Phillip Habib

@WoffordCollege Alum | Helping great candidates win office

[Phillip Habib @Phillip_Habib]

Immediately

[Joseph Bustos 🔥 @JoeBReporter]

How quickly will the texts resume for the expected June 23 runoff?

[Phillip Habib @Phillip_Habib]

New 9-9-9 challenge just dropped.

[Resell News 💸 @resellnews]

No, this photo is not AI.

Costco has released a limited edition “I Got That Dog In Me” Bourbon at select DC-area warehouses for $85.99.

[Trilly Donovan @trillydonovan]

Kevin Giltner has Wofford 15-7 and tied for first in the SoCon after taking over an impossible situation in September.

Should easily be Coach of the Year in the league.

[Joe Cassandra @JoeCassandra]

Some harsh truths for those who choose not to have kids:

1. Taking that one extra 5 day vacation more than me each year doesn't come close to the joy of coaching your kid in sports, seeing them open xmas presents, their 'i love yous' each day

2. A dog is not a 'kid' nor is anything like having a kid. Real facts... your dog takes a backseat when the kid comes

3. The "Fun aunt/uncle" doesn't exist. The kids aren't thinking about you 99% of the time, unless you're at my house

4. "I"ll enjoy having more money" --- the wealthiest people you know all have kids. I literally 10x'd my income SINCE kids

5. We've all lived w/o kids i.e. single, childless. We know what it's like. It's not a 'secret society' you're in. We know what that life entails i.e. a lot of TV

6. You can't think of your life now and go "well, a kid in it is a disaster." A kid makes your life better, it drives you. That Pursuit of Happyness w/ Will Smith is exactly that.

7. I never see the childless people in our n'hood. All the n'hood parties, playing out in the yard w/ the kids, spontaneous discussions w/ neighbors... the childless are locked in their houses.

8. Your relationship w/ your spouse does get harder with kids. That's real life. But, when done right, it enriches your relationship. Your favorite moments will be laying in bed w/ your spouse for hours laughing about all the funny things your kids said

9. Making friends is wayyy easier w/ kids. Parties are more fun too. There's more spontaneity meetings too at sports, school, church etc

10. If you've ever built anything in your life you were proud of... 'building' a great child tops it

[Wofford Football @Wofford_FB]

Here's that 89-yard kick-off return by freshman Colby Alexander that gave the Terriers the lead.

[Blake Scholl 🛫 @bscholl]

This morning, I was on the road with the Symphony engine team, shopping for scalable industrial capacity to build jet engine parts. "Getting that part will take 18 months best case," we were told.

Why??

The answer was a stunning revelation about the non-obvious ways China has hollowed out American industrial capability. And what it will take to reverse it.

It turns out the long-lead item in engine parts is tooling. By tooling, I don't mean screwdrivers or hammers; I mean precision custom industrial molds. These are as complex to design and manufacture as the parts themselves.

It used to be that tools were designed in the US, leveraging western-made software (like high end CAD), and then fabricated by talented artisan machinists.

China started by ripping off the CAD software licenses. This alone represented a double-digit percentage decrease in tool engineering costs. Add on top of that reduced labor costs, and quickly it became far cheaper to design and make tools in China.

American tool and die designers started losing their jobs—just as manufacturing became low-status in the US.

Fast forward a couple decades, and it's quick and easy to get tools made in China but slow and expensive to get them made here.

Worse, when we export tooling work, we exported the design of the parts themselves. E.g., the design of a jet engine part is right there in the mold that makes it.

I.e., the ability to rip-off western products starts with pirated software, leads to pirated products, and eventually leads to a complete ripping off and hollowing out of the American industrial complex.

Oof.

How do we fix it?

First, we need to make building things sexy again. This is where the work of companies like Anduril, SpaceX, Tesla, and Boom is culturally critical. But also: the best path is not to re-create capabilities of the past, but to invent the leap-frog manufacturing capabilities of the future.

These realizations about China make me even more motivated not just to invent new jets—but also make manufacturing sexy again and invent new and better ways to make things (in America).

[Phillip Habib @Phillip_Habib]

@brookedelbocca Central Energy in Columbia.

[GoGamecocks @gogamecocks]

South Carolina coach Dawn Staley on player development: "I probably have lost recruits because I've never told anybody you're absolutely going to start. Young people need to bet on themselves. If you're that good, you don't need a handout ... Production matters"

[Phillip Habib @Phillip_Habib]

@BowTiedBroke Recently stayed at the Ritz in USVI. We did the club level, which isn’t 100% all inclusive, but you can eat breakfast, lunch, and drinks all day.

[Furman Basketball @FurmanMBB]

Furman postgame press conference from tonight's SoCon Championship game:

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

America Finding Out That Wofford Has A Big Man Who Shoots Free Throws Granny Style Is Why March Is The Greatest Time Of The Year

[Wofford Men's Basketball @WoffordMBB]

Feeling good 😎

[Wofford Men's Basketball @WoffordMBB]

SOUTHERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS

#ConquerandPrevail

[Wofford Men's Basketball @WoffordMBB]

LET’S GO DANCING

#ConquerandPrevail

[Congressman Russell Fry @RepRussellFry]

🚨 THE LEFT IS UNHINGED! 🚨

At a disaster briefing today, officials focused on wildfire recovery—while leftist agitators ranted about Ukraine, attacked conservatives, and bashed @elonmusk.

Instead of helping their neighbors facing disaster, they’re busy playing politics.

[Phillip Habib @Phillip_Habib]

Good morning from Sunset Beach, NC!

[david friedberg @friedberg]

capping prices to “protect consumers” will do extraordinary harm and limited good.

let markets be free.

the demand for homebuilding will skyrocket in LA, causing service providers to rush in from out of town and out of state as demand and prices climb. these providers will ultimately compete prices down as supply swells, leading to a much larger pool of service providers to meet the demand of thousands of home building projects. by capping prices, the incentive to enter the market and compete is destroyed, limiting supply and making it harder for homeowners to find the help they need. this policy could delay rebuilding efforts by years.

similarly, the CA Dept of Insurance artificially suppressed rates on home insurance in fire sensitive areas causing insurers to exit the state, leaving thousands of homeowners without fire insurance. and now, the DOI wants to force insurers to stay in the market, which will lead to financial ruin and disincentivize insurers from helping rebuild CA’s home insurance market going forward. who’s going to underwrite insurance if the state forces you to lose money?!

these futile policy ideas are disastrous. the idea that government can control otherwise free markets is as old as government itself. not once, in human history, has it ultimately benefited citizens.

there is an amazing opportunity ahead to rebuild LA. local economies should boom as neighborhoods and infrastructure are reimagined.

i applaud the governor eliminating CEQA Review and Coastal Act permitting requirements. but those changes should become permanent. and a wholesale deletion of all other silly local building codes and permitting requirements should be similarly made permanent.

[LaNorris Sellers @LanorriSellers]

Our State.

[Matt Dowell @MattDowellTV]

Shane Beamer says South Carolina deserves to be in the College Football Playoff:

"We got 3 losses, I understand that. But it's hard for me to sit there and say that we're not one of the 12 best teams in the country."

Mentions strength of schedule and road wins

@GamecockFB

[Wofford Volleyball @WoffordVB]

BACK-TO-BACK 🏆🏆

#ConquerAndPrevail