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LA restaurants offering free meals to fire evacuees:

Yeastie Boys (Multiple locations)

Bar Etoile (East Hollywood)

Fiorelli Pizza (Venice)

Bé Ù (Silver Lake)

Danny Boy's (Downtown + Westwood)

Oy Bar (Studio City)

Sunday Gravy (Inglewood)

Dudley Market (Venice)

LaSorted's (Silver Lake)
January 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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TBH I think this would make a great billboard. What do you guys think?
November 20, 2024 at 4:37 PM
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BREAKING: It is unacceptable that the Republicans on the House Ethics Committee voted to protect Matt Gaetz and block the release of the report into his potential wrongdoing.

Our full statement:
www.citizensforethics.org/news/press-r...
CREW statement on Gaetz investigation vote - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
www.citizensforethics.org
November 20, 2024 at 9:47 PM
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This is the rallying call that I've needed to hear since November 6th. From Roxane Gay in today's New York Times www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/o...
November 17, 2024 at 7:43 PM
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As news of Mace’s bill floods Twitter, Sarah McBride, who is set to become the first Trans woman in Congress, just tweeted this.
November 19, 2024 at 12:44 AM
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President Biden has the power to order background checks on all Trump’s cabinet picks.
Now THAT would be fun!
November 19, 2024 at 12:57 AM
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November 18, 2024 at 2:35 AM
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I wrote about being more focused covering trump’s second administration in @vanityfair.com

www.vanityfair.com/news/story/d...
We Need to Cover Donald Trump Differently This Time
Every outrage and insult can’t be a five-alarm fire, as it’s critical for the media to stay focused on the most serious threats to America’s democratic institutions.
www.vanityfair.com
November 18, 2024 at 8:50 PM
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this is obviously bad but I am hoping it will turn out to be a self-undermining miscalculation
Donald Trump says he plans to declare a national emergency in order to enact a program of mass deportations using the military
Trump Confirms Plans To Declare National Emergency For Mass Deportations
www.huffpost.com
November 18, 2024 at 2:41 PM
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This hits home for me, as I was a literal trailer park kid when I got accepted to the University of Chicago. HOWEVER, I was also going to one of the best private high schools in the country at the time (on scholarship), so I was a trailer park kid with elite kid camo. I know that this mattered.
Holy crap this is an astounding piece of historical research

Will post ungated link later today unless someone beats me to it

www.nber.org/system/files...
November 18, 2024 at 1:34 PM
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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”

- James Baldwin
November 18, 2024 at 5:15 AM
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November 18, 2024 at 4:08 AM
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Just absorbing the fact that the first order of business in the new QAnon-inflected MAGA Republican era is to demand that Congress bury its report on sex trafficking and drug allegations against a Republican member of Congress who they're trying to promote to higher office.
November 18, 2024 at 12:58 AM
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I dream of a post-scolding world. And love this moment from Everything Everywhere All at Once.
November 13, 2024 at 5:58 AM
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An estimated 10.3 million cases of measles occurred worldwide last year, up 20 percent from 2022, primarily because of inadequate immunization coverage, the World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.
Surge in worldwide measles cases driven by lack of vaccine coverage, WHO says
The WHO and CDC say there were about 10.3 million cases of measles last year, up 20 percent from 2022. Children are especially susceptible to complications.
wapo.st
November 15, 2024 at 5:32 PM
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Book-ish people: Would you be willing to give this a repost? The campaign was going great, but has flatlined since Election Day. I could really use--and would very much appreciate--the help! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ken...
The Mage Saga: Witch | Deluxe Collector's Edition
The Illustrated, Leather-bound Hardcover of Book 2 in the Bestselling Epic Fantasy Series | Book 1 IS ALSO AVAILABLE
www.kickstarter.com
November 15, 2024 at 8:42 PM
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NEW: We just asked the DOJ to expedite our request for records about Matt Gaetz's now-closed criminal investigation. Given his nomination as attorney general, the public deserves to know what the sex-trafficking investigation turned up and why Gaetz was not charged.
CREW sues DOJ for records on Matt Gaetz criminal investigation - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
CREW is suing the Department of Justice for records related to the now-closed criminal investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz, including the DOJ’s decision not to charge Gaetz despite reports suggesting a...
www.citizensforethics.org
November 15, 2024 at 5:40 PM
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November 15, 2024 at 2:54 AM
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Trans people are facing a double whammy between the election last week and the gender-affirming care case before the Supreme Court next month. Chase Strangio of the ACLU will argue that case, US vs Skrmetti. We discuss the ins and outs of it, and what you can do.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
U.S. v. Skrmetti with Chase Strangio
Podcast Episode · TransLash Podcast with Imara Jones · 11/14/2024 · 40m
podcasts.apple.com
November 14, 2024 at 4:11 PM