Ap3x
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@SpeakSamuel For every one H-1B sob story there are 500 American ones.
You should prioritize the well being of Americans over H1-B workers.
Why aren't you?
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This H-1B worker has lived in the US for nearly 20 years and built a family here. His mom was dying in India. To visit her, he would need to wait months to book a consular appointment--with the soonest one available likely being scheduled one year out.
He made the difficult choice of not visiting his dying mom because leaving without an appointment would mean separation from his children, job, and his other obligations.
Much of the commentary around immigration focuses on how such bureaucratic burdens undermine immigrants’ ability to contribute and innovate. But we must remember that this red tape also prevents these people from being fully engaged with their own lives and meaningfully present in the lives of others. This matters too, and these seemingly non-economic problems will eventually translate into economic costs.
If America is no longer a place where people feel empowered to be the best versions of themselves as they celebrate, struggle, and grieve, it ceases not just being the land of opportunity, but also the land of dignity and purpose.
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Ezra Klein Podcast
Episode 1: “we’re embracing Abundance. we’re deregulating the economy and building infrastructure”
Episode 2: “please vote for this Democrat promising to empower unions and regulate Silicon Valley out of existence”
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INSANE: The Lakers beating the Rockets was the 13th biggest playoff upset in modern NBA history.
(via @LevAkabas)
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Seems like the narrative is being updated here via a picture that is probably AI? Where does this pic come from?
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His presidency started an era of decline, ugliness, and insanity that embedded itself in American culture
American Values 🇺🇸@AVGirl4Life
What is the #1 thing Obama will be remembered for?
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@DerekPederson3 I'll just chalk this up to bad incentives because what an absurd take.
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Sam Harris is nothing but a more effete and condescending version of Joe Rogan.
He does zero independent research on any of his guests and is regularly duped by charlatans like Amanda Knox and Alina Chan and Matt Ridley.
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What an amazing clip.
This is the essence of Tuckerism.
NYT asks him why he called Trump the Antichrist.
He says he never said it.
NYT shows a clip.
Tucker says he doesn’t know what the Antichrist is.
Jesus Christ.
What a snivelling coward.
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The meaning of 86 is not in dispute here. It is its association with 47.
Next to the 47, which without a doubt meant President Trump, the 47th President, a man Comey undoubtedly despised, can only mean one thing...kill him.
47 doesn't refer to an order of fries and shake. It doesn't mean the blue plate special. It means a man. A particular man. And to 86 him can only mean one thing....
Guilty.
NBC News@NBCNews
"86 it": Restaurant workers say the term at the center of James Comey's indictment is "everyday lingo." nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
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Will Anderson Jr. helping up LeBron James
(Via WAJ’s IG)
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Daily Wire is a tough gig, your competition is guys making stuff up, and you're fighting over an audience that's too stupid to tell the difference.
Mike Nellis@MikeNellis
So apparently The Daily Wire laid off half its staff today. It comes as Ben Shapiro and other MAGA influencers have seen huge losses in engagement and audience retention.
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Loss that legitimately makes you question why you like sports
Might just into running or something
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@PhiloOfNYC @xwanyex Have you ever listened to Klein or Thompson? To call them purely cynical actors here is just silly
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@xwanyex Abundance people are trying to spin a positive message to get some moderate urbanites to vote Democrat.
Abundance people are not really serious about their supposed ideology; it’s a purely messaging exercise.
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This is of course completely true. Whatever Centrist Libs say about building things, the Democratic Party and the left more generally is the party of not building things. They are skeptical of business. They are skeptical of tech. They are skeptical of landlords and new apartment buildings. They are skeptical of markets, skeptical of investing, skeptical of finance.
I don’t even understand what these abundance people are doing. Like, just become a republican, bro. You’re natural Republicans. You’re all educated, 40-something white guys. You’re Republicans.
Like, there’s already a word for people who believe the things you believe. It’s, “republican.”
Richard Hanania@RichardHanania
Why listening to Ezra and Derek reflecting on abundance made me pessimistic. They want a movement that builds things. But in their coalition is a huge faction that hates business, the people who build things! It's a wild contradiction.
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@dissidentwookie @scottlincicome Wow didn’t know Powell caused Covid or decided to spend $7T in stimulus
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The national debt just exceeded 100% of GDP for the first time since 1946: wsj.com/economy/u-s-de…
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@mattyglesias What’s the socioeconomic breakdown of this group of voters? Why have they switched? Seems like he just transformed some racial polarization into class polarization.
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Trump being the guy who drastically curbed racial polarization in the electorate is one of the great ironies of history
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(((Harry Enten)))@ForecasterEnten
Trump's GOP is holding on to the generational gains they made with Black voters in the 2024 election. The GOP has gained 12 pts on the Dems on party id with African Americans vs. Trump term 1 at this point. Trump's approval with Black voters is higher than it was in term 1.
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Great point.
Why does Powell think he’s personally the lynchpin of Fed independence? Does he not think the other governors are up to the job?
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent@SecScottBessent
It is unusual for soon-to-be-former Fed Chair Jay Powell to stay on at the @federalreserve. For someone who speaks so often of norms, his unilateral decision to stay flies in the face of tradition. Kevin Warsh will bring about a new day at the Fed, with accountability, management, and sound policymaking in the lead.
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The “high-trust customs” you’re mourning were a fiction. We know this because the curtain has been pulled back repeatedly: Wikileaks, the Podesta emails, the Twitter Files, the FISA disclosures. The diplomats and politicians shaking hands on camera were lying to each other, to allies, and to voters in private. Trump’s contribution is refusing the veneer. That’s not a degradation of trust. It’s the removal of a performance that was hiding the absence of trust. His relationships are more honest, more personal, and therefore more durable, because nobody has to wonder what he really thinks.
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Trump's bullying only works (and only temporarily at that) because he's taking advantage of the high-trust customs and relationships established by more principled predecessors.
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The incredible daily routine of Paul Tudor Jones:
2:30 AM Wake up, work for 30 minutes
3:00–3:45 Watch the London open, analytical work
3:45 Back to sleep
6:15 Wake up, repeat
6:15 Wake up
6:15–7:00 Work
7:00–7:45 Workout, 45 minutes of hard cardio
8:00 At the screens for the market open
8:00–10:00 AM Screens, no meetings
10:00–12:00 Meetings
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Meeting
3:00–4:00 Hour before the close: map out the next day
4:00 Market close
4:00–5:00 Hour after the close: think about Tokyo and Hong Kong, map out tomorrow
5:00–6:00 PM Walk with wife
6:00–7:00 PM Work
7:00 Eat and watch the news
8:00–9:30 Netflix / mindless entertainment
9:30–10:15 Work
10:15 Bed
2:30 Wake up, repeat
He's had the same routine for over 40 years.
Patrick OShaughnessy@patrick_oshag
My guest today is Paul Tudor Jones (@ptj_official), one of the greatest macro traders of all time. He correctly predicted the 1987 stock market crash and shorted the Japanese bubble in 1990. For over 40 years, his flagship fund has had a negative correlation to the S&P 500. 100% of his returns are alpha. He says today's market has so many similarities to 2000, "the easiest bear market I've ever seen in my whole life." He makes the case for going long dollar-yen, why Bitcoin beats gold as an inflation hedge, and why he was wrong about Warren Buffett. But what I'll remember most from this conversation is Paul's zest for life. He's 71 and still wakes at 2:30 every morning to trade the London open. He works out for two hours a day. He walks with his wife every evening. He travels the country chasing peak spring and peak fall. He's so excited about the songs picked for his funeral that he wishes he could be there to hear them. Paul has lived five lifetimes in one. He's one of the most entertaining and interesting people I've met, and the conversation will leave you searching to be as passionate about what you do as he is about what he does. Enjoy! Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 1:00 The Kindest Thing 13:19 Trading vs. Investing 17:33 Lessons from Warren Buffet 22:24 The Existential Risks of AI 29:54 The Nature of Trading 31:46 Bitcoin 35:55 Bubbles 42:08 A Day in the Life of PTJ 46:00 Information Overload 47:07 Passion for Markets 50:49 The Robin Hood Foundation 54:18 The Workless World 56:03 Journalism 1:00:00 Principal Components of a Great Life 1:05:06 Kill Them With Kindness
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