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“But I reckon I got to light out for the Territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she’s going to adopt me and sivilize me, and I can’t stand it.”
Joined December 2008
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There really is only one way to improve representation for all Americans in Congress: UNCAP THE HOUSE! It’s what the founders intended; they did NOT want to see Congressional Districts that were bigger than most major cities. Want to dilute the influence of courts and partisans, UNCAP THE HOUSE!
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Gas prices in the U.S. have reached another wartime high. The average price of regular gasoline in the U.S. rose more than 6 cents yesterday to $4.18 a gallon. Prices have now risen $1.19 since Feb. 28, the day the Iran war broke out.
🔗: on.wsj.com/4w4ex11
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These problems with Iran have been going on for 47 years. We need skilled negotiators with depth of historical knowledge to get a deal that makes this military action one that actually protects America’s national security.
The president sent two real estate developers. Why would any of us be surprised by the lack of results?
Fisher-Price Is Pivoting to AI-Powered Autonomous Weapons Manufacturing mcsweeneys.net/articles/fish…
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5 states with the highest top marginal individual income tax rates:
1. California (13.3%)
2. Hawaii (11%)
3. New York (10.9%)
4. New Jersey (10.75%)
5. District of Columbia (10.75%)
In 2019, MIT professor Patrick Winston gave a legendary 1-hour lecture called “How to Speak.”
It has 18M+ views for a reason.
His frameworks:
• Your ideas are like your children
• The 5-minute rule for job talks
• Why jokes fail at the start
15 lessons on communication:
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The fewest counties in the fewest states required to win the U.S. presidential election
District of Columbia Retrocession (1846): The return of approximately 31 square miles of land originally ceded by Virginia to form the District of Columbia. Congress passed an act to return the land. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distri…
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you might think everyone is unfathomably evil when you spend a lot of time online. then you go outside and meet normal, sweet, well-adjusted people, and realise the quiet truth we don’t like to say out loud: nobody who’s well-adjusted spends much time online.
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2. Conversation Partner
“Chat with me in French as if we’re friends at a café. Correct mistakes and explain in English when needed.”
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Trump's war on facts has reached a new level and the message is clear: Government officials who deal in data now fear they have to toe the line and adopt his version of reality no matter how false or risk losing their jobs. nytimes.com/2025/08/03/us/po…
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Don't let partisan comments and cherry picked charts confuse you about who is paying the tariff. If foreigners were paying the tariffs, import prices would be falling. Instead the opposite is happening.
The Ōtsu incident (11 May 1891) was an assassination attempt on Nicholas (later Emperor of Russia) "His wound was not life-threatening but caused excruciating headaches for the rest of his life" and influenced Russo-Japanese relations in the early 1900s. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8C…
Battle of Celaya, 6–15 April 1915 "On April 13, the División del Norte again attacked Celaya. Once again, Obregón’s well-positioned forces endured the Villista onslaught, only to mount a devastating counterattack on the flanks of the enemy." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle…
Nelson W. Aldrich (1841–1915) The unpopular Payne–Aldrich Tariff of 1909 shifted in Congress left in the 1910 elections. By that time, the once powerful Aldrich was fixated on creating a central bank. Keeping the plan secret led him to Jekyl Island en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson…
Bajío
He (Obregón) knew that Villista troops controlled almost the entire northern two-thirds of the republic. In that light, he drew his enemy into the Bajio....eight hundred miles away from Villa’s power base.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baj%C3…
Konstantin Stanislavsky (1863–1938) and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko met in 1897, founding the Moscow Art Theatre (MAT) in 1898. They envisioned a theatre focused on realism, psychological truth, and a modern, relevant repertoire
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konsta…
Convention of Aguascalientes (October 10 to November 9, 1914) "Villa’s triumph at Aguascalientes forced Obregón’s hand. Rather than subordinate himself to a government controlled by Villa, he joined forces with Carranza" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conven…