Jake Potrebic

@billybinion I'm pretty sure DOGE actively harmed efforts to try and meaningfully reduce federal spending. They ignored the smart people who have wanted to do this for decades, and do it correctly. Instead, they just made it so much harder to convince people the next time someone does this.

I wanted DOGE to succeed. But this exchange sums up its legacy. “You don’t regret that people may have lost important income?” “It was more important to reduce the federal deficit from $2 trillion to close to $0” “Did you reduce the deficit?” “No”

@PoliceThePolic1 Do we know what ended up happening to the officer? I only found the original article. If he wasn't just flat out fired after... abc7.com/post/lapd-offi…

Cop suspended after punching and strangling a man on a stretcher. And if you look close, the other cop was about to pepper‑spray the guy too. Remind me again where the “good cops” are hiding.

@John_Lawlz @baseballcrank Yeah, it's beyond absurd to still claim that a run-of-the-mill politician (still bad, cause aren't they all?) would somehow be a worse president than the absolutely awful person currently holding that job.

@baseballcrank So you’d rather give immense power to the person who is more disloyal to the Constitution? I can’t say I see the logic of that. He tried to overturn one election. Do you think might try to do something like that again? Or do you think he’s learned his lesson?

Trump is a buffoonish carnival barker who has no business being president. And yet, he is somehow a more serious figure than Biden, Harris, or Walz.

@lisamurkowski This is such a cowardly act. Just kneeling at the altar of the executive. You should be angry that another branch of government is making your branch look pathetic. Starting wars is Congress' job, and ignoring that is an abdication of your responsibility. Pathetic.

We in Congress can debate the merits of the War Powers Act, but the hard reality is that the President has committed U.S. troops to active engagement in combat with an enemy that has targeted and killed Americans for decades. We have lost six soldiers in this fight with the potential for more casualties. What our troops need now is for our Congress, and this country, to know that they are supported. It is for this reason that I oppose Senator Kaine’s War Powers Resolution—based on the practical implications of its passage. As written, it requires removal of troops from hostilities, leaving no room for operations that have already started to reach an even partially successful conclusion to degrade Iran’s nuclear capabilities. As Iran attacks everything it can, from military bases to embassies to civilian targets, we cannot tie our military’s hands or abruptly leave our allies and partners to fight on their own. There is no question that the President should have sought authorization from Congress before striking Iran on this scale, likewise bringing in our allies ahead of time as they now are equally in danger. However, the abrupt cessation of all offensive operations would not leave any Americans—soldiers, diplomats, or civilians—in the Middle East in a safer position. The President acknowledged in his notification to Congress that no one knows the full scope and duration of military operations that may be necessary. It then becomes the duty of Congress to define the scope of this conflict, requiring the President to fully and transparently make his case for this action. We should begin drafting and debating an authorization for the use of military force, critically examining requests for supplemental funding, as well as conduct rigorous oversight hearings, so the American people know the limits and objectives of this military operation. My focus is on the safety of America’s armed forces and the American civilians who are on the ground in the Middle East. At this point, we have little choice but to continue the military operation to degrade and destroy Iran’s capability for nuclear weapons. That will not happen without support for our U.S. military.

@StillTr05207382 @NicoPerrino @AnthropicAI yes, please. Idk why so many people seem to just buy in that Trump can somehow wave his hand and change the name of stuff Congress created.

@NicoPerrino @AnthropicAI Department of Defense

It's a big problem that the Department of War is forcing @AnthropicAI to delete code (censorship) or write code (compelled speech) that violates the moral doctrines and expressive purposes of the company. Conservatives have (correctly) understood this problem in other contexts.

@boztank The gov is free to just NOT use it if they don't like the product. But to retaliate and try to force other companies to also not use it, is pure government overreach and retaliation. That isn't the free market deciding what is best.

"You Should Have Moral Qualms about Anthropic's Qualms" thefreedomfrequency.org/p/905edaf0-763…

@nickgillespie Well this aged very badly... "...Michael Phelps will never be as famous as Mark Spitz..."

Has any major event suffered more from the end of the Cold War than the Olympics? That's an observation, not a nostalgic yearning. The Olympics mattered because they dramatized the Free World vs. Communism, Colonies vs. Empires. Glad that's all behind us. reason.com/2004/08/26/rip…

@TimothySandefur unfortunately, it is believable now...

Good heavens. Absolutely unbelievable.

@TimothySandefur I would love to hear you talk with A&G about Trump's immigration enforcement.

@SeanFennessey Would love to see a longer discussion about it from you with CR or something! Glad you liked it so much.

ANDOR S2 E8 is better than 99% of the movies I've seen this decade.

@olmcdonaldcieio @cafreiman If someone commits a crime while living in housing I provide, unless I knew about the crime and was supporting them in that activity knowingly, prosecuting the landlord would be decidedly un-libertarian. People are responsible for their own actions.

@olmcdonaldcieio @cafreiman No, that's definitely not libertarian. Criminalizing renting housing to former criminals? What? The government has no business saying who I can and cannot rent to. It's my housing, I get final say on what happens with it.

Private property rights imply open borders—they entitle you to invite someone to relocate to housing or businesses that you own, regardless of which side of a government-drawn line they happen to be on

@johnkonrad @SR_Planespotter Bro had to google what the difference was when it was pointed out in the comments 😂🤣

@SR_Planespotter Technically it was on background.

@BobMurphyEcon So the lack of enforcement of illegal immigration over the past decades isn’t really illegal cause no one was enforcing it, so they are actually all legal immigrants???

THE LEFT: There's no "fact of the matter" about whether a newborn is a boy or girl, it's a social convention where the doctor just assigns the sex. THE RIGHT: Hold my beer.

@SCRUBBENBUBBLES @cturnbull1968 Trump just pardoned the Honduran president convicted of drug and arms trafficking. So sounds like Trump is the one supporting that.

@cturnbull1968 Just to be clear, you NOW support narco terrorists and drug smugglers?

Just to be clear, you NOW support regime change?

@JaredHWood @LDS_Dems Update?

@LDS_Dems I should remember this post for when Trump doesn’t bomb Venezuela, but the truth is, I’m gonna forget all about it in 15 minutes.

Gonna remember all these memes when Trump starts bombing Venezuela

@AandGShow "peace president" what a fucking joke of an administration

Here we go…regime change everybody…ja

@fleabaged @dykefruit Slow Horses on Apple has 5 seasons since ‘22. That’s very fast, I don’t think it’s some top down “no quick seasons” directive. And it’s not exclusive to one studio, this is commonplace now. Idk why, but I don’t think it’s from the network. Might not be Vince’s fault either.

@dykefruit what is Apple TV so scared of to make stuff quicker. They scared of being best streamer? I get tv is their side hustle hobby but cmon boys

i will b quite honest this is not the creator of a tv show’s fault. it is the network

@Kat_Says_Stuff @LinkofSunshine Yes, I do. The tweet doesn’t say 2/3 are James Cameron films, is days 2/3 are Avatar. Only 1 avatar is even in the top 10 adjusted (the first). Idk where the others are, maybe just outside that, idk. James Cameron having 2/3 is impressive, he’s a great filmmaker.

@JakePotrebic @LinkofSunshine You do realise that even adjusted for inflation the only film that outranks the original avatar is gone with the wind. And the 3rd one is also written by James Cameron (Titanic)

Avatar being 2/3 of the highest grossing movies of all time genuinely makes absolutely 0 sense to me. Like literally none of