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Dan Whitcomb

@DanWhitcomb

Former Reuters correspondent. Traveler, Japanese detective novel enthusiast, Dylanologist

Los Angeles Inscrit le Ekim 2011
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Dan Whitcomb
Dan Whitcomb@DanWhitcomb·
Is Buffalo Trace About to Buy Jack Daniel’s? A $15 Billion Bid Emerges From the Bourbon Wars After a Failed Merger inc.com/amaya-nichole/…
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Masterpieces of Japan
Masterpieces of Japan@JapanTraCul·
The Nikko Road, by Kawase Hasui, 1930
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City of Huntington Beach
City of Huntington Beach@CityofHBPIO·
A message from the Huntington Beach Fire Department Marine Safety Division: This morning, around 10:00 a.m., lifeguards observed a 9–10 ft great white shark actively feeding on a sea lion carcass in the surf line at Sunset Beach. The shark was exhibiting aggressive behavior near shore. In addition to the inherent danger posed by a great white shark in the area, the risk increases when they are actively feeding on large food sources. For public safety, the water is closed for 48 hours within one mile in each direction at North Pacific Avenue and 12th street (Sunset Beach Tower 12). We ask that all beachgoers check in with lifeguards and follow posted signs during the closure.
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Hany Girgis
Hany Girgis@SanDiegoKnight·
🚨 California residents — this is critical. Chamath Palihapitiya just exposed the truth about the proposed “Billionaire Tax” ballot initiative for 2026. It’s actually an Everyone Tax. On page 26 (Section 50310), it gives the state legislature the power to amend the law by a 2/3 vote and turn it into a recurring tax on anyone — not just billionaires — without your approval. You’d have to: • Report every asset you own to the Franchise Tax Board • Let them appraise and audit your stuff • Face up to 40% penalties if they disagree with your valuations • Allow subpoenas of all your financial records 34 pages of fine print for something that was supposedly “just for billionaires”? Come on. Read it yourself: oag.ca.gov/system/files/i… Vote NO in 2026. This is how they sneak in wealth taxes on the middle class. Share this — California families need to see what’s really in the fine print.
Chamath Palihapitiya@chamath

On page twenty-six of “The Billionaire Tax” proposal in California, it explains how the state legislature can convert from a Billionaire Tax to an Everyone Tax without voter approval. They can also adjust the tax to be a yearly tax, not just one time…again, without your approval. Intelligence test for you: if this was meant to just target Billionaires, why did they write this in?

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Dan Whitcomb@DanWhitcomb·
Iran would reopen Strait of Hormuz, postpone nuclear talks if U.S. lifts blockade and war ends: Reports cnb.cx/3Qzdfe7
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Chamath Palihapitiya
On page twenty-six of “The Billionaire Tax” proposal in California, it explains how the state legislature can convert from a Billionaire Tax to an Everyone Tax without voter approval. They can also adjust the tax to be a yearly tax, not just one time…again, without your approval. Intelligence test for you: if this was meant to just target Billionaires, why did they write this in?
Chamath Palihapitiya@chamath

The Billionaire Tax is actually an Everyone Tax. The Billionaire Tax is a new tax proposal written by four professors who don't believe in the American dream. Some of them aren’t even American…go figure. Despite its name, it applies to every California resident who currently has assets or ever will. The creators named it the Billionaire Tax so you would get into a froth andwouldn't look closely at what it actually does to you. On page twenty-six, it explains how the government can convert to an Everyone Tax without voter approval. They can also adjust the tax to be a yearly tax, not just one time…again, without your approval. Here's how the tax would work: As a voter, you're being asked to approve a tax that would require you to: 1. list all your assets and the value of each, then submit them to the California Franchise Tax Board. 2. authorize the tax board to appraise your assets and confirm the value of each. 3. pay a penalty of up to forty percent of your tax bill if the board determines your reported value was too low in their opinion. 4. allow the tax board to subpoena your financial records from every one of your financial institutions for auditing. This Everyone Tax runs 34 pages of shifty language describing how the government plans to take your assets. Read the fine print and decide for yourself. If this were truly a billionaire tax, it would be 3 pages. It’s 34 pages so that it can create the mechanisms to steal from all of you.

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Swish 🍒 Tennis
Swish 🍒 Tennis@Zwxsh·
Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer have really been enjoying retirement, it seems
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Marysia@marysia_cc·
Kyoto Walking by Jade Zhang
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ZOOT@GetZootUS·
Shohei Ohtani whenever I have the Dodgers to win
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Masterpieces of Japan@JapanTraCul·
Kumoi Cherry Trees, by Yoshida Hiroshi, 1920
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Masterpieces of Japan@JapanTraCul·
Early Summer Rain, Arakawa, by Kawase Hasui, 1932
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Pacific Legal 🗡⚖️
Pacific Legal 🗡⚖️@PacificLegal·
BREAKING: NYC rewrote its elite high school admissions criteria in 2019 to reserve 20% of seats using eligibility rules carefully designed to exclude Asian American students. Yesterday, we filed suit to stop the City from engineering admissions outcomes by race.
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Terrible Maps@TerribleMaps·
The Pacific Ocean is so vast it could hold 16 Polands
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Pacific Legal 🗡⚖️
Pacific Legal 🗡⚖️@PacificLegal·
BREAKING: The California Supreme Court just unanimously ruled that the California Coastal Commission unlawfully overrode a county-approved building permit — one of the most significant checks on the Commission's power in the 40 years since Nollan v. CCC.
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