Arpit Mehta

Visual Artist, Creative Sherpa, Published Writer, Whisky Aficionado, Cigar Enthusiast, Unapologetic Capitalist, and Proud American 🇺🇸

[Arpit Mehta @visualsbyarpit]

Vivek is absolutely correct.

As an Indian immigrant who was (and still am) interested in STEM, focus of schoolwork and classwork was always prioritized by my parents, even when I didn’t value it. It’s how I made it to UC Berkeley to study Bioengineering.

And while there’s a long story from that time in my life to where I am today in my career as a photographer and videographer, the discipline my parents exemplified and instilled in me has continued to apply to every part of my life.

It’s why I actually read the actual studies during COVID (like the Lancet one that lied about hydroxychloroquine) rather than read the curated lies. It’s why I read the controversial bills only to find the rage online is just opposition’s deflections and projections. And that’s just a drop in the bucket.

While American millennials are too busy trying to figure out their “work-life balance”, immigrants work hard to build a life for themselves and their families (or future families). We didn’t have the luxury to stay home under draconian lockdowns because we don’t have generational wealth to fall back on. Many of us didn’t even have enough to cover rent or mortgage (not exclusive to immigrants btw).

We didn’t have the _privilege_ of staying home to “save just one life”, then go participate in race-baiting riots just to virtue signal. We just wanted to work (FYI events made up 80% of my business before Gavin Newsom destroyed that overnight, while he was out partying it up with lobbyists).

The story of America is the story of immigrants, the story of outlaws, and the story of perseverers who sought out a better life for themselves, for their families, and for their communities. The American Dream—often crapped on by Democrats and progressives—is alive and well in the hearts and minds of immigrants from across the globe. It’s alive and well in people like me, which is why so many of us support Trump and DOGE.

Regulatory capture by corrupt corporations, debanking of and lawfare against political opponents, stifling American exceptionalism and innovation, warfare profiteering, NGO control of 140-some nations… all these and more are the rotten fruits of an unelected shadow bureaucracy that also helped install a man with clear signs of dementia in 2020, then perpetrated elder abuse against him and basically hid him for three years from the public eye so they could run the world in his stead.

Long story short, it’s time to restore our country by ending the bureaucratic nightmare that FDR unconstitutionally created (as well as its subsequent perversion into the current megalomaniacal empire), and make America great again 🙌🏾

[Vivek Ramaswamy @VivekGRamaswamy]

The reason top tech companies often hire foreign-born & first-generation engineers over “native” Americans isn’t because of an innate American IQ deficit (a lazy & wrong explanation). A key part of it comes down to the c-word: culture. Tough questions demand tough answers & if we’re really serious about fixing the problem, we have to confront the TRUTH:

Our American culture has venerated mediocrity over excellence for way too long (at least since the 90s and likely longer). That doesn’t start in college, it starts YOUNG.

A culture that celebrates the prom queen over the math olympiad champ, or the jock over the valedictorian, will not produce the best engineers.

A culture that venerates Cory from “Boy Meets World,” or Zach & Slater over Screech in “Saved by the Bell,” or ‘Stefan’ over Steve Urkel in “Family Matters,” will not produce the best engineers.

(Fact: I know *multiple* sets of immigrant parents in the 90s who actively limited how much their kids could watch those TV shows precisely because they promoted mediocrity…and their kids went on to become wildly successful STEM graduates).

More movies like Whiplash, fewer reruns of “Friends.” More math tutoring, fewer sleepovers. More weekend science competitions, fewer Saturday morning cartoons. More books, less TV. More creating, less “chillin.” More extracurriculars, less “hanging out at the mall.”

Most normal American parents look skeptically at “those kinds of parents.” More normal American kids view such “those kinds of kids” with scorn. If you grow up aspiring to normalcy, normalcy is what you will achieve.

Now close your eyes & visualize which families you knew in the 90s (or even now) who raise their kids according to one model versus the other. Be brutally honest.

“Normalcy” doesn’t cut it in a hyper-competitive global market for technical talent. And if we pretend like it does, we’ll have our asses handed to us by China.

This can be our Sputnik moment. We’ve awaken from slumber before & we can do it again. Trump’s election hopefully marks the beginning of a new golden era in America, but only if our culture fully wakes up. A culture that once again prioritizes achievement over normalcy; excellence over mediocrity; nerdiness over conformity; hard work over laziness.

That’s the work we have cut out for us, rather than wallowing in victimhood & just wishing (or legislating) alternative hiring practices into existence. I’m confident we can do it. 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

[Bruce Fenton @brucefenton]

His Royal Highness Todd Selig @tselig did not appear to be happy.

It couldn’t have been me. Must have been the commoners speaking before me.

[End Tribalism in Politics @EndTribalism]

“Today our government declares war on added sugar.”

RFK Jr. just announced new dietary guidelines prioritizing protein, healthy fats, and whole foods.

“The hard truth is that our government has been lying to us to protect corporate profit-taking.”

“Today the lies stop.”

“The new guidelines recognize that whole nutrient-dense food is the most effective path to better health.”

“Protein and healthy fats are essential, and we’re ending the war on saturated fats.”

“Added sugars, especially sugar-sweetened beverages, drive metabolic disease.”

“As Secretary of Health and Human Services, my message is clear: eat real food.”

[Arpit Mehta @visualsbyarpit]

@TruthWizard10 @GOP Over $100 Trillion with obligations to SS and Medicare. And that’s just federal.

[Arpit Mehta @visualsbyarpit]

@DerryBryson @Acyn @KristiNoem Oh really? Did you bitch about Clinton and Gote doing the same? 🙄

[Arpit Mehta @visualsbyarpit]

@whmeyer0 @paleodaniel @TheAtlantic @zoeschlanger The kind they used at Tuskegee 😂

[Arpit Mehta @visualsbyarpit]

For the next few election cycles, all Republicans need to do is run Biden ads to remind Americans of how truly despicable Democrat leadership is.

[Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok]

HOLY CRAP

Audio of the Robert Hur interview with then-President Biden.

He had no idea when his son died… Couldn’t string together a sentence…

DEMOCRATS AND MEDIA COVERED UP BIDEN’S DECLINE

THIS SHOULD BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST SCANDALS IN HISTORY

[Arpit Mehta @visualsbyarpit]

How ‘bout dat.

[Savanah Hernandez @Savsays]

Remember the DC helicopter crash in January that killed 64 people, including 12 children?

Turns out the female pilot who was flying was given multiple warnings and was directly told by her male instructor/copilot to turn the opposite direction of the passenger jet to avoid a collision.

She ignored him and flew straight into it.

[Arpit Mehta @visualsbyarpit]

LOVE that idea. DEI would never have been a thing in that case 😂

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Just the tip of the iceberg so far

[Jayroo @jayroo69]

Trump's Tariff Song (Hats off to whoever made this; this must have taken forever)🤜🤛

[Adam Oxsen @AdamOxsen]

Billionaire investor Chamath Palihapitiya’s interview with Andrew Schulz just went viral.

He exposed the truth about Trump’s tariffs:

It's more than a trade war...he's completely redistributing American wealth.

Here are the untold secrets of the President's $750B gamble: 🧵

[Arpit Mehta @visualsbyarpit]

The Left is despicable 🤦🏾‍♂️

[R A W S A L E R T S @rawsalerts]

🚨#BREAKING: The Secret Service along with bomb disposal squads, are investigating a possible explosive package device near the White House

📌#Washington | #DC

At this time, numerous law enforcement and government agencies, including the Secret Service and bomb squad, are on the scene responding to a possible explosive device near the White House and Treasury Building in Washington DC. The White House and Ellipse areas are closed off, and officials are asking the public to avoid the area as the investigation unfolds. Roads in the vicinity may be blocked, and heightened security measures are in place. This remains a developing situation.

[Arpit Mehta @visualsbyarpit]

Beautiful to watch these dipshits get what they deserve 😎

[Tesla Owners Silicon Valley @teslaownersSV]

FAFO

Happened to a member in San Jose.

[Arpit Mehta @visualsbyarpit]

@RpsAgainstTrump Trump, ya nitwits.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

You can see the ridiculous political puppet show for what it really is.

They are just actors reading a script.

[Arpit Mehta @visualsbyarpit]

Yo Democrats, you have something to say now to this supremacist?

[ALX 🇺🇸 @alx]

Bill Nye just did a Nazi salute.

This absolutely ruined my Friday.

This is probably the darkest day in our nation since January 6th.

I’m fucking shaking right now…

[Arpit Mehta @visualsbyarpit]

Theater kids 💁🏾‍♂️

[toddstarnes @toddstarnes]

Jasmine Crockett wants you to think she's from the hood - that she grew up on the streets. The exact opposite is true. She attended an exclusive day school where tuition is nearly $35,000 per year. She also attended Rhodes College, a private school where tuition is nearly $55,000 per year. She's cosplaying a gangsta.

[Arpit Mehta @visualsbyarpit]

@BenjaminPDixon @Mavis20203 @elonmusk I think you forgot about the parable of the talents. That’s capitalism there, buddy, not communism. Nice try.

[Arpit Mehta @visualsbyarpit]

@EndWokeness Good! It's gotten too expensive here, so with Canada out of the picture, we'll be able to buy more.

And just like that, Trump lowered costs!

[Arpit Mehta @visualsbyarpit]

Even if she's right about it, follow the logic here:

– Canada has more oil reserves than the U.S.
– The U.S. will need these one day.
– This stump speech is only happening because tariffs.
– The tariffs are only in place to cut fentanyl flooding the streets and killing countless Americans.
– The U.S. will have to get rid of these tariffs to get Canadian oil at some point in the distant future.
– So in the meanwhile, the U.S. should simply drop these tariffs now.

Basically, this lady has the audacity to say that we just keep letting illegal drugs from her country continue killing Americans, because Canadian oil might be the magical pot (or barrel, perhaps) at the end of that heartbreaking rainbow.

Get. Bent.

[George @BehizyTweets]

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith: "Alberta happens to have one of the largest deposits of oil and natural gas on the planet. It is significantly larger and far more accessible than the quickly declining oil and gas reserves located in the United States."

"Whether the US President wishes to admit it or not, the United States not only needs our oil and gas today, they are also going to need it more and more with each passing year once they notice their declining domestic reserves and production are wholly insufficient."

[U.S. Senator John Fetterman @SenFettermanPA]

This is when we became the party for chaos.

Telling people to invalidate their eyes or experiences and WE LOSE.

Equivalent size of Pittsburgh showing up every month at our border was true chaos.