DataRepublican (small r)

Hello Mr. Platner, Ratio. That's it. That's the whole rebuttal. You are someone who, by the virtue of his Reddit posts, manages to be simultaneously a filthy-literal-Communist and anti-Semite. That in itself is an egregious sin, because literal, card-carrying Communists are fundamentally at odds with America's norms. But if that weren't enough, you have voluminous Reddit posts defending the Nazi Totenkopf symbol. You clearly knew the tattoo you got and you defended it publicly. There's no either/or way about it. Scum attracts scum. Which is why you can comfortably swim in both literal-Communist and literal-antisemitic far-right circles. I am no fan of Sue Collins. But the fact you are running against her, that you have even the smallest chance of defeating her -- you, as someone who is a self-admitted Communist, someone who has Nazi sympathies -- not to mention all the horrific, personal-life stuff -- You are the worst candidate in history, right AND left. You are the authoritarian evil that every "democracy" group speaks about, yet they will hypocritically not say a word against because they believe that being anti-Trump is more important than allying with Communists or Nazis. You are not "populist." On the contrary: You are the perfected example of how liberal democracy has rotted so far that they'd rather stay silent about you, hoping you'll win against the most moderate Republican in the Senate, than to hand Trump the possibility of retaining the Senate.

@bullfrog35 Gonna get more interesting tomorrow AM. Mike Pence. Didn't believe my own eyes.

@DataRepublican 1985….like a pin and a balloon. Wow.

Graham Platner calls himself a Communist and has been active in DSA. So why are certain factions insistent on having an alliance with the populist left? Haven't the past 150+ years taught us what the fruits of Communism brings? Communism (actual card-carrying Marxism, not "free health care" rhetoric) should be every patriot's red line. And if that isn't a red line, but Israel is, then something has gone badly wrong. You're comparing the most deadly ideology in history to the Middle East's only democratic sovereign state. If you can tolerate Marxism but not Israel, it's fair to ask what your red lines are actually based on.

The same people who routinely said that their product was going to destroy white collar employment as we know it are now saying that half their company can't do any meaningful work due to export controls. Possibly this will give them all a chance to reflect.

“We don't want to sell our most advanced capabilities to the U.S. military, but we will continue to ship them to foreigners.” What did people think was going to happen.

@ElderberrySmell I watched videos of the Carlsons defend Platner. I decided to QT Loomer over the primary source. She'd be the first to tell you that I'm no fan of hers.

@ChristianHeiens Categorical error. If there's anything the post Cold War era has given us, it's that trillions (yes, trillions) has been spent producing copious research and material on how to produce "nonviolent" regime change. Our side just hasn't bothered to look at it. 3.5% cuts both ways.

The people are not going to rise. They're never going to wake up. They will sit there and suffer endlessly as things continually get worse. They will accommodate themselves to whatever is inflicted upon them, so long as it's gradual and done by degrees. This is what Progressives have banked everything on. They genuinely believe they can remake mankind in their own image, as long as it's done in phases. They will take an issue on the extreme edge of the Overton Window and force it into the mainstream no matter how unpopular it may be, because they believe that a generation or two down the road, that contentious topic or issue will become the new normal. And they're at least partially right. Human nature can't be changed, no matter how they may try, but they can certainly normalize almost anything if given enough power, money, time, and above all else, institutional capture to take something deeply controversial or unpopular and enforce it with religious-like orthodoxy. Waiting for a people who have been conditioned their entire lives into accepting Progressivism as just a normal part of the modern political discourse to reject the entire ideology root and stem is like waiting for rural Afghan goat herders to reject the Taliban and embrace free market capitalism and liberal democracy. It's not going to happen. The people will never rise up on their own and overthrow a Progressive regime while living inside a world that's entirely built by that regime. But that doesn't mean the regime itself can't be overthrown at all. It just requires knowing what must be done, having the courage to do it, and obtaining the necessary political power to make it happen.

🧵 THREAD: You've heard the phrase "OUR DEMOCRACY" a million times. But what exactly is "OUR DEMOCRACY"? 🤔 When they say "democracy," they don't mean a republic. They don't mean consent of the governed. They don't mean your right to choose your own leaders. They mean a system where "institutions" - NGOs, multilaterals, the permanent bureaucracy - advance a set of values they consider settled: equality, social justice, cosmopolitanism, global governance. These values aren't proposals to be voted on. They're treated as moral prerequisites that must be true *before* your vote counts. Despite what they say, they aren't for checks and balances. Checks and balances limit what government can do to you. This limits what you can do to *them*. The brakes are on accountability, not power. The institutions that set the boundaries of acceptable policy have put themselves beyond the reach of the electorate, and they call that arrangement "democracy." Trump has been an existential threat to this system since the moment he said "drain the swamp" ... because the swamp IS the system. When he threatened those institutions, he didn't threaten the republic. He threatened their immunity from it. And they said so. On camera. At their own events. In their own words. As always, patience as I pull together the thread.👇

@data_republican @deaflibertarian The asset inflation generational trap is real. But it takes a special person to decide to be a public school teacher in the Big Island of Hawai'i and complain about not being able to own a home.

@DataRepublican @deaflibertarian I saw this post, too. I don't dare comment because younger people think boomers had a robust economy and never had to work hard for our money because we stole it all from future generations.

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the most dumbest of them all?

Hey @AlexanderSoros: Maybe give @elonmusk a lesson on how to create generational political influence on the taxpayer’s dime. Teach him how to convert tax-deductible charitable donations into political expenditures, while the donors take the deduction. You’ve already mastered it. The federal returns are public.

So, like my daughter @DataRepublican, I've never made a formal endorsement either. I wanted to wait until after the primaries, but John Strand is so remarkable that I feel compelled to endorse now. This is my district. There are quite a few candidates running for this seat, and many are good candidates. I've met them all and even know several of them. BUT John stands out. What is most impressive to me is his J6 experience (as told by my daughter): "In 2022, the DOJ offered John Strand a plea deal. One misdemeanor; a wrist slap. His co-defendant took a similar deal and got 60 days. All he had to do was say he was guilty of something he believed he wasn't guilty of. He said no... twice. He went to trial. A D.C. jury convicted him on all five counts, including a felony carrying up to 20 years. He was sentenced to 32 months in federal prison. He spent four months in solitary confinement ... punished, in part, for helping other J6 defendants get outside support and for speaking publicly about conditions inside. Then the Supreme Court ruled in Fischer v. United States that the obstruction statute used against him was wrongly applied. He was released, and on January 20, 2025, he was fully pardoned." This kind of integrity cannot be ignored! He was recently endorsed by Turning Point USA @TPUSA. I'm quite sure Charlie would approve! Please repost! And FL-19, please VOTE for John Strand @JohnStrandUSA!

Leaving rockets aside... SpaceX owns about 2/3 of all satellites in space, over 10,000. By comparison, our US government owns only about ~500. SpaceX is a virtual monopoly for the satellite grid for the foreseeable future just like Tesla is a virtual monopoly on self-driving. Think about what this means for not only Starlink but analytics, intelligence, etc. at scale.

I'm really happy for everyone who became millionaires today and especially happy for Elon, but can someone please explain to me how SpaceX generates money? Who is paying for what? I seriously don't understand it.

@pmarca The only abundance that Democrats offer is JB Pritzker’s pants

We're gonna abundance so much, you may even get tired of abundance. And you'll say, please, please, it's too much abundance. We can't take it anymore. Mr. Musk, it's too much, and I will say no it isn't, we have to keep abundance, we have to abundance more, we're gonna abundance more!

We need more mass deportation advocates like John Strand in Congress! Too many get up here and instantly sell out to special interests to protect Sanctuary Farms, Factories, and Hospitality.

"Only if we put the soul first will we escape the death trap of rebellion–gaining the ability to have nice things (like robot servants) without discovering one day that, through them, we have destroyed ourselves." @jamespoulos, on why he believes rebellion is not the answer👇

FLORIDA !! Do yourself a favor and vote for @JohnStrandUSA You won’t be sorry.

🚨🇺🇸 ENDORSEMENT: John Strand for Congress, Florida's 19th District (FL-19) 🇺🇸 I've never done a formal endorsement like this, and I don't know if I will do many more. I want to explain why, because endorsements are not free. If I'm wrong, I've spent credibility I can't get back. I know that. I also know several of the people running for FL-19, and I want to be clear that this is not a slight against any of them. Some of them are good people who would serve honorably. I just think one of them is the right person. I'm endorsing @JohnStrandUSA . I used to live in FL-19; @data_republican lives there. I still care deeply about who represents that district. And when I looked at this race, one story kept pulling me back. In 2022, the DOJ offered John Strand a plea deal. One misdemeanor; a wrist slap. His co-defendant took a similar deal and got 60 days. All he had to do was say he was guilty of something he believed he wasn't guilty of. He said no... twice. He went to trial. A D.C. jury convicted him on all five counts, including a felony carrying up to 20 years. He was sentenced to 32 months in federal prison. He spent four months in solitary confinement ... punished, in part, for helping other J6 defendants get outside support and for speaking publicly about conditions inside. Then the Supreme Court ruled in Fischer v. United States that the obstruction statute used against him was wrongly applied. He was released, and on January 20, 2025, he was fully pardoned. He could have taken the deal; almost everyone did. He looked at the easy road and the hard road and he chose the hard road because he believed it was the truthful one. That is a man whose faith is not decorative. I've met and talked to John. He gets it. He understands what it means when the machinery of the state is aimed at you personally... not in theory, but in a SWAT team at your door and a concrete box they put you in for months. That kind of experience either breaks a person or clarifies them. John came out clarified. He's sharp and charismatic. He is running in a crowded primary that includes two former congressmen from other states who are looking for a soft landing. John Strand is not looking for a soft landing; he already proved that. FL-19, and the entire nation, deserves someone who has been tested and didn't fold. That's John Strand.

Congratulations @JohnStrandUSA ! I knew you were the right choice!

@nicksortor Congratulations @elonmusk , well deserved!

🚨 BREAKING: Elon Musk speaks from Starbase as SpaceX goes public, with the largest IPO EVER "If people had told me this was going to happen [years ago], I would be like, man, you must be smoking some REALLY good crack because I think this company is going to fail!" 🤣 "I gave SpaceX less than a 10% chance of succeeding at all, to be clear. In fact, I told people this: I said, 'look, we're probably going to fail, but, you know, we should give it a try because if we don't, if if there's not a new company that enters space, we will never be a truly spacefaring civilization.'" 💯 @elonmusk $SPCX