Paul Tretter

[Rip Wheeler @WheelerRipWA]

It is with a very heavy heart that we updated the NIPPON memory board as the last of our deceased friends have been recovered. This is a tremendous loss for our family, friends, neighbors, co-workers, community, and the entire nation.

The volunteers at Cowlitz Regional News offers each and every person affected by that fateful day our sincere condolences.

May God be with you, and may God bless us all.

[Sherri Unfiltered™ @FFT1776]

Animal shelter security footage captured a scared dog with a large St Bernard.

I had a St Bernard and this is exactly how loving they are❣️

I’d adopt them both!

[Paul Tretter @XRocketSam]

@playmatejaylene There cute but if you dont build a sturdy fence they will definitely create excitement invyour life ) J

[Meghan Bard @meghanbard]

Never has someone been more right than Geno. The way the NCAA runs the women’s tournament is shameful.

[Paul Tretter @XRocketSam]

@VincentSco72192 Listening yes...

[Paul Tretter @XRocketSam]

Yesss!!! Eric !!!!

[Camus @newstart_2024]

Eric Weinstein unleashes a bombshell: Theoretical physics froze in 1973—right as "Crocodile Rock" topped the charts—and hasn't advanced at the deepest level since.

Youngest living Nobel in theoretical physics? Always under 50... until string theory took over as "quantum gravity." Now it's over 70. The field stopped producing breakthroughs.

His wild claim: The Biden White House reportedly told Marc Andreessen they deliberately stagnated parts of theoretical physics—cocooning string theory as the "only game in town." Dissenting ideas? Career suicide.

The trick? Hammer "quantum gravity is the holy grail" on repeat until it feels true. (Weirdly, that phrase barely appears in books before 1972.) Safe, harmless pursuit—no real risk even if foreign students dive in.

Why? To avoid dangerous progress that could shatter the speed-of-light limit and get us to the stars... before humanity's tools become too lethal on one fragile planet.

Weinstein's rallying cry: Physics is our only path off Earth. Break the stagnation, surpass Einstein, reach the cosmos. The end of physics as we know it might be glorious—if we seize this brief window before wars erupt.

Clip from his ARC 2025 talk (4:05 of high-stakes provocation).

Does this ring true—the deliberate stall on breakthrough physics? Or is string theory just a victim of its own complexity? What's your take on the "holy grail" mantra?

[WA Senate Republicans @WashingtonSRC]

Sen. Phil Fortunato explains the recent operating budget debate and outlines his amendment promoting zero‑based budgeting. He describes how reviewing 25% of the state budget every two years would improve accountability, requiring agencies to justify spending from zero rather than relying on incremental increases. #waleg

WATCH: https://t.co/xd5q6pyhwD

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Yes, the “silent” filibuster is an outright corruption of democracy, a denial of the will of a supermajority of the people

[Future 42 @future42org]

Olympia republicans propose an amendment to fix the marriage penalty in the income tax bill.

Democrats vote it down.

[Paul Tretter @XRocketSam]

Washington State is going to lose revenue

[Future 42 @future42org]

"Some years ago, the politicians in Maryland decided they were going to raise more revenue by increasing the taxes on people who had an income of a million dollars a year or more. But after they did this, the number of people with incomes of a million dollars or more in Maryland went down.
Because rich people were not chess pieces, they moved out of Maryland. Instead of getting $100 million in new tax revenue like they predicted, Maryland got $200 million less in revenue"
-Thomas Sowell

David Hogberg | @capitalresearch
'Thomas Sowell on Social Justice Fallacies'
Article: https://t.co/SesqfrMSn8

[WA Senate Republicans @WashingtonSRC]

Sen. John Braun calls on Washington residents to contact Democratic lawmakers and voice opposition to the proposed income tax on everyone, which is disingenuously being branded as a "millionaire's tax" by the far left and special interests (SB 6346). SB 6346 is unconstitutional and voters have rejected an income tax 11 times.

SB 6346 and it's Sponsors: https://t.co/XhwPmdOPht

Contact the Sponsors and Tell Them SB 6346 is Wholly Unacceptable (Page 16): https://t.co/87x1U3EaHb

Contact Governor Bob Ferguson's Office to Stop the Income Tax: 360-902-4111 and https://t.co/dUIoZXatqj

#UnaffordableWA #UnconstitutionalWA #GovernmentGreed #StopTheGreed #NoIncomeTax #waleg

[Paul Tretter @XRocketSam]

Washington Democrats *Need* to explain why the taxpayers of WA State do not have a right to their own income and if in fhis taking of earned income need a "Conatitutional amendment" to do so !!!! Thank you Fmr WA Atty General Rob McKenna!

[WA Senate Republicans @WashingtonSRC]

THE FIGHT IS NOT OVER: WA Democrats passed a 9.9% Income Tax in the Senate (SB 6346), while rejecting Amendment 696 to ensure this tax is only for millionaires. SB 6346 is unconstitutional and unaffordable. Already, three WA Senate Democrats voted against the tax, three WA House Democrats announced their opposition to it, and several more Democrat Lawmakers our on the fence. We must keep up the pressure!

Contact Democrat Lawmakers: https://t.co/lUwZDBgMV0

As many WA families and individuals struggle with a high and ever-increasing cost of living, WA Democrats are hellbent on establishing a broad-based income tax that'll eventually hit EVERYONE (SB 6346). People are overwhelmingly against SB 6346, with 75%+ of over 80,800 Signing-in CON, a WA state record.

After decades of regressive tax increases, Gov. Ferguson and WA Democrats passed the largest tax increase in state history last year (SB 5167), after voting to shut the public out of the budget process. Additionally, they passed the largest property tax and rent hikes in state history too (HB 2049) and a massive regressive sales tax expansion hitting food banks, non-profits, charities, health care, childcare, school districts, and more (SB 5814). Their policies are driving up gas and groceries prices too (SB 5126 in 2021 & more).

Going further, WA Democrats also cut $782 MILLION out of Medicaid, cut childcare and domestic violence prevention programs, cut support for state & county fairs, and increased the Discover Pass, fishing licenses, and hunting licenses 38%-50% (SB 5390, SB 5583, & SB 5167).

Moreover, SB 6346 would violate our state constitution and Initiative 2111, also prohibiting a state income tax. Initiative 2111 was signed by over 450,000 people.

And don't forget about the waste, fraud, and abuse:

A squandered $15 BILLION surplus, $1.17 BILLION in missing COVID money, $1 BILLION in wasted Labor & Industries tech projects, $646 MILLION of unemployment money being stolen by Nigerian scammers, $416 MILLION unaccounted for in the Department of Children, Youth and Families, $340 MILLION going to non-citizens, and so much more.

Imagine what these BILLIONS alone would have paid for.

It didn’t have to be this way! Our working-class, $ave WA Budget proved we could have no new taxes, no tax increases, and no service cuts by focusing on waste, fraud, and abuse (SB 5810).

WA families and individuals need tax relief, not ever-increasing taxes.

#UnconstitutionalWA #GovernmentGreed #StopTheGreed #ReturnAffordability #waleg

[Jason Rantz on Seattle Red @jasonrantz]

THE FIX IS IN: How Democrats and left-wing media staged Washington’s income tax ‘compromise’ https://t.co/oL2MmAyhr9

[VeBee🇺🇸✝️ @VeBo1991]

INSANITY ON STEROIDS ! Washington state passes bill allowing noncitizens to become law enforcement officers and prosecutors.

New Commie standards- Illegals can jail Americans in WASHINGTON STATE !

[GeekWire @geekwire]

Washington governor says he’ll sign millionaires tax https://t.co/a4sBpPBj4y

[MyNorthwest @Mynorthwest]

A bill that would give a state board the power to remove an elected sheriff from office cleared the Washington House early Friday morning after nearly eight hours of debate, passing on a party-line vote with Democrats in favor and Republicans opposed.
https://t.co/G6uJYWw3JF

[MyNorthwest @Mynorthwest]

BREAKING: Every Washington resident with a driver’s license or ID may have been exposed in a massive data breach that the Department of Licensing knew about for six years, according to a local attorney.

https://t.co/xJaA3Ti14P

[Tax Foundation @TaxFoundation]

A proposed “millionaire’s tax” in Washington State would yield the highest combined state and local top income tax rate in the country.

Read more: https://t.co/1UmzbpNnjw #Washington #MillionaireTax