Joshua Bauder

BREAKING: 53% say the economy is worse today than under Biden, per Harvard/Harris poll.

@supremeMilo @mikeroweworks So what degree should someone get to be the secretary of HHS? If you have been to college you would know that a majority of it is total bullshit. There is saying "Those who can, do; those who can't, teach". I have a college degree and it was just a super expensive piece of paper

Why do people listen to Mike Rowe when he himself never had a real job? I don’t want a nepoplumber idiot as secretary of hhs. I knew I guy in college who took over his dad’s plumbing company…. He went and got an engineering degree and licenses to prove he wasn’t just inheriting a business. Mullin didn’t do that because he’s a fucking idiot.

If you haven’t heard, and even if you have, Jimmy Kimmel said this about Markwayne Mullin, former Senator from Oklahoma, and our newest Secretary of Homeland Security: “We have a plumber now protecting us from terrorism.” Apparently, there has been some backlash. Plumbers were offended, obviously, as were parents of plumbers, spouses of plumbers, children of plumbers, and millions of people who have had a plumber show up when they needed one. Comedians were also offended, (the funny ones, anyway,) along with a surprising number of terrorists - especially those with access to hot and cold running water. However, in spite of the ensuing kerfuffle, @jimmykimmel doubled down. “I’m not upset that the head of Homeland Security was a plumber,” he said, “I’m upset that he isn’t still a plumber." He further elucidated by adding, "I wouldn't put a plumber in charge of Homeland Security for the same reason I wouldn't call a five-star general to pull a rat out of my toilet, OK? We all have our areas of expertise.” Being offended is always a choice, and I don’t choose to be offended by a joke, even one that comes at the expense of the skilled tradespeople my foundation tries to elevate. But I am a tad butt hurt by the suggestion that skilled workers should never evolve into something new, and that competence is somehow limited to one vocation. Obviously, expertise and skill are important. If I need a new kidney, I’d prefer a doctor do the surgery, not a late-night talk show host. But if the doctor in question used to host a talk show, why would I hold that against him? Ten years ago, during one of the presidential debates, @MarcoRubio answered a workforce-related question by arguing that America needed to get shop class back into high schools. He concluded by saying, “What our country needs are more welders and fewer philosophers.” A lot of people on this page commented that Rubio and I were singing from the same hymnal, but in fact, we weren’t. At least not entirely. Because I don’t think the current shortage of welders has anything to do with an overabundance of philosophers. In fact, I think it’s a mistake to promote one vocation at the expense of the other. What we really need in this country, are more welders who can talk intelligently about Aristotle, and more philosophers who can run an even bead. More Generals, in other words, who can fix their own toilets, and more plumbers who can hold a powerful government job. This is what Mullin did. He was a private citizen who mastered an essential skill and then turned that skill into a multi-million-dollar company that employed a lot of people and served a lot of customers. That gave him the freedom to do other things with his life, including a career in public service which got him into Congress, where he’s spent the last eleven years doing whatever Congressmen do. Now, he has a very consequential position in the Cabinet of the current administration. Is that not the embodiment of the American Dream? I get that Jimmy Kimmel might have a problem with Mullin’s politics, but what possible objection could he have about the trajectory of his career, or his desire to do more than one thing with his life? The only sensible thing to do in the wake of a moment this tone deaf, is remind America that the skills gap is wide, and getting wider. The shortage of skilled tradespeople is now headline news and closing it is nothing less than a matter of national security. This year, my foundation has set aside $10 million dollars to help train the next generation of plumbers, and lots of other essential workers. I'm talking about hundreds of thousands of AI-proof, six figure jobs that don't require a four-year degree, waiting to be filled. The money is currently available to anyone who wants to master a useful skill at mikeroweworks.org. Apply today. As for those of you genuinely offended by Kimmel's comments, consider expressing your disappointment with a modest donation to mikeroweWORKS. Our work ethic scholarship is making a real difference, and your money will be well spent, I promise. The donate button is big and red and hard to miss, at mikeroweworks.org I’d love to chat but I’ve gotta pull a rat out of my toilet…

@Milajoy @aspen_lindsay I would tell them to come and get it from me

People who have left California are receiving letters telling them that they still need to pay California state taxes. They want them to PROVE the day they left. My gosh, if this doesn't show how broke California is I don't know what will.

@thomasmaheronf1 Load of horse shit

I've had it confirmed to me that there was a technical issue 'at source' on Kimi Antonelli's onboard camera feeding back. The onboard footage of his full lap has been recovered but only as of this morning in Japan. Multiple sources have indicated there is simply nothing to conspiracy theories that footage was cut intentionally. #F1 #JapaneseGP

@courtneyknill I always need to be in Italy.

are you sad, or do you just need to go to italy for the summer and eat the best ravioli you’ve ever had in your life? 🇮🇹

@DataRepublican @Ghostofcynthia @LeaderJohnThune He is nothing but a spineless coward. Most worthless Senate Majority Leader in my lifetime.

Hello Senator Thune, At 3 AM on Friday, March 27th, in a near-empty chamber, you passed a bill by voice vote that excludes all funding for ICE and CBP. Let me repeat that: voice vote. No roll call. No record of who was there. No accountability. Just you, Barrasso, and a handful of senators shuffling paper in the dead of night while America slept. You could have demanded a recorded vote. You chose not to. You could have held the line for five more days until the House returned. You chose not to. You could have used the same procedural tools Democrats have used against you for 40 days. You chose not to. Instead, you gave Chuck Schumer exactly what he asked for, DHS funding minus immigration enforcement, and called it a win. Then you walked to the cameras and blamed the Democrats. Let's be precise about what you did: 1. You caved to a demand Democrats made on Day 1 of this shutdown. Forty-one days of supposed hardball negotiation, and you settled for their opening offer. 2. You handed them a template. The next time Democrats want to defund any agency — ICE, CBP, or anything else — they now know: just shut down DHS and wait. John Thune will fold at 3 AM. 3. You punted to reconciliation. "Good possibility," you said. Not "we will." Not "guaranteed." Just maybe. Meanwhile, ICE operates on fumes from last year's bill with no certainty of future funding. The precedent you set: You have argued for months that the filibuster is sacrosanct. That the 60-vote threshold protects minority rights. That we cannot bend Senate rules for policy wins. But at 3 AM on Friday, you bent every norm that actually mattered: • Voice vote to avoid accountability • Empty chamber to avoid debate • Midnight deal to avoid scrutiny • Immediate recess to avoid questions You'll bend the rules to avoid a fight. You just won't bend them to win one. What you've actually accomplished: Democrats demanded ICE restrictions. They got ICE defunded. Not reformed. Not restrained. Defunded. And you're out here tweeting about how Democrats are the "Defund the Police" party while you just voted to defund border enforcement at 3 in the morning. The question you should answer: Why did this deal have to happen at 3 AM? Why couldn't it happen at 3 PM, with cameras rolling and every senator on record? You know why. Because you didn't want your voters to see what surrender looks like. Here's my message: We saw it anyway. Stop hiding behind "Democrat obstruction." You're the Majority Leader. You set the schedule. You control the floor. You chose this outcome. Own it.

Let’s summarize where we are after a 40+ day Democrat shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. 1) ICE and CBP are funded, thanks to the Working Families Tax Cuts and the foresight of President Trump and Republicans in Congress. 2) After holding DHS and the American people hostage for over 40 days, Dems got ZERO restrictions that would prevent ICE and CBP agents from doing their jobs safely. 3) Due to Dem obstruction of the appropriations process, ICE and CBP will get even more funding through budget reconciliation. 4) Dems have once again established themselves as the “Open Borders, Defund the Police” party heading into an election. 5) Dem leadership has proven once again they can’t be trusted to make a deal. Which begs the question if you’re a Dem senator or one of their left-wing supporters: What was this really all about?

@Rightanglenews Umm they were following the letter of the law. You can’t prosecute them for that.

BREAKING - Democrat Rep. Pramila Jayapal says that if Democrats regain power, officials involved in deportations will face mass prosecutions, and taxpayers will fund reparations for the “trauma” inflicted on migrants.

@TonyLaneNV @LeahRain77 I stand up because I’m 6’3” and have been folded up like a pretzel lol

✈️ BE REAL… DOES THIS BOTHER YOU OR NAH? Plane just landed… doors still closed… and people already standing, reaching for bags like they’re about to beat everyone off the plane 💀 We’re all stuck here for a minute anyway… Does this annoy you… or you don’t care at all? ⬇️ 🇺🇸

THAT'S AN ALEXANDER OVECHKIN HAT TRICK

@Watson_SLdn The majority of major manufactures have started to shift away from being primarily focused on EV.

@JoshuaBauder Mate the car industry isn’t going in that direction. Which car companies are going to spend hundreds of millions developing engines with no relevance?

Yeah - bring back 40/50 year old tech and travel the world driving round in circles burning non-renewable fuels, spending hundreds of billions in the process What a vision for the future that is

@Lacije7 @F1 1 second is insane. This is F1 the cars shouldn’t be going slower. Leave that for the feeder series

@JoshuaBauder @F1 The cars were only around 1 second/lap slower than the ground effect cars in their 4th year so speed isn't an issue. And unfortunately if they don't bow down to the engine manufacturers wishes then we can easily get into a situation where there is only Ferrari and Cossworth

FIA announce energy management tweaks for qualifying in Japan 👉 f1.com/JPN26-Qualifyi… #F1 #JapaneseGP

A Seattle judge said we couldn't show the faces of the 33 Antifa & anti-Israel radicals who caused over $1 million in damage to the brand new engineering building at UW in May. So here are their faces & names: Tayler Hart, Max Rulff, Zachary Wallaced-Wells, Jade Wu, Jessica Schutz, Luisa Ortega Subdiaz, Ginger Newberry, Kimaya Mahajan, Gina Liu, Lea Keating, Akira Junyaprusert, Anna Hattle, Julia Fraczek, Cade Jackson, Jonas Piper, Ty Park, Lucy Zern, Tasbeet Iman, Ricardo Colon-Galvez, Roberta Collison, Ella Tunduwani, Zainab Chattha, Riley Centerwall, Catherine Brown, Brett Anton, Claire Berger, Yasmin Ahmed, Yafate Yared, Geneveve Konijisky, Finn Brown, Bailey Keen, Lucas Nichols-Mcauslan and Sam Sueoka. It was all a matter of public record long before the judge made the ruling. KOMO News made this handy collage. Please share

@blog_formula1 You do realize journalist need max unlike max needing the journalist. You would make max the happiest person in the world if he didn’t have to do press but then you guys would be jobless. You guys are fucking idiots.

⭐️ RODOLPHO SANTOS: "O CORRETO SERIA TODOS OS JORNALISTAS SE RETIRAREM E DEIXAREM VERSTAPPEN FALANDO SOZINHO" ⭐️ Rodolpho Santos falou sobre a atitude de Max Verstappen ao expulsar um jornalista na coletiva no Japão: "A pergunta que o jornalista fez ao Max em Abu Dhabi (em 2025) foi se ele se ele achava que tinha perdido o título por causa do episódio em que ele jogou o carro em Russell no GP da Espanha. Uma pergunta que sim, fazia sentido em perguntar, goste Max ou não. E sim, aqueles pontos custaram caro no final. Sabe qual era o correto ali na coletiva? TODOS OS JORNALISTAS se retirarem e deixarem o piloto sozinho. Sou piloto, exerço a função de jornalista e sou um grande admirador do talento e de muitas das posturas do Max, mas nessa ele está errado. As entrevistas são parte do trabalho dele, faz parte do pacote de ser piloto de F1 e representar tantas marcas importantes que pagam a conta pra que tudo aconteça"

@LeadingReport Novel idea why don’t we use the money from each ticket that is meant to pay for TSA to actually fucking pay for TSA.

BREAKING: TSA says it is on verge of closing airports as shutdown triggers security shortages, per Daily Mail.

Noah strapped on his $180 Nike Air Jordans this morning—manufactured by Taiwanese contractors paying workers $2.68 per hour—and felt the revolutionary fire burning in his chest. 9:15 am: Posted "ACAB" from his iPhone 14 Pro. Apple's $3 trillion market cap makes it the most valuable corporation in human history, but Jake needed those extra camera features for protest documentation. The lithium in his battery came from Bolivian salt flats, where mining operations displaced indigenous Quechua communities. But Evo Morales opposed American imperialism, so the math works out somehow. 11:30 am: Grabbed his usual oat milk latte ($6.50) from the local coffee collective. The beans traveled 4,200 miles from a Guatemalan cooperative that pays farmers $1.20 per pound while Starbucks charges $12 per pound retail. Jake tipped $2 on his Square reader because workers deserve dignity. The collective's owner graduated from Wharton and drives a Tesla Model S. 2:45 pm: Bought a new black hoodie from an "ethical" streetwear brand. Cotton sourced from Xinjiang province, where the Chinese state apparatus runs the world's largest forced labor program. But the company's Instagram bio says "Anti-Fascist" and donates 2% of profits to local bail funds, so Jake felt good about the purchase. The hoodie cost $85. A Hanes equivalent costs $12. 7:20 pm: Ordered Thai delivery through DoorDash while ranting about gig economy exploitation. The driver earned $3.47 after expenses for a 45-minute round trip. Jake rated him five stars and added a $4 tip, then posted about dismantling capitalism on his $1,200 MacBook Air. The beautiful irony: every single transaction Jake made today strengthened the exact system he claims to oppose. But he measured his day by his stated intentions, not by where his dollars actually flowed.

@doganuraldesign You can still post it you just won’t get paid for it.

This CAN'T be serious!? You do realize there are global content types beyond politics, right? This is a mistake that will ruin the nature of X. Please revert it before it’s too late.

ICE doesn’t belong at our airports. Our Office of Immigrant Affairs has updated guidance and you can call their legal hotline at 800-354-0365.

@MurphyAJC @zerohedge @ajc @AmericanAir please do the same since DCA is a much bigger hub for you guys vs @Delta

NEWS that Congressional staff are not going to like- Delta is suspending its special congressional desk service for members of Congress until the shutdown is over. @ajc ajc.com/politics/2026/…