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@JudgeFergusonTX Of course, “I am not a cat” is exactly what a cat would say.

Today is the 5th anniversary of the release of the infamous #Lawyercat video, which I posted roughly thirty minutes after the start of the second impeachment trial. Who would have thought it would have such a lasting impact on the world! Happy Lawyercat Day for all who celebrate!

@WallStreetApes Prior to the ACA, no one had health insurance, they had a health service plan. Preexisting conditions were excluded, huge numbers of people uninsurable, coverage had annual and lifetime caps. One serious accident or illness and coverage was exhausted for life.

Barack Obama destroyed our healthcare system American just logged in to view the new 2026 health insurance rates - His family monthly cost is going from $798 to $1,208.91 a month - Family deductible has gone from $0 to $11,900 - Primary care copays have doubled - Urgent care copay went from $10 to $60 - Generic prescription copay has doubled “My husband just had to have a prescription filled that is supposed to be covered by insurance, and you wanna know what the copay was on that after insurance? $1,200 for a prescription on top of the $798 health insurance premium that we just paid.” “I don't know if we can keep our heads above water next year. I know we're not the only ones going through this, and this just makes me sick” He used to only pay $59 per month

@HustleBitch_ He seems fine in the video, walking around, chatting with people. He doesn’t seem out of it at all. So he’s wearing a coat. So what?

🚨 SOMETHING’S NOT RIGHT. Joe Biden was spotted in Virginia last night wearing his coat indoors, hunched over, barely touching his food while dining with Lloyd Austin. Witnesses said he looked “frail but smiling.” If this is how he looks in public… what do they hide in private?

@RepOgles So they and you are delighted to have Trump, who incited an insurrection, be president, but are freaked out over a mayoral candidate who hasn’t supported an insurrection?

The 14th Amendment may allow Congress the authority to BAN Mamdani from office. I am looking into this. nypost.com/2025/11/01/us-…

@RayRedacted He’s so fast it looks like the video is playing double speed. He’s amazing.

If you are in Mumbai, come say hello to my youngest child Sam. He climbs stuff. And he does it rather quickly:

@WallStreetApes Many states charge a fee based on the value of the vehicle, just as many states charge property taxes to property owners.

This is CRAZY The state of Virginia is making people pay taxes on their cars, trailers, campers, RVs and boats EVERY YEAR based on their value Every year you must again pay taxes on your vehicles, even if they’re paid off - They give you an assessed value - Then there is a rate per hundred dollars that you pay - This year's rate is $2.35 per hundred dollars of the piece of property that you own - Then they charge you per month that you own that item For this woman to own her own cars in the state of Virginia this year, she was billed $2,104.45 (She shows the bill as proof) This is separate from registration fees and tags. “This bill right here is specifically for owning a car or camper trailer, whatever, in the state of Virginia.” Taxes in America are out of control

@kieselundstein @tomroussey7news Because the U.S. government hates trains and so is very reluctant to invest in them. Sadly, the Acela is the most modern train in Amtrak’s system. California has been trying for 10 years to build a true high-speed train but lacks the funds to complete it.

@tomroussey7news I looked at a map... why are US trains so slow?

For the first time ever, an Amtrak NextGen Acela train just pulled up to Union Station. It had left Boston at 6 AM this morning, taking roughly 7 hours to make the entire trip.

@EllyRedacted @tomroussey7news Because the U.S. government hates trains and so is very reluctant to invest in them. Sadly, the Acela is the most modern train in Amtrak’s system. California has been trying for 10 years to build a true high-speed train but lacks the funds to complete it.

@tomroussey7news I thought this was sarcasm at first... As someone living in central Europe, this feels like a post 20 years too late. How is the US so far behind with this??

@jcgrange @matthewstoller @PeteButtigieg @SohrabAhmari @elonmusk Our border is huge and people have always gone around it in remote areas, often dying in the attempt, but such crossings are at a low point now. Inflation has been a world-wide problem because of the global disruptions of the pandemic. The US did better than any other country.

1. Want some fun news before the Monday inauguration that you won't have heard anywhere else? The antitrust enforcers (Lina Khan et al) went full Tony Montana on big business this week before Trump people took over. Here's just part of what they did.

@Simpson4Ab3 @matthewstoller @PeteButtigieg @SohrabAhmari @elonmusk "Nice of Buttigeg (spelling?) To finally do his job on the last day." Buttigieg has done a lot over the past four years. Have a look at the DoT docket for his term. Rulemaking regarding how airlines treat passengers, mandatory eligibility for refunds for delays over a threshold

@matthewstoller @PeteButtigieg @SohrabAhmari @elonmusk A lot of this is good stuff 👍. I doubt Trump will object to much of it, like the anti right to repair racket. Nice of Buttigeg (spelling?) To finally do his job on the last day.

@matthewstoller @PeteButtigieg @SohrabAhmari @elonmusk What do you mean "A small corner of Bidenworld worked hard for you, even if most of the administration did not"? A _lot_ of the Biden admin worked hard to protect ordinary Americans. (Of course, all of these late actions can be easily dropped by the new regime.)

@PeteButtigieg @SohrabAhmari @elonmusk There's more! It's important to realize each of these action took years of preparation, and are important changes to industry structure that help ordinary people. A small corner of Bidenworld worked hard for you, even if most of the administration did not. Let that be a lesson.

@kylegriffin1 The judge said he’s going to sentence Trump to absolutely no penalty. No prison, no jail, no fine, no probation. Nothing.

Judge Merchan makes clear this timing of this sentencing is Trump's doing: "[T]he record is clear that Defendant not only consented to, but in fact requested the very adjournment that led us down the path we are on. As the parties are aware, it was on Defendant's application, without opposition from the People, that sentence was adjourned until after the Presidential election. Any claim Defendant may have that circumstances have changed as a result of Defendant's victory in the Presidential election, while convenient, is disingenuous."

@JamesFLoveIV Who’s going to tell them they were lied to and used? Fox News?

T’s biggest problem is MAGA. He’s gathered the most violent among the population. Wait until they realize he’s lied to them. There aren’t enough Secret Service in the world to protect him when that happens. They’ll tear the White House down to get to him.

@AnthonyCAdkison @RpsAgainstTrump A common US/CA currency would be risky. Mass deportations and tariffs will tank the US economy. A common currency would drag Canada’s down with it.

@RpsAgainstTrump There is no downside to creating a passport exchange, common currency (USD), joint defense agreement and free trade zone out of the two countries. As Mr. Wonderful said, each nation will retain its own birthright and sovereignty.

Thank you, MAGA, for turning the US into the laughingstock of the world.

@o0rimbuk0o @bicycledoug @ThomB01 @ItsDeanBlundell Which perfectly explains how Trump won: half the country live in a through-the-looking-glass world where everything is the opposite of reality. Trump is honest, Biden a lying crook, etc.

@bicycledoug @ThomB01 @ItsDeanBlundell If you don't understand how we can vote for Trump, you haven't been watching.. The Democrat lies. The insane border policies. The money going overseas when our own are suffering after natural disasters. Not to mention the obvious political nature of the prosecutions. It was easy

Merry Christmas to Canada’s future territories. The Empire of Canada welcomes you. 🇨🇦

@RBReich Apparently the American people love being abused and cheated by rapacious corporations, not to mention polluted air and water. (One of the very first things the Trump team did last time was reverse a rule that prevented dumping mine waste into rivers used for drinking water.)

The Biden-Harris admin banned noncompete clauses. A Trump-appointed judge blocked it. The Biden-Harris admin changed OT pay rules to include more workers. A Trump-appointed judge blocked it. The Biden-Harris admin capped credit card late fees. Guess what happened next...

@ChrisMurphyCT The billionaires do seem to enjoy making the chumps who voted for this suffer. As H.L. Mencken famously wrote, “Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.”

Why do the billionaires - Musk, Ramaswamy, Trump - want to shut down the government for Christmas? Because they still get paid. It's our troops, TSA agents and other federal workers who won't get paid. It's their kids who will suffer this Christmas.

@ChrisMurphyCT The troops voted for this. People who can’t make ends meet and are suffering voted for this.

What Musk and Ramaswamy and Trump are doing - shutting down the government and cutting off pay for our troops right at Christmas - is so so dark. They are so filthy wealthy and out of touch and bored that they think it’s fun to mess with the lives of regular people for fun.

@SeanCasten @HouseGOP Do they, though? The American people voted for this, top to bottom. It’s not like anyone could have thought the GOP was competent.

@HouseGOP 15. Earlier this term, I referred to the House GOP as a collection of cowards, led by morons. That’s not only still true, but getting truer. The party of Lincoln - and more broadly, the American people - deserve so much better. /fin

Brief thread on how we got here: Since the GOP won control of the House 2 years ago they have not passed a single appropriations package into law. Government has operated at funding levels set by Dems 2 years ago via continuing resolutions every few months. This is not normal.

@gregisenberg H.G. Wells wrote a story essentially about this. Also, IIRC there was a Twilight Zone episode where humanity outsourced everything to a computer and then forgot how to maintain it.

Just had a fascinating lunch with a 22-year-old Stanford grad. Smart kid. Perfect resume. Something felt off though. He kept pausing mid-sentence, searching for words. Not complex words - basic ones. Like his brain was buffering. Finally asked if he was okay. His response floored me. "Sometimes I forget words now. I'm so used to having ChatGPT complete my thoughts that when it's not there, my brain feels... slower." He'd been using AI for everything. Writing, thinking, communication. It had become his external brain. And now his internal one was getting weaker. Made me think about calculators. Remember how teachers said we needed to learn math because "you won't always have a calculator"? They were wrong about that. But maybe they were right about something deeper. We're running the first large-scale experiment on human cognition. What happens when an entire generation outsources their thinking? Don’t get me wrong, I’m beyond excited about what AI and AI agents will do for people in the same way that I was excited in 2009 when the App Store was launched. But thinking out loud you got to think this guy I met with isn't the onnnnnly one that's going to be completely dependent on AI.