S Whit

Optometrist, triathlete, Half Fanatics lifetime member, marathoner, harsh critic of grits, rescue pet parent, please 🚫unnecessary DMs

[Cold Pizza Connoisseur @Noid29]

@SportsOnTheLo Gen-X

Same

Also have printed boarding pass as backup in case phone/technology fails for some reason

Trust nothing

[Preston Hill @realPrestonHill]

Danny Britt (R) officially wins North Carolina Senate District 24 by 228 votes with all provisional votes counted.

Republican control of the NC Senate has been decided by a mere 228 votes, and Democrats will not have a trifecta in NC.

Your vote matters.

[JD Vance @JDVance]

One of the things the data analysts on our side obsessed over was "composition"—whether the electorate looked close enough to 2024 for Republicans to win. And despite polls that showed a Democrat blowout, the data kept on telling us the same story: in some states turnout was merely OK, in other states it was downright amazing, and in no state was it catastrophic. There was a genuine sense of optimism on our team: our people were showing up.

So, I asked the smartest data guy I know, does that mean we're going to shock the world? "No," he told me. "We might do better than the polls suggest. But the data is telling us that a lot of Trump/Vance 2024 voters are pissed and planning to vote for the other guys. Our voters are turning out, but they may not vote for us."

Well, that looks prophetic now. Our voters did show up. In Florida, for example, the electorate was 9 points more Republican than Democrat, just a couple points worse than 2024. Undoubtedly there were places we could have done better on turnout. But the main problem is not turnout. The main problem is that many people who voted for Trump/Vance in 2024 voted for Democrats in 2026.

There will be a lot of infighting and arguing over what happened and why that is. One of the pollsters I really respect told me that our economic messaging wasn’t sharp enough down the stretch. I’m sure that’s true.

But the real reason we lost is obvious to almost everyone.

Another pollster—one of the smartest people I know in politics, told me yesterday we’d lose the generic ballot by 13 points. I felt negative going into Tuesday, but even I was shocked by this. In his polling, he saw that a lot of Trump 2024 voters were angry and planning to vote for Democrats. He asked those voters who had abandoned us what would cause them to come back on our team. The top four answers, accounting for nearly all of the responses were:

1) End the war
2) Focus on cost of living/inflation
3) Put America First
4) Change our relationship to Israel

Our voters showed up. And the above four reasons are why many of them voted for Democrats. This is according to a pollster who nailed the results. While many spent Monday attacking Rachel Campos Duffy for calling for a diplomatic resolution to the conflict, it turns out her political advice was sound. (She’s also a great person.)

In the next few months, there's going to be a lot of gaslighting. Expect to hear any number of establishment politicians say the solution to our woes is amnesty. I'm open to the idea that we should change enforcement—by focusing more on businesses that hire illegal labor, for instance. But anyone pushing amnesty is lying to you.

The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night.

If you'd like to argue it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next 6 years was worth it, then do so. Argue it was a worthwhile cost to pay. Agree or disagree, that's at least honest.

But everyone knows why we lost. And any honest conversation about where we go from here must start there.

I remain hopeful about our country. To the people who are pissed off and want to say, “I told you so”: you’re right, you did tell us so. Take that energy into electing Republicans who share your worldview. To the people who are just pissed at the results, you should be. Let’s take that anger and get back to the work of saving our country.

[S Whit @seeclearly2020]

Great job, Bella! We want you to be a big loser!!!!

[Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison]

Another big weight in for Bella. She's been working very hard.

That's officially 8.6kg or 20 lbs lost since she came into us now. Incredible!

[S Whit @seeclearly2020]

👀 Interesting…

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Our second product is called Blindsight and it will, as the name suggests, enable even those who are completely blind or have never seen to see.

It is ready from an engineering standpoint. Just waiting on regulatory approval.

[S Whit @seeclearly2020]

@girlwithedogs Maine Coons, the gentle giants of the domestic feline realm, are so laid back. I want one!

[S Whit @seeclearly2020]

@DerrickEvans4WV Well, I’m in the dark in my office right now. Entire town is out with no known cause…

[S Whit @seeclearly2020]

@glennbeck #HTTR

[S Whit @seeclearly2020]

@BowTiedBroke @awoods37 I’m also a healthcare professional. Find a functional medicine provider or a gyn who specializes in peri/menopause. Bioidentical hormones in proper balance make a difference!

[S Whit @seeclearly2020]

@notsleepy @jwmares Oh yes, a big “cash grab” when the average vision plan reimbursement for a comprehensive routine eye exam is $50 (and has been for over 30 years). There’s a lot of nonvisual oculomotor issues that can affect learning which can be discovered during a visit to an optometrist.

[S Whit @seeclearly2020]

@FrankieS83752 Isn't that 4 ingredients? 🤔🤔🤔

[S Whit @seeclearly2020]

#PrivateEquity consumes #PrivateEquity This is how we creep towards a #singlepayer system. #justsayno

https://t.co/Q6d1rMMeYY

[S Whit @seeclearly2020]

@KCOnTheRadio Hopefully you’re not bringing bed bugs back with you this time!

[Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog]

We’ve never seen anything like this before. A man was conscripted into jury duty by the government. He performed his civic duty and followed his conscience, refusing to acquit a woman who confessed to systematically executing her three children. The defense attorney immediately launched a public smear campaign against the juror. Soon several other jurors joined the campaign. Then the media. Even the defense attorney’s wife has joined. Now they’re doxxing the man, digging into his past, contacting his family, showing up at his house. All of this both to punish him for refusing to go with their program, and to pollute any future jury pool by making it clear that anyone who votes to convict Clancy will have their life destroyed. It’s truly one of the most outrageously evil things we’ve ever seen from the Left, and that’s saying something. A direct assault on the integrity of our justice system. They are burning down every boundary and standard in their path. And doing it all for the sake of a child murdering psychopath. Unfathomable.

[S Whit @seeclearly2020]

@NicHulscher This sounds like hereditary Fuchs Dystrophy. Maybe Fuchs is just the result of a protein or amino acid mutation (hereditary or mRNA-induced) rather than "defective" cells. Would explain why Fuchs can recur even after endothelial transplantation.

[Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog]

One lone male juror stood for justice and common sense. A true hero. I can only imagine what he's endured.

[S Whit @seeclearly2020]

@omgitswicks Oh, oh, oh! I saw this earlier today and was hoping you’d post it here 🤪!

[S Whit @seeclearly2020]

@JeremyTate41 In my experience, they are also more polite and better behaved in public settings.

[S Whit @seeclearly2020]

@dogwoodblooms If you are referring to a droopy eyelid (medical term: ptosis), you can try Visine (original, “get the red out” formula) as it may lift it some. But yes, in the eye world a “lazy eye” is one that does not correct to 20/20.

[S Whit @seeclearly2020]

@txsalth2o They are busy ALL THE TIME!!!!