Michael Arrington 🏴‍☠️

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New York Gov Kathy Hochul is begging wealthy people who have moved to Florida and Texas to come back to New York and pay taxes. 🤣 "I need people who are high net worth to support the generous social programs that we want to have in our state. Now, there are some patriotic millionaires who stepped up. OK, cut me the checks if you want to be supportive, but maybe the first step should be go down to Palm Beach and see who you can bring back home." "I have to look at the fact that we are in competition with other states who have less of a tax burden on their corporations and their individuals. And I would say remote work changed everything." "There were people who could only work in an office in Manhattan and work in New York state. And they were captives to our state, they were going to stay. We saw that that's not the case. Wall Street businesses looking at Texas, they're not going there because they have a nicer governor. They're going there because of the tax rate."

New York Gov Kathy Hochul: 2022: [to Republicans] "jump on a bus and head down to Florida, you don't represent our values, you are not New Yorkers." 2026: "maybe the first step is to go down to Palm Beach and see who you can bring back home, our tax base has been eroded." 🤣

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The mosquito drones are here and watching you. We will have trillions of these all over the place in a decade.

NYC spends more per homeless person than the median NYC household earns. $81,705 per person in FY2025. And $81,705 is a floor. It excludes supportive housing (~$500M/yr), mental health response teams, and NYPD encampment costs. The city projects ~$97K per person in FY2026.

BREAKING: Canadian province projected to schedule referendum to leave Canada this year, could become 51st state. 55% chance.