Jason T

I'm Jason. University of Utah. Banker. Professional Engineer (Environmental). Father of triplet girls. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

[Jason T @chonmage]

@danmccay Is that it?

[Jason T @chonmage]

@FoxNews They got themselves up there, they should be able to get themselves down.

[Josh Howerton @howertonjosh]

I'm going to read the FIRST prayer delivered to the Continental Congress and it's going to blow your mind.

Why have they fought so hard to erase this part of our history. I'm glad you asked 👇

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 JUST IN: Sheridan Gorman's angel mom just dropped this raw truth nuke straight to Democrat members of Congress

"I don't understand why it's only the REPUBLICAN side that cares about our American children!"

"Basically what you just did, what you said was, 'I'm so sorry for your loss. I have a daughter too. I have a son. I feel your pain...'"

"You DON'T feel my pain. Because the next words out of your mouth were, 'BUT.'"

"There's no 'BUT' when your child is in a coffin!"

"And I need you to understand that. And if you ever want to talk about it, I'm here, I'm going to buy you a bench. I'm going to buy. You can put that on the record. I'm going to buy Congress the bench. And they can come and sit and hold my hand and look me in the eye and explain to me why illegal immigrants are more important than my daughter. I really want to know what because I don't understand!"

[WindTalker @nmlinguaphile]

As a Native American I’m a little offended that the 14th Amendment didn’t grant us citizenship until Congress passed an exception for us. Meanwhile, a CCP spy can fly to Guam, drop a baby and fly home with the baby who qualifies to run for president 35 years later.

[Clay Travis @ClayTravis]

Lots of people have very strong opinions on birthright citizenship. Almost none of those people will read the opinions themselves. Thomas and Alito, in my opinion, are correct. Roberts relying on British feudal law is bonkers. Read the opinions yourselves: https://t.co/XviIs4WMRH

[Jason T @chonmage]

Umm

[New York Post @nypost]

Bad Bunny's record label gifted Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor $4,000 in concert tickets https://t.co/mQP5d1RAcz

[Mike Lee @SenMikeLee]

Neither the Founding Fathers, nor the authors of the 14th Amendment, nor the millions of Americans who fought and died for their country through the ages intended to establish a nation whose citizenship could so easily be purchased, whether through birth tourism of China’s communist party members or a vast border invasion enabled by faithless presidents.

This is the cheap and cheated citizenship the Supreme Court upholds today.

The long fight for a constitutional amendment begins now.

We must explicitly exclude foreign nationals who break our laws, violate our borders, or exploit loopholes to make their families American citizens.

[Jason T @chonmage]

@nypost She's doing diarrhea wrong.

[Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_]

In 1993, the late Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) introduced a bill that would've eliminated birthright citizenship for the children of illegal aliens and clarified which babies would be entitled to US citizenship (US citizen or lawful permanent resident mothers).

The "Immigration Stabilization Act of 1993" never made it out of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

[Jon Caldara @JonCaldara]

There are few things more satisfying to watch than socialists getting mugged by reality.

The Sundance Film Festival is invading my hometown of Boulder early next year. Sundance drew 85,000 attendees last year in Park City, Utah. Boulder’s hotel room inventory is about 2,900. #copolitics

If you’ve ever wondered what happens when Hollywood’s anti-capitalist elite collide with basic supply and demand, we’re about to find out.

When things don’t go as planned, the planner-class doubles down on its religion: more planning. When restrictions, rules, permits and fees don’t produce the desired outcome, more restrictions, rules, permits and fees are needed.

Sundance is an event for and by well-heeled, artsy, socialist elites. So, Boulder is perfect. Colorado progressives can role-play a modern-day Gertrude Stein offering finger sandwiches at a salon of the country’s professional virtue signalers.

But where will the elite stay?

No room at the inn
I’m guessing Robert DeNiro’s concern for the downtrodden won’t tempt him to bunk at the homeless shelter. Jane Fonda won’t crash with the Women Studies majors in some CU dorm room.

Looking online, I see rooms at the Hotel Boulderado during the film festival list for $10,357 a night, then drop to $279 a night after Sundance.

Fortunately, Hollywood’s A-list can always retreat to Boulder’s luxury accommodations: the Comfort Inn at the very edge of town, with a few beds at over $800 a night. Better hurry. George Clooney and entourage are rumored to be eyeing them.

This is not a problem if attendees who preach the forced sharing of wealth are willing to share a hotel room with 28 other people (yes, that math is correct).

Keep in mind, many hotel rooms have two beds, so that’s fewer than 15 people per bed. You could get that number down even more if lesser celebrities sleep on the floor.

The most enjoyable line from a recent Gazette story: “Boulder’s hotels, meanwhile, have committed to making 70% of their room inventory available during the festival at affordable rates, according to Visit Boulder…. The organization is promoting a ‘host with heart’ approach and has published a guide with suggested prices for property owners.”

Is there anything more precious than the NPR gentry ignoring reality and arbitrarily “suggesting” prices between private parties?

There is something delightfully progressive about believing supply and demand can be defeated with positive thinking and a price guide.

‘Hosts with hearts’
Anyway, the most they suggest the owner of a four-bedroom house rent it for is $15,000 for 11 nights. Making all the homes I found on Airbnb renting for up to $175,000 for 11 nights, well, not exactly “hosts with hearts.”

Might surprise you, but you just can’t rent out your home or even a room on sites like Airbnb in leftist cities without government paperwork. You need a stranger’s permission to have people you choose stay in your own damn house.

Invite your friend to stay for the week? Perfectly legal.

Let him hand you $100 to help cover groceries and utilities? Government paperwork.

Have him buy you dinner every night or give you a Picasso? Back to no problem.

It’s said the city has issued about 600 short-term rental licenses. Not nearly enough for the Sundance rush.

What’s the solution? A new and different permitting scheme, of course.

Enter the fresh-and-improved Festival Lodging Rental License for your place, but only when the city authorizes a “Special Festival Event.” To be a “host with a heart,” the city’s privileged must officially sanction the party your guest might attend.

In the endless meetings of planners poring over spreadsheets and debating how to accommodate Hollywood, did anyone raise a hand and ask, “Maybe we should just end the rental-license requirements and let people do what they want with their homes?”

Mugged by reality
The poetry of all this is when Tinseltown’s “capitalism is evil” crowd comes together to fawn all over each other, it will be in a town that’s overflowing in black-market housing.

When 85,000 festivalgoers arrive looking for 2,900 hotel rooms and some 1,000 legal home rentals, the market will do what markets always do: find a way.

The irony is delicious. A festival filled with people who spend their lives warning us about the evils of capitalism may only function because of an underground economy.

Nothing says “capitalism is evil” quite like desperately searching Craigslist for a place to sleep.

[Jason T @chonmage]

@BreannaMorello I don't think we will see another Constitutional Amendment pass in this country.

[Chris 𝕏 @Chris__X__]

Do you ever feel like we’re just being punked from both sides?

[Jason T @chonmage]

@dyllyp That's AI for ya.

[Chris Martz @ChrisMartzWX]

Did you know? 🤔

🌡️ 38 (76% of) U.S. states set their “all-time” high temperature records before 1955.

🌡️ 46 (92% of) U.S. states set their “all-time” high temperature records at least 30 years ago.

If you didn’t, now you do! 🤘😎👍

[Jason T @chonmage]

At least the German team can go home and escape the air conditioning.

[Gain of Fauci @DschlopesIsBack]

Trump cheated in 2016.

Trump tried to cheat in 2020 and got caught.

Trump cheated again in 2024.

We must pass nationwide voter ID laws so we can stop Trump and his cohorts from cheating again in 2028 and save our democracy. PASS THE SAVE AMERICA ACT TODAY! 🇺🇦💉😷✊🏿

[𝐓𝐨𝐣𝐢. @FireGoku_]

How Japan vs Brazil will go:

[Jason T @chonmage]

@SatireAP What? You're telling me they are temporary? Unbelievable!

[BillsOnReal @BillsOnReal]

Quarterbacks had just a 29.6 passer rating when targeting Cole Bishop in 2025. the lowest mark among NFL safeties with 300+ coverage snaps.