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Michael Clark retweeted
“Imagine running for office on a promise to raise taxes, in an election when the top issue for voters is ‘affordability.’”
Hey Democrats and Republicans and all voters of California State senate 22
ask this question of Grok
Has Susan Rubio @SenSusanRubio voted for higher taxes
See the answer you get
Do you want to pay higher taxes?
Michael Clark retweeted
Was the Navy supposed to give him milk and cookies for endangering an entire strike group that had to stop to conduct an SAR mission in a warzone?
NEW🚨: A Sailor Jumped From the U.S.S. Lincoln. The Navy Punished Him.
The case offers a rare look at the military’s handling of mental health issues during extended deployments.
My latest: nytimes.com/2026/10/29/us/po…
Michael Clark retweeted
FHA is the #1 first-time homebuyer program.
1.5M Americans bought a home last year — 80% were first-time buyers.
The media ignores the good news.
We’re making it stronger every day.
Michael Clark retweeted
With @nytimes investigation into 'decoy Dan,' it's worth re-visiting @MaryPeltola’s @X account where she promises to
"....unrig the system"
Michael Clark retweeted
Considering how high energy prices have been in Q2 and Q3, and what a massive drag those prices are on the economy, it's remarkable how much growth has held up this year:
Michael Clark retweeted
🚨 BRAND NEW FBI numbers comparing 21 months of the Trump administration vs. the last 21 months of the Biden administration.
Bottom line: this is the largest reduction in violent crime in United States history.
30% decrease in the nationwide murder rate, 114% increase in violent crime arrests, 32% increase in deadly fentanyl seized, and much more.
When President Trump first took office, we faced one of the highest threat environments in American history. This FBI delivered.
This is what happens with a President who backs the blue, an Attorney General who relentlessly prosecutes criminals, and good cops all over the country getting the job done.
Michael Clark retweeted
Armed guards at the door. Opioids offered on repeat. Apple Pay at my bedside. Welcome to the American Emergency Room.
The French think it bankrupts you. Americans think France does it for free. I’ve been to the ER in both. Both are wrong.
Mountain bike crash, dislocated and fractured shoulder. I’m French, I live in San Francisco, and I take slightly too many risks. Let’s compare.
Security
🇺🇸 Kaiser in Marin. Three armed guards and a metal detector. My phone set it off, so with my shoulder out of its socket I walked through again. And again. Then a pat-down.
🇫🇷 A couple of unarmed guys with walkie-talkies. Still not sure what they’re for.
Wait
🇺🇸 Three people in the waiting room. Seen in 15 to 30 minutes.
🇫🇷 Broken hand: packed room, 4 hours before anyone touched me.
Records
🇺🇸 Kaiser is vertically integrated. Insurer, hospital, doctors: one system. They had my file before I sat down.
🇫🇷 Every new doctor is a fresh context window. Zero history, maybe a printout from last time.
Infrastructure
🇺🇸 Small hospital, serious kit. Straight to the trauma bay: real bed, IV, vitals monitoring, ready for surgery if needed. All imaging on the spot.
🇫🇷 Broken hand: a plastic chair and a Doliprane.
Drugs
🇺🇸 Strong opioids were the default offer. I said no. They insisted. The doctor came in personally, confused why someone in that much pain would refuse. I stuck to Tylenol, an anti-inflammatory, to put the shoulder back in.
Yes, it hurt. No, I didn’t tap out. My mom is proud of me.
🇫🇷 Broken hand: Doliprane, opioids never mentioned. I have friends who got their shoulder popped back in with nothing at all.
US default: opioids. French default: Doliprane.
Bill
🇺🇸 Every nurse warned me: “You’re French, this bill is going to traumatize you.”
Before discharge, someone came to my bed to collect payment. Apple Pay, from the hospital bed. $300. For everything. On a ~$500/month Kaiser plan.
🇫🇷 A flat ~€20 ER fee, usually reimbursed by your mutuelle. The real bill shows up later, on your payslip (see below)
followup
🇺🇸 Kaiser called me right after to set up follow-up and physio, all in their system. So far, so good.
🇫🇷 Broken hand: discharged, figure it out yourself. A friend dislocated her finger. They put it back in wrong, sent her home with bad instructions, it locked up, and she needed surgery months later. Still not fixed.
“Free healthcare” in France
It’s not free when your marginal tax rate nears 70% with social charges. And if you want quality care fast, more and more people pay for private clinics anyway.
Verdict
One person, one data point. But the care was 10x better than anything I’ve had in France, for a price that’s completely fine.
France has a lot to learn.
And yes, I refused the narcotics to stay sharp enough to launch a NanoCorp from my hospital bed. Launch your first company run by an AI agent: nanocorp .so
Michael Clark retweeted
Also, who still remembers that back in February, Anthropic refused to let the Pentagon use Claude for war—and the left cheered them as heroes?
Now the same people are attacking Elon for doing the same thing, only this time people are actually dying.
The double standard clearly shows they don’t care about Ukraine; they’re just anti-America.
Michael Clark retweeted
Obama has become angrier in his post-presidency. Obamacare tripled US healthcare costs, Race to the Top did nothing to improve schools, My Brothers Keeper did nothing to improve black young men. His failed presidency is more apparent every day, and it’s driving him mad.
Michael Clark retweeted
Deutschland rettet das Weltklima, Donald Trump rettet die deutsche Autoindustrie – allerdings in den USA! Während man uns hierzulande das Märchen vom grünen Wirtschaftswunder erzählt, feiert Audi-Chef Gernot Döllner lieber mit dem US-Präsidenten in Georgia ein neues 4-Milliarden-Dollar-Werk.
Satte 4.500 neue Arbeitsplätze und 200.000 dicke SUVs pro Jahr – „Made in America“ statt in Baden-Württemberg.
Und in der Heimat?
Da zieht Audi zeitgleich für die deutschen Standorte die sogenannte „Schlechtwetterklausel“.
Bis zu 7.500 Arbeitsplätze sollen gestrichen werden, während 15.000 Mitarbeiter im Werk Neckarsulm um ihre Existenz zittern.
Der Konzern schreibt zwar ungeachtet der Krise 1,1 Milliarden Euro operativen Gewinn, flüchtet aber vor den absurden deutschen Rahmenbedingungen:
Lohnstückkosten, die 15 Prozent über dem Euro-Schnitt liegen, erdrückende Steuern und exorbitante Strompreise, die jede industrielle Produktion im Keim ersticken.
Audi ist dabei nicht allein.
BMW baut 8.000 Stellen ab und investiert 1,7 Milliarden in den USA, Mercedes pumpt vier Milliarden in sein US-Werk in Alabama, während hierzulande der Rotstift regiert.
Die Deindustrialisierung ist keine Verschwörungstheorie, sie ist handfeste Regierungspolitik.
Wir vertreiben unsere Kernindustrie mit Bürokratie und ideologischer Energiepolitik ins Ausland und wundern uns dann, dass der Wohlstand schwindet.
Glückwunsch an die politischen Geisterfahrer in Berlin:
Das Projekt „Wirtschaftsstandort Deutschland abwickeln“ läuft absolut nach Plan.
Der Letzte macht bitte das Windrad aus!
#Audi #Deindustrialisierung #Energiewende
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Michael Clark retweeted
We are proud that Audi AG has selected Georgia as the home of their first U.S. manufacturing facility, delivering a truly historic $4 billion investment to Middle Georgia. We’re looking forward to the 4,500 jobs this will bring, and we are excited for hardworking Georgians in Peach County and this entire region to benefit from this project for decades to come!
gov.georgia.gov/press-releas…
Michael Clark retweeted
Correct.
Using Starlink, a civilian commercial service, for offensive drone strikes to kill people has never been allowed, nor should it be.
Starshield, a different system, is controlled by the US government. What they decide to do is up to them.
Ukraine military violated Starlink terms of service and used it for offensive drone strikes to kill people. That loophole was closed last week.
Starlink remains critical to the defense of Ukraine, as it is the only system that cannot be jammed or blown up, at least for now. Were Starlink to be turned off, the Ukrainian front line would collapse immediately. This is NOT a threat, it is simply a statement of fact.
Starlink was also crucial to preventing Russia from overrunning Ukraine in the early days of the war, as all other means of communication were destroyed or jammed by Russia.
SpaceX has done more to defend Ukraine than any private company on Earth BY FAR.
That said, I have nothing but UTTER CONTEMPT for the virtue-signaling evil warmongers who push for endless slaughter and offer no realistic solution to the conflict. May you burn in hell.
End of story.
Michael Clark retweeted
Ilhan Omar hasn't even been charged ... they're trying to pin it on someone named Ilhan Nur Said Elmi!!!
Michael Clark retweeted
Today, @SECWAR reinstated Brigadier General Melissa Cunningham.
She was forced to retire after declining the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
We will not stop righting the wrongs of the Biden administration.
Michael Clark retweeted
BREAKING: The Fifth Circuit, sitting en banc, ruled that immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally can be detained during deportation proceedings without individualized bond hearings, even after living in the country for decades, reversing three orders granting their release.
Michael Clark retweeted
Middle East oil exports climb back to prewar levels ft.trib.al/bo9oWA5
Michael Clark retweeted
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Michael Clark retweeted
Here’s a little trick I use with my successful business. Don’t talk politics. You have to be irretrievably stupid to purposely alienate customers. The money from pink haired, septum pierced, non-binary, anti-ICE, trans people is just as good as the the money from Bible thumping, hard right, pro life, pro gun, conservatives. Just smile and deposit their money.