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Daniel Gus

Daniel Gus

Los Angeles journalist and muckraker behind The Guss Report (Substack), a 790 KABC / John Phillips Show regular commentator on LA City Hall politics.

Oct 9, 2026

5:01
Daniel Gus, welcome.
5:03
Thanks, everybody.
5:04
Thanks for having me.
5:05
I appreciate it.

8 MINS LATER

12:40
Make the case for that.
12:42
Well, well let's, let's be clear about how we got here, Elizabeth.
12:47
We got here...
12:47
By the way, I confirmed that the number of registered Republicans in the city of Los Angeles is 227,000.
4:32
Daniel Gus, welcome.
4:34
Thanks, everybody.
4:35
Thanks for having me.
4:36
I appreciate it.

8 MINS LATER

12:11
Make the case for that.
12:13
Well, well let's, let's be clear about how we got here, Elizabeth.
12:18
We got here...
12:18
By the way, I confirmed that the number of registered Republicans in the city of Los Angeles is 227,000.
11:12
What kind of press secretary do you think he would make if he were to take that job, if he were to be offered and accept that job?
11:21
You presciently said yesterday exactly my thoughts.
11:25
He would be transparent.
11:27
He would be direct.
11:29
He would be crisp in his messaging.
11:31
He would be on point all the time.
11:34
He would be fantastic in that job if he were to be offered it and accepted it.
13:08
As someone who covered Spencer Pratt closely, do you think he would have been an embarrassment if he was elected mayor?
22:55
Yeah,
22:56
well, yeah, that's what I'm thinking of.
22:59
You know, he has, by the way, Mark Ridley Thomas has two sons, twin sons, Sebastian Ridley Thomas, who is at the core of this criminal case, and Sinclair Ridley Thomas, who very few people hear of.
23:13
By the way, they turn 39 years of age next week.
23:16
And Sebastian was elected to the presidency California Assembly a few years ago, a proud graduate of Morehouse College, by the way.
23:26
And he succeeded LA County Supervisor Holly Mitchell.
23:30
It's so incestuous what's going on, Randy.

11 MINS LATER

34:43
That's
22:34
Let's give a quick little refresher on what exactly they got him on, because it was one of the most ridiculous, brazen things we have ever seen, including trying to use USC as as an intermediary to transfer money from his campaign to his no-good son.
22:55
Yeah, well, yeah, that's what I'm thinking of.
22:59
You know, he has, by the way, Mark Ridley Thomas has two sons, twin sons, Sebastian Ridley Thomas, who is at the core of this criminal case, and Sinclair Ridley Thomas, who very few people hear of.
23:13
By the way, they turn 39 years of age next week.
23:16
And Sebastian was elected to the presidency California Assembly a few years ago, a proud graduate of Morehouse College, by the way.
23:26
And he succeeded LA County Supervisor Holly Mitchell.
23:30
It's so incestuous what's going on, Randy.

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34:39
I was not aware of what was going on on Skid Row.

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