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Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed. ― Mahatma Gandhi

[Dom Kwok | EasyA @dom_kwok]

being a man is realising you aren’t really loved.

you provide something and get love in return.

once you stop providing that something, the love disappears.

[ThePersistence @ScottPresler]

Here’s What I’m Looking For:

▪️Trade reciprocally
▪️Secure our borders
▪️Balance the budget
▪️Deport illegal aliens
▪️Secure our elections
▪️Repeal the death tax
▪️Provide school choice
▪️Abolish property taxes
▪️Make DOGE permanent
▪️Dominate oil/natural gas
▪️Pass the SAVE America Act
▪️Permanently defund USAID
▪️Eliminate sovereign immunity
▪️Criminalize aiding illegal aliens
▪️Open more clean nuclear plants
▪️Build data centers in Antarctica
▪️Impeach unconstitutional judges
▪️Establish an Internet Bill of Rights
▪️Ban foreign countries from buying US land
▪️Right to Buy cheaper prescription drugs from other countries

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

Fred Rogers met with a child psychologist every week for 22 years to build his show. She shaped everything: every script, prop, and song. The whole point was to give a child's nervous system time to slow down. In 1984, a single regulatory decision ended all of it.

The psychologist was Dr. Margaret McFarland, who co-founded the Arsenal Family and Children's Center alongside Benjamin Spock and Erik Erikson. She and Rogers understood that the prefrontal cortex in children, the part of the brain that controls impulse, emotion, and attention, takes decades to fully develop. At the start of every episode, Rogers tied his sneakers and changed his sweater while children settled in. Those pauses were intentional, designed to help a child's nervous system shift into a calmer, more focused state.

What ended it had nothing to do with child development science. In 1984, Reagan's FCC chairman Mark Fowler abolished the advertising limits that had protected children's programming from commercial pressure. Toy companies moved within months. Between 1984 and 1985, cartoons tied to toy lines increased by 300%, from a handful of shows to more than 40 animated series. In almost every case, the toy was designed first. The cartoon was built to sell it.

Researchers later put numbers to what parents were already noticing. A 2011 study in Pediatrics from the University of Virginia tested 60 four-year-olds across three groups: one watching SpongeBob, which cuts scene every 11 seconds; one watching a slow PBS show, which cuts scene every 34 seconds; and one drawing. Nine minutes later, all three took tests on attention, impulse control, short-term memory, and problem-solving. The SpongeBob group scored significantly worse across every measure.

In the 1970s, children began watching television around age 4. Research from pediatrician Dimitri Christakis found that by 2009, the average age of first screen exposure had dropped to 4 months, as the content got faster and the audience got younger. Researchers separately found that each additional hour of daily screen time at ages 1 or 3 raised the risk of attention problems at age 7 by 9%.

[CooperBaggs 💰🍞 @edgaralandough]

People often clean their homes after an internal breakthrough.

But sometimes the breakthrough comes after they clean.

Your environment and your subconscious mind mirror each other.

What room in your house needs the most healing right now?

[VincentScott @VincentSco72192]

Now that the strait is open and Iran peace is secured

Let’s take stock of what happened

1-Every ally that didn’t help will be punished later on when it is time to swap out their US debt holdings - they will get poison pills like Fed notes (abandoned) and bitcoin (“who is satoshi where are the bags” = clandestine dirty financial bomb)

2-all consumer countries that depleted their strategic oil reserves will be leveraged against by producers (U.S.) for better terms in trade

3- outed the shipping insurance scam by London and had the U.S. create alternative

4- IRAN will not have nuclear weapons nor will fund proxies = Israel now has no more propaganda about existential threat + gulf states to create regional security + Abraham accords can be signed onto

5- Russia can come south through the Caucasus and out the strait of Hormuz to sell to Asia = we got interest at the crossroads with Armenia / Azerbaijan Trump peace highway

5-China will go west through mid-Asian corridor to sell to Europe and the Mediterranean

6-we redirected oil supplies from Middle East centric to U.S. while we secured Panama Canal and working on Cuba

7-Trump effectively broke apart OPEC

8-brought Iran down without boots on the ground and minimal casualties while making sure oil made its way to market for global stability

9-showcased to the world how Iran was receiving payments via crypto and other methods = need for laws and treaties

10-outed all the influencers for being idiots and anti-MAGA

Go back and look at how I originally laid it all out

Took a bit longer than I expected but man

Pretty damn accurate

[MAZE @mazemoore]

In 2022 Jen Psaki was asked about claims that we were operating biolabs in Ukraine. She denied the existence of "bioweapons" programs and then called the whole thing Russian disinformation.

[DOQ @doqholliday]

It's time to live.

Zero fear.

[hunter @hxxntrr]

There's a federal tax law that lets you rent your own house to your own business for $5,000 a day

The business deducts the rent as an expense
You receive the rent personally as tax-free income
This is fully legal under IRC Section 280A(g) and every smart business owner in america uses it

It's called the Augusta Rule and 90% of business owners have never heard of it

Internal Revenue Code Section 280A(g), commonly called the "Augusta Rule," allows a homeowner to rent their personal residence for up to 14 days per year and receive the rental income completely tax-free. The rental income does not need to be reported as income on your personal tax return

The provision was originally written to protect homeowners in Augusta, Georgia who rent their homes to spectators during the annual Masters Tournament. The IRS recognized that 14 days a year of rental income shouldn't trigger reporting requirements for an otherwise personal residence. The rule applies nationwide to anyone who rents their residence under 14 days

Critical mechanic for business owners:

If you own a business (LLC, S-Corp, C-Corp), the business can rent your personal residence for meetings, events, retreats, or any legitimate business purpose. The business pays you market-rate rent. The business deducts the rent as a business expense (reducing the business's taxable income). You receive the rent personally tax-free under Section 280A(g)

Result:

Business's taxable income: reduced by the amount of rent paid
Your personal taxable income: not increased (rent under Section 280A(g))
Net effect: cash moves from business to your personal account, fully tax-deductible on one side and fully tax-free on the other

This is a tax-arbitrage between the business entity and the individual that the tax code explicitly permits

The math:

Suppose your business is an S-Corp with $300,000 in annual taxable income. Your business is taxed at the corporate level (or flows through to you at personal rates depending on structure)

Without the Augusta Rule: business pays roughly $90,000-$120,000 in combined taxes on the $300K (depending on state and structure)

With the Augusta Rule: business rents your home for 14 days at $2,500/day = $35,000 in rent

Business taxable income reduces from $300,000 to $265,000
Tax savings on the $35,000 expense: roughly $10,500-$14,000 (at 30-40% effective business tax rate)
Personal income from $35,000 rent received: $0 (tax-free under 280A(g))

Net effect: $10,500-$14,000 in actual cash savings per year, just for renting your own house to your own business for 14 days

What is "market rate" rent:

The IRS requires the rental to be at a "fair market rate" for similar properties in your area. You can't rent your $400K home for $50,000/day. You also don't need to charge $200/day for a $2M property

Realistic market rates for short-term residential business rentals:

Modest home (under $400K): $400-$800/day
Mid-range home ($400K-$1M): $1,000-$2,500/day
Luxury home ($1M-$3M): $2,500-$5,000/day
High-end estate ($3M+): $5,000-$15,000+/day

You're typically renting your home for "executive retreats," "client meetings," "strategic planning sessions," "board meetings," etc. Market rate is what similar properties would charge as event venues or short-term executive rentals

How to support the market rate:

Get 3-5 comparable rental quotes from event venues, AirBnB executive rentals, or boutique meeting spaces in your area
Document the comparable rates in your business records
Use the median or 75th percentile rate, not the highest

If you can document that comparable executive retreat venues in your area rent for $3,000-$5,000/day, charging $3,500/day to your business is defensible

The execution:

Step 1: write a rental agreement between your business and you personally

The agreement should specify:
Dates of the rental (14 specific days per year max)
Rental rate per day
Purpose of the rental (business meeting, retreat, client event, strategic planning, etc.)
Standard rental terms (similar to commercial rental agreements)

Step 2: have a legitimate business purpose for each day of rental

Quarterly executive retreats (4 days/yr)
Annual strategic planning summit (3 days/yr)
Client appreciation event (2 days/yr)
Board meetings (3 days/yr)
Investor presentations (2 days/yr)
= 14 days/yr at $3,000/day = $42,000 in tax-free transfer

Step 3: document the business purpose with meeting minutes, agendas, attendee lists, and photos

Step 4: the business issues a 1099-MISC to you for the rental at year-end

Step 5: you report the rental on Schedule E of your personal tax return, then claim the Section 280A(g) exclusion (under 14 days = $0 reportable income)

Step 6: the business deducts the rent as an expense on the business tax return

Documentation requirements:

The IRS occasionally audits Augusta Rule claims because some taxpayers abuse the provision (renting at inflated rates, claiming days without legitimate business purpose, etc.). To survive audit:

Maintain calendar evidence of the 14 days
Maintain meeting agendas and minutes
Maintain attendee lists (employees, contractors, clients)
Maintain photos of the events
Have a written rental agreement
Have documentation of market rates

If you can produce all of this, the IRS audit defense is straightforward

The tax savings at scale:

Small business with $200K profit, rents at $1,500/day for 14 days:
Annual rent: $21,000
Tax savings at 35% effective rate: $7,350
Tax-free personal income: $21,000

Mid-size business with $500K profit, rents at $3,000/day for 14 days:
Annual rent: $42,000
Tax savings at 40% effective rate: $16,800
Tax-free personal income: $42,000

Large business with $2M profit, rents at $5,000/day for 14 days:
Annual rent: $70,000
Tax savings at 45% effective rate: $31,500
Tax-free personal income: $70,000

The savings scale linearly with the business size up to the 14-day limit. At the $5,000/day rate for 14 days ($70K), most business owners hit the practical ceiling

Compounding effect over time:

Using the Augusta Rule every year for 20 years on a mid-size business:
Annual tax savings: $16,800
Total over 20 years: $336,000

The Augusta Rule alone produces a third of a million dollars in extra wealth over a 20-year career for a single business owner

Other tax provisions stack with this:

Section 179: immediate expensing of equipment and vehicles purchased (up to $1.16M in 2024)
Bonus depreciation: 60-100% accelerated depreciation on assets
QBI deduction (Section 199A): 20% deduction on qualified business income
Section 121 home sale exclusion: $250K-$500K of profit on personal residence sale, tax-free
Health Savings Account: $4,150-$8,300 in pre-tax contributions, grows tax-free, withdrawn tax-free for medical

A business owner stacking all these provisions properly pays an effective tax rate of 12-18%. The same business owner without sophistication pays 28-35%

The difference is roughly $40K-$80K per year in saved tax. Over a 30-year career: $1.2M-$2.4M in extra net worth

The Augusta Rule is just one of about a dozen highly-leveraged tax provisions that ordinary tax filers never hear about because they're operating in W-2 reality. Every business owner with sophistication uses these provisions. Their accountants know about them. Their tax attorneys know about them. The IRS published them in the tax code

The middle-class American working a W-2 job has access to ZERO of these provisions. The W-2 employee can deduct standard items (mortgage interest, charitable giving, state and local taxes) but cannot:

Deduct vehicle expenses (no Section 179)
Deduct rental income from personal residence to employer (no 280A(g))
Get QBI deduction (W-2 income doesn't qualify)
Deduct home office (since 2017 W-2 employees lost this)
Strategic planning of capital gains (income is fixed by employer)

Almost everything that lets the wealthy reduce taxes requires you to be a business owner (or capital owner). The W-2 path categorically excludes you from the entire tax optimization layer

This is by design. The tax code rewards capital, business ownership, and asset accumulation. It punishes labor. The reward is approximately 20-30% lower effective tax rates for business owners using sophisticated strategies vs W-2 earners

The Augusta Rule is one of the simplest, lowest-effort tax savings available. Cost to implement: zero (if you already own a home and run a business). Time: maybe 4 hours per year for documentation. Annual savings: $7,000-$31,500

Most American business owners don't use the Augusta Rule. They don't know it exists. Their accountants might mention it once but never set up the structure. The provision sits in the tax code from 1976 waiting for someone to invoke it

You can be that someone. You need a home, a business, and 4 hours of paperwork per year

(if you want to fix your credit and qualify for the 0% APR business credit that helps you build the business that uses the Augusta Rule. link in bio)

[2notfollowi4iamnotthe1ipilot2 @5thlevel100]

@SMQKEDQG

[NoLimit @NoLimitGains]

The Trump administration just put $2 billion into quantum computing in exchange for direct equity stakes.

These are the 5 stocks that benefit the most.

Here they are:

[Chris Koerner @mhp_guy]

Meet Natalie. She makes six figures a year working one to two hours a week.

She has no experience in hazardous waste disposal. No experience in landscaping. No experience in catering.

But she won contracts in all three industries.

Her first deal netted her $800 profit per pickup over five years.

That's $10,000 net profit every year for making a few phone calls and submitting one proposal.

Her second contract paid her $11,000 profit in two weeks.

Her largest contract was $962,000 over five years. Her subcontractor charged her $700,000. She pocketed $262,000 for work she doesn't even do.

What is it?

Government contracting.

She bids on jobs on sam . gov, finds subcontractors to do the actual work, and captures the spread between what the government pays her and what she pays her subs.

The government is legally required to spend money with small businesses.

You don't need experience. You don't even need money.

You just need an LLC and an internet connection.

In this episode Natalie:
- Breaks down how she won her first contract bidding on something she'd never heard of

- Shows me the exact AI prompts she uses to analyze 20-page government solicitations

- Tells me why contracts under $350K don't require any past performance

- Gives me the playbook for finding hungry subcontractors who actually deliver

Why aren't more people doing this?

Full episode links below.

[Chris Koerner @mhp_guy]

This guy had never made a dollar online until...

He sent one text.

20 minutes later he had $6,000 wired into his bank account.

Six years later he runs a business doing $104,000 a month with almost no overhead.

He works an hour or two a day.

He has clients that have paid him every single month for five years and he hasn't spoken to them once since the deal closed.

One client pays him $600 a month and has for five years straight. Kyle has maybe talked to him five times total.

His company overhead is maybe $5,000 a month on $100,000 in revenue. Individual sites cost $25 a month to run.

What is it? Website landlord.

He builds basic local SEO sites for niches like junk removal or auto glass repair in specific cities, gets them to rank on Page 1, then rents out the lead flow to local business owners for a flat monthly fee.

The craziest part is he gives prospects a free week of leads before they pay him anything.

Kyle breaks down:

- How he finds supply and demand gaps using basic SEO tools

- His exact script for closing deals in one phone call

- Why this is 1000 times more passive than real estate

- What niches are still wide open

- How one guy makes $90K a month just doing spray foam insulation leads

I don't use the "p" word lightly... But there's parts of this that are definitely passive.

Check it out!

[Camus @newstart_2024]

Tucker Carlson said something raw that cuts straight to the heart of marriage:

“A wife who won’t stand by you in turmoil is hell on earth.”

He says the real test of a marriage isn’t the good times — it’s when the husband loses his job, gets attacked, or things go wrong. That’s when you discover what your wife is truly made of.

His blunt truth: the deepest desire of every man is to have his wife standing beside him. A wife who believes in you gives you strength, and that belief is often the key to success in life.

It’s uncomfortable… but it rings true.

Married guys — has a moment of crisis ever shown you exactly what your marriage (and your wife) is made of?

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

This is an absolute masterclass from MIT on how to speak

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

True

[Chris 𝕏 @Chris__X__]

Have you ever wondered what a half of beef looks like laid out on a table?

That’s a whole lot of beef and deliciousness. 😳