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@JTLonsdale Fair.

@jLeibner The right has other issues; both left and right have weak spots for certain cronyism, and certain populism. But the left is consistently weaker on allowing insane DA’s and judges on crime, and being soft on crime and not pursuing it as much. There’s no question.

Fraudsters, criminals, and those too lazy to work generally prefer the left to win. For obvious reasons.

@theallinpod I am a board member and immediate past-pres of a Bridgewater, NJ-based non-profit that does fantastic work to support a vibrant Special Needs program, summer camp for 600+ kids, an awesome Swim team and other community programs. You, sir, are painting with a big, ugly brush. Sad.

David Sacks: Nonprofits need to manufacture problems in America to stay in business David Sacks: “Here's the systemic problem with nonprofits and NGOs. Let me just contrast it with business. In business, you set up a company, the company has to make revenue, it has to make profits. And if it doesn't, it's going to go out of business, right? Because it'll lose money. So there's a feedback mechanism from the market. With an NGO, nonprofit, what have you, they raise money. They don't sell things. They fundraise from donors in order to engage in an activity, but what happens over time is the actual activities may stop mattering, and all that really matters is they're able to keep fundraising, right? Because they're just trying to figure out a justification to keep going back to donors to get more and more money out of them. That's what perpetuates the organization.” Chamath: “ Why wouldn't the Southern Poverty Law Center focus on southern poverty? Which is an issue that actually still exists in some shape or form. Why do you call it one thing, focus on racism, and then all of a sudden whip up fake racism?” Sacks: “I do think that at one time in this country, civil rights was a noble cause, a very legitimate cause. We had the legacy of segregation and Jim Crow, and there were groups that were set up to basically change that, and they succeeded. But again, no one in an NGO or a nonprofit ever declares victory. When Obama got elected in 2008, regardless of whether you liked Obama or not, or agreed with his politics, I thought that at that point, most people could see that this was not a racist country. Whatever else you could say, the fact that the highest office in the land was not denied to anybody showed that this country was not holding people back based on their skin color. And instead of just basically packing up shop and saying, ‘Okay, we've achieved our goal,’ the goalposts all got moved. Remember, that's when the whole anti-racism thing started, was around Obama's second term. If they just said at that time, ‘You know what, we're going to move the goalposts from equality of opportunity to equality of results. We're going to basically make everyone equal at the finish line,’ which is to say, identity socialism. People would've said, ‘Eh, no, we're not on board for that.’ So instead, they created this whole new terminology to justify it. And it's taken us years to unpack that and realize what's really going on.”

@MarioNawfal In short: I’m an educated nutjob who got fed up with what I believe to be egregious overstepping by tyrannical, unethical, immoral liars and am pursuing “2nd Amendment remedies.” Ironically, if Biden were pres this guy would be celebrated same as Rittenhouse. Hypocrisy much?

🇺🇸 The full manifesto of WHCD gunman Cole Allen has been obtained by the New York Post. Key takeaways: - A 31-year-old California teacher who described himself as "half-black, half-white" - Sent the 1,052-word document to family 10 minutes before the attack - Targeted Trump administration officials by rank, explicitly excluded Kash Patel - Used buckshot deliberately to minimize collateral casualties - Described Secret Service security as "actually insane" and said he walked in with multiple weapons undetected - "If I was an Iranian agent instead of an American citizen, I could have brought a Ma Deuce in here and no one would have noticed" - Ended the manifesto: "It's awful. I want to throw up. Can't really recommend it. Stay in school, kids." Full manifesto: "Hello everybody! So I may have given a lot of people a surprise today. Let me start off by apologizing to everyone whose trust I abused. I apologize to my parents for saying I had an interview without specifying it was for “Most Wanted.” I apologize to my colleagues and students for saying I had a personal emergency (by the time anyone reads this, I probably most certainly DO need to go to the ER, but can hardly call that not a self-inflicted status.) I apologize to all of the people I traveled next to, all the workers who handled my luggage, and all the other non-targeted people at the hotel who I put in danger simply by being near. I apologize to everyone who was abused and/or murdered before this, to all those who suffered before I was able to attempt this, to all who may still suffer after, regardless of my success or failure. I don’t expect forgiveness, but if I could have seen any other way to get this close, I would have taken it. Again, my sincere apologies. On to why I did any of this: I am a citizen of the United States of America. What my representatives do reflects on me. And I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes. (Well, to be completely honest, I was no longer willing a long time ago, but this is the first real opportunity I’ve had to do something about it.) While I’m discussing this, I’ll also go over my expected rules of engagement (probably in a terrible format, but I’m not military so too bad.) Administration officials (not including Mr. Patel): they are targets, prioritized from highest-ranking to lowest Secret Service: they are targets only if necessary, and to be incapacitated non-lethally if possible (aka, I hope they’re wearing body armor because center mass with shotguns messes up people who *aren’t* Hotel Security: not targets if at all possible (aka unless they shoot at me) Capitol Police: same as Hotel Security National Guard: same as Hotel Security Hotel Employees: not targets at all Guests: not targets at all In order to minimize casualties I will also be using buckshot rather than slugs (less penetration through walls) I would still go through most everyone here to get to the targets if it were absolutely necessary (on the basis that most people *chose* to attend a speech by a pedophile, rapist, and traitor, and are thus complicit) but I really hope it doesn’t come to that. Rebuttals to objections: Objection 1: As a Christian, you should turn the other cheek. Rebuttal: Turning the other cheek is for when you yourself are oppressed. I’m not the person raped in a detention camp. I’m not the fisherman executed without trial. I’m not a schoolkid blown up or a child starved or a teenage girl abused by the many criminals in this administration. Turning the other cheek when *someone else* is oppressed is not Christian behavior; it is complicity in the oppressor’s crimes. Objection 2: This is not a convenient time for you to do this. Rebuttal: I need whoever thinks this way to take a couple minutes and realize that the world isn’t about them. Do you think that when I see someone raped or murdered or abused, I should walk on by because it would be “inconvenient” for people who aren’t the victim? This was the best timing and chance of success I could come up with. Objection 3: You didn’t get them all. Rebuttal: Gotta start somewhere. Objection 4: As a half-black, half-white person, you shouldn’t be the one doing this. Rebuttal: I don’t see anyone else picking up the slack Objection 5: Yield unto Caesar what is Caesar’s. Rebuttal: The United States of America are ruled by the law, not by any one or several people. In so far as representatives and judges do not follow the law, no one is required to yield them anything so unlawfully ordered. I would also like to extend my appreciation to a great many people since I will not be likely to be able to talk with them again (unless the Secret Service is *astoundingly* incompetent.) Thank you to my family, both personal and church, for your love over these 31 years. Thank you to my friends, for your companionship over many years. Thank you to my colleagues over many jobs, for your positivity and professionalism. Thank you to my students for your enthusiasm and love of learning. Thank you to the many acquaintances I’ve met, in person and online, for short interactions and long-term relationships, for your perspectives and inspiration. Thank you all for everything. Sincerely, Cole “coldForce” “Friendly Federal Assassin” Allen PS: Ok now that all the sappy stuff is done, what the hell is the Secret Service doing? Sorry, gonna rant a bit here and drop the formal tone. Like, I expected security cameras at every bend, bugged hotel rooms, armed agents every 10 feet, metal detectors out the wazoo. What I got (who knows, maybe they’re pranking me!) is nothing. No damn security. Not in transport. Not in the hotel. Not in the event. Like, the one thing that I immediately noticed walking into the hotel is the sense of arrogance. I walk in with multiple weapons and not a single person there considers the possibility that I could be a threat. The security at the event is all outside, focused on protestors and current arrivals, because apparently no one thought about what happens if someone checks in the day before. Like, this level of incompetence is insane, and I very sincerely hope it’s corrected by the time this country gets actually competent leadership again. Like, if I was an Iranian agent, instead of an American citizen, I could have brought a damn Ma Deuce in here and no one would have noticed shit. Actually insane. Oh and if anyone is curious is how doing something like feels: it’s awful. I want to throw up; I want to cry for all the things I wanted to do and never will, for all the people whose trust this betrays; I experience rage thinking about everything this administration has done. Can’t really recommend it! Stay in school, kids." Source: New York Post

@PatriciaHeaton And I never have and never would wish any harm come to DJT. But many on your side of the aisle accuse(d) Obama of being a Muslim who hates America, and some believe Michelle is really Michael. Stop with framing this as the Left is ungrateful and unAmerican. Absolute nonsense.

I wasn’t happy when Clinton, Obama or Biden won, but I didn’t call them fascist/dangerous/threat to democracy. I didn’t hope someone would assassinate them. I went on with my life with gratitude. Friends on the left, please try this. Your life and our country will be better.

@TheAKGuy How ‘bout y’all stop saying “Democrats are crazy and hate our country?” And “Michelle is really Michael…” And “Go back where you came from” to people born here. At what point will you consider words matter?

At what point will the left and the media admit responsibility for the direct correlation between their hyperbolic rhetoric and people trying to murder our fucking President. It’s honestly absurd at this point.

@PressSec @whca Perhaps a few less comments along the lines of “Democrats are crazy and they hate our country” would be helpful. Know anyone who you could steer away from that kind of rhetoric?

What was supposed to be a fun night at the @WHCA dinner with President Trump delivering jokes and celebrating free speech was hijacked by a depraved crazy person who sought to assassinate the President and kill as many top Trump administration officials as possible. I was with President Trump and the First Lady back stage after we were quickly ushered to safety by Secret Service. President Trump was truly fearless, but as he said last night, this political violence needs to end. Thank you to law enforcement for keeping all of us safe, including the brave agent who took a bullet to the chest and immediately moved to neutralize the shooter. Pray for our country.

@MattWalshBlog Please stop with this hyperventilating about those on the other team. Your team was screaming about the boat that ran aground in the Suez and how they were transporting children for pedophiles. And chips in Covid injections…and Mexico paying for the wall. Have you no shame?

Retards starting tweeting that the assassination attempt was "staged" 10 seconds after it happened. No evidence for that claim. No reason to make it. Nothing at all. Just a narrative constructed out of whole cloth. They have the guy in custody, alive. And yet they'll still say this was somehow a hoax. You have to understand that, for a lot of people in this country, the truth just doesn't matter. It makes no difference to them. The truth is whatever they want it to be. These are the same people who spent years claiming that men can give birth the babies. They're living in fantasyland. They cannot differentiate between the things they wish are real and the things that are actually real. They don't recognize the distinction between these categories. They're toddlers in adult bodies. Their brains and souls are malformed. There's no saving them.

@paulg Cheat code: I get a bit nauseous when preparing a “speech.” It feels wrong…me imparting wisdom = I’m important or better. Reframed to “We are hear to explore and learn something new so we can be more effective at XYZ.” At ease, good flow and interaction. Very different.

Writing a talk to give in Stockholm. The prospect of speaking to a large group of people is no longer frightening, but writing a talk is as much work as ever. I'm no longer afraid of audiences, but I'm still just as afraid of making mistakes.

@BigBrainBizness To the simple minded, every exec paid the same equals Socialism. Jensen is peak Capitalist. Square this circle, Besties. @chamath @jason @DavidSacks @friedberg

Jensen Huang on how he keeps 55 executives motivated when they're already incredibly wealthy: His answer reveals an unconventional management philosophy that starts with the structure of his leadership team: "I'm surrounded by 55 people. My management team, my direct reports is 55 people. I write no reviews for any of them. I give them constant reviews and they provide the same to me." Even more surprising is how he handles compensation: "My compensation for them is the bottom right corner of Excel. I just drag it down. Literally, many of our executives are paid the same exactly to the dollar. I know it's weird. It works." Jensen also avoids the typical executive rituals that most CEOs rely on: "I don't do one-on-ones with any of them unless they need me. I never have meetings with them just alone. There's not one piece of information that I somehow secretly tell E-staff that I don't tell the rest of the company." He explains the thinking behind this radical transparency: "In that way our company was designed for agility, for information to flow as quickly as possible. For people to be empowered by what they are able to do, not what they know. That's the architecture of our company." But the real answer to keeping wealthy employees motivated comes down to one thing — his own behavior: "How do I celebrate success? How do I celebrate failure? How do I talk about setbacks? Every single thing, I'm looking for opportunities to instill every single day. What is important, what's not important, what's the definition of good? How do you think about a journey? How do you think about results? All of that all day long." The lesson is clear: when money no longer motivates, culture does. When your top people no longer need the paycheck, what they need is a leader worth following.

@overton_news Absolute bs. Impossible to count the number of R’s who still believe Michelle is a man, Obama is a Muslim and that the country would be better if he was dead. Bongino might have some credibility if he denounced all 3 of this notions. He won’t cuz he would lose half his audience.

Dan Bongino just knocked it out of the park: “There is no both sides, folks. Stop telling yourself that!” He shattered the “both sides” narrative on political violence and laid out the biggest difference between the modern left and right. BONGINO: “Listen, having been an agent over 12 years in the Secret Service, excuse me 12 years having spent a good amount in the protective intelligence squad where you actually go out aend interview thes people who threaten the president or protectees...” “I think there’s assumption on the left where there’s no shame in threatening the president’s life on the left.” “So this isn’t a both sides thing, so we can just cut that garbage out right now and just stop the nonsense.” “On the right, any respected kind of mainstream figure on the right, if you were to go out and even imply that someone should be physically hurt on the left for their ideas, you’re almost instantly shamed out of the movement.” “There’e is no such corresponding effect on the left.” “Not only, Rachel, is there no shame, you’re welcomed in open arms on mainstream left-wing podcasts.” “Hey, come on in and spew this bile out there.” “There is no such corresponding movement on the right.” “There is no both sides, folks. Stop telling yourself that!” “It’s not true.”

@Geiger_Capital Litmus test: Flat Earthers - the ultimate conspiracy theorists - vote Right or Left? My $ is they vote R…so please stop with R conspiracies being True.

The amount of people who think everything is "staged" is truly insane… Yes. Trump convinced a 31-year-old Kamala donor to charge the Secret Service with multiple firearms and go to prison for life so he could… still be unpopular and build a ballroom that’s already being built.

@JTLonsdale We could likely provide equal numbers of tit-for-tat anecdotes. Facts-wise, are there not real stats indicating just as much Red-state violence as Blue? Like you, I have strong opinions. But that doesn’t make them true.

@jLeibner When you vote for women like her or men like Garza on the left, you’re supporting criminals and endangering the innocent. Just because you know reasonable seeming people on the left doesn’t mean they aren’t supporting crime with their misguided virtue signaling.

@OlenaRohoza Hear that, David (“narrative interruption”) and Elon? Make sure you tell your buddy Mearsheimer about this so he can maintain his reputation as an expert on international relations. @DavidSacks @elonmusk @chamath

British and U.S. intelligence have published an interesting assessment of the situation on the фронт in Ukraine. Their analysis differs noticeably from the talking points stubbornly repeated by Donald Trump and his close circle, including J. D. Vance, Steve Witkoff, and Jared Kushner. The CIA and their British counterparts do not believe that “Ukraine has no cards” or that “Russia is advancing.” The conclusion from these two major intelligence players is that Ukraine is currently in its strongest position in at least the past year. It is holding its ground and even pushing the enemy back in the south. Analysts point to several factors behind this assessment. First — Russia lacks strategic reserves. Yes, there are plans to intensify offensives, including around Kostyantynivka, and to reinforce units being worn down near Pokrovsk. But there simply aren’t enough troops. A year ago, Russia was recruiting roughly as many soldiers as it was losing, while still maintaining around 150,000 reserves in camps and rear areas. Now, they are recruiting fewer than they lose. That buffer has been completely exhausted. New recruits are sent straight to the front, but three hotspots rapidly consume these reinforcements: Ukraine’s offensive in the south, and two 24/7 “meat grinders” — Hryshyne near Pokrovsk and Kostyantynivka in the Kramatorsk agglomeration. Second — the growing strength of Ukraine’s drone warfare. Centralized command, strong support from the General Staff and Ministry of Defense, and a major contribution from volunteers — that’s the formula. Equipment and reinforcements often don’t even make it to the front line; they’re destroyed on the way. The traditional ratio of one killed to three wounded no longer applies. After clashes with Ukrainian forces, Russian units are now reporting up to 70% killed in action — meaning irreversible losses. This isn’t a temporary spike, but a deeply troubling trend for the occupying forces. Yesterday, I watched part of a broadcast by Vladimir Solovyov featuring Mikhail Khodarenok — two notorious Russian propagandists. There’s no longer any talk of total victory or crushing the enemy at any cost. Instead, they spoke gloomily about the need to start winding down the “special military operation” this year, suggesting that the spring-summer campaign should be the last. They argued that prolonged wars are harmful to the state — even Napoleon was brought down by one. They admitted that Russia is now fighting its most difficult war, even harder than World War II. And this is coming from the same voices that were recently boasting about advances and success. This isn’t a slip — it’s a pattern, and a widespread one. Russian propaganda has clearly lost its confidence and no longer believes in victory. Only Vladimir Putin, after briefings from Valery Gerasimov, continues to claim that everything is going according to plan, that Russia is advancing everywhere and capturing new territories. Maybe it is going according to plan. Just not in the direction they expected.

@Jason @DavidSacks Somehow I recall when Jan 6th was a complete dealbreaker for you…while Sacks labeled it “already adjudicated.” Since then he’s proven himself to be even more intellectually dishonest (see Mearsheimer vis-a-vis UKR, Israel) while you make lame attempts at moral profundity.

The left has a serious violence problem, which @DavidSacks called out early and often. This generation of woke democratic socialists are morally bankrupt. They believe in looting and violence as a political tool — and they’re vocal about it. If you called out the violent members of the January 6th riots, you also have to call out the radical left. #ballsandstrikes x.com/EndWokeness/st…

@chamath I recall a galaxy far, far away where/when y’all had some credibility. Remember the bipartisan Chips Act? Funding for TSMC Arizona, Intel and Micron? Perfect? No. Did it provide serious $ to help power AI? Without question. You guys are 💯 ideologically captured. Unlistenable.

Agreed.

@JayaGup10 Great article. The last two paragraphs are serious icing on a very tasty cake.

@TGSChristina @niccruzpatane You’re more forgiving than me…I did not appreciate being deceived.

@jLeibner @niccruzpatane I’m not mad about it. Just disappointed. Sorry this happened to you. It was a lesson. Next time I’ll purchase my car through Tesla itself.

Elon Musk on upgrading FSD hardware for customers who bought FSD on HW3 vehicles during today’s Q1 2026 Earnings Call: “Unfortunately, HW3, I wish it were otherwise, but HW3 simply does not have the capability to achieve Unsupervised FSD. We did think at one point it would have that, but relative to HW4 — it has only 1/8th the memory bandwidth of HW4, and memory bandwidth is one of the key elements needed for Unsupervised FSD, and it's just generally a thing that's needed for Al. If you're doing an order aggressive transformer, memory bandwidth is the choke point. For customers that have bought FSD, what we're offering is essentially a discounted trade-in for cars that have Al4 hardware, and we'll also be offering the ability to upgrade the car to replace the computer — you also need to replace the cameras, unfortunately, to go to HW4. To do this efficiently, we're going to have to set up micro-factories or small factories in major metropolitan areas in order to do it efficiently. I do think over time, it’s going to make sense for us to convert ALL HW3 cars to HW4 because that’s what enables them to enter the Robotaxi fleet and have Unsupervised FSD.”

@TGSChristina @niccruzpatane Same experience…bought 2022 MYP from “high end” used car dealer (Century Magic, NJ). Screen said “Auto Pilot” so they repped that car had full lifetime FSD. I was ignorant…Tesla labeling was vague. Love my car but def overpaid by $7.5k. No recourse. Grrr

So I get screwed again because of FSD ownership. Sadly when I bought my car from a Subaru dealer. They lied saying it came with the car. Finding out from the fine print thinking that it had it. It was never in the paperwork. It got left out. … Lovely. 😑 I’ll have to wait til I get my payments down there to where I upgrade to a Model Y like I wanted to in the future.

@MikeBales When you believe in things you don’t understand, then you suffer. Superstition ain’t the way…

Hello darkness, my old friend…