Elan

Strong believer that kindness, pragmatism, and listening make life better for all of us. Be kind. Pro capitalist. Not a partisan.

[Elan @engele]

Who Votes on $2 Billion? 🧵

Washington's Legislature just voted on a $157 billion budget. But roughly $2 billion in compensation costs were already locked in before any vote happened.

Here's how that works, and why it matters.

[Elan @engele]

WA, the merits of any policy aside, really doesn’t have a “Court” in the legal sense. In a lot of ways, WA’s political institutions are fully broken. The Gov, Sen Majority leader, PDC ethics commissioner, the Attorney General, and a Supreme Court Justice are all from the same law firm or its child firm (KL Gates and Pacifica).

[Elan @engele]

@jimmyfailla @grok is this true?

[Elan @engele]

@gunfanatics1 This is kind of a crazy post. There’s a wide variety of ammunition that crosses all performance categories. There are low recoil rounds, smaller buckshot rounds like #4, etc. it’s not the only option, but it’s not a bad one.

[Elan @engele]

It gets worse. Washington AG Nick Brown has Pacifica Law Group income disclosed on his F-1 financial disclosure forms for both 2024 and 2025.

No recusal statement is on file.

[Elan @engele]

The @SeattleTimes published a piece today by Jim Brunner treating a Pacifica Law Group legal memo as neutral expert analysis of I-645’s risks.

Pacifica is not a neutral party. Brunner didn’t disclose that. 🧵

[Elan @engele]

Finally some agreement on the war:

[Алёна Попова @alyonapopova]

Путин: «Чтобы закончить войну, нужно устранить первопричину конфликта».

Стубб: «Если нужно устранить первопричину конфликта, придется устранить Россию».

Президент Финляндии - отличный переговорщик с Россией от Европы

[Elan @engele]

@MahaffieJa73116 @BrandiKruse For a bit more:

[Mike Pence @Mike_Pence]

God Bless America🇺🇸 https://t.co/8jECaAlipE

[Elan @engele]

@micahsb All of the affordable ones are gone.

[Elan @engele]

WA is the textbook case of what happens when this happens. All of the cheap restaurants and dive bars are gone and a burger costs $20 or more at a sit down restaurant.

[Senator Ruben Gallego @SenRubenGallego]

I’ve got a bill to increase the minimum wage to $20/hr and peg it to inflation so it doesn’t fall behind again.

When Democrats finally take back power, the American people expect us to wield it.

So, let’s wield it.

[Elan @engele]

@stevemgordon67 @minty_hawk Y’all have any room over there? I could definitely use a few capitalists at my six in this state…

[Elan @engele]

@MissedtheFence Definitely used to be able to get a burger for $10 bucks not all that long ago. The last decade has been a gut punch for WA.

[Elan @engele]

Your own hero:

“Minimum Wage Research: Alongside his frequent co-author William Wascher (of the Federal Reserve Board), Neumark is the leading academic proponent of the traditional economic view that raising the minimum wage reduces employment among low-skilled, young, and entry-level workers. Their 2008 book, Minimum Wages, is a foundational text on this side of the debate

[Elan @engele]

@airburst95 @UnHerdNerd He didn’t say that, but he certainly should not have to work so you don’t have to. Individual drive and prosperity is a good thing. Liberalism and freedom to believe speak, create, and own and use what you create are positive.

[Elan @engele]

@MA_Millennial_ Nope. It’s a consumer electronics project. Major barriers are FCC, and FDA, but the basic business-side is complex too… and it doesn’t have to be.

[Elan @engele]

@airburst95 @awsomepwner And clearly you aren’t interested in a basic education. The relationship between prices and minimum wage is well studied and well understood.

[Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 @Noahpinion]

People need to understand that "M4A" is unaffordable by design. The purpose of the idea is for leftists to be able to say the Establishment Dems are letting you down and denying you healthcare.

[Elan @engele]

@MistralComet @BrandiKruse Them and a few others. KL Gates, and Perkins Coie as well.

[Eric Levitz @EricLevitz]

The tension between a large welfare state and low middle-class taxes is inescapable.

But it can be made smaller or larger. The more that Democrats want to increase demand, the less they can afford to reject policies that boost supply, such as the BAAJA
https://t.co/DVCBzbsZWD

[Elan @engele]

@MistralComet They don’t prosecute any violations of gun laws. The laws only impact the law abiding who are no danger to society.

[Innovation Council @innovationcncl]

🚨Microsoft’s Brad Smith on 20 years of data centers in Quincy, WA: Property tax revenue up 12-FOLD. Poverty cut in HALF. Residents paying LESS in property taxes.