He thinks Elon is the problem?
This is what oligarchy is: Elon Musk, the richest man alive, plans to spend at least $100 million to help elect Republicans. We must end this corrupt campaign finance system, get rid of Citizens United, ban super PACs and move to public funding of elections.
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Rick Santelli….the GOAT!
Remember: Rick Santelli single-handeldly launched the Tea Party movement with this epic rant. I watched it live. Totally glued. I went from sitting down, to standing & pumping my fist. Obama's 2009 bailouts were one of the biggest mistakes in history.
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AZ public schools are the reason for budget issues; ESA awards average roughly $10,300–$10,850 per pupil overall, while Arizona public schools spend about $12,000 (current expenditures) to $15,000–$16,000 (total reported funding) per pupil per the azed.gov website
At least $719 million in ESA vouchers has flowed to just 190 private schools as Arizona ranks near last in public school funding 12news.com/article/news/loca…
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Our crime rates aren't caused by a lack of surveillance. They're caused by a lack of prosecution and weak sentencing.
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Tammy Caputi was fired by Scottsdale Residents from the City Councel. She was bad for Scottsdale and is bad for AZ. This speaks for itself…
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AI thinks Mark Kelly is a liar.
Flipping the Arizona Legislature will give Democrats the majorities we need to lower costs and deliver real change for Arizonans. I’m proud to endorse the candidates running to flip and defend key districts across our state. ⬇️
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Katie Hobbs will fight for another nations land, but not the water we all rely on.
My office is in communication with Chairman Jose. The federal government should not bulldoze over tribal sovereignty. DHS needs to de-escalate and consult with the Tohono O’odham Nation to address their concerns—not force its way through tribal lands. azcentral.com/story/news/pol…
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If you’re being vilified for exposing fraud, you’re not the villain. They are…
Nick Shirley leaves NY Times reporter SPEECHLESS after she attempts to defend the Stop Nick Shirley Act, a bill designed to effectively silence journalists who expose fraud. This is exactly why no one trusts the legacy media.
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Mystery solved…
This is a fascinating coincidence Is it a coincidence??
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Axon bought politicians so they could build their mega project.
As long as @katiehobbs is governor, a citizen referendum lasts until a donor wants it dead She canceled Scottsdale’s vote after residents gathered nearly 30,000 signatures Now she wants credit for defending democracy She canceled ours. She can cancel yours @Jellenne @MerissaCaldwell @andybiggs4az @kwasny007 @jeffreym_nelson
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You skipped the part where he slept well at night knowing he could provide for himself no matter what. Being “rich” doesn’t necessarily mean having more stuff.
My uncle saved $650,000 for retirement. Skipped every vacation for 30 years to do it. Same truck the entire time. Packed his own lunch every single day. Never once ate out unless it was someone’s birthday. Died with the full $650,000 still sitting there. Never got to touch a dollar of it. His three kids split it evenly. Gone in under two years. New cars. A kitchen remodel. A trip to Cancun nobody needed. He gave up three decades of small joys to leave behind something that disappeared faster than the sacrifice that built it.
Community note
Multiple accounts have posted near-identical versions of this uncle retirement savings anecdote with varying details on amounts and habits. x.com/skumWgmi/statu… x.com/Aaronbennett/s… x.com/Zorx100x/statu…
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They also: Lived in a lesser house than they could afford. Drove lesser cars than they could afford Made more than they spent They invested and saved for retirement. Stop blaming your problems on others and take responsibility.
If your parents made $100K in 1990, you’d need $255K to have the same buying power today. $255K is the new $100K Let that sink in
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Axon is a terrible neighbor. They use their wallet to get what they want regardless of zoning laws and what residents think.
Be a shame if everyone knew Axons president donated to Hobbs
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Sales tax on used vehicles is a scam.
This 2018 Corvette Z06 has only 20,000 miles… and 3 owners. New: $90k → $5,850 sales tax Then sold for $70k → another $4,560 tax Then $65k → another $4,225 tax That’s ~$15,000 in sales tax collected on the exact same car in 7 years. It still has decades of life left. Every future sale = more tax. They’re not double-dipping. They’re infinitely taxing the same product. Does this make any sense?
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End the fraud.
👀 Phoenix Mayor @MayorGallego exposed! 🚨 Behind every government contract there always seems to be a politician with a donation. After making a post the other day about the million dollar scam the Phoenix city council is pushing, I took a deeper dive into who's profiting from this. I found a deep network of lobbyists, businesses, and elected officials working together to benefit themselves. I'll be releasing the shocking but not surprising details in the next few days. Is the Mayor accepting a max donation from a business she voted to award a contract to (for a very unpopular initiative), a conflict of interest? Has the Mayor lost your trust?
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We must get a handle on the welfare state.
Rome handed out free grain to 40,000 citizens in 73 BC. By 46 BC, Julius Caesar found 320,000 people lining up for their monthly ration. That eight-fold expansion happened in under three decades, and it shows you how welfare states actually grow. No Roman senator stood up and announced a plan to addict a third of the city to government bread. It happened incrementally, through political competition. Each magistrate who wanted votes expanded eligibility. Each expansion normalized the next one. The citizen who once considered the dole shameful eventually expected it, then demanded it, then organized politically to protect it. This is the core mechanism free market thinkers have identified across every era: once you create a transfer program, you create a constituency for that program. Recipients vote. Administrators build careers. Grain merchants who supply the state develop a stake in keeping the contracts flowing. The political economy locks in. Caesar, to his credit, actually cut the rolls back to 150,000 through verification audits. It was one of his more economically coherent moves, though the Senate still murdered him. His successors quietly let the numbers climb again. What did the dole require? Massive grain imports from Sicily, Sardinia, and Egypt, organized through state logistics at state expense, funded by taxation and conquest. When the conquest revenue dried up, the obligation remained. Rome had written a check against future military success, and future military success eventually failed to arrive. The lesson is not complicated. Distribute a benefit and you distribute dependency. Distribute dependency and you distribute political power to whoever controls the distribution. The grain dole didn't weaken Rome overnight, but it made every subsequent reform politically impossible.
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The reality
This is the way to combat the false lure of socialism to young women. With real stories. Great campaign from @IWV
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Funny how this works…
They’re all for socialism until they’re asked to apply that same concept to their grades.. Funny how that works. Watch this.
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