Hilda ........

Tall poppy syndrome is a real phenomenon, and Elon Musk is the tallest poppy of them all. He rises above the rest with his bold ideas, relentless drive, and groundbreaking achievements. Don’t let the critics, the crazy political ragers, or those envious of his success chop him down. His height—his brilliance and ambition—is worth celebrating, not tearing apart.

@GavinNewsom @GOP Bullet Train....

Your daily reminder that the @GOP do not care about you.

@MumbaichaDon The total U.S. population in 2005 was approximately 295 million. Applying a conservative prevalence estimate of 0.2% (20 per 10,000) across all ages—

Trump upholds BIOLOGICAL TRUTH: 'You can never become a woman if you're born with male DNA' “That’s why last month I proudly signed a historic executive order to ban men from competing in women’s sports,” the US president emphasized. Lib meltdown in 3…2…1... 😉

@McFaul 😂seriously....

We look so weak to others around the world right now. And it’s all own goals.

Soviet Union fell apart in 1991, Ukraine ended up with a massive chunk of its nuclear arsenal, but they didn’t control them. Moscow still held the launch codes and the tech to make them work. Keeping them wasn’t really an option; they couldn’t afford it, and they didn’t have the know-how to run them solo. Plus, the U.S. and Russia were freaking out about loose nukes in a shaky new country—nobody wanted Ukraine selling them off to some rogue state. In 1994, they signed the Budapest Memorandum with the U.S., UK, and Russia.

For the 1,000th time, here is proof that Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons in exchange for American protection from Russia, and did so for the benefit of the world. This is from a Senate hearing, today:

When the Soviet Union fell apart in 1991, Ukraine ended up with a massive chunk of its nuclear arsenal, around 1,700 to 1,900 strategic warheads, plus maybe 3,000 or so tactical ones, depending on who’s counting. That’s what made it, for a hot minute, the third-biggest nuclear power in the world. But here’s the catch: they didn’t control them. Moscow still held the launch codes and the tech to make them work. So why’d they hand them over? Ukraine was a mess after the breakup—broke, chaotic, and not in any shape to maintain a nuclear stockpile that pricey and complex. Keeping them wasn’t really an option; they couldn’t afford it, and they didn’t have the know-how to run them solo. Plus, the U.S. and Russia were freaking out about loose nukes in a shaky new country—nobody wanted Ukraine selling them off to some rogue state. In 1994, they signed the Budapest Memorandum with the U.S., UK, and Russia. The deal was: Ukraine sends the weapons to Russia to be dismantled, gets some cash (like debt relief and aid), and in return, those three promise to respect its borders and sovereignty. No nukes, but a “we’ve got your back” from the big players. Took till about 2001 to fully clear them out.

@TuckerCarlson Wow! True hard working American father and hero.

Obituary for my father. Richard Warner Carlson died at 84 on March 24, 2025 at home in Boca Grande, Florida after six weeks of illness. He refused all painkillers to the end and left this world with dignity and clarity, holding the hands of his children with his dogs at his feet. He was born February 10, 1941 at Massachusetts General Hospital to a 15-year-old Swedish-speaking girl and placed in the Home for Little Wanderers in Boston, where he developed rickets from malnutrition. His legs were bent for the rest of his life. After years in foster homes, he was placed with the Carlson family in Norwood, Mass. His adoptive father, a tannery manager, died when he was 12 and he stopped attending school regularly. At 17, he was jailed for car theft, thrown out of high school for the second time, and enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. In 1962, in search of adventure, he drove to California. He spent a year as a merchant seaman on the SS Washington Bear, transporting cargo to ports in the Orient, and then became a reporter. Over the next decade, he was a copy boy at the LA Times, a wire service reporter for UPI and an investigative reporter and anchor for ABC News, covering the upheaval of the period. He knew virtually every compelling figure of the time, including Jim Jones, Patty Hearst, Eric Hoffer, Jerry Garcia, as well as Mafia leaders and members of the Manson Family. In 1965, he was badly injured reporting from the Watts riots in Los Angeles. By 1975, he was married with two small boys, when his wife departed for Europe and didn’t return. He threw himself into raising his boys, whom he often brought with him on reporting trips. At home, he educated them during three-hour dinners on topics that ranged from the French Revolution to Bolshevik Russia, PG Wodehouse, the history of the American Indian and, always, the eternal and unchanging nature of people. He was a free thinker and a compulsive book reader, including at red lights. He left a library of thousands of books, most dog-eared and filled with marginalia. His reading and life experiences convinced him that God is real. He had an outlaw spirit tempered by decency. In 1979, he married the love of his life, Patricia Swanson. They were together for 44 years, all of them happy. She died sixteen months before he did and he mourned her every day. In 1985, he moved to Washington to work for the Reagan Administration. He spent five years as the director of the Voice of America, and then moved to the Seychelles as the US ambassador. In 1992, he became the CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and later ran a division of King World television. The last 25 years of his life were spent in work whose details were never completely clear to his family, but that was clearly interesting. He worked in dozens of countries and breakaway republics around the world, and was involved in countless intrigues. He knew a number of colorful national leaders, including Rafic Hariri of Lebanon, Aslan Abashidze of Adjara, Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire, and whomever runs Somaliland. He was a fundamentally nonjudgmental person who was impossible to shock, and he described them all with amused affection. He spoke to his sons every day and had lunch with them once a week for thirty years at the Metropolitan Club in Washington, always prefaced by a dice game. Throughout his life he fervently loved dogs. Richard W. Carlson is survived by his sons, Tucker and Buckley, his beloved daughter-in-law Susie, and five grandchildren. He was the toughest human being anyone in his family ever knew, and also the kindest and most loyal. RIP.

Inefficiency is costly. A "points per dollar" metric (PISA score divided by per-student spending) reveals: U.S.: Math 31.2, Reading 32.8, Science 33.5 Finland: Math 48.2, Reading 48.8, Science 50.9 Japan: Math 51.3, Reading 49.3, Science 52.3 South Korea: Math 43.7, Reading 42.6, Science 43.6 Canada: Math 42.5, Reading 41.5, Science 42.3 Germany: Math 44.5, Reading 44.8, Science 44.3 The U.S. scores lowest in efficiency across all subjects. Finland, spending 32% less per student, excels. Japan and South Korea’s disciplined systems maximize value, especially in math. Canada and Germany outperform the U.S. despite similar spending.

NEW: Rep Rosa DeLauro (D) accuses the Trump admin of destroying public education. “What this administration is doing is cutting off that American dream.”

Inefficiency is costly. To measure efficiency, use a "points per dollar" metric (PISA score divided by per-student spending): U.S.: Math 31.2, Reading 32.8, Science 33.5 Finland: Math 48.2, Reading 48.8, Science 50.9 Japan: Math 51.3, Reading 49.3, Science 52.3 South Korea: Math 43.7, Reading 42.6, Science 43.6 Canada: Math 42.5, Reading 41.5, Science 42.3 Germany: Math 44.5, Reading 44.8, Science 44.3 The U.S. scores lower points per dollar in all subjects, indicating inefficiency. Finland, spending 32% less per student, excels across the board. Japan and South Korea, with disciplined, centralized systems, maximize their budgets, especially in math. Canada and Germany, despite similar spending to the U.S., achieve better results.

Elon Musk bought the presidency—now he’s gutting the Dept of Education. In Texas, a group of billionaires bought Greg Abbott—now they’re trying to gut schools with a voucher scam. I have a message for Elon Musk, Jeff Yass, Tim Dunn, & Betsy DeVos: Our schools are not for sale.

NATO/Radoslaw Sikorski, calling out Putin for lying, but they’re no saints: they swore NATO wouldn’t move east in 1990, then grabbed Poland and the Baltics, hyped Iraq’s fake WMDs, and spun Kosovo as a mercy mission. They tease Ukraine with an “open door” that’s mostly hot air. Sikorski’s line—“How do you trust a liar?”—hits them all: Putin’s upfront about it, NATO hides behind a holier-than-thou act, but both are full of it.

📌 "Putin is a man who has publicly lied. How can you trust the word or the signature of a leader like that?" –Radosław Sikorski, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland

@sumlenny NATO uses Ukraine, promising membership they know they can't keep unless they want MAD. This directly hurts Ukrainians.

Ukrainian activist Kateryna Hnot has taken her life after months of suffering from the loss of her husband - who was killed in action on November 8th 2024 while defending Ukraine. G-d bless her soul, and let her reunite with her husband. russia kills Ukrainians even indirectly.

@KevinKileyCA This is true. Doctors' offices often don't answer the phone, which is frustrating. I feel bad for the children needing appointments.

Gavin Newsom has driven Medicaid to insolvency by giving full coverage to all illegal immigrants. Meanwhile, our legal residents can't get a doctor's appointment because the system is so strained. We are the only state in the country with this insane policy.

@ResisttheMS only if he transitions to female...because the Democrats want a female president...

DISCUSSION: Do you think Stephen A. Smith has a chance at becoming the 2028 Democratic presidential nominee?

@JulianRoepcke How many nukes does Ukraine have? Russia has the upper hand over the entire world.

So the US promised Russia to lift EU sanctions in return for not attacking international grain transport vessels sailing to and from Ukraine. This must be a joke, right?!

@uriko53 Why not "Gulf of North America"?? Everybody happy?

@JDVanceNewsX amygdala hijack victim..

What do you call them??

@MemingPoster amygdala hijack.

@ResisttheMS Pierre Poilievre, only if he eats an apple during his acceptance speech.

As an American, who would you prefer to lead Canada as prime minister? Mark Carney or Pierre Poilievre?

Legally, Yes, She Can Be Deported: As an LPR, Chung is subject to deportation if the government proves she meets a ground of deportability under the INA, such as obstructing U.S. foreign policy. The administration has the legal authority to pursue this, though the grounds are controversial and rarely used.

Trump is trying to deport a Columbia Univ. student who has been a permanent resident in the U.S. since she was 7. Her "crime”? Attending a protest against the war in Gaza. No, Mr. President. This is a democracy. You can't exile political dissidents. Not in the United States.

@JessicaTarlov "but her emails"

I don’t ever want to hear “but her emails” again.