Elephant on a wire

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Elephant on a wire

Elephant on a wire

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SaltyGoat
SaltyGoat@SaltyGoat17·
The bottom 3 candidates were endorsed by the NAACP... The top 3 candidates WERE NOT!! NAACP is into partisan politics NOT black representation. DON'T LET THEM LIE AND SAY ANYTHING DIFFERENT!!
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Dr. Maalouf ‏
Dr. Maalouf ‏@realMaalouf·
I have no problem with Islam. I’m just against beheading, stoning, marrying little girls, sexual slavery, taqiyya, slave trading, rape, forced conversions, jihad, burqa, attacking other religions, child abuse, women abuse, animal abuse, multiple wives, murder, Sharia, terrorism, brainwashing, intolerance, greed, anti-science, torture, illiteracy, gluttony, genital mutilation, inbreeding. Does that make me Islamophobic?
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James Woods
James Woods@RealJamesWoods·
Let’s get it clear once and for all. It’s not about race, folks. That’s a Democrat trick. It’s about CULTURE. Am I a racist? Absolutely not. Am I a culturalist? Unequivocally, yes. If you can’t assimilate to this culture, our values, our laws, and our traditions, get out.
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Jack Posobiec
Jack Posobiec@JackPosobiec·
Croatia has stormed the Eurovision final with a historic anthem that denounces the Ottoman occupation and revives the ancient Christian tattoo tradition to protect young girls from rape Performed entirely in Croatian, the song slams centuries of Islamic Turkish occupation of their lands and recalls how Catholic girls were tattooed with Christian motifs to stop them from being abducted, converted to Islam, and forced into sexual slavery "That’s why many chose the grave, our mothers did not birth slaves” Turkey is already attacking the group for performing the song
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Jack Posobiec
Jack Posobiec@JackPosobiec·
Big Tech should put Data Centers in old malls Keep the malls alive by becoming the new anchors, and pay to put coffee shops, lending libraries, and other community events in the middle of them, and doesn't require new land to be developed Win-win
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Insurrection Barbie
Insurrection Barbie@DefiyantlyFree·
I don’t like people who are either not smart enough to conduct a proper analysis or just dislike Trump and so they put out disingenuous content. Either way it makes you not qualified to speak on political topics. If I had more free time, I could spend hours debunking all of the points in this post, but I’ll just focus on the most important one for now, which is gas prices. Obama blocked Keystone XL in 2015, imposed the federal coal leasing moratorium, signed the Clean Power Plan (later struck down), put major restrictions on offshore drilling after Deepwater Horizon, locked up huge tracts of federal land from energy development, and signed the Paris Accord committing the US to emissions cuts that required suppressing fossil fuel production. By his last year, US production was actively declining 8.8M bpd in 2016 down from 9.4M peak. On day one, of Trump 1 he pulled out of Paris. Approved Keystone XL and Dakota Access. Opened ANWR to drilling for the first time in decades. Rolled back methane rules. Streamlined permitting on federal lands. Withdrew from the Clean Power Plan. Expanded offshore leasing. The result: production went from 8.8M bpd at the end of Obama to 12.3M bpd by 2019 a 40% increase in three years, setting an all-time global record. That’s not coincidence with policy, that’s policy working. Then came Biden and F’d all of that up. Day one cancelled Keystone XL again. Paused all new oil and gas leasing on federal lands. Rejoined Paris. Signed the Inflation Reduction Act, which is the largest climate spending bill in history $369 billion in subsidies designed specifically to displace fossil fuels. SEC climate disclosure rules raised compliance costs on producers. Restricted ANWR. Cancelled offshore lease sales. Let methane rules return. Pressured banks via ESG to defund fossil fuel projects. Federal land production declined; the rise was almost entirely on private and state land. New drilling permits collapsed. Capital investment in long-term projects stayed depressed because operators didn’t trust the regulatory environment. The industry response to Biden was “frack what we already have, don’t invest in new long-cycle projects” which is exactly why the supply base is fragile right now when geopolitical shocks hit. If President Trump had been given two consecutive terms, we would never be in this situation. Gas prices are up because of the war yes but gas prices are also up because of the stupid policies of the previous administration. When you continuously compound idiotic policies of the Democrats, it becomes harder and harder to reverse them. So again numbers without context, don’t actually mean anything, especially when the purpose of those numbers is to convey a picture that is the opposite of what is actually happening.
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Gas prices up 30%. Beef prices up 12%. Farm bankruptcies up 46%. Republicans:

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J.P. Cooney
J.P. Cooney@cooneycongress·
Yesterday, Donald Trump called Virginia voters’ approval of the redistricting referendum—our democratic stand against Trump’s corruption—“rigged” and “crooked.” Sound familiar? It’s the same lie he told when he lost the 2020 election. I should know: as Jack Smith’s top deputy, I led the federal prosecution of Donald Trump for his attempt to use deceitful lies about the 2020 election to prevent the peaceful transfer of power, including by sending a mob to attack the Capitol on January 6. Trump wants you to forget that day: 140 police officers injured and our Nation’s core democratic principles tarnished. As January 6 proves, Trump will stop at nothing to stay in power, and he can’t win in a fair fight. In the midterm elections, we need to vote in overwhelming numbers, decisively take back Congress from the MAGA Republicans who aid and abet this lawless president, and work relentlessly to hold Trump accountable. Virginia’s new 7th stands at the forefront of that movement. That’s why I’m running to represent it. courtlistener.com/docket/6765660…
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Elephant on a wire@CheckingInWithU·
@allenanalysis Your dem hypocrisy is hilarious. Been happening for years, with the shoe on the other foot. Poor clown.
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Brian Allen
Brian Allen@allenanalysis·
Every Virginian who showed up yesterday. Every vote counted. Every ballot cast. One judge erased all of it. This is what it looks like when democracy does not go their way.
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Brian Allen
Brian Allen@allenanalysis·
Let me explain what just happened in Virginia. Yesterday, 2.5 million Virginians voted. They passed a redistricting amendment 50.7% to 49.3%. Today, one judge threw out every single vote. 🧵
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Sahil Kapur
Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur·
NEW: Graham Platner is leading primary & general election polls. What kind of senator would he be? He told me he wants Dems to —Replace Schumer —Investigate Trump —Impeach/remove Thomas & Alito —Maybe add SCOTUS seats He OPPOSES ban on assault weapons. nbcnews.com/politics/2026-…
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The Redheaded libertarian
The Redheaded libertarian@TRHLofficial·
New England mastered the art of gerrymandering years ago The 6 states are 40% Red They have 33 seats between them So they have 13 Republicans, right? Wrong. They have 1. This is modern day taxation without representation coming full circle to the birthplace of the Revolution
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Dan Helmer
Dan Helmer@HelmerVA·
Virginian families are feeling the squeeze - higher costs at the pump, grocery store, and for health care. In the House of Delegates, I expanded SNAP and lowered costs. In Congress, I’ll fight for a strong floor and no ceiling so every Virginian family has a fair shot.
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Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren@SenWarren·
Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos shouldn't be paying the same amount in Social Security tax as someone making $175,000 a year. Billionaires are not paying their fair share.
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Nkosiyethu Dingiswayo🇿🇦
Nkosiyethu Dingiswayo🇿🇦@McKay_Dingis024·
Elon Musk’s latest tirade against South Africa is a masterclass in billionaire bait-and-switch. He claims Starlink is banned solely because he isn’t Black, a narrative he pushes to his 200-million-plus followers as proof of "viciously racist" laws. In reality, the 30% local equity requirement he decries is a standard part of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) framework that hundreds of other U.S. giants, including Microsoft, have navigated for decades without the "drama". Musk’s "principle" against these rules conveniently ignores that South Africa has already pivoted to accommodate him. As of December 2025, the government introduced Equity Equivalent Investment Programmes (EEIPs), allowing foreign firms like Starlink to skip the equity transfer entirely by investing in local infrastructure and skills. Instead of taking the win, Musk has escalated to hurling expletives at senior diplomats and alleging (without evidence) that he was pressured to "bribe" his way into a license. The irony is thick: while Musk plays the victim of "reverse racism", his refusal to follow local law is the primary hurdle keeping high-speed internet from the very rural South African communities he claims to want to help. It isn't about the color of his skin; it’s about a billionaire who believes his birthplace owes him a waiver for the same rules everyone else follows.
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Ian Miles Cheong
Ian Miles Cheong@ianmiles·
Marc Andreessen highlights why the people who work for Elon Musk echo the exact same sentiment as those who worked for Steve Jobs. Even after difficult interactions or a sudden departure, they inevitably report that they did the best work of their entire lives because they were pushed to their absolute limits. What drives this intense environment is a demand for truth-seeking at all costs. People who criticize Elon often miss this fundamental trait. He genuinely wants to know the ground truth and has zero tolerance for anything else. When confronting bad news, he is absolutely ruthless and relentless in making sure he understands exactly what is actually going on. This level of radical transparency is shockingly rare in the business world. The typical startup founder operates on forced optimism, constantly putting on a brave face, telling everyone to have faith, and promising that everything will be great just to keep talent from leaving. Elon completely flips that standard script. He operates with pure urgency by simply telling the unfiltered truth, even when that truth is that the company will go bankrupt and die if they fail. In almost any other corporate environment, that level of blunt, existential dread would cause the talent pool to immediately bleed out. But for the teams working under him, that brutal honesty acts as the ultimate catalyst. It strips away the corporate fluff and forces them to rise to the occasion, leaving them with the undeniable realization that, much like the engineers who built the first iPhone, they just completed the greatest work of their careers.
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Rep. Jamie Raskin
Rep. Jamie Raskin@RepRaskin·
We have 535 Members of Congress but just one President. That's why we need a bipartisan independent commission under the 25th Amendment to make sure this president—and all future presidents—are fit to discharge the duties of their office. Congress should pass H.R. 8275 to fill this constitutional void.
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