Joel Pollak
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Opinion Editor at California Post. Co-host, "3 Homeless Guys." Scott Adams biographer. Born South Africa, raised Chicago, embraced LA. jpollak at californiapost
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They can’t argue, so they disrupt. This is who UCLA admits to law school.
Joel Pollak147,019 Aufrufe • vor 3 Monaten
The comically bad rental car situation at LAX. Hertz has a Gold option downstairs that lets you skip some of this madness. But the travel agent misspelled my name so that’s not an option (really! You can’t fix a misspelling in their system in 2026). 2028 Olympics? LOL 😂
Joel Pollak51,756 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat
Watch South Africa’s Ambassador Embrahim Rasool claim that President Donald Trump (and, later, Elon Musk) are leading a global white supremacist movement. Partial video and transcript below (more at the link): “I think what Donald Trump is launching is an assault on incumbency, those who are in power, by mobilizing a supremacism against the incumbency, at home, and -- I think I've illustrated -- abroad as well. “So in terms of that, the supremacist assault on incumbency, we see it in the domestic politics of the USA, the MAGA movement, the Make America Great Again movement, as a response not simply to a supremacist instinct, but to very clear data that shows great demographic shifts in the USA in which the voting electorate in the USA is projected to become 48% white. And that the possibility of a majority of minorities is looming on the horizon. “And so that needs to be factored in, so that we understand some of the things that we think are instinctive, nativist, racist things, I think that there's data that, for example, would support that, that would go to this wall being built, the deportation movement, et cetera et cetera. So I think I'd mention that.”
Joel Pollak429,274 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr
It was amazing to watch Richard Grenell work today in Pacific Palisades, listening to L.A. residents and pushing federal/state/local agencies to work harder, better, and faster together. Having presidential leadership on the ground makes a huge difference. #PalisadesFire
Joel Pollak396,455 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr
Johannesburg’s City Council rejected a motion to rescind the renaming of Sandton Drive for Palestinian terrorist Leila Khaled (to force the U.S. Consulate there to use her name on its letterhead). Helpfully, the renaming would create another savings for DOGE: close the consulate.
Joel Pollak204,082 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr
I defended JD Vance at RJC. He spoke out for the U.S.-Israel alliance at Quincy Institute; he just visited Israel. OK, he could have answered better at Turning Point USA, but while we Jews are understandably sensitive to antisemitism, we should not overreact to friends.
Joel Pollak81,196 Aufrufe • vor 9 Monaten
South Africa’s presidential spox accuses me of “damaging behavior,” without specifying. (I’ve criticized SA’s obsession with race and hatred of Israel.) On the plus side, the president will stop Johannesburg from renaming the U.S. consulate’s street after a Palestinian terrorist.
Joel Pollak116,551 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr
.Lee Zeldin slams insurance companies that aren’t paying residents out for their policies or that make residents itemize lists of lost possessions: “You need to get your sh*t together.” #PalisadesFire #EatonFire with Kelly Loeffler carrying out Trump executive order to rebuild. 🔥
Joel Pollak46,032 Aufrufe • vor 6 Monaten
The Palisades Bluffs, one of the most spectacular walkways in Pacific Palisades, with storybook dream homes and amazing, romantic views over the Pacific coast. Saw many sunsets, bioluminescent waves, dolphins, and even a comet from here. Destroyed in the #PalisadesFire. For now.
Joel Pollak77,418 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr
