Brett Chang

Zohran Mamdani is being heckled right now at a press conference in Brooklyn, NY, by someone whose words I can't hear, but watch how he's dealing with it. Mamdani has the unique skill of knowing how to handle and walk into every room and engage with people, no matter how toxic they are or how their feelings are against him. And many times, make them feel heard. Elected officials, nonprofit and religious leaders, advocates, and activists on both sides of the political spectrum who met with him told me that. Don't take my word for it, President Trump is pretty public about it. That's why he's currently the mayor of New York City. If you don't like his politics or you're like me, who opposed his candidacy and is still troubled by some of his actions and statements, then don't take this post the wrong way; read into it how you should be better to communicate your message. Yes, putting ego aside for any public figure is not easy.

@SeanSilcoff Thank you for the shoutout!

Weston family funding launch of a national digital-media startup, sources say theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…

It's so funny to look at these figures. Huang would have to pay a one-time $7 billion sum on $155 billion fortune. "Who cares" is absolutely the appropriate reaction. It means nothing to him. David Sacks types look like the biggest babies in the world.

Dick Cheney dead…Zohran winning…RHOSLC tonight…perfect Tuesday

Big things coming

You could chose your leftism to be identified with A) Build tons of cool fast trains and airports and affordable homes or B) Use a lot of weird words no one understands and ABOLISH COPS and 'eating bananas is actually colonialism.' One of the above works

Saikat Chakrabarti — AOC's fmr chief — isn't like other progressives: He's extremely wealthy. He's worth at least $167 million per his financial dsiclosure. He may be wealthier than Nancy Pelosi, who he's running to unseat in SF. I asked him about that. Here's what he told me:

did it work

Dan Campbell isn’t quitting. Love this

@BradMBradford No @ChrisSpoke??

Today, we hosted our second roundtable meeting for the Missing Middle Advisory Group at City Hall.

This dropped hearing aid prices by 90%+. Countless people who couldn’t afford hearing aids can hear now. Biden has done a ton of stuff like this. Don’t listen to the doomposters who tell you it doesn’t matter who’s in office. It does.

@andrewaperez We love to see a progressive cop in charge of a brutal colonial regime 🫡

Fondly remembering my Grandpa Joseph Perez, who we lost 28 years ago today. I was only 10 when my Papi Joe passed and yet I still often reflect on his remarkable life: Born in Algiers, French Algeria in 1915 to poor French Pied Noirs parents of Spanish origins, my grandpa was an inspiration to all who knew him. Despite his Spanish surname, he was as French as they come smoking Gauloises cigarettes and drinking Pastis. He was the first person in his entire family to receive a post-secondary education and become a white collar worker, rising in the French public service to the rank of Police Commissioner - a role he held in both Algiers and Paris. As a young professional, he learned Arabic because it was the right thing to do living and working in a majority-Arab country. Most of all, I remember Joseph Perez for his resilience and sunny outlook. In 1962, as a result of France’s defeat in the bloody Algerian War, my grandpa abruptly lost his homeland and every single belonging he owned save for a suit case; yet in the face of incredible adversity, he didn’t pout, look back or surrender to animosity. Instead, rebuilt his life in mainland France - always loyal to the French Republic even when it wasn’t loyal to him. More recently, I learned that my Grandpa was quite the secularist and a political progressive for his time. His very modest roots instilled in him a steadfast belief that government had a role to play in lifting everyone up, regardless of background. He disdained France’s far-right and believed in equity for all. Papi Joe (and the example he set for all who knew him) will be in my thoughts today. #cdnpoli #onpoli #topoli

Not really a milestone, but a staggering statistic: @Bruce_Power, the most productive thermal power plant on earth, has now produced, as of the end of 2023, 1,564.6TWh of electricity. It was the first plant to hit 1PWh, ahead of Gravelines in France, and once uprated to over 7,000MW, will be even more productive, not to mention the potential addition of up to 4,800MW of capacity at Bruce C, pushing it over 11,000MW nameplate, making it the largest thermal plant ever constructed.

A few days ago at a @betakit conference I spoke on the on the 🇨🇦 government's proposed changes to the capital gains inclusion rate. Afterwards, a # of people approached me asking for more clarification on my views. Here we go...

Always great to hear @DSkilleter on Free Lunch!

@danielbreezcpa @taylorscollon Still life changing! You’re seriously out of touch if you think a million dollars isn’t life changing for the average Canadian.

@danielbreezcpa @taylorscollon I sold my business and made over a million dollars and it changed my life!

@Nickkadysh Better think through the succession planning to ensure the family can either pay the tax upon transfer or sell the home and enjoy the proceeds. These are rich people problems.

@bchang You get taxed before you sell anything. The transfer to the younger generation triggers the capital gain.

damn good thing they'll have all the proceeds from that **second home** to fall back on

@ShannonBDouglas @taylorscollon and you're just some internet weirdo who believes the trans-agenda is ruining canada - you're 1. a bigot and 2. will never have to worry about ever getting close to the $250k cap gains threshold 👋👋👋

@ShannonBDouglas @taylorscollon yeah and it rocked but you asked for my credentials and that's it so don't tell me i don't know anything about capital gains taxes