Dan Laughlin

State Senator representing the 49th district of Pennsylvania: Chair of Law & Justice Committee. Righter of wrongs. Highly skilled carpenter.

[Dan Laughlin @VoteLaughlin]

Any bets the perpetrators should have still been in jail for some other crime?

[Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson]

His name was Billy Schmidt.

A 22 year-old senior at Penn State studying journalism.

Late Friday night walking home in South Philly, he was robbed of his phone by two thugs.

He asked for it back.

"Give me back my phone."

Seconds later one of the thugs shot him dead.

Over a phone.

A young man with his whole life ahead of him — gone, in a city that has let violent crime run wild.

Billy deserved to make it home.

Lock up the thugs who did this and pray for his family 🙏

[Dan Laughlin @VoteLaughlin]

@JamesKubla https://t.co/qCkxcVoCxs

[Dan Laughlin @VoteLaughlin]

Thx for the shout out Albert. I’ve got a call scheduled with a respected nationally known political figure to discuss this. I’ll let you know how it goes.

[Albert Eisenberg @Albydelphia]

Sen. Dan Laughlin trying to solve enormous issues with solutions voters can understand 🇺🇸🏈

I like this. @VoteLaughlin

[Dan Laughlin @VoteLaughlin]

Kinda weird that we moved my Cannabis Control Board bill out of committee today, and all 4 democratic cosponsors of the bill voted no.

[Dan Laughlin @VoteLaughlin]

Sad to think that @JohnFetterman is facing a primary challenge from a guy that was a US senator for 18 years and this was his high water mark!
https://t.co/nyz2lA59wt

[Dan Laughlin @VoteLaughlin]

@Athan_K Respectfully: The system is broken:

[Dan Laughlin @VoteLaughlin]

@jjabbott You’re just big mad that he’s spot on.

[Dan Laughlin @VoteLaughlin]

I can’t be the only one a little bit worried that Iran will shoot down Artemis II? Anyone else?

[Dan Laughlin @VoteLaughlin]

There’s a difference between assisting, and stopping a crime. If one of the citizens got shot because the Ice officers were left with no other recourse that’s on Pittsburgh democrats.

[Marty Griffin @MartyGriffinKD]

Unbelievable! Pittsburgh cops stood by while ICE agents were viciously assaulted. They refused to intervene! Councilwoman Barb Warwick seems just fine with it. #getmarty #pittsburgh #@kdkaradio #ICE #LawEnforcement #Immigration

[Dan Laughlin @VoteLaughlin]

@ZeekArkham @progressiveact The warm embrace of huge tax increases.

[Athan Koutsiouroumbas @Athan_K]

States with highest rates of Alzheimer's are:
5. Alabama
4. Connecticut
3. Florida...show more

[Dan Laughlin @VoteLaughlin]

@StrolloSweets That’s a significant piece of their property. If he did that to mine, there’d be an excavator there tearing it down and throwing the debris into his driveway.

[Dan Laughlin @VoteLaughlin]

Does anyone know far Governor Shapiro has encroached onto his neighbors property? Like is it an inch or two or several feet?

[Dan Laughlin @VoteLaughlin]

@colin_dunlap I think we should be more concerned with why their base wants this in the first place.

[Dan Laughlin @VoteLaughlin]

@jjabbott I know you miss Casey naming all our counties. 18 years in the senate and that was his high water mark.

[Dan Laughlin @VoteLaughlin]

@ZeekArkham Dance Dad is a fleeting title, enjoyed it for a bit myself.

[Dan Laughlin @VoteLaughlin]

Throwing money at Septa would be like adding more places to water your horse. This is how transportation will work very soon.

[phil beisel @pbeisel]

Elon is confirming that Tesla will sell the Cybercab to end customers.

That’s a big tell.

Tesla isn’t building just a company-owned Robotaxi fleet. It’s building a hybrid network: part Tesla-owned, part customer-owned.

A pure Tesla fleet would be capital heavy. Growth would depend on how many vehicles Tesla funds itself. But if customers can buy a Cybercab and plug it into the network, they fund the hardware while Tesla takes a cut of the miles. That’s asset-light scale layered on top of vertical integration.

It also accelerates density. More vehicles on the network means better coverage, faster ETAs, higher utilization, and stronger network effects.

And there’s a third angle people are missing: some buyers may purchase a Cybercab primarily for personal use— as a fully autonomous private vehicle— but choose to add it to the fleet occasionally when it’s idle. Others may never add it at all. Either way, it works for Tesla. It increases manufacturing scale, lowers unit costs, and expands the installed base of autonomy — while giving owners optionality to monetize the vehicle.

Selling the vehicle doesn’t mean giving up control. Tesla still owns the autonomy stack, dispatch layer, software updates, and payments system. Even customer-owned Cybercabs operate inside Tesla’s ecosystem.

If autonomy works, Tesla isn’t just selling cars. It’s building a mobility platform— funded partly by itself, partly by customers, and scalable far faster than a fleet-only model.

[Dan Laughlin @VoteLaughlin]

@ZeekArkham Dude, you forgot us folks in our 60’s that have to prove we’re over 21. Good thing I have ID.

[Dan Laughlin @VoteLaughlin]

@MartyGriffinKD I love a good rhetorical question!

[Dan Laughlin @VoteLaughlin]

@KennyPolcari @TheBigMoneyShow @FoxBusiness @JackieDeAngelis @RiggsReport @dagenmcdowell Any insight on Bloom Energy?