@taliesi_bard Right, that’s the other thing. They’re still an absolute minority of the eligible electorate and in theory can be out-organized with proper resources and infrastructure.
Whether those resources will materialize remains to be seen.
Here’s the thing about what’s going on in NYC. There’s now a critical mass of young people who came to New York on their parents dime and treat it like a summer camp, and they’re electing each other.
Young people used to come to this city to make it. Whether it was finance, fashion, art, business, whatever. They knew it would be hard work but they craved success.
So they accepted the fact that they’d be broke and living in a share with three other people and barely making rent for most of their 20s, but would come out the other side better off for it. It was called ‘paying your dues, and the city ran like this for generations.
It was a wildly successful system.
Now they come here with a trust fund and have no interest in jobs or personal success, so they get fake nonprofit work and go into politics and ruin everyone else’s life because they have no real talent or ambition and are angry about it.
That’s how we got here.
Under the Trump administration, we've achieved 15 months of no border crossings, the largest drop in prescription drug prices in 60 years, the largest drop in violent crime in nearly a century, a massive increase in tax refunds, a decline in national median rents, and record investments in our country. A vote for Republicans to hold the House majority is a vote to continue that success. A vote to give Democrats power is a vote for two years of obstruction.
Female means possessing the reproductive system that produces eggs instead of sperm. It is irrelevant whether said system is defective, immature or surgically altered.
I just described every female on earth.
The people of MA have a chance to change things by voting differently. The One-party in control of MA has the same answer to every problem: raise taxes. They never once consider re-evaluating how they spend money.
The state budget in 2019 was $41.9 billion. In 2026 it is $61 billion. That’s an increase of over $19B - roughly 46% over seven fiscal years. Yes, COVID-19 happened and that would certainly have an impact - but it shouldn’t have a permanent impact. Worse yet, we have a government that refuses to conduct an audit 72% of voters demanded and made law. One-party rule ALWAYS leads to Arrogance and Corruption. I hope voters have had enough.
Nobody against data centers understands data centers.
Nobody against Flock cameras understands how they work or what they do.
Nobody demanding Medicare for All knows how Medicare currently functions or what it would cost.
Nobody saying “tax the rich” knows how much the rich already pay in taxes.
Nobody saying “seize the means of production” knows how to build or maintian the means of production.
Nobody saying “fund education” knows how much we already spend on education.
Nobody saying “no new wars” understands geopolitics.
Nobody saying “ban corporate landlords” knows what percentage of homes corporations actually own.
Nobody saying “developers are greedy” understands why housing costs what it does.
Nobody demanding price controls understands what happens to supply when you cap prices.
Nobody saying billionaires could “end homelessness” knows what governments already spend on homelessness.
Nobody saying “just build public housing” knows what it costs government to build a single unit.
Nobody demanding free college knows how much universities already receive from taxpayers.
Nobody saying “just nationalize it” can look at what the government already operates and understand why that's a bad idea.
Modern politics increasingly rewards having the strongest possible opinion about something you have spent the least possible time trying to understand.
The American voter increasingly demand sensationalism and they have no idea how wealthy they are compared to the rest of the world.
They may end up being the cause of their self inflicted belt tightening and they are in no way ready for an ounce of actual poverty.
We need immediate competence to take over sensationalism and social media, especially tiktok is the enemy of that.
Alexander Hamilton argued that a national debt, if it is not excessive, would be a national blessing. At $40 trillion dollars and more than 120% of GDP, we are a long way past not excessive.
American has been entirely free of debt exactly once, briefly, in 1835. I’m tired of hearing that balancing the budget is radical while borrowing another trillion a year is treated as the moderate position. It’s time we get serious about our mounting debt.
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BREAKING: Around 40 tankers transited in and out of the Strait of Hormuz through the southern deep channel on Friday.
This is equal to 16 million barrels of oil.
Iran is not in control.
The USPS Published its Mail-In-Ballot Rules For the Midterm Elections...This is HUGE.
The USPS just published a new rule implementing Trump’s executive order on mail-in ballots.
States that want the Postal Service to handle their mail-in or absentee ballots must now:
-Turn over a list of every voter getting a ballot
-Put unique serialized barcodes on both the outgoing and return envelopes
If a state refuses USPS will not deliver those ballots.
A judge appointed by Obama has temporarily blocked the rule from starting. They published it anyway so it can go live the second the courts lift that block for the Midterms
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is calling for the state to end Proposition 2½, the long-standing law that caps how much cities and towns can raise property taxes each year.
She’s arguing that the 2.5% limit is making it harder for municipalities to keep up with rising costs for schools, public safety, infrastructure, and everything else while budgets stay tight.
The law that keeps property tax hikes in check is under attack. Are you okay with that?
Ground beef is expensive because the U.S. cattle herd is the smallest it has been in roughly 75 years.
Why is the herd so small?
The shortage developed during the Biden administration as years of drought forced ranchers to cull cows, while high feed and input costs made matters worse.
The cattle cycle takes years to reverse.
And no, cattle don’t magically appear because people are angry about grocery prices.
Cattle take 18–24 months just to reach slaughter weight. Rebuilding the breeding herd takes even longer.
So what did Trump do?
He announced a 90-day deal allowing up to 300,000 metric tons of ground beef into the U.S. with no out-of-quota tariffs and a commitment to sell it 25% BELOW current market prices.
The goal?
Give working families some relief at the grocery store NOW while American ranchers rebuild the herd.
A temporary increase in supply to help lower the price of one of the most expensive grocery staples without permanently undercutting U.S. cattle producers.
That’s called a practical solution.
But sure, keep complaining about literally everything.
God forbid anyone acknowledge a concrete step that could actually LOWER food prices.
A simple “thank you” would do.
Good grief.
If you are complaining about the rising prices in America, but happily ignore the over $150 BILLION DOLLARS illegal aliens cost the American taxpayer, YOU are the problem.
Because it’s not enough to normalize k!lling children inside the womb, now they want to normalize having the urge to k!ll them outside of the womb. Moral bankruptcy.
@PeteButtigieg Mortgage rates, home prices, rent prices & energy prices were up under the Biden administration, which you were a part of.
Consumer prices rose significantly during Biden's presidency, cumulatively over 20%, & overall price levels have generally not gone down to past baselines.