leaders in cryptocurrency industry honored him at a ball while he launched his own cryptocurrency, and he made more than $25 billion, at least on paper. According to Eric Lipton at NYT, “ethics experts assailed [the business] as a blatant effort to cash in on the office he is about to occupy again.”

Montana SENATOR SHEEHY asking Hegseth his qualifications to lead an 800B budget, and 3 million soldiers
Q: How many genders are there?
A: Two.
Q: How many pushups can you do?
A: I did 5 sets of 47 this morning.
Q: How many rounds of 5.56 can you fit into the magazine of an M4 rifle?
HEGSETH: 30.

From @hyperallergic.com. A Texas museum is removing Sally Mann's photos of her own family. Rightwingers wrote: “These images are presented under the guise of art, but in reality, they sexualize children and exploit their innocence. This exhibit should be called what it is: child pornography,”

When a NC Rep draws a map based on his idea that “electing Repubs is better than electing Dems" & throwing out 60,000 votes to win a losing election, they have shunned the principles of democracy in favor of a one-party state that will operate in their favor alone.
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Texas is a cesspool of billionaire bros and Trumpie bootlickers for the incoming evil administration. www.texasobserver.org/trumps-texas...

What Trump promises to do is “enshittification” or “the gradual deterioration of a service or product brought about by a reduction in the quality of service provided, and as a consequence of profit-seeking.” So techbro goons plan to ruin the federal government. newrepublic.com/article/1897...

Yes, we have a House Republican, duped by rightwing media, threatening To Withhold Disaster Aid From California Amid Deadly Wildfires. Ohio congressman Warren Davidson's problem with the state's forest management echos misleading claims in conservative media. www.huffpost.com/entry/warren...

From SocialExplorer.com. In the 100 counties with the highest % of college graduates, Trump only received 16% of the 2020 vote. It will be interesting to see the 2024 numbers, and if the trend to the Right carried over in those counties.

Today the Felon lied standing with GOP Senators that Gavin Newsom is to blame for the LA fires because he ordered Northern Cal water to be used to protect smelt fish (LA gets no water from the North). He also said the Guv didn't sign a water bill, that is pure fiction

Worst LA wildfires ever. A look back.