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I don’t think someone who thinks standardized testing is a form of slavery should be in charge of schools.

“They say converts are the most zealous, so it’s perhaps no surprise that, as a naturalized citizen, I wear my patriotism on my sleeve. Indeed, like most immigrants, I do a job most native-born Americans won’t: defending the Constitution….”

Happy birthday, America. You don’t look a day over 248.

The Dallas suburb of Frisco had 6,000 residents in 1990. It has now surpassed 240,000, more than Richmond VA, Norfolk or Spokane. In five years, it is expected to surpass 340,000, more than today live in Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Newark, St Paul, St Louis and Buffalo.

Once again, for those in the back: multiple job-holding is a pro-cyclical indicator. That means that the share of workers with multiple jobs rises when times are good. That's because there are more job opportunities in a healthy labor market.

It’s so funny that in 2025, people are still describing certain cities as having good food. No shit. They all do now.

If you think Microsoft has reduced its engineer headcount by 69% in two years… well, you’re a huge liar.

In case you missed it: the "urban family exodus" has stopped, for the moment.

Sec. Lutnick says he already sold 1,000 Gold Cards for $5 million each on a single day in March. I bet they'll be disappointed!

The median home price in America is $441,000. At 6.5% interest and assuming they scraped together $44k for a down payment, their monthly payment for mortgage + property taxes will be about $2,600. Annually, that's $31k, or 42% of their income. No bank would ever lend to them.

Opportunity Zones are now permanent! The new framework brings certainty to a policy that’s already sparked ~$100B in private investment We’re reviewing what this means for Utah & how we can help make economic growth reach every neighborhood 🇺🇸 eig.org/eig-hails-pass…

The number of times I have stumbled into this bathroom while dying on an MBT run…

Another month of US transit data is in, and it's another strong showing by DC's WMATA, which remains the fastest-growing major agency in the US SEPTA (Philly) & the LIRR have also seen significant ridership gains, while MBTA (Boston), NJTransit, & MDT (Miami) have lost riders

"But many of D.C.’s elected officials — who might face some real competition under this new system — are stalling the reforms." D.C. Democrats tarnish themselves by resisting ranked-choice voting washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/…

America's housing crisis contains two problems: Above-cost housing & low incomes YIMBYism can cut rents down to construction costs, but it can't help poverty. Or can it? Turns out an Austin-style 15% rent drop would cut Californian poverty by as much as the Child Tax Credit 👇

CLEAR will now let you pay $99 to skip the CLEAR premium security lane at the airport. No, not a joke.

It's always the AI labs you least expect.