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To understand Musk's renewed obsession with X and focus on financial services, you REALLY need to understand the X/Confinity merger that became PayPal.
And, particularly, the Peter Thiel-led coup that kicked Musk out as CEO/Chief Strategist.
Here's how that happened. 1/🧵
Imagine if liberals or the Dems had a nationwide messaging apparatus, an actual propaganda arm, which pumped out Jared Kushner’s name and alleged misdeeds daily, 100s of times. Then you start to understand the messaging imbalance in this country & how GOP gets away with so much.
Hunter Biden has already been mentioned at least 104 times *this morning* on Fox News and Fox Business, according to a transcript search. It's not 10am eastern yet.
1st…this brother deserves a freaking award (my family surely does not love me enough to be that unselfish. 2nd…that little girl is how I was the first time I met Jim Kelly. 3rd…that’s my freaking QB! 🫶🏼
An older brother passed up a shot at an autograph while asking @JoshAllenQB to find his sister and give her a hug and the @BuffaloBills QB did just that! She was in tears! 🥰
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This past May, country star Jason Aldean released a new song called “Try That in a Small Town,” which has lyrics that are—there’s really no nice way to say this—corny as hell.
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For those out of the know, Elon's been trying to make 'X' a thing for almost 25 years now. Starting with X .com in 1999, then SpaceX, then Tesla Model X, then naming his son X, then xAI announced this month, and now X Corp. He tried to get PayPal to be named X too.
When companies refuse to pay a living wage, they force taxpayers to cover the difference through social safety nets.
We are all paying more because giant, profitable companies like Walmart and McDonalds want to pay workers less.
The minimum wage should be a living wage.
It’s been 14 years since the last federal minimum wage increase–the longest period America’s lowest paid workers have gone without a raise since the min. wage was first put into effect. In a nation with abundant resources refusing to guarantee living wages is policy murder. (1/4)
Alert!
The House Judiciary (House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution and Limited Government) will be holding a hearing on gender affirming care in congress on Thursday.
It is expected to be extremely hostile.
Republicans are beating the drum on national trans bans.
Watson blames the media for the “narrative” of at least 25 women suing him for sexual harassment and abuse.
Zero remorse. So much for the league-mandated counseling, treatment and clinicians.
Life isn’t so great for everyone in small towns. The “Whites Only” signs may have been removed after Jim Crow but the whites only mentality & actions still remain with some folks in the south.
#SaveTheSouth
For three years Patrick Braxton, mayor of Newbern Alabama, has been harassed and locked out of city hall by white self-installed town leaders. The population of Newbern is 85% Black.
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Can we stop saying ‘Greta Gerwig scores biggest opening wkend ever for female director’ and start saying Greta Gerwig scores bigger opening weekend than any man this year - and most other years too. It’s the 24th highest opening in HISTORY. It’s bigger than TOP GUN MFING MAVERICK
We are mirrors! What you see in others is just your reflection! Could reflect your wounds or your healing!!
So be mindful with your words because what you say about others say more about you than them!
Happy Monday sweet friends!
You are the best! 🖤🐝
Elon is restricting our team from tweeting, he has removed non-verified accounts (non-paying accounts) from Tweetdeck and has killed all third-party interfaces. He's driving Twitter down so much that there is a 17% decline in activity across the platform.
Josh Allen & Hailee Steinfeld are adorable together and he looks genuinely happy.
Girl better treat our QB right or else she'll have the whole mafia on her ass.
There's a bizarre democracy crisis in Georgia: elections for various offices keep being canceled!
And while this is happening for different reasons, the overall picture is one of people holding onto public offices beyond their terms, or gaming their departures.
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Are people really this stupid or just trolling for attention? I can think of dozens of people who would LOVE to live in this house, but it costs $800,000 with 7.5% interest. It was easier to buy a house during the great depression than it is now, and it's not because we're picky
Most of us grew up in houses this size. It amazes me that young couples all feel they need a house ten times this size to start out in. No wonder there is a housing crisis in this country. Drive by any new developments and you never see economical houses this size being built.