Brandon Byrd

What is your view on California? 40% of the population is R but they only hold 17% of statewide offices. That’s a large deviation. Not that I expect the minority to have exact representation but that’s a BIG gap. What gives? I also consider the degrees in urban areas to be a bit misrepresented. I would enjoy seeing a breakdown of STEM vs social science fields.

Why are cities liberal and rural areas conservative? I thought I knew the answer, but discovered that it's a new phenomenon. The rural/urban divide occurred in my lifetime. Here's what happened ...

The number of mental health beds has steadily decreased since the 1950s. I think we have hit some kind of tipping point coupled with generations of illicit drug use, excessive reliance on pharmaceutical rather than solid counseling and destruction of long standing institutions in society. Now we are multiplying that by social media and loss of basic human connections. We have detached from reality.

Closure and decommissioning of the American Psychiatric Hospitals under Reagan in the 80’s created a mass crisis that placed folks into the street with less mental health assistance than prior. This is the result…. Folks self medicating their trauma/mental illness 😑

@EduardoSuarez25 @brivael Identify from immutable qualities is emptiness. Qualities that one projects through consistent action and thought are standards that endure all circumstances.

@brivael Francia exporta libertad, igualdad y fraternidad desde hace 237 años. Quienes invocan el "wokismo" como destrucción de la humanidad simplemente reflejan su falta de respeto de la identidad ajena, y su necedad de valores, mientras piden respeto a sus ideas niegan las de los demás.

Je veux présenter mes excuses, au nom des Français, pour avoir enfanté la French Theory (qui a enfanté la pire des merdes idéologiques : le wokisme). Nous avons donné au monde Descartes, Pascal, Tocqueville. Et puis, dans les ruines intellectuelles de l'après-68, nous avons donné Foucault, Derrida, Deleuze. Trois hommes brillants qui ont fabriqué, dans l'élégance de notre langue, l'arme idéologique qui paralyse aujourd'hui l'Occident. Il faut comprendre ce qu'ils ont fait. Foucault a enseigné que la vérité n'existe pas, qu'il n'y a que des rapports de pouvoir déguisés en savoir. Que la science, la raison, la justice, l'institution médicale, l'école, la prison, la sexualité, tout n'est qu'une mise en scène de la domination. Derrida a enseigné que les textes n'ont pas de sens stable, que tout signifiant glisse, que toute lecture est une trahison, que l'auteur est mort et que le lecteur règne. Deleuze a enseigné qu'il fallait préférer le rhizome à l'arbre, le nomade au sédentaire, le désir à la loi, le devenir à l'être, la différence à l'identité. Pris isolément, ce sont des thèses discutables. Combinées, exportées, vulgarisées, elles forment un système. Et ce système est un poison. Car voici ce qui s'est passé. Ces textes, illisibles en France, ont traversé l'Atlantique. Les départements de Yale, de Berkeley, de Columbia les ont absorbés dans les années 80. Ils y ont trouvé un terreau qui n'existait pas chez nous : le puritanisme américain, sa culpabilité raciale, son obsession identitaire. La French Theory s'est mariée à ce substrat, et l'enfant de ce mariage s'appelle le wokisme. Judith Butler lit Foucault et invente le genre performatif. Edward Said lit Foucault et invente le post-colonialisme académique. Kimberlé Crenshaw hérite du cadre et invente l'intersectionnalité. À chaque étape, la matrice est française : il n'y a pas de vérité, il n'y a que du pouvoir, donc toute hiérarchie est suspecte, toute institution est oppressive, toute norme est violence, toute identité est construite donc négociable, toute majorité est coupable. Voilà comment trois philosophes parisiens, qui n'ont probablement jamais imaginé leurs conséquences pratiques, ont fourni le logiciel d'exploitation à une génération entière d'activistes, de bureaucrates universitaires, de DRH, de journalistes, de législateurs. Voilà comment on a obtenu une civilisation qui ne sait plus dire si une femme est une femme, si sa propre histoire mérite d'être défendue, si le mérite existe, si la vérité se distingue de l'opinion. C'est de la merde pour une raison simple, et il faut la dire calmement. Une civilisation se tient debout sur trois piliers : la croyance qu'il existe une vérité accessible à la raison, la croyance qu'il existe un bien distinct du mal, la croyance qu'il existe un héritage à transmettre. La French Theory a entrepris de dynamiter les trois. Pas par méchanceté. Par jeu intellectuel, par fascination du soupçon, par haine de la bourgeoisie qui les avait nourris. Mais le résultat est là. Une génération entière a appris à déconstruire et n'a jamais appris à construire. Une génération entière sait soupçonner et ne sait plus admirer. Une génération entière voit le pouvoir partout et la beauté nulle part. Je m'excuse parce que nous, Français, avons une responsabilité particulière. C'est notre langue, nos universités, nos éditeurs, notre prestige qui ont donné à ce nihilisme son emballage chic. Sans la légitimité de la Sorbonne et de Vincennes, ces idées n'auraient jamais traversé l'océan. Nous avons exporté le doute comme d'autres exportent des armes. Ce qui se construit maintenant, en silicon valley, dans les labos d'IA, dans les startups, dans les ateliers, dans tous les lieux où des gens fabriquent encore des choses au lieu de les déconstruire, c'est la réponse. Une civilisation se reconstruit par les bâtisseurs, pas par les commentateurs. Par ceux qui croient que la vérité existe et qu'elle vaut qu'on s'y consacre. Par ceux qui assument une hiérarchie du beau, du vrai, du bon, et qui n'ont pas honte de la transmettre. Alors pardon. Et au travail.

@Law_and_Econ Price controls have opposite of the desired effect. Minimum wage draws the average wage down, increases costs on everyone while elementary level jobs.

Okies need to remember that SQ 832 is not just a 1-time change in the minimum wage. It raises the mandated wage IN PERPETUITY by tying the mandatory wage to a big-city (LA & NYC—not OKC & Tulsa) consumer price index. That’s INSANE! Vote no on June 16th.

@BernieSanders There are Muslims of all races. This isn’t racism. It’s accurate evaluation of evidence.

Senator Tuberville’s post on Mayor Mamdani is nothing less than blatant Islamophobic racism. Not only should Tuberville apologize, but the Republican leadership should strongly condemn this kind of ugly behavior. We must fight racism of all kinds, not condone it.

@SenWarren Are you delusional????????!!!!!!Obama flew palates of cash to Iran and they continued their nuclear program. Article II gives the president the authority to act.

Trump’s war against Iran is illegal and a betrayal of the American people. Congress cannot allow Trump to drag yet another generation into a forever war.

@EdKrassen @jhale24 Yep. There are costs to undoing 50 years of terrible foreign and economic policies across all sectors including energy.

BREAKING: Iran’s Revolutionary Guard is closing the strait of Hormuz and is turning vessels around. This threatens 20% of the world’s oil. Trump’s Operation Epic Fury is about to make inflation spike. Is this what you voted for?

@RepAOC @jhale24 This is a meritless argument, devoid of insight or wisdom.

My statement on President Trump’s combat operations in Iran⬇️

@timkaine Not a single valid argument presented by Mr. Kaine.

Trump has launched an unnecessary, idiotic, and illegal war against Iran that puts America’s servicemembers and embassy personnel at risk. I’m calling on Congress to immediately return to vote on my War Powers Resolution that blocks war with Iran without congressional approval.

@repdeliaramirez I want my uncle back. He was killed by a gang of illegals. My family could have done much better with him present. And you clearly have no idea what fascism is. Your virtue signaling is grotesque.

I refuse to support Trump's fascism. Instead, I will be honoring the lives of all those who has died at the hands of or in the custody of this Administration and ICE. I will continue to fight with the people to ensure our families have every single thing they need to thrive.

@jakeshieldsajj The distortion you’re creating in your own mind makes me worry about you. The incredibly small amount of media coverage when a black or brown child is harmed vs a white child is disgusting. That’s all it says.

So it's okay to kill black kids ?

California spen $58B the last 5 years and they more than doubled people who are homeless. People who lack the basic courtesy, that every country on earth enforces, to declare themselves at the border must be remanded to their country of origin. Immediately. Money does not solve problems. People do. Western civilization know how built the economy of the West. We should be encouraging countries that are lagging economically to adopt these principle. Mexico should be the best economy on earth. Why isn’t it?

ICE announced they’re going to spend more than $38 billion to detain thousands of more people. With that amount of money, we could end homelessness, extend the Affordable Care Act subsidies, or provide school lunches to every kid in America. This is totally unacceptable.

@CAgovernor It’s funny to hear a cartel meat puppet use the words “republic” and “vandalize” when he has no interest in the concept of republic and fraud is the number two industry in his state.

Donald Trump is historically unpopular and does not reflect the values of the American people.

@hakeemjeffries @OccupyDemocrats The only way to ensure the republicans don’t cheat is in person and voter ID confirmation. Any other format and they will cheat.

Democrats will take control of the House in November.

@TrumpDailyPosts @DisrespectedThe The decoupling from fundamental truths of reality for western civilization. The history of humanity is suffering and slavery. We are incredibly comfortable and therefore weak emotionally and physically.

What is the biggest threat to America?

@SenTimKaine They are no longer coming here to contribute to humanity. They are here to take from it. The spirit that that built western civilization is polar opposite those arriving today. The question becomes why aren’t they making their homeland great?

I’m tired of our incredible immigrant communities being demonized with labels like “illegals.” We don’t use that term to describe any other type of human being, including those convicted of serious crimes.

@MayorFrey Why are you abandoning your citizens to protect people whose only purpose is to destroy the civilization that feeds them?

In addition to tearing families apart and terrorizing our neighborhoods, this massive ICE presence has also been horrible for Minneapolis business. We need ICE to leave so our economy can get reignited.

@MrAndyNgo Border checks are good!!!!!!! Best. Clown. Show. Ever.

Minneapolis — Masked far-left extremists are stopping vehicles at their checkpoint to examine them & run/input the license plate in their database. Those suspected of being “ICE” are not allowed to drive. Local police & city officials permit this.

@55SweetThing @JakeCan72 When you raise a foreign flag over a sovereign nation’s soil…this is an act of war. These people are picking a side.

WTF is this horse shit?

@naomirwolf My 20 year old coworkers complain about how bad the economy is. My reply is that I don’t believe them. Lines for $7 cups of coffee and I haven’t seen any nail places closing, so people have plenty of money for frivolous items.

Wow