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I wish I was narcissistic enough to write a typical X bio

[Catturd ™ @catturd2]

All of South America is turning to freedom, while Europe has surrendered theirs.

[Dr. Eli David @DrEliDavid]

“If you think tough men are dangerous, wait until you see what weak men are capable of.”
—Jordan Peterson

[Calley Means @calleymeans]

There’s predictable deluge of stories talking down the MAHA movement. We should not lose perspective:

MAHA has been one of the most successful and fastest growing political movements in modern American history.

In two years, the Overton window of what is acceptable discourse has radically shifted: dangers of ultraprocessed food as an epochal health issue, corporate capture of health institutions, vaccine injury, the central importance of the chronic disease crisis - these are all now prominent and central paradigms in how major institutions think about health that were thrust into discussion by this movement and aren’t going away.

DC moves incrementally and slow. That is not an excuse, it is a fact. But given this, policies that have been unthinkable two years ago (flipped food pyramid, landmark food safety reform, soda off snap, psychedelic pathways, vaccine schedule reforms). Despite a relentless effort by protectors of the status quo to smear the movement in the media, these policies are among the most widely supported issues in American politics.

Outside of politics, there is a sledgehammer coming to traditional medicine with the wave of personalized health services that patients are demanding - this isn’t going back in the box. Americans are dramatically changing to healthier habits - as evidenced by record growth in real food purchases last year. The majority of moms are asking more questions about vaccines and other pharmaceutical products that pediatricians harangue to them are safe and effective. I can say with certainty that boardrooms do not see MAHA as a failing movement - they see these issues as the most disruptive social force their companies have ever encountered.

On the issues where advocates feel progress is slow, the Trump admin has been consciously and deliberately encouraging discussion and debate on these topics (as evidenced by the MAHA report - which is the bravest document released by the government in modern times and consciously invited scrutiny of disruptive topics and the government itself). Culture is not going back, and that is a historic accomplishment of the Trump admin.

It is a fact that both parties have stunted dialogue on these issues for decades and have done almost nothing to address the root cause of disease. The union of President Trump and RFK is a pre-eminent reason this movement is where it is.

This is not to say the diverse MAHA movement should not continue advocating or expressing disappointment. There are civilizational stakes here and millions of Americans are still dying needlessly because of the orgy of corruption that underlies our food and health incentives.

But we should also NOT let the media talk this movement down - or imply that it hasn’t been one of the most successful coalitions in American history in changing culture and policy - and that is also just getting started.

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

Fraud exceeded 75%. That’s just one program. Imagine what that number looks like when every single government program is audited.

[Jeffrey Gundlach @TruthGundlach]

So you want to “tax the rich”, do ya?

The LA “Mansion Tax” in its first 3 years has resulted in:
* a revenue DECREASE of $452 million
* 9100 new home constructions blocked (1000 of which were “affordable housing”)
* 16,650 full time construction jobs lost

[Saggezza Eterna @FinalTelegraph]

Look at the history of the world and you will find one consistent truth that the left tries to bury under piles of academic jargon and fake morality.

Communism is the ideology of the loser.

It is the chosen philosophy of the insufferable loser who cannot compete, the jealous crybaby who cannot succeed, and the bitter fool who wants to drag everyone else down to their level. These people are not visionaries. They are monsters and demons who dress up their envy in the language of justice. They are the devil in a cheap suit, preaching about equality while plotting to destroy anyone better than them. And that is everyone.

The communist is an evil and wicked creature. They are cruel and hateful by nature. Their entire worldview is built on being vicious, savage, and brutal to anyone who possesses what they do not. They are ruthless and merciless predators who would rather see a city burn than see a neighbor succeed through hard work. They are cold-blooded and heartless souls who view human life as expendable fuel for their failed experiments. They are soulless and demonic agents of an infernal and hellish vision that has left a trail of death across the globe. They are cursed and damned by their own stupidity and malice.

The collectivist, consumed by a bitter and jealous rage, chooses instead to weaponize his own inadequacy. He views achievement and strength with a spiteful, venomous resentment, seeking to drag excellence down into the mud of equal misery.

The track record of this ideology reveals its true architecture. Beneath polished academic rhetoric lies a corrosive, destructive doctrine rooted in weakness and fragile vanity. The activist acts like an insufferable crybaby, demanding that civilization rearrange itself to subsidize his mediocrity. When that demand fails, the mask slips to expose a ruthless, cold-blooded apparatus. From the Soviet gulags to the Cambodian killing fields, the practical execution of this dogma produced a dark, grim reality that left millions dead, economies ruined, and human potential shattered.

Collectivism operates as a toxic rot within the body politic. It preys on the insecure and the desperate, providing moral cover for state-sanctioned theft and bureaucratic subjugation. Its utopian promises inevitably deliver an infernal, bleak wasteland governed by paranoia, scarcity, and violent coercion. A free people defends its future by seeing this philosophy for what it truly is: an organized rebellion of the envious against the capable, designed to punish greatness and crown the incompetent.

[Stephen du Buis 🇺🇸 @W4DUB]

Here's a math lesson your local store owner already knows by heart...

[Dan Crenshaw @DanCrenshawTX]

There are no perfect solutions when it comes to policy — only tradeoffs. Any politician that claims otherwise is lying to you.

If higher gas prices are the cost we shoulder to prevent a nuclear Iran, I’d say we’re getting a pretty good deal.

[Chris Martz @ChrisMartzWX]

Forest fires have become larger and more intense in western North America over the last few decades because of decades of forest mismanagement and fire exclusion practices, not because of “man-made climate change.”

Even still, forests burn far less than they did prior to westward expansion.

These so-called “researchers” are not telling the full story and will only be given grant money to tie their findings to “climate change.”

The gravy train needs to be dismantled. Funding for it has not been cut enough.

[Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald]

In the wake of their devastating, nationwide, unexpectedly crushing defeat, The Brazilian Left -- just like the Democratic Party does after they lose -- is now attacking the voters themselves, saying they're too stupid to realize how much Lula did for them. Some, of course, are saying they lost because Brazilian voters are racists and Nazis, but most are going with the "stupidity" excuse.

Maybe some self-reflection would be better?

[SpiritChaser MAGA 🇺🇸❤️ @DualityXrp]

@SenMarkKelly Hysterical watching democrats complain about Obamacare being unaffordable

[Bob Smalser @spraguepond]

@SenMarkKelly

[RLG1971 @1971RLG]

@SenMarkKelly

[EC @RioMickster]

Here is what happened, quietly, on
January 1, 2015:
Medicare tax went from 1.45% to 2.35% Top Income tax bracket went from 35% to 39.6%
Top Income payroll tax went from 37.4% to 52.2%
Capital Gains tax went from 15% to 28% Dividend tax went from 15% to
39.6% Estate tax went from 0% to 55% A 3.5% Real Estate transaction tax was added.
Remember these facts:
These taxes were all passed solely with Democrat votes.
Not a single Republican voted for these new taxes.
These taxes were all passed in the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare.
If you think that it is important that everyone in the U.S. should know this.
There are many millions who don't yet, then pass it on.

[bbrandt85 @bbrandt85]

@SenMarkKelly The government will never solve the issue of healthcare costs. At best, you can mask it with moving peoples' money around. There are legitimate things the government does and you've robbed people of those services recently.

[bbrandt85 @bbrandt85]

@SpeakerWelchIL This is why your party is so unpopular. You refuse to let one day go by without finding something to be offended about. It's ok to have different opinions but make an argument rather than being a whiny victim.

[bbrandt85 @bbrandt85]

@WalshFreedom The American public elected him pretty overwhelmingly. We decided that your argument was overblown and not representative of what happened. Public officials can challenge elections and we (the public) did not see his challenges as outside of what is appropriate.

[bbrandt85 @bbrandt85]

@SeanCasten If medical insurance were truly set up to protect against catastrophic events I'd agree with you. The fact that it's not and the fact that people are able to modify their behaviors to improve their health makes your point invalid in my opinion.

[bbrandt85 @bbrandt85]

@DarrigoMelanie Those prices are absolutely ridiculous. We shouldn't subsidize them with government funds. We should turn this over to the free market so we can pay reasonable prices for these things.