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Brilliant: drone footage of San Francisco yesterday to blade runner 2049 sound track
Andreas_sensei-Slava Ukrayini 🇺🇦
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When is the last time you heard from Zuckerberg about how he is running fb & instagram?
When is the last time you heard from the CEO of TikTok about how they are using our data?
Who even is the ceo of TikTok?!
How accessible are these leaders?
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Franco Ronconi 🇮🇹
Trump is flipping every moderate I know… and many life-long democrats, by speaking to all Americans in a way that the democrats have forgotten how to do.
There are a lot of lessons here for @TheDemocrats, from having a positive message to building a big, non-judgmental tent — and *listening* to your constituents as oppose to lecturing them.
Take notes 📝 dems, there’s a reason why you’re getting a shellacking
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I’m 100% in support of adults pursuing whatever gender they please, by whatever means they like.
More power to you!
However, we will look back at this time, when doctors and “professionals” pressured parents to perform surgery and give hormones to *children*, with great shame and regret.
The detransition stories are just starting, and they are devastating.
These stories always include the parents and children being bullied into making irreversible decisions.
They make decisions they don’t fully understand but are told will solve a complex problem. However, in most cases, this “problem” is solved best with love, compassion, counseling, and time.
Adolescence is challenging 100% of the time, as we all have experienced.
Imagine your darkest and most confusing moment as a teenager. Now, imagine a group of authorities telling you that your gender confusion causes all your pain and that you can solve all of that pain with surgery and hormones.
Now imagine the state of California acting to hide this child’s struggle from their parents — and then pursuing a gender transition covertly with the child.
That is the crime that is happening right now.
We don’t let kids smoke vapes or drink until they are fully informed of the ramifications of those decisions as adults — yet we put them on puberty blockers and have them do surgery to change their gender as teenagers?
What is the rush?
There isn’t one, so they tell the parents, “Your child will kill themselves if they don’t transition.”
This is pure evil.
There are no parents who agree with this, there are only bullied and confused parents… and that needs to end now.
I say this with unlimited compassion and love for any child or family dealing with gender dysphoria.
Please speak up parents.
The Post Millennial
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With this video, Harold Daggot has done more damage to unions than Jimmy Hoffa and Lee Kuan Yew — combined.
Threatening fellow Americans with losing *their* jobs if “his guys” don’t get a 77% raise while average Americans try to keep up with inflation is the peak of cutthroat behavior.
Disastrous approach.
The obvious strategy: give him what he wants in the short term, then automate everything you can and break the monopolies these unions have over our economy so he can never make good on his threats.
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They’re finding massive waste, fraud and abuse of our tax dollars… in the first two weeks!
Decades of grifting and stealing are coming to an end — finally!
Thank you @DOGE
Very few in the bureaucracy actually work the weekend, so it’s like the opposing team just leaves the field for 2 days!
Working the weekend is a superpower 😂
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I am done with California.
Will disclose my plans on All In this week.
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April Color
Our government is corrupt and stealing our money.
United airlines just put Starlink on 1,000+ planes, but the FCC claims we need to spend 5-10k per rural home for wired connections?!?
These homes are putting starlink in on their nickel while they wait for a cable modem in 10 years — wtf???
Pure corruption or insane stupidity — you decide!
2023 FCC: Claims that Starlink is not capable of providing high-speed Internet to thousands of people as the reason for revoking an $885M award to the company.
2024 FCC: Claims that Starlink provides so much high-speed Internet that the word monopoly should be tossed out there.
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Most amazing video I’ve seen in a long time… snowboarder saved by a skier — seems both were skiing alone in the deep powder. Always ski with a partner or two!
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Climate activists protesting… electric cars?!? 🤔🤦😂 nitter.app/ClownWorld_/status/183…
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Ok, I’ve watched 40 Charlie Kirk videos at this point… none of them were outrageous.
His opinions were the exact same as the Catholics I grew up with (and was one)
I disagree with many of those traditional beliefs, but none are shocking… in fact, they’re extremely predictable for a Catholic
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Tansu Yegen
I guess professional short sellers never considered what would happen if they got squeezed by a legion of tiny retail investors with 20-year-old forum software, a free-trading app, and a $600 stimulus check at their disposal
Perfect storm!
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How much would you pay to be verified & get a blue check mark on Twitter?
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Wouldn’t pay
2,005,055 votes • Final results
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So the state is the parent in California now @GavinNewsom?
Gavin Newsom signed AB1955 today which bans schools from making rules requiring parental notification if a child identifies as transgender.
Get your kids out of public schools.
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Independent of how you feel about Trump, you should be absolutely thrilled that Elon and @VivekGRamaswamy are joining forces to stop wasteful government spending
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Biden banned Tesla from the White House
Trump just bought a Tesla AT THE WHITE HOUSE
What a difference a year makes!
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What is this elegant style of surfing I keep seeing the ladies doing called?
It’s mesmerizing! nitter.app/InnovationHackn/status…
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99% OF AMERICANS ARE LOVING AND GET ALONG BRILLIANTLY WITH EACH OTHER — THE MEDIA & POLITICAL PARTIES ARE TRYING TO DIVIDE US SO THEY CAN CONTROL AND MONETIZE US
🐑 🛑 🐑
DONT BE A SHEEPLE
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Calling for genocide… is not bullying or harassment!?! 🤦
If you want to run a simple intellectually test, and hey I didn’t go to Harvard, just replace “Jews” in this question with any other ethic or religious groups.
Fire these fools immediately.
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Oh my lord, ever since CyberTruck, it seems that automotive designers have jumped the fence!
This @Hyundai N Vision 74 has me playing Kavinsky on 11
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Please stay on strike if you’re going to leave Top Gun Maverick off this list @aoscott
seriously how many of these films have you seen / heard of… for me it’s 0 / 2 !
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the exchange at 34 minutes… wow.
Sam Altman on God, Elon and the mysterious death of his former employee.
(0:00) Is AI Alive? Is It Lying to Us?
(3:37) Does Sam Altman Believe in God?
(6:37) What Is Morally Right and Wrong According to ChatGPT?
(19:08) ChatGPT Users Committing Suicide
(27:21) Will Altman Allow ChatGPT for Military Use?
(29:01) Altman’s Biggest Fear About AI
(31:39) Will AI Bring About Totalitarian Control?
(32:48) How Much Privacy Do ChatGPT Users Have?
(34:28) The Suspicious Death of Altman’s Former Employee
(41:37) Altman’s Thoughts on Elon Musk
(43:00) What Jobs Will Be Lost to AI?
(47:58) What Are the Downsides of AI?
(49:37) Is AI a Religion?
(52:31) The Dangers of Deepfakes
Includes paid partnerships.
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Actual footage of me cleaning up a cap table from an east coast startup nitter.app/HoldMyFlipFlopz/status…
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Ikigai (◕‿◕)
Richard
JK was correct all along: we shouldn’t run irreversible, science experiments on kids.
now that the science is confirming she’s right, these same lunatics are [ checks notes ] canceling the science! 🤦
You can’t cancel the truth, and the truth is we should leave these kids alone, let them grow up and THEN if they want to do irreversible treatments as well-informed adults, sure.. let them make an adult decision.
I say all this with complete compassion for anyone suffering from body or gender dysphoria 🙏🏼 ❤️
'We must not publish a study that says we're harming children because people who say we're harming children will use the study as evidence that we're harming children, which might make it difficult for us to continue harming children.'
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I’m a benefit of the doubt and always assume good faith guy.
However, we are being asked:
A. To NOT believe what we see with our eyes
B. To NOT believe the women when they tell us they took the hardest punches they ever felt
C. To NOT believe multiple tests around XY and testosterone
D. To TRUST the historically corrupt Olympic organization
This is a deadly seriously situation as minimum
it’s also profoundly unfair that we are even considering letting males or significantly physically advantaged individuals demolish their female counterparts.
Let just be completely honest and compassionate about what is happening here and drop all the identity politics.
It happened AGAIN. Biological males are being allowed in women’s sport - in BOXING at the Olympics - & it is grossly unfair and unsafe.
The athletes in question (from Algeria and Taiwan) are MALE. They have XY chromosomes. No uterus. Male testes. Male puberty. Male testosterone, muscle and bone growth and advantage. They were banned from the world championships last year bc they are male. Just bc their passports say female or they were raised as female does not make it so.
The IOC is responsible for endangering their female opponents and the rest of us are complicit if we remain silent.
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ITS CALLED LIVING YOUR BEST LIFE HATERS! nitter.app/HumansNoContext/status…
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scott belsky
I’m going to a kids play… they are requiring vaccine cards, Covid tests, and masks.
Ummm…. Ok
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Congrats to my bestie @DavidSacks on his new position as “White House AI & Crypto Czar” 🚀
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My firm invests in 100+ new tech startups a year & like everyone we standardized on Delaware C corps because our lawyers told us it was the most just & trustworthy jurisdiction
Given the corruption in Delaware we will be changing this immediately.
#standwithelon
The public vote is unequivocally in favor of Texas!
Tesla will move immediately to hold a shareholder vote to transfer state of incorporation to Texas.
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Publish the USAID database
Pause all payments for 100 days
Every single transaction under the microscope; let the daily wire, NYTimes and everyone in between into the offices to see where the money has been flowing
The country is on the brink of insolvency, sunlight on all spending until the budget is balanced — at then going forward
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I miss the crypto guys with the laser eyes telling us to “have fun staying poor” — where did they all go?
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I’m not anti-pharma, but I am pro-transparency.
How much money do the nytimes, CNN, NPR/public radio, & Fox News, each make from pharma advertising?
What percentage of their overall revenue is it?
Has it ever resulted in editorial pressure?
Americans deserve to know.
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Imagine paying insurance on your home for 30 years, never using it, and then having it canceled six months before it burns to the ground.
Heartbreaking ❤️🩹
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What a crock of shit… this dishonestly is why you lost so badly @AOC
There’s a list of controversial executive orders you could be debating and instead you’re literally making bullshit up
Just to be clear, you are defending a Heil Hitler salute that was performed and repeated for emphasis and clarity.
People can officially stop listening to you as any sort of reputable source of information now. You work for them. Thank you for making that crystal clear to all.
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The leading practitioner in the trans space, Johanna Olson-Kennedy, isn't talked about in mainstream media all that often -- but she is being sued.
I predict this will be a huge settlement AND it will break open the floodgates -- with thousands of kids suing their doctors, teachers and counselors.
What these doctors did to this generation of confused kids was pure evil -- and has since been banned in many developed countries.
The press also spent a decade lauding these individuals.
I have infinite compassion for the kids, and of course, adults, who are dealing with gender dysphoria -- but I have none for the doctors who put them on blockers or who did surgery on pre-teens and teenagers.
The awful illusion has finally been shattered, with increasing repercussions for the modern-day Mengeles who mutilated children.
The obvious truth is that you can change your appearance and dress with varying degrees of success, and I don’t oppose consenting, peaceful adults who do so, but you can never truly turn a man into a woman or a woman into a man.
That is biologically impossible.
Great credit to @jk_rowling for her stalwart fight against this incredibly destructive mind virus.
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DOGE needs to win the hearts and minds of *all* Americans or the machine is going to reject it. 🇺🇸
The #1 priority is showing Americans how their money is being wasted and stolen 🇺🇸
That’s why the WASTE and FRUGALITY leaderboards are such a powerful concepts 🇺🇸
So exciting! 🇺🇸
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Zuck kicked Trump off the largest platform in the world when that was the popular decision, now he’s bending the knee and firing the censors he enabled because that’s the popular decision.
He is the definition of a front runner.
If Kamala won, he would be doubling down on censorship.
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Whoa... that’s some sick CGI @elonmusk!!! 😂😂😂 seriously, is this the real world?!?!? 🤯
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Something very strange is going on with the numbers.
1. China says no new cases
2. People are running scenarios saying 10m-100m dead
3. Italy is in chaos but deaths are leveling out
4. Korea, China & Singapore are back to normal in 6-8 weeks?
None of this adds up. #coronavirus
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Obama lecturing young people to stop being social justice media warriors and to go out and actually do some thing in the world #Priceless
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Reasons people don’t get wealthy (a partial list):
1. A lack of skills
2. Lack of taking risks
3. Not building a network
4. Poor work ethic
5. Not reading books
6. Giving up after getting beat down
7. Fear
8. Being born at the wrong time
9. Being born in the wrong country
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Guy is mocking his own comb over — people love self deprecation and humor.
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Gross incompetence has become acceptable in our country — we must reverse this trend. If you fuck up this badly you need to resign instantly.
National Review
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My English friends tell me what’s happened in the UK is tragic and scary
While some neighborhoods are charming and safe, far to many have become literally lawless.
They said what we’ve seen in LA, SF and NYC is not comparable… which is insane
Citizens having demand basic law and order from elected officials is bizarre—it’s the number one job.
Deport criminals, foster assimilation and remove the lunatic officials
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This is extremely popular @aoc @SenSanders @SenWarren —- and the opportunity for @KamalaHarris and @JoeBiden to do it was there the entire time.
This, and inflation, is why you lost…
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The Trump administration should recognize Elon’s point about the budget & build a bridge with him — & the majority of Americans — who want to see us cut spending.
Here’s what they admin should say/do: “we hear you Elon, we are going to sharpen our pencils and iterate on BBB to address the Americans people’s concerns over the debt”
Take the off ramp!
False, this bill was never shown to me even once and was passed in the dead of night so fast that almost no one in Congress could even read it!
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Did @KamalaHarris or @JoeBiden congratulate the spaceX team today?
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These racist attacks are disgusting.
[ @sriramk is awesome, for the record ]
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TikTok is destroying a generation's essential brain function.
It's poison.
Don't let your kids near it.
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I love cowboys... they’re so wonderfully predictable. nitter.app/SERG__ROTENBERG/status…
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How much will each deportation cost?
I've heard $100,000+ per individual, which makes sense since that is what it would cost to house a prisoner for a year.
That's $100B for every one million deported...
... or $1.5T to deport all 15m.
worth it?
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$Doge army: please do this whenever someone talks about #bitcoin at any conference, anywhere!!! You have my permission, and I’m authorized to approve this behavior as Chairman of the Interwebz (print this tweet and show it to security) nitter.app/CryptoWhale/status/140…
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Mainstream media is losing their minds over @GovRonDeSantis announcing on twitter spaces
DeSantis is simply skating to where the puck is going
Americans don’t trust MSM any more, be it Fox News or msnbc—but they do trust their own ears & open platforms.
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I just bought my 6th and 7th Teslas... the new Y refresh and new Model X for family car.
The first five are Roadster #00016 (which I still own), Model S #0000001 (which I also still own), Model X (which I sold), Model 3 (which I sold) and OG Model Y (which I will keep forever as a ski house beater).
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Each American will pay $3,593 in interest payments this year... on our national debt!
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2023 Trend: many banks have been giving $2-5m venture debt to unprofitable, early-stage startups like they were Patagonia vests for the past decade — going to be a parade of shutdowns and recaps next year when these payments can’t be met.
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Would you like @JeffBezos to be a bestie guestie the #1 pod in the world? 😂
Like = Yes
Retweet = Heck Yes
I shared this note with the Washington Post team this morning:
I’m writing to let you know about a change coming to our opinion pages.
We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets. We’ll cover other topics too of course, but viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others.
There was a time when a newspaper, especially one that was a local monopoly, might have seen it as a service to bring to the reader’s doorstep every morning a broad-based opinion section that sought to cover all views. Today, the internet does that job.
I am of America and for America, and proud to be so. Our country did not get here by being typical. And a big part of America’s success has been freedom in the economic realm and everywhere else. Freedom is ethical — it minimizes coercion — and practical — it drives creativity, invention, and prosperity.
I offered David Shipley, whom I greatly admire, the opportunity to lead this new chapter. I suggested to him that if the answer wasn’t “hell yes,” then it had to be “no.” After careful consideration, David decided to step away. This is a significant shift, it won’t be easy, and it will require 100% commitment — I respect his decision. We’ll be searching for a new Opinion Editor to own this new direction.
I’m confident that free markets and personal liberties are right for America. I also believe these viewpoints are underserved in the current market of ideas and news opinion. I’m excited for us together to fill that void.
Jeff
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In light of our national conversation about open and lively discourse and debate, I rewatched my comments about @PalmerLuckey from a decade ago, when he was fired from Facebook.
Today, I'm embarrassed by them. I thought it was funny at the time, but it was overly personal and hurtful, akin to kicking a man when he's down (but certainly not out).
Also when Palmer confronted me about it, I got defensive when I should have just apologized in the moment.
So I'm taking this opportunity now to publicly apologize to Palmer Luckey. I regret my behavior.
All the best, JCal
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I will invest $250k into the seed round of any of these individual’s startups the day they leave DOGE — they’re clearly winners
Let them cook… the system is corrupt, our money is being wasted & the country is about to go insolvent.
Who cares how we turn around our impending bankruptcy — all that matters is we balance the budget and stop the bleeding
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Extremely savvy approach to downsizing government thus far.
First, it is impossible to criticize return to office for government workers. Tax payers want value for their hard-earned contributions.
Second, most Americans have never in their life been offered something so generous and an eight month package to resign.
BREAKING: Trump administration to offer all 2 million federal workers the chance to take a “deferred resignation” with a severance package of eight months of pay and benefits. 5-10% of the workforce is estimated to quit, which could lead to around $100 billion in savings.
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Here is the oldest trick in the journalism playbook: refusing to ask questions on email or get back written, thoughtful responses.
They want to talk “on background” in person or on the phone. When they do this they build trust in order to get you to spill the beans on your friends, colleagues and industry.
They can take five of these background calls, write “notes” that they show to their editors as “proof.”
They can then craft whatever story they want with disclaimer you read that say: “three folks who preferred to be off the record for fear of BLANK said BLANK.”
I know this trick, because when I was in journalism it was explicitly explained to me by former Nytimes, WSJ and magazine reporters.
If you want to protect yourself simply say to them “I’m happy to answer questions over email and off the record.”
Ask yourself, why do journalists refuse to take answers over email? These would be the most accurate wouldn’t they? Isn’t the job to be as accurate as possible? 🤔
Also, journalists will try and “warm you up” by asking you flattering questions before they ask the hard ones.
They will then leave out all the fluffy questions — even 99% of your total words — to simply get the one “off the cuff” response you give them at the end.
Again, I know this from my time as a journalist when these techniques were used to TRAIN US in how to get information.
Never speak to a journalist on the phone or in person. Never.
Always conduct your interviews by email if at all.
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Walz keeps this up and he will win the election for @TheDemocrats
The @GOP @realDonaldTrump and @JDVance should be very concerned right now
Acyn
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Putin started a war that killed hundreds of thousands -- but you will never hear even one ounce of modest criticism of Putin from certain people.
It's REALLY strange huh?
This is my personal account and these are my personal views. Zelensky’s thugs killed an American citizen and I’m not going to stop being pissed off about it. You don’t like it, stop following.
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.@KimKardashian is more successful than 99.99% of graduates from HBS -- but would have never been accepted to attend the program.
Tells you everything you need to know.
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Can you imagine being this bitter?!
Jeff should spend MORE on his wedding — he earned it!
Think how amazing free two day — & now same day — delivery has been!
not to mention the impact of Amazon basics, AWS & the kindle
You’ve contributed nothing to society but division and hate @SenWarren
If Jeff Bezos can afford to rent Venice for a $50 million wedding, he can afford to pay his fair share in taxes.
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If @KamalaHarris / @Tim_Walz goes for the wealth tax on unrealized gains that is a) unconstitutional and b) disqualifying for me.
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