You will be held to higher and higher and soon impossible to maintain ethical standards by the very mob you currently wish to please. Then you will make a mistake, and they will devour you. With glee. Please take this warning seriously. I liked you.

If you search “Joe Rogan Trump” on YouTube the interview no longer comes up. It’s replicable, try it yourself. 🤔

With all of the hype in conservative circles (for good reason) around DOGE, this is an excellent analysis of how the US budgetary issues run far deeper than simple inefficiencies. thelastbearstanding.com/p/will-efficie…

This chart of consumer capital vs CPI from TheLastBearStanding's article today is one of many that are both telling and deeply concerning. Far from being near the end of an inflationary cycle like the Fed wants to pretend, we likely have barely started.

Detroit and Baltimore had a single combined punt between them this weekend and both are going home... Turnovers are the great equalizer.

I find it frustrating when people make a decision based on "having peace" in defiance of all other reasoning. Many peaceful people have floated their canoes over waterfalls.

Medicaid bill signed into law by Brad Little privatizes management and adds work requirements, among other reforms. Weekly local news🧵

I wrote a fun piece for the newsletter this week about tariff theory and Lord of The Rings. If that sounds interesting, check it out!

The Star Mayor Mayor Trevor Chadwick rescued a man stuck in the snow for 24 hours. "He wanted to pay me, I told him no, and told him to just pay it forward when someone needs help." This week's #Idaho news🧵

Here's a clue: in a democracy where only about 10% of the population ends up paying for virtually all of government spending; where government (at all levels) equals 40% of GDP; where federal government transfer payments are the largest source of income in 53% of the counties;

OpenAI announcement streams are indistinguishable from a high school play. Also, GPT-5 is decidedly mediocre for a frontier model. Once again Altman's "concerns" about AGI are nothing but vacuous marketing.

OpenAI announcement streams are indistinguishable from high school plays. Also, GPT 5 is looking completely mediocre even in this highly controlled demo. Once again Altman's AGI hype is completely unfounded.

📌 everyone keeps asking me what my macro take is. so here it is once and for all. here's how i see the next 6-18 months. the BLS revisions confirm the economy is officially grinding to a halt. soon, it will be on life support as far as discretionary spending. we are probably at

This has been the most black-pilling 48 hours of news in my lifetime.

Some photos from before the start of the Charlie Kirk Vigil tonight.

My experience last night at the Charlie Kirk Vigil in Boise, reporting for the The Gem State Brief.