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@TwitchyTeam >gasp<! Inflammatory rhetoric torn from the signs of Leftist protestors? From a Randi Weingarten rant? From CNN or MSNOW anchors? No, silly. The dissent of a Supreme Court Justice.

Justice Kagan Writes in Dissent That the VRA ‘Was Born of the Literal Blood of Union Soldiers’ twitchy.com/brettt/2026/05…

@KRobbinsMN That's the playbook of the Left: hide the issue or debate the rules. The Minnesota fraud is no different that voter fraud: if you don't look for it; you can plausibly say it doesn't exist.

Tim Walz was made aware that our tax dollars could be sent to terrorists, and yet they shut down the unit dedicated to investigating.

@OwenGregorian Yogi Berra: "Nobody goes there anymore--it's too crowded.

Seattle AI founder looks to leave as taxes rise, ‘Everybody that I know… is in the process of leaving’ | Rachel del Guidice, Fox News A Seattle AI startup founder says he’s preparing to leave the city as taxes rise, warning that many entrepreneurs are already heading for the exits. "We're out looking for an alternative," Jesse Proudman, president and CTO of Venice.ai, a privacy-focused unrestricted generative AI platform, told Fox News Digital in an interview Friday. "So we were looking in Nevada, we're looking in Texas and Austin, we're looking at Nashville and Florida," Proudman said. "And these are climates where the business community is vibrant. They're climates where the government is encouraging entrepreneurship, where they're welcoming people, and they're not villainizing those who have built something." Proudman said he has been in Washington state for 28 years, and that Venice.ai is his third startup. He started his first company when he was 13. "Seattle used to be a place where you were excited to build something, where it was celebrated, where you could imagine creating something from nothing and that you could manifest that," Proudman said. "And for many years, for probably 20 years, that was the culture here," he added. "We had a vibrant startup community. We had a very supportive startup community. And the ecosystem worked. It helped build the companies. And then, for whatever reason, sort of over the last four or five years, we've seen this shift where entrepreneurship is now villainized. And it's an unfortunate and sad shift in what otherwise has been a phenomenal place to run businesses." In March, Washington state Democrats passed the "millionaires tax," which Democratic Gov. Bob Ferguson signed on March 30. It's the state's first-ever income tax, pushed by progressives and socialists and opposed by conservatives. The Wall Street Journal editorial board called the new tax a "con" after its passage that will "inevitably capture the middle class." Proudman told Fox News Digital that he has similar concerns. "They're beginning with millionaires because that's an easier place to sell it. It's obvious that they intend to apply this to everybody," he said. Proudman said that his concern is that Washington state Sen. Jamie Pedersen, who sponsored the millionaires tax, intends to extend the tax beyond millionaires. "He said he intends to apply it to everybody and, quite frankly, its implication is that Washington will become the highest tax state in the country," Proudman said of Pedersen. "It doesn't make sense to continue to live here if you have mobility." During a recent event at Seattle University, Mayor Katie Wilson, a self-described democratic socialist, laughed and appeared to dismiss the possibility that millionaires would leave the state. "I think the claims that millionaires are going to leave our state are, like, super overblown. And if — the ones that leave, like, bye," Wilson said. Proudman sees a more stark situation. "The reality is everybody that I know that has means to leave has either left or is in the process of leaving," he said. "They've listed their homes, they're shopping elsewhere," Proudman continued. "And again, it's like, you don't want to be where you're not part of the community, where it doesn't feel like you're welcome. And so the mayor, whose job it is, is to build a vibrant city, is telling the people who have built companies here, who have created jobs in this city and this state that they're not wanted here." "It's the same thing that happened in California with Elon Musk," he added. "Again, he went to Texas. Like, you're not wanted, you'll move to a climate where you are." According to the Tax Foundation, the city of Seattle has the highest combined state and local sales tax rate, at 10.35%. foxnews.com/media/seattle-…

@GuntherEagleman The answer was bad enough but consider why the CNN anchor was moved to ask that question.

🚨 SICK: MICHIGAN DEMOCRAT MALLORY MCMORROW COMPARES TRUMP ADMIN TO NAZI GERMANY 🤡 CNN: “Do you personally see parallels between Nazi Germany and what’s happening under the Trump administration?” McMorrow: “Yeah, I do.” These people are unhinged. Comparing securing the border, fighting inflation, and putting America First to the Holocaust is beyond disgusting. @RNCResearch

@nicksortor This guy is just not that smart to be doing all the clever wiggling since the tsunami of fraud was publicized in Minnesota. Wonder who's behind him pulling the strings?

🚨 WOW! Assistant AG for Fraud Colin McDonald just revealed Tim Walz is using TAXPAYER DOLLARS to SUE the federal government to BLOCK investigations into fraud Yet ANOTHER reason federal funds should be FULLY FROZEN in MN Walz is using OUR money to cover up THEFT of our money h/t @GuntherEagleman

@_ayandamay Just curious, prior to, say, 1900, where did old people spend their last years?

“Who’s going to take care of you when you get old” CHILDREN ARE NOT RETIREMENT PLANS.

@Milajoy Careful, @milajoy, wouldn't want the snowflake needing a puppy due to your aggression.

Some kid on X told me yesterday that at 60, I’m too old for this platform—my generation isn’t tough enough for the heat. Back then, our playground slides were blazing-hot bare metal that burned your legs on summer days, no sides, no padding—just a straight drop onto concrete or dirt. We got scorched, we flew off, we lined up for more. You younger ones with your cushioned, air-conditioned setups will never get it. We were built in fire. Keep scrolling, kid—this old timer’s still here.

@XVideoViral The one thing missing: labels on the bottom to know which box holds what.

This US guy Turned Dead Ceiling Space Into a Cash Machine 💰

@KTLA Just increase the timeline to 100 or 200 years and say it'll cost a $1 trillion.

In a newly proposed business plan, project leaders estimate the Los Angeles-to-San Francisco segment will cost about $126 billion, with service beginning around 2040. ktla.com/news/californi…

@TaraBull Talk about expanding the product line. The days of simply tattooing "Mother" on your bicep are long gone.... What next, tattooed pimples? Open wounds?

Tattoo freckle trend

@FoxNews So, how does this work? The idea of a May day protest just randomly bubbled up? And who approved these events for teachers to attend? Did parents sign field trip permission slips? I don't recall Kroger allowing cashiers and stock clerks time to protest in the local park.

NOW: Thousands are gathering in Raleigh, North Carolina, for May Day protests. At least 11 school districts announced last-minute schedule changes, leaving parents scrambling to make childcare arrangements, according to reports. Teachers planned to participate in "Kids Over Corporations" protests, organized by the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE). Protesters are calling for increased funding for public education.

@CynicalPublius Well, it also explains the Left's mindset: if they can't understand a given perspective it's not because they lack the knowledge, can't comprehend the subject, or can't see another perspective. No, it's because the other person is a dumbass.

The below post is discussing the fact that educated people on the Right are capable of clearly explaining the political and social ideas of people on the Left in a manner that people on the Left will agree with, while the inverse is vanishingly rare. Idiots on the Left claim that this is because their ideas are coherent and sensible, while Rightwing ideas are incoherent and unsensible. This is nonsense, and the reality has to do with our higher education system. Universities are uniformly indoctrination centers for Leftwing thought, so educated conservatives inherently have a deep and thorough understanding of the philosophical underpinnings of modern Leftist belief systems. There is no such reciprocal platform in universities where conservatism is reliably taught, so as a result Leftists are at an extreme disadvantage when debating--they simply have no idea where we conservatives are coming from. This phenomenon is easily witnessed here on X, as erudite conservatives rip down Leftist shibboleths with ease (because we understand them) while Leftists (lacking the academic training in their opponents' beliefs that we possess so deeply) embarrass themselves constantly by arguing against the corrupt strawman interpretations of conservatism they have formed in their own addled, brainwashed minds.

@DeAngelisCorey 'Twould be great if they organized their schools to learn math.

"We are organizing our school so that the kindergarten through 6th grade students are also going to be able to march."

@mcafeenew @UnmaskTheSys One can judge the tree by the fruit it produces.

@officer_Lew At some point, two objects grinding against other generate enough heat and friction to cause system failure.

NEW🚨: Candace claims Erika Kirk has put a TARGET ON HER BACK by saying Candace accused her of killing her husband. Then, grinning ear to ear, Candace announces she’s got a secret ready to drop as Erika’s “punishment.” This is about to get messy. Smh 🤦🏿‍♂️

It's not this scenario in isolation. It's the accumulation of multiple sensors that track driving behaviors these days from vibrating steering wheels that jerk the car when changing a lane without signaling on an empty highway or cruise control slamming on the brakes when the car ahead slows while merging into the off ramp or dash messages telling me I need a break. The use of cell phones while driving is illegal in some areas to avoid distracting drivers. I'd love to see a study of the impact of random beeps, automatic braking, and irrelevant dash messages on driver attention.

@truthstreamnews To be fair your car telling you "If you don't calm down I'll kill us both" is a pretty good premise for a horror movie but I think Stephen King has already written like 4 of these.

The new kill switch law has spawned a whole new genre of horror film.

@Sassafrass_84 Politicians are afraid of imposing a little discipline on their constituents as much as constituents are afraid of imposing discipline on themselves. This is the real bifurcation in the US: people that can process delayed gratification and those that can't.

It's like pulling teeth to get a healthier America. Truth is, none of us should be drinking this crap.

"Defends" the price? Why? Starbucks is free to charge what they will and customers can freely choose to accept the price or reject it. Ain't capitalism grand? Now, if the price was regulated or customers were forced to only buy Starbucks coffee we'd have another name for that type of economy, wouldn't we?

Starbucks CEO defends a cup of coffee costing $9 He says the customers needs to just not think about it as a $9 cup of coffee, you’re paying for the “experience” of getting a Starbucks coffee “In some cases a $9 experience does feel like you're splurging, and then what that means is we have to make it worthwhile.” He says Starbucks customers “want to have a special experience and regardless of what your income level is, in some cases, a $9 experience does feel like you're splurging — well, this is a really affordable premium experience” How out of touch could a person possibly be…

@micah_erfan Here's a crazy thought: if candidates chose positions that reflected more closely that of the voters and educated those voters they might win more elections.

Even without the VRA, Democrats could still come out ahead in the redistricting wars. However, this is a race to hell. We need a nationwide gerrymandering ban.

@Archwinger1 Respectfully, what is the data supporting a 100% vaccination rate in newborns? What %age of mothers are found to be infection-prone on or around birth that makes this a prudent policy?

Attention Internet: The Hep B vaccine is given to every single baby because we can't trust mothers to disclose accurate embarrassing or unsavory information about themselves to doctors (especially if Dad is in the picture and might find out) even when the baby's life is at stake