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Louder for the people in the back, Wally Adeyemo: government can work if we let it work. There's lots of discussion about increasing efficiency by replacing feds with AI, but what about replacing high-leverage contractors with actual federal employees? Direct File shows the way.

Wally Adeyemo is incredible, and it was a joy to interview him again. He has an incredible operational mind, and a very clear and honest vision for future. Such an honor to partner with Santi!

Kavanaugh is abundance-pilled.

Good analysis of a question I was asking recently, bottom line: • Solar + batteries can supply up to ~40% of electricity without massively increasing prices • With much cheaper panels + batteries, that could get up to 80% or more

Brian is great as always on a straightforward calculation: what fraction of grid can be solar before you run into issues/"it's too expensive b/c of backup you need". Answer: 40-80% depending on batteries, slightly higher in medium run as tech develops to eat extra load usefully.

Great listen for all you Direct File fans out there!

Shutting down Direct File for tax filing is such a massive own goal. Directly benefits rent-seekers like TurboTax/H&R Block at the expense of taxpayers.

Too many people are still sleeping on the solar + storage revolution. The most common objection you hear is "Well, we would still need to build an entire parallel energy system for the random week when it's cloudy." But this ignores two critical points: 1. While solar +

Good news of the day: All those anti-renewable energy bills the Texas Senate passed recently are now dead. Texas has been leading the country in energy abundance by making it easy to build all kinds of energy infrastructure. Renewables are winning on cost now, which is why

Woohoo! Texas' incipient green energy revolution gets to carry on!

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.IFP signed and helped shape this letter alongside our coalition partners. Appreciate the letter’s prioritization of baseload technologies given leadership’s need for $$$ and that it highlights both tax credits and credit subsidies.

Great to see this letter come together with a strong list of signatories!

The White House requested input for the 2025 National AI R&D Strategic Plan. Billions are already flowing into AI R&D privately, so why should the government bother getting involved? Simple: to tackle critical areas that markets alone won't address, accelerating the development

Australia processes 90% of tourist visas within 23 days. The UK reports 21-day processing times. But the US takes 84 days on average, with many consulates taking >1 year. Long wait times for visitor visas threaten $1 trillion in international tourism and need to be fixed.

Thankfully, we already know how to solve this problem. To bring down high visa wait times this administration should: 1. Preserve access to public data on global visa waits 2. Resume stateside visa renewals 3. Establish goals for expected visa waits ifp.org/no-time-to-vis…

US visa wait times are out of control.

A rare and special feeling to see the UK be the positive international comparator

Look at these wait times for vistor visas for Canada. Just what do we do so wrong.