These guys SUCK
Chamath Palihapitiya admits his blind spot on America's broken two-tier economy
PALIHAPITIYA: "I got it totally totally totally wrong. I got it totally wong."
"I'll go through all the ways in which I got it wrong, but I just want to first acknowledge what my blind spot is. Like most people's blind spots, but I can just speak for myself, it is through the lens of my own lived experience and very narrowly what is in my best interests. And I think what we had was a move away from the culture wars that was very much in my best interest, but I think it was in everybody else's best interests as well. I don't think that was on the ballot. But what I don't think I understood clearly enough, and I think that this election has made extremely clear, is that since COVID, we have moved past political ideology. And I want to say this again: I do not think Democrats or Republicans matter. That is my real takeaway after this election. There is a central block of people that vote the prescient issues of our time."
"It was a gargantuan win for Biden, then it was a gargantuan win for Trump, and then it was a gargantuan win for the Democrats in these midterms. What are these people voting for? I think what they are shouting now—they were trying to signal and now they are shouting—is a broad-based belief that the economy has completely decoupled from reality and is broken. The economic reality in America is broken."
"There is a small percentage of people, the four of us on this pod and all of our friends, who are the asset owners of America. And we have benefited in every weather condition. When rates were zero, we benefited because we were able to build our businesses with very cheap capital. When rates were high, we benefited because we had pricing power. And in every condition in between, whether there were tariffs, whether there were not tariffs, whether there were subsidies, whether there were not subsidies, we've all managed to continue to accumulate and grow assets, but we are few and far between."
"And then there's everybody else who are wage earners, and the structural capacity of the American economy to support and grow wage earners is broken. It's clear. Why do I say that? I do not think, and I disagree with Freeberg, I don't think this has anything to do with socialism. I don't think the far left won particularly more than they were expected. I don't think the far right won particularly more than was expected. This is a complete and total repudiation about the state of the economy. The economy is broken. I have a few charts to support my point of view. Number one, if this was ideological and if ideology mattered, money in politics would have had a more direct impact on the election."
I like how they are trying to rewrite Marco like he didn’t get embarrassed in 2016 and is just trumps puppet now.
MUST WATCH 🚨: Sean Hannity: “Names of three people in your head right now that you’d vote for, for president.”
Stephen A. Smith: “You won’t like it. I’d vote for Wes Moore, Governor of Maryland. I’d vote for Josh Shapiro, Governor of Pennsylvania. I’d vote for Marco Rubio.”
Sean Hannity: “Okay. Talk about what is it about Marco?”
Stephen A. Smith: “He’s an adult in the room. There is no questioning his qualifications for the job.”
Sean Hannity: “If it’s Marco and anyone other than Wes and Josh, you vote for Marco over the Democrat?”
Stephen A. Smith: “Yes.”
Sean Hannity: “Over Newsom?”
Stephen A. Smith: “Yes.”
Sean Hannity: “Over Kamala?”
Stephen A. Smith: “Yes. I’d vote for Marco Rubio over anybody that’s out there right now, other than Wes Moore or Josh Shapiro.”
“He’s a former Senator. He’s the president’s Secretary of State. I think when you see what’s happening with our foreign policy. He deserves all the credit in the world.”
“He’s also the National Security Advisor. He’s also obviously, arguably, the second most powerful person in this country.”
“And he conducts himself like the adult in the room. He’s there for business. He’s not there to be fawned over like some people I know that happen to be president.”
Oh no. Another one that thinks trees vote.
We need an electoral college on the state level. There are too many people distributed so unevenly for a straight popular vote to be sustainable going forward.
Over half the population of New York State lives in the NY metro area and Long Island. They have an outsized influence in who runs the state. Upstate New York might as well be a different country compared to the City. Rural farmland, beautiful mountains. People who live much different lives and live at the mercy of politicians and governors elected by and working at the behest of the five boroughs.
Upstate and Western New York deserve to have a chance to have a voice in state government. They deserve to have actual representation so their interests aren’t sacrificed to satisfy the idealism of New York City.
Democrats will never allow such a plan to take place, though. It would mean Republicans actually having a chance at the governor’s office again. The only other option is splitting the state in 2. I would prefer to avoid this outcome.
Steve hates when Americans actually vote.
Oh go away Susan
Senator Susan Collins to The New York Times after losing re-election:
“Everybody ignores the fact that I voted to convict him in the second impeachment trial,” Ms. Collins said.
“What bigger break could there be? It is never enough. I want results and they want angry rhetoric.”
nytimes.com/2026/11/04/us/po…
