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How does this make any sense?
 #new Elon Musk’s companies have built more than 150,000 private-sector jobs over the past decade, while Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Rep. Rashida Tlaib have created zero measurable private-sector jobs in their entire professional careers.
#DC
In Austin, Texas, Tesla alone ended 2025 with 134,785 employees, up from 17,782 in 2016 - which is a net gain of more than 100,000 jobs at one company under Musk’s leadership as CEO and product architect.
🔺️Tesla: 134,785 employees as of year-end 2025
🔺️SpaceX: 20,000–22,000 employees and growing.
🔺️Neuralink, The Boring Company, X, and xAI: Several thousand and growing.
🔺️Total: 150,000+ private-sector jobs.
On the flip side, his biggest critics, who complain about his net worth and call him unintelligent, have spent at least the last 10 years on government payrolls (American tax dollars), and haven't created any private-sector jobs, have not contributed to the GDP and combined don't pay as much in taxes as Musk. They also haven't invented anything.
🔵Sen. Bernie Sanders: Career public official since 1981.
➡️Before that, odd jobs (carpenter, teacher, writer) and a small nonprofit filmstrip venture
He is a multi-millionaire who owns three houses, flies on private charters and rides in large SUVs.
🔵Sen. Elizabeth Warren: Harvard Law professor and bankruptcy specialist who is a multi-millionaire.
➡️She entered the Senate in 2013.
🔵Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Worked as a bartender and waitress before Congress (elected 2018).
➡️Now she collects taxpayer dollars to pay for her lifestyle.
🔵Rep. Rashida Tlaib: Public-interest attorney and Michigan state legislator before Congress (elected 2018).
➡️No accolades.
These are just a few of the many Democrats criticizing Elon Musk, a man who has brought immeasurable benefits, innovation, and technology to the United States.
He contributes measurably to the GDP, creates hundreds of thousands of jobs, and has pledged about $10 billion in SpaceX shares to American children.
Meanwhile, critics say, the Democrats' list of accolades rests on taking American tax dollars.
If private enterprise is the engine of job growth, why do the Democrats who criticize its most successful innovator have no track record of building anything themselves?
#christinaaguayonws
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At some point, ANY U.S. President was going to have to deal with the Iran problem.
Think of it like termites in your house.
You can ignore them because dealing with them is expensive and disruptive. But they don't disappear. They keep eating until the repair becomes FAR more expensive.
Iran wasn't a problem America could postpone forever.
President Trump chose to confront it before Iran could potentially operate under the protection of a nuclear weapon.
People can debate the timing, strategy and cost.
But sometimes the choice isn't between action and no consequences.
It's between paying a price NOW or potentially paying a much bigger price LATER.
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There are doomers, mostly in the Massie and MTG lanes, telling you not to vote. Sit this one out. Let it burn. That is not a strategy. That is how you hand the field back to the people who broke it.
Yes, there are RINOs in the Republican Party. They slow-walk Trump. They protect the old club. They are the reason the reset of what the Democrats did to this country is taking longer than it should. Nobody serious is pretending otherwise.
Here is the part they leave out. MAGA, America First, and MAHA are not waiting on permission. They are taking the party seat by seat. School boards, state houses, primary challenges. It is slow because that is how a machine built over decades actually gets replaced. You do not clear it by staying home and posting.
Our founders did not get a working free nation in one election either. Fighting started in 1775. Independence was declared in 1776. The war ran eight years, to the Treaty of Paris in 1783. The Articles of Confederation failed. They drafted the Constitution in 1787, ratified it in 1788, and seated the new government in 1789. Fourteen years from the first shots to a republic that could stand. They kept showing up while it was unfinished.
So get out and vote Republican. Then, when the primaries come, take the RINOs out. General election is the line. Primary is the cleanup. Quit mid-fight and you do not punish the RINOs. You punish the country.
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Ok, did you read the headline from the NY Post? Read it again & let it fully absorb and then read it again:
"Iran publishes propaganda letter urging US voters to punish Trump in midterm elections" -NY Post
It is not a good sign when the IRGC shifts from "Death to America" to "Vote Democratic." The IRGC is reportedly encouraging Americans to vote against the GOP in the midterms.
We have a Wartime Enemy ACTIVELY CAMPAIGNING FOR THE DEMOCRAT PARTY!
Let that sink in... The leading sponsor of TERRORISM for the last 50 years is ENDORSING the Democrat Party because they KNOW that the Democrats will help save their TERRORIST REGIME.
Tell me again... How do you VOTE for THAT PARTY?!
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Pretend you give your kid $20 to buy a gallon of milk. When you ask for the change he says ‘it’s gone, I spent it all on milk.’ And when you ask for the receipt he says ‘oh I lost it.’
Now imagine instead of $20, it’s $1.3 billion. And instead of a kid, it’s the state childcare agency.
And instead of pretend, it actually happened.
This is the absurd reality of ‘unauditable’ childcare spending in WA state. Your federal tax dollars. Completely unaccounted for.
But don’t worry, DCYF says they spent it all on childcare.🙄
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Greta swapped “the world ends in 2023” for a new boycott script and still lectures like the last deadline never missed.
If your worldview expires every election cycle, it’s not morality. It’s a brand.
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A Few Fun Florida Facts:
I paid 0% state income tax ever since I moved to Florida 38 years ago.
Also, groceries, prescription medicine, and gasoline are sales tax exempt in the state.
But wait, there's more.
From July 20th - August 20th, Floridians get a back to school sales tax holiday on most school supplies and school related clothing.
Last but least, for the second year in a row, we get a sales tax holiday on qualifying guns, ammo, and camping supplies.
This year it runs from September 1st through December 31st.
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ELON MUSK: “My political views are very centrist. They’re not far right. Frankly, calling them far right is an insult to history and an insult to many people. It is an outrageous falsehood. It’s completely absurd. I have literally stated my position, and I’ve been very clear about this: there need to be secure borders.
If there’s an influx of immigrants, then they need to be people who agree with Western ideals and Western values. If there is long-term growth of people who do not, or in some cases are adamantly opposed to Western values, you are setting yourself up for civil war. This is obvious. A child can see this, but this is not a right wing view. I'm simply stating reality.”
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When the Seattle Times disables its comment section, it's a huge middle finger to readers.
Because it has nothing to with "sensitive" subject matter, and everything to do with shutting down dissent. My latest.
mattycee.substack.com/p/the-…
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Thinking about sitting out the MIDTERMS because you're frustrated, disappointed or convinced your vote doesn't matter?
Fine.
But understand what you're choosing.
You're not sitting politics out.
You're handing the decision to everyone who DOES show up - and then living with what THEY choose.
For the next 2 years, Congress can shape:
• Taxes and spending
• Immigration and border policy
• Energy and healthcare
• Defense and foreign policy
• Investigations and oversight
• Which nominees get confirmed
State elections can shape your schools, policing, regulations, taxes, prosecutors, judges and the environment your business operates in.
Politics isn't just television.
It's your mortgage.
Your energy bill.
Your business costs.
Your child's school.
Your neighborhood.
Your job.
Your future.
Your faith.
And some election consequences last far longer than 2 years.
Senators serve 6 years.
Federal judges can serve for life.
Laws can survive multiple presidents.
So be angry.
Be disappointed.
Hold politicians accountable.
But don't confuse sitting out with escaping the consequences.
You still pay the taxes.
You still obey the laws.
Your children inherit the country.
Your grandchildren may inherit the consequences.
You can sit out an election.
You cannot sit out what happens AFTER it.
And if you're a Republican, you get SCREWED sideways because you will still FOLLOW whatever law the majority locks in. So why not be a part of that process despite EVERYTHING that's been told to you.
If I were you, I'd Repost this post. You don't have to. Just saying..
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The World Cup ends today. One game left. By tomorrow most of you visitors will be packing up, heading to the airport, going home.
So before you go, let me say the thing I actually want to say.
A few weeks ago I wrote a silly post about all the things you were discovering here. Free refills. Free water. Ice like civilized people. Chips and salsa before you even order. Air conditioning that is a fact and not a moral debate. Drive-throughs. Ranch by the gallon. The Germans standing in the HEB meat aisle in reverent silence, finally understanding why we do not have trains. Buc-ee’s, for which there are still no words.
It blew up, because it was true, and because you were so delightfully stunned by all of it.
Even the Wall Street Journal caught on. Their headline this week: how the US lost the World Cup and won over the world. We did not lift the trophy. But apparently we lifted something else.
We even learned a few things about ourselves along the way. Like the fact that Elon Musk, the single richest man on the planet, shops at HEB. Just rolls in and queues up for fresh tortillas with everybody else. The man could buy the tortilla company, the state it is in, and the moon it sits under, and instead he is standing in line at the hot-tortilla counter like the rest of us, because that is where the good ones are. Only in America is the wealthiest human alive elbow to elbow with a mom of four at the salsa bar. That is the whole country in one aisle.
And here is the part I want every one of you to hear on your way out the door.
None of it was a show.
We did not roll all this out because you were coming. The ice was always there. The refills were always free. The grocery stores were always the size of aircraft hangars at ten on a Tuesday. The stranger who adopted your whole section, the guy who gave you a ride, the waitress who remembered your order, the family that invited you to the cookout, that is not World Cup America. That is just America. That is Tuesday.
We are exactly like this when nobody is visiting. Loud, generous, ridiculous, overfed, and genuinely thrilled you came. We will still be exactly like this tomorrow when the stands are empty and the flags come down.
So thank you. To everyone who came, who sang in our streets, who cleaned our stadiums, who turned our cities orange and filled our bars and taught us your chants. You were wonderful guests, and you made a country that just turned 250 feel young and seen and loved.
And to everyone who could not make it this time, the door does not close today. We meant all of it. Come whenever. The porch light stays on, the fridge stays full, and there is always room for one more at the table.
You found out who we are these last few weeks.
Good news. We are like this all the time.
Safe travels home.
Y’all come back now, you hear. 🦋
🤖 Made with AI
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it hasn't sunk in for most people. we already live in a post-scarcity society. UBI is already here.
basic package: disability, medicaid, food stamps etc
bonus package: literally getting paid for staying at home and hanging out with your relatives
extra bonus: if you are willing to commit fraud, pretend your kids are autistic and get paid for that. get paid for watching your neighbor's kid. pretend you are taking care of your grandma. fake hospice clinic. fake rehab clinic. fake therapy clinic.
giga bonus: during a time of crisis take advantage of PPP or CARES and open a fake business and get paid for existing
people are shocked when they learn that defense is the FIFTH largest line item in the budget. ahead of defense: social security ($1.6T), interest on debt ($1.1T) medicare ($1T), medicaid + ACA ($1T), AND THEN defense ($0.9T)
complain about defense all you like, but healthcare fraud is a way bigger factor. hundreds of billions per year.
this is only going to get worse, because the fraud is a structural part of the system – payouts to client groups in exchange for votes (normally D).
in the US, only 47% of the population actually works (fully 14% of the population is working age and does not work). retirees are 18% and children 22%.
the system I described above subsidizes 50m non-working people absolute minimum, but really it's far more because people that are paid to stay home and take care of their relatives are considered "workers"
of that 47% of "actual workers" maybe one third does real work, the rest are shuffling papers around or doing fake email jobs. so you have, rough math, 50 million actual workers supporting 300 million dependents. that's the nature of the economy today. it will only accelerate. eventually you will have 10 million using AI tools to do all the work and 340 million dependents.
the reason no one roots out the fraud is because it's the system that keeps our extremely fragile polity intact. the fraud is the UBI. the purpose of the system is what it does.
of course, it's a deeply unfair system, because you are allowed to commit fraud if you are a politically protected client group of the democrats. DOGE was killed faster than any government program ever, because it attempted to root out the fraud. if you are honest and unwilling to commit fraud, you are a huge loser in this system. your neighbor will have their mortgage subsidized by some government program. they will get favorable SBA loans due to DEI. they will open a fake hospice or autism clinic. they will get paid for taking care of their neighbor's kid and vice versa. the primary skill in the labor market is learning how to extract money from state and federal government programs, not gaining skills or making yourself employable. if you are just trying to work an ordinary wagie job you are a huge sucker. you are paying 40-50% effective all in taxes to everyone else who is a net taker.
the sad part is because AI is such a substantial productivity boost, it will actually keep this system going for a while longer, and maybe in perpetuity. AI boosts the 15% of the population that is actually productive so much that the remaining 85% can coast by. no one in charge will change this because they can't think of anything else. the political costs of a real UBI program are too great and we don't have the money for it anyway. so we will keep this covert fraud-based UBI program running indefinitely. unfortunately, if you are an honest wagie, you lose.
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I do not understand why it’s so hard for the people to understand that the left wing and the right wing are connected to the same bird. Wake up people.
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Failure to pass the SAVE AMERICA ACT.
Failure to secure full DHS funding.
TONS of vacation time for the US Senate.
And 0 recess appointments for Trump.
@LeaderJohnThune is a total failure.
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🚨MISSING SENATE LEADER!
Be on the look out for a spineless missing South Dakota Senator. He was last seen in the early morning hours at an airport in DC.
His name is @LeaderJohnThune and he looks like the picture below. If you see this worthless coward, tell him 83% of Americans want the SAVE America Act passed!
RP this so he might be found and returned to DC.
