HankDevereauxJr

Professional investor, amateur political/policy analyst

[Norm Clark @Normsmusic]

James Robison
What Joyce Carol Oates wrote to Elon Musk on Twitter. I am told it rattled him. I love it.
“So curious that such a wealthy man never posts anything that indicates that he enjoys or is even aware of what virtually everyone appreciates – scenes from nature, pet dog or cat, praise for a movie, music, a book (but doubt that he reads); pride in a friend’s or relative’s accomplishment; condolences for someone who has died; pleasure in sports, acclaim for a favorite team; references to history. In fact he seems totally uneducated, uncultured. The poorest persons on Twitter may have access to more beauty & meaning in life than the ‘most wealthy person in the world.’”

[Sarrah Bellus @sarrah_bellus]

I wish people would stop spreading scurrilous rumours that President Trump is constantly shitting himself in public. After all, it’s perfectly normal to place a black mat underneath him when he visited the Fox News studio with its white sofa yesterday…

[HankDevereauxJr @hankdevjr]

@Nick_duCat Isn't Trump good for China? You would think they would appreciate having a moron in charge of an adversary

[Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias]

There are ten Jewish senators and six Jewish governors and they are all Democrats!

[Not a Good Jewish Girl✡️ @estherzelda0514]

NY-15 is the West and South Bronx, mostly Latino and Black, with a minority of Whites and Asians. It is the poorest Congressional district in the US, with a median household income under 45K, and one of the youngest, with a median age of about 31. Nearly everyone there is a renter, over a third were born outside of the US, and most are employed as essential workers.

On paper, working-class, young, and majority-minority should be the prime terrain for the DSA, right? Well, that's wrong. Socialist candidates in NYC do best in young, college-educated, and economically mobile gentrifying areas like Queens, Brooklyn, or Western Astoria, not the Bronx, where the median voter is focused on their own economic survival, not the minutia of foreign policy.

Voters in the Bronx do not have aspirational and rigid ideologies. They are pragmatic, because they have to be. They prioritize voting for candidates who bring services and tangible benefits to their constituents. Earning social media points for progressive goals feels good in Queens, but in the Bronx, young families want Child Tax Credits and funding to fix dilapidated local infrastructure.

Rep. Torres himself is also not an ideologue or carpet bagger with coastal elite funding. He was raised by a single mother in the Bronx, and built his political reputation in the NYC Council hyper-focused on fixing up public housing. He has a history of delivering results directly to his own district, and that is why progressives do not appeal to his constituents.

The DSA has also not caught on that working class Hispanics and Blacks are much more socially moderate than progressive activists. Abolish the Police would poll terribly in the Bronx, where voters are much more besieged by public disorder than highly educated white people in gentrifying areas of Brooklyn.

But most importantly, and what the chattering class who are mostly progressive refuse to admit, Rep. Torres has smartly created a model of how to leverage a public anti-far left reputation into massive electoral success.

In aggressively breaking with progressives on issues like Israel, he deliberately draws fire from the far left. This positions him to gather nationwide attention he would not otherwise gain, so that he can amass a huge campaign war chest long before his primary. FEC filings show Torres raked in >6.5 million during the election, while Blake struggled to raise just a tad over 400K. This allowed Torres to flood his district with ads and completely lock down important institutional support from local unions and other Bronx political leaders, so Blake had no chance at at all. By the end of the primary, Torres still had over $14 million on hand, while Blake had less than 100K.

What political commentators miss is that Torres has created a political juggernaut of liberal success that should be replicable in any district, even heavily blue ones, that are not likely to break ultra-progressive, because he knows what working class liberals actually care about. Hint: it's not aggressive rhetoric on Israel or policing.

[HankDevereauxJr @hankdevjr]

Hey @vanleeuwen why are your pints almost 2x the price in your own stores vs in the grocery store?

[Covie @covie_93]

Iran sent people with PhDs to negotiate with American real estate agents and yet people are wondering how Iran got everything they wanted.

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

🚨MAGA IS LOSING THEIR MIND: Hakeem Jeffries quietly worked behind the scenes to ensure Cape Verde’s star goalkeeper Vozinha’s mother could enter the United States to watch her son play against Uruguay.

THIS is what leadership looks like. THIS is what America is all about.

[Just Another Pod Guy @TMTLongShort]

I once went to the dentist who had recently been taken over by PE and they told me I needed to get gum laser treatment which insurance doesn’t cover and was like $3k

My cheapass has a flight to medellin that weekend and so I held off and while I was traveling I searched Google Maps for the best rated gum specialists and out of curiosity went in for a consultation.

Doctor who went to NYU btw was like “yeah, you don’t really need it but if you want it it’s $150” … did it the next day.

Went back to the NYC dentist and was like how are my gums looking and they’re like “looks great”.

I’ve never gone back. Since then I only get my dental work in Colombia. Full set of porcelain veneers for $5k. Teeth are healthiest they’ve ever been.

No pain, no wait, get them cleaned for $40, Panoramic Xray everytime I’m in town for $10, fillings are $50.

Nicest dentist office I’ve ever been too btw.

One time there was a whole squad of Colombian military police accompanying some high profile politician in jail who only gets their dental work done at this place with his wife accompanying him decked out in a full Alo fit.

Funniest part is my fund probably has the highest end dental insurance you can possibly offer and I barely use it because I like this Colombian place so much and I stopped trusting NYC dentists.

[Ro Khanna @RoKhanna]

Elon, how about just paying the 5% instead of hurling random insults?

And here are the facts, man. Your USAID cuts did this: https://t.co/OPROIIve0Q

[Christopher Bloomstran @ChrisBloomstran]

Raising kids has been the greatest joy and privilege in life. Happy Father’s Day, dads. Classy young man here, at 17, inviting his father to caddy the final hole at his first U.S. Open. Way to go, Miles. And way to go, Mr, Russell.

[Scotland National Team @ScotlandNT]

✍️ "The Tartan Army treated our home like their own, and we are better for it."

We were honoured to receive this parting letter from @RedSox President, Sam Kennedy, following our stay in Boston.

#FIFAWorldCup | @FIFAWorldCup

[Chiefs Mama 🇺🇸🇺🇸❤️💛❤️ @bling_momma]

FUCK FOX “NEWS!”

[Anonymous @YourAnonNews]

You are here

[Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 @joncoopertweets]

Imagine Trump ever being invited to join a photo like this — not in a million years.

Four presidents. Zero drama. Just smiles, respect, and a shared love of country. 🇺🇸

[🏴‍☠️ @calvinfroedge]

How were these guys so wrong?

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇧🇦 Wealthy foreigners paid to hunt human beings for sport during the Bosnian war, and one of them is finally being chased down.

The suspect is an Italian aristocrat from a rich Milan family, a weapons obsessive who allegedly paid big money to join Serbian snipers above Sarajevo and shoot civilians for fun.

He bragged about it to friends over dinner more than once.

His ex says he flew in with people who turned into weekend snipers "to kill Muslims," and that he kept tallies of his own kills.

The sickest part is that they reportedly paid north of $90,000 for the trip, with extra fees to shoot children and pregnant women.

More than 10,000 people died from snipers and shelling in Sarajevo between 1992 and 1996.

Magistrates across Europe are now digging in, with a meeting at The Hague set for June 29.

The war ended 30 years ago, but the reckoning never came.

Source: NY Post / Writer: Julie

[HankDevereauxJr @hankdevjr]

@SenBillCassidy Maybe you should have had the stones to speak your mind when you still had a seat instead of giving us RFKJr?

[Jeff Timmer @jefftimmer]

Oh look. Someone’s testicles came rolling by after he lost his primary. I mean, he’s 💯right, but he never ever would have said this before. And that, ladies and gents, is why the Cassidys of the world are as responsible for everything that has happened under Trump.

[HankDevereauxJr @hankdevjr]

@mcuban The math is difficult. Without some commercial business its very tough. HOPD rates under medicare help but the MA plans will pay you less than medicare in many cases