[Note: story has been updated with new information below]
If the Biden years were a golden age for DEI hires, the Trump years are when the bubble finally burst.
Is there any more poetic a metaphor for throwing your career away than dumping a trash can on the street so you could steal it? What, just because it was painted pretty colors? A chick with a job like hers could probably have had one made custom — or at least bid on one when the city put them out to auction.
This moment went viral…
As expected, Knicks fans were stealing the signature blue and orange garbage cans during the parade yesterday
pic.twitter.com/0UXyHHsVSv— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) June 19, 2026
Was super-proud of herself on the subway…
Knicks in 5! pic.twitter.com/DLaMBIs8xg
— DJ JUANYTO, LLC (@DJJUANYTO) June 19, 2026
As it happens, images like that go viral in NYC. That might not be a problem for some schlub pushing a broom, but she happened to be an executive in JP Morgan Chase. The New York Post describes the next chapter in her unfolding drama this way:
Angie Báez, 40, was promoted to Executive Director of Community and Industry Engagement for Card and Connected Commerce at JPMorgan Chase more than a year ago, according to her LinkedIn profile.
She previously served as Executive Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at New York-based review website The Infatuation, which Chase acquired as part of its broader push into lifestyle and experiential content.
Sources say the bank looked into the incident after the video surfaced and a JPMorgan Chase spokesperson told The Post, “This employee is no longer with the company.”
[…]
Baez also appears to have co-founded a queer and Black, Indigenous and People of Color-owned talent agency, Same Page Co. which is “focused on increasing representation and equity in media and industry. It works with artists/talent on creative projects, photoshoots, strategy, and business affairs.” —NYPost
She was so proud of stealing that trash can.
And for what?
UPDATE: shortly after posting this story, we stumbled on a post that put an exact figure on just how stupid that petty act of larceny really was:
The Knicks themed trash cans from the parade can now be added to your home 🗑️🧡💙
Only NY is selling the 2026 champions edition home waste basket and pen holder for Pre-Order
The waste basket retails for $168 and the pen holder retails for $58 pic.twitter.com/hVTmGpeGDV
— Complex Style (@ComplexStyle) June 20, 2026
She could have owned one lawfully for $168.
She chose to immolate her future instead.
Congrats, chica. You played yourself.
