Kruecab
603 posts
Nearly half of the founders of billion-dollar tech startups are immigrants
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The biggest bullshit move by DHS in its history. So everyone on a O1 or H1B visa would have to stop working legally in the US, go back to their country and wait for years of backlog? This includes top scientists in our universities, founders of billion dollar companies (at least 3 just in our portfolio would be affected by the way). And if we look at individual countries it becomes even more bs. Indians would have to wait decades. Russians don’t have anywhere to go (there is no US embassy in Russia, hello?).
This is the worst imaginable way to disrupt important work for the country and pretend you’re fighting some loophole.
Homeland Security@DHSgov
An alien who is in the U.S. temporarily and wants a Green Card must return to their home country to apply. This policy allows our immigration system to function as the law intended instead of incentivizing loopholes. The era of abusing our nation’s immigration system is over.
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Lots of commentary across the country about Pratt’s visit to South LA, and some critique of the other candidates for not being in touch with the community. I live in South LA and am seriously active politically. I went to Pratt’s event, go to events by all, sorts of groups and politicians, and it’s better that he came this way than not.
Now for the reality. Raman too needs to do something significant in south LA. You can tell from the photo that a large number of the people at the Pratt thing don’t live in that neighborhood. Of the people from the neighborhood that were there, and there seemed to be 50, an undoubtedly significant number were there because it was done right on their residential block with 3-4 different free food vendors. That’s not a normal campaign event and if one knows South LA, free food is a huge draw.
As far as Bass goes, she has had at least a half-dozen appearances in South LA since the year’s start. She can draw crowds, without the perks of a block party, comprised of people that one recognizes as the community active group in South LA. You won’t see an image like this one. For anyone that was there and knows South LA, this was no glaring sign that Pratt connects with the area at the level of Bass. It was geared to steer public perception beyond those there and it is working.
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@SScalpings What’s the matter? Don’t you “believe the science”? This is science.
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@Matt_Lowne I’m saving this post to remind you later. You obviously don’t understand iterative design at scale. And that’s okay. Many people will be left behind, it’s a fact we can’t help.
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Ngl losing Superheavy on the 12th test flight was really bad. I get that it's a new gen booster but still, there are other rockets with zero failures out there, and Starship Superheavy is flight-tested architecture.
HLS is not happening this decade imo
SpaceX@SpaceX
Splashdown confirmed! Congratulations to the entire SpaceX team on the twelfth flight test of Starship!
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@ZacksJerryRig @Tesla Wow, you really are sour grapes! Maybe go back to trying to scratch iPhone screens?
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It's the middle of 2026. Elon said we would have 500,000 unsupervised @Tesla's on the road right now. Biggest con since Enron.
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This is one of the dumbest takes I've ever seen. The starship test flight didn't even work. Multiple engines failed and it was clear that it under performed again because Max Q was late.
Space Shuttle, ISS, Orion, Mars rovers, etc are significantly more spectacular
Peter H. Diamandis, MD@PeterDiamandis
Starship was the greatest thing humanity ever built without AI assistance. It will be the last. Everything after this will be designed with AI. The era of human-only engineering is over.
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@nettermike Sacramento didn’t “let it happen”… Sacramento caused it and made any other outcome inevitable.
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Yesterday, the California Department of Insurance approved a 29.1% rate hike on the FAIR Plan — the state's so-called "insurer of last resort" that now covers more than 668,600 homes, up 44% in just over a year.
For families in the highest wildfire-risk zip codes, bills could climb as much as 60%. And it's not just rural communities — it's working families, retirees on fixed incomes, and small business owners who never asked to be on the FAIR Plan in the first place. They're there because private insurers fled California and Sacramento let it happen.
Monterey County Republican Party@MCGOP_CA
Vote for @SKorsgaden !!!
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@greendragonhq Fame? Literally never heard of this guy until his campaign started. Then again, I watch Nova.
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Using his fame to run for mayor and have his campaign pay for his lavish life style.. right out of the Trump handbook.
Mario Nawfal@MarioNawfal
🇺🇸 Spencer Pratt outraised the sitting LA Mayor 10 to 1 in a single month 😳 $2.72M vs $283K for Karen Bass. LA's 2026 mayoral race is shaping up to be a case study in what happens when machine politics meets a candidate voters actually want to fund.
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@yinkanubi I guess you like bootlicking Tara and other Indian mega corps!
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Let me get this straight, you want people who are on H-1B visas who are working and contributing to your economy (not to mention paying their taxes) to quit work and return back to their home countries for an unspecified period to apply for Green Card?
Wonderful!
Homeland Security@DHSgov
An alien who is in the U.S. temporarily and wants a Green Card must return to their home country to apply. This policy allows our immigration system to function as the law intended instead of incentivizing loopholes. The era of abusing our nation’s immigration system is over.
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They've got:
- Chevron
- Meta
- Airbnb
- PG&E
- Uber
- McDonalds
We've got:
- Nurses
- Teachers
- Carpenters
- Domestic Workers
- Our Revolution
- Sierra Club
If we win, corporations lose.
TomHQ@TomHQ
The choice is yours, California.
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Maybe @SpaceX can ask its engineers not to chant nationalist dogwhistles on the livestream please? 😒
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@realsaadasad Yay! 56% more people can die in a fire now! So smart! I guess you like bootlicking for rich developers.
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@TimDay1310388 @meghan_daum Hi, I manage property where housing first has been tried. It has failed. 100% of the people are out in less than a year, and all their normal market rate neighbors move too.
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@meghan_daum Treatment first programs don't work. Housing first programs, where sobriety isn't mandated has a success rate of 90% of long term sobriety and stable housing at a cost between 25-30,000 a year/person. Prison is 100,000 a year. Pratt won't say what his "prison camps" will cost.
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Would love to hear responses from people who watched the whole thing. What did you like? What gave you pause? Serious, good-faith feedback, please.
Spencer Pratt@spencerpratt
If that addict on your street were your own son, what would you do? That is the defining question that guides my 5 step plan to fix the homelessness problem in LA. We *must* end this evil racket of corrupt politicians and NGOs who profit off the misery of these poor souls. They launder money and feed them more drugs, so they can keep their customers locked in this hell on our streets. We have a moral obligation from God to help them and make our city safe and clean for everyone. Karen Bass and Nithya Raman have forsaken this city. Time for real leadership. Time for real compassion.
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Yesterday Mark Zuckerberg cut 10% of his staff because of AI. This will not be an isolated case, and California needs to be prepared.
Here's the deal a handful of billionaires want: build AI on California talent, lay off California workers, and keep every dollar.
As governor, I'll put a token tax on Big Tech's AI usage and send that money back to Californians — and I'll guarantee a job for everyone AI displaces.
We cannot allow the AI era to be a boom for billionaires and a bust for everyone else.
Tom Steyer@TomSteyer
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@GunnelsWarren Net worth != Income. Go ahead and tax the truck driver, teacher, and nurse on their homes, savings accounts, and retirement accounts. I know you want to.
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No. When Jeff Bezos pays a lower tax rate than a truck driver, the tax code is not progressive. It's rigged.
Jeff Bezos
Worth: $279 billion
Tax Rate: 0.98%
Truck Driver
Income: $63,890
Tax Rate 8.4%
Teacher
Income: $69,860
Tax Rate: 9.8%
Nurse
Income: $98,430
Tax Rate: 13.3%
Jeff Bezos@JeffBezos
Yes, the United States has the most progressive tax system in the world. The top 1% pay 40% of taxes, the bottom 50% pay 3% of taxes. We can make it even more progressive by zeroing out taxes on the bottom half. It’s a small amount of the total tax revenue but very meaningful to people in this group.
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How come nobody ever tells billionaires “just have 1 house and 1 car, there’s no need to have 10 cars, 10 house, a yacht, and a private jet. Pay your fair share in taxes instead.”
Mikli@CryptoMikli
Kevin O’Leary says Gen Z is financially cooked when people making $70K a year are spending $28 on lunch
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ui.social/Academy-STP
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Yep. Not a loophole, just the way it works in CA. The irony is this is the same guy that wants to make things cheaper for renters. Meanwhile multi family insurance has exploded in the past couple years… now increase the property tax? And utilities (water, sewer) have gone up tons. So these costs will either be passed on the renters or there will be reductions in maintenance and profit. Sad thing is, a billionaire understands this… he just doesn’t care.
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The “corporate tax loophole” he is referring to is Proposition 13, beloved by California homeowners. He wants to stop corporations that own lots of real estate from benefiting. But a) that can’t be changed by decree; b) it would threaten Prop 13 itself; c) and wouldn’t raise $22b
Tom Steyer@TomSteyer
Teachers don't get paid enough to live in California. On my first day as governor, I'll close a corporate tax loophole and raise $22 billion to fund services like education.
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