Miles Ennis

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[Governor Joe Lombardo @JosephMLombardo]

Welcome to Nevada, @a16z!

We’re open for business, and we’re excited to welcome you to #TheNevadaWay!

[Miles Ennis @MilesEnnis]

@adamcarolla Hahaha: William Alfred Newsom III (February 15, 1934 – December 12, 2018) was an American judge, administrator of the Getty family trust

[Miles Ennis @MilesEnnis]

Snow in late June! ⁦⁦@LakeTahoeUSFS⁩ ⁦@LakeTahoeTV⁩ ⁦@palisadestahoe⁩

[Miles Ennis @MilesEnnis]

So let’s get this straight: you impose a sweeping curfew on law-abiding residents, shut down one of the country’s largest downtowns, and then try to pin the blame on “the President’s chaotic escalation”? That’s a lazy deflection and a failure of leadership.

Los Angeles leadership has tolerated lawlessness for years—rampant theft, unchecked vandalism, and violent crime surging on your watch. But now, suddenly, when it becomes politically useful, you rediscover the rule of law?

Don’t pretend to stand for safety when your policies created the vacuum bad actors are exploiting. Don’t invoke law enforcement only when it suits your narrative. And don’t insult our intelligence by blaming Washington for problems you’ve allowed to fester locally for far too long.

If you want to stop chaos, start by owning your role in it. The people of L.A. deserve real accountability—not political theater.

[Miles Ennis @MilesEnnis]

Gavin Newsom wants you to believe this is about optics. But the real spectacle is a sitting governor telling citizens to second-guess the constitutional authority of the federal government while deliberately undermining public safety.

The President has clear legal authority — under Title 32 and, if necessary, the Insurrection Act — to activate the National Guard when civil unrest, violence, or threats to federal property arise. This isn’t about theatrics. It’s about protecting citizens, restoring order, and preventing escalation — something Newsom failed to do in his own backyard.

If there’s no shortage of law enforcement, why weren’t they deployed to stop the destruction of public property and businesses? Why did peaceful neighborhoods descend into lawless zones while the governor tweeted platitudes?

Let’s be honest: calling this a “spectacle” is a distraction. The real danger is leaders like Newsom eroding trust in lawful authority while offering no alternative — just posturing, blame-shifting, and reckless insinuation that further divides a volatile situation.

Leadership is doing the hard thing, not spinning the easy narrative.

[Miles Ennis @MilesEnnis]

@innoutburger_ They think they’re the final word in fast food, but let’s be honest—if In-N-Out were any more self-righteous, they’d hand you your burger with a sermon and a mirror.

So yeah, enjoy your paper hat and your average burger. Just don’t act like you invented flavor.

[Miles Ennis @MilesEnnis]

This ruling is a textbook example of judicial activism — not judicial restraint. A federal judge interfering with the executive branch’s authority to restructure or downsize agencies falls far outside the intended scope of the judiciary. The President has broad constitutional and statutory powers to manage the executive branch, including reorganizing federal departments and dismissing personnel who serve at the pleasure of the administration.

This decision won’t hold up at the Supreme Court because:
https://t.co/quVQN1mPUm violates the separation of powers: Courts are not meant to micromanage how the executive branch executes its duties — especially not staffing decisions in the absence of statutory protections for those roles. That’s a clear overreach.
https://t.co/eMAKR9ffOs constitutional or statutory right to a federal job: Unless the staff in question were protected under specific civil service laws (and most political appointees are not), the executive branch has full authority to hire and fire as it sees fit.
3.Precedent favors executive authority: SCOTUS has repeatedly upheld the president’s discretion in managing executive departments, most recently in cases like Seila Law v. CFPB and Trump v. Hawaii, reaffirming that policy disagreements do not constitute unconstitutional action.

Let’s be clear — this isn’t about legality, it’s about politics. The judge issued a ruling that aligns with one party’s agenda rather than the Constitution. The Supreme Court will see through it, and this stunt will be struck down — as it should be.

[Miles Ennis @MilesEnnis]

This is a pathetic deflection from a politician who’s neck-deep in a bloated, corrupt bureaucracy and desperate to change the subject. DOGE hasn’t failed — you have failed to lead. You’ve rubber-stamped trillions in reckless spending, protected useless pet projects, and turned a blind eye to fraud and abuse in every corner of government — all while pretending to care about fiscal responsibility.

Dragging Trump into this with a half-baked talking point about Air Force One — which, by the way, isn’t even accurate — only exposes how little you have to offer. If you were serious about cutting waste, you’d start with the obscene salaries, no-bid contracts, and political favors flowing through your own office.

The American people see through this. You don’t care about cutting waste — you care about cutting the truth.

[Miles Ennis @MilesEnnis]

Spare us the performative outrage. The only thing “unprecedented” is how this politician twists enforcement of existing law into some kind of humanitarian crisis — all while doing nothing to actually fix the broken system. What she’s really upset about is that ICE is doing its job — arresting individuals who are in the country illegally, often with pending criminal charges or deportation orders.

She wraps herself in the language of compassion while undermining law enforcement, creating sanctuaries for criminals, and gaslighting law-abiding citizens who want safe neighborhoods and a functioning immigration system. The idea that enforcing immigration laws “scares communities” is nothing more than political theater — designed to stir division and score points while ignoring the damage done to cities overrun by unvetted arrivals and overwhelmed resources.

This isn’t about protecting families — it’s about protecting a narrative. And it’s cynical, dishonest, and dangerous. If she truly cared about immigrants, she’d fight for a fair, secure, and lawful process — not chaos masked as compassion.

[Miles Ennis @MilesEnnis]

Trump’s Wealth Declined During His Presidency: Multiple independent assessments — including from Forbes and Bloomberg — showed that Donald Trump’s net worth actually dropped during his presidency. He lost an estimated $1 billion between 2016 and 2020 due to the underperformance of his real estate assets, particularly in commercial properties and hospitality, which were hit hard by the pandemic.
2.He Donated His Presidential Salary: Trump pledged and followed through on donating his $400,000 annual presidential salary to various government departments and initiatives. That doesn’t erase other conflicts of interest, but it undermines the idea that he directly enriched himself through the official role.
3.His Business Holdings Were Already Established: Trump didn’t suddenly create new businesses or real estate empires while in office — his assets were long-held. Claims that 40% of his wealth was accumulated while president ignore that asset values fluctuate and that much of any change would have come from market forces, not from presidential action.
https://t.co/CSVG1sZu4K Evidence of Direct Presidential Profiteering: While some critics have raised ethical concerns about Trump properties being used by government officials or foreign dignitaries, there’s no hard evidence that those instances accounted for anything close to a 40% increase in his net worth — let alone a personal gain of that magnitude during his time in office.

In short, the “40%” claim is a dramatic soundbite with no backing from credible financial reporting. If anything, Trump left office poorer than he entered — and that’s according to sources that have no political interest in defending him.

[Miles Ennis @MilesEnnis]

This is exactly the kind of empty political spin that insults the intelligence of the people living with the reality on the ground. Despite the claim of “thousands out of tents,” anyone who’s driven through the San Fernando Valley or South LA knows the situation has gotten worse — not better. Encampments are larger, crime around them is up, and residents feel less safe than ever.

The truth? This leader has overseen record homelessness spending with virtually no structural progress. Hotels are being commandeered, public parks are unusable, and business corridors are deteriorating — all while she congratulates herself with press releases and carefully worded stats.

“Changing neighborhoods”? Absolutely — just not in the way any working family, small business, or long-term resident would consider positive.

It’s not leadership. It’s mismanagement wrapped in PR.

[Miles Ennis @MilesEnnis]

Ferguson’s “hands up, don’t shoot” became a national rallying cry, yet the Obama DOJ concluded that event never happened.
•The lab leak theory, once dismissed as fringe and censored as misinformation, is now a credible and widely discussed possibility — even by those who initially mocked it.
•The Hunter Biden laptop was suppressed under the false pretense of “Russian disinformation” — a claim later debunked, yet one that likely shaped a presidential election.
•The Mueller investigation revealed no criminal conspiracy between Trump and Russia, despite years of breathless media speculation suggesting otherwise.
•And while any unjust death is tragic, data on police shootings show that fatal police encounters with unarmed Black men, though often widely covered, are statistically rare — but the reporting distorts that reality.

What ties these together isn’t just error — it’s institutional bias. The pattern reveals a media ecosystem that too often favors narrative over nuance, advocacy over objectivity. And when those narratives collapse, there’s rarely meaningful correction or reflection — just a pivot to the next story that fits the preferred ideological frame.

This isn’t a call for censorship or replacement — it’s a call for truth, consistency, and humility from the powerful institutions that shape public perception. Without it, trust erodes — and rightly so.

[Miles Ennis @MilesEnnis]

Investigating potential lawbreaking by political organizations, media groups, or elite universities isn’t authoritarianism — it’s accountability. What is authoritarian is crying foul any time your side faces scrutiny, while cheering when the same institutions go after your opponents. Rule of law doesn’t bend for your ideology.

[Miles Ennis @MilesEnnis]

First, the idea that Republicans are “illegally” selling out American jobs to China is not only false—it’s a distortion of how global trade and domestic policy actually work. The offshoring of jobs is a decades-long, bipartisan failure rooted in poor trade deals, regulatory overreach, and the erosion of incentives to manufacture in the U.S. In fact, many Republican leaders are the ones pushing to reverse those trends—by reducing corporate taxes, deregulating overburdened industries, investing in domestic energy, and holding China accountable on trade and IP theft.

If you want a real example of failed leadership that hurts workers and contributes to poor air quality—look no further than Gavin Newsom’s California.

[Miles Ennis @MilesEnnis]

The sentiment here is well-intentioned, but the framing is inaccurate and dangerously simplistic.

America’s freedom and global leadership are not threatened by accountability—they are strengthened by it. Universities should not be dismantled based on political whims, but neither should they be immune from scrutiny, especially when public trust, funding, or core principles like free expression are at stake.

What undermines freedom is not political disagreement—it’s the idea that any institution, especially one as powerful and influential as a university, should be above debate or protected from consequences when it loses the confidence of the public it serves.

This is not about political alignment with any administration. It’s about whether these institutions are living up to their own stated values: academic excellence, open inquiry, and pluralism. When universities fall short, the response should not be silence or blind defense—it should be engagement, reform, and, if necessary, structural change. That’s not authoritarianism; that’s democracy in action.

The real danger isn’t holding institutions accountable—it’s pretending that doing so is inherently un-American.

[Miles Ennis @MilesEnnis]

I grew up dreaming about going to Harvard. Now, Why Harvard Lost the Opportunity to Enroll Foreign Students

Harvard did not simply lose international enrollment—it lost a vital part of its identity. For centuries, Harvard has positioned itself as a beacon of global thought leadership, attracting the brightest minds from every corner of the world. International students are not guests on its campus; they are co-authors of its legacy. They challenge orthodoxy, inject fresh perspectives, and drive innovation across every discipline. Their presence transforms classrooms into crucibles of diverse thought and collaboration.

When Harvard fails to enroll these students, it doesn’t just miss out on tuition or prestige rankings—it forfeits the very diversity of perspective that sharpens its scholarship and elevates its discourse. It narrows its intellectual lens and weakens its claim to global relevance.

Whether due to policy, complacency, or bureaucratic inertia, letting barriers persist that prevent these students from enrolling is not just a logistical failure—it’s a philosophical one. Harvard, at its best, is a global university. Without its international students, Harvard is not Harvard. It is a diminished version of itself, speaking to the world with fewer voices and seeing the world through fewer eyes.

[Bojan Tunguz @tunguz]

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[Tahoe Daily Snow @TahoeWeather]

Still waiting on the official report from the Snow Lab, but looks like around 5-6 inches of snow fell overnight near Donner Summit, and Palisades is reporting 3 inches.