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Buyer’s remorse? All this is happening because of Virginia. Indiana offered up a truce but Abigail Spanberger threw it away out of greed and personal ambition.

It’s incredible how quickly the left will adopt the tactics of third world dictators the moment they don’t get their way. None of their rhetoric about norms and democracy is real.

My boomer mom told me I spend too much on food. "Just cook at home like we did." Mom: Your groceries in 1987 cost $180/mo. Mine cost $420/mo. Same items. Same store brand. Your kitchen was in a house you owned at 29. Mine is in an apartment I share with a roommate at 34. I am not eating out too much. I'm eating in a different economy. I passed the salad. Said nothing.

It never had to come to this. It never needed to end with Florida drawing a 24-4 map whilst a Virginia 10-1 map is in limbo. Democrats had the best possible redistricting scenario in their hands in 2022 and they threw it all away for the Hochulmander. 2012: D+1.1 --> R234 D201. This is what I'd call "a fair map." That's just how this called "geography" works. 2022: R+2.7 --> R222 D213. This is what I'd call the "Compassionate Conservative Map." Democrats did 4 points worse than in 2012, the last election following Census-mandated redistricting, but were given 12 undeserved seats. Kathleen Hochul just wasn't satisfied. Had national ambitions. Wanted a 24-2 map, had to settle (for now) for a 19-7 map that was still up from the fairer (but still gerrymandered) 15-11 map. Never forget. New York drew first blood. And now Democrats are complaining about Texas and Florida. They might get locked out of the governorship in California. Dems in North Carolina and New Hampshire are defecting. Hakeem is reeling from the consequences of his language. Chris Murphy is hiding. And Virginia just unleashed a pair of Reverse Dobbs.

I actually think we should tax old people and do more to encourage household formation among 22-35 year olds instead.

Sacrificing your own children to own Trump.

The last boomer turns 65 in 2029. They will leave behind: The highest national debt in history. A housing market three generations can't enter. A pension system they defunded. A climate agreement they delayed. A wealth gap last seen in 1929. And 401ks they genuinely believe anyone can build if they just skip the avocado toast.

“Yeah it may not be New York or Los Angeles, but my city is actually a hidden gem.”

You can tell that NPR and PBS have become hyperpoliticized and have lower viewership by the fact that every single news story about them shows Sesame Street, which moved to HBO a decade ago, rather than current programming.

Social Security and Medicare are like a ticking time bomb! Yet most politicians promise not to touch these “entitlements.” Those politicians are either lying or ignorant. Unless we raise retirement age, cut benefits, or privatize, the explosion is coming.

@RepThomasMassie You would vote no for funding such a project, let’s not lie.

Imagine a world where hard work is rewarded, truth and justice prevail in courtrooms, the government doesn’t steal your labor by debasing the currency, bureaucrats aren’t captured by corporations, and our taxes go toward critical infrastructure instead of wars overseas.

>be born in the 50s and 60s >get a paper route to save for college >nice, tuition is only $200 a semester >graduate and get real job by giving firm handshake >buy a house which is only 2x your salary >work at same company for 40 years >retire with a pension >become a shareholder and get rid of pensions (stock price goes brrr) >home “value” goes up 1,700% >make no upgrades, refuse to sell under asking to new family; sell to Blackrock instead >lecture every subsequent generation about work ethic

Let's check in on Gerald's water consumption. Gerald woke up this morning and did the following: 6am - drank from his trough. Approximately 30 litres. In British beef cattle, this is 100% of Gerald's actual blue water use for the day. 6:15am - it rained on him. This has been counted in the statistics as Gerald consuming water. Gerald did not decide it would rain. Gerald did not apply for the rainfall. Gerald has not been asked whether he endorses the accounting methodology. 8am - Gerald ate grass. The grass required rainfall to grow. This rainfall has also been attributed to Gerald. The rain fell on the field in 1742 as well, when there was no spreadsheet. 10am - Gerald produced manure. The manure will go into the soil. The soil will grow more grass. The grass will need more rain. The rain will fall regardless of Gerald's continued employment on this farm. Gerald's daily blue water use: about 30 litres. The same as a moderately long shower. The headline figure: 15,000 litres per kilogram. The gap between those two numbers is rain. Gerald is not a drought. Gerald is what happens when you point rain at a field and give it a biological purpose. This is, broadly, what farming is.

@nobleisawinner Orlando, NYC, Vegas, SF, Boston, Chicago, DC, LA, Seattle, Philly, Nashville.

Over the past 4 years, Senator Van Wanggaard lost 3 of his 4 siblings, the 4th has dementia and just experienced a heart attack, and his daughter has stage 4 cancer. Let's see how the Wisconsin Senate Democrats are responding to this news:

@mikep1803 @mattforney What referendum vote? Hadn’t heard of this.

@mattforney Who even cares, a judge will just rule against the election results if a republican won (they literally just did this with a referendum vote)

Complete meltdown in the California Democratic Party. If a Republican winds up governor due to no Democrat qualifying for the runoff, it will not only end Gavin Newsom's presidential ambitions, it'll depress Democratic turnout and nullify Newsom's gerrymander.

@cafelockedout @westaustralian The demonizing of young white males is going to have bad consequences. They’re pissed they’re being blamed for something haven’t done, having privilege they don’t feel they have, and being told they’re on land they didn’t steal. What did they do wrong? Nothing, don’t blame them

I thought leftists were all about the separation of church and state? I mean it’s just wild to watch the ideology that’s spent the last 50 years waging a legal war to push Christianity out of every corner of public life to embrace official religious displays like this. I’m beginning to think leftists were maybe not animated by high-minded secular humanist principals at all and just really hated Christians this whole time. I hope the influencers had fun at their photo op though.

Propagandists claim the reason Israelis run to shelters when air-raid sirens go off and Iranians don't flinch when US and Israeli planes and missiles are overhead is that Iranians are brave and Israelis are cowardly. The truth is that Iranians don't flinch because they know the US and Israel don't bomb crowds of civilians, and Israelis have all those shelters and sirens because Iran and its proxies try to kill as many innocents as they can.