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love don't come easy; its a game of give and take

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HOU

[NFL @NFL]

Calen Bullock takes it back for six!

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Sounds just like a kid who did something wrong and is trying to blame it on their sibling.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

WOW -- Trump crashes out and cuts his interview with Welker short as she presses him on his lack of evidence for claiming elections are rigged

"You're either crooked or you're stupid. Let's call it quits. Because I've had enough. Thank you darling," he tells her."

"I traveled all the way to Wisconsin for this interview," she pleads.

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@drantbradley Did you read the article? Very nuanced filled with love. The headline is a comedy bit.
https://t.co/cBUIh7Ajoq

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@byjoelanderson I think if you’re kind of nerdy and smart it tunes out. He doesn’t really seem like an athlete. Also I think it’s gotten worse (in Texas, in sugar land and mo city) in last ten years (I say this as someone with 3 teenagers in public school)

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@ClintFiore Same photographer? #2 seems more polished.

[Joseph Kahn @JosephKahn]

Old British actresses with no work done are beautiful and classy. Stop pulling and filling your faces to look like 4 year old Korean kids. Embrace aging. You earned it. Be a dame.

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@bmluse Isn’t that kind of the point of a long term relationship? I’ve been with my wife for 25 years— I love her deeply— we spend almost every day and most of our free time together— I am grateful to have someone I crave being around.

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These seminaries prob do a lot of good…
Yet by supporting Kanakuk are undeniably evil.

[Nancy French @NancyAFrench]

Which seminaries STILL partner with @Kanakuk Institute?

Southwest Baptist University
Dallas Theological Seminary
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

https://t.co/O0nZkEdepP

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The headline makes it seems like drivers would have felt the opposite - but the only interest that really took a hit was the app in those locations because volume decreased. The restaurant said their app orders went down, but didn’t say business went down.

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The only driver interviewed said he was happy with the law — before the law he would often time make little to no money after a full night of driving.

[Joe Wallin @joewallin]

Let's take a look at how Seattle's DoorDash law actually turned out.

In 2024, Seattle implemented "PayUp" — a minimum wage law for food delivery drivers, setting the rate at $26.40/hour. The intent was to protect workers. Here's what actually happened:

DoorDash added a $5 fee to every order. Customers stopped ordering. Within two weeks, 30,000 fewer orders. UberEats volume dropped 30%. Drivers — the people the law was supposed to help — saw their available deliveries cut in half and earnings per hour fall 25%.

A new National Bureau of Economic Research study confirmed what the numbers already showed: higher per-delivery pay was completely offset by fewer deliveries and lower tips. Active drivers saw zero net gain in monthly earnings.

KUOW reported this week that two years in, the results are undeniable — Seattle is now the most expensive delivery market in the country. Denver, Portland, and San Francisco, cities without these laws, saw delivery revenue grow 20-40%. Seattle stagnated.

The parallel to what's happening with WA tax proposals is obvious. SB 6346 would impose a 9.9% income tax on high earners. The QSBS add-back bills would strip federal tax exclusions from founders. The argument is always "just a small tax on those who can afford it." But capital moves. Founders move. Companies incorporate elsewhere.

The DoorDash data gives us a controlled experiment: same company, same product, same time period, different policy environments. The city with the heaviest regulation saw the worst outcomes — including for the workers it tried to protect.

Incentives matter. Every time.

https://t.co/0rusleqBbk

#StartupLaw #WashingtonState #PolicyMatters #QSBS #Founders #waleg

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The pearl clutching over carrying a gun. So many people here in TX have a gun on them all the time.

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This is so dumb. Being armed led to his death. Should he have shot at them? There were dozens of armed officers.

[Dean Phillips @deanbphillips]

For years I quietly mocked 2A defenders who argued arms were necessary to defend American rights against a tyrannical government.

Today I apologize, because I’ve seen it with my own eyes.

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@EricLDaugh https://t.co/j4pEMr4GiL.

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@TheCinesthetic 100% agree

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@calleymeans You’re right! This is the tactic they should use to build support for their plan, instead of having someone on tv sound like a good talking about low cost dinner. I’m not sure where you live but in our AREA, this would be such a big deal. Our kids eat garbage everyday at school.

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When people say things like this, I really wonder how literal they’re being vs how emotional manipulative they’re being. He’d pay his whole fortune, be penniless, after being rich rich rich for decades, for one day with his parents?

[David Senra @davidsenra]

"I'd pay my entire fortune to have one more night with my parents."

"I think about my parents. My dad died in 2004. My mom died in 1987, and I still have conversations with them. I ask for forgiveness for them, and I give them forgiveness. I'd pay my entire fortune to have one more night with my parents.

That'd be so great to be able to tell them how much I appreciate all the things they did and how much I loved them. And also, 'hey, Mom, I turned out okay.' So, we'll call that a minor regret in my life that I couldn't make my mother happy on her deathbed."

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HOU!

[NFL @NFL]

SHELDON RANKINS TAKES IT BACK FOR A TD

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[NFL @NFL]

Calen Bullock takes it back for six!

HOUvsPIT on ESPN/ABC
Stream on @NFLPlus and ESPN App

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Can’t wait until Friday for pt 2. I love this story.

[Jhair A. Romero @JustJhair]

Wrote about how Houston is home to so many varieties of tamales for @HoustonChron and the story was so long I had to split it in two

For now, part 1:
https://t.co/RWP5JZERJ6

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Not necessarily my experience with homeschooling. Def saw examples of all these. From kids and parents.

[Robert Bortins @TheRobertBshow]

NYTimes: We need to regulate homeschooling; we can't trust parents.

Public School: 40% of kids bullied, 30% sexually harassed, 34% read at grade level, $18K a year.

Homeschoolers: 0% bullied, 0% sexually harassed, 99% read above grade level, $1000 a year.

Wild.