Originally posted Jun 01, 2018 On May 29th, 2018, America drew a line. ABC canceled Roseanne within hours of Roseanne Barr tweeting a racist slur about former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett — comparing a Black woman to an ape. The network torched its highest-rated show. Wanda Sykes quit on the spot. Barr’s talent agency dropped...Read More
Traci Park and Marvel's Wilson Fisk use the same "safety" rhetoric. Six side-by-side examples expose the carceral populism playbook operating in CD11.Read More
This past Sunday afternoon, the Westside Regional Alliance of Councils (WRAC) hosted a candidate forum for Los Angeles City Council District 11 at Venice First Lutheran Church. All three candidates showed up: incumbent Traci Park, public interest attorney Faizah Malik, and entrepreneur Jeremy Weinberg. I wasn’t expecting any revelations. As you are all mostly aware,...Read More
As per usual, Traci Park’s propaganda machine steps up with its disinformation shots. In this instance, The Westside Current’s goal is to hope you stay focused on zip codes so you don’t notice the landlord PACs, MAGA donors, corporate real estate money, and the usual affluent gentry fueling Traci Park’s campaign. Another Westside Current Debunk...Read More
On Sunday July 2nd, 2023 1000 people, mostly comprised of natives Venetian families, gathered at Oakwood Park to celebrate and honor Chris “Spanto” Printup.Read More
