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@bourscheid @brianbeutler I’m guessing meant to type “your dad’s mom”

Elon’s mom caught posting from the perspective of Elon’s dad. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to assume Elon is posting on Twitter as both his parents & was on the wrong alt. The cringe deepens daily with this one.

@cooperthedog17 @HQNewsNow Maybe we would be better at dealing with a serious issue with someone who is competent in charge

@philosophergeek @HQNewsNow It's funnier that you have to reach so far because you have nothing. Maybe he should have just told Iran "don't".

Gas prices are at crazy levels--FIRE TRUMP!

@cooperthedog17 @HQNewsNow It’s funny that you think being old and unfocused is another word for four dimensional chess.

@philosophergeek @HQNewsNow It's funny that you think he can't do 2 things at once.

@cooperthedog17 @HQNewsNow lol. Trump has spent more time this term rambling about the various design choices he’s making for his ballroom and his proposed triumph arch, and picking out gaudy gold accents for the WH than actually planning. He’s like an old gay queen bitching about the cutlery for a party.

@philosophergeek @4drd5 @HQNewsNow That's the response of a 7 year old.

@cooperthedog17 @HQNewsNow Really, have you listened to Trump talk? But we douche bags, on both sides of the aisle, agree that this is a disaster and you can see it reflected in his plummeting support.

@philosophergeek @4drd5 @HQNewsNow You douche bags are constantly told what the plan is, and then constantly deny there's a plan. It's comical to watch.

@mattyglesias As a middle class teacher (65) retiring in three weeks, this phrase annoys the crap out of me. We can do things that help people who really need help and stop pretending that every old person, even those with a good pension living in their payed off house, is destitute.

Seniors don’t live on “fixed incomes,” this is a reference to a bygone world. It used to be: — Social Security had no inflation adjustment — Lots of private workers had COLAs in their contracts — More war bonds, less stock Today isn’t like that! slowboring.com/p/seniors-aren…

@cooperthedog17 @4drd5 @HQNewsNow If you simply assert this as a given then sure, we were five minutes from disaster and only saved by the brave actions of our President who is able to juggle the demands of war planning while looking at curtain swatches and comparing marble samples.

@philosophergeek @4drd5 @HQNewsNow That deal was GIVING them a nuclear weapon. How do you not understand that. Next step: they demand $1 TRILLION from the U.S. or they nuke Israel. Grow up!

@cooperthedog17 @4drd5 @HQNewsNow I think they all should. But he should have a clearly articulated plan in any case, which he doesn’t.

@philosophergeek @4drd5 @HQNewsNow Why should he do that? Obama didn't. Clinton didn't. Biden didn't.

@cooperthedog17 @4drd5 @HQNewsNow I would rather Trump had not ended the deal we had before that had successfully curtailed the expansion of Iran’s capabilities but mostly, I think Trump should have clearly articulated a plan and presented it to Congress and the people.

@philosophergeek @4drd5 @HQNewsNow Would you rather be nuked?

@cooperthedog17 @4drd5 @HQNewsNow Why is the straight closed right now and why wasn’t it several months ago?

@philosophergeek @4drd5 @HQNewsNow What if one largely shut down your own country's oil production?

@cooperthedog17 @4drd5 @HQNewsNow He generally doesn’t unless he first starts a war with no clear goal that shuts down a major oil trade route.

@philosophergeek @4drd5 @HQNewsNow But I thought the President doesn't control gas prices?

@4drd5 @HQNewsNow You conveniently left out how the current issue is all due to Trump.

@HQNewsNow You conveniently left out the time when you had the ukraine war when gas was at shit prices then.

@Oliver_S_Curry @tylercowen As a teacher, it’s been nice not to hassle with the kids about phones. I think rampant phone use is downstream of many other factors that affect classroom attention and learning. A lot of things need to change.

A study of 1,000s of US schools finds that the effects of phone bans "on standardized test scores are close to zero…with similarly small and null effects on attendance, classroom attention, and perceived online bullying" #smma

@nwet45 @larry0865 @Drbarry31 @dantypo Should look up what Walmart’s profit margin is. (Hint: it’s around 3%)

@larry0865 @Drbarry31 @philosophergeek @dantypo I dont want that Lifestyle. Its funny companys like Walmart or Amazon make Billion dollers Profit every year but basicly giving nothing to the people that actuly do the Labor. They made it happen and then pulled up the ladder behind them.

Am I the only one who still views minimum wage as gas money for your car and movie tickets for you and your date while you gain work experience in high school or at the bookstore in college? When did it become a career wage?

@nwet45 @Drbarry31 @larry0865 @dantypo You should go work for the little guys, who I am sure pay and treat their workers better.

@Drbarry31 @philosophergeek @larry0865 @dantypo Yeah good for you. What does that do in the Argument? Its good for you bit dont change the fact that big companys still pay people like shit.

@NewYorker Seven visits to Disney World can certainly burn through 15,000 dollars. I mean, do people think there is some person assigned to milk someone like this out of their money, or are they just selling tickets and hotel rooms? I could spend that at Yellowstone if I visited seven times

For the most devoted fans, Disney has engineered an ecosystem of financial entanglement that goes far deeper than park tickets or merchandise, which keeps the magic—and the debt—perpetually compounding. In 2023, Ashley, a freshman at Quinnipiac University, in Connecticut, had $15,000 in her bank account. Excited by her newfound freedom as a college student, she decided to start going on solo trips. Walt Disney World, in Orlando, Florida, seemed like an obvious choice. She went during her winter break. Then she returned, six times, in two years. Soon enough, her account balance had dwindled to just five dollars. Perhaps unsurprisingly, many adults who have accumulated Disney debt seem to be chasing a feeling from their childhoods. One woman, who has been to Disney World more than a hundred times, said that visiting the parks takes her back to a time when she had fewer worries: “It’s the nostalgic feeling of what brought you joy when you were little and you didn’t have the stressors of adult life.” Read more about the Disney adults putting themselves in debt for the pursuit of magic: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/_JqtFg

@nwet45 @larry0865 @Drbarry31 @dantypo I didn’t like Reagan but this stuff was happening before that.

@philosophergeek @larry0865 @Drbarry31 @dantypo Why is that? Who for 1 tax Cuts for the 1% from 80%to 90% to 23%. So trickel down (which works like shit) as well as other proplems.

@nwet45 @larry0865 @Drbarry31 @dantypo Seven in 1977 was good in the same way 66 today would be good. Keep in mind, in 1977 we were well into what would become a decade of very high inflation, high unemployment, and high interest rates.

@philosophergeek @larry0865 @Drbarry31 @dantypo Yeah and since the the purchasing Power of the doller has gotten weaker while at the same time the prices increased.

@nwet45 @larry0865 @Drbarry31 @dantypo Minimum wage in 1977 was 2.30, which is about 12 bucks today. That is technically below official MW, but it’s in line with what most states require. Even Arkansas has an 11 dollar MW. Anyone making 7 in 1977 was doing pretty well.

@larry0865 @Drbarry31 @dantypo Just because you dont understand inflation and purchsing Power doesnt mean it isnt real.

@tboynew @mattyglesias @GreenPlusAnE The OP is trying to do this.

@mattyglesias @GreenPlusAnE Someone should remind Democrats that we live in a democracy. If they want to win elections in places other than San Francisco and Brooklyn, then they need to think about what voters want and don't want in places like Pa., Wisconsin, Georgia, Nevada etc.

Democrats must drop their luxury beliefs, in other words.