Japan just had the fewest babies born in any year on record. Not since the war. Not since the 1918 flu. Since records began in 1899. 705,809 births, the tenth annual record low in a row, and they're now down 30% in a decade. More than two deaths for every birth. The population shrank by almost 900,000 people in twelve months. This is what a demographic spiral looks like in real time. Fewer young people now means fewer parents in twenty years, which means fewer births in thirty. Recovery requires reversing a trend that has been running for half a century.

ICE rammed a U.S. citizen's car with his infant and toddler inside. They detonated flash-bang grenades. Pointed assault rifles at the family. Filmed the whole thing and posted it online. The man's name is Antonio Valdovinos. He's a carpenter. Born in Long Beach, California. His crime? He attended an anti-ICE protest. A federal judge later ruled the arrest was a "vindictive effort to impose extrajudicial punishment." This is what suppressing dissent looks like when the state has cameras. Who approved this operation?

Elon Musk: "When my kids were born that would be the most inspiring moment for me, And in terms of Work, it’s when we had the first production Roadster at Tesla. It was like hard to believe that we actually made a car that passed all of the regulatory requirements and you could actually go on the road with it legally Because when we started out, we didn't even know how to make a car"