Kalli Laruso

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

I’m convinced that intelligence is overrated.

Intelligent people are more likely to overthink, overplan, and overanalyze. They hide behind motion that doesn't create progress. They fear the judgment of others if they're proven wrong.

The truth is that intelligence is abundant. Especially now. AI is making it a commodity. Courage is not. And it can’t be replaced. The people you admire are the ones who had the courage to act. They aren’t more talented than you. They aren’t smarter than you. They just took action when you didn’t.

I often wonder how many extraordinary people wasted their entire lives waiting for permission that never came. Permission isn't granted. Permission is taken. You get to tap yourself in whenever you want. You can just do things.

Courage beats intelligence. Remember that.

[Stacy is Right @PoliticalStacy]

I'm old enough to remember when everybody was MAGA.

Bill Clinton 1993: "We have to end welfare as a way of life and make it a path to independence and dignity."

Barack Obama 2005: "We simply cannot allow people to pour into the United States undetected undocumented unchecked and go around our communities without our knowledge of them."

Hillary Clinton 2008: "If they've committed a crime deport them. No questions asked. They're gone."

Chuck Schumer 2009: "Illegal immigration is wrong plain and simple."

Joe Biden 2006: "I voted for a fence. I voted for 700 miles of fence."

Harry Reid 1993: "No sane country would grant citizenship to children of illegal immigrants."

Bernie Sanders 2015: "Open borders is a Koch brothers proposal that would make everybody in America poorer."

The Secure Fence Act of 2006 had yes votes from Obama, Hillary, Schumer and Biden.

Don't you dare allow them to gaslight you into thinking your values are racist and radical. These used to be mainstream Democrat positions.

They only changed their minds once their party decided to use illegals to steal power from the American people.

[@Chicago1Ray 🇺🇸 @Chicago1Ray]

Mike Lee wants Senators to cancel the August recess and debate the Save America Act until it's passed

Any Senator that goes on recess B4 passing it.... is a traitor... and needs to be primaried

(RP) if you want @SenMikeLee to formally object to it and force the Senate to stay

[Chris Martz @ChrisMartzWX]

Here are TEN questions that I have for any climate alarmists reading, and I hope I can get some honest answers down in the comments:

1️⃣ You have asserted that the planet is dangerously overheating. So, what exactly is the correct globally averaged surface air temperature supposed to be and why? I want an exact value to the nearest tenth of a degree Celsius.

2️⃣ What is the correct atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) level to optimize life on Earth? Give me your answer as an exact value in mole fraction or volume percentage, then explain why in detail. A range would suffice too, but you still need to explain.

3️⃣ What makes CO₂ “air pollution”?

The pre-Trump 2.0 EPA considered CO₂ as an air pollutant under the legal framework of the Clean Air Act, and their justification was that it “contributes to greenhouse gas pollution that threatens public health and welfare.”

But that seems pretty ambiguous if you ask me.

By that arbitrary standard, water vapor (H₂O) should also be classified as harmful “air pollution” because it also is a GHG and is a byproduct of combustion. But we don't classify it as pollution because, well, H₂O is necessary for life on Earth. But so is CO₂. Without it, we would all die.

4️⃣ Why are global average temperatures measured in reference to the 1850–1900 baseline? While many of our modern instrumental weather records begin within that timeframe, we know that climate conditions pre-1900 were much harsher than they are today as we were coming out of the Little Ice Age. Winters were harsher. Summers could be harsher. Droughts, floods, and famine were just as, if not more common relative to today. So, why should the end of the Little Ice Age be seen as the ideal baseline for human welfare?

5️⃣ The estimated cost of net zero in the U.S. by the year 2050 is ~$6 trillion (though estimates I have seen widely vary). And with ~165 million taxpayers in the nation, using that $6T figure, it would cost each of us a little more than $36,000 to achieve. That's a lot of money per individual. How many of you activists are willing to shell out that kind of money just to see what happens?

6️⃣ If we spent that $6T to decarbonize the economy by 2050, by how much will such measures reduce the global mean surface temperature by the year 2100? Please provide your answer to the nearest tenth of a degree Celsius and show your math (I actually know the answer to this theoretically, but I want to see you do the math).

7️⃣ What does the perfect climate look like? Just how much extreme weather should there be? How many floods? Tornadoes? Category two hurricane landfalls in Florida? What should temperatures be? How many droughts should occur per century in Cambodia? How will we get there and how do we know when / if we get there? By what scientific measure will we know?

8️⃣ If “combating climate change” is really a global concerted effort, then why do you always give China and India a free pass to continue emitting without bound? Why are they never criticized? And don't tell me it's because they are “the world's factory.” The U.S. is the second largest industrial manufacturer in the world. Don't give me the “per capita emissions” BS either; the atmosphere does not care about that. So, why is it that the U.S. is always dunked on?

9️⃣ Why do most of (not all) you vehemently oppose nuclear power? It's the best alternative to coal and natural gas, and statistically it is the cleanest and one of the safest forms of “carbon-free” energy.

🔟 Lastly, if you truly believe climate change is an urgent problem, why do you continue to use social media? After all, it has a large carbon footprint because it is powered by those data centers you hate. Also, why do demonize fossil fuels, but use them to keep the lights on in your home or apartment? Why use running water and indoor plumbing, which often require fossil fuels? Why not give up modern luxuries and live off grid to lead by example? I really want to know why you are still here.

[Julie Watts @juliewattsTV]

https://t.co/Stz5yZsMUE

[ThePersistence @ScottPresler]

I’m asking every donor with big pockets & influence to publicly issue a statement

that you will help to primary incumbent Republican Senators up for election in 2028

if the SAVE America Act is not passed.

Put the peaceful fear of God into the Senate.

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

Chinese interference in the US election is blowing up, but as a Japanese, I'm not surprised at all. What actually shocks me is how shocked so many Americans seem to be.

Japan's politics, business world, and media have been almost perfectly controlled by China for years—they manipulate everything as they please. Only people active on X seem to truly understand how dangerous this is.

China is a nation that will use literally ANY means to dominate the world, even if it takes decades or a full century. Unlike the free world, they can patiently infiltrate and subvert other countries for generations.

If we don't fight back hard right now, the entire world will fall to communism. Americans—this is your Armageddon moment. For the sake of your children and the future of Earth, you must stand up and win. We're counting on you from Japan.

Please fight with everything you've got!

[Sovey @SoveyX]

Listen to North Korean defector Yeonmi Park explain how her grandparents were promised much of what Mamdani and the Democratic Socialists of America are promising today:
- Free healthcare
- Free housing
- Free education
- A government that will take care of everyone

In return, they surrendered their freedom.

Tyranny rarely arrives looking cruel. It arrives smiling, speaking softly and promising compassion.

Liberals, I beg of you, don’t listen to conservatives if you don’t want to.

Listen to the North Korean defector.

It will not be different this time.

This is how it begins.

[ALX 🇺🇸 @alx]

I just spoke to Mitch McConnell for about 20 minutes on the phone.

He demanded that the U.S. Senate come together to pass the SAVE America Act to prevent foreigners from voting in our elections.

Don’t believe me? That’s your problem.

He’ll have to come forward to set the record straight.

[Natalie Fertig @natsfert]

I’m not crying - you’re crying

The last verse+chorus of this is 10/10 the best USA World Cup song yet.

[Chris @chriswithans]

If you're a U.S. citizen and you're living abroad, you have to file taxes on your income. Doesn't matter where it's from. And if you want exclusions or credits, you still have to file. (This is the #1 reason why departing Americans renounce their citizenship.)

The IRS should be mining foreign countries looking for "anchor babies" and other citizens who aren't filing. Instead of obsessing about whether your grandma reported her Etsy knitting earnings, they should be focused on this.

And then you can give them a choice: renounce your citizenship or pay back taxes on everything you owed, including penalties.

[Kalli Laruso @KalistaLars]

@Heavyplaytime4 @FoxNews You are wrong. Trump’s father was American, so his mother’s citizenship was immaterial. The SCOTUS decision only applies to children born here when neither parent is a US citizen.

[Chris Martz @ChrisMartzWX]

How do I know that the climate *crisis* is a scam?

Here are five reasons:

1️⃣ None of the politicians, celebrities, or “scientists” yammering about it have altered their lifestyles by an inch. If they opted to forgo using O&G products, then I’d take them seriously. Actions speak louder than words.

2️⃣ Climate conferences aren’t being held virtually on Zoom using their large meeting extensions. It’s doable, they just choose not to. They like to fly overseas to lecture us about reducing our “carbon footprint” all the while they do nothing to lower their own.

3️⃣ Wealthier alarmists are still living on or buying oceanfront property. If ocean levels were really rising at a catastrophic rate (as opposed to the gradual increase that is actually occurring), then they would move inland and banks would not approve loans.

4️⃣ Alarmists rarely, if ever criticize China and India, and they always come up with all sorts of wonderful excuses as to why those nations get a free pass to continue emitting so-called “carbon pollution.”

5️⃣ The only solutions they offer involve increased governmental power. Higher taxes. EV mandates. Restrictions or bans on the energy sectors they don’t like.

And, as an added bonus, no real-world data proves, much less suggests that we are facing an “existential crisis.” Even the IPCC doesn’t use such rhetoric because it isn’t based on science.

[Kalli Laruso @KalistaLars]

@Moderation6852 @mattvanswol @NickKristof @elonmusk If you value that soft power so much, you pay for it. Or ask Mackenzie Scott to pony up.

[DNI Tulsi Gabbard @DNIGabbard]

Today, on my final day as Director of National Intelligence, I’m releasing never-before-seen communications and documents exposing how Dr. Fauci provided millions in US taxpayer dollars to fund dangerous gain-of-function research at the Wuhan lab, worked with politicized elements within the Intelligence Community to suppress the truth about his actions and hide the virus’ lab-leak origins, and lied to Congress while under oath in 2024. It’s time you know the truth.

https://t.co/3YJSstB7d4

[America @america]

America is the greatest country in the world and it’s not even close 🇺🇸

[Kalli Laruso @KalistaLars]

@tims3112 @cactusncookies What are you even talking about? Billionaires who have created jobs and entire industries and who pay more in taxes in one year than you’d earn in 10 lifetimes?

[Buzz Patterson @BuzzPatterson]

The movement behind @spencerpratt has forever changed American political campaigns. Campaigns will never be the same!

Here’s another masterpiece! Vote Pratt! Vote Hilton! 🔥

[Kalli Laruso @KalistaLars]

@maddenifico The only tactic left for Dems is to equivocate not voting for them with stupidity, so all the vapid, actually stupid people stay in line. It’s the Obama condescension playbook. But newsflash, a critical mass of Angelenos are so fed up they’ll risk being “dumb”. You’re the dummy.

[Kalli Laruso @KalistaLars]

@Regan_Smart @LindaVanZandt1 @TheFP Pretty well. A vast upgrade, and we still get to have 2.5 more years!