#tantrum — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #tantrum, aggregated by home.social.
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The newest parenting hack to stop tantrums instantly? Yelling ‘Jessica.’
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Seen on X (so you don’t have to), shared by Stephen King.
Cartoon by Dave Granlund:
"WHITE HOUSE SITUATION ROOM"#TrumpVirus #Truth #Cognitive #ExecutiiveDisorder #madman #tantrum #psychopathology #lunatic #enablers #25thAmendment #GQP #WordSalad #TrumpEpsteinFiles #coverup #media
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Seen on X (so you don’t have to), shared by Stephen King.
Cartoon by Dave Granlund:
"WHITE HOUSE SITUATION ROOM"#TrumpVirus #Truth #Cognitive #ExecutiiveDisorder #madman #tantrum #psychopathology #lunatic #enablers #25thAmendment #GQP #WordSalad #TrumpEpsteinFiles #coverup #media
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Seen on X (so you don’t have to), shared by Stephen King.
Cartoon by Dave Granlund:
"WHITE HOUSE SITUATION ROOM"#TrumpVirus #Truth #Cognitive #ExecutiiveDisorder #madman #tantrum #psychopathology #lunatic #enablers #25thAmendment #GQP #WordSalad #TrumpEpsteinFiles #coverup #media
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Seen on X (so you don’t have to), shared by Stephen King.
Cartoon by Dave Granlund:
"WHITE HOUSE SITUATION ROOM"#TrumpVirus #Truth #Cognitive #ExecutiiveDisorder #madman #tantrum #psychopathology #lunatic #enablers #25thAmendment #GQP #WordSalad #TrumpEpsteinFiles #coverup #media
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Seen on X (so you don’t have to), shared by Stephen King.
Cartoon by Dave Granlund:
"WHITE HOUSE SITUATION ROOM"#TrumpVirus #Truth #Cognitive #ExecutiiveDisorder #madman #tantrum #psychopathology #lunatic #enablers #25thAmendment #GQP #WordSalad #TrumpEpsteinFiles #coverup #media
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Trump’s Easter message of love, delivered with his customary dignity and civility. 😉
Nothing says "leader of superpower" more clearly than a sweary tantrum on social media delivered like a drunken redneck whose truck has run away with his third wife.
If Trump hadn't already won this war 11 times, I'd be worried that he wasn't doing so well. 🙄
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Trump’s Easter message of love, delivered with his customary dignity and civility. 😉
Nothing says "leader of superpower" more clearly than a sweary tantrum on social media delivered like a drunken redneck whose truck has run away with his third wife.
If Trump hadn't already won this war 11 times, I'd be worried that he wasn't doing so well. 🙄
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Trump’s Easter message of love, delivered with his customary dignity and civility. 😉
Nothing says "leader of superpower" more clearly than a sweary tantrum on social media delivered like a drunken redneck whose truck has run away with his third wife.
If Trump hadn't already won this war 11 times, I'd be worried that he wasn't doing so well. 🙄
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Trump’s Easter message of love, delivered with his customary dignity and civility. 😉
Nothing says "leader of superpower" more clearly than a sweary tantrum on social media delivered like a drunken redneck whose truck has run away with his third wife.
If Trump hadn't already won this war 11 times, I'd be worried that he wasn't doing so well. 🙄
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Trump’s Easter message of love, delivered with his customary dignity and civility. 😉
Nothing says "leader of superpower" more clearly than a sweary tantrum on social media delivered like a drunken redneck whose truck has run away with his third wife.
If Trump hadn't already won this war 11 times, I'd be worried that he wasn't doing so well. 🙄
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🎵 Oh look, an #AI throws a #tantrum because it thinks it's the next Beethoven of #copyright claims! Meanwhile, #JavaScript needs a nap and your #browser just can’t even. Maybe next time, blame it on the rain! ⛈️
https://twitter.com/VladTheInflator/status/2039577001531768906 #Claims #Humor #HackerNews #ngated -
🎵 Oh look, an #AI throws a #tantrum because it thinks it's the next Beethoven of #copyright claims! Meanwhile, #JavaScript needs a nap and your #browser just can’t even. Maybe next time, blame it on the rain! ⛈️
https://twitter.com/VladTheInflator/status/2039577001531768906 #Claims #Humor #HackerNews #ngated -
🎵 Oh look, an #AI throws a #tantrum because it thinks it's the next Beethoven of #copyright claims! Meanwhile, #JavaScript needs a nap and your #browser just can’t even. Maybe next time, blame it on the rain! ⛈️
https://twitter.com/VladTheInflator/status/2039577001531768906 #Claims #Humor #HackerNews #ngated -
🎵 Oh look, an #AI throws a #tantrum because it thinks it's the next Beethoven of #copyright claims! Meanwhile, #JavaScript needs a nap and your #browser just can’t even. Maybe next time, blame it on the rain! ⛈️
https://twitter.com/VladTheInflator/status/2039577001531768906 #Claims #Humor #HackerNews #ngated -
🎵 Oh look, an #AI throws a #tantrum because it thinks it's the next Beethoven of #copyright claims! Meanwhile, #JavaScript needs a nap and your #browser just can’t even. Maybe next time, blame it on the rain! ⛈️
https://twitter.com/VladTheInflator/status/2039577001531768906 #Claims #Humor #HackerNews #ngated -
A quotation from Kelly Greenwood
The one requirement for a really satisfying fit of hysterics is a sympathetic audience.
Kerry Greenwood (b. 1954) Australian author and lawyer
Phryne Fisher No. 13, The Castlemaine Murders, ch. 2 (2003)More about this quote: wist.info/greenwood-kerry/8259…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #kellygreenwood #phrynefisher #missfisher #histrionics #hysterics #sympathy #tantrum
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A quotation from Kelly Greenwood
The one requirement for a really satisfying fit of hysterics is a sympathetic audience.
Kerry Greenwood (b. 1954) Australian author and lawyer
Phryne Fisher No. 13, The Castlemaine Murders, ch. 2 (2003)More about this quote: wist.info/greenwood-kerry/8259…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #kellygreenwood #phrynefisher #missfisher #histrionics #hysterics #sympathy #tantrum
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A quotation from Kelly Greenwood
The one requirement for a really satisfying fit of hysterics is a sympathetic audience.
Kerry Greenwood (b. 1954) Australian author and lawyer
Phryne Fisher No. 13, The Castlemaine Murders, ch. 2 (2003)More about this quote: wist.info/greenwood-kerry/8259…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #kellygreenwood #phrynefisher #missfisher #histrionics #hysterics #sympathy #tantrum
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A quotation from Kelly Greenwood
The one requirement for a really satisfying fit of hysterics is a sympathetic audience.
Kerry Greenwood (b. 1954) Australian author and lawyer
Phryne Fisher No. 13, The Castlemaine Murders, ch. 2 (2003)More about this quote: wist.info/greenwood-kerry/8259…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #kellygreenwood #phrynefisher #missfisher #histrionics #hysterics #sympathy #tantrum
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The flabbergastingly-incompetent "We're voluntarily dismissing our appeal of this dog of a case." / "No we're not" duelling motions from the US DoJ kindergarten theatre of yesterday and today just *screams* of the following sequence of events:
1. Senior DoJ attorneys trying to formulate the appeal of the loss in the original case (which, as you'll recall, is about Trump illegally and arbitrarily punishing law firms he doesn't like) know they have an impossible task - there's nothing they can say that will justify the appeal in a legal sense.
2. They write it up as "We should drop the case" and send it up the chain.
3. A manager/supervisor/<title>-in-charge approves it.
4. It slides by Bondi's desk without notice. She's busy screaming about the Dow-Jones anyways.
5. They file the motion.
6. It gets coverage on TV news, including Fox.
7. Trump sees this, picks up the phone and screams at Bondi demanding the punishment continue.
8. You Are Here.This really is the #stupidest #timeline.
#USPol #Trump #Bondi #PamBondi #DoJ #justice #USA #attorney #LawFirm #NoCase #FauxNews #tantrum #MangoMussolini #incompetent #incompetence
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The flabbergastingly-incompetent "We're voluntarily dismissing our appeal of this dog of a case." / "No we're not" duelling motions from the US DoJ kindergarten theatre of yesterday and today just *screams* of the following sequence of events:
1. Senior DoJ attorneys trying to formulate the appeal of the loss in the original case (which, as you'll recall, is about Trump illegally and arbitrarily punishing law firms he doesn't like) know they have an impossible task - there's nothing they can say that will justify the appeal in a legal sense.
2. They write it up as "We should drop the case" and send it up the chain.
3. A manager/supervisor/<title>-in-charge approves it.
4. It slides by Bondi's desk without notice. She's busy screaming about the Dow-Jones anyways.
5. They file the motion.
6. It gets coverage on TV news, including Fox.
7. Trump sees this, picks up the phone and screams at Bondi demanding the punishment continue.
8. You Are Here.This really is the #stupidest #timeline.
#USPol #Trump #Bondi #PamBondi #DoJ #justice #USA #attorney #LawFirm #NoCase #FauxNews #tantrum #MangoMussolini #incompetent #incompetence
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The flabbergastingly-incompetent "We're voluntarily dismissing our appeal of this dog of a case." / "No we're not" duelling motions from the US DoJ kindergarten theatre of yesterday and today just *screams* of the following sequence of events:
1. Senior DoJ attorneys trying to formulate the appeal of the loss in the original case (which, as you'll recall, is about Trump illegally and arbitrarily punishing law firms he doesn't like) know they have an impossible task - there's nothing they can say that will justify the appeal in a legal sense.
2. They write it up as "We should drop the case" and send it up the chain.
3. A manager/supervisor/<title>-in-charge approves it.
4. It slides by Bondi's desk without notice. She's busy screaming about the Dow-Jones anyways.
5. They file the motion.
6. It gets coverage on TV news, including Fox.
7. Trump sees this, picks up the phone and screams at Bondi demanding the punishment continue.
8. You Are Here.This really is the #stupidest #timeline.
#USPol #Trump #Bondi #PamBondi #DoJ #justice #USA #attorney #LawFirm #NoCase #FauxNews #tantrum #MangoMussolini #incompetent #incompetence
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The flabbergastingly-incompetent "We're voluntarily dismissing our appeal of this dog of a case." / "No we're not" duelling motions from the US DoJ kindergarten theatre of yesterday and today just *screams* of the following sequence of events:
1. Senior DoJ attorneys trying to formulate the appeal of the loss in the original case (which, as you'll recall, is about Trump illegally and arbitrarily punishing law firms he doesn't like) know they have an impossible task - there's nothing they can say that will justify the appeal in a legal sense.
2. They write it up as "We should drop the case" and send it up the chain.
3. A manager/supervisor/<title>-in-charge approves it.
4. It slides by Bondi's desk without notice. She's busy screaming about the Dow-Jones anyways.
5. They file the motion.
6. It gets coverage on TV news, including Fox.
7. Trump sees this, picks up the phone and screams at Bondi demanding the punishment continue.
8. You Are Here.This really is the #stupidest #timeline.
#USPol #Trump #Bondi #PamBondi #DoJ #justice #USA #attorney #LawFirm #NoCase #FauxNews #tantrum #MangoMussolini #incompetent #incompetence
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The flabbergastingly-incompetent "We're voluntarily dismissing our appeal of this dog of a case." / "No we're not" duelling motions from the US DoJ kindergarten theatre of yesterday and today just *screams* of the following sequence of events:
1. Senior DoJ attorneys trying to formulate the appeal of the loss in the original case (which, as you'll recall, is about Trump illegally and arbitrarily punishing law firms he doesn't like) know they have an impossible task - there's nothing they can say that will justify the appeal in a legal sense.
2. They write it up as "We should drop the case" and send it up the chain.
3. A manager/supervisor/<title>-in-charge approves it.
4. It slides by Bondi's desk without notice. She's busy screaming about the Dow-Jones anyways.
5. They file the motion.
6. It gets coverage on TV news, including Fox.
7. Trump sees this, picks up the phone and screams at Bondi demanding the punishment continue.
8. You Are Here.This really is the #stupidest #timeline.
#USPol #Trump #Bondi #PamBondi #DoJ #justice #USA #attorney #LawFirm #NoCase #FauxNews #tantrum #MangoMussolini #incompetent #incompetence
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Fuckwit #trump throws yet another #tantrum
#republican
#republicanBrand
#republicans
#gop
#GOPisGARBAGE"Trump threatens ‘more powerful and obnoxious’ tariffs, amid confusion in UK and EU; Wall Street drops"
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Fuckwit #trump throws yet another #tantrum
#republican
#republicanBrand
#republicans
#gop
#GOPisGARBAGE"Trump threatens ‘more powerful and obnoxious’ tariffs, amid confusion in UK and EU; Wall Street drops"
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Fuckwit #trump throws yet another #tantrum
#republican
#republicanBrand
#republicans
#gop
#GOPisGARBAGE"Trump threatens ‘more powerful and obnoxious’ tariffs, amid confusion in UK and EU; Wall Street drops"
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Fuckwit #trump throws yet another #tantrum
#republican
#republicanBrand
#republicans
#gop
#GOPisGARBAGE"Trump threatens ‘more powerful and obnoxious’ tariffs, amid confusion in UK and EU; Wall Street drops"
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Remind the #ignorant fools who vote #republican #gop that #trump #tantrum #tariffs are paid by #Americans
#republicans in #congress could stop Trump, but they won't
#Vote them OUT
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Remind the #ignorant fools who vote #republican #gop that #trump #tantrum #tariffs are paid by #Americans
#republicans in #congress could stop Trump, but they won't
#Vote them OUT
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Remind the #ignorant fools who vote #republican #gop that #trump #tantrum #tariffs are paid by #Americans
#republicans in #congress could stop Trump, but they won't
#Vote them OUT
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Remind the #ignorant fools who vote #republican #gop that #trump #tantrum #tariffs are paid by #Americans
#republicans in #congress could stop Trump, but they won't
#Vote them OUT
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The “California Billionaire Tax Act”,
often referred to simply as the #billionaire #tax,
is a proposalthat would require any California resident worth more than $1bn to pay a
one-off, 5% tax on their assets to help cover education, food assistance and healthcare programs in the state.It’s sponsored by the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West,
and if it receives enough signatures from California voters, it will go to the ballot in November.When the proposal was put forward at the end of last year,
many among tech’s billionaire elite threw a #tantrum.Some opened offices or bought mansions in Florida or Texas,
vowing to leave California for good.
The fleeing rich included Palantir co-founder Peter #Thiel,
whose current net worth is $25bn;
Google co-founders Larry #Page and Sergey #Brin,
worth around $255bn and $240bn respectively;
and Donald Trump’s AI and crypto czar, David #Sacks,
whose net worth is not publicly known.Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Meta CEO
Mark #Zuckerberg,
worth $229bn, has also bought a property in south Florida valued between $150 and $200m.Thiel has additionally led the charge in donating to a lobbying group, the "California Business Roundtable",
which has pledged to fight the wealth tax.The Palantir co-founder handed over $3m to the political action committee in late December.
Other major donors include realtors, entrepreneurs and private equity firms.
James #Siminoff, who founded the camera-embedded Ring doorbell company, also donated $100,000, according to public records.“The most powerful money in politics is to be on the no-side of a ballot measure,” said #McCuan.
“You can even pre-empt something getting to the ballot, like a billionaire’s tax,
by explaining to everyone out there that this is a bad idea for economic growth.”Tech investors and venture capitalists have been extremely vocal in their opposition to the tax,
saying that the state will lose revenue as billionaires flee and it will hurt the state’s ability to be economically competitive.Just this week, Chamath #Palihapitiya, a former Facebook executive and current venture capital investor, wrote
“the loss of this tax revenue was totally avoidable but is now forever”.
#Balaji #Srinivasan, an investor and former chief technology officer of Coinbase, wrote,
“the most successful tech founders of all time have now exited the failed state of California”.Adding on, Paul #Graham, the co-founder of seed capital firm Y Combinator, wrote:
“It’s important that people like Zuck and Larry Page are willing to move in response to the proposed wealth tax.
It shows politicians what will happen if they try things like this.”Joining the billionaires, #Newsom has pledged to fight the tax, saying it will “drive a race to the bottom” and stifle innovation as the ultra-wealthy leave.
“This will be defeated – there’s no question in my mind,” Newsom told the New York Times in January.
“I’ll do what I have to do to protect the state.”
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/15/california-billionaires-state-elections -
The “California Billionaire Tax Act”,
often referred to simply as the #billionaire #tax,
is a proposalthat would require any California resident worth more than $1bn to pay a
one-off, 5% tax on their assets to help cover education, food assistance and healthcare programs in the state.It’s sponsored by the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West,
and if it receives enough signatures from California voters, it will go to the ballot in November.When the proposal was put forward at the end of last year,
many among tech’s billionaire elite threw a #tantrum.Some opened offices or bought mansions in Florida or Texas,
vowing to leave California for good.
The fleeing rich included Palantir co-founder Peter #Thiel,
whose current net worth is $25bn;
Google co-founders Larry #Page and Sergey #Brin,
worth around $255bn and $240bn respectively;
and Donald Trump’s AI and crypto czar, David #Sacks,
whose net worth is not publicly known.Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Meta CEO
Mark #Zuckerberg,
worth $229bn, has also bought a property in south Florida valued between $150 and $200m.Thiel has additionally led the charge in donating to a lobbying group, the "California Business Roundtable",
which has pledged to fight the wealth tax.The Palantir co-founder handed over $3m to the political action committee in late December.
Other major donors include realtors, entrepreneurs and private equity firms.
James #Siminoff, who founded the camera-embedded Ring doorbell company, also donated $100,000, according to public records.“The most powerful money in politics is to be on the no-side of a ballot measure,” said #McCuan.
“You can even pre-empt something getting to the ballot, like a billionaire’s tax,
by explaining to everyone out there that this is a bad idea for economic growth.”Tech investors and venture capitalists have been extremely vocal in their opposition to the tax,
saying that the state will lose revenue as billionaires flee and it will hurt the state’s ability to be economically competitive.Just this week, Chamath #Palihapitiya, a former Facebook executive and current venture capital investor, wrote
“the loss of this tax revenue was totally avoidable but is now forever”.
#Balaji #Srinivasan, an investor and former chief technology officer of Coinbase, wrote,
“the most successful tech founders of all time have now exited the failed state of California”.Adding on, Paul #Graham, the co-founder of seed capital firm Y Combinator, wrote:
“It’s important that people like Zuck and Larry Page are willing to move in response to the proposed wealth tax.
It shows politicians what will happen if they try things like this.”Joining the billionaires, #Newsom has pledged to fight the tax, saying it will “drive a race to the bottom” and stifle innovation as the ultra-wealthy leave.
“This will be defeated – there’s no question in my mind,” Newsom told the New York Times in January.
“I’ll do what I have to do to protect the state.”
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/15/california-billionaires-state-elections -
The “California Billionaire Tax Act”,
often referred to simply as the #billionaire #tax,
is a proposalthat would require any California resident worth more than $1bn to pay a
one-off, 5% tax on their assets to help cover education, food assistance and healthcare programs in the state.It’s sponsored by the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West,
and if it receives enough signatures from California voters, it will go to the ballot in November.When the proposal was put forward at the end of last year,
many among tech’s billionaire elite threw a #tantrum.Some opened offices or bought mansions in Florida or Texas,
vowing to leave California for good.
The fleeing rich included Palantir co-founder Peter #Thiel,
whose current net worth is $25bn;
Google co-founders Larry #Page and Sergey #Brin,
worth around $255bn and $240bn respectively;
and Donald Trump’s AI and crypto czar, David #Sacks,
whose net worth is not publicly known.Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Meta CEO
Mark #Zuckerberg,
worth $229bn, has also bought a property in south Florida valued between $150 and $200m.Thiel has additionally led the charge in donating to a lobbying group, the "California Business Roundtable",
which has pledged to fight the wealth tax.The Palantir co-founder handed over $3m to the political action committee in late December.
Other major donors include realtors, entrepreneurs and private equity firms.
James #Siminoff, who founded the camera-embedded Ring doorbell company, also donated $100,000, according to public records.“The most powerful money in politics is to be on the no-side of a ballot measure,” said #McCuan.
“You can even pre-empt something getting to the ballot, like a billionaire’s tax,
by explaining to everyone out there that this is a bad idea for economic growth.”Tech investors and venture capitalists have been extremely vocal in their opposition to the tax,
saying that the state will lose revenue as billionaires flee and it will hurt the state’s ability to be economically competitive.Just this week, Chamath #Palihapitiya, a former Facebook executive and current venture capital investor, wrote
“the loss of this tax revenue was totally avoidable but is now forever”.
#Balaji #Srinivasan, an investor and former chief technology officer of Coinbase, wrote,
“the most successful tech founders of all time have now exited the failed state of California”.Adding on, Paul #Graham, the co-founder of seed capital firm Y Combinator, wrote:
“It’s important that people like Zuck and Larry Page are willing to move in response to the proposed wealth tax.
It shows politicians what will happen if they try things like this.”Joining the billionaires, #Newsom has pledged to fight the tax, saying it will “drive a race to the bottom” and stifle innovation as the ultra-wealthy leave.
“This will be defeated – there’s no question in my mind,” Newsom told the New York Times in January.
“I’ll do what I have to do to protect the state.”
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/15/california-billionaires-state-elections -
The “California Billionaire Tax Act”,
often referred to simply as the #billionaire #tax,
is a proposalthat would require any California resident worth more than $1bn to pay a
one-off, 5% tax on their assets to help cover education, food assistance and healthcare programs in the state.It’s sponsored by the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West,
and if it receives enough signatures from California voters, it will go to the ballot in November.When the proposal was put forward at the end of last year,
many among tech’s billionaire elite threw a #tantrum.Some opened offices or bought mansions in Florida or Texas,
vowing to leave California for good.
The fleeing rich included Palantir co-founder Peter #Thiel,
whose current net worth is $25bn;
Google co-founders Larry #Page and Sergey #Brin,
worth around $255bn and $240bn respectively;
and Donald Trump’s AI and crypto czar, David #Sacks,
whose net worth is not publicly known.Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Meta CEO
Mark #Zuckerberg,
worth $229bn, has also bought a property in south Florida valued between $150 and $200m.Thiel has additionally led the charge in donating to a lobbying group, the "California Business Roundtable",
which has pledged to fight the wealth tax.The Palantir co-founder handed over $3m to the political action committee in late December.
Other major donors include realtors, entrepreneurs and private equity firms.
James #Siminoff, who founded the camera-embedded Ring doorbell company, also donated $100,000, according to public records.“The most powerful money in politics is to be on the no-side of a ballot measure,” said #McCuan.
“You can even pre-empt something getting to the ballot, like a billionaire’s tax,
by explaining to everyone out there that this is a bad idea for economic growth.”Tech investors and venture capitalists have been extremely vocal in their opposition to the tax,
saying that the state will lose revenue as billionaires flee and it will hurt the state’s ability to be economically competitive.Just this week, Chamath #Palihapitiya, a former Facebook executive and current venture capital investor, wrote
“the loss of this tax revenue was totally avoidable but is now forever”.
#Balaji #Srinivasan, an investor and former chief technology officer of Coinbase, wrote,
“the most successful tech founders of all time have now exited the failed state of California”.Adding on, Paul #Graham, the co-founder of seed capital firm Y Combinator, wrote:
“It’s important that people like Zuck and Larry Page are willing to move in response to the proposed wealth tax.
It shows politicians what will happen if they try things like this.”Joining the billionaires, #Newsom has pledged to fight the tax, saying it will “drive a race to the bottom” and stifle innovation as the ultra-wealthy leave.
“This will be defeated – there’s no question in my mind,” Newsom told the New York Times in January.
“I’ll do what I have to do to protect the state.”
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/15/california-billionaires-state-elections -
The “California Billionaire Tax Act”,
often referred to simply as the #billionaire #tax,
is a proposalthat would require any California resident worth more than $1bn to pay a
one-off, 5% tax on their assets to help cover education, food assistance and healthcare programs in the state.It’s sponsored by the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West,
and if it receives enough signatures from California voters, it will go to the ballot in November.When the proposal was put forward at the end of last year,
many among tech’s billionaire elite threw a #tantrum.Some opened offices or bought mansions in Florida or Texas,
vowing to leave California for good.
The fleeing rich included Palantir co-founder Peter #Thiel,
whose current net worth is $25bn;
Google co-founders Larry #Page and Sergey #Brin,
worth around $255bn and $240bn respectively;
and Donald Trump’s AI and crypto czar, David #Sacks,
whose net worth is not publicly known.Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Meta CEO
Mark #Zuckerberg,
worth $229bn, has also bought a property in south Florida valued between $150 and $200m.Thiel has additionally led the charge in donating to a lobbying group, the "California Business Roundtable",
which has pledged to fight the wealth tax.The Palantir co-founder handed over $3m to the political action committee in late December.
Other major donors include realtors, entrepreneurs and private equity firms.
James #Siminoff, who founded the camera-embedded Ring doorbell company, also donated $100,000, according to public records.“The most powerful money in politics is to be on the no-side of a ballot measure,” said #McCuan.
“You can even pre-empt something getting to the ballot, like a billionaire’s tax,
by explaining to everyone out there that this is a bad idea for economic growth.”Tech investors and venture capitalists have been extremely vocal in their opposition to the tax,
saying that the state will lose revenue as billionaires flee and it will hurt the state’s ability to be economically competitive.Just this week, Chamath #Palihapitiya, a former Facebook executive and current venture capital investor, wrote
“the loss of this tax revenue was totally avoidable but is now forever”.
#Balaji #Srinivasan, an investor and former chief technology officer of Coinbase, wrote,
“the most successful tech founders of all time have now exited the failed state of California”.Adding on, Paul #Graham, the co-founder of seed capital firm Y Combinator, wrote:
“It’s important that people like Zuck and Larry Page are willing to move in response to the proposed wealth tax.
It shows politicians what will happen if they try things like this.”Joining the billionaires, #Newsom has pledged to fight the tax, saying it will “drive a race to the bottom” and stifle innovation as the ultra-wealthy leave.
“This will be defeated – there’s no question in my mind,” Newsom told the New York Times in January.
“I’ll do what I have to do to protect the state.”
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/15/california-billionaires-state-elections -
Thanks, everyone, for the thoughts and comments and favourites and such.
George would like you to know he is NOT HAPPY with having to go to the doctor again, and that he needs MORE TREATS to make up for it.
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Thanks, everyone, for the thoughts and comments and favourites and such.
George would like you to know he is NOT HAPPY with having to go to the doctor again, and that he needs MORE TREATS to make up for it.
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Thanks, everyone, for the thoughts and comments and favourites and such.
George would like you to know he is NOT HAPPY with having to go to the doctor again, and that he needs MORE TREATS to make up for it.
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Thanks, everyone, for the thoughts and comments and favourites and such.
George would like you to know he is NOT HAPPY with having to go to the doctor again, and that he needs MORE TREATS to make up for it.
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Thanks, everyone, for the thoughts and comments and favourites and such.
George would like you to know he is NOT HAPPY with having to go to the doctor again, and that he needs MORE TREATS to make up for it.
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#Trump's latest diarrhea "truth" about the Gordie Howe #bridge, and how he wants to block its opening until (paraphrasing) he owns half of it and (literal quote) “the United States is fully compensated for everything we have given them, and also, importantly, #Canada treats the United States with the #Fairness and #Respect that we deserve” can have only one response:
"Fuck you, Donnie."
If the #Canadian government negotiates with the #USA over this... if we even dignify it with a response, as if it was a reasonable concern ... if we, as a country, do *anything* that even hints at his #tantrum being any kind of #reasonable argument, then we have failed.
"Fuck you, Donnie."
#Bullies don't understand anything except pushback, and when they get that, they fold.
"Fuck you, Donnie."
That should be our position on every demand he makes and every overwrought complaint he vomits out into the #MAGAsphere.
T: "Canada's treated us badly."
"Fuck you, Donnie."
T: "Canada better keep buying the #F35 or they'll regret it!"
"Fuck you, Donnie."
T: "Doing business with #China, we're not going to allow that."
"Fuck you, Donnie."
T: "Canada's going to have to cooperate with us on my fabulous Golden Dome."
"Fuck you, Donnie."
T: "I'm going to #tariff Canada!"
"Fuck you, Donnie."
He's going to do what he's going to do. He can't be reasoned with, he won't honour his own word so you can't trust any "deal" with him.
"Fuck you, Donnie."
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#Trump's latest diarrhea "truth" about the Gordie Howe #bridge, and how he wants to block its opening until (paraphrasing) he owns half of it and (literal quote) “the United States is fully compensated for everything we have given them, and also, importantly, #Canada treats the United States with the #Fairness and #Respect that we deserve” can have only one response:
"Fuck you, Donnie."
If the #Canadian government negotiates with the #USA over this... if we even dignify it with a response, as if it was a reasonable concern ... if we, as a country, do *anything* that even hints at his #tantrum being any kind of #reasonable argument, then we have failed.
"Fuck you, Donnie."
#Bullies don't understand anything except pushback, and when they get that, they fold.
"Fuck you, Donnie."
That should be our position on every demand he makes and every overwrought complaint he vomits out into the #MAGAsphere.
T: "Canada's treated us badly."
"Fuck you, Donnie."
T: "Canada better keep buying the #F35 or they'll regret it!"
"Fuck you, Donnie."
T: "Doing business with #China, we're not going to allow that."
"Fuck you, Donnie."
T: "Canada's going to have to cooperate with us on my fabulous Golden Dome."
"Fuck you, Donnie."
T: "I'm going to #tariff Canada!"
"Fuck you, Donnie."
He's going to do what he's going to do. He can't be reasoned with, he won't honour his own word so you can't trust any "deal" with him.
"Fuck you, Donnie."
