Michael
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@JamesSurowiecki You definitely missed the PPP posts from yesterday.
Let me tell you something about Akash. During a project at Berkeley, I accidentally deleted our entire codebase 2 days before the deadline. I panicked. Akash just stared at the screen, shrugged, and rewrote everything from scratch in one night—better than before. We submitted early and got first in the class. Many such stories. I trust him with everything I own.
Big News - Talked to the DOGE team. They are going to plug in to help upgrade our aviation system.
@rabois So is it your view if congress votes for a $800 billion defense budget hypothetically, and a Democrat was President, that President could disregard Congress and tell the Pentagon to only spend $400 billion? Genuinely want to understand your position.
If the United States deploys troops to forcibly remove Muslims and Christians—like my cousins—from Gaza, then not only will the U.S. be mired in another reckless occupation but it will also be guilty of the crime of ethnic cleansing. No American of good conscience should stand for this.
We have offered the United States of America the opportunity to outsource part of its prison system. We are willing to take in only convicted criminals (including convicted U.S. citizens) into our mega-prison (CECOT) in exchange for a fee. The fee would be relatively low for the U.S. but significant for us, making our entire prison system sustainable.
