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Thomas Sowell — 'There are no solutions. There are only trade-offs.'

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@Dr_da_Vinci @ZarkFiles ….and American.

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@charlescwcooke woah!

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@compliantvc People die in Europe because they don’t have air-conditioning. No thanks.

[Mark Hemingway @Heminator]

David is aware that his old client, Barack Obama, actually spied on his democratically elected successor and was involved in a dubious operation to falsely claim he treasonously colluded with a hostile foreign power, yes? That plot unraveling has barely been covered!

[Brian Cates - Political Columnist & Pundit @drawandstrike]

No joke.

I'd actually read all the books and seen several films and TV movies about Watergate by 1997.

That was the year I read Silent Coup, by Len Colodny and Robert Gettlin.

It literally blew my mind that Bob Woodward was a high-level Naval intelligence officer, doing briefings for the JCOS and other intel work.

All the coverage of Woodward's past glossed over his intelligence official past with a line or two about him 'briefly serving in the Navy'.

So a ONI guy doing top level briefings for the Pentagon brass just happens to start a new career as an intrepid cub reporter for the Washington Post, just in time to be fed THE BIGGEST POLITICAL SCANDAL STORY in US history.

[Richard Nixon Foundation @nixonfoundation]

1/ Here's what so many people get wrong about Richard Nixon and Watergate.

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[Jackie Chea ⚖️ @Fair_and_Biased]

The worst elements of the right are losing their races, being ejected, and announcing their departure from the party.

The worst elements of the left are being elected to public office in New York City.

Right > Left

[WA Research Council @WRCresearch]

State liability account shortfall grows #waleg https://t.co/r8lZ3A3yhm

[S.A. Dupres @Susan_Dupres]

Washington State

▪︎ EXISTENTIAL CRISIS ▪︎

Bankrupting Washington State Taxpayers Into Oblivion

WATCH: Washington State public (government) workers set for July 1st pay raise as union contract talks begin

June 24, 2026

Frost: Washington State Is Cutting Programs In Order to Fund Public Government Employee Raises

(The Center Square) - State workers in Washington are about to get a raise, while "secretive" union negotiations that could include another raise get underway.

A two percent pay hike negotiated as part of a 2025 contract kicks in on July 1st. State employees got a three percent increase one year ago in the first year of the two-year contract.

Specific job classifications, such as those in the Department of Corrections, are getting higher general raises, with some receiving a 4% increase on July 1st.

On Tuesday, the Department of Retirement Systems sent a notice to all state workers about the coming raise, advising them to use the additional compensation to:

pay off credit card debt

save for a big vacation

open an account or add to your child’s 529 college savings fund

increase your DCP contributions for retirement

Washington State has more than 150,000 state (government) employees, with the number of people employed by the state steadily increasing in recent years.

Three state agencies alone make up nearly half of all spending for agencies. Those include the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), which employs up to 19,000 workers. The Department of Corrections (DOC) with roughly 9,000 employees and the Department of Transportation (DOT) with about 7,600 workers.

Over 50% of all state employee salaries go to higher education, with the University of Washington (UW) alone accounting for 41% of all state salaries.

The state budget does not pay the salaries of all UW employees but primarily covers a portion of base compensation for taxpayer-funded employees, while the university's tuition revenue makes up the remainder.

The highest salaries at the UW are in athletics, including head football coach Jedd Fisch who was paid nearly $5.9 million last year and head basketball coach Danny Sprinkle, who was paid $3.1 million in 2025.

Important to note that these athletic positions are often funded in large part through ticket sales, television contracts, and boosters rather than solely taxpayer-funds.

Meantime, leadership for the largest state employee unions have started salary negotiations for their next two-year contract.

Those include the Washington Public Employees Association, the Washington Federation of State Employees, the Professional and Technical Employees Local 17, and the Washington Federation of State Employees.

The contract talks come just a couple of weeks after Governor Bob Ferguson’s Office of Financial Management (OFM) Director warned of a dire budget picture coming in 2027, including a potential $7 billion to $10 billion shortfall.

As state salaries constitute up to 30% of the entire budget, there is some extra pressure on those negotiations this time around.

Ryan Frost, budget and tax policy center director at Washington Policy Center told The Center Square he’s not holding his breath that state leadership won’t cave to union demands for more salary hikes.

“I think from the outside perspective if a private company has no money, they don't then ask for $2 billion in employee raises. Only the state manages to do that. This has been kind of an ongoing problem in Washington for a long time,” said Frost.

Secret negotiations

“We have zero seat at the table when those negotiations are being made. There’s not a state that’s more secretive than Washington, and we can’t shine a single light into how that negotiation goes,” said Frost.

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[WA Senate Republicans @WashingtonSRC]

Dubious Distinction: For the cost of doing business, Washington State has gone from 28th place to 48th place in the U.S. according to the Puget Sound Regional Council.

This comes after budgets with both the largest and second largest tax increases in state history were passed by the far left and Gov. Bob Ferguson. Many of these steep new taxes targeted small business (HB 2081) and even charities, non-profits, foodbank, childcare, and health care (SB 5814). It’s straight up government greed and it’s costing us all.

Former WA Governor Christine Gregoire joins a growing number of commonsense Democrats, Independents, and Republicans who recognize the far left majority in state government has a massive spending problem. WA budget policies are crippling our economy and is at the heart of our affordability crisis.

It's well-past time rein in spending and use taxpayer dollars wisely. You, your family, and the businesses in our state deserve better.

@komonews: https://t.co/ArIiFadeK8

#GovernmentGreed #StopTheGreed #ReturnAffordability #waleg

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@AriFleischer And Islamization too

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@DrewHolden360 No proper funerals allowed. Old people not allowed visitors, the gov of MI rescuing her mom (while not allowing others to do the same).The sharp increase in deaths of despair. Job loss for no jab….

And the vitriol for those of us who disagreed with the policies.

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@deianamerican @megbasham @MeghanMcCain @ChrisLoesch Pre Heil Hitler era. He’s a pariah now.

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@Richkeagen @megbasham @MeghanMcCain @ChrisLoesch They are awful. But they are not the elected officials. And Thomas Massey lost in large part because he embraced Jew hate.

That cannot be said with Dems ( Mamdami, Ilhan, Rashida, etc, etc).

That difference is huge.

[C3 @C_3C_3]

Nationwide Court injunctions:

4 years of Carter: 2
8 years of Reagan: 12
4 years of H Bush: 6
8 year of Clinton: 12
8 years of W Bush: 6
8 years of Obama: 12
4 years of Biden: 14

44 years of previous Presidents there were 64.

5.5 years of Trump: 101

Activists hiding in Robes.

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@AzPetrich If all the other kids jump out the window, would you do it too?

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@AzPetrich So?

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@Mimiiben1 5

[Amy Curtis @RantyAmyCurtis]

Something like 35 people were shot in Chicago last weekend, and at least five were fatal.

This is what Mayor Johnson is focused on instead.

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@Haydenfreedom What’s wrong with you?

I’ve traveled to all sorts of countries, and I have never once behaved like this towards my host country.