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The US isn’t an AI economy. It’s an AI construction economy. Hyperscalers are pouring trillions into data centers, and that spending is what shows up in GDP. The companies that are supposed to actually use AI? Eighty percent report zero productivity gains. We’re measuring the shovels, not the gold
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How is this not a scandal? Dang!!
Joe Rogan just hosted his most important episode ever after Republicans lost the midterms as White House insider Calley Means just exposed the real people who are running Trump’s presidency and lists key inner circle names like Susie Wiles, Jame Blair, Richard Walters, and the most powerful lobbying firm known as Ballard Partners:
MEANS: “Susie Wiles is the most powerful chief of staff in modern American history. She has taken a stranglehold on any policy decision. No policy decision gets done without her office giving it the okay. She was one of the top lobbyists in the country. It is impossible to describe to you how demonic this culture is.”
CONTEXT: Means, who resigned from the administration in OCTOBER, says he witnessed an extraordinary concentration of power inside the White House.
He alleges that cabinet secretaries and senior officials spent enormous amounts of time attempting to win favor with Wiles' office because of its influence over which policies could advance.
He then identifies several people he believes were central to that power structure:
SUSIE WILES: White House chief of staff.
JAMES BLAIR: A longtime Trump political strategist and former deputy White House chief of staff.
RICHARD WALTERS: Deputy White House chief of staff and longtime Republican political operative.
WALKER BARRETT: Senior White House adviser with extensive congressional experience.
But the most consequential part of his accusation concerns the CORPORATE LOBBYING INDUSTRY.
Before entering Trump's White House, Wiles had a career representing corporate clients, including working at the influential Washington lobbying firm BALLARD PARTNERS.
And the money involved in that industry is staggering.
According to federal lobbying disclosures, Ballard Partners collected approximately $88 MILLION in lobbying revenue during 2025, more than QUADRUPLING its reported revenue from 2024.
That made Ballard one of the highest-earning lobbying operations in Washington.
And in MAY 2025, the watchdog organization Public Citizen identified SIX FORMER WILES CLIENTS that had reported lobbying White House offices during the administration's first three months.
Those clients included companies involved in tobacco, automobiles, fertilizer, and other major industries.
The White House disputed suggestions of improper influence and said Wiles generally did not participate in meetings or decisions involving former clients.
Those disclosures establish real corporate lobbying relationships.
They do NOT, by themselves, prove that Wiles improperly favored those companies or directed policies for their benefit.
But Means argues that the broader culture of Washington is precisely what Trump promised to confront.
Now consider the extraordinary political timing.
IMPORTANT NOTES: On NOVEMBER 3, Democrats won control of BOTH CHAMBERS OF CONGRESS in a sweeping midterm defeat for Republicans.
And TODAY, NOVEMBER 6, Trump announced that Susie Wiles will leave the chief-of-staff position, with Stephen Miller taking over on November 9.
Trump PRAISED Wiles for her service and said she would continue working for his political operation.
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Let’s not forget that when Trump ran the first time, Obama was the sitting president.
So people’s disgust with the status quo gave rise to Trump.
Are we going back to the same crap when Democrats take over?
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Reminder — Forty Democratic senators voted to block arms sales to Israel. Seven didn’t. Chuck Schumer was one of them — voting with all fifty-three Republicans to let the weapons through.
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2018 - Democrats take forty House seats. Two years later they spend it on bathroom bills, pronoun mandates, and a climate agenda that sounded like a punishment.
Trump wins the popular vote for the first time since two thousand four. Not because America loved him. Because Democrats made opposing Trump their entire identity.
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AIPAC didn’t quit. They just stopped putting their name on the check. No more endorsements, no more PAC donations. Now they tell members who to fund, and the money comes from individuals — so it never shows up as theirs in any filing. You can’t follow it. You can’t fight it. That’s the whole point.
The rule they sidestep: 11 CFR 110.6 — earmarked donations must be disclosed. Skip the conduit, skip the disclosure.
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Wtf is this?
AIPAC congratulates the hundreds of pro-Israel Democrats and Republicans who won their elections last night. More than 234 candidates supported by AIPAC members have already won, with many additional races still too close to call. We congratulate Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries on the resounding victories for their caucuses.
AIPAC members are determined to expand their political activism in the cycles ahead. Our community will increase its support for Democrats and Republicans who recognize that a strong partnership with Israel helps keep both countries secure, advances peace and stability, promotes democratic values, and grows our economy through trade and innovation.
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Barrida demócrata.
Pero que significa? Es un repudio a Trump o una aprobación a las propuestas demócratas?
La gente quiere más DEI?
Fronteras abiertas?
Políticas sociales progresistas?
Mano blanda ante el crimen?
O simplemente NO está de acuerdo con el proceder de la administración Trump y por lo tanto votó en contra?
Urge un tercer partido, no?
Las dos elecciones que Trump ganó son un indicador claro sobre los principios que la gente apoya. El problema fué quizás la forma en que la administración Trump operó.
Fronteras seguras no significa deportaciones crueles y masivas.
Menos DEI no significa despidos injustificados.
Y sobre todo, América First no significa ni más aranceles, ni más dinero a Israel ni más guerras.
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@AMCTheatres — for A-listers there is rarely 4 movies worth watching per week so why do you exclude films like V for Vendetta from the program?
This sucks.
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