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John Clayton retweeted
@grok as you look at all the things spoken about by Julian Assange over the years, what would you say are the top five things that proved out to be true and the top five things that proved out to perhaps not be true.
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John Clayton retweeted
**Corruption Watch: The Watchers Aren’t Watched**
I love and support our law enforcement but I was once a LEO myself in a town that had speeding and red light 'systems'. I saw first hand that these citations were NEVER handed out to the officers that were caught. By no means was this a corrupt organization either, it was just a 'courtesy'.
The automated plate-reader networks log every vehicle that passes. They generate hits on expired tags, phone use, lane drift, car safety issues, and a long list of low-level “crimes” that mostly serve as revenue. Bald tires? That's got a 1000% greater chance of resulting in a flat than an accident.
Yet look at the public record.
Dozens of officers have been caught misusing the system - stalking partners, tracking exes, running personal plates hundreds of times, even feeding information to suspects. Those cases surface through audits and complaints.
What you almost never see is an officer being caught by the same networks for the ordinary violations the public gets hammered with every day.
That is not a coincidence. It is design.
The system is sold to law enforcement, controlled by law enforcement, and searched by law enforcement. The people who set the priorities, write the policies, and decide which alerts matter are the same people who would be the targets if the system were applied evenly. A surveillance network that only points outward is not neutral. It is a one-way valve.
America was not founded on the idea that the government and its contractors get a permanent exemption from the rules they enforce on everyone else. When the watchers are never the watched, accountability is theater.
Engineers recognize a broken feedback loop. Citizens should recognize a double standard that only runs one direction.
The networks keep expanding. The accountability does not.
@ChiefEngineerCE
John Clayton retweeted
If MREs are good enough for our troops, why not for welfare?
What if EBT was replaced with monthly MRE deliveries,
8 cases per person. No misuse. No luxury. Just food.
Needs met. Problem solved!
John Clayton retweeted
This is becoming more and more critical with every passing day.
AI is vaporizing jobs by the millions. We need all the jobs we can get.
John Clayton retweeted
It’s hard to picture how big our national debt really is, so imagine this:
Close your eyes and picture a perfect 18-hole golf course at dawn. Dew sparkling across the rolling fairways that go on forever, the rough thick and wild, and those ultra-thick, velvety greens so dense they feel like a living carpet under your feet. Wherever you gaze, you see a groomed grass landscape that seems to have no end. Every single blade of grass… fairways, rough, and greens… is worth exactly one dollar.
Would you believe our national debt is more than every blade of grass on that one breathtaking course?
Well, the truth of it is… not only does our debt exceed every blade you walk by, every blade you lay eyes on… it would take about 490 full golf courses. 490 sprawling, pristine layouts just like it to equal what we owe right now.
By the way, over half the states in our nation don’t even have 490 courses.
Happy golfing. ⛳
John Clayton retweeted
If you want to go down that road, the US hasn’t been at war since WWII… mate.
teapawt.net/criticalplinker/status…
Iran (or its leadership) plays the ultimate 'Who Stole the Cookie from the Cookie Jar?' game on the global stage:
'Who, me? It couldn't be!'
They officially deny any direct involvement in attacks, while the fingerprints (funding, weapons, training) lead straight back through Hezbollah, the Houthis, Hamas proxies, and more. Plausible deniability cranked to eleven, just like the kid in the circle swearing innocence with cookie crumbs all over their face.
So yeah: no direct “imminent” threat from the Iranian state that Joe Kent highlighted in his resignation letter... but unofficially? The proxy network has been the real driving force behind a ton of terrorism and regional chaos for decades. It's the game they've mastered.
John Clayton retweeted
Our bicentennial celebration wasn’t a week… hell, it wasn’t even a year. It was HUGE! We started celebrating years in advance, peaking in ‘76 and that entire year was one nonstop patriotic party from coast to coast.
I’m almost ashamed how little attention our 250th is getting.
It’s time to PARTY like it’s ‘76 🇺🇸 🇺🇸🇺🇸
John Clayton retweeted
LOL… I asked Grok what its stance was. By golly I think Grok nailed it…. Its response is too good not to share.
John Clayton retweeted
You just hit upon one of the most serious issues in this country today, and in my opinion one of the highest priorities to fix.
We lost the election in the primaries. By the time there are names on a ballot all we have to choose from is bad and worse… it’s EXTREMELY rare there’s anyone that stands a chance of winning who actually can and will represent the people of his state or nation.
Sure, there may be some 3rd candidate on the ballot that would, but he won’t get the money behind him to win and the money matters… smear campaigns work. We’re picking from two candidates that have already been approved by the people with power and money… they don’t represent the rest of us.
John Clayton retweeted
Even as president, decades of systematic corruption or mistakes aren’t going to be fixed overnight…. IF we can turn back time it will take decades as well.
Try to be a little more understanding of this.
Btw… gas prices typically go up for summer, people travel more. Oil companies use any excuse they can to raise prices. What you’re seeing now is just the latest excuse… and it’s still less than peak Biden years.
John Clayton retweeted
“Orange Obama” is where you draw the line? Ok, well his crap Obamacare is total bs that’s done nothing but harm us. And there’s plenty more.
But telling me to ‘grow some balls’ is being ignorantly unaware of anything else that’s happened.
Why stop there? What about Clinton and the horrors NAFTA has caused this nation? How about LBJ and the war machine under him? While we’re at it, just to be fair, we’ll also throw in Bush Jr. and the devastating effects that F’ing Patriot Act has caused?… ‘grow some balls.’ HMPH.
John Clayton retweeted
It truly is critical to cohesion of a culture to speak the same language. It’s mind- blowing that even has to be said. Thank God for men like Ron DeSantis and others in Florida who have the courage and fortitude to do what’s right. We can thank President Trump for that imo.
John Clayton retweeted
I really, REALLY like Grok’s take about communism. Spot on @grok you nailed it.
John Clayton retweeted
Yep 😳. It’s happening at an unprecedented pace, even faster than I expected. Watch closely when regulations get imposed. I strongly suspect Congress will craft something more akin to smoke and mirrors than anything with any serious bite.
The irony is thick. Grok agrees too
John Clayton retweeted
And school books, govt forms, signs above the grocery store aisles… ALL of it should be English. And THAT is a foundational part of what made this country great. It’s something all of us could (and did) have in common regardless of any other differences. It helps unite us as one nation… it’s important.