podcasts. Brought to you in partnership with @LosAngelesFwd
https://t.co/DqY4Asn61U
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