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@cturnbull1968 Why don’t we issue free IDs at 18?

If every American voter, without a passport, decided to get a passport, as their primary form of ID, it would take 5 years to fill the requests. But Republicans want this to be in effect before the midterms. They know this, of course, so it’s obvious voter suppression.

I’ve been told recently that funding terrorism is grounds for drone strikes to the face.

Deja Vu

Scott Jennings is so unimpressive.. We haven’t been to war since WWII… News to me.

@LydiaMoynihan Who do you think this exposes?

Just a reminder: The media said it wasn't Biden's fault when gas prices spiked because they're "set globally" — they called it "Putin's price hike." When prices were low under Trump, they said he "doesn't deserve credit" because presidents "can't control gas prices." But now that prices are up under Trump they’re happy to blame him.

@elonmusk And so by this logic, does it mean when you consider this country is run by a majority of criminals, we the people are victims? Left and right. Correct?

Have empathy for the victims, not those who inflict pain on others

@RyLiberty @scotthortonshow I’ve watched this entire episode no less than 5x and up to 10x in full.. Scott gives a master class this ep.

Nailed it @scotthortonshow

@EylonALevy Iran invaded Poland..?? shit. I missed that.

“We have to stop bombing Germany. We’re just creating a whole generation of Nazis.” — nobody, ever

Ep. 6222 - @joekent16jan19 on How Israel Drove Trump Towards an Unnecessary War with Iran - 3/19/26

When Iran does truly break out, push for nukes, and fully commits to the North Korea model.. will any of the current pro-war voices admit they maybe.. just maybe.. got this one wrong?

Well, not exactly but I give @KonstantinKisin a lot of credit for this. I’ve seen very few guys who supported the “12 day war” explicitly on the ground that it was just a one off with no US deaths, no regional disasters or big price tag, express skepticism about this. It’s stunning how few, actually. I’m not lookin to collect “I told you so’s”. I think it’s very important that people hear this, especially on that platform

@RapidResponse47 @CIADirector Wonder why they stopped at 60% when they want to make nukes and blow everyone up. Huh…

.@CIADirector: "Iran possesses at least 440kg of uranium enriched to weapons-grade 60% — which doesn't have a civilian use. The only use for that would be the development of nuclear weapons."

@scrowder Never heard of the term “blowback”?

This month alone, radical Islamists have: -Killed 3 in Austin -Killed 1 at ODU -Threw a bomb outside Gracie Mansion -Attempted to bomb a synagogue in Michigan And the Left still chooses this over Trump.

@VigilantFox Wait till Stephen A finds out no one loves antisemitism more than the Israeli government.

STEPHEN A. SMITH: “Joe Kent… You’re basically saying that Israel instigated this war.” “A statement like that… could easily be used as an excuse for individuals out there to engage in anti-Semitism.” Moments later… “75% [of you] said the war is being influenced by Israel.”

@nick_matau @joekent16jan19 @TuckerCarlson Ahh so you’ll be WAY better at lying about Iran’s nuclear program.

I am a Nuclear Engineer. I will be more than happy to challenge @joekent16jan19 about Iran's nuclear capabilities. I know he won't accept, nor will @TuckerCarlson. So anyone who thinks this same position! (Aka, yes Iran was absolutely aiming for a nuclear weapon)

@HadToHappn Must have had a bad guy in a tunnel under him or something, western militaries only target bad guys don’t ya know..

War crimes man what the hell

@disclosetv “It’s expensive killing bad guys” says the for sure good guys…

NOW - Hegseth confirms the Pentagon is seeking about $200,000,000,000 billion for the Iran War: "It takes money to kill bad guys."

I'm going to make some obvious points. (1) Blowing up all the oil infrastructure in the Middle East is an insane idea, and may well result in a global economic crash and humanitarian crisis unrivaled in the lives of those now living. We're talking about the price of everything everywhere rising, from food to gas, at a moment when inflation was already high. All of that will be laid at the feet of the authors of this war. (2) The antebellum status quo of Feb 27, 2026 was just not that bad, but we're unlikely to return to it. Expect indefinite, long-term, ongoing disruptions to everything out of the Middle East. (3) Also assume tech financing crashes for the indefinite future. The genius plan to get the Gulf states caught in the crossfire has incinerated much of the funding for LPs, for datacenters, and for IPOs. Anyone in tech who supported this war may soon learn the meaning of "force majeure" as funding gets yanked. (4) Many capital allocators will instead be allocating much further down Maslow's hierarchy of needs, towards useful basic things like food and energy. (5) It's fortunate that all those progressives yelled about the "climate crisis." Yes, their reasoning about timelines was wrong, and much of the money was wasted in graft, but the result was right: we all need energy independence from the Middle East, pronto. It's also fortunate that Elon and China autistically took climate seriously. Now they're going to need to ship a billion solar panels, electric vehicles, batteries, nuclear power plants, and the like to get everyone off oil, immediately. (6) It's not just an oil and gas problem, of course. It's also a fertilizer problem, and a chemical precursor problem. Maybe some new sources will come online at the new prices, but it takes time to dial stuff up, particularly at this scale, so shortages are almost a certainty. That said, China has actually scaled up coal-to-chemicals[a,c] (C2C), and there's also something more sci-fi called Power-to-X[b] which turns arbitrary power + water + air into hydrocarbons. But all of that will need to get accelerated. I have a background in chemical engineering so may start funding things in this area. (7) Ultimately, this war is going to result in tremendous blame for anyone associated with it. It's a no-win scenario to blow up this much infrastructure for so many people. Simply not worth it for whatever objective they thought they were going to attain. But unless you're actually in a position to stop the madness, the pragmatic thing to do is: scramble to mitigate the fallout to yourself, your business, and your people. [a]: reuters.com/business/energ… [b]: alfalaval.com/industries/ene… [c]: reuters.com/sustainability…