John Hancock

[John Hancock @ThomasHobbes033]

The most important convo you'll listen to this month, bar none:

https://t.co/Xfw1ShJx5C

[John Hancock @ThomasHobbes033]

@RepThomasMassie Yeah. Big unforced error.

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

I respect and support President Trump, but his endorsement of Mike Johnson is going to work out about as well as his endorsement of Speaker Paul Ryan. We’ve seen Johnson partner with the democrats to send money to Ukraine, authorize spying on Americans, and blow the budget.

[Robert Sterling @RobertMSterling]

H-1B DATA MEGA-THREAD 🧵

I downloaded five years of H-1B data from the US DOL website (4M+ records) and spent the day crunching data.

I went into this with an open mind, but, to be honest, I'm now *extremely* skeptical of how this program works.

Here's what I found 👇

[John Hancock @ThomasHobbes033]

@elonmusk 100%.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Excellent, America should be a meritocracy

[John Hancock @ThomasHobbes033]

Mark is a "white dude for Harris" with a sassy attititude.

[Mark Cuban @mcuban]

You first

[John Hancock @ThomasHobbes033]

Obviously, but do we trust Vince? Not so sure.

[Vince Langman @LangmanVince]

Do you trust Vivek Ramaswamy?

[John Hancock @ThomasHobbes033]

This guy equates being anti-war, anti-corporate capture with Laura Loomer racist crazies, and groups these two very distinct groups as "the woke right"...when people like him fit the defintion more than either of those groups 🤣🤣

What a 🤡

[Konstantin Kisin @KonstantinKisin]

Now that Elon, Vivek and others have come across the Woke Right, it's helpful to once again lay out the basics.

The Woke Right is a section of the Right which, like the Woke Left, believes in racism for the "right" reasons, has a conspiracy about how the world is systematically and institutionally against them and happily uses the tactics of mobbing, cancellation and other woke tactics to attack their opponents. They don't believe in discussing views and ideas, only in winning.

It's basically like BLM for white people.

You can read more about it here:

https://t.co/GIBteXS5jO

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Anyone – of any race, creed or nationality – who came to America and worked like hell to contribute to this country will forever have my respect.

America is the land of freedom and opportunity. Fight with every fiber of your being to keep it that way!

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[David Sacks @DavidSacks]

A recap of the past few days:

A woman was burned alive by an illegal migrant on the NY Subway. The whole country was unified in its outrage. Everyone wants to seal the border and stop migrant crime.

Then the online conversation suddenly shifted to a non-existent threat of unlimited H1Bs by attacking a tech appointee who has never advocated for that position. His remit doesn’t even include immigration.

When I corrected the record, the lies just shifted, including to some nasty attacks that he wasn’t a U.S. citizen, and a false accusation that he contributed to Kamala Harris.

Hard to say what’s going on here, but it seems like a division grift if I’ve ever seen one.

[John Hancock @ThomasHobbes033]

Dems officially became the low IQ party with Joe Biden. Hakeem Jeffries is a perfect leader for it.

[Western Lensman @WesternLensman]

🚨Hakeem Jeffries says Dems are focused on three main issues moving forward:

- Lowering costs
- Less taxes on hardworking Americans
- Safer communities

So now Dems want to "fix" three issues that they created.

Sure.

This is incredibly transparent gaslighting:

Jeffries: "First, lowering costs. Second, bigger paychecks for hardworking American taxpayers. And third, securing safer communities."

"And we'll see whether the incoming administration is prepared to join us on behalf of the American people."

[Bill Ackman @BillAckman]

Our country is extremely fortunate to have @VivekGRamaswamy co-leading @DOGE. Worth a read.

[John Hancock @ThomasHobbes033]

@VivekGRamaswamy You're the man V!

[Vivek Ramaswamy @VivekGRamaswamy]

A good DOGE man. Welcome aboard, ⁦@RepThomasMassie⁩. 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

[Natalie F Danelishen @Chesschick01]

🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯
It's also a way for the government to grow in power and gain control over individual citizens' lives.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Exactly right. ALL government spending is taxation.

The government either taxes you directly or, by increasing the money supply, taxes you through inflation.

That means the spending bill IS the taxation bill. Very important concept to understand.

@RepThomasMassie

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Ever seen a bigger piece of pork?

[John Hancock @ThomasHobbes033]

Vivek Ramaswamy is an absolute American treasure.

Keep up the great work V; the fight is just beginning.

🇺🇸

[Vivek Ramaswamy @VivekGRamaswamy]

I wanted to read the full 1,500+ page bill & speak with key leaders before forming an opinion. Having done that, here's my view: it's full of excessive spending, special interest giveaways & pork barrel politics. If Congress wants to get serious about government efficiency, they should VOTE NO.

Keeping the government open until March 14 will cost ~$380BN by itself, but the true cost of this omnibus CR is far greater due to new spending. Renewing the Farm Bill for an extra year: ~$130BN. Disaster relief: $100BN. Stimulus for farmers: $10BN. The Francis Scott Key Bridge replacement: $8BN. The proposal adds at least 65 cents of new spending for every dollar of continued discretionary spending.

The legislation will end up hurting many of the people it purports to help. Debt-fueled spending sprees may "feel good" today, but it's like showering cocaine on an addict: it's not compassion, it's cruelty. Farmers will see more land sold to foreign buyers when taxes inevitably rise to meet our obligations. Our children will be saddled with crippling debt. Interest payments will be the largest item in our national budget.

Congress has known about this deadline since they created it in late September. There's no reason why this couldn't have gone through the standard process, instead of being rushed to a vote right before Congressmen want to go home for the holidays. The urgency is 100% manufactured & designed to avoid serious public debate.  

The bill could have easily been under 20 pages. Instead, there are dozens of unrelated policy items crammed into the 1,547 pages of this bill. There's no legitimate reason for them to be voted on as a package deal by a lame-duck Congress. 72 pages worth of “Pandemic Preparedness and Response” policy; renewal of the much-criticized "Global Engagement Center," a key player in the federal censorship state; 17 different pieces of Commerce legislation; paving the way for a new football stadium in D.C.; a pay raise for Congressmen & Senators and making them eligible for Federal Employee Health Benefits. It's indefensible to ram these measures through at the last second without debate.

We're grateful for DOGE's warm reception on Capitol Hill. Nearly everyone agrees we need a smaller & more streamlined federal government, but actions speak louder than words. This is an early test. The bill should fail.

[Vivek Ramaswamy @VivekGRamaswamy]

I wanted to read the full 1,500+ page bill & speak with key leaders before forming an opinion. Having done that, here's my view: it's full of excessive spending, special interest giveaways & pork barrel politics. If Congress wants to get serious about government efficiency, they should VOTE NO.

Keeping the government open until March 14 will cost ~$380BN by itself, but the true cost of this omnibus CR is far greater due to new spending. Renewing the Farm Bill for an extra year: ~$130BN. Disaster relief: $100BN. Stimulus for farmers: $10BN. The Francis Scott Key Bridge replacement: $8BN. The proposal adds at least 65 cents of new spending for every dollar of continued discretionary spending.

The legislation will end up hurting many of the people it purports to help. Debt-fueled spending sprees may "feel good" today, but it's like showering cocaine on an addict: it's not compassion, it's cruelty. Farmers will see more land sold to foreign buyers when taxes inevitably rise to meet our obligations. Our children will be saddled with crippling debt. Interest payments will be the largest item in our national budget.

Congress has known about this deadline since they created it in late September. There's no reason why this couldn't have gone through the standard process, instead of being rushed to a vote right before Congressmen want to go home for the holidays. The urgency is 100% manufactured & designed to avoid serious public debate.  

The bill could have easily been under 20 pages. Instead, there are dozens of unrelated policy items crammed into the 1,547 pages of this bill. There's no legitimate reason for them to be voted on as a package deal by a lame-duck Congress. 72 pages worth of “Pandemic Preparedness and Response” policy; renewal of the much-criticized "Global Engagement Center," a key player in the federal censorship state; 17 different pieces of Commerce legislation; paving the way for a new football stadium in D.C.; a pay raise for Congressmen & Senators and making them eligible for Federal Employee Health Benefits. It's indefensible to ram these measures through at the last second without debate.

We're grateful for DOGE's warm reception on Capitol Hill. Nearly everyone agrees we need a smaller & more streamlined federal government, but actions speak louder than words. This is an early test. The bill should fail.

[John Hancock @ThomasHobbes033]

@BillAckman @DOGE @VivekGRamaswamy Well summarized.