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With a starring role on Fox Nation, Tomi Lahren wants to save California from itself

LOS ANGELES - Tomi Lahren has some thoughts and she's not holding back.

In a small TV studio situated on the top floor of her home in Los Angeles' South Bay, the 26-year-old Fox Nation host and conservative media firebrand was recording "First" and "Final Thoughts" - her twice-daily short videos that function as quick hits of outrage.

Looking into the camera with a glare, she labels Sen. Kamala Harris a socialist, mocks Gov. Gavin Newsom as "Greasy Gavin" and dismisses Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as a "dimwit." She also lashes out at the media's coverage of "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett, who at the time faced charges that he faked a hate crime, though prosecutors later dropped the charges. "You need this story to be true to preserve a narrative?" she asked, practically shouting. "That's sick."

Lahren spikes her unique brand of rage bait with righteous anger, riling up her millions of fans and her haters in equal but

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