That was 3 days ago

https://x.com/cspan/status/2098198677001035967

https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/libertarian-icon-ross-ulbricht-praises-004013006.html

https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/trump-vance-midterm-elections-2026-rnc/card/silk-road-founder-ross-ulbricht-thanks-trump-for-pardon-UGEcnoJU1uLnOj6NcQed

I love Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, but this is some serious bullshit.

You won the election. It’s over. The pro-car asshole was defeated.

Now it’s time to be BOLD. Democracy is great, but we can’t keep having debates. Do these angry residents have scientific evidence that their ideas will actually improve the city? No. So fuck them.

The masses are not always right. Real leadership means you need to accept to be temporarly unpopular when you know you are right.

I don’t like Billionaires, but Mike Bloomberg was a great New York City mayor precisely because he didn’t give a shit about being popular as long as the data was on his side. He banned smoking in bars. He banned smoking in restaurants. He mandated calorie counts on chain restaurant menus. He pedestrianized much of Times Square. He created the Citi Bike Program. He invested in bike lanes. People kept whining. He just ignored them.

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