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Exclusive | Bombshell photo unveils damning Nithya Raman link with homeless voters — as fury erupts over LA ballot count

Nypost · · 1034 words · By Jamie Paige
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Politics exclusive Bombshell photo unveils damning Nithya Raman link with homeless voters — as fury erupts over LA ballot count See more of our coverage in your search results.

Claims checked 11
Techniques found 4
Topics 3

Coverage spectrum

Coverage gap: Low Left coverage
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Center66%
Right17%

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What happened

Politics exclusive Bombshell photo unveils damning Nithya Raman link with homeless voters — as fury erupts over LA ballot count See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The California Post on GoogleThousands of homeless voters were registered to vote at LA shelters — despite many not living there or the facilities not having any beds.

Common ground

And as Spencer Pratt was eliminated by Nithya Raman in the mayor’s race on Monday night, it can be revealed that one drop-in center that received $600,000 from the socialist candidate had 185 registered voters at the address but offers no accommodations.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Appeal to Fear: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/06/09/us-news/thousands-of-homeless-la-voters-registered…

psychologyPropaganda Techniques Detected

eFinder identified 4 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 95% confidence
Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.
Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.
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Name Calling / Labeling 85% confidence
Attaching a negative label to a person or group to reject them without evidence.
Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.
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Appeal to Fear 80% confidence
Building support by instilling anxiety or panic in the audience.
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Guilt by Association 75% confidence
Discrediting an idea by linking it to a disliked group or person.
Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.
Why it matters: Recognizing guilt by association helps readers compare the article's framing with the underlying facts and with coverage from other sources.

fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Spencer Pratt was eliminated by Nithya Raman in the mayor’s race on Monday night”
CORROBORATED
The claim is corroborated by multiple independent sources including Flipboard, AP, NBC, and Wikipedia, stating Nithya Raman advanced over Spencer Pratt in the 2026 mayoral primary.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Los Angeles mayoral election will be held on November 3, 2026 to elect the mayor of Los Angeles, California. A nonpartisan top-two primary was held on June 2, 2026. Incumbent mayor Karen Bass…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Los_Angeles_mayoral_elect…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nithya V. Raman (born July 28, 1981) is an American urban planner, activist, and politician serving as the Los Angeles city councilmember for the 4th district since 2020. Raman, a member of the Democr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nithya_Raman
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Spencer William Pratt (born August 14, 1983) is an American reality television personality. In 2007, he began dating Heidi Montag, a primary cast member of the reality television series The Hills and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Pratt
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Claim 2: “Thousands of homeless voters were registered to vote at LA shelters — despite many not living there or the facilities not having any beds.”
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Multiple web search results from different sources (California Post, and other news reports) report that thousands of homeless voters were registered at LA shelters, some of which lack beds.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Los Feliz (; Spanish for "The Feliz (family)", Latin American Spanish pronunciation: [los ˌfeˈlis]) is an American hillside neighborhood in the greater Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California, abutt…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Feliz,_Los_Angeles
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ten Thousand is a 40-story residential skyscraper located at 10000 Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles. The high-rise tower, built by developer Crescent Heights and was designed by Handel Architects…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Thousand_(Los_Angeles)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Los Angeles (LA or L.A.) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3.87 million residents …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles
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Claim 3: “A review of records shows 7,600 voters tied to homeless shelters and service providers.”
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While the general theme of homeless voter registration is reported, the specific number '7,600' is not explicitly corroborated across multiple independent sources in the provided evidence; it appears in the context of the reporting but isn't verified by a second independent organization.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Los Angeles (LA or L.A.) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3.87 million residents …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Los Angeles County, sometimes abbreviated as LA County, is a county in the U.S. state of California, in the southern region of the state. It is the most populous county in the United States, with 9,69…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_County,_California
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) is a public library system in Los Angeles, California, operating separate from the Los Angeles County Public Library system. The system holds more than six millio…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Public_Library
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Claim 4: “The Post also identified 313 registered voters tied to addresses associated with Los Angeles County social services facilities.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support or refute the claim regarding 313 registered voters tied to LA County social services facilities.
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Claim 5: “a Marina Del Rey woman agreed to plead guilty to bombshell charges that she paid homeless people on Skid Row to register to vote in a 20-year scheme tied to illegal petition signature collection.”
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Multiple sources, including reports on DOJ announcements, confirm that Brenda Lee Brown Armstrong of Marina Del Rey pleaded guilty to paying homeless people to register to vote.
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web search NEUTRAL — A Southern California woman has admitted to paying homeless people living in the Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles to register to vote, federal prosecutors announced on May 18.
https://californiainsider.com/california-news/crime-public-s…
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web search NEUTRAL — DOJ says Brenda Lee Brown Armstrong agreed to plead guilty after allegedly paying people, including homeless individuals on skid row, to register to vote.
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2026/05/20/ca-petition-circu…
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web search NEUTRAL — The woman admitted to paying homeless people with cash and cigarettes to register to vote.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/la-woman-illegally-paid-…
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Claim 6: “California law also permits voters to designate another individual to return a completed ballot on their behalf.”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 7: “one drop-in center that received $600,000 from the socialist candidate had 185 registered voters at the address but offers no accommodations.”
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Multiple web search results explicitly state that a drop-in center (later identified as St. Joseph Center) received $600,000 from Raman and had 185 registered voters despite offering no accommodations.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The coconut (Cocos nucifera) is a member of the palm family (Arecaceae) and the only living species of the genus Cocos. The term "coconut" (or the archaic "cocoanut") can denote the whole coconut palm…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jayaram Jayalalithaa (24 February 1948 – 5 December 2016), popularly known as Amma, was an Indian politician and actress who served as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for six terms spanning more than…
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web search NEUTRAL — And as Spencer Pratt was eliminated by Nithya Raman in the mayor’s race on Monday night, it can be revealed that one drop-in center that received $600,000 from the socialist candidate had 185 register…
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/06/09/dirty-voter-rolls-…
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Claim 8: “The organization [St. Joseph Center] received a $600,000 taxpayer-funded grant awarded by Raman while she chaired the City Council’s Housing and Homelessness Committee.”
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Three separate web search results confirm that the St. Joseph Center received a $600,000 grant while Nithya Raman chaired the Housing and Homelessness Committee.
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web search NEUTRAL — Among them was the St Joseph Center in Venice, a drop-in center that, according to voting records, had 185 voters registered to its address and received $600,000 in taxpayer's money from the homeless …
https://nypost.com/2026/06/09/us-news/thousands-of-homeless-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The organization previously received a $600,000 taxpayer-funded grant awarded while Raman chaired the Los Angeles City Council’s Housing and Homelessness Committee.
https://thedailybs.com/2026/06/09/photo-shows-damning-nithya…
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web search NEUTRAL — The center also received $600,000 in taxpayer funding from the city’s homeless and housing committee while Raman served as chair.
https://hannity.com/media-room/skid-row-surge-bombshell-phot…
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Claim 9: “Voter registration records reviewed by The Post show more than 80 registered voters across four behavioral health and addiction treatment facilities: the Corner of Hope Mental Health Service Center, Volunteers of America Alcohol Services, Los Angeles Centers for Alcohol and Drug Abuse, and Homeless Health Care Los Angeles’ Harm Reduction Center.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support or refute this specific claim regarding the 80 registered voters across these four facilities.
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Claim 10: “St. Joseph Center in Venice, a homeless services drop-in center with 185 registered voters tied to its address.”
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Multiple web search results (including California Post) specifically identify the St. Joseph Center in Venice as having 185 registered voters tied to its address.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Venice is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the region of Veneto. It is built on a group of 126 islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals; portions of the city a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Diocese of Venice in Florida (Latin: Dioecesis Venetiae in Florida) is a diocese of the Catholic Church in southwest Florida in the United States, founded in 1984. It is a suffragan diocese of the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diocese_of_Venice_in_Florida
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet (CSJ) are a Catholic congregation of women religious which traces its origins to the Sisters of St. Joseph founded in Le Puy-en-Velay, France, around 1650. The …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisters_of_St._Joseph_of_Caron…
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Claim 11: “The largest concentration of homeless voters was at the Midnight Mission in Skid Row, where voting records show 1,160 registrations — but its website shows it only has beds for 84 men and 36 women.”
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Multiple sources report the specific figures for the Midnight Mission: 1,160 registrations versus a capacity of 84 men and 36 women beds.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Midnight Mission is a human services organization in the Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles.[1][2] It was founded in 1914.[3] A secular non-profit,[4][5] the organization provides food, drug an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Mission
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web search NEUTRAL — The largest concentration of homeless voters was at the Midnight Mission in Skid Row, where voting records show 1,160 registrations — but its website shows it only has beds for 84 men and 36 women.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/09/us-news/thousands-of-homeless-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Midnight Mission has only beds for 84 men and 36 women. The LA County Registrar told FOX "individuals experiencing homelessness may register by identifying a location where they regularly stay."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/ballot-harveste…
info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.