William Floyd

I help people cut through the noise and find what matters.

[William Floyd @BF191]

I have reached the age where I am more than willing to pay a significant premium to avoid unruly crowds and generally stay away from - fanatics - the unpleasant ones!

[Camus @newstart_2024]

Roger Federer dropped some real wisdom in his Dartmouth commencement speech:

He won nearly 80% of his 1,526 professional matches, but only 54% of the points he played.

Even one of the greatest tennis players of all time lost almost half his points.

His lesson: Don’t dwell on every mistake. A double fault, a lost point, even a bad day, it’s just one point. The champions move on quickly with the same focus and fire for the next one.

This is one of the best mindset lessons I’ve heard in a long time. It applies way beyond tennis.

Life is full of losses and setbacks. The difference between average and exceptional is how quickly you reset and keep playing.

[Mark R. Levin @marklevinshow]

Let’s be clear. It’s not that California can’t count votes timely, it doesn’t want to. The system is set up to be corrupt, to ensure Democrat Party control, one party rule. Not long ago California was a reliable Republican state.  Even Ronald Reagan couldn’t win there if he were alive today.

[JoeyZee @JoeyZNJ]

Los Angeles stands as a stark warning of what happens when ideology and government dependency eclipse competence and common sense.

The current mayor’s tenure has delivered failure on a grand scale—skyrocketing homelessness, unchecked crime, and open drug markets—while hardworking residents bear the brutal cost.
Small business owners watch helplessly as addicts encamp outside their doors, driving away customers and destroying livelihoods. Mothers shepherd children past needles and human waste on sidewalks en route to school. Seniors risk robbery in broad daylight simply walking to the store.

These are not abstract statistics; they are daily realities for the productive backbone of the city. Primary elections typically draw only a vocal minority of registered voters, allowing extreme voices to dominate. This November offers a crucial opportunity to break that cycle.

The “silent majority”—taxpaying families, entrepreneurs, and concerned citizens who have quietly endured years of decline—must mobilize and vote in force. Their participation can reject failed leadership and restore accountability. Steve Hilton’s presence at the top of the ticket energizes this comeback. His emphasis on practical governance, innovation, and results-oriented policies provides a compelling contrast to the status quo.

By rallying around leaders who prioritize public safety, economic vitality, and basic decency, Angelenos can reclaim their city. The choice is clear: continue subsidizing dysfunction or empower the producers who make Los Angeles thrive.

The silent majority’s turnout in November will decide whether ignorance or common sense ultimately prevails.

[William Floyd @BF191]

Fraud at work

Zero doubt !

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 JUST IN: Nithya Raman is STRONGLY GAINING on Spencer Pratt in the late LA mayoral mail-in drops nearly 24 hours after poll close

If this keeps going, it will KEEP GETTING *MUCH* CLOSER.

In one drop, she closed ~3,000 votes, now trailing by 37,000. 322,000 votes remain.

Raman WON 31.2% of the recent drop, Pratt got 20.8%

These drops do NOT yet indicate Pratt is on track to lose! But she can't start performing better, or it will get even tighter.

[William Floyd @BF191]

@ConservBrief Hubris personified!

Bass is a far left socialist- unfit to lead

Wrong priorities

She is responsible the tragic LA fire losses - due to poor preparation and execution

She should not receive a single vote

[Monica Crowley @MonicaCrowley]

COME ON, CALIFORNIA!

The eyes of the nation are upon you.

YOU CAN SAVE YOURSELVES AND HELP SAVE AMERICA.

LFG!

[James Wang @draecomino]

Why is there always such passion for redistributing things created but zero passion for creating things in the first place??

[Commissioner Sean Morrison @SeanMMorrison]

At this point, I am sorry but I have to say it ; Illinoians who keep voting for this insanity are pretty dumb❗️✅

[Engineer Girlfriend @enggirlfriend]

i realized something recently

bernie sanders and AOC have damaged the fabric of america immensely but we rarely talk about it

bernie/AOC have vilified successful businessmen & women. calling CEOs like elon musk, bezos, zuck evil. yes these people have shortcomings - but they are also truly self made, come from normal/humble backgrounds. with hard work they created trillions in economic value. isn’t that a fundamental part of what america is about? the land of opportunity?

in the 2000s when i was in elementary school, bill gates and steve jobs were viewed as role models. our teachers taught us about how much they achieved + given to society. these CEOs were actually respected and i believe this culture brought up a generation of ambitious hard working americans

now, kids are being taught that working hard and becoming a billionaire is evil. we’re essentially telling them to have victim mindset and stay poor

i know bernie/AOC & crew are never going to take responsibility. i can’t even tell if they realize what they’re doing

[Randy Quaid @RandyRRQuaid]

Elect Steve Hilton and Spencer Pratt, and they will change the entire country. This is a very powerful moment. Use it wisely.

[Imtiaz Mahmood @ImtiazMadmood]

Islam is incompatible with humanity.

[Buzz Patterson @BuzzPatterson]

The movement behind @spencerpratt has forever changed American political campaigns. Campaigns will never be the same!

Here’s another masterpiece! Vote Pratt! Vote Hilton! 🔥

[Mark R. Levin @marklevinshow]

Commie bastard crackpot

[Max Lugavere @maxlugavere]

I’ve lived in LA for the better part of the last 25 years. Every smart, mentally healthy person I know is voting for Spencer Pratt.

[Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman]

The choice is simple.

[Paul Vallas @PaulVallas]

Another Pritzker budget, another plethora of tax increases.

Pritzker’s eight new tax increases will take another $800 million from Illinois workers. This brings JB’s total tax and fee increases to 65, amounting to $8.5 billion annually, leaving Illinois residents paying the highest taxes and fees in the country.

Effective state and local tax rates totaled nearly 17% for a median Illinois household last year, compared to the national average of just 11.02%. Unbelievably, that is even higher than No. 2-ranked New York at 14.95%. Meanwhile, Illinois property taxes have increased by $11 billion, or 33%.

Illinois’ economy has performed so poorly that nearly all revenue growth used to fund the state’s ever-expanding government has come from tax increases rather than economic growth. In fact, since Pritzker took office, almost all employment growth has been in government jobs.

Illinois residents—particularly middle- and upper-income earners—are voting with their feet. Since Pritzker took office, Illinois has continued to lose residents, while the state’s population decline has been offset by a surge in migrant arrivals, which some estimates place at more than 500,000 people. Surveys also show that roughly half of remaining residents say they would leave Illinois if they had the means to do so.

[Dan Proft @DanProft]

"Imagine your child-40 feet running for their life--and never coming home and then tell me why you're voting for these (sanctuary) policies."

Sheridan Gorman's mom's challenge should be put to every sanctuary pol--and their voters--in Illinois.

[Brian Costin @BrianCostin]

The RTA just raised sales taxes across Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will counties.

Starting Aug. 1, maximum combined state and local sales tax rates could reach:

Cook: 12.25%
Kane: 11.25%
DuPage: 11.00%
Will: 10.50%
Lake: 10.25%
McHenry: 8.75%

This hits everyday purchases: groceries, restaurant meals, prepared food, household goods, clothing, appliances, school supplies, and more.

They claimed transit had a roughly $200M hole. So Springfield handed them a $1.5B bailout and let the RTA raise taxes anyway.

That’s not fiscal responsibility.

That’s tax hikes for the heck of it.

[Elonogy @ElonogyX]

Elon Musk: “There’s a product plan I wrote, which I wish I had kept a copy of in July of 2000, where I thought it would be possible to make the most valuable financial institution in the world. And we’re gonna execute that plan from 22 years ago, which amazingly no one has done.

And that’s part of why I think Twitter/X will be ultimately extremely valuable because I’m gonna execute the https://t.co/6gVtgyW616 game plan from 22 years ago, with some improvements. And then we’re also obviously going to make Twitter a better system."

[Joe Kernen @JoeSquawk]

Very Happy 96th Birthday to the Legend! No one comes close.