Davis Thomason

Husband, Dad

[Paula Pant @AffordAnything]

There's no freeze on property tax.

There's no freeze on the wages paid to landscapers, plumbers, electricians, drywallers, flooring installers.

There's no freeze on the cost of lumber, copper, baseboard, quarter rounds, flashing, siding, window treatments.

There's no freeze on the wages paid to janitors or porters.

There's no freeze on utilities -- on electric, gas, water, sewer (building-paid utilities in hallways, lobbies, maintenance corridors; most buildings pay water and sewer for tenants).

There are currently 57,421 units sitting vacant in NYC because it's more cost-effective to leave them empty than it is to rent them out.

If you're wondering: "How that could be possible? Wouldn't making anything be better than making nothing?" -- the answer is no, because of the 2019 Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act.

The HSTPA mandated a certain level of renovation for a vacant unit, but did not allow landlords to raise the rent enough to be able to recoup those costs.

If a long-term tenant moves out after decades, the apartment often requires $50,000 to $100,000 in lead abatement, new wiring, plumbing, and structural renovations.

Because the law heavily restricts how much of that cost can be passed to the next tenant.

The HSPTA eliminated the "vacancy bonus" (which allowed automatic 20% rent increases when a tenant left) and heavily capped Individual Apartment Improvements (IAIs).

This means landlords who want a renovation loan would be rejected by a bank, because the landlord would not be able to show that they could repay that loan.

Landlords who pay out-of-pocket would end up losing money, underperforming even what they could get by putting their money in a U.S. Treasury or gov't bond.

Therefore, it's more cost-effective to just leave the unit vacant.

That's why we have 57,421 vacant units across New York right now.

That number is about to get much worse.

[Jim Bianco @biancoresearch]

The Mets are now 0-10 since this happened.

[Davis Thomason @DavisThomason]

@Delta fun 7.5 hour delay - still ongoing - today out of MIA. No weather issues. Just your incompetence

[Lara Logan @laralogan]

I am sick to death of this hateful rhetoric. Sick to death of people being demonized for the color of their skin. My son will be a “white man” one day & he does not deserve this. I don’t want anyone’s child demonized for the color of their skin. Ilhan Omar is a worthless thief & a liar. She can fuxk off with her divisive politics which she is using now to cover up her crimes.

[Ted Cruz @tedcruz]

Huh. What changed? 🤔

[KanekoaTheGreat @KanekoaTheGreat]

"Open borders? That's a Koch brothers proposal which essentially says there is no United States... It would make everyone in America poorer... Right-wing people would love an open border to bring in all kinds of people to work for $2 to $3 an hour."

- Bernie Sanders 2015

[MAZE @mazemoore]

2008. Obama slams the Bush Administration for not doing enough to combat the problem of illegal immigration. 😂

[Davis Thomason @DavisThomason]

@OleTimeHardball Ricky Vaughn

[TrendSpider @TrendSpider]

$TSLA +112% since this video dropped btw

[Defiant L’s @DefiantLs]

Here are Gavin Newsom's guidelines for Thanksgiving gatherings back in 2020.

[Chris Ciovacco @CiovaccoCapital]

Post-PPI (inflation data):

83% probability of a Fed cut on December 10, 2025.

[Chris Ciovacco @CiovaccoCapital]

Does not align with the "tariffs cause inflation" narrative that has been repeated over and over again.

[@amuse @amuse]

ANTIFA: This is 100% true. Saw it with my own eyes. ANTIFA is real and they’re dangerous.

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

All of these were released within a span of just 44 days in 1991.

[DC_Draino @DC_Draino]

@GavinNewsom Now show a picture of the Palisades

Surely it’s been rebuilt by now, right?

[MAZE @mazemoore]

Mortgage fraud is either really serious or not a big deal, it all depends on if it's Trump people being charged or Letitia James.

This is CNN.

[Baylor School Sports @RaiderRecap]

⛳️ Day Two at the State Tournament ⛳️

Baylor is right in the thick of things after Day One!

🏌️‍♂️ The boys hold a two-shot lead, while the ladies sit in second place — just one shot back of the leader.

Let’s finish strong Baylor!

#WeAreBaylor #TSSAA

[Kalshi @Kalshi]

JUST IN: Elon Musk’s $TSLA is up 100% since Tim Walz celebrated the stock "dropping"

[Congressman Randy Fine @RepFine]

Ilhan Omar (D-Somalia) should never have been let into our country.