Today’s crazy idea: If you want to take it out of the elderly’s hide, isn’t there an obvious mild means-test compromise solution: Let the 20% *overall* cut happen, but make the cut nothing for the poorest recipients, and about 40% for the richest, and 20% about halfway between https://t.co/SjmXaDZGz3
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Jun 25, 2026
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Why wasn’t a reasonable government response to evacuate the surrounding community? Expensive, yes. But what are taxes for?** People are going to have serious health problems down the road …
**Or get Caruso to pay for it. (“Boyle Heights is deeply personal to me.”) https://t.co/AtSCLorFzU
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Jun 25, 2026
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Hmm … https://t.co/sBA3MpPJ2T
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Jun 25, 2026
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Great Obama clip … https://t.co/zFqZuEOmru
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Jun 25, 2026
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Was it Foundation where they developed a computer program to discover if politicians’ statements had any meaning to them or just boiled down to zero? You don’t need a computer for most of Caruso’s feed these days. https://t.co/SGmPOHXJPs
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Jun 25, 2026
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Wasn’t that how Andrew Cuomo screwed up the revival of Harlem for years? https://t.co/Lw3FqqDyy0
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Jun 25, 2026
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This must be what Bass was anticipating. But will it work? … https://t.co/HCJmREGwgU
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Jun 25, 2026
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For Kirk’s groveling insta-apology, see https://t.co/BFgI5H9Ch8 “’It is outrageous that the chairman of the Democratic Party is suggesting a means test for Social Security,’ said Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Los Angeles).”
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Jun 25, 2026
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Has the means test’s time finally come? Charlie Peters flogged it for years. DNC chair Paul Kirk had to immediately apologize when he brought it up in 1985. (” I should not have mentioned the subject of a means test.”) Bruce Babbitt’s 1988 campaign died on that hill. What https://t.co/jBoXHIPvRp
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Jun 25, 2026
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June 25, 2026 at 01:02AM
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Coupal has now put his “no deal” in writing. Was Bass talking through her hat or does she know something? https://t.co/ASH7BYoCOM https://t.co/JfUWXHdjWD
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Jun 24, 2026
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Strange that Polymarket’s odds on the LA mayoral race haven’t really changed in a week–DSA member Raman still 37 vs. 62% behind. Raman seems undervalued. https://t.co/PvO7LeFKY4 PS I don’t like (use, trust) prediction markets.
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Jun 24, 2026
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Don’t look under that rock! https://t.co/aQhpsJ7LtO
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Jun 24, 2026
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That report was the flimsiest piece I’ve ever heard on @Marketplace https://t.co/RawUCyX5Wr
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Jun 24, 2026
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Bass also said that Coupal had agreed to IAEA inspectors … https://t.co/qdk298kOrp
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Jun 24, 2026
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I don’t quite understand what’s in this deal for Coupal. They [Dem establishment] have to fix the badly drafted ULA [mansion tax] anyway. So their compromise offer is to do what they want to do quicker? https://t.co/qdk298kOrp
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Jun 24, 2026
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So there’s a generational (anti-Boomer) constituency to just let the 20% cut happen? https://t.co/SDlytqZ0Gt
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Jun 23, 2026
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I can’t help but feel that part of the appeal of the Musk Mars venture is that it preserves the work ethic that his AI-driven abundance will have destroyed on Earth. Can’t tolerate slackers on Moon! [I think this may be a plot point of The Expanse, among others] https://t.co/A9mFHrQjJb
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Jun 23, 2026
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PS I forgot–@pmarca’s blocked me too. What is it with these guys? Do you want to live in star-faring civilization run by hair-trigger blockers? (Reminds me: There is near-zero “steelmanning” in this essay. It’s still great.)
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Jun 23, 2026
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Long impressive piece by @pmarca & Co., laying out Musk’s grand interlocking vision –AI, moon colony, moon mining, moon manufacture, solar power, chipmaking, Optimus–all bent toward establishing a city of a million on Mars. Jaw drops every 3 paragraphs. The only problem is “Why
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Jun 23, 2026
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I was on John Phillips’ radio show today–available here https://t.co/bxaHHu1kbh I learned the possible secret reason Rick Caruso wimped out of a run for mayor (or governor), among other things. Phillips is hugely knowledgeable.
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Jun 23, 2026
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Clear it with Nithya! https://t.co/fyGigKbavM
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Jun 23, 2026
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I would link to this except Pratt’s blocked me (something I did God knows when but I’m doing it again). https://t.co/tMxV7dVg19
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Jun 23, 2026
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I would link to this except Pratt’s blocked me. Oh wait https://t.co/tMxV7dVg19
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Jun 23, 2026
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By 2019 there were several articles about Tulsi and Butler, including:
2015–https://t.co/A0Toe5P9zh
2017–https://t.co/z00rOgIJCb
2019–https://t.co/EbRvef543T
People should not be shocked and horrified https://t.co/HNjAbEUR3E
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Jun 22, 2026
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Butler’s interventions are actually not as bad as I’d expected. He didn’t order her to betray the US, or funnel him top secret info, or suck up to Modi so his sect could more easily be recognized as a legit part of mainstream Hinduism. On first read he was more like how Charlie https://t.co/HNjAbEUR3E
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Jun 22, 2026
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