Democrats have long pointed to Europe as something to emulate. The argument against them was that the European lifestyle is unsustainable. And now that things are crashing and burning, Democrats are pointing to the rubble and still saying "this is still something to emulate."
It really gives one pause.
It sounds like a conspiracy theory, but "California gas is expensive because of a failed high-speed rail project" is 100% real.
Almost half of ALL GAS TAXES go to funding the high speed rail project that hasn't delivered a single functional piece of rail in the last 11 years.
Great explanation of why California gas prices are higher than in other states, in the @sfchronicle of all places.
26¢/gallon goes to "cap-and-invest" which funds high-speed rail.
sfchronicle.com/california/a…
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Democrats sincerely want to outlaw political dissent, you know, like fascists.
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Good morning. Things are not fine in the West.
EXCLUSIVE: Insight reveals SAS soldiers hunting Isis leaders in Syria were arrested for murder and had homes raided — only to be sent back behind enemy lines
Our report on Operation Tanglement ends years of secrecy to expose crisis in UK special forces
thetimes.com/uk/defence/arti…
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French school students understandably upset about repeated failures to find replacement teachers for their romantic poetry classes
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You’re 25x more likely to be a millionaire than be homeless in the US
Replying to @hasanthehun
everyone thinks for some reason that they are closer to becoming a millionaire than becoming homeless.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Recent polling shows a majority of US voters believe they are more likely to become homeless than a millionaire. US data show roughly 23.6 million millionaires versus ~746,000 experiencing homelessness on a given night.
dataforprogress.org/blog/2026/8/13…
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Anyway, you guys DO realize that this Roadster is planning stage technology for low gravity moon and Mars vehicles right?
Because that's what all the research into shoving these thrusters into a small vehicle is really for.
Remember. Everything Elon does is about space.
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I asked Claude Opus 5.5 to make an unofficial commercial for Apple HomeView.
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liz warren: we’re gonna stop the mayonnaise company from buying a hot sauce company
elon musk:
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So we CAN critique women's appearances and choice of clothes again?
Fit Check of the Week: New White House press secretary Katie Zacharia.
As VF style correspondent José Criales-Unzueta notes, Zacharia is a prominent example of the MAGA look. The aesthetic has become a signifier of the Trumpian era, likely because part of the Trump visual language is for women to look and behave in a certain anachronistic, hyperfeminine way, wearing über high heels, more makeup than anyone could ever need, and long, salon-wavy hair in a shade of blond that cannot be found anywhere in nature.
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