Brien Downie

Thoughts my own, perhaps unfortunately.

[Brien Downie @BrienDownie]

@volkswarren @Teslarati @p_ferragu When did you try it?

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

Requiring an ID and proof of citizenship to vote is common sense.

It’s time to pass the SAVE America Act. RT if you agree.

[Mike Lee @BasedMikeLee]

The SAVE America Act would make it (1) easy to vote, and (2) hard to cheat

There is no good reason *not* to pass it

If Democrat senators want to filibuster the SAVE America Act, we should make them work for it

We shouldn’t make filibustering it too easy

Share if you agree

[Brien Downie @BrienDownie]

@jeffdeist @FAHayekSays @GadSaad Bro - don’t punish someone for doing something good. Libertarian Inc. has obviously failed to gain any real traction, but it doesn’t do anyone any good to respond like this, and I agree with you on principles, @Jeffdeist!

[Brien Downie @BrienDownie]

@hubermanlab @MichaelAlbertMD I’ve been on zetia for a few years. Zero side effects.

[Brien Downie @BrienDownie]

@Ferndiggity @SenMikeLee It’s not about the number… there are about 5,000 female college basketball players. You put 2 or 3 men on one team and that team wins the national championship. Every time. No question.

[Brien Downie @BrienDownie]

@Ferndiggity @MarshaBlackburn @donnac1188 @SenTuberville The outrage isn’t in the 0.002% of college athletes being transgender. It’s in the slippery slope that has been the 2slgbtqaaip+ march through the institutions. “It’s just gay marriage” has become way more than just “marriage.” Where does it stop?

[Brien Downie @BrienDownie]

@mf_drew_ @StephenAdams26 These stories happen in every kind of institution in the world. Church, company, government, whatever.

[Brien Downie @BrienDownie]

@tompawnbadil, @Brian_Sauve - I had Microsoft CoPilot produce a report based on my emails. In the research steps it mentioned something about a, "Lilith O'Connor." I don't know a Lilith O'Connor, and I've never emailed anyone named that... is the Lilith demon in CoPilot?!?

[Brien Downie @BrienDownie]

@GovBobFerguson I am a longtime resident of Washington, current resident of Tacoma. I’m in Arkansas on business. 6 of my coworkers and I went out for a nice meal, and paid $150! I went for an errand and only paid $24 at the grocery store. The rest of the country is so much cheaper than WA!

[Ari Hoffman @thehoffather]

NEW: Over 38,000 people have registered AGAINST the Washington Democrats' proposed income tax

Can you help us hit 100,000? Register CON here: https://t.co/YiTi13Vzp1

[Yogi @Houseofyogi]

Unrealized gains tax for Gen-Z:

You buy a Pokémon card for $50.

Someone offers you $500 for it. You say no. You love that card. You're keeping it.

The government says: "Cool, but that card is worth $500 now. You owe us $100 in taxes."
You: "…I didn't sell it."

Government: "Don't care. Pay up."

You don't have $100 lying around. So you're forced to sell the card you love just to pay a tax on money you never received.

Next month? That card drops back to $50.

Your card is gone. Your money is gone. And the government shrugs.

That's a wealth tax on unrealized gains. They don't pay you back the tax...

Now picture this.

Your mom calls you crying. She has to sell the house she raised you in. Not because she can't afford it. She's lived there 30 years. It's paid off.

But some website says it's worth more now and the government says she owes $15,000 she doesn't have.

So she sells your childhood home. The kitchen where she made you breakfast. The doorframe where she marked your height every birthday.

Gone.

To pay a tax on money that was never real.

Now picture the opposite.

Your dad put everything into his small business. For 20 years he built it from nothing. One year the business is "valued" at $2 million on paper. He owes a massive tax bill. He empties his savings. Sells his truck. Borrows money. Pays it.

Next year the market crashes. His business is worth $200,000.

He lost everything to pay a tax on a number that doesn't exist anymore.

Does the government give him his money back?
No.

Does the government give him his truck back?
No.

Does the government care?
No.

They sold this idea as "taxing billionaires." But billionaires have armies of lawyers, offshore accounts, and trusts. They'll be fine.

You know who won't be fine? Your mom. Your dad. Your neighbor with a small business. The farmer down the road who's had the same land for four generations and now has to sell it because dirt got expensive.

You're not taxing wealth. You're taxing people for owning things.

It's like getting a parking ticket for a car you might drive somewhere someday.

They want you to own nothing and be happy. To fund the fraud, waste and abuse of the welfare state they created.

There is enough money. More tax isn't needed. It's all a lie. But you've been gaslit into believing this is a rich vs poor debate.

I hope you understand what's at stake.

[Brien Downie @BrienDownie]

@MarinersONTap greatest year in Seattle sports history!

[Brien Downie @BrienDownie]

@2dgamemania @exquizitely DUDE. yes. this was sweet for Descent.

[Cam Higby 🇺🇸 @camhigby]

🚨$800,000 FOR FAKE DAYCARE?

I went to the listed address for “Hilowle Safia Daycare” in Kent, WA. Residents say there IS NO DAYCARE HERE.

Records show massive subsidy payments following inspections reflecting risk of death to children.

[Brien Downie @BrienDownie]

@camhigby Who's the "Primary Licensor" on the "Provider Contacts" page? Salmo Mohamed... they work for the Dept. of Child, Youth, and Families for the WA Government? That looks like a Somali name... perhaps they're in on the game.

[Brien Downie @BrienDownie]

@JJtheBettor @ClayTravis @banamazing - even with the economy growing, it's still rather expensive relative to the average income.

[Brien Downie @BrienDownie]

@ATRightMovies

[Brien Downie @BrienDownie]

@PNWConservative no love for the Model Y?

[Brien Downie @BrienDownie]

@DougTenNapel I love the fact that you’re an artist and you’re embracing AI. And yes, I hope to someday remake the Star Wars sequel trilogy using AI for a fraction of a fraction of what Disney spent on their disaster.