Nick

Here’s Mayor Pete announcing the Biden administration’s decision to fight the Jet Blue and Spirit merger so they could protect consumers and ensure low fares. Now the airline doesn’t exist and passengers are stranded across the country.

You are total moron who doesn’t understand anything about the healthcare system. Let me help you out. Picture a town with 1 hospital. A doctor wants to open a clinic across the street. He has the money. He has the patients. He needs one thing first… Permission from the hospital he’s about to compete with. That’s not a joke. It’s called Certificate of Need. Thirty-five states still do it. The hospital that’s already there gets to vote on whether the new one exists. They always vote no. That’s why your local hospital can charge $4,000 for an MRI that costs $400 in cash at an independent clinic two states away. There is NO competition because regulations has strangled it. It gets worse. The AMA caps how many doctors America trains every year. On purpose. They’ve done it since 1997. We have a shortage they manufactured. A nurse practitioner who could handle 80% of what a GP does is banned from doing it solo in half the states. Why? Because doctor lobbies wrote the laws. Hospitals lobby to block hospitals. Doctors lobby to block doctors. You don’t have a market. You have a cartel. Every wall in this maze was built by someone who profits from you being lost in it. The fix isn’t complicated. It’s just illegal in too many places. 1) Kill Certificate of Need. Let anyone build a hospital. Let surgery centers open across the street from the big systems. Watch prices drop DRAMATICALLY. 2) Uncap residencies and medical schools 3) Let nurse practitioners and pharmacists practice to the full scope of their training in every state. Most of what you go to a doctor for doesn’t need a doctor. 4) Untie insurance from your job and make individual plans fully tax-deductible. The reason healthcare is a shit show is because there is ZERO competition because it is strangled by regulations and funded by the government. Everything that is funded by th government goes this way. Look at college tuition… same route. The best thing you can do for prices is to pull out the government in every possible area.

@jukan05 Try spending a day using github copilot then use any of the others and it becomes painfully obvious.

Why does it feel like people talk so little about GitHub Copilot? I think $MSFT is in a stronger position than Google when it comes to coding.

Does the Washington State Attorney General NO LONGER represent the best interests of the people? And instead, the Attorney General only represents the best interests of the Washington State Democrat Party? And do you think that Washington State has a "representative" state government? It doesn't feel like the people have any representation. It feels like the Washington State government is AGAINST the people. @Sessler @minty_hawk @JDVance

@SouthDallasFood @IanCorona Its hotter than the surface of the sun but tastes so amazing and is worth it, and by it, I mean either waiting for it to cool or burning your face off trying to eat it.

@IanCorona It looks amazing that’s my point. What am I supposed to sit on my hands and stare at the damn thing for an HOUR while it cools???????

Ok serious question, how does one even go about eating this?

@JimWalshLD19 Save the 557 million and by the time the tax was supposed to start you just made 2+ billion...thats how government math works right?

Early weekend viewing. Remember: Everyone in WA is going to have to submit income tax forms and attach detailed financial disclosures to the WA Dept of Revenue each year. Not just Ferguson's "millionaires." Everyone. Including you. thecentersquare.com/washington/art…

I’m noticing a lot of foreigners who seem to not understand why we’d risk hundreds of lives, spend millions of dollars, and sacrifice several aircraft to rescue one guy. And the reason they don’t understand is also the reason people can’t be made American by a piece of paper.

Trump orders two transport planes blown up so Iranians don’t steal and reverse-engineer our technology after a wildly successful rescue mission of two American pilots deep inside Iranian territory. Biden leaves behind $85 billion in military equipment to the Taliban and over 100 military K9s abandoned at Kabul airport during a disastrous withdrawal that killed 13 service members. Take a guess which one Democrats are calling a success.

We hired a contractor to support with a specialized area of law recently. He sent me some work product. Naturally, I checked it against the document it was related to. I might not know the area of law but I can read. “You referenced Section 6.02 but that provision relates to tax. I don’t see the mechanic you’re referring to. Can you clarify?” His response: “Ah yes, that was purely illustrative. Blah blah blah…” It quickly became clear what was going on. I had to tell my team the following emphatically: “If you use AI and you don’t check its work, you’re fired. No second chances.” We’re seeing it play out across the economy right now from hallucinated cases in litigation and beyond. Folks are letting AI lower their standards instead of elevating them. Outputs getting faster without anyone there to check them is a recipe for disaster.

@thehoffather Not sure why these dipshits feel the need to talk. People are leaving they won't realize anywhere close to their estimates on income and our spinless supreme court will let them keep it and soon all of us will be paying for an income tax all so we can pay no tax on diapers.

Meet Bryan Kirschner, another shill for Gov Bob Ferguson's income tax. He is an AI strategist at IBM who identifies as "Fair housing, tax justice, and health equity advocate. 1990s community policing reformer." He falsely claimed no one is leaving the state because of taxes

What we’re seeing in Washington State is a government that’s losing its way. When systems stop working well, the response becomes more taxes, more regulations, and more pressure on the very people they’re meant to serve. If that continues, it risks weakening the free market and limiting opportunity for everyday citizens. Regardless of political affiliation, the direction we’re heading should concern anyone who values a strong quality of life and the chance to build a stable future. For those planning to stay in Washington, now is the time to speak up. Many people feel that increasing government reach is straining incomes and making it harder to enjoy the rewards of hard work. If change is going to happen, it starts with engagement. 2026 will be an important moment for shaping the future of leadership in Olympia—and ultimately, the future of Washington. Get involved.

@Tim_Walz Like how Kamala became a nominee without a single vote?

@PiperK @GOP You go to your local voting location, think school, library etc show your voter id, sign the register and go in your little privacy booth and vote.

It's not clear how people in Washington state would even vote under the Save America Act. Everyone votes by mail here. Does the @GOP expect us to spend tens of millions to revamp the whole system before November?

@jasonrantz Patty never lets the truth or facts get in the way.

NEW: Sen. Patty Murray eviscerated for lying about the SAVE America Act. Here’s what the bill actually says seattlered.com/seattle-red/ja…

@TheeGamur @jordandefenses @Simon_Ingari And thats my point why work harder than anyone else if your pay is predetermined. Just hard enough to get the work done and make sure you keep paying those union dues.

@jordandefenses @loowittech @Simon_Ingari The employee voices their frustrations about their pay; the company literally cannot give them a raise even if the company wanted to because it's not explicitly written into the contract, and the employee just has to be fine with whatever pay raises are contractually obligated.

HR Manager: I want us to discuss the difference in your performance between last year and 2020. Employee: Alright. HR Manager: You were the top-rated employee in 2020, but it doesn’t feel like you’ve been nearly as present or focused since then. Employee: Yeah… well, in 2020, it was the second year in a row I didn’t get a raise, even though I was the top employee. And when I asked why I couldn’t get a raise, you said it was because my pay was already at fair market value for my position. HR Manager: That’s right. Employee: And when I asked where my pay falls on the pay scale, you said it was below the median—so below the average of what I could make in my position. At that point, I decided I would become a fair market value employee and put in a below-average amount of effort, because that’s what I feel like you pay me to do. HR Manager: You're reading too much into the text... Employee: You’ve created an environment where there’s no incentive for me to work hard, so I don’t. HR Manager: (Silence)

.@RepJayapal want to bring down gas prices for our constituents? Your friends in Olympia have been delivering pain at the pump for Washingtonians for years now, and Gov. Ferguson could stop this with a stroke of a pen. Let's suspend the CCA and provide relief at the pump.

In Washingron when applying/renewing a standard license, people can opt to register to vote or update registration, but they must affirm citizenship via a signed statement (under penalty of perjury). No documentary proof is required upfront for most cases—it's attestation-based...trust me bro I am good to vote here. Now they claim the drivers license is proof they had their identity checked, circular reference creates a problem all on someone's ability to 1. Understand the question 2. Tell the truth. Its all for show and there is no true validation required, just trust of the person word.

WHY WE NEED THE SAVE ACT IN WA: "My son was able to register to vote online without producing ID. My wife's name has been wrong on her ballot for years. Our Secretary of State has refused to do anything about documented voter fraud... 1/3 of info is missing from voter rolls."

@CorbinSmithNFL Its hard to hide grift when its simple and straight forward.

I have a really dumb question: Why can't we just have a flat tax rate for every person? And get rid of the stupid deductions, etc? Just have everyone pay the same rate in the U.S.? It would save us from so many damn problems. And all these idiotic arguments.

People can pretend or dress up all they want and that’s fine, but they can’t force their mental illness to be my new reality!