Dave Rubin opened this May 26, 2026 episode of The Rubin Report with extended analysis of the Los Angeles mayoral race, where reality TV personality Spencer Pratt has emerged as a serious challenger to incumbent Karen Bass. Pratt, radicalized after losing his home in recent fires, is running on a common-sense platform challenging the city's approach to homelessness. Rubin highlighted Pratt's controversial claim that LA has spent $24 billion on 40,000 homeless individuals and that adequate shelter exists, framing the crisis as primarily drug addiction rather than housing shortage. Despite polling showing Bass with a 70% chance of winning, Pratt is drawing bipartisan support from residents frustrated with quality-of-life issues. The episode also covered Stephen Colbert's recent firing from CBS after years of low ratings and partisan content, with Rubin contrasting Colbert's vaccine-dancing activism with Johnny Carson's apolitical decency. On foreign policy, Rubin examined Trump's Iran negotiations, revealing the president has made expansion of the Abraham Accords mandatory for any deal and is demanding Iran surrender all enriched uranium. Trump reported progress toward an agreement involving Saudi Arabia, UAE, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, and Pakistan. The show took a somber turn addressing Tulsi Gabbard's resignation as DNI Director to care for her husband diagnosed with rare bone cancer, raising questions about whether she will deliver promised evidence implicating Barack Obama in manufacturing the Russia collusion narrative before her June 30th departure. Rubin closed with Memorial Day reflections, criticizing the DNC for politicizing fallen soldiers from the Iran conflict while contrasting Trump's message honoring service and sacrifice.
LA mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt contradicted the mainstream homeless narrative, claiming the city has spent $24 billion on 40,000 people and has sufficient shelter capacity. He argues homelessness is fundamentally a drug addiction crisis, not a housing shortage, challenging the policy approach of current Mayor Karen Bass.
Read this moment →Former DNI Director Tulsi Gabbard stated approximately a year ago that evidence directly implicates Barack Obama in manufacturing the intelligence assessment behind the Russia collusion investigation. She confirmed documents were referred to DOJ and FBI for criminal investigation. Questions remain whether she will deliver final evidence to Trump before her June 30th resignation.
Read this moment →President Trump revealed he made expansion of the Abraham Accords a mandatory component of any Iran agreement, involving Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, and Bahrain. This represents an effort to leverage the Iran military operation into broader Middle East peace normalization.
Read this moment →As part of ongoing Iran negotiations, President Trump specified that all enriched uranium must either be surrendered to the US for destruction or destroyed under international supervision. This represents a red line position preventing Iran from maintaining any pathway to nuclear weapons capability.
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