Tate Watkins

[Tate Watkins @T311]

@EricLevitz @gtconway3d The same with his wealth. He could have— until his second presidency— invested in a S&P index fund and made much money than he did on his own. Same old terrible investor. His wealth has only been bolstered by corruption. Sad

[Damon Linker @DamonLinker]

We've done this to ourselves, America. The 4-hour lines at the airport. The surging gas prices, and other rising prices to follow. The $200 billion and counting tab for our latest Middle Eastern adventure, piled on to of the $39 trillion in debt. Amazing national self-sabotage.

[Tate Watkins @T311]

Well. That explains it.

[JAKEGTV @jakeg_official]

🚨 BREAKING: The DOJ has "indefinitely paused" the unsealing of the final Epstein files, citing "regional instability" and "national security" regarding the Iran conflict.

If you had ANY remaining doubts, then nobody can help you.

[Dr. Hunter S. Thompson @GonzoVice]

The dimensions of what we have fucked up in this country are beyond any coherent explanation. It’s beyond any reasonable rage and almost beyond despair—in words, at any rate.

[Tate Watkins @T311]

@PreetBharara Explain the Minnesota lawsuit from AG Keith Ellison. What novel legal argument is he making and will he be successful?

[Tate Watkins @T311]

@murphymike Dems really do have a hard time reading the room. Schumer still thinks he's dealing with Republicans of good faith. Newsflash bud- those days are long gone.

[Justin Wolfers @JustinWolfers]

Some perspective: The S&P opened down -1.3% on Trump's Greenland saber-rattling. That's $750 billion of wealth destroyed -- roughly equal to estimates of the value of Greenland.

And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.

[Peter Schiff @PeterSchiff]

Trump has it backwards. The U.S. doesn’t subsidize the world; the world subsidizes the U.S. The dollar’s reserve-currency status allows us to live beyond our means. Soaring debt, tariffs, and military threats jeopardize that status. When it’s lost, economic collapse will follow.

[Tate Watkins @T311]

@atrupar Or we could simply have an independent fed who could raise rates to combat inflation. Inflation cannot be controlled with price controls bc the underlying issues remain. Remove price controls and inflation explodes.

[Tate Watkins @T311]

@SenateGOP when are you going to stand up? When are you going to assert your authority? Are you all just a bunch of wimps? There’s nothing courageous, honorable or virtuous in following this path. You folks were not raised to b weak in the face of conmen. Stand up & find courage

[Tate Watkins @T311]

Drive the healthcare wedge now!! The contrast is stark. Your healthcare costs are doubling while this administration is spending your money occupying a foreign country in our hemisphere. He doesn’t care about you. He cares about hemispheric dominance.

[Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡ @shanaka86]

Everyone is watching the chip war.

Nobody is watching the power war.

That’s the trap.

China’s power grid: 3.9 terawatts
America’s power grid: 1.3 terawatts

Read that again.

China has 3x the electrical capacity of the United States.

They added more power generation between 2010-2024 than the rest of the world combined.

Right now:
→ China: 30 nuclear reactors under construction
→ United States: Zero

China’s data centers pay 3¢ per kilowatt-hour.
Virginia—America’s AI heartland—pays 9¢.

That’s not a gap.
That’s a structural execution.

Here’s what nobody will say publicly:

AI doesn’t run on chips.
AI runs on electricity.

The chip is the brain.
The grid is the blood supply.

You can design the most advanced GPU on Earth.
If you can’t power a million of them cheaply, you lose.

Goldman Sachs projects China will have 400 gigawatts of spare capacity by 2030.

That’s triple the entire projected global AI power demand.

They’re not building for today.
They’re building for the decade when AI scales 1000x.

My prediction (bookmark this):

By July 2026, the first major US tech company will announce an AI facility in a foreign country citing “power constraints” as the primary driver.

That headline will be the moment America realizes:

We didn’t lose the AI race in silicon.

We lost it in kilowatts.

The century belongs to whoever can keep the lights on.

[Tate Watkins @T311]

@MyGolfSpy I don't know anyone who doesn't want to see longer drives and lower scores. It's almost like they're trying to roll back the popularity of the sport.

[Tate Watkins @T311]

@ThrillaRilla369 Once you go cast iron, you never back man.

[Tate Watkins @T311]

@IngrahamAngle Haha... From abroad???

Why would his solicitor general argued at the SC that the govt would have to refund AMERICANS if his tariffs are struck down. If foreign govts are paying shouldn't they be refunded???

[Tate Watkins @T311]

@atrupar Maybe we could pool everyone and get lower rates across the board. That would be nice.

[Tate Watkins @T311]

@RepDanGoldman Much needed. Thank you

[Tate Watkins @T311]

@stuartpstevens He must have seen Putin’s soul

[Tate Watkins @T311]

@chefjoseandres @JDVance @Ukraine This group of folks would have been loyalists in 1776. Cowards

[Tate Watkins @T311]

@McFaul Zero point zero