It's time to build, Illinois.

MONSTER Metro board meeting this Thursday!

- Support heavy rail through the Sepulveda Pass
- Support the C Line Extension to Torrance via the ROW
- Oppose Metro’s opposition to SB-79

Details:
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Joining the @immersiveexporg at "The Next Stage" this weekend was an incredible experience -- and it has us really thinking about the future of live events and experiences.

What does it have you thinking about?

I was just informed that our Country’s “Jobs Numbers” are being produced by a Biden Appointee, Dr. Erika McEntarfer, the Commissioner of Labor Statistics, who faked the Jobs Numbers before the Election to try and boost Kamala’s chances of Victory. This is the same Bureau of Labor Statistics that overstated the Jobs Growth in March 2024 by approximately 818,000 and, then again, right before the 2024 Presidential Election, in August and September, by 112,000. These were Records — No one can be that wrong? We need accurate Jobs Numbers. I have directed my Team to fire this Biden Political Appointee, IMMEDIATELY. She will be replaced with someone much more competent and qualified. Important numbers like this must be fair and accurate, they can’t be manipulated for political purposes. McEntarfer said there were only 73,000 Jobs added (a shock!) but, more importantly, that a major mistake was made by them, 258,000 Jobs downward, in the prior two months. Similar things happened in the first part of the year, always to the negative. The Economy is BOOMING under “TRUMP” despite a Fed that also plays games, this time with Interest Rates, where they lowered them twice, and substantially, just before the Presidential Election, I assume in the hopes of getting “Kamala” elected – How did that work out? Jerome “Too Late” Powell should also be put “out to pasture.” Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Unquestionably the most dangerous and corrupt attack on the independence of US economic data in American history. Trump is firing the head of the BLS, a longtime civil servant confirmed 86-8 by the Senate, simply because the job numbers came in below his expectations today

US #GDP growth mirage

📉Real #GDP Q2 '25
✅+3.0% q/q
✅+2.0% y/y

🛒Consumer +1.4%
🏘️Resid -4.6%
👩‍💻Biz invest +1.9%
📦Trade +5.0pt (largest EVER)
🏗️Inventories -3.2pt (2nd largest since '88)
🏦Gov +0.4%

📉PCE #inflation
✅Headline 2.4% y/y (-0.1pt)
✅Core 2.7% y/y (-0.1pt)

Gay makeup artist Andry Hernández Romero describes horrific sexual & physical abuse at CECOT in El Salvador He called it "an encounter with torture and death."

“[H]e entered the United States legally … appeared for an appointment the U.S. government gave him… federal agents cited his tattoos—crowns reading “mom” and “dad”—as alleged proof of membership in the Tren de Aragua gang…”
www.advocate.com/news/andry-h...

Brutal. 🥵

Jewel Thais-Williams, founder of beloved Black queer nightclub Jewel's Catch One, dies at 86 'I always had the fears of coming out, or my family finding out,' Thais-Williams told The Times. 'I found myself there.'

Jewel Thais-Williams, founder of beloved Black queer nightclub Jewel's Catch One, dies at 86

Apple Music celebrates 10 years with the launch of a new global hub for artists As Apple Music marks 10 years, Apple unveils a brand-new state-of-the-art space in Los Angeles dedicated to artist-driven content.

10 years of Apple Music and they’re doubling down on creators with a massive 15,000 sq ft LA studio with spatial audio, soundstage, edit suites, songwriting booths.

When your emotional support snake is also your life partner. Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈

Just called! 💪

🎙️ And we are LIVE on @laist.com FilmWeek with Larry Mantle! Hot off the press today, @adamjfowler.bsky.social talks Trends in Animation, specifically to California.

🔗 LINK IN BIO to listen! 👂

Somewhere, Cecily Strong just felt a chill. #judgejeanine #snl

UK becomes world’s biggest unscripted TV exporter British formats accounted for about a third of all new TV adaptations worldwide last year

UK becomes world’s biggest unscripted TV exporter

Public Meetings Privilege Housing Opponents — Here’s How to Fix It - The Urbanist # The way cities conduct public outreach and local elections stacks the deck against homebuilding, tenants, and people of color, research shows. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

It’s almost as if the system is designed to maintain the status quo.

The U.S. needs national policy leadership to stay competitive in the global film and television industry—but tariffs are the wrong tool.

Report: Disney's Shift Of ‘Moana 2’ Production To Canada Cost California Hundreds Of Million In Economic Benefit A new study shows that California's animation industry is in dire condition and without stronger government support, the industry could collapse.

Report: Disney’s shift of ‘Moana 2’ production to Canada cost California hundreds of million in economic benefit. The information is part of a new study showing the dire condition of California's once-dominant animation industry.

Hollywood ‘Gets Thrown Under the Bus’ in U.S. Trade Deals, Netflix’s Ted Sarandos Says Ted Sarandos, co-CEO of Netflix, said the entertainment industry "certainly gets overlooked" in U.S. trade deals.

We don’t photograph presidents on backlots. It’s easier to count exports at the port than creative IP traveling in the cloud. And we still don’t build trade policy or workforce strategy around screenwriters, set designers, or VFX supervisors—despite their global economic footprint.

Good morning. A reminder that historically when the US has wanted to punish other countries, it imposed sanctions on them, cutting their people off from global trade, hoping to create enough economic havoc that they rein in their leaders.

Trump has imposed economic sanctions on the American people.

Gotta love it when the creator economy is out here giving trade policy briefings! Props to MrBeast.

It’s one thing to announce a new round of tariffs. It’s another thing entirely to have the staffing and infrastructure to enforce them. Does CBP even have the capacity?

👀

#valkilmer

As an elder millennial - this hits hard. RIP.

Over the weekend, the @wsj.com reported that the Administration was considering a 20% broad tariff for its April 2 announcement.

A 20% tariff would...

• if combined with this year's other tariffs, raise the effective US tariff rate to 33%, the highest since 1872.
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Putting the Reconciliation Resolution in Context | Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget 2025-03-11-The House Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 budget resolution would allow policymakers to add $2.8 trillion to primary deficits through 2034 via a reconciliation package.

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Republicans are now set to raise the debt by more than any recent bill has—including the COVID emergency bills! 😵‍💫