“Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.” Chesterton

Los Angeles, CA
Joined September 2011
Guessing an intern reminded you that you should say something about the looting and violence. Only took almost 3 hours.
Replying to @RoKhanna
I unequivocally condemn violence and vandalism. I have always championed my grandfather's example of non-violent protest. Let us not be blind to the anger young people have against the unholy alliance of wealth and power. The billionaires buying politicians. The corruption.
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He’s in luck: The ratio of total millionaires to billionaires in America is roughly 23,600 to 1.
I'd rather have an economy that makes 1,000 millionaires than 1 billionaire.
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Especially when I’m “I need glasses to read” years old!
I believe “SHAMPOO” and “CONDITIONER” should be the two biggest words on the bottle. Not size 8 font on a matching background like I’m supposed to solve a fcking puzzle in the shower.
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Welles Crowther was a former Boston College lacrosse player and a New York City firefighter who carried a red bandanna. On September 11, 2001, Welles ran into the World Trade Center to rescue those in need. 25 years later, his life and legacy endure with one of the most powerful traditions in sports, BC's Red Bandanna Game ❤️
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What kind of unethical (at least) nonsense is this?
TRUMP: IF THE REPUBLICANS WIN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE IN THE MIDTERMS, I WILL ISSUE A $5000 PAYMENT TO EVERY ADULT IN THE UNITED STATES.
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You mean like comparing prices on the CA border to the AZ border?
With LA gas prices surging, a few minutes of comparison shopping can make a surprisingly big difference. trib.al/aDg2gxk
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Agreed 💯
25 years after September 11, 2001, my overwhelming sentiment remains what it was on that day: anger. I still feel pretty much the same level of shock when I see the footage as I did when I saw it for the very first time. I don't think it'll ever change. nationalreview.com/2026/09/l…
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This is my shocked face 😑
BREAKING: 𝕏 reveals it uncovered a Chinese bot farm of roughly 200,000 accounts, including hundreds used to influence U.S. debate over AI data centers & energy policy.
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On the last day of the Obama administration the national debt was $19.95 trillion. Now it’s $40 trillion. Trump and Biden and Congress under both parties doubled the national debt in the last decade. Once you get past the fun finger pointing, the fact remains this was a bipartisan failure.
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In your mythical scenario, what happens to the price of tea when it’s hot or ice cream when it’s cold? 🤔
We should all be worried about "dynamic pricing." That's when companies change their prices in real time. If it's hot out, the cost of ice cream could go up. If it's cold, tea bags could go up. It's a way for giant companies to squeeze you even more.
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C ◎ L Ξ retweeted
David @friedberg on the hypocrisy of @RoKhanna: "This is some dude who has a $300M net worth. His children have memberships at 3 country clubs." "The dude lives in a $10M house in Washington, DC." "And he used to be the moderate Silicon Valley guy who would go around to all the tech CEOs and founders and VCs and be like, 'Give me your money. I'm a moderate. We're going to make the Democratic Party work for you.'" "Then he saw the tides change, and he's like, 'Oh, this is yum, yum. I'm going to run for president in 2028.'" "Just to be clear on this, he is so unlikable, I think he'll likely end up being Secretary of Housing and Urban Development if AOC is elected president." "I do not disagree with him or Gavin or anyone else that tax policy in America is fucked up." "When billionaires borrow against their unrealized capital gains, they should pay capital gains tax. Capital gains tax should be 40%, not 15% or 18% or 20%. In fact, labor should pay less. Income tax should be much lower. Capital gains should be much higher. That would be a fair tax policy." "I don't know a lot of people who are wealthy who will look me in the eye and truly disagree with that." "It's a lot of bullshit when we all say, 'It incentivizes investment.' Great, it incentivizes investment. What are you going to do with your excess capital if the tax rate is 40% versus 20%? You're not gonna invest it now? Of course you're going to fucking invest it." "But instead of those practical solutions like I just laid out, they're all like, 'Let's go fire up the fucking socialist train because it's worked so well in fucking Cuba and Venezuela and the Soviet Union and all these other places.'" "What both parties are missing is a policy agenda that says: Here's the shit we have to do to keep America from going down the socialist death spiral. And they all should be fucking doing it, both sides."
Ro making that bank ahead of him seizing 5% of his homes and golf courses 😂
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Tell me you don’t know how interest rates work without telling me you don’t know how interest rates work. Trump:
TRUMP: LET THE RATES GO DOWN, OUR GDP WOULD BE 10 TIMES BIGGER
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This is precisely what happens when you freeze the rent on 1 million units
BREAKING: Manhattan rents reach all-time-high of $6,655/month as Mamdani pushes rent freeze and Pied-à-Terre Tax
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ID to buy groceries = just ID to vote = racist
Turns out that they're going to impose an ID card system "library card-esque" for the government grocery stores in New York. Just like when I had to use my national ID to buy food in Venezhela and they told me what I could buy and how much. Thank you supreme leader Mamdani.
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“Baseless conspiracy theory”
A new poll finds 40% of respondents believe in a baseless conspiracy theory that the coronavirus was created in a lab in China. There is zero evidence for this. Scientists say the virus was transmitted to humans from another species. trib.al/m0pJe4b
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My biggest takeaway from this Fauci stuff is that we aren't mad enough.
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What is it that when there’s a debate it’s one side - always the same side - that needs to use caution? 🤔
Sophie Cunningham must use caution in trans sports debate | Opinion ftw.usatoday.com/story/sport… 📸 Trevor Ruszkowski, IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect
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You can vote your way into communism. But you can't vote your way out.
Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega said the Central American country will no longer hold elections. xitter.cf/RapidReport2025/status…
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Read the article you referenced Congressman @RoKhanna. It refutes you. Barzar earns $32.90 an hour, has over $1 million in his 401(k), $15 co-pays, a house with a pool, and had every one of his wife's three brain surgeries covered in full. Costco gave him this. Not Congress. Not a wealth tax. Not you. A private company, freely, because paying and keeping good workers is good business. That's the whole point you keep missing. Costco proves the market rewards productive labor without a single mandate. Their stock is up 2,000% doing it. The "living wage" you want to force already exists where value is freely traded, and it was built by the very system you spend your days attacking. So what's your actual purpose? Barzar isn't bitter. He's grateful, and proud, and he built a good life. You'd rather teach the man with less to resent the man with more, when Costco shows there's nothing to resent, only something to aspire to. The producer earns his reward. Envy earns nothing. Stop selling grievance and let the market you fear keep lifting men like Tony Barzar.
If workers actually earned a living wage and could afford a middle class life, there would be so much less bitterness and anger in our society. Costco shows that policies of a living wage and worker ownership can also be good for business. wsj.com/business/retail/he-e…
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