Neil O'Brian
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Neil O'Brian
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The "Third-Worldist" Iran is led by mathematicians writing books on Plato and Kant, while the "pro-Western" US is led by religious retards gloating about destroying Europe's energy supply

Breaking: Jeff Bezos is in talks to raise $100 billion for a new fund that would buy manufacturing companies and use AI to automate them wsj.com/tech/jeff-bezo…

Trump on $200 billion Pentagon request: It's a small price to pay to make sure that we stay tippy top.


Advice to the younger generation: Skip the degree. Buy land. Become a farmer.

There are many false claims in this letter but let me address one specifically: that "Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation." This is the same false claim that Democrats and some in the liberal media have been repeating over and over. As President Trump has clearly and explicitly stated, he had strong and compelling evidence that Iran was going to attack the United States first. This evidence was compiled from many sources and factors. President Trump would never make the decision to deploy military assets against a foreign adversary in a vacuum. Iran is the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism. The Iranian regime is evil. It proudly killed Americans, waged war against our country, and openly threatened us all the way up to the launch of Operation Epic Fury. Iran was aggressively expanding their short-range ballistic missiles to combine with their naval assets to give themselves immunity – meaning they would have a degree of a capabilities that would give them immunity to hold us and the rest of the world hostage. The regime aimed to use those ballistic missiles as a shield to continue achieving their ultimate goal – nuclear weapons. The President, through his top negotiators, gave the regime every single possible opportunity to abandon this unacceptable course by permanently giving up their nuclear ambitions in exchange for sanctions relief, free nuclear fuel, and potential economic partnerships with our country. But they would not say yes to peace because obtaining nuclear weapons was their fundamental goal. President Trump ultimately made the determination that a joint attack with Israel would greatly reduce the risk to American lives that would come from a first strike by the terrorist Iranian regime and address this imminent threat to America’s national security interests. All of this led to President Trump arriving at the determination that this military operation was necessary for U.S. national security, which is why he launched the massively successful Operation Epic Fury. The Commander-in-Chief determines what does and does not constitute a threat, because he is the one constitutionally empowered to do so - and because the American people went to the ballot box and entrusted him and him alone to make such final judgments. And finally, the absurd allegation that President Trump made this decision based on the influence of others, even foreign countries, is both insulting and laughable. President Trump has been remarkably consistent and has said for DECADES that Iran can NEVER possess a nuclear weapon. As someone who actually witnesses President Trump’s decision-making process on a daily basis, I can attest to the fact that he is always looking to do what’s in the best interest of the United States of America — period. America First.

Very interesting findings. Here's my take: 1) If there is any appearance of serious AI job loss, forget UBI. You'll need something like a job guarantee, at least in medium run. 2) But! There may not be big unemployment hikes from AI! Instead, more likely pressures on jobs+wages for certain types of jobs. [My money is on this outcome] Either way: what we need are industrial policies, but for the labor market. Tax/subsidies/macro-policy to create jobs + add wage standards to assure quality.

Iran/Arab Gulf states require -a “serious review" of ties after the US-Israeli war on Iran, limiting the power of external actors, Tehran's ambassador to Saudi Arabia told me @reuters Also - Denies Iran behind attacks on Saudi oil assets - Says contact w/ Saudi ongoing

Whatever. I tried. No tax on anything. But make sure I get mine. No tax on greens fees. No tax on Coca-Cola Zero. No tax on 6mg Chill Zyn.

US defense official confirms to Fox News that the Pentagon is sending the USS Tripoli, a Marine Amphibious Ready Group, and the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) to Mideast. The Tripoli is stationed out of Japan and would take about 2 weeks to get to the Mideast. Accompanying the ARG and the MEU are approx. 2500 US Marines. First reported by @laraseligman @WSJ

0% state income tax for California families making under $100,000. That’s thousands of dollars back in your pocket where it belongs. As Governor, I’ll work the issue at both ends—lowering taxes for those who are struggling and raising them on the biggest corporations that can afford to pay.
















