Gary Hart: Goodbye To Politics

On Tuesday, Los Angeles County caught fire. Driven by unusually strong Santa Ana winds, as my colleagues report, five fires have ignited some 27,000 acres of land (and counting), and forced state officials to issue evacuation orders for more than 100,000 residents. Five people have already died in the fires, authorities say. The Palisades Fire, in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood, and the Eaton Fire, impacting Altadena and Pasadena to the east, are the largest.

Rep. Brandon Gill (MAGA - TX) must have had a big old gulp of that orange Flavorade before going on air with CNN's Brianna Keilar. Gill started by complaining that Democrats weren't racist enough when the Flavorade hit: GILL: This is a Democrat party that is more interested in advancing the interests of criminal, illegal aliens on American territory committing crimes against American citizens than they are in advancing the interests of this nation.

Above, Rhett & Link perform, The Facebook Song. It might seem like we are focusing too much on the treachery of Facebook, when the problem really is billionaires buying-in on ascendent fascism. Futurism: Zuckerberg Announces New Measures to Increase Hate Speech on Facebook. Wonkette: This Is The Free Speech Mark Zuckerberg Traded His Dick To Donald Trump For. Curmedgucation: The End of the Public Cyber-Square. Ant Farmer's Almanac: "Wait, What?

The Heritage Foundation plans to 'identify and target' editors on Wikipedia according to Forward. The Heritage Foundation is concerned Wikipedia's alleged antisemitic content. Since the extreme right-wing think tank is the organization behind Project 2025, their concerns about "antisemitic content" might not be the real reason behind the campaign against Wikipedia editors.

What separates constitutionalists from big-government bureaucrats?

But there are certainly advantages to a closer relationship with our northern neighbor.