Steve Cowan

I think all animals, including humans, have a primitive hard-wired "us vs. not-us" mechanism. We humans sort the world by politics, race, sports teams, etc. and while I can understand the evolutionary value, it's a very crude tool. The best we can do is to be aware of it, and only accord it the limited value it deserves.

@CollinRugg Well, he had a good run.

NEW: Eric Swalwell's congressional staff members have released a statement saying they are "horrified" by the accusations against him. Back in November, Swalwell bragged about his staff's endorsement, calling it the "most important endorsement." The staff says they "believe" and "stand" with their former colleague. They also noted that "any decision of staff members to remain in their roles in the interim should not be viewed as support for Eric Swalwell.” "We stand with our former colleague, and the other women who have come forward," the statement said, according to Politico. "We believe you should stand with them, too. The behavior detailed in these reports is abhorrent, beneath the dignity of those serving in public office, and betrays the trust of all Californians." "As leaders of teams working for Eric Swalwell, we’re horrified by the recent reporting in the San Francisco Chronicle and by CNN." The statement was unsigned but was attributed to about a dozen staffers.

@MrAndyNgo I wish a platoon of Marines would show up behind them.

Los Angeles (April 11) — Masked far-left open border rioters launch a coordinated attack to try to besiege the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building. The federal property has been repeatedly attacked for months.

@AttorneyCrump You mean all that money given to Black Lives Matter didn’t make a difference? I’m shocked!

After George Floyd’s murder in 2020, billions were pledged to support Black communities, but new data shows much of that funding was short-lived, fleeting, and never reached smaller Black-led nonprofits. Our communities were promised transformation, not empty transactions. thegrio.com/2026/04/08/fun…

@MarkSeddon1962 @JohnCleese @SenRickScott @grok How many casualties did America and Britain suffer during WW II?

Dear @SenRickScott in 1939 Britain stood alone against Nazi Germany. The US only joined the war when it was attacked at Pearl Harbour. The Soviet Army did the heavy lifting which saved us all from speaking German. Do avail yourself of something called a 'book'.

@CynicalPublius @TristanSnell I registered in 1972 at the end of the Vietnam War and I don’t remember it being voluntary then either.

@TristanSnell Dude, did you register when you turned 18? That's been the law since 1980.

ATTENTION — ALL US MALES 18-25 You are automatically being registered for the DRAFT, starting in December Because of Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump Don’t want to fight in Trump’s wars? Soon you will not have a choice

It’s low cost power when the wind is blowing. Since that is unpredictable, more reliable energy sources have to be operating continuously, which makes them an added cost. If wind and solar worked as advertised, they’d already be used exclusively everywhere. It’s old tech that’s been around for ages.

@triffic_stuff_ This is just dumb. Fact is, in the right areas it is very low cost power. That’s a good thing. Even morons benefit from low cost power. Don’t see any issue with putting millions of tons of carbon in the air? Really?

Ever seen the insane effort it takes to “build green”? Just watch how they pour a SINGLE wind turbine foundation: 600–1,000 TONS of concrete, massive excavation, endless rebar, and heavy machinery tearing up the land for days. And that’s only the base. The blades? Made with balsa wood stripped from the Amazon rainforest, straight-up deforestation in the name of “saving the planet”. Then add: • Concrete • Carbon fiber • Steel • Cast iron • Copper • Aluminum • Plus boron, chromium, cobalt, manganese, molybdenum, nickel & rare earth elements All mined, refined, and shipped with massive energy & pollution. These things last 25 years max. By 2050 the world will be drowning in 43 million tons of worn-out blades, that’s the weight of 215,000 locomotives headed for landfills (most can’t even be recycled). Oh, and here’s the rest of the ridiculous list: - They slaughter hundreds of thousands of birds & bats every year - They only spin when the wind feels like it (so we still need gas/coal plants on standby) - They chew up huge chunks of land and ruin views for miles - They’re noisy, expensive to maintain, and require giant subsidies to even exist This is “green” energy? We’re destroying rainforests, mining toxic rare earths, pouring planet-warming concrete, and creating mountains of non-recyclable waste… to fight climate change? It’s completely ridiculous. A multi-trillion-dollar environmental own-goal sold as virtue.

@KayakKid27 @DefiantLs Iran would hang him on day one.

@DefiantLs I’m willing to trade him for an Iranian that wants freedom.

Leftist: I’m on Iran’s side. F*ck the U.S. I don’t give a damn.

@DavidWFreeze @DefiantLs It already has.

@DefiantLs Won’t that kind of head movement cause brain damage?

@CBJumaCB @maria_drutska If only we could form ad hoc alliances during extreme circumstances like humans have done since we’ve been on the planet.

@maria_drutska NATO is our front door against China and Russia aggression. Why in the hell would we close all those doors and isolate ourselves?

🇺🇸 Karoline Leavitt: The President has discussed it {the possibility of withdrawing from NATO} and will be discussing in a couple of hours with Secretary General Rutte. You may hear more directly from him. I’m not a US law expert, but doesn’t leaving NATO require either a 2/3 Senate vote or an act of Congress, not just one person’s decision?

@LibertyCappy Tell her you don't care for her tone.

Any advice that actually works?

@MatrixMysteries Donald Trump thanks you for making the case for deportations.

“I came here for the money. I don’t even like this country." “We didn’t come for your culture or your values. We came to make money — I don't owe this country a damn thing.” She says America isn’t better than Mexico — just a place where she can earn more.

@DavidJHarrisJr Exactly! All you have to do is look at how awesome and prosperous Africa is.

🚨Professor James Small claims that Black men are superior to White men: ”Black men are superior to White men. Put us on any playing field, be it physics or football, and we will win. Give us the same opportunities, and we will win.”

@JackitDaley @skumWgmi @grok Which generation paid the most into Social Security and which one got the best deal?

@skumWgmi Boomers were given that ladder of success from the Greatest Generation only to pull it up after themselves. But Boomers somehow think their success was all their doing. I got mine! F*ck yours. Laughable. But mostly just sad. The world will be better off when they are gone.

Boomers are the first generation to enter adulthood richer than their parents and leave their children poorer than themselves. In human history that has never happened before. They didn't build the American Dream. They borrowed against it. Gen Z is paying the mortgage.

@simonateba Everything will be fine once everyone's net worth is $20,000.

Be brutally honest: Are you HEARTBROKEN and OUTRAGED after NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani just disclosed that in New York City the wealth of a median white household is more than $200,000 while that of a black household is less than $20,000? Yes or no?

@w_terrence Lear to code.

Hunter Biden says he’s drowning in debt — and doesn’t see a way out. “I’ve got, I don’t know, $14–$15 million in debt that I have no idea that I’m going to be able to pay off.” He points to massive legal fees, falling income, and mounting financial pressure. Biden also pushed back on the idea that his family has wealth to fall back on: “We have no generational wealth.”

@chicfryrice @jaylyn600 @grok what generation contributed the most to social security?

@jaylyn600 Yes has nothing to do with your generation destroying the country and still taking more than you put in.

Every BOOMER with this take should look up the job they had in their 20s. Find the median pay for that job NOW. If you went to college make sure to include the cost of student loan repayments NOW. Include the cost of insurance NOW. Then look up the EXACT SAME first house you bought and let me know if you can buy it NOW. OTHERWISE STFU ABOUT THE DISCUSSION

The point is that, until Obama, the country was primarily black and white, with Hispanics, Indians, Chinese, etc sprinkled in for seasoning. Then we let in Muslims en masse and 10% of Central and South America and the Muslims especially, want us to adapt to them instead of the other way around.

@StivC @AConcernedPare2 @mortgagetruth What about the Reagan amnesty

This house is near a nice elementary school in my area. In 1974, on a $12k teacher's salary, this home could easily be purchased for $18,700. In 2026, teachers make $55k. They can't afford a $485k house. Why don't boomers understand how bad it is out there?!

@MikeBrave_Maker @Bigqadi Yeah, but doesn’t Cali meet all your needs with free stuff?

@Bigqadi hardly anyone makes the minimum wage but the point still stands, where I live in CA rent is roughly 2000 a month, if making about 18 an hour, minus about 30% for taxes, that's about 100 for an 8 hour day, rent takes 20 days of work.

In the 1930s, average rent was $18 a month. At $0.25/hour, you could pay rent in 72 hours of work. Today, to pay $1000 rent at the federal minimum wage of $7.25/hour, you gotta work 138 hours.

@Bigqadi About 1% of the workforce makes minimum wage or less, mostly 16-24 year olds.

@AConcernedPare2 @mortgagetruth Unchecked immigration is a recent development championed by the left. People have always snuck in but, until Obama, the country was pretty united in guarding the borders.

@mortgagetruth How much of that was immigration brought in by the boomers?