Karen Bass

8 statements across 7 episodes · 0 bullish · 7 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Jan 11, 2025 by Jason Calacanis · said 111 times in 15 episodes since 2022 · across every show →

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brought up most by Jason Calacanis (27), Spencer Pratt (23), David Sacks (18), Adam Carolla (9), Ro Khanna (8), David Friedberg (7), Chamath Palihapitiya (1)

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2026 59 mentions in 6 episodes 10 per episode
2025 49 mentions in 8 episodes 6 per episode
2022 3 mentions in 1 episode

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Everything said about Karen Bass, oldest first

Jan 11, 2025 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Calacanis: A recall campaign against Gavin Newsom or Karen Bass will succeed
“Recall Newsom. Recall Bass. And you have the power to do it. And you will succeed. I guarantee it.”
Jason Calacanis Jan 11, 2025 ▶ 57:26 LA's Wildfire Disaster, Zuck Flips on Free Speech, Why Trump Wants Greenland
Jan 18, 2025 negative
Assertion Supported
Jason Calacanis: LA Mayor Karen Bass traveled to Ghana as wildfires approached
“Karen Bass was in Ghana partying, taking meetings. I don't know what the connection between Los Angeles and their citizens and what they need to get done in Ghana after she promised she would not do this global, you know globetrotting, which she apparently has…”
Jason Calacanis Jan 18, 2025 ▶ 1:06:32 Red-pilled Billionaires, LA Fire Update, Newsom's Price Caps, TikTok Ban, Jobless MBAs
Jan 20, 2025 negative
Opinion
Ro Khanna says Los Angeles needs a new mayor
“I certainly think there needs to be a new mayor.”
Ro Khanna Jan 20, 2025 ▶ 1:21:44 Inauguration Interviews: Trump's Talent, Dem Rebrand & more w/ Whip Emmer, Reps Swalwell & Khanna
Oct 1, 2025 negative
Opinion
Calacanis calls LA Mayor Karen Bass incompetent
“Karen Bass, so incompetent, such a disgraziad.”
Jason Calacanis Oct 1, 2025 ▶ 1:09 Rick Caruso on California’s Collapse: Broken Leadership, LA Wildfire Failures & the Fix
Jan 13, 2026 negative
Opinion
Carolla: Eric Swalwell, Kamala Harris, and Karen Bass are intellectual "dopes"
“Eric Swallow is a dope. Kamala Harris is a dope. Karen Bass is a dope. These are dumb people who shouldn't be in charge of things because they don't have the intellectual capacity for it.”
Adam Carolla Jan 13, 2026 ▶ 52:08 Adam Carolla on California’s Collapse: Fires, Failed Leadership, and Gyno-Fascism
May 10, 2026 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Spencer Pratt claims Mayor Karen Bass polling at lowest incumbent level ever
“She's the lowest In the history of the polls of an incumbent. So she has 20%.”
Spencer Pratt May 10, 2026 ▶ 28:26 Spencer Pratt on Fixing LA: Wildfires, Homelessness, Corruption & the Fight to Take It Back
May 10, 2026 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Spencer Pratt states Mayor Karen Bass visited Cuba 20 times
“She, she's a Venser Ramos brigade member. She spent 20 times going to Cuba.”
Spencer Pratt May 10, 2026 ▶ 30:06 Spencer Pratt on Fixing LA: Wildfires, Homelessness, Corruption & the Fight to Take It Back
Jun 13, 2026 neutral
Assertion Supported
Friedberg details shifting vote shares in LA mayoral primary
“In-person voting the day of the election in Los Angeles County for mayor. Spencer Pratt, 35%. Karen Bass, 29%. Nithya Raman, 26%. Mail-in ballots received before election day, 38% for Bass, 28% for Pratt, 20% for Raman. And then all these ballots that arrive a…”
David Friedberg Jun 13, 2026 ▶ 1:13:45 Anthropic's Fable Backlash, Nationalizing AI, Inflation Heats Up & California’s Broken Elections
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