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To all Democrats that are watching this unfold and can't understand how the public is voting for such an evil person: Take it from a former Democrat - the media has propagandized you. They have lied to you. They do not want to tell you the truth. They just want to make you a rabid Democrat supporter, regardless of how terrible the candidate is, so they can control you. They want your attention. That's it. They don't want to make you smarter or more informed. They want to control you. Today is a chance to break free of their chains. Start by recognizing that it is not your fault. Their grip is very strong. They've been doing this for decades. It is a corrupt system. Do not let other people think on your behalf. Do not outsource your intelligence. Do not let others control your mind. It's yours. Do not be afraid to trust your gut. Do not be afraid to question everything. Do not be afraid to speak out. We are all Americans. We love each other. We are building this country together. But we cannot do this effectively if we let others think on our behalf. Do not support a party just because others have told you to. Do not hate a person just because others have told you to. Only you get to decide, on your own merit. No one else.

Joe Rogan, the largest podcaster in the world and life-long Liberal, went from going out of his way to not platform Trump to endorsing him in one election cycle. Democrats need to take a hard look in the mirror and ask themselves why this is.

I hate how accurate this is.

Dear Hyundai, Please make exactly this. Signed, Earth

Shout out Tim Walz.

You wanna do something fun? Go on the DOGE website, click on any random contract, and google the company that was hired for that contract. 9 out of 10 have completely terrible websites. Which probably means the company solely exists to grift off the US taxpayer. Try it.

My high-level takeaways of the Elon Trump space: - Trump is a legitimately funny individual. He's a GIANT sh*t-talker. - Trump's policy is relatively moderate, but his long-winded delivery really waters down his policy stances. - The first hour and fifteen minutes was WAY too much Trump dominating the discussion. I wish Elon was a little bit more aggressive interrupting and chiming in. - The last 45 minutes was significantly better given that there was more back and forth. - For a brief moment, we had exchange of differing ideas (climate, EVs, energy, nuclear, oil) that was done in a very respectful and open-minded manner. - Towards the end, there were some legitimately great quotes from both individuals. Elon: "We have too much empathy for criminals and not enough empathy for victims". Trump: "I had a really good life before running, I didn't have to run, but I ran because this is bigger than me". - This is the ONLY format presidential candidates should discuss policy - long form. - Mainstream Media is dead AF. What did you think?

I worked at Tesla for 4.5 years. Easily the best culture I've ever been around for getting stuff done. The Federal Government is about to adopt Musk's company culture. This country will be unrecognizable in two years in the best way possible. I. Am. So. Excited.

I love how in the span of 2 weeks DOGE confirmed to the American public how incredibly corrupt and wasteful our government has been. Likely that > 50% of our tax dollars are been flushed down the toilet FOR DECADES.

I'm having an impossible time getting this chart out of my head. Doesn't this very strongly imply that the entire bureaucratic apparatus around our nation's capital is geared to serve one party? How else would one describe this?

There was precisely 0 stopping the Biden admin from doing this. Literally 0. Remember when Biden claimed that it was Congress' fault that they couldn't stop the mess at the border? Worst administration ever. Of all time. Easily.

X Has Already Won Elon Musk closed the acquisition of Twitter, now X, in October of 2022. Once that deal was closed, a bunch of advertisers left the platform out of fear of their brands being impacted by the new “Freedom of Speech” rules that X was looking to implement. The premise was that ads would be shown next to content that advertisers don’t want to be associated with, and because X would now allow more “improper” content, the chances of having a negative ad experience could increase. After leaving the platform for a few weeks, almost all advertisers have come back, albeit with lower ad spends. However, earlier this year, X gave guidance that the platform is near cash-flow neutral, minus debt obligations. This means that even though the platform has suffered losses in terms of ad revenue, the company is close to being self-sufficient. In other words, no outside cash has to be brought into the company to keep it alive, as long as the trend continues. Fast forward a few months, and after controversial comments made by Elon and an effort by Media Matters to encourage advertisers to boycott the platform, advertisers left again. However - just like the first time, after a few weeks, advertisers are beginning to come back. There’s confirmation that Netflix has started to spend ad money on the platform again, and per Elon at his recent conference in Italy, advertisers are beginning to come back to the platform en masse. I think all of this points to something quite clear - the Overton Window is beginning to shift, and with it, a massively profitable endeavor for advertisers. For those that are not familiar, the Overton Window is a term used to express what is “acceptable” to be discussed in a given time period. If you compare what is acceptable to be discussed on X today, vs what was acceptable on Twitter pre-acquisition, you can very clearly see that the “acceptable” topics are much more diverse and plentiful. This means that the Overton Window has shifted. Another example of this is also on YouTube. A few days ago, Mario hosted a space with Elon Musk, Alex Jones, Andrew Tate, and other folks discussing Alex’s reinstatement and a bunch of other topics. These topics pre-acquisition would not be admissible under Twitter’s former rules. What’s really interesting is that after making this edited content available on YouTube, YouTube has a) not taken down the content from the platform and b) allowed monetization on the content. This implies that advertisers are now becoming comfortable advertising on content that they weren’t comfortable with in the past. What does this mean for X? It’s quite simple - X’s willingness to stand for Free Speech, even when the CEO makes statements that cause the business to temporarily lose revenue, is creating a brand new market for advertisers that previously did not exist precisely due to an unwillingness to embrace Freedom of Speech. And because X’s entire approach has been to uphold Freedom of Speech and accept the repercussions that come with it, the platform has positioned itself as the premier place for content that will be generated on this principle. This same content is a market that advertisers have had 0 access to in the past because of the unwillingness of platforms to embrace Freedom of Speech, and the skittishness of ad agencies to sully their brands with controversial topics. On top of this, it’s a market that is untapped, which will generate billions of views, and billions of dollars, for creators and advertisers alike. I do not suspect we’ll see another advertisers boycott in the future because of this dynamic. There’s way too much money to be made, and now that the Overton Window has shifted to where the “public” is now “comfortable” with listening to dissenting and controversial opinions, advertisers will be tripping over themselves to advertise on X over the long term. In my opinion, people respect the notion of being allowed to think for themselves, and because this has been subdued for far too long, there will be an avalanche of interest for content that is specifically challenging and controversial. Ultimately, this will be massively profitable for advertisers due to the engagement and attention it’ll receive from the public. I posited when Elon bought the platform that X would win if they could make Freedom of Speech profitable, and I think we’re starting to see glimpses of this being the case.

I am ashamed to say I was once a Democrat. I feel like I've been scammed.

Trump pushing for an Amendment for Term Limits in Congress. Yes.

The IRS having a Union is literally the worst sentence I've ever read in my life.

I am ashamed to say I was once a Democrat. I feel like I've been scammed.

To all Democrats that are watching this unfold and can't understand how the public is voting for such an evil person: Take it from a former Democrat - the media has propagandized you. They have lied to you. They do not want to tell you the truth. They just want to make you a rabid Democrat supporter, regardless of how terrible the candidate is, so they can control you. They want your attention. That's it. They don't want to make you smarter or more informed. They want to control you. Today is a chance to break free of their chains. Start by recognizing that it is not your fault. Their grip is very strong. They've been doing this for decades. It is a corrupt system. Do not let other people think on your behalf. Do not outsource your intelligence. Do not let others control your mind. It's yours. Do not be afraid to trust your gut. Do not be afraid to question everything. Do not be afraid to speak out. We are all Americans. We love each other. We are building this country together. But we cannot do this effectively if we let others think on our behalf. Do not support a party just because others have told you to. Do not hate a person just because others have told you to. Only you get to decide, on your own merit. No one else.

If you've been a US Citizen for at least 35 years and can prove you've lived in the US for that length of time, you should be allowed to run for President.

I'm having an impossible time getting this chart out of my head. Doesn't this very strongly imply that the entire bureaucratic apparatus around our nation's capital is geared to serve one party? How else would one describe this?

X Has Already Won Elon Musk closed the acquisition of Twitter, now X, in October of 2022. Once that deal was closed, a bunch of advertisers left the platform out of fear of their brands being impacted by the new “Freedom of Speech” rules that X was looking to implement. The premise was that ads would be shown next to content that advertisers don’t want to be associated with, and because X would now allow more “improper” content, the chances of having a negative ad experience could increase. After leaving the platform for a few weeks, almost all advertisers have come back, albeit with lower ad spends. However, earlier this year, X gave guidance that the platform is near cash-flow neutral, minus debt obligations. This means that even though the platform has suffered losses in terms of ad revenue, the company is close to being self-sufficient. In other words, no outside cash has to be brought into the company to keep it alive, as long as the trend continues. Fast forward a few months, and after controversial comments made by Elon and an effort by Media Matters to encourage advertisers to boycott the platform, advertisers left again. However - just like the first time, after a few weeks, advertisers are beginning to come back. There’s confirmation that Netflix has started to spend ad money on the platform again, and per Elon at his recent conference in Italy, advertisers are beginning to come back to the platform en masse. I think all of this points to something quite clear - the Overton Window is beginning to shift, and with it, a massively profitable endeavor for advertisers. For those that are not familiar, the Overton Window is a term used to express what is “acceptable” to be discussed in a given time period. If you compare what is acceptable to be discussed on X today, vs what was acceptable on Twitter pre-acquisition, you can very clearly see that the “acceptable” topics are much more diverse and plentiful. This means that the Overton Window has shifted. Another example of this is also on YouTube. A few days ago, Mario hosted a space with Elon Musk, Alex Jones, Andrew Tate, and other folks discussing Alex’s reinstatement and a bunch of other topics. These topics pre-acquisition would not be admissible under Twitter’s former rules. What’s really interesting is that after making this edited content available on YouTube, YouTube has a) not taken down the content from the platform and b) allowed monetization on the content. This implies that advertisers are now becoming comfortable advertising on content that they weren’t comfortable with in the past. What does this mean for X? It’s quite simple - X’s willingness to stand for Free Speech, even when the CEO makes statements that cause the business to temporarily lose revenue, is creating a brand new market for advertisers that previously did not exist precisely due to an unwillingness to embrace Freedom of Speech. And because X’s entire approach has been to uphold Freedom of Speech and accept the repercussions that come with it, the platform has positioned itself as the premier place for content that will be generated on this principle. This same content is a market that advertisers have had 0 access to in the past because of the unwillingness of platforms to embrace Freedom of Speech, and the skittishness of ad agencies to sully their brands with controversial topics. On top of this, it’s a market that is untapped, which will generate billions of views, and billions of dollars, for creators and advertisers alike. I do not suspect we’ll see another advertisers boycott in the future because of this dynamic. There’s way too much money to be made, and now that the Overton Window has shifted to where the “public” is now “comfortable” with listening to dissenting and controversial opinions, advertisers will be tripping over themselves to advertise on X over the long term. In my opinion, people respect the notion of being allowed to think for themselves, and because this has been subdued for far too long, there will be an avalanche of interest for content that is specifically challenging and controversial. Ultimately, this will be massively profitable for advertisers due to the engagement and attention it’ll receive from the public. I posited when Elon bought the platform that X would win if they could make Freedom of Speech profitable, and I think we’re starting to see glimpses of this being the case.

Twitter has a Dick Pic Bot confirmed. Whoever comes up with the best name for the bot wins a free sub.

The car on the left has a gas engine and gets 20 MPG. It has 21 miles of electric range. It gets a $7,500 EV Tax Credit. The car on the right is ELECTRIC ONLY and gets 113 MPEe. It has 330 miles of range. IT DOES NOT GET A $7,500 EV TAX CREDIT.

Why I'm Voting For Donald Trump. This is a sentence I didn't see myself writing not even a month ago. I've been a disenfranchised, politically homeless voter since 2019. As a former Democrat, I grew tired and insulted at their constant lying, gaslighting, and looking down on the voting base. I felt like I wasn't really supporting a party - I was expected to vote for them because they are the 'good guys'. Not voting Democrat automatically made me a bad person, and forget it if I voted Republican. I'd be labeled a literal fascist. Once I realized this was the core messaging of the party - not one of ideas or trying to make the country better, but one of virtue, I left. Since, I felt like we were picking between the lesser of two evils - that an agent or administration that tirelessly worked for true, large scale, positive change did not exist. Instead, we would have to be happy with a slow march towards certain collapse. This is because I feel that the current state of politics and government is extremely inefficient, wasteful, and corrupt. It's a machine that chews up and spits out anything that attempts even the vaguest form of big change. It makes almost everyone - especially as of late - bend to its will. This has resulted in increasingly terrible trends as a society. A ballooning Federal budget. A $35 trillion deficit. Yearly interest payments that are larger than our defense budget. A cozy and corrupt relationship between industry and regulators. Awful health outcomes. Incredibly expensive healthcare, higher education, and housing. A spike in anxiety and depression. An obsession with limiting the speech of the people. Almost everything important has been moving in the wrong direction, and I felt hopeless. But, I became very excited at the thought of an RFK Jr. presidency in 2024. I thought RFK would have a legitimate chance of breaking open the system and bring new, fresh ideas to the table. His controversial past didn't bother me, but what really impressed me was his willingness to have open, long form, complex dialogues about literally any topic. I found him to be well researched and well read in many different areas, and I got a sense that he truly cared about the country. I didn't agree with everything, but I sensed his honesty and his well-meaning nature. I thought he would make a great leader. This was in stark contrast to the usual, boring, borderline insulting caricatures that politicians are today. Then, the Democrat party pushed him out. My disdain for the Democrats grew to an all-time high, but RFK running as an Independent took my excitement to a whole new level. Then - he dropped out. Hopelessness returned. However, something changed in the last few weeks as I've really started to analyze the current state of the race. It started with me noticing that Trump was receiving the same legacy media treatment that Tesla and Elon Musk have traditionally received - both stories that I've followed very closely for a really long time. If I could make a dollar for every false or misleading story about either of those two, I would be the world's first trillionaire (at least publicly known). This made me realize that a lot of my preconceived notions about Trump were misplaced. This was further reinforced by his long-form podcast run. I was able to listen to countless hours of Trump speak without the distortion lens from Legacy Media. Legacy Media's obsession with lying painted an unfair picture in my brain of Trump, and once that became clear, my immediate dismissal of Trump faded. He is far from perfect, but I do not think he's an evil figure. For every fault that Trump does exude, I can identify the same thing on the other side that is far worse - namely the cover up of the Hunter Biden Laptop which was literal election interference, the awful measures during COVID that literally destroyed the lives of countless families, and the government's obsession with silencing dissent - a literal violation of the first amendment. So now that both sides are on much more even footing, the following became clear. First - not voting is not an option. Having the perfect candidate will never exist, and as a citizen of the country, it's my duty to vote for the options that are in front of me. I can try to enact change while voting for what we have. Not doing so, by default, is a wasted chance to shape the future for the benefit of my family. Second - given that I will vote, I need to analyze the most important variables to me and make a decision on which candidate is likeliest to execute on them. For me, it's very simple - our current system is broken. Government is far too large, it wastes far too much, and it generates the exact opposite outcomes far too often. The system needs a hammer. I was extremely fortunate to work in environments where we got done way more than anyone else with way less than anyone else. It's possible. It's a matter of strong leadership, getting the right people, and empowering them to make it happen. It can be done. It hurts and it's super hard, but it can be done. You can start at the government execution level, and then allow that culture to set the standard for the rest of government. Once the people can see and feel that it can be done, candidates and the people will be inspired to get public servants in there that will make positive change like it's never been done before. Now the question becomes - which of the two choices in front of me is more likely to execute against this vision? If I look at the Harris campaign - I see not only more of the same, but more of the same on steroids. I view the Harris campaign as an extension of the Biden campaign, which is currently being helmed by a person with beyond obvious cognitive challenges. By default, this means that Biden is not really running much of anything in earnest - it's the system behind him that's running everything. The same system that I view as inept and corrupt. Kamala has done nothing in my eyes to create any meaningful separation from this. If anything, with the endorsement from pro-war Neocons like Dick Chaney and others, all that tells me is that the Democrat party is the system party to the maximum. I should not expect any meaningful change with the Democrats in charge. If anything, the current trend will likely get worse, with the military industrial complex growing stronger, the size of government growing bigger, and the continuation of more of the same. In my eyes, this path leads to certain ruin, and furthering this by any meaningful distance makes no sense. However, when I look at the Trump admin, I see a legitimate chance for real change. I see a cohort of nontraditional members leading the party. RFK Jr. Tulsi Gabbard. Elon Musk. Vivek Ramaswamy. Nicole Shanahan. For starters, this is a diverse group of people with different backgrounds and different moral viewpoints that have come together under one nontraditional candidate. Each one represents ideals that I closely relate with, but set that aside. By default, a nontraditional set of members, especially members like Elon Musk, will have a higher chance of enacting large scale, positive change vs the alternative. The alternative is a guarantee of the continuation of more of the same. I cannot vote for more of the same. But I can vote for big change - even if the chance is small - because not voting increases the chance of more of the same continuing. And so the question becomes - what are the chances that they cannot enact big change? What if it turns out that Trump's team does the opposite and they make everything way worse? Yes - that's definitely a risk. But the reality is that the Democrats will for sure not enact large scale positive change. The chance of that is as close to 0% as you can get. However small it may be, under Democrat leadership my feeling is that the path towards ruin will continue. But with Trump, the chance of a massive reversal exists. And I am much more willing to vote for the chance to make it much better than to continue on the march towards ruin. And in the worst case, I have faith in the American system to throw out a Trump administration if it truly does get out of hand, but I personally do not see that happening. If it keeps going this way, we're leading ourselves to ruin. Why not give ourselves a chance instead?

X is an existential threat to Mainstream Media. Mainstream Media being neutral towards X is extremely unlikely.

A big problem for Democrats in 2024 is that they’ve painted Trump as literal evil incarnate. In response, Trump is going on a ton of long-form podcasts where a lot of independents are watching and listening to Trump speak - many of them for the first time - and are able to form an opinion based on what they see first hand. This is a stark contrast to how a lot of us have absorbed information in the past, which is whatever Legacy Media has shoved down our throats. It is not secret that Legacy Media, by and large, has a left-leaning bias. This will - without a doubt - win voters that are unhappy with the system (which is A LOT of people - 19% of the country think Congress is doing a good job, 50% of the country identifies as Independent). Trump’s entire position since the beginning is being the hammer to whatever we’ve built thus far, which has been very ineffective for many to put it mildly. His ability to be an effective hammer is still an open question. However, by default, if Kamala doesn’t start doing long-form interviews or podcasts where Independents are able to gauge, first hand, her policy and who she is as a person, she will lose, and likely lose by a lot. Anecdotally - I have many folks within my circle that I consider to be independent voters. As a whole, my circle leans left. None of them are enthusiastic about Kamala, and all of them have been softer on Trump vs 2020. This is obviously in stark contrast to many polls, so my very small sample could be totally wrong. But just like 2016, I think polls are missing a very significant shift in the general public. I think this shift is being driven by many choosing to forgo Legacy Media as their primary source of information, and instead absorbing information from more independent voices. A lot of these voices, at least from what I’ve noticed, are questioning the system much more often, much more loudly, and much more confidently. I think how COVID was handled, paired with Government’s heavy-handed approach to silence speech that was challenging the ‘true’ narrative - which by the way is now proven to be unquestionable true (Twitter Files, Zuck’s letter)… which is a literal obstruction of the First Amendment - have many convinced that whatever we’ve got going on now ain’t working. In short - the whole ‘Trump is an evil dictator’ and ‘Kamala is an evil communist’ rhetoric is shallow and does nothing. Instead, in depth discussions that reveals the individuals character, paired with policy, will win the day. Only podcasts can do this, and only one candidate has taken this on. Let me know what you think.

To say that 'Elon Musk' is the 'President' implies that people are too stupid to think for themselves. For the first time, thanks to X, the public is seeing what is actually happening in our government at scale. Elon's account acts as a megaphone to bring attention to what's happening. Individuals are then analyzing the information and making a judgement on its legitimacy. Elon's posts going viral are not a function of Elon - it's a function of how many people are upset with the Government. The difference now is that the public has a feedback mechanism to understand what's happening and voice their displeasure. It is, in fact, We The People, and Congress has long forgotten this fact. Career Politicians have belittled the public for far too long.

My high-level takeaways of the Elon Trump space: - Trump is a legitimately funny individual. He's a GIANT sh*t-talker. - Trump's policy is relatively moderate, but his long-winded delivery really waters down his policy stances. - The first hour and fifteen minutes was WAY too much Trump dominating the discussion. I wish Elon was a little bit more aggressive interrupting and chiming in. - The last 45 minutes was significantly better given that there was more back and forth. - For a brief moment, we had exchange of differing ideas (climate, EVs, energy, nuclear, oil) that was done in a very respectful and open-minded manner. - Towards the end, there were some legitimately great quotes from both individuals. Elon: "We have too much empathy for criminals and not enough empathy for victims". Trump: "I had a really good life before running, I didn't have to run, but I ran because this is bigger than me". - This is the ONLY format presidential candidates should discuss policy - long form. - Mainstream Media is dead AF. What did you think?

Fuck people who burn the American flag - but are we really throwing away Free Speech already?