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Christian Shield@CShielddad·
It occurs to me that the following 3 quotes are foundational to being a man, and might serve as the basis for raising one.
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Christian Shield@CShielddad·
@AndrewCMcCarthy One can build a reputation over an entire life, then throw it away in an instant. Mueller will live in infamy. He chose it. So, no. It's not sickening. He can reap what he sowed.
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Imtiaz Mahmood@ImtiazMadmood·
Do you truly understand what Japan just gained? As a Japanese citizen, I’m telling you—this moment changed history. Trump's Pearl Harbor joke wasn't an insult. It was the key that finally unlocked something buried deep in the Japanese soul. For 80 long years, we've carried apology and guilt like a permanent shadow—haunted by the past, bound by the Constitution America wrote for us, forever in "reflection mode." He turned that raw wound into a shared laugh between equals. No more endless atonement. No more vassal shadow. The curse is broken. Japan is free now. Thank you, Mr. President. We're allowed to stand tall again—as true partners, not subordinates. The strongest alliance in the world is rising—equals, brothers, ride-or-die. - @sow413
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Gain of Fauci@DschlopesIsBack·
I truly can’t believe that people actually voted actually for this freak.
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Christian Shield
Christian Shield@CShielddad·
@ChrisMurphyCT Protecting illegals aliens at the expense of citizens... genius Wait until they move ICE agents into airports to do the job of the TSA. Get wrecked...
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Chris Murphy 🟧
Chris Murphy 🟧@ChrisMurphyCT·
This is the only thing you need to know. Democrats want to open TSA. Republicans are refusing because they want to attach ICE funding. That’s why there are long lines. ICE.
Brian Schatz@brianschatz

We are enthusiastically willing to pay TSA workers today, and we will keep trying, but the sticking point is that Republicans want to attach ICE funding to it. We are not in agreement about ICE, but I don’t think workers and travelers should have to wait for an ICE deal.

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Christian Shield
Christian Shield@CShielddad·
@MarkWarner Obama sent pallets of cash in cargo planes to Iran to be used by that terrorists regime. I don't remember your staunch opposition then, so sit down and shut up. (Your comms team is fucking retarded)
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Mark Warner@MarkWarner·
I remember when my Republican colleagues blasted Barack Obama over $400M tied to hostages and an old debt with Iran. Now, under Donald Trump, sanctions relief on 140M barrels of Iranian oil could net Tehran up to $15 BILLION — while the U.S. is at war. Where’s the outrage now?
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Governor Abigail Spanberger
I voted YES on Virginia’s redistricting referendum. Virginia’s approach preserves our bipartisan redistricting process for the future. It also responds to other states that are catering to a President who says he’s “entitled” to more seats in Congress. 🗳️ Vote by April 21.
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Christian Shield@CShielddad·
@GetOnTap Vote NO on April 21. Everyone else pray for us to survive the beltway parasites and AWFULs.
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The Appalachian Podcast
Gavin Newsom had charisma and a brain. He’s a sleaze but can still move the needle. He’s like the modern Bill Clinton. This walking corpse is so unlikeable that she’ll be turned on in no time. Nobody wants to see the crypt keeper representing them. T
Alex Jones@RealAlexJones

I present to you the creature the CIA literally installed in Virginia to destroy the state. She takes fakeness to the level of perfection. She is the female version of Gavin Newsom and she wants to take everything you have….

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Christian Shield@CShielddad·
@piersmorgan Care to apologize for all your past pearl clutching. Man enough to admit you were wrong?
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diawlectical
diawlectical@diawlectical·
High Point remains a hilariously fake school where one of the main draws is a campus steakhouse to teach students how to do business over dinner
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Christian Shield@CShielddad·
@AlecMacGillis If you haven't been, you should go see it. They get what seemingly every other institution of "learning" has forgotten- they should take whatever lump of clay arrives at its threshold and make it the best it can be. Not that novel a concept.
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Alec MacGillis
Alec MacGillis@AlecMacGillis·
High Point University in NC, which beat Wisconsin in basketball today, conducts campus tours on golf carts, offers wealthy students private housing for $40,000 per year and built an "airplane-cabin interior" so that students could rehearse sitting next to an executive on a plane.
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Christian Shield
Christian Shield@CShielddad·
@GuntherEagleman For the slow learners.... it's a meme (no attribution on the quote) x.com/michaelarothma…
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𝗩𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥 𝗗𝗔𝗩𝗜𝗦 𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗦 𝗘𝗨𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗔𝗡 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗭𝗢𝗣𝗛𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗔. Britain initially refused to let us use Diego Garcia. Then agreed — only for "defensive purposes." Spain refused NATO base access entirely. France and Germany expressed reservations. Trump asked European allies to send a few ships to help patrol the Strait of Hormuz. They declined. And yet: most of Europe's oil comes from the Middle East or North Africa. They need the Strait open. They need the Red Sea clear of Houthi attacks. They are closer to a nuclear Iran than we are. They know it. And they want the United States to handle all of it — while publicly criticizing us for doing exactly that. VDH calls it European schizophrenia. Here's his diagnosis. 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗽. Germany opened its borders under Angela Merkel — the German version of Alejandro Mayorkas. Today 16% of Germany's population were not born there, the vast majority unassimilated Muslims. Other European countries run 6 to 12 percent. And the communities that arrived are often 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 than the countries they left — which were radical enough. They don't want to integrate. They believe their birth rates and continued immigration will eventually dominate their host governments. And European governments are terrified of them. So when it comes to confronting Iran or expressing support for Israel — the internal political math makes it nearly impossible. They won't lose the votes. They won't risk the streets. They stay quiet and whisper to Washington: you handle it. 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝘀𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲. Germany dismantled its nuclear plants. Shut down coal. Refused to develop its own natural gas. Refused offshore oil. The result: energy costs two to three times higher than economic competitors, and total strategic dependence on the Middle East and Russia. You cannot have an independent foreign policy when your economy runs on energy imported from the very region you're supposed to be confronting. That's not a position. That's a hostage situation they built for themselves. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱: 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗮. After the Cold War ended, Europe decided history was over. So they disarmed. The result: tiny Israel — 10 million people — fields more frontline combat aircraft than Germany, France, and Britain combined. Israel is flying sorties every day with some of the best pilots in the world. Europe's three premier NATO partners cannot match them. This is not a funding gap. It's a failure of will that has been building for thirty years. 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵: 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗽𝘀𝗲. American fertility is already a concern at 1.65. European fertility in some countries has fallen to 1.1. There is a cultural consensus in parts of Europe that children are an obstacle to the good life. A civilization that stops reproducing cannot sustain a military, fund a welfare state, or project power abroad. And yet they've added millions of impoverished immigrants demanding entitlements, straining the very socialist safety net they've built their political identity around. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲. In 1982, Britain needed to retake islands 8,000 miles away. The United States gave them 2 million gallons of fuel, sophisticated intelligence, and the offer of a carrier. Without American help, they likely fail. Now — when we ask to use Diego Garcia to confront a nuclear threat to the entire Western world — Britain stalls and adds conditions. VDH's point is blunt: they forgot what American support looks like when it's withdrawn. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗺 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲. Europe has 450 million people and a GDP roughly the size of China's. Even burdened by green energy policy, open borders, low fertility, and creeping socialism — it has the resources to be a full military partner. It chooses not to be. It knows what needs to be done. It wants it done. It will not do it. And then it will criticize the country that does. 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 — 𝘢𝘴 𝘝𝘋𝘏 𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 — 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤.

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Gunther Eagleman™
Gunther Eagleman™@GuntherEagleman·
🚨 BREAKING: MACRON IS ABANDONING SHIP — France will “NEVER” take part in operations to liberate the Strait of Hormuz! “We are not a party to the conflict.” Classic French surrender
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M.A. Rothman
M.A. Rothman@MichaelARothman·
𝗩𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥 𝗗𝗔𝗩𝗜𝗦 𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗦 𝗘𝗨𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗔𝗡 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗭𝗢𝗣𝗛𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗔. Britain initially refused to let us use Diego Garcia. Then agreed — only for "defensive purposes." Spain refused NATO base access entirely. France and Germany expressed reservations. Trump asked European allies to send a few ships to help patrol the Strait of Hormuz. They declined. And yet: most of Europe's oil comes from the Middle East or North Africa. They need the Strait open. They need the Red Sea clear of Houthi attacks. They are closer to a nuclear Iran than we are. They know it. And they want the United States to handle all of it — while publicly criticizing us for doing exactly that. VDH calls it European schizophrenia. Here's his diagnosis. 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗽. Germany opened its borders under Angela Merkel — the German version of Alejandro Mayorkas. Today 16% of Germany's population were not born there, the vast majority unassimilated Muslims. Other European countries run 6 to 12 percent. And the communities that arrived are often 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 than the countries they left — which were radical enough. They don't want to integrate. They believe their birth rates and continued immigration will eventually dominate their host governments. And European governments are terrified of them. So when it comes to confronting Iran or expressing support for Israel — the internal political math makes it nearly impossible. They won't lose the votes. They won't risk the streets. They stay quiet and whisper to Washington: you handle it. 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝘀𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲. Germany dismantled its nuclear plants. Shut down coal. Refused to develop its own natural gas. Refused offshore oil. The result: energy costs two to three times higher than economic competitors, and total strategic dependence on the Middle East and Russia. You cannot have an independent foreign policy when your economy runs on energy imported from the very region you're supposed to be confronting. That's not a position. That's a hostage situation they built for themselves. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱: 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗮. After the Cold War ended, Europe decided history was over. So they disarmed. The result: tiny Israel — 10 million people — fields more frontline combat aircraft than Germany, France, and Britain combined. Israel is flying sorties every day with some of the best pilots in the world. Europe's three premier NATO partners cannot match them. This is not a funding gap. It's a failure of will that has been building for thirty years. 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵: 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗽𝘀𝗲. American fertility is already a concern at 1.65. European fertility in some countries has fallen to 1.1. There is a cultural consensus in parts of Europe that children are an obstacle to the good life. A civilization that stops reproducing cannot sustain a military, fund a welfare state, or project power abroad. And yet they've added millions of impoverished immigrants demanding entitlements, straining the very socialist safety net they've built their political identity around. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲. In 1982, Britain needed to retake islands 8,000 miles away. The United States gave them 2 million gallons of fuel, sophisticated intelligence, and the offer of a carrier. Without American help, they likely fail. Now — when we ask to use Diego Garcia to confront a nuclear threat to the entire Western world — Britain stalls and adds conditions. VDH's point is blunt: they forgot what American support looks like when it's withdrawn. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗺 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲. Europe has 450 million people and a GDP roughly the size of China's. Even burdened by green energy policy, open borders, low fertility, and creeping socialism — it has the resources to be a full military partner. It chooses not to be. It knows what needs to be done. It wants it done. It will not do it. And then it will criticize the country that does. 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 — 𝘢𝘴 𝘝𝘋𝘏 𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 — 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤.
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Nick Nemeth (Mispriced Assets)
TLDR: I am a recovering alcoholic with no fund, no credentials, and no lobbyist. I rebuilt myself from nothing. Then I broke into finance with no degree, no pedigree, and no permission. I parsed SEC filings for a $31.5 billion private credit fund called Cliffwater. Not because anyone asked me to. Because nobody else would. The filings are public, but they are buried in footnotes that are not indexed, not searchable, and not structured for analysis. I have been told by fund managers that nobody even attempts this. Billions of dollars in pension capital, and the people who manage money for a living do not bother to read the filings. So I read them. Every loan. Every amendment. Every semi-annual PIK disclosure. 2,330 positions. I hand-researched fifty. I found 189 loans where borrowers are paying interest with more debt instead of cash. I found over 50 loans that are not generating enough cash to service their debt at all — carried at par on the books of a fund that has never reported a losing month in 41 months. The fund's Sharpe ratio is 3.75. Bernie Madoff — who was fabricating returns and could pick any number he wanted — ran a 3.5. He got caught because the numbers were too smooth by Markopolos. The greatest quant fund in history, Renaissance Technologies, runs a five or six. Cliffwater is claiming risk-adjusted returns that would be impossible even if you insider-traded with perfect information every single time, because the volatility of the underlying markets would still prevent it. Nobody asked questions. Bloomberg confirmed 14% redemptions 48 hours after I published. S&P cut the fund's outlook to negative this week. Cash on hand fell 76% in six months. This is not an isolated fund. This is the structure. $9.4 trillion in private equity. $3.5 trillion in private credit. They all pay their own valuation agents. The valuation agents decide what the funds are worth. No valuation agent has ever been fired for saying the number was too high. The marks produce the NAV. The NAV produces the fees. The fees come from pensions. The pensions come from firefighters and teachers and nurses in Oregon and California and Illinois who will never read a private placement memorandum in their lives. Wall Street ran out of rich people. The endowments were full. The sovereign wealth funds were tapped. So they went downstream — to 401(k)s, to retirement accounts, to interval funds sold to people who have no idea what they own. 1. Direct the SEC and FSOC to examine Level 3 fair value practices across interval funds and BDCs. 2. Require that valuation agents be independent of the funds they mark. 3. State publicly that the current self-marking regime creates systemic risk. 4. Mandate position-level mark disclosure for every fund that accepts pension capital. There are two ways this ends. It breaks all at once like 2008 and we fix it. Or it rots slowly like Japan: one fund blows up, six weeks of quiet, another one, and nobody connects it for a decade while a generation of retirees gets destroyed. I am not asking anyone to take my word for it. I am asking them to read the filings. If you know someone in the administration, a regulator, or anyone on a legislative committee, please send this to them. One person learned this from a one-bedroom apartment. Your government can too. The will is what is missing.
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Jay Jones
Jay Jones@jonesjay·
On what Gerry Connolly called the holiest day of the year, Democrats showed up in Annandale to carry his legacy forward. Thank you to Smitty and Caitlin Connolly for your stewardship of that legacy. Proud to speak in support of James Walkinshaw, a star in Congress who is proudly carrying on Gerry’s work and delivering for Northern Virginia.
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