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@ape_detective @Freedom_wowow @julianibarz @realDonaldTrump @JDVance @SecRubio So tell us your family history that doesn’t involve any of your ancestors coming to America for economic gain.

@Freedom_wowow @julianibarz @realDonaldTrump @JDVance @SecRubio The US Constitution isn’t for the purpose of helping foreign nationals cash in.

I consider myself a moderate Republican and... this is not a good idea... at all. @realDonaldTrump @JDVance @SecRubio please change it.

@rajatsuri @quantam_lock I think it’s pretty clear the intent is to dissuade immigrants. If you think they won’t take the hardline stance on all types of visas, you have a lot more faith in this admin than I do.

@quantam_lock Doesn’t negate that the intent is not to penalize H1s or O1s

A lot of fear and misinformation about this - but it doesn’t apply for dual intent visas like H1s and O1s so most skilled immigrants are not affected However spouses and family members of US citizens will be affected which is a big deal

@rheinsteinrex @adrianpandev Which they all would have struggled to get under this new policy. So what happens moving forward to new couples?

@adrianpandev This is brazenly misleading to the point of dishonesty. It will not affect 1 in 5 households. You're leaving out the fact that in 61% of those mixed-nativity marriages, the foreign-born spouse is naturalized, and most of the remaining 39% probably have green cards.

This is exactly the part of the AOS debate getting missed. This isn't only about immigrants' rights. It's about US citizens too. Roughly 1 in 5 married couples in the US includes a spouse born abroad. That's not a fringe group, it's 21% of married couple households. When an American marries someone here lawfully on a visa, adjustment of status is how their spouse gets a green card without leaving the country. Take that away and you are telling US citizens their husband or wife has to leave the US to process a visa abroad. They spend months (and often years) apart, and there is no guarantee they are allowed back in. If there are US citizen kids, you are now separating them from a parent too. That's not just an immigrant problem. That's a US citizen losing the right to live in their own country with the family they built here, even though their spouse followed every rule.

@2024dion Vancouver? I’m not super familiar with the mix, but my memory from visiting was far more resi than office

It’s much harder to end up with a great skyline when it’s dominated by residential instead of office towers. Miami and Toronto are the only two in North America that look good. Nashville and Austin are meh.

@Charles_OlivaAZ @WCCSG_ Oh. Unless you're saying that you were at the '89 game. In which case 🫡

@Charles_OlivaAZ @WCCSG_ That photo is the Super Bowl. Source: sfchronicle.com/super-bowl-lx/…

Did you ever get to witness a game in the old Stanford Stadium? 🌲 🏈 🪓

@mrjeffbarnes @KenLaCorte This is exactly the opposite of reality. Rural areas get more dollars per capita and have higher rates of usage for social safety net programs (SNAP, medi-care, etc.) than urban areas.

While I agree with most of this, I feel that one area that was completely left out was the new deal and the continuation of the welfare economy. The urbanites tend to have a lot more resources from the government than rural America. This is especially true when it comes to unemployment, disability, etc. When a farmer or or even small business employee loses his job or business, there aren’t a lot of places to turn, or at least they are less common. Thus they have the tendency to tough it out and figure it out, which is a big part of the ethos in rural and conservative circles. In urban and democratic areas, welfare abounds and Covid checks made this even worse. All of a sudden you have an entire population that not only thinks they can rely on the government for help, but they demand it. The lunatics in office placate their base by offering more services at the cost of higher taxes, and the cycle continues to spiral. We’re living through the dichotomy of “A Brave New World” order and Orwell’s “1984” at the same time.

Why are cities liberal and rural areas conservative? I thought I knew the answer, but discovered that it's a new phenomenon. The rural/urban divide occurred in my lifetime. Here's what happened ...

@KenLaCorte @Brandon98438035 You can't gerrymander a statewide office?

@Brandon98438035 It was gerrymandering ... that just got more extreme.

@RMB @bullypulpiteer @netcapgirl That's taken from the SF side of the bridge looking north (at Marin). The building below the bridge is Fort Point, built to protect the bay from a naval incursion during the civil war.

@bullypulpiteer @netcapgirl Fort Mason at the base

situation update: i moved to sf

@CofRedCentral @LejonBrames69 They're going to wait. If everything breaks right and the young guys develop, their cup window opens in 28-29 or 29-30. Just as Reid or whoever is becoming an impact player. I think they'd like to leave this off-season with a bridge top D pairing and some studs to develop (Reid)

@LejonBrames69 But are they going to want to wait for Reid or whoever else to develop?

Ok, let’s try this again… To SJ: 2027 1st (top 3 protected), 2026 VGK 1st, Hunter Brzustewicz, Connor Zary, 2026 NYR 2nd round pick To CGY: 2nd overall Then you go: #2: Stenberg #6: Carels

@KathAleeninSF @ApoStructura @rhodeislandmike @war24182236 @DanielLurie Gimme a break 🙄. If you live in the tenderloin, sure. Otherwise, it’s minimal and getting consistently better. I take young kids all over the city and have no issues. We should all want the TL, Soma and parts of the mission to improve, but it’s not widespread like you imply.

@ApoStructura @rhodeislandmike @war24182236 Bc you're a tourist, staying in safe spaces. Different for residents not living around the Golden Gate Bridge - Ha. No denying, we have a beautiful city. Lots of problems all related to drug - Junkies & violent vagrants roam our neighborhoods. @DanielLurie Can't fix it!

A couple years ago when I visited SF it was one of the worst places I’d even been too. Now it’s one of the best places I’ve ever been too. Incredible turnaround and a great example of what good leadership can accomplish.

@data_republican Short list: 1. Should never have left the JCPOA. Now we are bombing Iran and still unlikely to get a better outcome than if he had never left. 2. Tariffs have hurt the economy and were illegal. 3. Tax cuts for the rich while deficit exploded.

Being opposed to President Trump because he is Trump is just plain idiocy. Give me an argument based on his policies. Name calling like orange man, pedo, etc. just proves my point. Give me a cogent reason for opposing the ballroom or supporting DEI, for example. If all you can do is hate for the sake of hating, your TDS goes far beyond Trump and may be incurable.

@mike_murray32 @TheProspectDon I would trade Ekkie for Schaefer 😂

@TheProspectDon Don’t think anyone on the isles is worth it. Ideally Eklund is part of a package so that we get someone that’s better

Thinking about some fun trade ideas. What about the Sharks taking Ivar Stenberg #2 then exploring a trade with the Islanders around the #13 overall pick and William Eklund. Islanders pair William and Victor Eklund together Sharks get 13th overall and look at Ryan Lin, or Juho

@PGCulberson @TopTierPucks I was trying to work out lines and this is what I came up with. Don’t think they’ll realistically have toff as #17, but can’t figure out who gets bumped.

@TopTierPucks Still like 3 years from being serious. Let’s say we take Stenberg: Smith-Cele-Sherwood/Graf Stenberg-Misa-Cherny Eklund-Wennberg-Graf/Sherwood Regenda-Ostapchuk-young guy That’s a solid F group but still all under 25. Let them cook.

San Jose can add Ivar Stenberg to this already elite young forward group Are they cup contenders?

@Botymcboatface @shortmagsmle Apples are from Central Asia 🤪

@shortmagsmle "American food": -Pizza -Tex Mex -Soul food (Africa/Caribbean) -General Tso -Corn (?) I guess Apple pie wasn't imported from the rest of the world? You want to eat Apple pie every single time?

I don’t want my streets to be “vibrant” and I don’t want my local “food scene” to be “authentic”. I want my city to be quiet and clean and orderly. I want to go to the diner and get American food. I want my waitress to speak English. The rest of the world sucks.

@miketgould @scottcwheeler They should have won last year and added Schaefer. Just correcting an injustice 😂

@scottcwheeler Sharks winning again would be the height of injustice.

My one (1) annual NHL Draft Lottery sim.

@FBGreatMoments Bar None!

Name a player who’s rookie season turned out to be their best.

@tucosalamanca45 @MFactsplosion @WallStreetApes Moving the goalposts. Nice SF has the highest office rents in the country and is leasing like crazy. So take your doom loop bullshit somewhere else

A 20 story tower in San Francisco valued at $320 million dollars went up for auction There wasn’t a single bidder. Not even for $1 The property is now vacant, because no one wants to make the investment in Democrat run San Francisco High crime rates and homelessness are cited reasons for office buildings like this to not see purchasers Bidding for the property started at $80 million, but no offers. A massive decline in value WeWork used to be a major tenant occupying nearly 200,000 sq ft in this same building

@tucosalamanca45 @MFactsplosion @WallStreetApes Q1 vacancy rates dropped to 29%... nearly 1M sf of office absorbed in Q1. Rents rising. And yeah, values are lower than in 2019, but capital has returned and SF is considered a top investment market. But don't let data get in the way of your biased narrative