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Outsider, 0bserver, native Texian, rec poker, USN '81-'91 Eyes 0pen, No Fear. Do Right and Fear None. next journey begins in Colorado Winter '25

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melindalou@melindalouh·
here are some splendid discussions/presentations on #LOTR. do yourself a favor and listen/read/watch with someone you care deeply for, esp youth or young adults. Explorations of Lord of the Rings as a Guiding Myth for our Times llastrology-lotr.com/eowyns-sword.h…
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Seth Keshel
Seth Keshel@RealSKeshel·
If this Atlas poll turns out to be correct (D+14), or even mostly correct, I will sing their praises forever. 2018, considered a blue wave in the House (but not the Senate), had a final margin of D+9.8%. This sample, if relayed correctly by Interactive Polls, is crap right off the bat. Dems are winning MEN by TWENTY? But only WOMEN by EIGHT? Republicans have 30% of the black vote but are getting curb stomped? Atlas was on the money in 2024. They never should have hired Ann Selzer.
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📊 2026 Generic Ballot by AtlasIntel (A+) 🟦 Democrats: 54.6% (+14.5) 🟥 Republicans: 40.1% —— • Indie: Dem 64-25 • 2024 non voters: Dem 74-8 • Men: Dem 57-37 • Women: Dem 52-44 • Non-binary: Dem 86-12 • Ages 18-29: Dem 83-12 • Ages 30-44: Dem 55-45 • Ages 45-64: GOP 52-45 • Ages 65+: Dem 53-43 • White: Dem 51-43 • Black: Dem 69-30 • Hispanic: Dem 58-37 • Asian: Dem 66-34 • College: Dem 55-39 • Non college: Dem 55-41 • Suburban: Dem 58-38 • Rural: GOP 51-40 • Trump 2024 voters: GOP 90-6 • Harris 2024 voters: Dem 98-0 — AtlasIntel (A) | 5/4-7 | 2,069 A cdn.atlasintel.org/faa7f7df-daae-…

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Seth Keshel
Seth Keshel@RealSKeshel·
Oh, the latest “Seth doesn’t know what he is talking about” Take a flying screw at a rolling donut.
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Gregg Orr@GreggOrrMAGA

@RealSKeshel Seth doesn’t know what he is talking about! Fair elections will change Georgia!

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Seth Keshel
Seth Keshel@RealSKeshel·
“Traditional conservative principles” = Lose Ohio Lose Iowa Toss Up Florida Lose Pennsylvania Lose Michigan Lose Wisconsin Lose Nevada 103 electoral votes Win Georgia, Arizona, Texas by more 67 electoral votes you already have All you need to know.
Breitbart News@BreitbartNews

Mike Pence: "I think Republicans ought to do a lot of soul-searching" before 2028 "I think Republicans face a new time of choosing — whether we're going to stay on the path of the traditional conservative principles that have always defined our party for the last half century, or whether we're going to follow the siren song of populism" "We've always been a party committed to low taxes, including low tariffs and free trade. Now, as we witnessed, the president imposed unilateral tariffs on friend and foe alike until the Supreme Court stepped in and used the Constitution to turn him back." "I know Donald Trump better than his most ardent defenders know him. Okay? And he is not ideological. In fact, he often bristled when I would refer to policies as conservative. He would, with a wave of a hand, say to me, 'That's just common sense.' But now, as you see the stops and starts on our support for Ukraine under this administration, nationalizing American businesses, unilateral tariffs, price controls on everything from pharmaceuticals to credit cards, all of this should should create a backdrop for a very healthy debate over whether we're going to stay moving in the direction, on these issues, that President Trump has led our party, or whether we're going to re-ground ourselves back to those timeless conservative principles, I think, that have always made not only our party successful but, more importantly, have made America strong and prosperous and free."

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Patrick Byrne
Patrick Byrne@PatrickByrne·
Ken Arrow was a teacher and friend at Stanford. So was Milton Friedman. Brilliant, Jewish, studied to be actuaries (like my father). Academically they were opposites: Ken wanted to prove a general equilibrium was possible, Milton saw that it wasn’t.
𝗖𝘂𝗯𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗻 𝗛 𝗱𝗲 𝗢𝗿𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗳𝗶́𝗮@CubaOrtografia

Teorema de la Imposibilidad de Arrow En las aulas silenciosas de la Universidad de Stanford a principios de los años 50, un joven economista llamado Kenneth Arrow, recién doctorado y con la sombra de la Segunda Guerra Mundial aún fresca, se enfrentaba a una pregunta que parecía inocente pero que resultó demoledora: ¿es posible agregar las preferencias de individuos libres en una «voluntad colectiva» racional, coherente y justa? Lo que descubrió no fue una mera dificultad técnica, sino una imposibilidad matemática tan rotunda como la Segunda Ley de la Termodinámica. En su libro Social Choice and Individual Values (1951), Arrow demostró que no existe ningún sistema de votación o agregación de preferencias que cumpla simultáneamente estas condiciones mínimas de decencia democrática: - dominio ilimitado (cualquier conjunto de preferencias individuales es posible), - no dictadura (ningún individuo impone su voluntad), - eficiencia de Pareto (si todos prefieren A a B, la sociedad debe preferir A a B), - independencia de alternativas irrelevantes (la preferencia entre A y B no debe depender de la presencia de C). El resultado es devastador. Cualquier método genera ciclos (A vence a B, B vence a C, C vence a A), manipulabilidad descarada o arbitrariedad pura. La «voluntad del pueblo» no es solo difícil de descubrir. Es matemáticamente imposible de construir sin violar alguna de estas condiciones básicas. «La democracia perfecta es un espejismo algebraico». Este teorema no es un capricho de economista liberal. Ha sido confirmado, extendido y reforzado por generaciones de matemáticos y científicos sociales. Amartya Sen, el propio Arrow y otros lo refinaron. Es una de las pocas verdades irrefutables de la teoría de la elección social. Y, como toda gran verdad incómoda, la izquierda la ha ignorado con el fervor de un sacerdote que niega la evolución. Porque si algo revela el teorema de Arrow con claridad meridiana es la imposibilidad ontológica de la «democracia socialista», de la planificación «participativa», de las asambleas «horizontales» y de toda esa retórica de «la voluntad popular encarnada en el plan racional». Los bolcheviques prometieron soviets obreros, consejos democráticos donde el pueblo decidiría. Terminaron con Stalin y el Buro Político decidiendo por decreto quién vivía, quién moría y cuántos quintales de trigo debía producir cada koljós. ¿Por qué? Porque cuando agregas millones de preferencias reales(el campesino que quiere sembrar lo que le dé más beneficio, el obrero que prefiere trabajar menos, el intelectual que quiere libertad de expresión) surge el ciclo, la contradicción, el caos. Alguien tiene que romperlo. Siempre. Y ese alguien nunca es «el pueblo». Es la élite del partido, el burócrata con pistola o el activista con bocina y agenda. La izquierda moderna repite el mismo teatro trágico con menos honestidad y más postureo. Hablan de «asambleas horizontales», «democracia deliberativa», «políticas identitarias participativas». En la práctica, lo que logran son minorías ultraorganizadas (feministas radicales, activistas trans, ecologistas de élite) que capturan el proceso porque son los únicos que asisten a las reuniones eternas. El resto, la gente normal, trabaja. El resultado son ciclos interminables de purgas, cancelaciones y «consensos» que nadie pidió. La «voluntad del pueblo» se convierte en la voluntad del que más grita, del que mejor maneja la culpa y del que controla el micrófono. Exactamente lo que Arrow predijo: o dictadura oculta o incoherencia total. Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba, el «socialismo del siglo XXI». Todos prometieron «poder popular». Todos terminaron con un pequeño grupo de burócratas y militares decidiendo qué se produce, qué se calla y quién come. La planificación central no es más que el intento vano de imponer transitividad artificial sobre un sistema cuya naturaleza es intransitiva. Cuando falla, y siempre falla, ya lo sabemos, la respuesta socialista no es reconocer la imposibilidad matemática, sino aumentar la coerción: más propaganda, más censura, más presos políticos, más «reeducación». La represión no es un error; es el correctivo termodinámico que exige el sistema para simular orden donde solo hay contradicción. La izquierda cultural actual, con su obsesión por la «justicia social» y la «equidad», choca una y otra vez contra el mismo muro. Quieren resultados predeterminados (cuotas, diversidad obligatoria, redistribución forzosa) pero las preferencias individuales no se dejan alinear. Entonces inventan un dictador suave: el Estado regulador, las redes sociales censoras, las universidades ideologizadas, el «consenso científico» fabricado. Siempre alguien impone el orden. Siempre Arrow tiene razón. «La voluntad del pueblo» es, pues, una ficción consoladora para justificar el poder de unos pocos sobre todos los demás. El teorema de Arrow no es antidemocrático; es antiutópico. Nos recuerda con frialdad matemática lo que la experiencia del siglo XX ya gritó con ríos de sangre, que quien promete resolver la imposibilidad lógica con más Estado, más planificación y más «participación», solo está anunciando quién será el próximo dictador. Y siempre, invariablemente, termina siendo el mismo tipo de sujeto: el que más odia que la gente decida por sí misma.

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ALPHAWARRIOR
ALPHAWARRIOR@xAlphaWarriorx·
Yes. You see that correctly. Our President Trump truth posted Americas General. This will make the weak haters cringe lol. I told you so……again.
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ALPHAWARRIOR@xAlphaWarriorx·
Dear Patriot. We hear you. We hear all Americans such as yourself. The time has come to take back our great land. The time is now. Rest assured POTUS is backed by the absolute finest people alive who are all dedicated to the eradication evil and corruption from the US/World. Find peace. God is with us. God bless and be safe. -The WH
Dan Scavino Jr.🇺🇸🦅@DanScavino

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Clandestine
Clandestine@WarClandestine·
After I got banned in 2022 for the biolabs in Ukraine story, I reached out to my congressmen, media outlets, prominent politicians, etc., looking for help. Only one person responded to me. That person? TULSI GABBARD, who coincidentally is now the head of all US intelligence, and the most vocal individual about the US-funded biolabs in Ukraine. Tulsi helped me get in contact with a specific lawyer, that you all would recognize and also now works for the Trump administration. I told the legal team my story, looking for options to sue the media companies who defamed me for writing about accurate information. Ultimately, I was informed that no one would be willing to take my case pro bono, due to the volatility of the situation and the controversy surrounding the story, despite the fact that the media were just blatantly lying about incontrovertible facts. Now 4+ years later, as the Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi is formally investigating the US-funded biolabs in Ukraine. You know, the biolabs in Ukraine that the media said didn’t exist… Video is from 3/22/2022, when Tulsi first publicly spoke out about the biolabs in Ukraine, a month after I was banned on Twitter for the thread.
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ALPHAWARRIOR@xAlphaWarriorx·
Imagine calling yourself “America First” while actively sabotaging elections as President Donald Trump fights daily against a deeply entrenched political and institutional machine to secure them. The loudest voices screaming or implying “don’t vote” or “vote Democrat” are the same people who would never show up for the chaos, sacrifice, and bloodshed a real revolutionary conflict would demand. They romanticize rebellion from the safety of a keyboard while expecting other men to carry the burden, take the risks, and pay the price for the future they claim to want. Imagine pushing a cause you are too afraid to defend with your own life. Imagine being an able bodied man who needs another man to fight for him. That isn’t conviction. That’s cowardice disguised as courage. Or worst…. Subversion. Pay attention folks.
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Robert Spencer
Robert Spencer@jihadwatchRS·
The Ottoman Empire was once the world's most fearsome power — but the jizya, the Qur'an's tax on Jews and Christians, was the chief source of its income. Once the Jewish and Christian communities were bled dry and impoverished, the great empire went into an irreversible decline. Islam teaches no work ethic. Its ideal state has Muslims living on the backs of non-Muslims, while discriminating against the non-Muslims so severely that the host cannot indefinitely continue to support the parasite. And so Islamic states inevitably go into decline and have to wage more jihad to find more non-Muslims to support them. Find out more about this in "The Tragedy of Islam: Failure and Excuses"
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SpaceWeatherNews@SunWeatherMan·
UV emissions from ionized iron in the sun's atmosphere. The large dark object is a "coronal hole" and it will amplify the outward particle stream of the solar wind on the 14th/15th. Maximum plasma speed is expected to reach 700km/sec, and geomagnetic storms are likely - be on the lookout for aurorae!
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Mike Benz
Mike Benz@MikeBenzCyber·
how I'd recruit the Seaworld trainer to join the CIA
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Cynical Publius
Cynical Publius@CynicalPublius·
The Supreme Court literally said it is unconstitutional to use race as a basis for apportioning legislative districts under the Voting Rights Act. It was you Democrats who had for decades been eviscerating the Voting Rights Act with your racist legislative apartheid. All SCOTUS did was restore the original intent of the VRA. Stop lying.
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Jeff Clark
Jeff Clark@JeffClarkUS·
Democrats want to pack the United States and state supreme courts. They want to racially gerrymander congressional seats. They want to count illegal aliens in the Census. They created “differential privacy” to stack the Census with fake and biased statistical “corrections.” They oppose voter ID. They oppose DOJ looking at the 2020 Fulton County ballots. They oppose mass deportation of lawbreaking illegal aliens. And they’ve been engaged in planning or unleashing such power grabs or blocking internal correctives to actually align policy with the will of the People for almost a century, going back at least to the New Deal era. And they call Republicans authoritarians?!! The party that freed the slaves. OK. Got it.
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Cynical Publius@CynicalPublius·
REMINDER: The worst scandal in U.S. history is the Trump/Russia Collusion Hoax. This was literally a coup attempt, executed by a sitting incumbent President (to block his successor) and the losing Presidential candidate (to overthrow the man who defeated her in a fair election). WORST SCANDAL IN U.S. HISTORY. And we are all so used to the crazy things the Democrats try to do that we lose sight of the sheer, awful magnitude of this scandal.
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Defender of the Republic 🇺🇸
Defender of the Republic 🇺🇸@realdefender45·
Tonight was a reminder that New Jersey is far from asleep. We had the privilege of hearing from @RealSKeshel, who delivered an eye-opening presentation on Election Integrity, the history of our elections, and the role everyday Americans can play in protecting the future of this country. The room was filled with people who are tired of sitting on the sidelines and ready to get involved locally, ask questions, stay informed, and fight for transparency and accountability. Real change starts with educated and engaged citizens. And after tonight, I think many people walked away more inspired than ever to help shape the future of New Jersey. Thank you to everyone who attended and helped make the event a success.
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Senator Eric Schmitt
Senator Eric Schmitt@SenEricSchmitt·
Virginia's map just got struck down. Is California next? California's "mapmaker" drew its new maps to "ensure" that racially gerrymandered "VRA seats are bolstered in order to make them most effective." That's illegal under Callais. @AAGDhillon: Here's how we can do it. 🧵
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Patrick Byrne
Patrick Byrne@PatrickByrne·
Is there an echo in here? I’ve been publicly saying this since 2019. I was part of it. But they are stuck thinking this started in 2016. It did not. It had started by February 2015 at the latest (& maybe by November 2014). I can prove it.
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