Scott @dissolvetoo

At the beginning of the war I asked a simple question, if you had to pay an extra $1-2/gallon for gasoline for a few months to ensure you would never be threatened with a nuke from Iran ever again would you put that extra money on your credit card?” Before you answer, for the average family that amounts to $100-200 per month for 4 months. $400-800. For the peace dividend that you would never have to pay the indirect tolls of that threat (which compounds to your benefit every month in higher costs) FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE AND YOUR CHILDRENS’ LIVES. Sit with that. Sit with thinking through all of the costs associated with what Iran’s conflict with the rest of the world were. Now ADD their people’s welfare to the global economy rather than their extracting a few hundred billion a year to fund terror, drugs, child trafficking, organized crime, etc. Think about who their real partners were. Think about which countries were their partners and fellow travelers… Those that turned a blind eye for the banking fees, or paid someone else the increased insurance which ended up on your monthly budget. Once you’ve begun to get your head around that, then realize that you’re probably only mapping 10% of the real costs. But my original question is exactly what just happened, and in the process we watched countries flip allegiances, come together to defend themselves, and others show you the limit of what they were willing to turn a blind eye to. Trump’s brand of foreign policy rankles a lot of people. It destroys the carefully constructed mind palaces of others, and exposes the grifts of all of them. When this period is over, it will be a new reality. It may even be a significantly better one. But that will be up to us, to accept that sometimes you have to punch the bully in the mouth to get him to shut up. By Labor Day oil prices in the US will be back to where they were before the war, except in California who has been working with our enemies to shut refineries and collapse its economy. They will be a mess. It will be OVER for normal folks. For those that see things clearly, this thing was over months ago.

He's always the Dem apologist. So annoying. I live in Raman's district, and all I see here are people complaining about her (those who even know who she is.) She hardly campaigned at all, so the idea she had an advanced "ground game" is hilarious. Now watch her get 15% in the general.

@JOBhakdi It's pretty hilarious how so many missed that your post was satirical. I guess that speaks to just how nutty the actual arguments from the "left" have become.

There are few "liberals" in the Democratic party any more. We all left (those of us who remember what liberalism actually is.) And many of us voted for Pratt. And of course it matters if our vote was overridden by fraud, legalized or not, regardless of what Trump did or didn't do.

Miraculously these people only voted for the third place Democrat (whom barely anyone has heard of and whom is despised here in her district, CD-4) and not for the first place Democrat. Oh, and these mystery voters also voted just enough to eke out a slim victory for the sales tax increase. They're like magic!

California governor’s race On June 3 Hilton was 27.6% and Steyer was 19.7%, a 7.9 point gap. By June 8 Steyer was 22.4% and Hilton was 25.0%, a 2.6 point gap. The formula needed roughly 3 more days of counting to get Steyer past Hilton. The pattern stopped the same day Steyer conceded. The numbers flatlined. The bottom panel shows the gap closing in a perfect straight line and exactly where it would have crossed zero if the pattern had continued.

Bring it on. We're all ready.

Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt

4 days ago

Saving LA - Phase III

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@thejefflutz We are governed by criminals in California. And now they won't let us vote them out of office. We'll see how long this lasts.

@SenWarren You are such a sad resentment monger. Nobody wants what you're selling.

@Melissa_in_CA @E_Barcohana @spencerpratt This is what I predicted would happen if they were extremely lazy in carrying out their fraud. And this is either extremely lazy and/or utterly hubristic. Probably a blend of both.

@TFL1728 And apparently being a pathologist who talks about peak oil now makes you a "PhD economist." 😅

@KarenBassLA No.

@walterkirn I'm guessing somebody has far worse than the maid outfit videos, and that video drop was just a warning. I don't think he's this dumb. At least I hope not.

@TruthAnswersAll I spotted this trend from eyeballing the data early on, so nice to see it calculated. Question is whether this level of precise manipulation (vote shifting) is more likely to be carried out via physical ballots or back-end data manipulation. I'd guess it would be the latter.

@thejefflutz @KalshiPolitics Thanks, Jeff. Waiting nervously here in LA. Unless people have dealt directly with the city government under Bass, they have no idea how objectively horrific it actually is. There is no accountability, the City Controller is useless, and the media cheers it all on.

Wow, I hope this is accurate. Currently going back and forth with Office of Finance people. It's all so absurd and such a violation of administrative law that it would be funny if it weren't so evil. They all went silent a few days before the election. I sure hope they are sweating, because I have the receipts.

@GovPressOffice California taxpayer here. Name two false claims he has published.

@EricLDaugh Bessent is a badass and a rockstar.

@ZaidJilani I think you need to talk to some gay people who are coherent, intelligent, and motivated by empathy rather than ideology. I fear you are way off the mark with this, and if you truly care about outcomes for gay youth, you should seek exposure to divergent points of view.

This is such a ridiculous strawman. You are way, way out over your skis here, Zaid. Those of us who lived as out gay people a few decades ago know exactly what it was like and how radically things have improved and will not tolerate such sophistry. By denying progress, you disrespect our sacrifices and endanger our gains.