This Obama's "You didn't build that" philosophy. Anyone who got wealth must have either just been lucky or stole it. Thus, it's okay for the government to take it. The truth: wealth is causal. It exists and was created because someone gets to *own* it.

Yo, @elonmusk is not a trillionaire. He's not worth a trillion dollars. This valuation is based on taking the marginal stock price and assuming he could sell all that he owns for that marginal price. And he can't, for two reasons. First, the demand curve won't allow it. All that supply would push the price way, way down. And second, much of the stock's current value is premised on Elon's control of the company. People believe he's the best guy to run it. If he sold the stock, he'd lose control of the company, and that would also drive the value down. Compare this to Trump. A fair estimate of his value is his real estate portfolio because if he could sell Trump Tower for $3B today, he really is worth $3B . No doubt, Elon's worth a lot of money, and may be the wealthiest man alive, but there should be a better way of measuring the wealth of an individual than the "market cap" that is completely unrealizable.

Election integrity is one of the most important issue of our time. While courageous members of Congress are fighting to pass the SAVE Act, we should not elect someone who fails to take this issue seriously. Mark Lamb testified that there was no fraud in the 2020 elections, he said the same thing in Spanish on Univision, and his claims affirm he would not have voted with Biggs against certifying the 2020 election. It raises serious questions about whether he can be trusted to continue Andy Biggs’ legacy of fighting for safe, secure elections

Two PEACEFUL Muslim Migrant employees of @harrow_council showing why diversity and inclusion works.. “Call a police man and he will f*ck you up , we work with them” They turn their body worn cameras off and then make serious threats to an Englishman..

Been thinking a lot about that Boardwalk Empire episode where Nucky ran guns to Ireland. No reason.

The best the other side could muster at the TX GOP convention in Houston. SAD!

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Is a side effect of Ozempic that it makes people less jolly?

RT @Righteousdudett:

There is no reason that the state government couldn't have done this all themselves, could have in-sourced it entirely. You pay billions (?) for a state university system. Why not leverage that to provide the necessary tech knowhow and not can 200 middle-class jobs?

Thank you @pgentala. A very principled stand. To all those criticizing Plattner in Maine, the challenge now is whether you stand with Lamb or not. I agree with Peter. No.

I had to read this three times before I could believe it was real. Rotherham. A small town in northern England. For sixteen years, at least 1,400 children — some as young as eleven — were raped, gang-raped, and trafficked between cities by organized groups of men. Eleven years old. Petrol was poured on them so they would stay quiet. Their families were threatened with death. Photos were taken and used as blackmail. The police knew. The council knew. The social workers knew. For sixteen years, not one of them moved. Why? Because officers were afraid of being called racist if they acted on what they were seeing. That was the whole reason. While children were being sold, adults were protecting their own reputations. That is the moment something in you breaks. And here is the part that makes it worse. The TV networks did not report it. The papers did not chase it. When the journalist Andrew Norfolk finally broke the story, even he thought maybe 150 girls had been hurt. The real number was 1,400. He was staggered. This should have been the biggest story of the decade. It was not. The networks looked away. The advertisers preferred safer topics. The cover-up did not end when the report was published — it continued in the silence of every newsroom that refused to chase it. Then Elon Musk bought X. The advertisers fled. The press declared the platform finished. X almost did not survive. But it did. And on X, the names of those towns started trending. Rotherham. Telford. Rochdale. Oldham. Towns the country had been told to forget. Britain understands itself differently today. Not because the politicians confessed. Not because the broadcasters apologized. Because one platform refused to let it stay buried. X almost did not survive. 1,400 children almost stayed forgotten. That is worth saying out loud.

17-year-old Cordarius Hobbs allegedly broke into Billy Blair and his wife Virginia Carol Blair's home last Wednesday and killed the couple. Billy was 74, Virginia was 71. He has been arrested for their murders. Are we tired of being prey yet? Another "isolated incident" that just keeps happening over and over.

The little girl (then 5, now 8) cannot sleep. She cannot talk. She blinks to communicate. She got to use her voice for all of 3 or 4 years of her life before it was stolen. She cannot articulate a single word of her trauma and therefore heal, at least psychologically. Perhaps he stalks her in her dreams. She is trapped in her own mind. No way to share her worries, memories, dreams or thoughts of any kind. Her tears must be silent too. Her laughter as well. If indeed she laughs any more. She has to be sedated at times. If all this isn't enough for you to say "enough" then I am afraid you are both inhuman and inhumane. She is just a little child. This was done to her because of the government and because of a grown man's minor grievance. A man who never should have been here. A man who still requires an interpreter after 26 years. A man who was reported to have seemed "cheerful" and "jocular" when it was put to him that what he did was gravely serious. He has shown no remorse. The victims and family are subjected to a trial. Not that the child can ever give testimony. 40 mins deprived of oxygen to the brain will produce that effect. Will silence your voice. Potentially forever.

Very productive day in DC tackling the screwworm issue head-on. I met directly with the EPA, Congressman @chiproytx and the USDA, all about expediting potential solutions. Farmers, ranchers, and everyone else in TX-23 need action, not talk. I’m here to deliver.

Police hunting for creep accused of breaking into 8-year-old's NYC bedroom, sexually assaulting her trib.al/zuKNsY0

Looks like IQ tests are back on the menu, boys!

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