iamantifa
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Absolutely no one needs to play the flute this hard 😂




I have long maintained that Biden will be viewed favorably by history 1) because he was a very good president and 2) he will look even better when viewed between the disaster of 2 Trump presidencies. It’s already playing out. I will be vindicated sooner than expected ❤️


Weak, ineffective John Cornyn had over 8,000 days in office to stop illegal aliens from voting in American elections. He didn't back the bill until he was in danger of losing a primary. And he's still opposing President Trump's call to end the filibuster and pass the SAVE America Act.









🚨 I am demanding Speaker Burrows remove James Talarico from the House leadership positions he (indefensibly) appointed him to. Voters elected Republicans to lead the Texas House... not radical Democrats! Full letter: Speaker Burrows, Shocking statements and videos of Representative James Talarico have made national headlines, including him declaring there are “six genders,” asserting that God is “non-binary,” and using the Biblical narrative of Joseph and Mary to justify elective abortions. While his holding these liberal positions is shocking to Americans newly acclimated with him, you have been well aware for years that he holds these extremist positions and that he has pushed to legislatively enact them, such as his efforts to force public schools to teach DEI and hire DEI officers at taxpayer expense. Many of his radical statements were made prior to the start of the 89th legislative session, when Rep. Talarico helped elect you as Speaker. Indefensibly, you rewarded Rep. Talarico by appointing him to multiple positions in House leadership: making him Vice Chair of the Committee on Trade, Workforce, and Economic Development and Vice Chair of the Public Education Subcommittee on Academic and Career Oriented Education (especially indefensible given his leftist views on education). With these Vice Chairmanships, he has significant power to shape upcoming interim hearings, and he receives additional taxpayer funds to spend at his discretion. By placing Rep. Talarico in House leadership, you gave him a platform that aided his rise to national prominence and helped lead him to the Democrat nomination for the U.S. Senate. While these appointments were inappropriate at the time, they are untenable now. Conservative leaders across America are rightfully rebuking Rep. Talarico’s extremist views, but, as Speaker, you are uniquely able to take action. On behalf of my constituents and the millions of voters who gave Republicans the majority in the Texas House, please consider this to be my formal request that Rep. Talarico be stripped of his Vice Chairmanships and removed from the Education Committee. Immediately. If you believe it’s not within your power under the House Rules to do this, then I ask you stand up select committees with the same jurisdiction and membership (but without Rep. Talarico) where you’ll send all interim charges and official responsibilities for the remainder of the 89th session. We’re in a battle for the future of Texas and America. It’s past time that the Texas House acts like it. For liberty, Brian Harrison

"You need an ID to shovel show in New York. That is nuts."

VARNEY: The Pentagon is sending thousands of Marines to the Middle East. Trump says he doesn't want boots on the ground, so what are these Marines doing there? SEN. JONI ERNST: Hahaha. Well, they provide a lot of leverage. I love the president when he keeps reporters on their toes. Believe me, President Donald J Trump has the best interests of the United States at heart.


Let me explain exactly why every new subdivision in America looks like the top photo, because the math is wild. A mature tree increases a home's value by 7 to 19 percent. On a $400,000 house, that's $28,000 to $76,000. A single shade tree produces the cooling equivalent of ten room-size air conditioners running 20 hours a day. One tree on the west side of a house cuts energy bills by 12 percent within 15 years. The bottom photo is worth more, costs less to live in, and sells faster. This has been documented by the University of Washington, Clemson, Michigan State, and the USDA. The data is not in dispute. Removing those trees saves the builder roughly $5,000 per lot. Concrete trucks need twice the dripline radius of every standing tree. Utility trenches need flat ground. A bulldozer flattens 200 lots in an afternoon. Preserving trees adds weeks and thousands per home. So the developer pockets $5,000 in savings and the buyer eats $50,000 in lost value for the next two decades. The person making the decision and the person paying for it have never been in the same room. The Woodlands, Texas is the proof of what happens when they are. George Mitchell bought 28,000 acres of Houston timberland in 1974 and preserved 28% as permanent green space. He forced McDonald's to build behind the tree canopy. That McDonald's became one of the highest-volume locations in Texas. The first office building, designed to reflect the surrounding forest so you couldn't see it from the street, leased completely. The Woodlands median home price today: $615,000. Katy, a comparable Houston suburb that clear-cut: $375,000. Named #1 community to live in America two years running. Fifty years of data. The trees are worth more than removing them saves. Developers clear-cut anyway because they sell the house once and leave. You live in it for 30 years.






Worth noting just how much the Iran war has changed expectations about the Fed and the future path of monetary policy.








