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I wish we could have a mass political movement that is pro-tech, pro-abundance, YIMBY, and liberal

Natalie Harp, 34, is the personal assistant to 80-year-old Donald Trump and reportedly accompanies him virtually everywhere, around the clock. She is said to manage his Truth Social account, print out flattering articles from conservative websites, and carry them in a Lululemon tote bag. According to two independent books—one by Michael Wolff and another by New York Times journalists Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan—Harp allegedly left admiring notes in Trump's private quarters, including messages such as, "You are all that matters to me." Trump reportedly said that she would "never leave him." Melania Trump is also said to have found Harp late one night in the president's private residence. According to these accounts, the Secret Service at one point viewed Harp as a potential security concern because of her unusually strong personal attachment. Whether the two have had a romantic relationship has never been officially confirmed, and the White House has not responded to media inquiries on the matter. Harp's brother, who lives in Nicaragua and says he has not been in contact with his sister since 2020, described her relationship with the president as "very unhealthy."

Ossoff: "Just think, 250 years on, what the Founders would see if they visited us today. *crowd groans* But wait -- they would see that slavery had been abolished. They would see that Americans without land, and then women, and then the descendants of slaves had secured voting rights ... "

10 states—Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Pennsylvania—have confirmed they will not send an official delegation to the “Great American State Fair” on the National Mall in celebration of America’s 250th. 9 of the states are led by Democratic governors, with Vermont being the only Republican-governed state to decline involvement so far. Notably, PA Gov. Josh Shapiro tops the list of highest paid governors.

This is one of the most petty and disgraceful examples of politics I think I’ve ever seen.

If it costs $10,000 to fix an apartment's problems, but the rent is $1000, and $900 of that covers costs and taxes, that only leaves $100 a month to cover the $10,000. It'll take 100 months, or 8 years. And that's assuming no new expenses pop up. You want landlords to go broke.

Elon Musk reveals the moment his son Saxon left an entire sushi restaurant speechless "I was living in L.A., and I took my older boys out for lunch to Sugarfish, which is a very kind of uptight sushi restaurant. In fact, on the menu of the restaurant, it says, do not ask for soy sauce, because the chef has put the right amount of soy sauce." "So, like, extremely strict sushi restaurant. And so the waiter is going around asking everyone what they want and then it comes to Saxon and Saxon says I'll have a cheeseburger." "And the waiter takes a moment to recover because no one ever asked for a cheeseburger at this very strict sushi restaurant. It took him like 30 seconds to realize he'd just been asked for a cheeseburger, because you're not even allowed to ask for soy sauce." "So then when he finally recovered, he said, we don't have cheeseburgers. And Saxon goes at the top of his voice, what? Like, what kind of restaurant doesn't have cheeseburgers? He says, fine, I'll have a hamburger."

The Roman and American aristocracy both accepted egalitarian political and economic reforms as the price of military mass mobilization, and ended military mass mobilization to create the space for regressive reforms.