This is a deep, deep problem. I hope it’s not intractable. Jay Battacharya has a heavy lift. The way so many used the pandemic to seize power over the lives of others reminds me a lot of the climate scam.
[Afternoon update]
A thing we don't talk about enough is how bad the CDC guidance was for opening things up during Covid
— PoIiMath (@politicalmath) April 27, 2025
Read the details! It was insanely unrealistic but was used by states to act in very insane wayshttps://t.co/Ona38iTQXI
Why Democrats should hate, and Republicans should love Barack Obama.
It’s time to make California Golden Again ☀️ pic.twitter.com/unpY2f5Hv4
— Steve Hilton For Governor (@SteveHiltonShow) April 21, 2025
…started a quarter of a millennium ago.
Worth contemplating in the current context of increasing calls for violence from leftists to “save our democracy.”
Tax payers have been funding our opponents. If DOGE continues, the real political dynamic of the US will emerge. This, not the deficit, is why DOGE matters so much. https://t.co/qS9zxGddJ7
— Randy Barnett (@RandyEBarnett) April 14, 2025
Time for a major purge.
🚨 New tool in the works! 🚨
— DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) April 15, 2025
Today I've been deep in the guts of something ambitious: a system to cross-check Form 990 data, audit reports, and federal spending to flag when an org’s stated purpose doesn’t match where the money’s actually going. 🕵️♂️💸
Here’s how it’s coming…
If I believed in God, I’d say she’s doing His work.
…because of people like Taylor Lorenz.
Bob Zimmerman says that there are things deserving of cutting.
I certainly agree about Mars Sample Return, and said that on X this morning. I think we need a dramatic change in how these funds are allocated and prioritized, and the current decadal needs to be completely redone.
But I also don’t pay much attention to what OMB says at this point in the process.
I would add that it’s inappropriate for OMB to propose a NASA budget ahead of the confirmation of a NASA administrator who has been named for months. I wouldn’t put up with it if I were president. I personally consider OMB’s NASA budget proposal DOA, and I hope that Trump does as…
— Not-So-OK Boomer (@Rand_Simberg) April 14, 2025
Over the last few months, we’ve come to a realization that should have landed much harder: NGOs weren’t just adjacent to government, they were the parallel government. We were shocked. I was too. But looking back, it’s exactly what you’d expect. NGOs operate outside the chain of… https://t.co/xNu8jZKDzt
— DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) April 13, 2025
[Monday-afternoon update]
I've been thinking on the below post, about the NGO problem.
— DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) April 14, 2025
The Left is structured as a network of NGOs: ruthlessly efficient and ready to act the moment power changes hands.
The Right has no equivalent infrastructure. If I sit down and ask myself, "How would I start an NGO to… https://t.co/v8e9VDbjC6