Breaking News: The California Supreme Court has denied the State of California's petition for review and request to stay the Palisades Fire Litigation. The Supreme Court denied the State's request to overturn the trial court's order overruling the State's demurrer to the plaintiffs' Master Complaint. This means that the fire victims' case against the State can proceed towards trial. Discovery has just begun. Justice is coming for the Palisades Fire victims. @spencerpratt @Hotshot_Movie @JeremyCom @LeonardFiles @AleneTchek

Union leaders that believe humans should do jobs that can be done by goats are far too pessimistic about human capabilities.

When the Boomer wave flooded the workforce, wages fell. Could that reverse as they exit? Manhattan Institute's Robert VerBruggen @RAVerBruggen weighs the evidence

This may sound like a far-right populist caricature, but it's exactly what they're doing. I don't think I've ever been more disgusted by anything than this new wave of globalist degrowth communism. These famous economists should know better and none should be listened to again.

"Whoever nails economic activity in low Earth orbit by default basically wins the rest of the solar system and likely the rest of the galaxy," @zebulgar said. "I think it’s incredibly important that a Western democratic free nation does that first."

Last year, in the aftermath of Los Angeles’s devastating wildfires, Gavin Newsom promised to speed up “critical” wildfire-prevention projects. Nearly 100,000 acres of land have been “fast-tracked” for fire management. So far, state-approved groups have completed projects covering less than 1 percent. @christopherrufo @Shawn_Regan @kennethschrupp's latest: city-journal.org/article/cal…

Fire expert Gabriel Mann says there is a plan to prevent wildfires in California, but “it keeps getting stalled, primarily because of state bureaucracy that blocks all of this work.” “See the color of this stuff behind me? It’s ready to burn.”

On the night of September 11th, Congressional leadership held a press conference on the steps of the Capitol to reassure the nation. After they were done speaking and holding a moment of silence, as everyone is shuffling away, someone started singing. In a few seconds, everyone—Republican and Democrat—joins in together to sing "God Bless America." When @TheFP asked me to write about a Great American for their 250th series, I thought of that moment. And then I wrote about Irving Berlin, the man who loved America enough that this was the song our leaders reached for to express their hope in one of our darkest hours. I hope you'll read it 👇 thefp.com/p/great-americans-…

Meanwhile, back in the real world, economic growth is driving broad improvements to climate-sensitive outcomes (like crop yields), and rich countries are the main places broadly reducing their environmental impacts, largely thanks to innovations and political space for environmentalism facilitated by growth. Links below.

After last year's LA fires, Newsom pledged to fast-track wildfire prevention projects. Today, they're still mired in red tape. Of the ~87,000 acres that received approval for fuels reduction, only 781 acres have been completed—less than 1%. NEW w/ @christopherrufo @kennethschrupp in @CityJournal

"Men with two children had an estimated brain age that was 0.6 years younger than their childless peers had, and for men with three children, it was 0.7 years younger. That’s similar to the brain benefit associated with exercising 2.5 hours a week." nytimes.com/2026/06/06/opini…

After the LA fires, Gavin Newsom waged war on the bureaucratic red tape blocking critical wildfire-prevention projects. The red tape won. Of the ~87,000 acres Newsom fast-tracked, state-approved groups have completed projects on about 781 acres. Less than 1 percent. In a @CityJournal exclusive, @christopherrufo, @Shawn_Regan and @kennethschrupp used records requests to document the failures of leadership that are leaving California woefully underprepared for wildfires. city-journal.org/article/cal…

Don’t say I didn’t warn ya 🤷‍♂️

Energy policy has been shaped by doomsayers for decades What if the real story isn't about scarcity but human ingenuity? Malthus was wrong, and Simon was right For the first time, the doomslayers are shaping energy policy, and we should celebrate that cato.org/blog/doomslayers-ar…

Important progress for Great Salt Lake: "The pilot project allows a farmer to lease the water to the Great Salt Lake Commissioner's Office. They don't lose their water rights but are compensated for its use." fox13now.com/news/great-salt…

Just outside downtown Vancouver, the Squamish Nation is building one of the most remarkable housing projects in the world: Senakw, which will eventually house 9,000 people. Because it's on First Nations reserve land, Senakw is being built without zoning rules, height limits, parking minimums, or extended public consultations. The only thing they kept was Vancouver's safety standards. worksinprogress.co/issue/how… - The project singlehandedly accounts for 7% of the entire city's new housing between now and 2033. - It's expected to generate around C$10 billion in total income, equivalent to more than two million dollars per member of the Squamish Nation. - The Squamish people approved the project in two referendums that passed with landslide support. Apart from just being really cool, Senakw shows two things that have wider relevance for getting things built. The first is that microdemocracy can deliver support for development if the decisionmakers will benefit from it. This is one example of many that devolving decisions *down* can work at least as well as moving them *up* to higher levels of government. The second is that microdemocracy can bring wider legitimacy. Vancouver's city government *could* have blocked Senakw if it had tried – it is notoriously sceptical of projects like this. The fact that it actually supported the project may show that local self-government can deliver upzoning that has the consent of the wider community, without the need for 'stakeholder consultations'. The fact that the Squamish are a First Nations group does complicate this, though. The story of how Senakw got built is pretty incredible, since much of the Squamish people's 20th Century was spent fighting to get land back that had been confiscated from them illegally in 1913. It was thanks to one Squamish elder (the "Keeper of the Names") and Catholic church records that their property was restored to them. Read the story of Senakw now at Works in Progress, and in our new print issue, arriving at subscribers' doors this week.