Husband, father, lawyer, policy advocate. Former Senate leadership, Exec Dir GOP Platform, SLF/Crossroads. @UChicagoLaw @Georgetown. Alaska. From San Diego.
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Give this man every honor we have, but don't politicize it. Don't co-opt his heroism. God bless him for having this courage. He was called to the moment, and ... damn. opb.org/article/2026/10/23/bβ¦
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Makes speeches for 500k a pop. Hasnβt eaten dinner that costs less than $250 in years. Has never been in a Cheesecake Factory. Undefeated at condescending to regular folks. Will always be known for a presidency that ushered in the Trump era to begin with.
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Obamaβs lame attempt to ridicule Trump at the WH correspondents dinner might well be the reason he ran in 2016.
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It has nothing to do with Gaza or even Palestinians. It has simply become a global symbol for wanting the destruction of western civilization.
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Local Parents Pay University $100,000 To Totally Destroy 18 Years Of Their Hard Work buff.ly/KhfIsY7
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Ross Perot Jr. says Xi Jinping wants Taiwan by 2027.
"I mean, we should believe him. If he goes to war, the damage to the global economy is staggering."
His answer is deterrence. "If you're strong, you maintain peace. And with peace, you buy time, and time is on the side of democracy."
He thinks time favors us: China's population is set to shrink, while North America has the best demographics, economy and energy story in the world. What he worries about is our resolve.
"Our issue is will. Do we have the will to continue to protect and build our nation?"
Today I sit down with Ross Perot Jr., Chairman of Hillwood and The Perot Group. Ross founded Hillwood in 1988 and built Alliance Texas, his masterpiece, a 1 of 1 27,000-acre development.
We discuss:
β’ Why Trammell Crow told him to just build warehouses
β’ How Hillwood developed Alliance Texas
β’ How a rare earth company got its air permit in three weeks
β’ How President Bush helped close Scotiabank's move to Texas
β’ What the 1992 campaign looked like from inside the family
β’ The Iran War and why cheap oil prices are on the way
β’ Why every community should want a data center
β’ How to keep China from taking Taiwan
β’ Why he expects markets to boom after the midterms
Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro
(00:42) Why Texas Is Winning the Data Center Boom
(06:20) The Facts Behind the Data Center Backlash
(11:49) Why California, Illinois, and New York Are Losing to Texas
(18:12) How Fort Worth Landed Elon Musk, MP Materials, and Taylor Sheridan
(23:39) Building Alliance for Flying Taxis and Drone Delivery
(27:47) Fighter Pilot Heroes and the First Helicopter Flight Around the World
(34:29) Why EDS Left Dallas and Hillwood Became a Developer
(38:31) Why the Rail Yard Matters More Than the Runway
(44:51) Tariffs and How to Deal with China
(50:35) Deterring a War over Taiwan by 2027
(55:32) The Iran War and the Coming Oil Glut
(59:10) The Case for a Post-Midterm Market Boom
(1:04:34) Smart AI Regulation and the Quantum Encryption Threat
(1:09:24) Buying Land After the S&L Crisis and Trammell Crow's Advice
(1:12:31) Why Circle T Ranch Has Been Replanned 30 Times
(1:17:43) How George W. Bush Closed the Scotiabank Deal
(1:19:11) Inside the 1992 Perot Presidential Campaign
(1:24:34) How Hillwood Runs as a Company of Entrepreneurs
(1:32:04) Why Finding Talent Is the Hardest Part of the Business
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<Giamanco ran from the wallball court to the building and got prone, moving on hands and knees along the windows.
βThatβs when I started hearing children pleading for their lives and then I started hearing gunfire and I just started army crawling faster and faster and I told myself this is probably the last thing that Iβm ever going to do.β>
Extraordinary.
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βI said, βIβm sorry, I have to go in. People are going to die.ββ
Extraordinary.
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Extraordinary.
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Today I turn 88β¦Iβve seen some serious shit. The most serious of it all is love. I love my family, my friends, and my wonderful fans. The power of love remains.
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On Tom Skerritt's passing, I give you this short clip showing how a father should treat his sons in any competition. cc: @TPCarney @cjscalia @JCChicagoHusky
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RIP, Tom Skerritt: in a career that extended over 60 years, the actor appeared in over 170 movies, including "Alien," "Top Gun," "A River Runs Through It," and "Steel Magnolias." variety.com/2026/film/news/tβ¦
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β‘οΈ "It is wrong and unacceptable that he pins Russiaβs aggression and Russiaβs killings on me,"
Zelenskyy regarding Trump's statements.
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NEW YORK TIMES now confirming my reporting from weeks ago that El-Sayed signed a letter in support of the Muslim Brotherhood in 2012
(naturally not crediting the Free Beacon at all)
El-Sayed also refused to comment on letter to them!)
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Seems important!
NEW YORK TIMES now confirming my reporting from weeks ago that El-Sayed signed a letter in support of the Muslim Brotherhood in 2012
(naturally not crediting the Free Beacon at all)
El-Sayed also refused to comment on letter to them!)
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It can absolutely be both if the billionaires think it will not be a one time tax, even if they're wrong.
Either the tax is annual β and in that case it generates revenue annually, and some billionaires leave.
Or the tax is one-time β in that case it generates revenue in just one year, and there is no incentive to leave.
It canβt be both at the same time.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Billionaires can leave based on beliefs the one-time tax signals future annual ones, even if it stays one-timeβyielding lost income taxes without annual wealth revenue. This models uncertainty, a standard approach.
nber.org/papers/w35899
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