Serious answer: no.
Taxes are paid directly by individuals and businesses to the feds. So a city or state couldn't withhold those taxes as a logistical matter.
I've seen a couple proposals to try to get around this but they would almost certainly fail.
Taxes are paid directly by individuals and businesses to the feds. So a city or state couldn't withhold those taxes as a logistical matter.
I've seen a couple proposals to try to get around this but they would almost certainly fail.
I’m actually really quite serious: can sanctuary cities stop sending their taxes to the feds?
Trump: "Starting February 1, we're not making any payments to sanctuary cities or states having sanctuary cities"
January 14, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Serious answer: no.
Taxes are paid directly by individuals and businesses to the feds. So a city or state couldn't withhold those taxes as a logistical matter.
I've seen a couple proposals to try to get around this but they would almost certainly fail.
Taxes are paid directly by individuals and businesses to the feds. So a city or state couldn't withhold those taxes as a logistical matter.
I've seen a couple proposals to try to get around this but they would almost certainly fail.
slightly diminish a game
red bed redemption
red bed redemption
slightly diminish a game
birdwatch
birdwatch
slightly diminish a game
text message of duty
text message of duty
January 11, 2026 at 6:54 PM
slightly diminish a game
red bed redemption
red bed redemption
So I think this might be the most bonkers deal I've ever seen at Costco. $30/lb for A5 wagyu. Pretty sure they were doing clearance from what didn't sell over the holidays.
January 8, 2026 at 8:55 PM
So I think this might be the most bonkers deal I've ever seen at Costco. $30/lb for A5 wagyu. Pretty sure they were doing clearance from what didn't sell over the holidays.
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If you are anxious and sad about the state of the world, that's fine, and there are plenty of strategies for dealing with that. But I think you already know that drive-by online dooming isn't a strategy. It's selfish and adolescent. It's a contagion that only spreads the worst of you, not the best.
January 8, 2026 at 3:51 AM
If you are anxious and sad about the state of the world, that's fine, and there are plenty of strategies for dealing with that. But I think you already know that drive-by online dooming isn't a strategy. It's selfish and adolescent. It's a contagion that only spreads the worst of you, not the best.
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I think people are usually wrong about the direction of the distraction. I think it’s seldom an intentional distraction by Trump; Trump doesn’t do strategy. He lacks, among other things, the necessary impulse control. Mostly it’s Trump gets distracted, & he’s influenced by people w access to him.
January 3, 2026 at 10:51 PM
I think people are usually wrong about the direction of the distraction. I think it’s seldom an intentional distraction by Trump; Trump doesn’t do strategy. He lacks, among other things, the necessary impulse control. Mostly it’s Trump gets distracted, & he’s influenced by people w access to him.
Poaster used "an" instead of "a." Is this the secret code for triggering Sharia in New York?
its so exhausting to realize that this is triggering an obama like freakout. and we are going to have to deal with an endless meltdown from our social betters about an municipal office
January 2, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Poaster used "an" instead of "a." Is this the secret code for triggering Sharia in New York?
I once shared a security line at JFK with Anthony Bourdain.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 29, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I once shared a security line at JFK with Anthony Bourdain.
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I spent $900 at 1587 Prime so you don’t have to.
Two nights playing with fire at Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce's steakhouse: defector.com/two-nights-p...
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December 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I spent $900 at 1587 Prime so you don’t have to.
Happy Hanukkah to all!
December 15, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Happy Hanukkah to all!
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O-ring production functions (which more or less accurately describe the relationship between inputs and value in complex manufactures) produce very strange looking org charts, organized to maximin (NOT minimax) the quality of the inputs, because the lowest quality input dominates the overall result.
Half of the staff at a lumber mill are in wood procurement, which is a spreadsheet and text/email job. Less than a third are doing any "manufacturing" and that's if you count fork truck drivers.
December 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
O-ring production functions (which more or less accurately describe the relationship between inputs and value in complex manufactures) produce very strange looking org charts, organized to maximin (NOT minimax) the quality of the inputs, because the lowest quality input dominates the overall result.
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this is cold blooded, calculated murder and Bradley should be court martialed and jailed for it
December 5, 2025 at 1:30 AM
this is cold blooded, calculated murder and Bradley should be court martialed and jailed for it
Since extra time is the thing people are talking about with this, I'm gonna stake my claim to solving it by adding calculus to the SAT.
A thread
A thread
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Since extra time is the thing people are talking about with this, I'm gonna stake my claim to solving it by adding calculus to the SAT.
A thread
A thread
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I despise jurisdiction stripping. I despised it ten years ago and I despise it today.
If you don't like the courts, fix them. You need courts. Jurisdiction stripping is tantamount to declaring that your measures are unlawful and you don't care
If you don't like the courts, fix them. You need courts. Jurisdiction stripping is tantamount to declaring that your measures are unlawful and you don't care
November 29, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I despise jurisdiction stripping. I despised it ten years ago and I despise it today.
If you don't like the courts, fix them. You need courts. Jurisdiction stripping is tantamount to declaring that your measures are unlawful and you don't care
If you don't like the courts, fix them. You need courts. Jurisdiction stripping is tantamount to declaring that your measures are unlawful and you don't care
My view of the core ill of American society is artificially imposed scarcity (mostly of housing but in this case elite college slots). More people competing for a fixed number of places is corrosive to all sorts of notions of fair play and justice.
Yes. As competition for the slots at the top schools has become more cutthroat, the proportion of kids who are getting in basically by being willing to "cheat the game" more aggressively is increasing. Probably bad news for society if our elites are being drawn from these same schools!
I've worked as a college admissions counselor. There's a large tranche of kids who get into the top schools not because they're demonstrably smarter than their peers but because they're wiling to lie/inflate their accomplishments more boldly. That's not every kid at Harvard but it's a lot of them.
November 15, 2025 at 6:51 PM
My view of the core ill of American society is artificially imposed scarcity (mostly of housing but in this case elite college slots). More people competing for a fixed number of places is corrosive to all sorts of notions of fair play and justice.
Tune of the night: Zohran Mamdani's Disney movie rap song that somehow exists
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Young Cardamom, HAB - #1 Spice (From "Queen of Katwe")
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November 5, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Tune of the night: Zohran Mamdani's Disney movie rap song that somehow exists
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ1O...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ1O...
Three in one recipe! Break down a whole chicken into three meals for two:
1. Stuffed chicken breast. Cut the breasts off but keep the skin and drumette attached (look up airline breast). Then mix cream cheese and cheddar and some spices and stuff under the skin. Roast at 425 til 155 internal.
1. Stuffed chicken breast. Cut the breasts off but keep the skin and drumette attached (look up airline breast). Then mix cream cheese and cheddar and some spices and stuff under the skin. Roast at 425 til 155 internal.
IT IS TIME FOR BLUESKY RECIPE POSTING
do you have a cheap, healthy, low-cost recipe? post it here! or quote tweet this post. or dunk on me for something I don't care just post easy meals that people can make right now.
do you have a cheap, healthy, low-cost recipe? post it here! or quote tweet this post. or dunk on me for something I don't care just post easy meals that people can make right now.
November 4, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Three in one recipe! Break down a whole chicken into three meals for two:
1. Stuffed chicken breast. Cut the breasts off but keep the skin and drumette attached (look up airline breast). Then mix cream cheese and cheddar and some spices and stuff under the skin. Roast at 425 til 155 internal.
1. Stuffed chicken breast. Cut the breasts off but keep the skin and drumette attached (look up airline breast). Then mix cream cheese and cheddar and some spices and stuff under the skin. Roast at 425 til 155 internal.
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The fundamental problem is that there is no such thing as 'unregulated capitalism'. Capitalism means enforcing regulations against fraud, against large negative externalities, against theft, against anything that makes it impossible for a free market to function.
It is a fragile, laborious balance.
It is a fragile, laborious balance.
something to be said about the tendency of unregulated capitalism to trend here
October 27, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The fundamental problem is that there is no such thing as 'unregulated capitalism'. Capitalism means enforcing regulations against fraud, against large negative externalities, against theft, against anything that makes it impossible for a free market to function.
It is a fragile, laborious balance.
It is a fragile, laborious balance.
Total comp for the military is a bit past $230 billion a year (not including veterans benefits and the VA).
I guess if you *just* covered basic pay, and ignored food and housing allowances or healthcare, you'd be looking at "only" 1.4 billion a week.
I guess if you *just* covered basic pay, and ignored food and housing allowances or healthcare, you'd be looking at "only" 1.4 billion a week.
October 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Total comp for the military is a bit past $230 billion a year (not including veterans benefits and the VA).
I guess if you *just* covered basic pay, and ignored food and housing allowances or healthcare, you'd be looking at "only" 1.4 billion a week.
I guess if you *just* covered basic pay, and ignored food and housing allowances or healthcare, you'd be looking at "only" 1.4 billion a week.
I think this is yet another case of Ivy League vs "almost all other colleges." The ivies for prestige hoarding reasons cap seats far below demand, and so stopping intl admissions at them does open up slots for Americans. But that's not true for the schools where $, not prestige, is the constraint.
A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.
30% drop year over year!
September 29, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I think this is yet another case of Ivy League vs "almost all other colleges." The ivies for prestige hoarding reasons cap seats far below demand, and so stopping intl admissions at them does open up slots for Americans. But that's not true for the schools where $, not prestige, is the constraint.
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Oh my god this is absolutely insane. Do you know how many people are going to be priced out of medicine now? This is going to kill so many people. I'm not even joking. This is a nightmare.
The doves who were celebrating a “lack of tariff pass-through inflation” probably thought we were already done. 🤡
September 25, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Oh my god this is absolutely insane. Do you know how many people are going to be priced out of medicine now? This is going to kill so many people. I'm not even joking. This is a nightmare.
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he's the first DSA executive candidate I've seen go into full "I'm gonna win and I'm gonna govern" mode and winning requires some strategic distance on policy positions, but more importantly governing requires getting into an array of specific topics where ideology can't provide the answers you need
September 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
he's the first DSA executive candidate I've seen go into full "I'm gonna win and I'm gonna govern" mode and winning requires some strategic distance on policy positions, but more importantly governing requires getting into an array of specific topics where ideology can't provide the answers you need
I am unsure if this is a DM. It seems like it on the face, but also Trump has like a famous life-long aversion to electronic written communication. He never sends emails and his penchant is always to call people on the phone - never text.
Yeah, I think this was a DM he accidentally made public. I don't think he'd publicly admit that the administration's reputation and credibility is suffering. He's leaning on Bondi to appoint Halligan to E.D. Va.
Trump criticizes Pam Bondi for not charging his adversaries quickly enough, in a Truth Social post that looks a lot like a DM. truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
September 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I am unsure if this is a DM. It seems like it on the face, but also Trump has like a famous life-long aversion to electronic written communication. He never sends emails and his penchant is always to call people on the phone - never text.
Sometimes you need to stress bake a croquembouche
September 20, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Sometimes you need to stress bake a croquembouche
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Pertient repost. Might've been from you.
September 18, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Pertient repost. Might've been from you.
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/3 There are no moral or norm-based barriers to it trying to do crazy, evil things. But that doesn’t make every “what if the administration does this” scenario equally plausible.
It’s less likely to do complicated things that take careful planning or follow-through, for instance.
It’s less likely to do complicated things that take careful planning or follow-through, for instance.
September 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
/3 There are no moral or norm-based barriers to it trying to do crazy, evil things. But that doesn’t make every “what if the administration does this” scenario equally plausible.
It’s less likely to do complicated things that take careful planning or follow-through, for instance.
It’s less likely to do complicated things that take careful planning or follow-through, for instance.