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This really needs to be a t-shirt from @LorenzoTheCat.

@Patrickwebb So the 92 year old would be the survivor? Great, glad I didn't know that before the dinner.

BREAKING: Chuck Grassley, 92, skipped the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in case he needed to assume the role of U.S. president as third in the line of succession, per NY Post.

@IAPolls2022 @BlueGeorgia Notice Trump hasn't endorsed either one.

TEXAS POLL - Senate 🟦 James Talarico: 46% 🟥 Ken Paxton: 41% — 🟦 James Talarico: 44% 🟥 John Cornyn: 41% Texas Public Opinion Research | 4/17-20 texastribune.org/2026/04/28/tex…

@KhymaniJames Traveling with a burner phone is the only way I would travel these days.

How is it that I, A U.S CITIZEN, am being told that I can’t RE-ENTER THE U.S by AMERIKAN CBP officers in CANADA? All because I said NO to searching my personal electronic devices?? What the FUCK is going on????? CANADIAN BORDER PATROL OFFICERS ARE CONFUSED JUST LIKE ME!!!!!!

@Angry_Staffer I'm sorry but unless proven by a non partisan group of investigators, I will assume he is the boy who cried wolf. His admin can't be trusted.

Basically this. We can’t turn into MAGA and just assume everything is rigged, staged, stolen, etc. Let the investigation play out.

@joncoopertweets I think Texas is sleeping on the redistricting. I think the Republicans thinned their districts more than they realize. I'm expecting some flips they didn't see coming. People aren't happy with the cost of anything and it's all on the Republicans.

Estimated redistricting shift so far: Texas +5 R California +5 D Utah +1 D Missouri +1 R North Carolina +1 R Ohio +1 to +2 R Virginia +4 D Net: roughly +1 to +2 Democratic seats nationally

@DanCollins2011 2nd opinion, that is way way over the average even if a sinus lift is needed.

U.S dental prices: My Mom was just quoted for 1 tooth implant. $12,000.

@Hoover5454 @allenanalysis He's not running reelection.

@allenanalysis Primary

🚨 BREAKING: The House just failed to end Trump’s Iran war by ONE vote. 213-214. One Democrat. Jared Golden of Maine. That’s it. That’s the margin. One Democrat crossed the aisle and gave Trump the war.

@ddale8 He makes up stuff everyday, now the Pope is included. The difference, the Pope has a massive audience and respect the at Trump doesn't have.

The president of the United States is now inventing nonexistent statements from the Pope: cnn.com/2026/04/16/pol…

@Angry_Staffer And Rubio is at a wrestling match. Why is SOS not there as well?

JD Vance: we have not reached an agreement

@jonfavs @CJHnygfan She said she "was never a victim of Epstein" . Honey, no one and I mean no one has ever used that word to describe your relationship with him. So many other words, but not the word "victim" .

Ok so who's about to break the Melania/Epstein story she just tried to get ahead of?

@HedgieMarkets I'm old enough that I rolled windows down. I will not ever pay for a subscription for a car feature. I'm old school and not going to play this game.

🦔Honda's 2026 Passport removed the physical garage door opener button from the mirror and replaced it with a subscription service through MyQ. To use it, owners need to install a MyQ receiver in their garage, connect it to their home router, and pay either $129 for three years or $179 for five years. Owners who want to retrofit the original Homelink mirror instead can buy the part separately from Honda for $170. The previous generation of the same car had the button included as standard. My Take The garage door button itself is minor. What it represents is a deliberate strategy that automakers have been refining for years, testing how much friction consumers will tolerate before pushing back, and the answer keeps moving in one direction. BMW started with heated seats. Now Honda is removing physical hardware that existed in the previous model and replacing it with an app ecosystem that requires a subscription, a new garage receiver, and a home router connection to replicate what a button did. A car is a one-time purchase and a subscription is recurring revenue that scales with your installed base, so every feature that can be moved behind a paywall improves margins without additional manufacturing cost. The problem is that buyers paid for a car that is now functionally worse than the one it replaced unless they pay again. The only thing that changes that calculation is enough buyers deciding it affects their purchase decision, and so far the evidence suggests most don't until it's their car. Hedgie🤗

@Angry_Staffer @LynnRucker8 Nothing. We've lost members of our military, many have been injured, billions lost in the logjam at the straight, Iran has leaned to monetize the straight and nothing cna be done and the world knows we have a rudderless person in charge.

Serious question: Folks who support the framework of the deal being presented: What did we gain in almost 40 days of war?

@yashar @AntiToxicPeople

NEWS The Islamic Republic of Iran’s foreign minister says in a new statement: “For a period of two weeks, safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz will be possible via coordination with Iran’s Armed Forces and with due consideration of technical limitations.” It is unclear whether that will require a seven-figure toll, as some others have paid, and the inclusion of “technical limitations” is noteworthy.

@NeilFlochMD That doesn't pay your malpractice premium.

I was just offered 50/hr. To work as trauma surgeon on call for 24 hours.

@Moonlight_myths I go to lunch with a friend and her husband all the time. I pay for myself and they pay for themselves as it should be. I pick it up for birthdays and they pick up mine for my birthday.

Yesterday I went to dinner with my wife and her friend. When the bill came, I paid for myself and my wife. Her friend paid for herself. No one said anything, it just happened naturally. Later that day I found out they had an argument about it. Her friend thought it was strange that I didn't cover her bill too. I thought about it for a bit,

@ArtCandee What's funny is someone thought he had stopped.

Is Republican Senator Lindsey Graham hitting the sauce again? Yikes.

@TheFungi669 @SpeakforLynn Usha Vance was born to non citizens, Vivek Ramaswamy was born to non citizens

Trump: “Birthright citizenship is a scam and should not be allowed.” Grok: “Tiffany Trump is the only one of Trump’s kids who is not a beneficiary of birthright citizenship. All the other kids were born before his wives became U.S. citizens.”

@KurtSupeCPA 11K a month, I only need a small portion of that. They've had a large life and it shows.

Couple came in eighteen months before his retirement date. I suggested something I do with clients who are ready. "Let's run a retirement dry run. Live on your retirement income for ninety days. Right now." They thought it sounded simple. Week three she called me. "We've barely left the house and we've already overspent." They'd never actually lived on a number before. Forty one years of two incomes covering everything. The retirement budget assumed $11,000 a month. Ninety days in they were running $15,400. Not extravagantly. Just actually living. We spent the next twelve months figuring out the real number. Rebuilt the whole plan around reality instead of optimism. He retired eight months later than planned. Those eight months bought them a retirement they could actually afford to live in. The most expensive assumption in retirement planning is that you know what your life actually costs. Most people are genuinely shocked when they find out.

@MikeBales @HarrisonLansing 2 weeks is generous, now AI is doing all first looks. It's designed to kick them out.

Your doctor went to medical school for 12 years. The person denying your claim went through a two-week training module.

@Angry_Staffer @BigWinInTx But buying low is the trademark of market manipulation. It's rinse and repeat.

The Dow has almost completely erased the gains for Trump’s entire presidency. Are we great again yet?