John Taylor

[Anthony Pompliano 🌪 @APompliano]

One of the most important aspects of the Invest America / Trump Accounts is that it allows wealthy individuals and corporations to give philanthropic dollars directly to fellow citizens without any bureaucratic or corrupt NGOs and charities extracting their fees.

[CH @Econimica]

@WallStreetMav check out San Diego...each of these cities completely details how entirely, completely ridiculous this new report is. Not saying illegals don't have a lot of impacts...but soaring housing prices wasn't the illegals.

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

The US mows roughly 12 million acres of roadside every year. That's larger than the state of Maryland, maintained as mowed grass that feeds almost nothing, at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars annually.

North Carolina figured out a better use for it in 1985. What started as 12 experimental acres of native wildflowers planted along roadsides has grown to 1,500 managed acres across the state, saving an estimated $200,000 a year in mowing costs while providing habitat for pollinators, birds, and the beneficial insects that control crop pests on nearby farms.

A 2024 BioScience review found something surprising to many: a mown safety strip immediately adjacent to the pavement, with native wildflowers planted in the wider verge beyond it, actually reduces insect mortality by keeping pollinators on one side of the road rather than crossing it.

12 million acres is an enormous amount of potential habitat that currently does almost nothing. The fix isn't complicated. It's mostly just stopping the mower in the right places.

Studies:

Doi 10.1093/biosci/biad111
Doi 10.1007/s10841-018-0051-2

[John Taylor @Juiceblt]

@JeanneIves @BillAckman @GovPritzker Hmmm?

[Jeanne Ives @JeanneIves]

Governor DeSantis and Governor Pritzker each just signed their 8th state budgets. The contrast couldn't be starker. And the lesson is that who you elect matters. Change out the politicians and you get different policies.
For reference, Florida is 1.8x more populous than IL, 23.37m people compared to 12.71m people. Now consider these points:
1. FL general revenue budget is $52B, IL is $56B. Because state's have different ways of budgeting, lookimg at the total FY27 budgets, FL =$117B, IL=$130B. This doesn't make sense.
2. Pritzker advocated for and signed the largest budget in state history this year and in previous years. DeSantis has lowered the amount spent every year for the last four years and vetoed over $10B in spending during his time in office. Pritzker's budget is up $16B since he took office.
3. Pritzker brags about his credit upgrades, but IL has the worst state credit rating, FL has the best credit rating.
4. FL has a rainy day fund of $18B. IL rainy day fund is $2B.
5. FL is pushing $78B in road programs and moving planned projects ahead 5-15 years. IL can't even get projects planned, permitted and built in a timely manner, so many projects are left undone and money sits in an account collecting interest. And now that surplus interest is being sent to the CTA to bail them out.
6. DeSantis has given back over $9B in taxes. Pritzker has raised taxes every year for a total of over $77B according to IPI.
9. FL is giving $5,000 signing bonuses for police officers. IL politicians want to defund the police.
10. FL is on the cusp of eliminating property taxes for 60% of home owners and they have no state income tax. IL has the highest property taxes, plus individial income and estate taxes, high corporate taxes, and there's been no attempt to meaningfully lower property taxes.
Yes, elections have consequences. But, it can all ve reversed. DeSantis barely got elected 8 years ago. Your vote matters.

[AB @AB84]

“If you want to hate America, watch the news. If you want to love America, drive through it”

~German World Cup fan

[Jerusalem @JerusalemDemsas]

The Great American Math Collapse is happening right before our eyes.

@KelseyTuoc reports on this trend -- tons of similarities to the literacy crisis but also something very different:

In reading, top students have mostly held their ground, losing only a little, while scores have collapsed for weaker students.

In math, while the 90th-percentile scores have dropped, the absolute top students aren’t just holding steady: They’ve actually substantially improved.

Read more at @TheArgumentMag: https://t.co/H9Wdojz6al

[Savanah Hernandez @Savsays]

Was covering the NYC “dyke” march today and i can confirm that it is STILL the largest gathering of all of the ugliest people in New York City.

Not even trying to be a hater, this is just a factual observation.

Pretty sure you’re only allowed to march if you have microbangs or weigh over 250.

[zerohedge @zerohedge]

China is fine

[Rothmus 🏴 @Rothmus]

Your kids are retarded while you pay higher taxes because Democrats bought the teachers unions as a permanent ally to stay in power.

Jimmy Carter created the Department of Education just to lock in the NEA’s first ever presidential endorsement. That’s it. He just wanted their votes.

Democrats protect the monopoly by killing real school choice, piling on federal mandates that bloat the bureaucracy, and pushing trillions through a system built to resist accountability.

In return, the unions deliver the votes, ground game, and hundreds of millions in political spending with some 98% routinely going to Democrats.

Democrats give taxpayer money to the unions and then the unions launder it back to the Democrats’ election campaigns. Taxpayer-funded Democratic party campaigns, basically.

From 2000 to 2017, school district admin staff grew 75% while teachers grew just 8%.
Non-teaching staff now make up nearly half the workforce. That explosion creates more dues paying jobs and political muscle while shielding the whole thing from competition.

The alliance keeps the power. Unions and Democrats get the resources and the jobs. Your kids and your wallet get the bill. That is limited options and stagnant results.

And the best thing is that the Republicans watched it happen for decades and did nothing.

[John Taylor @Juiceblt]

https://t.co/IJYy6uAXe3

[Breaking911 @Breaking911]

Aerial footage reveals widespread destruction across La Guaira, Venezuela, after powerful earthquakes killed dozens and devastated the region.

[CWBChicago @CWBChicago]

Massive $75 Medicade scam alleged in Chicagoland.

Agents watched the clinic for two weeks.

On the busiest day, 45 people walked in — all gone by 11:19 a.m.

The clinic allegedly billed Medicaid that day for 184 patients and 508 hours of service.

https://t.co/WSCE5dAvVi

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

🤣🤣

[Energy Dominance Financing @DOE_EDF]

Secretary Wright and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Office of Energy Dominance Financing (EDF) today announced a conditional loan commitment for American Nuclear Supply Chain Loans: https://t.co/Is0GxqKcw7

[Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D. @hubermanlab]

Black & gray markets for peptides strike fear in many people/drug makers. Understandable.
BUT
The larger (potentially more “disruptive”) tide change is this:
People microdosing brand or compounded Rx peptides & still getting big effects.
Impacts the $ flow, Rx sharing & more.

[Buzz Patterson @BuzzPatterson]

An Aussie discovers Texas Road House for the first time. Epic!

The World Cup needs to be permanently held in the US. It offers the most for the teams and the fans. 🤣🇺🇸🇦🇺

[david friedberg @friedberg]

if @elonmusk paid 100% of his net worth ($1.4 trillion) as a tax it would only cover federal government spending for 77 days. this isn’t a tax problem…

[Min Choi @minchoi]

AI edits are getting too perfect.

Someone made Avengers as a 1980s TV show...