Ben Gruber @BenjaminBhg

Policy Studies Alum @MaxwellSU Joined December 2013

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Chamath Palihapitiya @chamath

2 weeks ago

Your rhetoric is so corrosive because you sneakily never use words like “earn” or “reward”. Instead you always favor helplessness words like “give”. In everything you say, it’s clear you hate personal agency - it is always about the invisible hand of big brother coming to the…

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

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Ben Gruber @BenjaminBhg

4 weeks ago

“Equality, without excellence, is the surest path to national decline.”

University of Austin (UATX) @uaustinorg

a month ago

“Equality, without excellence, is the surest path to national decline.”

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david friedberg @friedberg

a month ago

@andrewrsorkin i’d argue you’re too easily moved by the choice words. “privilege” and “equality” are selected because they confuse the notion of fairness. another way to frame his statement “if you’re accustomed to succeeding due to hard work, ingenuity, risk/sacrifice, and, sure, some amount…

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Logan Dobson @LoganDobson

2 months ago

Occasional reminder that Democrats' defeat of George Bush's Social Security reform caused taxpayers to miss out on a 337% gain on their money and that many of the architects of that defeat -- Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi -- are still leaders of the Democratic party.

Patrick Ruffini @PatrickRuffini

2 months ago

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Joe Lonsdale @JTLonsdale

2 months ago

Rumors of the demise of DOGE have been greatly exaggerated. One particularly cool project: DOGE using AI to do what no agency ever could - find 100,000 federal rules to cut, in weeks! For decades, layers of rules have agglomerated - some inserted by special interests, others by…

The Washington Post @washingtonpost

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John Loeber 🎢 @johnloeber

3 months ago

Reading about Javier Milei — paragraphs like this should be internalized by every public policymaker in the west

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Robert Sterling @RobertMSterling

3 months ago

New Yorkers visiting Hoboken after Zohran Mamdani nationalizes the bodegas and destroys the grocery supply chain

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unusual_whales @unusual_whales

9 months ago

JPMorgan, $JPM, CEO Jamie Dimon: "I think every government department should report to you and say, dear taxpayer, you gave me, $50B, I told you I was going to do X, here's what I did. Here's the outcomes" Do you agree?

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@jason @Jason

9 months ago

America should shut the southern border, deport any criminals AND recruit the top 1% of brilliant and entrepreneurial immigrants to America this century! Our goal should be to be the most populous AND prosperous country in the world. entrepreneurs and the top 1% of performers…

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Konstantin Kisin @KonstantinKisin

11 months ago

For my British and European friends who are "shocked" and "surprised", here are 10 reasons you didn't see this coming. Read this short post and then read the replies from our American friends who will confirm what I'm saying. 1. Americans love their country and want it to be…

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unusual_whales @unusual_whales

12 months ago

The recent wealth tax increase in Norway was expected to bring an additional $146 million in yearly tax revenue, per the Guardian. Instead, individuals worth $54 billion left the country, leading to a lost $594 million in yearly tax revenue.

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Collin Rugg @CollinRugg

12 months ago

NYT reporter Lulu Garcia-Navarro sits in silence as JD Vance educates her on the labor force participation rate relating to illegal immigration. Garcia-Navarro tried arguing that illegal immigrants can't be deported because America needs them for jobs. She pointed to the…

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Tanner Nau @tannernau15

a year ago

Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris

a year ago

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Christopher C. Cuomo @ChrisCuomo

a year ago

There is a reality at the DNC that is the same as the RNC. And what makes the parties the same should worry you the most and must change.

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Shai Davidai @ShaiDavidai

a year ago

Will the coming academic year at @Columbia be different than the previous one? Yes. It will be worse. Just these past three days expose all you need to know about the moral rot at @Columbia University. A long but informative (and alarming) thread.

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Tanner Nau @tannernau15

a year ago

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Speaker Mike Johnson @SpeakerJohnson

a year ago

My statement on the Resignation of Columbia President Minouche Shafik: As a result of President Shafik’s refusal to protect Jewish students and maintain order on campus, Columbia University became the epicenter for virulent antisemitism that has plagued many American university…

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Palantir @PalantirTech

a year ago

Palantir generated $678m in revenue in Q2 2024, a $25m beat vs analyst estimates of $652 - $653m and an increase of 27% y/y. And we now expect to generate $697 - $701m in revenue in Q3 2024, outperforming analyst estimates of $679 - $681m by $16 - $22m.

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Athan Koutsiouroumbas @Athan_K

a year ago

A lot happened in July. But, one event went quietly unnoticed. The result of largest American controlled experiment in Universal Basic Income (UBI) was released. You haven’t heard about it because the findings are terrifyingly bad. (1/12)