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A good ‘BS ID’ kit “helps us recognize the most common and perilous fallacies of logic and rhetoric.” getpocket.com/explore/item/t…

@nicknorwitz RCTs tell you what works on average. Your body isn't average. The whole point of self-experimentation is closing the gap between population data and your lived reality. Science gives you the map - but you're the only one who can walk the terrain.

Looking forward to the press conference and candlelight vigil with Swalwell’s victims, headlined by Thomas Massie, Ro Khanna, and Marjorie Taylor Greene, on the front steps of the Capitol on Monday.

Good evening @RepRoKhanna. We hope you had a nice Saturday. Several people have requested we comment on your post. We will quickly before we take Mrs. USOGA out for date night. First - like you, we hope this war will end soon and things will return to normal. Until then - things will be what they will be. But high gas prices in your district aren’t “Trump’s war”—they’re Sacramento’s doing. California drivers pay nearly double the national average in state taxes, plus cap-and-trade, Low Carbon Fuel Standard, unique reformulated gasoline, refinery limits, and geographic isolation that blocks cheap imports. That adds $1.00–$1.78+ over the U.S. average. Here is our suggestion. Your proposed windfall profits tax will do nothing to bring relief to your overtaxed and underappreciated constituents. Instead -suspend those state-level taxes first and bring California prices in line with the national average. Put your state bureaucracy on a diet. They could stand to shed a few pounds. Encourage California domestic oil and gas production and expand your refinery capacity instead of shutting it down. Stand up to your Governor. You know he is wrong and you can be on the right side of things And let's talk windfall profits tax. They don't work. While you don't call it a windfall profits tax, California recently passed one and called it a "wealth tax" now you see high net worth individuals fleeing your state. History proves it backfires. The 1980 Crude Oil Windfall Profit Tax cut domestic production 1–8% (hundreds of millions of barrels lost), boosted imports 3–13%, raised far less revenue than projected after deductions, created massive bureaucracy, and was repealed in 1988 because it discouraged supply exactly when America needed more. That in turn led us to depend even more on Middle East imports for another 20 years right up until the shale revolution occurred. Kind of like how California is dependent on imports now. Your repeated sponsorship of a new Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act would repeat the exact same mistake—shrinking U.S. output and raising costs. Crude exports? They expand global supply, narrow price spreads (WTI-Brent) which is exerts downward pressure on world prices. It is directly helping allies in Europe and Asia counter China's skirting sanctions and colluding with Iran to purchase crude at huge discounts. Restricting exports would tighten markets, spike costs everywhere—including here—and hurt the consumers you claim to protect. Finally we must also point out that your voting record shows consistent opposition to our industry you want to tax. For example, you: Voted against leasing more public lands and waters for oil drilling (2023, Roll Call 23). Voted against reversing land-management protections to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil and gas drilling—multiple times, including 2025 Roll Call 295 and earlier efforts to halt ANWR development. Opposed critical oil and gas leasing reforms and fast-tracking fossil-fuel infrastructure (2024 Roll Call 95; 2025 votes undermining LNG authority and blocking fracking bans). Voted NO on NDAA provisions that would expedite oil/gas permitting (2022–2023). You have a 99% lifetime League of Conservation Voters score—near-perfect opposition to domestic energy exploration, production and leasing. You’ve led hearings attacking us and sponsored bills to repeal industry tax provisions. Fine—own that record. But please stop shifting blame to “Trump’s war” or federal policy while California’s own choices keep your constituents paying the highest pump prices in America. Real relief comes from more American supply + streamlined permitting, not recycled 1980s taxes or more restrictions. Energy abundance, not rhetoric, lowers prices and bolsters U.S. and allied security. Mrs. USOGA has instructed us to put the phone away so we will do that. Have a good weekend.

@wil_da_beast630 You know the saying: Men are only as faithful as their opportunities.

Up to each guy, but men can avoid these crazy scandals and dubious charges 100% by just practicing the same sort of fear-and-honor-based sexual discretion that most bidnesswomen do. Fairly drunk feminist staffer from the other campaign invites you upstairs? Just say "No - but maybe I can see you tomorrow," or "Nah: I have a girl." Ring - stays on finger. Cuffs - stay off wrists.

@Scott_Wiener Get the fuck over it. LBGTQ people are human. Not special. No more, no less, than anyone else. Quit trying to elevate them to special status. Enough already.

The San Francisco-born small business, Philz Coffee, just lost its community values after being bought out. Now owned by private equity firm Freeman Spogli, Philz is no longer allowed to display pride flags. This sad moment highlights the critical importance of locally-rooted businesses that support and understand the communities they serve, including the LGBTQ community.

You’re calling for @EricSwalwell to drop out of his race for office? But you’re not calling for @RepSwalwell to resign from his current office?

2018. Eric Swalwell says that if Brett Kavanaugh is innocent of sexual assault, he should bring into his hearing all the people who have accused him so they can speak freely. Swalwell also said that multiple accusers means Kavanaugh is most likely guilty. Hey Swalwell, are you going to keep up this same energy when your accusers start coming forward? Are you going to release the women from their NDAs so they can speak freely about you? It will "prove your innocence" right?

@adamcarolla No, they were consolidating power and taking the opportunity to push executive orders and regulations without public input. They knew covid was all bullshit, which is why they felt comfortable dining together without social distancing and masks. Never waste a crisis.

This is how they live. But their just doing what anyone would do. The real question is who supports these dictators and why

Two weeks ago you told us that fraud claims were “ridiculous” and that there were “no missing homelessness funds.” I have the receipts:

@GovPressOffice He doesn’t need to go far to find it. Just has to look in the mirror.

The Governor never denied fraud was happening, he repeatedly said if there is fraud he would partner to fight it. Last month: x.com/GovPressOffice… Two months ago: x.com/GovPressOffice… And three months ago: x.com/GovPressOffice… Fighting fraud has been something the Governor has taken seriously for years, people can see the results here: StopFraud.CA.Gov What the Governor won’t entertain is people making baseless claims with no data or evidence and misleading people for the sole purpose of pushing a political agenda. Is lying and pushing made up numbers a form of fraud?

You tried to paint me as a pervert for exposing fraud, and as a result radical leftists started trying to dox me and send death threats, wanting to kill me. Now you are taking credit for “leading the charge” on the fraud. Are you serious? You are the fraud.

My husband asked me today, 'Have we bottomed out yet?' My very tired standard answer is 'when CA Democrats are tired of the fraud & corruption, uppermost high taxes, crappy public schools, Mogadishu-like roads and highways, fake water shortages, rolling energy blackouts, 'wildfire season,' homeless crapping on city streets and leaving used needles strewn about... when Democrats are tired of Gov. Newsom emptying out the state prisons, closing prisons, and giving his loopy wife - the 'First Partner' - a platform to sell her gender justice freak show to California public schools for million$, as the Newsoms moved into a $9 million Marin County home. When do Democrats get sick of this decayed, wounded state run by venal lamebrains?... 'cause the rest of us are so done with them. @mikeroweworks @adamcarolla

@PNW_working_mom @ChristinaPushaw Yeah, but looks are deceiving. She’s a bonafide nut job. And he’s an ass.

@ChristinaPushaw No denying they are a gorgeous family. It’s easy to preach virtue when you’re this privileged.

What I find interesting about the Newsoms is that they both relentlessly promote liberal/left ideologies that are corrosive to family formation and undermine traditional values. However, at the same time, they've been in a heterosexual marriage for 20+ years and have 4 children together. By those measures, they are more "trad" in terms of their own lifestyle than most Americans are, even a lot of conservatives aren't married with 4 kids. So what that tells me is the Newsoms KNOW that the traditional family model is the best; that's why they chose it when they both could've chosen anything else. But as elites they still promote insidious ideologies that end up harming the ordinary people who listen to them. It's a perfect illustration of "luxury beliefs."

@ivegotthisK @mazemoore The fact that she ran over and killed her sister is probably the reason why. At least it makes sense now, not that it’s excusable.

@mazemoore She is certifiably a loony tune....just like her husband. I feel bad for their kids.

Gavin Newsom's wife recalls telling prisoners at San Quentin about running over and killing her sister with a golf cart. She said that she wasn't punished because it was an accident but that the prisoners are doing life even though theirs was "probably an accident too."

For years, California leaders accused oil companies of price gouging at the pump, but a state investigation found no evidence of that. Instead, a CBS News California investigation found what's really driving the highest gas prices in the U.S. cbsloc.al/3PPOHwW

DollarTree PeeWee and his Playhouse friends have entered the Chat. Since Jan 2025, Californians have shelled out an estimated $24–30 billion extra on gasoline since compared to the U.S. average. Average premium: $1.30–$2.00/gal (taxes + regs + supply issues). Per driver: $600–$900+ more in just 15 months. Data: EIA weekly prices + CA consumption stats

Gavin Newsom doubled Medicaid spending, from $94 billion to $197B per year, while his state's population declined by 0.2 percent. It's not "services expanding" and "new programs being launched." It's just billions in fraud—and massive handouts to his union paymasters.

@Hebro_Steele “Just leave me alone.” ~Me, and most of GenX

This piece is so Gen X that it’s rad.

@CAgovernor “Gender affirming care” is conversion therapy.

Conversion therapy is discredited junk science that inflicts harm on LGBTQ youth. The Supreme Court’s decision is disappointing and puts vulnerable kids at risk.