I’d be willing to bet all the money in the US treasury that crypto will eventually call for a Fed bailout.

real straightforward calculation finds that Cybertrucks are 17 times more likely to have fire fatalities than the Ford Pinto fuelarc.com/evs/its-offi...

Operation ICE Ride-Along isn’t going as planned. 🔥

Fox News tagged along with ICE, hoping for an exclusive look at “dangerous criminals.” Instead, they got a whole lot of nothing. No threats, no big arrests—just a community that wasn’t having it. The narrative is falling apart.

They suck equally hard.

Tweet by Acyn featuring a quote from Crockett addressing the connection between trans rights and racism, emphasizing resilience. Below is an image of Crockett speaking into a microphone during a formal proceeding.

Rep. Crockett is a true gem and ally.

The Unfathomable Loss of Artistic Heritage in Altadena With much of the area now in ruins and no clear picture of recovery, artists are reflecting on the once-thriving community and imagining what the future might look like.

“Altadena is notably diverse, with a thriving Black community. Roughly four out of five Black residents own their own homes, double the national rate.”

I don’t know who did this, but thank you 🤣

In 1927, Donald Trump’s father was arrested after a Klan riot in Queens On Sunday, Trump declined to disavow the support of white supremacists.

“On Memorial Day 1927, 1,000 white-robed Klansmen marched through the Jamaica neighborhood, eventually spurring an all-out brawl in which seven men were arrested. One of those arrested was Fred Trump.” Gift link: wapo.st/3PALUEt

Remembrance of Red State Bailouts Past Don’t memory-hole what the rest of us did for Texas in the 80s and post-bubble Florida

"our system more or less automatically bails out states when they run into financial trouble. And as it happens, the biggest such bailouts I’m aware of involved red states." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/remembranc...

There is not a leadership combination that could have dealt with what’s happening in L.A. right now to the satisfaction of right wing people who’ve a) never lived in California and b) actively voted against national funding for wildfires, which are separate from the LAFD

'God wills it' Trump's top Pentagon nominee comes from the neocon-to-far-right pipeline

A reminder that in addition to being an unqualified drunk creep, Pete Hegseth is also a war crimes enthusiast with a bunch of Christian Nationalist tattoos theracket.news/p/god-wills-it

Too late.

It’s a little late for that.

Medical schools report steep drop in enrollment of Black and Hispanic students after Supreme Court ruling Enrollment of Black and Hispanic students in medical schools dropped precipitously last year after the Supreme Court banned the consideration of race in admissions.

The number of Black med school enrollees fell by 11.6 percent compared to last year, and Hispanic enrollees decreased 10.8 percent. Asian student enrollees rose by 8.4 percent

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Distressing Survey Finds Most U.S. Citizens Unable To Name All 340 Million Americans

Distressing Survey Finds Most U.S. Citizens Unable To Name All 340 Million Americans
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Do it!

I had fun painting the sails.

Eaton Fire Devastates Historic Altadena, Displacing Black Families and Destroying Legacies While celebrity losses grab headlines, the Eaton Fire has destroyed nearly 1,000 structures in Altadena, displacing Black families who’ve shaped the community for generations. Here's a brief history o...

There are families who will never be able to come back from this devastation, and many of them were in generational homes, passed down from people who bought homes in the 1970sand 80's in Altadena. All of the fires are a tragedy, but especially for those who don't have the resources to rebuild.

I know we all have disaster fatigue, but the reason why historic LA fires get so much coverage is because there are more people in greater LA county than in *most US states*