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research fellow @heritage | @dailysignal | @YJConservatives |NACoTweets & @ALEC_states alum | free market fundamentalist | attorney | tweets/views my own 🇺🇸🇮🇱
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With credit card debt soaring, inflation eroding salaries, home ownership costs more than doubling, and 1 million+ full-time jobs disappearing-- it's no surprise families feel gloomy about the economy.
@BottomLineFBN
@Heritage
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@PressSec
Inflation this past year of 8.5% is near a 40-yr high.
⛽️Gas +44.0%
✈️Airfare +27.7%
🥚Eggs +38.0%
🥓Bacon +11.7%
🍗Chicken +17.6%
🥛Milk +15.6%
☕️Coffee +20.3%
🥪Lunchmeat 18.0%
🍞Flour +22.7%
🍊Citrus +11.9%
🧈Butter +22.4%
🍚Rice +12.7%
🥖Bread +13.7%
🍜Soup +19.1%
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@lyndseyfifield
@ThierryBreton
@elonmusk
Almost refreshing to see a petty tyrant speak so candidly about the desire to restrict speech.
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@POTUS
Celebrating? Inflation of 8.3% remains near a 40-yr high.
⛽️Gas +25.6%
🛋️Furniture +12.8%
✈️Airfare +33.3%
🥚Eggs +39.8%
🍗Chicken +16.6%
🥛Milk +17.0%
☕️Coffee +17.6%
🥪Lunchmeat 18.2%
🍞Flour +23.3%
🍊Oranges +14.4%
🧈Margarine +38.3%
🍚Rice +13.0%
🥖Bread +16.2%
🍜Soup +18.2%
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Sen.
@RandPaul
on the
#OmnibusBill
: "Republicans are emasculated and have no power...This is a nightmare way to run the government. I won't participate in it. And I will tell them that it's a rotten, no good way to run a country." He's 100% correct.
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The “transitory” price hikes continue:
⛽️ Gas +48.7%
✈️ Airfare +37.8%
🚗 Used cars +16.1%
🏨 Hotels +22.2%
🥚 Eggs +32.2%
🥓 Bacon +15.3%
🍗 Chicken +17.4%
🥛 Milk +15.9%
☕️ Coffee +15.6%
🥩 Beef +10.2%
🍞 Flour +13.7%
🐟 Fish +12.2%
🍊 Citrus +16.1%
🧈 Margarine +20.5%
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Russia’s invasion of
#Ukraine
will coincide with the sudden end to the pandemic & be used by politicians as a primary cause for the
#inflation
, supply shortages, & malaise already gripping our economy thanks to their fiscal imprudence and deeply immoral shutdowns.
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@AaronCr04135005
@ConceptualJames
Exporting plastic waste for proper disposal is the polar opposite of dumping waste into the oceans.
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@LHSummers
The windfall profits tax is an attempt to convince us that fossil fuel companies are responsible for the price increases ACTUALLY caused by blending requirements, draconian regs, blocking pipeline & refinery construction, and restricting drilling/fracking.
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As a Jewish conservative attending
#NatCon3
, I especially felt the anti-semitism eating catered kosher meals amidst kippahs, Jewish friends, & rabbis — and hearing an Orthodox Jew deliver a spirited Torah message on stage to conclude the conference. Do better,
@jonathanchait
.
Antisemitism has gained a foothold in the GOP. And no recent development in American life has done more to throw American Jews’ safety and civic equality into doubt.
@jonathanchait
writes
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Inflation this past year of 8.3% stuck near a 40-yr high.
⛽️Gas +25.6%
🛋️Furniture +12.8%
✈️Airfare +33.3%
🥚Eggs +39.8%
🍗Chicken +16.6%
🥛Milk +17.0%
☕️Coffee +17.6%
🥪Lunchmeat 18.2%
🍞Flour +23.3%
🍊Oranges +14.4%
🧈Margarine +38.3%
🍚Rice +13.0%
🥖Bread +16.2%
🍜Soup +18.2%
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@MaxwellFrostFL
@IlhanMN
Shameful that you are supporting one of the nation’s most notorious antisemites,
@IlhanMN
. Jew hatred is alive and well. Your support of her furthers it.
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Biden demanding rich "pay their fair share"-- fails to mention that the top 1% pay close to HALF of all income taxes.
@StephenMoore
#SOTU2024
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A national
#lockdown
ordered by the federal government would be unconstitutional, unlawful, & destructive.
One of
#JoeBiden
's medical advisors is suggesting a
#lockdown
of 4 to 6 weeks that thinks could control the
#coronavirus
pandemic, and revive the
#economy
.
@joelgriffith
@Heritage
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“Crime is down in all categories in Washington, DC,” says
@MayorBowser
on
@SquawkCNBC
.
Laughable claim- the city is one of the most dangerous places in the nation.
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@brad_polumbo
Student visa holders who support Hamas have lost their right to remain in the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Act, Section 212(a)(1)(B)(i)(VII) specifies that an alien is inadmissible if he "endorses or espouses terrorist activity or persuades others to endorse or espouse
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The highest
#inflation
in 40 years, supply shortages, & decline in real wages are a direct result of the imprudent shutdowns beginning in 2020, the RECKLESS government spending, and the even MORE DESTRUCTIVE spending (and fiat money printing).
#SOTU
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@charliebilello
That’s 12 consecutive INCREASES in prices — and each year over year increase is far higher than the so-called target 🎯 of 2.0%.
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#Inflation
explained by
@KevinRobertsTX
& Sen.
@RandPaul
: “Under the auspice of ‘science,’ government-imposed
#COVID
[restrictions] ravaged our economy by choking the supply of goods & services without even containing the disease as promised.” 1/2
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@CapitolPolice
allowing a
pro-Hamas riot inside the Capitol building. Just a reminder: Police cut off a youth group singing the national anthem in the rotunda just months ago. Hamas supporters welcomed; patriotic children, not so much.
This is currently the scene in the Cannon House Office building, which has been taken over by pro-Hamas demonstrators.
I’ve been reliably informed that storming a government building means pre-trial solitary confinement for at least a year.
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NYC police intruded on a private room of Jews simply studying Torah (while 6 feet apart in accordance with CDC social distancing guidelines). Fines of $1000 each issued.
@TheDiscipulus
@HowardSlugh
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@AmyMek
This is religious practice protected by our First Amendment. Furthermore, ritual slaughter—if done correctly—is neither barbaric nor torturous, but is done humanely in order to minimize pain. As a Jew, I’m fully supportive of protecting the religious freedom of Muslims & other
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@fdmlearn
Ensuring that a thief cannot profit from stealing your property is not “wickedness.” The “wickedness” is the decision by Burkina Faso to steal the private property of the mining companies.
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@GeorgeMasonU
@StopAntisemites
Property destruction is indeed criminal conduct and is not protected speech.
Releasing video of such criminal activity is not “doxing.”
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Inflation this past year of 8.2% AGAIN near a 40-yr high.
⛽️Fuel oil +58.6%
⚡️Electricity +15.5%
🐕Pet food +14.0%
✈️Airfare +42.9%
🥚Eggs +30.5%
🍗Chicken +17.2%
🥛Milk +15.2%
☕️Coffee +15.7%
🥪Lunchmeat 17.0%
🍞Flour +24.2%
🍊Oranges +14.9%
🧈Margarine +44.0%
🥖Bread +14.7%
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Hamas-supporters harassed an Orthodox Jewish synagogue (
@kesherisrael
) in Washington, DC, on Shabbat, following congregants en route to the synagogue for afternoon prayers. Such vile antisemitism on display in the nation’s capital.
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A police officer on the scene told me DC government releases this individual (and others who are threatening) almost immediately after detainment. THIS is why violent crime in surging in
@MayorBowser
’s DC. Soon after he leaves Union Station, he’ll be roaming the streets. Time for
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“Transitory” inflation over the past year:
⛽️Gas +44.0%
✈️Airfare +27.7%
🥚Eggs +38.0%
🥓Bacon +11.7%
🍗Chicken +17.6%
🥛Milk +15.6%
☕️Coffee +20.3%
🥪Lunchmeat 18.0%
🍞Flour +22.7%
🍊Citrus +11.9%
🧈Butter +22.4%
🍚Rice +12.7%
🥖Bread +13.7%
🍜Soup +19.1%
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@MayorBowser
Another carjacking—this time in the presence of multiple police officers. Violent crime is surging across DC. Yet
@MayorBowser
chirps, “The state of Washington, DC, is strong.” 🤡
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@AdamKinzinger
“Pay your credit card” by running up more debt to pay the existing balances, demands
@AdamKinzinger
. As a reminder, the former congressman repeatedly voted for bloated federal spending to be paid for by higher taxes, more borrowing, more money printing, and higher inflation.
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It's a record hot streak for food inflation! For the first time in records dating back to the 1940s, monthly food costs have risen MORE than 0.7% for 8 consecutive months. Yet, Biden claims inflation of "just an inch" in August.
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While the Leftist elite enjoy their filet mignon and private jets, they wage war on farmers and fossil fuels. End result of this green agenda? Ask the protestors in Sri Lanka.
Thanks for having me on,
@IngrahamAngle
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#AntiSemitism
Is an Attack on American Principles.
@JosephLoconte
explains.
@AdamMilstein
@SaraCarterDC
@Heritage
@EmilieTHF
@RabbiShmuley
@yitztendler
@davidamilstein
@NRO
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@thestustustudio
Arrest, prosecute, and incarcerate students engaged in criminal trespass, unlawful assembly, and disorderly conduct.
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@LoriLightfoot
Your Covid-19 shutdowns harmed the spiritual, psychological, and financial well-being of Chicago residents. Your soft-on-crime policies sparked the worst crime wave in a generation. To claim you’ve made “progress” in making Chicago “safer” is an outright lie. Goodbye, Mayor
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Obama and Carter won
#Nobel
Prizes for seeking peace in the Mideast while in actuality undermining it. Surely
@realDonaldTrump
deserves one for seeking peace in the Mideast and actually advancing it.
#AbrahamAccords
#AbrahamAccord
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Jew hatred on display tonight in
@MayorBowser
’s DC— pro-Hamas riot ongoing at Union Station.
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Congress Breaking the Rules Carries a High Price Tag.
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@LoriLightfoot
Sadly, the Roe decision has ZERO impact on the legality of abortion in Illinois or Chicago because the state legislature is extreme in its pro-abortion stance. You as mayor DO bear responsibility for your inept response to the violent crime surge.
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Alito’s Supreme Court majority opinion: “The Constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision..It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people's elected representatives.”
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Fed Chair Powell says he wants "price stability." Yet he approved the central bank printing nearly $5 trillion over two years (more than $55,000 per family of four)-- helping to increase the money supply by 40%. His leadership is the PRIMARY culprit behind the surge ininflation.
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An unlawful, unconstitutional
#OSHA
#vaccine
mandate does NOT supersede lawful
#TX
state ban. The federal government does NOT have constitutional power to impose such a mandate. Impacted
@AmericanAir
&
@SouthwestAir
employees should consider litigation.
#VaccineMandate
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Appalling to see
@WashingtonDCYRs
tell one of the most outspoken Venezuelans opposed to the socialist dictatorship of
@NicolasMaduro
, “You’re not a dissident” and that they do not “stand with” him. As a former member and officer of DCYRs, I stand with
@DanielDiMartino
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@amanduhgomez
The mesh hood prevents him from spitting on the police who are trying to make the neighborhood less dangerous. Thankyou to the brave men and women on the police force.
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Thanks to
@ACUConservative
for hosting/sponsoring 150
@YJConservatives
at
@CPAC
. Big thanks also to
@Heritage
!Greatly enjoyed four days of speeches from
@Schneider_DC
,
@marklevinshow
,
@RepMarkMeadows
@CarolineGlick
,
@ElanSCarr
,
@MortonAKlein7
,&
@YishaiFleisher
.
#CPAC2020
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Ambassador
@bikhim
of the independent nation of Taiwan 🇹🇼 (republic of China): “
#Taiwan
stands on the front line of standing up to the Communist Party of China.”
@ALEC_states
@MOFA_Taiwan
@SaraCarterDC
@HebraicMosaic
#ALECinSLC
#CCP
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@EpiEllie
Thankfully, the Supreme Court correctly held the CDC does not have the constitutional power to issue such a transit mask mandate.
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$10,000 per person of student loan forgiveness is a reckless vote buying scheme—one paid for exclusively by more
@federalreserve
printing & government borrowing, the very process responsible for the highest inflation & steepest plunge in real family income in more than 40 years.
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@brad_polumbo
Why does
@brad_polumbo
continue to distort the facts?
@RonDeSantis
calls for enforcement of the prudent, constitutional, existing law: Student visa holders who support Hamas have lost their right to remain in the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Act, Section
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Data simply do not justify forcing the entire nation to abide by the economically disastrous restrictions imposed on the people of NYC. We need to consider the damage to economic, spiritual, & physical health caused by broad societal shutdowns.
@heritage
#COVID19
@foxnewsnight
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In a shocking mockery of Jewish practice,
@gather_DC
is promoting a meal for Jewish young adults during Yom Kippur- a day of fasting-to “honor the act of intentional eating on this special day.” GatherDC “rabbi” Ilana Zietman is participating.
@cjvalues
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@the_transit_guy
Considering the obscene materials some public school librarians chose to expose children to, this precaution to ensure public schools are following the law is prudent and applauded by millions of parents.
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As inflation hits 9.1%, the average weekly earnings decreased 1% in June and hours worked dropped 0.9%. Real wages are down 3.6% in the last year.
Many Americans are earning less, finding less full-time work, and paying more.
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#Corporatism
(Mussolini’s form of
#fascism
): “The organization of a society into industrial and professional corporations serving as organs of political representation and exercising control over persons and activities within their jurisdiction.”
@HebraicMosaic
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@Bit2bi
If you had $100,000 worth of Bitcoin last November, that Bitcoin would be worth less than $27,000 today.
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@omriceren
Don’t be concerned. Those aren’t “empty shelves” at the grocery store. What you’re experiencing is just “inconsistent inventory.”
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87,000 new IRS agents will soon target small businesses & families. The majority of audits impact those reporting <$50k in adjusted gross income, S-corps, & sole proprietorships-- not the wealthy & much larger C-corps. Even if you owe nothing, an audit can cost $20k+ in fees.
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The IRS continues to use distortions, half-truths, and straw man arguments to obscure reality: 87,000 new IRS agents will soon target small businesses, sole proprietorships, and families with audits in a shakedown to fund the Green New Deal, student loan forgiveness, & Obamacare.
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Inflation (CPI) overall this past year of 7.1%.
⛽️Fuel oil 65.7%
⚡️Electricity 13.7%
🐕Pet food 15.7%
✈️Airfare 36.0%
🥚Eggs 49.1%
🥛Milk 14.7%
☕️Coffee 14.6%
🔧Tools 10.0%
🥪Lunchmeat 18.4%
🍞Flour 24.9%
🥬Lettuce 19.8%
🧈Margarine 47.4%
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@MayorBowser
Yesterday evening,
@MayorBowser
attended a large capacity event indoors without a mask. This new
#MaskMandate
/
#MaskUpDC
is unnecessary.
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Democrats in the Senate voted unanimously to increase taxes on the middle class-- the biggest recession tax hike since 1929 (Great Depression era)-- including a $1,375 average increase for those earning between $50,000 and $75,000.
@HeritageDataViz
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@60Minutes
Biden says inflation “up just an inch”??! It’s actually at 8.3%, near a 40-yr high!
⛽️Gas +25.6%
🛋️Furniture +12.8%
✈️Airfare +33.3%
🥚Eggs +39.8%
🍗Chicken +16.6%
🥛Milk +17.0%
☕️Coffee +17.6%
🥪Lunchmeat 18.2%
🍞Flour +23.3%
🍊Oranges +14.4%
🧈Margarine +38.3%
🥖Bread +16.2%
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Fake news from the Biden White House. Inflation was ravaging the economy long before the Putin invaded Ukraine. Senseless COVID-19 shutdowns & massive government spending financed by the Federal Reserve in to other rampant money printing by the central bank caused this problem.
With the biggest single driver of inflation being Putin’s war against Ukraine,
@POTUS
has taken action to blunt the impact of Putin’s Price Hike for families.
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@LHSummers
Confiscating profits— robbing the company & shareholders of investment returns—will deter investment, suppressing future supply & raising prices long term. Artificially making “green” energy more competitive with fossil fuels by limiting supply is the aim of the Left.
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@Alyssa_E_Cohen
Florida
@GovRonDeSantis
is a stalwart friend of the Jewish people & Israel—along with his team, specifically
@ChristinaPushaw
. As a Jewish American, I’m thankful for his strong leadership. This defamation is lashon hara.
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“Transitory” inflation continues. Over the past year:
⛽️ Gas +59.9%
✈️ Airfare +34.1%
🏨 Hotels +10%
🥚 Eggs +33.1%
🥓 Bacon +10.8%
🍗 Chicken +18.6%
🥛 Milk +16.4%
☕️ Coffee +15.8%
🍞 Flour +19.2%
🐟 Seafood +11%
🍊 Citrus +9.3%
🧈 Butter +21.3%
🍚 Rice +11.9%
🥖 Bread +10.8%
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@MayorOfLA
If you enjoy sprawling tent encampments, high taxes, failing public schools, traffic, soaring violent crime, exorbitant real estate prices, anti-business policies, and illicit drug dealing—LA is indeed the “greatest city in the country.” 🤡
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@jesserbnwtz
Utterly abhorrent to be raising funds that may benefit Hamas— especially on Purim as we celebrate the victory of our Jewish people over those who plotted genocide against us centuries ago.
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Biden claiming a desire for "free and fair elections"-- yet his party continues to thwart efforts to require voter ID.
#SOTU2024
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@rabbijilljacobs
@truahrabbis
How disappointing that
@rabbijilljacobs
-someone claiming to be a rabbi-unabashedly commits lashon hara (the sin of wronging people through speech) by making such a slanderous suggestion regarding
@SebGorka
. He is a friend & vocal supporter of the Jewish people.
@ymosko
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President Biden is calling THIS the “most robust recovery in modern history.”
When I took office, the economy had stalled and COVID was out of control. Since then, we’ve achieved the most robust recovery in modern history.
Because of that foundation, we’re better positioned to overcome global inflation and reach a new chapter of stable and steady growth.
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@saylor
1 BTC= 37 ounces of gold in Nov. 2021
1 BTC= 12 ounces of gold in June 2022.
Bitcoin is not an inflation hedge. HODL is not an investment strategy.
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Biden’s unlawful student loan “forgiveness” is regressive, expensive, unfair, and inflationary. Government subsidies drive up college costs & encourage students to take on copious amounts of debt. This election year scheme socializes the costs of these irresponsible policies.
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Congrats to President Biden, COVID-19 shutdown advocates, big spending politicians of both parties— and the monetary arsonists at the Federal Reserve stoking inflation. Worst first half for the stock market in 52 years!
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@RepRashida
The words of Simon Maccabee :”We [the Jews] have not taken strange lands, nor are we ruling over foreign territory. We have returned to our ancestral inheritance, from which we had been unjustly expelled by our enemies. And now that we have been blessed with the opportunity, we
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Thanks to Ambassador
@bikhim
of the independent nation of Taiwan 🇹🇼 (republic of China) for speaking at
@ALEC_states
.
@MOFA_Taiwan
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Ah yes, a governor who refused to allow wannabe local dictators to shut schools, force vaccinations, close houses of worship, bankrupt small businesses, and restrict beaches is an “authoritarian.”
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@MarioNawfal
@MosheGrant3
No, “everyone” did not “assume” Israel was responsible. Many of us clearly countered such assumptions. In fact, within hours, we knew Hamas affiliated terrorists were culpable.
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@nandoodles
@coinbase
@CoinbaseSupport
.
@SebGorka
is a friend of the Jewish people and of Israel. As a Jewish American, I’m thankful for his outspoken support. Defaming him in this manner is vile.
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@ArielElyseGold
Thankful that my shul — in a concealed carry state- indeed has multiple armed guards present.
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@stephanthony_
@DCCelebrity
Your police force under the “leadership” of
@MayorBowser
permitted the vandalism of the street, looting, and arson. I distinctly remember reporting an arson to officers by the plaza— and those officers refusing to intervene— and telling me this was the mayor’s orders.
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Biden demands passage of the Orwellian-named Voting Rights Advancement Act. This would BAN state photo voter ID laws and make it easier to commit fraud.
#SOTU2024
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Far more applause than boos for
@realDonaldTrump
at
#AIPAC2016
. Very few out of thousands have walked out so far.
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For all the talk of fighting inflation, the Federal Reserve printed a fresh $18 billion the past two weeks. Total “assets” (all purchased with Fed created cash) bearing $9 trillion. Increase since the pandemic = $50,000 per family of four in US.
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@FedEx
paid more than $10 billion in US taxes the past five years & significantly increased capital expenditures following the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
@nytimes
chose to allow its ideology to grossly distort the facts.
@heritage
@taxreformer
@FedExPolicy
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@mehdirhasan
@RutgersU
suspended this
@NationalSJP
chapter for disorderly conduct and other unlawful activity—NOT for their grotesque pro-Hamas advocacy.
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Biden incredulously touting Obamacare-- medical care costs increased nearly 50 percent since passage in 2010.
#SOTU2024
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14th Street Corridor was a safe, luxurious part of town before the war on police in
@MayorBowser
’s DC. Now, law enforcement is nearly powerless. Vagrancy, violent crime, and rampant drug dealing infest the city.
SHOOTING --- 14th St and S St NW DC. Man in his 20s shot in stomach. He is conscious with good vitals. This is possibly an attempt carjacking. Suspects are three teens who fled on foot.
#CardozoDC
#LoganCircleDC
@nigro4dc
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As a Jewish American, I'm appalled to see
@KamalaHarris
' husband draw a perverse moral equivalency between parents opposed to Leftist indoctrination of their children by public schools and Nazism. Jew hatred--often expressed as the demonization of Israel--abounds in academia,
Doug Emhoff says the "hate" that led to the Holocaust is "interconnected" to the "hate [in America] you see just going to a school meeting."
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@jesserbnwtz
“The Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honor.” — Esther 8:16
Purim Sameach! May the Jewish people achieve total victory over today’s Hamans and Amalekites who still seek their destruction.
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@BarrySilbert
Land, gold, silver, and other hard (physical) assets are safe havens with track records far superior to Bitcoin— an “asset” that’s lost nearly 75 percent of its value relative to FIAT currency in under a year.
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@CharlieCrist
.
@GovRonDeSantis
is a friend of the Jewish people. He’s strengthened Florida’s relationship with the world’s only Jewish state (Israel), ensured that Jewish college students are better protected, and kept criminals off the streets. It’s why many fellow Jews are relocating to FL.
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