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OC Native John Phillips brings wit, political connections and insight to “The John Phillips Show”. Phillips began his radio career as the youngest major-market radio talk show host in the country. He is also CNN political commentator, a columnist for The Orange County Register and makes regular appearances on cable news. John was formerly a sports anchor and executive producer for “McIntyre in the Morning”, producer for “The Al Rantel Show”, news writer for the KNX Morning News with Frank Mottek and Gail Eichenthal, and a guest host on virtually every show ever cancelled by KABC. Though in his mid-thirties he is a ten-year veteran of KABC John’s interests: The Angels, Palm Springs, movies, cruises, home Improvement and airline travel.
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True90% confidence6 sourcesOct 17, 2026The Trump administration sent a thumb drive to Los Angeles County Registrar Dean Logan's office containing a list of likely non-citizen registered voters and a sticky note with a password.Said by CMultiple tier1 sources confirm the Justice Department sent Los Angeles County Registrar Dean Logan's office a password-protected thumb drive with a list of about 20,000 people it believes are likely noncitizens, plus a handwritten note with the password (described by the secretary of state's office as a sticky note). The claim drops the post's hedge "what they claim is," but the sources treat the list as the administration's allegation, so this does not change the verdict. A later October 29 federal court ruling against the administration does not affect the October 17 assessment.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True93% confidence8 sourcesOct 17, 2026The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against California claiming there are 20,000 non-citizens on the state's voter rolls.Said by DThe Justice Department sued California on October 15, 2026, and its complaint claims that more than 20,000 likely noncitizens are registered to vote in the state. The claim describes what the lawsuit alleged, not whether the allegation is true, and California officials dispute it.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True93% confidence6 sourcesOct 17, 2026Los Angeles County Registrar Dean Logan refused to open the thumb drive provided by the DOJ due to security concerns.Said by CLos Angeles County Registrar Dean Logan's own October 14 statement, carried by AP, The Hill, CBS and PBS, says his office did not open the thumb drive because doing so would conflict with data privacy and information security protocols, and that the device was not a secure medium. The claim matches the post's statement about security concerns, and the refusal was in place as of the 2026-10-17 posting date; later coverage (NPR, Oct 20; Logan's Oct 21 statement on preliminary review) shows the County later reviewed records, which does not change the October 17 state of affairs.True90% confidence5 sourcesOct 17, 2026Dean Logan previously worked as a registrar in Washington state.Said by AThe claim that Dean Logan previously worked as a registrar in Washington state is supported by multiple sources: an official EAC bio says he served as Washington State Elections Director and as elected Kitsap County Clerk, and as Director of Records, Elections and Licensing in King County, Washington, before coming to Los Angeles County. The post's characterization of a 'checkered history' is opinion and not graded here, and the extracted claim's narrower 'registrar' label is a defensible reading of his Washington election-administration roles.True90% confidence5 sourcesOct 17, 2026Dean Logan's office was responsible for counting the petitions to recall George Gascon.Multiple sources confirm that Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean Logan's office examined and verified the 715,833 signatures submitted to recall District Attorney George Gascón, finding 520,050 valid, short of the 566,857 required. The post's 'counting' corresponds to this signature verification, and the claim does not depart from the passage; its 'whole mess' remark is opinion and is not graded.True90% confidence8 sourcesOct 17, 2026California Attorney General Rob Bonta has filed 100 lawsuits against the federal government.Said by BMultiple sources (CalMatters, LAist, KQED, Center Square, and the AG's own press release) report that Bonta filed the state's 100th lawsuit against the Trump administration on Oct 15, 2026, and the post's own remark about his 'one hundredth lawsuit against this federal government' matches. The claim's wording 'against the federal government' is a faithful paraphrase of the post, and the sources confirm the 100-lawsuit count.True95% confidence9 sourcesOct 17, 2026The federal government filed a lawsuit against California regarding voter rolls during the ongoing election.Said by DThe federal government (the Trump Justice Department) filed a lawsuit against California election officials on October 15, 2026, over the state's refusal to set aside mail ballots from about 20,000 people flagged as likely noncitizens on voter rolls. That was before the October 17 posting date, and the claim's 'ongoing election' framing matches the reporting on the November 3 midterms, so the claim is true as of its date.True80% confidence5 sourcesOct 17, 2026The federal government told the California Secretary of State in July that 190,000 people were likely ineligible to vote.Said by DMultiple sources, including a California Secretary of State statement, the LA Times, and Courthouse News, confirm that the federal Homeland Security Department told California's Secretary of State in July that about 190,000 noncitizen voters were on the rolls. The sources describe this as 'may have' or 'potentially' ineligible rather than 'likely' ineligible, and the figure was later lowered to about 20,000; fact-checkers and the state call the underlying figure unsubstantiated, but that does not make the July communication itself false.True93% confidence6 sourcesOct 17, 2026The federal government sent a letter to California stating that 20,000 people on the voter rolls were likely ineligible to vote.Said by DThe federal government's October 13, 2026 letters to California officials, reported by the DOJ, Reuters, AP and others, stated that about 20,000 registered voters were 'likely' noncitizens and therefore ineligible to vote, which matches the claim. The letters went to the Secretary of State and Los Angeles County's registrar rather than the state as a whole, and the post's 'a couple days ago' fits that date, so the claim holds as of 2026-10-17; later coverage shows the state disputed the list and a court halted the DOJ's bid to block the ballots, but that does not change the claim's accuracy on that date.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True80% confidence5 sourcesOct 17, 2026The federal government matched U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement information with voter information to identify the 20,000 allegedly ineligible voters.Said by 2BThe federal government did match federal immigration data against California voter-roll information to flag about 20,000 likely noncitizen registrants, as the DOJ, CNN, Axios and The Hill all report. The post names the wrong agency (the matching involved USCIS and Homeland Security Investigations, not ICE by name), and the sources dispute how accurate the list is, but they do not dispute that the matching occurred.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True65% confidence5 sourcesOct 17, 2026Bonnie Raitt is performing at the Hollywood Pantages Theater on October 21, 2026.Said by BMultiple event listings and a promoter page show Bonnie Raitt scheduled at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre on October 21, 2026, as part of a two-night stand (October 20 and 21), so the claim holds as of the 2026-10-17 posting date. The sources are mostly unrated listing sites, and the promoter page is the only one that describes the run in detail; the tier1 sources in the set do not address this event.True90% confidence7 sourcesOct 17, 2026Federal law prohibits removing people from voter rolls within 90 days of an election.Said by DThe National Voter Registration Act's 90-day quiet period bars states from completing systematic removals of ineligible voters within 90 days before a federal election, as stated by DOJ guidance, AP and PolitiFact. The claim's wording omits the 'systematic' qualifier and individualized exceptions (e.g., removals at voter request, death, felony), which is a faithful paraphrase rather than a contradiction; the claim is about a 90-day federal restriction and the sources confirm it.