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Fun Fact: the Restaurant was invented in 2006 and it's use by millenials caused the 2008 financial crisis

-t. Boomer

50K wouldn't last most nogs a month.

> Why did the founders engineer such a division, over whether the federal government or states should be stronger?


They didn't. They could not have been more explicit with the 10th amendment:


"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."

But people wanted more power, so they did it anyway

@Phil @realcaseyrollins @wjmaggos @billybon3s @eriner @klaatu @threalist

> he voted against bills because there was something in them he didn't like

Imagine if more Congresspeople voted this way. Imagine how much less pork and fraud would make its way into these 10,000 page bills.

Maybe the problem isn't one person voting what he thinks is best for his constituency. Maybe the problem is the other 434 voting the way their party's hivemind demands.

I have a friend who makes a living setting up SquareSpace sites for people. This is how I know that AI isn't going to put everyone out of work.

So it never was about helping the Iranian people to gain freedom from their oppressive regime?

(Possibly paywalled) https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/us/politics/iran-israel-us-leader-ahmadinejad.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

New York Times:

Early War Goal Was to Install Hard Line Former President as Iran’s Leader

An Israeli strike designed to free Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from house arrest in Tehran, U.S. officials said, was part of an effort to bring about regime change and put him in power.

From the above, we could surmise that the Baby Boomers are the TV generation, and will do whatever the screen tells them to do.

Maybe that's the simplest explanation of what happened.

"By May 17, ad spending exceeded $32 million, with pro-Israel interest groups accounting for over $9 million of the spending against Massie. Massie described the primary election as a "referendum on whether Israel gets to buy seats in Congress"

I'm seeing comments that this was the most spent in American history for a house seat.

Also, baby boomers voted for the Trump candidate.

Somebody please go find out why Republicans voted against . I really can't understand it unless they still just love Trump blindly or were tricked by the advertising. He's like a perfect Republican with integrity.

cc @ryan @eriner @billybon3s @klaatu

Sure am glad to be living in France. It does seem to be slowly getting worse - but since every other country is RAPIDLY getting worse, France is becoming a paradise by comparison.

It's not a thoughtful insight. It's a copy-paste from an AI.

Is it an overreaction, or is the job market and career outlook bleak right now?

If it isn't an overreaction, then it is baffling that the economy just keeps humming along, as if oblivious to employment levels..

Congrats to the Epstein-class on eliminating Thomas Massie.

They got their W.

You can meal plan real food for not much more than this. I had to a couple years ago to get by, and I still do to a lesser extent.

I’m telling you, boomers please listen to me, the day of the pillow is coming.

Seems like there are other better things Trump could have done with his time and energy, like not starting war with Iran, just for example..

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