Michael Hicks

11-Year-Old Keeps Singing In Face Of Hate Sebastien de la Cruz sang the national anthem at a second game of the NBA Finals after his first performance spurred a flurry of racist tweets.

The whole #BadBunny “outrage” reminds me of when racists lost their minds over an 11-year-old kid singing the national anthem dressed in traditional mariachi garb during the NBA Finals

That was 10+ years ago, and we are still stuck on this

OBAMA: “People make excuses for him. They say he’s not serious. Everything a president says is serious!”🔥

"That's just not true, as you well know" -- Sen. Chris Coons is a bit taken aback after CNBC's Joe Kernen pushes the great replacement theory during an interview

At National Prayer Breakfast, Hegseth Says US Soldiers Gain Salvation by Dying for ‘Christian Nation’ While Trump's remarks dominate the headlines about the event, more concerning Christian Nationalist comments came a few minutes later.

I personally prefer Patton's view . . .

publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/at-nationa...

Excerpt from a Guardian story: "Norway’s head coach Magnus Brevik, assistant coach Thomas Lobben, and staff member Adrian Livelten were also banned for 18 months for their involvement in the scheme, which made the jumpers’ suits larger and therefore reduced their descent rate due to the bigger wingspan. One study in the scientific journal Frontiers found that every 2cm in suit size circumference reduced drag by 4% and increased lift by 5%. It said that a 2cm change in the suits was equivalent to an extra 5.8 metres in jump length. However Bild has now claimed that jumpers have switched to other methods to game the system when they are measured for their suits, data for which is taken by a 3D scanner from the lowest point of their genitals. They include injecting acid into their penises or putting clay in their underwear to make their measurements temporarily bigger and therefore their suits looser for when they compete. The newspaper quoted a doctor, Kamran Karim, who said: “It is possible to achieve a temporary, visual thickening of the penis by injecting paraffin or hyaluronic acid. Such an injection is not medically indicated and is associated with risks.”"

ski jump penis doping story only underscores the advantages of shape and drape over slim fit clothing

www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...

That’s just because of price increases on food.

One year later, tariffs 'whipping' some Fayetteville small businesses One business owner said many of the products he sells are tied to Chinese imports, even when they carry American branding.

"One year later, tariffs 'whipping' some Fayetteville small businesses" share.google/PhKS3ig5y6x7...

"I had to go get money out of a savings account, money that I had saved from six or seven years ago. You know, it was retirement fund money that I'm just trying to hold on"

Man Who Lost Everything In Crypto Just Wishes Several Thousand More People Had Warned Him

Man Who Lost Everything In Crypto Just Wishes Several Thousand More People Had Warned Him https://theonion.com/man-who-lost-everything-in-crypto-just-wishes-several-t-1848764551/

new Fed analysis blames the slowdown in US employment mostly on supply - i.e weak labour force growth.

Not the AI/productivity fairy
www.federalreserve.gov/econres/note...

We will find out

This is worth a quick read. In our highly polarized nation, the CBP/ICE activities are just stunningly unpopular.

Again, I know everyone wants to yell at The Democrats & Chuck Schumer & Hakeem Jefferies, but there are 10-25 people in Washington who could literally end all of this tomorrow, & none of them are Democrats, & they continue to get 24/7 free passes for being absolute oath-violating cowards. Focus.

This is a frank description of our national dilemma from @profhicks.bsky.social who isn't known as an alarmist. Please read and maybe send a copy to your member of Congress. We're in trouble folks.

commentaries.cberdata.org

I love this — reclaim the flag, seize our symbols. This is an American movement.

Imagine if we could get the average American to work right out of primary school, how much wealthier our country would be?

French Response * @FrenchResponse X.com Investigating child sexual abuse material isn't controversial. Turning it into political theater is manipulation. Maybe that logic flies on some island. Doesn't fl in France. Elon Musk & X @elonmusk • 3h This is a political attack

The French are taking none of Musk’s bullshit.

I so wish that was a universal truth.

To stop this spreading evil . . .

Much more of these vibes . . .

YouTube video by TheDC Shorts What A Democratic Socialist Convention Is Like

We need much less of these vibes.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPLQ...

Weird

Weird, seems to me that you’d want to find common ground with someone who’s opposed authoritarians all his life and voted against Trump 3 times — but you do you.

This entire discourse, though well meaning, is like Exhibit A in why normal people find the progressive discourse so off-putting, recursive and divisive.

ICE does not have the same history of criminal behavior, but it does share a long record of abusing its powers and mistreating people in its custody. Put succinctly, these agencies deal with people the American system has frequently treated as barely human. Now these agents have been unleashed on Americans. Putting masks on people in agencies with internal cultures like these was always a recipe for catastrophe. The Trump administration took the most corrupt, poorly trained, and impulsive law-enforcement agencies in the country, gave them masks, and turned them against American cities.

I think this is the essential quality that made CBP/BP and ICE so easily convertible into fascist squadristi www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

👇👇

Fifa world prize for economics

Trump wanted low rates but when you pick the most partisan guy on the basis of obsequiousness, he may not get what he wants...

Also doesn't help when the dollar has shown persistent weakening for the first time in a while.

"CBP’s arrest and misconduct rate is 5x higher than other federal law enforcement agencies—and over the last decade, the arrest rate of CBP [officers and agents] (.5%) has been HIGHER than the arrest rate of undocumented immigrants in the United States (.4%)." www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-101-ho...