Chase Fender

[JD Vance @JDVance]

Henry Nowak died the same way a civilization dies: abandoned, handcuffed by authorities who neither trusted nor cared for him, and accused of hate crimes he did not commit. His murder is as tragic as it is enraging. He should still be alive today, and he would be if the last few generations of European elites had stood their ground against the politics of self-hatred and the mass invasion of migrants, many of whom despise the West and the people who love it.

Henry was far from the first to so needlessly lose his life, and I fear he won’t be the last. Each time a life like his is lost, the proper response—the only response—is righteous anger. One of the most important things the Trump administration has proven to the world is that stopping the flow of mass migration and defending national sovereignty is a matter of political will and leadership. Anything else is an excuse.

It is because we love the West that we want to preserve it. We love our civilization. We love our country. We love our children. And nobody—nobody—should ever die the way that Henry Nowak died. May God comfort those who loved him, and may God rest his soul.

[Julian Fried @JulianFried]

I finally got to visit @jc_fender2 today. He’s got welding robots and laser welders cranking out service truck parts for the oilfield truck fleets. I think his business is going to boom with the energy and data center build out.

Love to see it

[Chase Fender @jc_fender2]

@JulianFried Man I had a great time talking over everything today. Looking forward to collaborating?

[GEOFF @geoffwoo]

0% chance you allow your accountant to list your networth upwards of $30M when you’re actually worth sub-$95K.

You accidentally forget about the millions you don’t have?

Our politicians are the worst of us and live in fake performative grifting lala land.

[Doc Strangelove @DocStrangelove2]

Literally do anything but hold the illegal Chinese fishing fleets accountable.

[Kama @Kama_Kamilia]

Wait, you guys are getting rescued?

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

California spent years building a case that oil companies were robbing drivers at the pump. A state investigation found zero evidence of price gouging. A six-month CBS investigation found what's actually happening.

The state charges a 61-cent excise tax per gallon plus environmental fees. It mandates a unique fuel blend that no other state uses, which means California can't just buy gas from Texas when supply gets tight. The market is isolated by design.

Then two refineries shut down. Valero in the Bay Area and Phillips 66 in Wilmington closed, taking 20% of the state's gasoline production offline. The reason they left: rising costs, tightening regulations, and a profit cap law that punishes good quarters without cushioning bad ones. Chevron's Richmond refinery manager put it plainly: cap the good months but don't support the bad ones, and the business becomes unviable.

So California created conditions that drove refineries out, lost a fifth of its production capacity, then blamed the remaining companies for the price increase that followed.

The numbers today: California average is $5.89/gal. Oklahoma is $3.27. The national average just crossed $4 for the first time since 2022. A USC study projects California could hit $7.35 to $8.43 by year end.

The state is now publicly asking oil companies to please stay. The same companies it spent years accusing of theft.

[Chase Fender @jc_fender2]

@CalebChamberla6 3Kw weld? Do you use the dual feed for wire or single? This is so inspiring I can’t put in words

[Chase Fender @jc_fender2]

@CollinRugg Can’t forget the O’Con Man

[Chase Fender @jc_fender2]

@JCHAPMAN413 @pulpmx I was thinking he either got his hand or his ribs smashed

[Chase Fender @jc_fender2]

@Dylan_Morri If you don’t already know my friend @FracSlap I think you two should know each other.

[Chase Fender @jc_fender2]

Hydraulic tank welding from the inside

[Chase Fender @jc_fender2]

@canieatlife @KyleChisholm11

[Christian Emergency Alliance @ChristianEmerg1]

Nigeria: The ongoing genocide of Christians does not have to continue.

Those carrying out this evil can and must be stopped, regardless of their extensive organization and funding.

Christians around the world are not powerless.

[Chase Fender @jc_fender2]

@fabworks_guy Truth

[Chase Fender @jc_fender2]

Never doubt the ability of a shipping company to destroy your product in transit

[Chase Fender @jc_fender2]

@pulpmx So does Masterpool stay on PC?

[Chase Fender @jc_fender2]

@CoxonMark Did you ever hate/regret it, and if so, what helped you turn that page?

[Chase Fender @jc_fender2]

Outrigger Bumper, toolboxes, headache racks. Gotta get this laser welder up and going to make these toolboxes go faster. Welding 16g at its corners sucks

[Chase Fender @jc_fender2]

@MFG_SMB @zanehengsperger @Tyler_Plummer @aphysicist I keep thinking of @JulianFried as I continue down my robotic welding road