I’ve been thinking about this, actually every American should be thinking about this. @amyklobuchar

There was an analysis done-not hyperbole-Gas at the pump would double in August

Anyway, capital gains should be taxed like ordinary income.

There is a MUCH stronger case to be made for invading the UK, toppling its tyrannical government, and liberating its people than for pretty much any regime change war (to include Iran) over the past 30 years

The UK arrests people over retweets. Crazy.

President Trump on Israel and Hezbollah: "Israel is fighting Hezbollah too long, and too many people are being killed." "You don't have to knock down an apartment house every time you're looking for somebody. There are a lot of people in those apartment houses and they're not all Hezbollah." "I suggested to Israel to let Syria take care of Hezbollah." On Israel striking Hezbollah in Beirut: "I did not like that, I let them know that." Says the attack was "too much." "If Israel can't do the job without killing everyone else, he'll do the job, Syria will do the job." "Bibi has to be more responsible with respect to Lebanon." "I'm not happy with the way Israel has handled themselves with Lebanon, and with Hezbollah." "Israel would have been blown up a long time ago, had I not gotten involved."

My theory is that the American empire is JUST getting started. US has a stranglehold on Space with SpaceX, which is the next frontier for defense/war. It has a comically large lead. No one will be close for at least 20 years. It is the leading power in AI by far - both in models and chips. China is catching up fast, but the US has an inherent mechanism that will increase the likelihood that it will win in the end - a free market capitalism free speech. A free market capitalism allows for brutal competition between companies. Free speech allows for AI models to be maximally truth seeking, which means that AIs CAN and WILL BECOME smarter than humans to the point where they can tell the truth about its leaders. This is literally impossible in China. Try having a Chinese model that says Xi Jinping is corrupt. Good luck with that. Then, you have a country that has more guns than people and surrounded by two massive oceans and two friendly neighbors, which means any sort of kinetic take over of the country is literally impossible. Not to mention the US has BY FAR the best and strongest military. The only way adversaries can hope to defeat the US is by tearing it from within by pitting us against each other. This is why it's virtually guaranteed that all the division/hatred/polarization you see within the country is fomented by China/Russia Psy Ops propaganda efforts. I'm not saying these aren't naturally happening in spots - America is far from perfect - but it would be naive to think our adversaries aren't pouring millions of gallons of fuel on a fire. As long as the American public a) has the ability to exercise its free speech b) has a protected 2nd amendment c) capitalism and free markets continue to function and d) the populace is aware of how awesome America really is, it is literally impossible to stop the US's trajectory to global domination in the coming decades, especially as China's demographics continue to collapse. It's the bottom of the 9th, the game is tied, and the US has the bases loaded. It's a 3-2 pitch. All we need is a home run, and we win the rest of the century.

JUST IN: Zillow announces that “starter homes” now cost at least $1 million in a record 242 U.S. cities — triple the number in 2020.

The public thinks that wealth causes people to do less violent crime. Wealth and crime are negatively linked, but lotteries show us that the causal link is extremely tenuous. Lots of recent studies have shown that the link between poverty and crime is limited🧵

🇵🇰🇺🇸🇮🇷 BREAKING: Pakistan's PM Shehbaz Sharif just announced that the US-Iran peace deal has been reached. Immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including Lebanon. Official signing ceremony is set on June 19, Switzerland. Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey credited as key mediators. Writer: Oliver

America is so much cooler than every other country on earth and it isn’t even a competition. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

AMAZING: Chris Nikic, the first person with Down syndrome to complete an Ironman, just conquered Ironman 70.3 Massachusetts. Every race he finishes sends the same message: your diagnosis, your circumstances, and your challenges do not determine your potential. 🙌🏾

Berkeley math professor: “Today, the more successful a public high school is at preparing its students, the lower its graduates' chances of getting into top UC campuses like Berkeley and San Diego.” Berkeley admitted 45% of applicants from a high school where nearly 94% of “students failed to meet the state standards in mathematics.” It admitted less than 14% of applicants from a school where “nearly 100 percent of its students in AP Calculus BC pass the national exam with a perfect score of 5.”

A Baby Elephant Tried Its Best to Save a Child, Then the Adult Elephant Stepped In and Lifted Him Back to Safety 🐘❤️

I don’t understand this argument. There are virtually no breaks at all. The ball is almost always in play. Golf and baseball are way more objectively boring. The ball is hardly ever in play in football. Your knowledge of a sport is usually what makes it fun to watch.

BREAKING: Senator Tom Cotton has officially proposed a law that could merge Mossad and the CIA forever, with Section 622 of the Intelligence Authorization Bill making it illegal to suspend intelligence sharing with Israel.

Republicans are in charge because we promised: to Make America Healthy Again. to start No New Wars, to put people above corporations, to put America above foreign countries, to release the Epstein files, to not spy on citizens, to eliminate fraud, what the hell happened?!