[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] #  @ajlamesa Anthony LaMesa Anthony LaMesa posts on X about countries, homes, japan, italy the most. They currently have XXXXXX followers and XXX posts still getting attention that total XXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours. ### Engagements: XXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::277851432/interactions)  - X Week XXXXXXX +70% - X Month XXXXXXX -XX% - X Months XXXXXXXXX -XX% - X Year XXXXXXXXXX +112% ### Mentions: XX [#](/creator/twitter::277851432/posts_active)  - X Week XXX +4.70% - X Month XXX +80% - X Months XXXXX -XX% - X Year XXXXX +5.40% ### Followers: XXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::277851432/followers)  - X Week XXXXXX +0.17% - X Month XXXXXX +0.46% - X Months XXXXXX +4.50% - X Year XXXXXX +17% ### CreatorRank: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::277851432/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence [#](/creator/twitter::277851432/influence) --- **Social category influence** [countries](/list/countries) XXXXX% [stocks](/list/stocks) XXXX% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) XXXX% [finance](/list/finance) XXXX% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) XXXX% [celebrities](/list/celebrities) XXXX% [social networks](/list/social-networks) XXXX% [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands) XXXX% **Social topic influence** [countries](/topic/countries) #1449, [homes](/topic/homes) 2.19%, [japan](/topic/japan) 1.75%, [italy](/topic/italy) 1.75%, [donald trump](/topic/donald-trump) 1.75%, [germany](/topic/germany) #1005, [longterm](/topic/longterm) 1.32%, [milan](/topic/milan) 1.32%, [white house](/topic/white-house) 1.32%, [mexico](/topic/mexico) XXXX% **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@billybinion](/creator/undefined) [@seckennedy](/creator/undefined) [@jschatman99](/creator/undefined) [@mattpressberg](/creator/undefined) [@murielblaivephd](/creator/undefined) [@jamesharrigan](/creator/undefined) [@emre_mayo](/creator/undefined) [@astoraaron](/creator/undefined) [@alexsjacquez](/creator/undefined) [@fraxinusleaf](/creator/undefined) [@bng82](/creator/undefined) [@zayjspx](/creator/undefined) [@prescottbalch](/creator/undefined) [@padraiccleary](/creator/undefined) [@marlesreign](/creator/undefined) [@imperialmog](/creator/undefined) [@kevinryancombs](/creator/undefined) [@davidaxelrod](/creator/undefined) [@urbancourtyard](/creator/undefined) [@jarjoh](/creator/undefined) **Top assets mentioned** [PepsiCo, Inc. (PEP)](/topic/$pep) ### Top Social Posts [#](/creator/twitter::277851432/posts) --- Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours ""While the housing situation in continental western Europe is hardly a panacea the shocks there have been much more modest and housing security remains far more common. Young adult home ownership rates are higher as is the prevalence of secure long-term rents and tenant protections.""  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948738630245109792) 2025-07-25 13:34:29 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "Ill confess to being sympathetic to the argument that a lot of the nice things Americans identify as socialist in Europe and Japan are actually the product of more sophisticated governments properly regulating and leveraging their private sectors"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948800811980492969) 2025-07-25 17:41:35 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements ""Their political worldview is far more heterodox guided less by ideological rigidities and more by their aspirations to build lives of dignity for themselves and their communities.""  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948750809220456619) 2025-07-25 14:22:53 UTC 19.3K followers, 4505 engagements "South Portland Maine electing a woman of Somali descent as their mayor is totally irrelevant to DHS's work. The only reason to post this out-of-context audio with the Trump image that follows is to stoke racial hatred and xenophobia. Shame on this agency's leadership"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948140362171863159) 2025-07-23 21:57:11 UTC 19.3K followers, 3789 engagements ""Migrants at a Miami immigration jail were shackled with their hands tied behind their backs and made to kneel to eat food from styrofoam plates "like dogs" according to a report published on Monday into conditions at three overcrowded south Florida facilities.""  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1947279684686709236) 2025-07-21 12:57:10 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "This doesnt necessarily mean aggressive policing and mass incarceration. I discuss:"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948092481184452909) 2025-07-23 18:46:55 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements ""On the whole voters disapprove of the presidents handling of the economy inflation tariffs and foreign policy. And yet in each case the new Journal poll found voters nonetheless say they trust Republicans rather than Democrats to handle those same issues in Congress.""  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1949083849670959368) 2025-07-26 12:26:16 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements ""Prisoner advocates say the changes make communities safer by better preparing prisoners for their eventual release and create a less stressful environment for prison workers.""  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948840965109596608) 2025-07-25 20:21:08 UTC 19.3K followers, XX engagements "Convicted of murder in Venezuela. Freed by the Trump administration"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948858475326714016) 2025-07-25 21:30:43 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "Because theres some compelling evidence. Like I mentioned the other day I dont see these restrictions as a panacea and we want real estate markets as free as possible but I do think its a contributing factor especially given how Airbnb-type platforms have made these investments even more lucrative"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948832173286396282) 2025-07-25 19:46:12 UTC 19.3K followers, XX engagements "I have to preface this by saying Donald Trump is a conman and his attempt to interfere with the Fed is appalling but how does a building renovation -- even a very important building -- cost $XXX billion Italy built a driverless metro line across Milan for $XXX billion. This is crazy"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948480119321829449) 2025-07-24 20:27:16 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "And the two DHS posts were reposted on the official White House account. Sickening"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948142343099723794) 2025-07-23 22:05:03 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "@matthewstoller Its also not a high-speed rail system in Florida. The trains are regular-speed and powered by diesel"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948044344998371526) 2025-07-23 15:35:39 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements ""Speaking to the BBC he acknowledged concern about the Home Office competing with local councils to find temporary homes for asylum seekers and homeless people respectively.""  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948448626105036851) 2025-07-24 18:22:07 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "yeah that makes sense. some big differences that i can think of off the top of my head i guess: Vietnam visa-free for many EU countries China offers visa-free (normal not stopover trips) Turkey no e-visa for many countries Venezuela Bolivia. yeah Argentina hasn't required the entry fee (sorry i should have been more precise) for years now. and Brazil's e-visa is now like $XXX instead of the reciprocal fee when they required paper visas"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948481212328099915) 2025-07-24 20:31:36 UTC 19.3K followers, XX engagements "New York's rental housing market is deeply broken"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1947778596866547811) 2025-07-22 21:59:40 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "@Channel5iveNews July 2022. February 2023. September 2023. Rank-and-file Democrats never wanted Joe Biden to run for reelection"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1947363021375861155) 2025-07-21 18:28:19 UTC 19.3K followers, 18.4K engagements "I like the United States -- for all its problems -- but people here have a major problem with projecting our own conditions onto other countries whether it's racial categories historical grievances or a humid subtropical climate on the East Coast that obviously requires more a/c than say highland Mexico or Northern Europe"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948008954841178156) 2025-07-23 13:15:01 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements ""In Germany and Spain real house prices have climbed XX and XX per cent respectively since 1995. In the US the equivalent figure is XX per cent while the UK Ireland Australia New Zealand and Canada all come in north of XXX per cent.""  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948738407879872921) 2025-07-25 13:33:36 UTC 19.3K followers, 5538 engagements "@BnG82 @billybinion Some parts of Europe do need more a/c and its being added to private homes and businesses. People can afford it. But much of Europe has a significantly milder climate than the United States. You dont need a/c in the mountains of Italy or Ireland UK Netherlands Scandinavia"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1946587561972887907) 2025-07-19 15:06:55 UTC 19.3K followers, 1944 engagements "Yeah just FWIW I haven't seen it floated as someone who casually follows this (though not as closely as you). It would be a good alternative. Like if you could eliminate the downtown bit and go straight from PCM all the way to the Muchacho/Publix or whatever. Nice straight line"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948785939808989193) 2025-07-25 16:42:29 UTC 19.3K followers, XX engagements "Im sorry but I think its crazy to see so many parents on Reddit or whatever talking about moving their families to Portugal or Costa Rica or Japan just because of Donald Trump. Think about your children and their friendships their ability to remain on track in school"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1947812142389899323) 2025-07-23 00:12:58 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements ""The bombing in Syria caught the president and the White House by surprise. The president doesn't like turning on the television and seeing bombs dropped in a country he is seeking peace in and made a monumental announcement to help rebuild" a U.S. official said"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1946918970063233437) 2025-07-20 13:03:49 UTC 19.3K followers, 25.2K engagements "I definitely don't think it would fix the problem and would prefer to have as much access to our housing markets as possible. But there is some evidence from a handful of other countries that as a short-term emergency measure these restrictions can help to cool overheated housing markets as new supply is introduced"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948180880498831808) 2025-07-24 00:38:12 UTC 19.3K followers, XX engagements "One wonders how much misery has increased for the working-class and poor in Maine since the rise of Airbnb and other short-term rental apps"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948365204040925638) 2025-07-24 12:50:38 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements ""This is hell" Surez recalled the prison director saying "and youre never going to get out.""  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948005446683398428) 2025-07-23 13:01:05 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "Cool calm and connected: American Airlines becomes first airline to pilot One Stop Security in the U.S. Apparently you'll clear customs at your arrival gate"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1947776404805812407) 2025-07-22 21:50:57 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "I did see it and I responded to it. Airbnb has almost certainly exacerbated housing issues for the poor and working-class in Maine by making it significantly easier to redirect long-term rentals to the vacation rental market. This has happened in tourist-heavy rural areas around the world"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948374126151815389) 2025-07-24 13:26:05 UTC 19.3K followers, XX engagements "Well if it's been published to a preprint server"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948896867128856995) 2025-07-26 00:03:16 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements ""That is a far weaker assessment than voters give to either President Trump or the Republican Party who are viewed more unfavorably than favorably by X points and XX points respectively. A mere X% of voters view the Democrats "very favorably" compared with XX% who show that level of enthusiasm for the GOP.""  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1949083726467486111) 2025-07-26 12:25:47 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "@prescottbalch depends on the distance. if you have modern high-speed rail between city pairs (e.g. Barcelona - Madrid Milan - Rome Paris - Lyon Tokyo - Osaka) the train journey can be faster overall than the airport/flight"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948459626229575767) 2025-07-24 19:05:50 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements ""When the report published in late December without changes to the title the Biden administration ordered the famine warning be deleted from FEWS NETs website the first such retraction in the organizations 40-year relationship with the U.S. government.""  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948731237113184340) 2025-07-25 13:05:07 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "Deutsche Bank Research Institute's Top XX Cities for Quality of Life Boston is the only U.S. city in the top XX -- beats Oslo"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1947781276238221431) 2025-07-22 22:10:18 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "@Padraiccleary a hospital though strikes me as more complicated than a fancy office building"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948488906875302189) 2025-07-24 21:02:11 UTC 19.3K followers, XX engagements "@MARlESREIGN yes one reason they are pulling many levers is that real estate has become wildly unaffordable. i didn't say it was a panacea"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948751230081118221) 2025-07-25 14:24:33 UTC 19.3K followers, XX engagements "Given NIMBY and real estate costs in the Northeast I think some kind of true dedicated high-speed rail is probably impossible there. The Midwest would be better for proof of concept. Maybe you connect Chicago Milwaukee and Minneapolis. Or perhaps the Mountain West with Phoenix to Las Vegas"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948080533897904457) 2025-07-23 17:59:27 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "Yeah San Francisco residents are so blessed"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948101854531047466) 2025-07-23 19:24:10 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "@SecKennedy @KelloggsUS How will you address the crisis of nearly XXX million uninsured or underinsured citizens"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1947710757086630081) 2025-07-22 17:30:05 UTC 19.3K followers, 5326 engagements "Jeffrey Epsteins Birthday Album Included Letters From Bill Clinton Leon Black"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948560496874992017) 2025-07-25 01:46:39 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "Munich airport plans deportation terminal to return XXX migrants a day"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948457063610548347) 2025-07-24 18:55:39 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "Irelands infrastructure to be transformed over next decade with 200bn plan"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1947287448997822810) 2025-07-21 13:28:01 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "Unsurprisingly Coke will continue using HFCS but just produce a new option with cane sugar"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1947667712534036832) 2025-07-22 14:39:03 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements ""A Boeing XXX plane operated by Delta Air Lines was reportedly performing its takeoff roll on the same runway when Aeromxicos Embraer E190 aircraft flew over it before landing.""  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1947827739857457310) 2025-07-23 01:14:56 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "As U.S. Retreats on Climate China and Europe Pledge to Go Green Together"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948923324643377447) 2025-07-26 01:48:24 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "I commented on an Instagram reel that it was insane to drink raw milk and "good luck." Now I have people posting essay-length replies to me. Apparently raw-milk consumers are extremely passionate about their dangerous drink"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1944798081700004207) 2025-07-14 16:36:09 UTC 19.3K followers, 5475 engagements "Both Joe Biden and Donald Trump own the famine in Gaza"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948417567023858105) 2025-07-24 16:18:42 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements ""In the past two years California Arizona and Oklahomas prison systems have shifted their focus to rehabilitation rather than punishment. In 2022 Pennsylvania opened a unit known as Little Scandinavia and last year Missouri began a similar transformation project in four prisons. Six other states have established European-style units for younger prisoners.""  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948839595338031111) 2025-07-25 20:15:41 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "@billybinion About XX% of households in Italy have a/c and the number is growing. Most Japanese houses don't even have central heating. I know your post is just for laughs but come on"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1946581308102033700) 2025-07-19 14:42:04 UTC 19.3K followers, 42.8K engagements "Kind of crazy that transit vehicles this small are used on a major metro line in our country's second-largest city. There's literally no capacity to absorb a major increase in riders. This is the opposite of building for the future"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948445903418745145) 2025-07-24 18:11:18 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "@AndyJScott @SecKennedy @PepsiCo there's no system to guarantee coverage"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1946638244914810936) 2025-07-19 18:28:19 UTC 19.3K followers, XX engagements "@dobssi Yeah this is a pretty shocking story. Like I noted in a thread about this the other day if European and Latin American countries treated tourists with laptops the same way as the United States there would need to be tent detention facilities built in Spain and Portugal"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948367001182691832) 2025-07-24 12:57:46 UTC 19.3K followers, XX engagements ""U.S. sentencing practices seem especially extreme when compared with countries like Canada Germany and the Netherlands.""  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948840522929574271) 2025-07-25 20:19:23 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "@sandeepvaheesan Yeah it's incredible to me how so many people "play dumb" when confronted with the fact that Airbnb introduced some profoundly problematic incentives into housing markets around the world"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948884440232480803) 2025-07-25 23:13:53 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements ""What it all boils down to is the core principle human dignity" said Deputy Warden Johanna Schmid as she led the group through Tegel Prisons leafy courtyards"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948841893023916271) 2025-07-25 20:24:49 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "Something that the "europoor" a/c discourse ignores is that there is *mass uptake* of a/c happening in the EU right now. Governments are subsidizing inverter heat pumps which replace inefficient fossil fuel-powered heating systems and also provide homes with a/c"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948406915903475933) 2025-07-24 15:36:23 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements ""In America President Joseph R. Biden Jr.s failure to end the war split the Democratic Party and helped spur the upheaval that returned President Trump to power.""  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1943692033152917746) 2025-07-11 15:21:07 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "@MurielBlaivePhD I don't know. Airbnb has quality issues worse than hotels now. I'm not totally against allowing people to rent rooms on Airbnb but just playing devil's advocate by pointing out that there's also a housing market impact"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948055916319805944) 2025-07-23 16:21:38 UTC 19.3K followers, XX engagements "Expensive groceries are a genuine policy problem in New York City -- and across the country. There are a lot of policy levers that can be pulled. I'm not sure I would prioritize government supermarkets especially in a dense city"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948366373568061602) 2025-07-24 12:55:17 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "London and New York are at the very bottom"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1947782031741473131) 2025-07-22 22:13:19 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements ""What makes the Anglosphere affordability crunch all the more damaging is that it has happened in societies that have placed especially high value on home ownership both culturally as the go-to marker of having made it in life and financially as a means to accumulate wealth in less generous welfare systems than those of continental Europe.""  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948738718048620738) 2025-07-25 13:34:50 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "Let RFK Jr. be the Make America Healthy Again Food Czar in the White House and bring a more serious individual to HHS"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948039024586760197) 2025-07-23 15:14:30 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "@Matthew94091812 and Airbnb "hosts" also use informal workers without social security or tax contributions instead of formal workers"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948118518811234427) 2025-07-23 20:30:23 UTC 19.3K followers, XX engagements ""Differing concepts of liability also get in the way. In Germany prisoners can use the toilet behind a closed door while in the U.S. toilets are typically installed in open cells said Colby Braun director of the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.""  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948842980229439935) 2025-07-25 20:29:08 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "New TSA program launched to eliminate double screenings for international flights"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1947728279151972553) 2025-07-22 18:39:43 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "@DKThomp I'm not saying it's all Airbnb's fault. I'm saying that Airbnb has almost certainly made the situation worse for the poor and working-class people who grew up there and/or still need to exist in tourist-heavy communities to service the affluent visitors"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948372610221281544) 2025-07-24 13:20:03 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "Anti-social behavior and disorder really bothered people after Covid. Mamdani will have to articulate some ideas on stabilizing public spaces like Cuomo is doing. The primary message Lurie sent in San Francisco was that he would restore order and peace"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948092082662285564) 2025-07-23 18:45:20 UTC 19.3K followers, 1040 engagements "Incredible Reddit post about CBP officers harassing travelers with a Danish middle name that apparently seems Middle Eastern to them. (No its not okay to harass actual Middle Eastern travelers either.)"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948046879721447869) 2025-07-23 15:45:43 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements ""Many of the voters I have spoken to say theyre not Democratic or Republican they are Trump supporters.""  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948750419959709810) 2025-07-25 14:21:20 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "Noah is essentially arguing that Japan should address immigration like the Danes but a major difference is that Denmark maintains freedom of movement with over XXX million Europeans -- from Iceland to Bulgaria -- and Japan doesn't do the same in East Asia"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1947694583208415394) 2025-07-22 16:25:49 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements ""Before his 2016 election President Trump correctly predicted that the forces animating Brexit would go beyond the United Kingdom. But now most Britons say Brexit was a mistake.""  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1949090478202245194) 2025-07-26 12:52:37 UTC 19.3K followers, X engagements "This piece from @nicolegelinas strikes me as a reasonable critique of the public supermarket idea. And Gelinas thoughtfully questions in a comment how the policy could scale and what the impact would be on existing bodegas that Mamdani has also campaigned on defending"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948366024425742732) 2025-07-24 12:53:53 UTC 19.3K followers, 1420 engagements "Justice Department Told Trump in May That His Name Is Among Many in the Epstein Files"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948104398342639718) 2025-07-23 19:34:17 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "@cowboykulak Not lies at all. Go to Mexico City or Milan and look at where dogs are welcome"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948479440482172972) 2025-07-24 20:24:34 UTC 19.3K followers, XX engagements "Andrew Cuomo and Donald Trump have a lot in common"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1946703121280827758) 2025-07-19 22:46:06 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "Airbnb was supposed to advance tolerance and cultural exchange but instead its fomented xenophobia and right-wing populism by disrupting housing markets around the world. Just a dogs dinner of a firm"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948043909881328111) 2025-07-23 15:33:55 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "@jschatman99 a lot of the poverty in rural New England is more "hidden" than in other parts of the country but yes i'm sure Airbnb has made it harder for the people who service the tourists to find stable rental housing (or opportunities to own modest homes)"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948371983646720046) 2025-07-24 13:17:34 UTC 19.3K followers, XX engagements "Hot tip I learned from Eric Feigl-Ding--purchase a can of corned beef hash at Dollar General (with cookies active) before you buy your flight to Cancun"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948898519680418160) 2025-07-26 00:09:50 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "This is why other countries (e.g. Canada Australia) have banned or punitively taxed non-resident foreigners from purchasing residential real estate. It's just one emergency lever we can pull to cool demand until additional supply is built. It's a problem for democracy and social cohesion when young people can't afford to live in culturally and economically significant cities"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948736253576269890) 2025-07-25 13:25:03 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "@emre_mayo It's crazy how much relief was provided to Airbnb "businesses.""  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948067358695637255) 2025-07-23 17:07:06 UTC 19.3K followers, XX engagements "Yeah New York City doesn't have any of these problems. 🙄"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948491140270821401) 2025-07-24 21:11:03 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "@MurielBlaivePhD Yeah though the one-room-in-a-flat thing also has an impact because instead of looking for long-term roommates apartment owners/leaseholders can profit from Airbnb. Still it would be better than what's happening now"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948054035384471564) 2025-07-23 16:14:09 UTC 19.3K followers, XX engagements ""According to a YouGov poll conducted in February XX% of Danish people hold a favorable opinion of the U.S. down from XX% in August. In a more recent poll for the Berlingske newspaper XX% of Danes described the U.S. as a threat to their nation.""  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948012798803370488) 2025-07-23 13:30:18 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "They should let them work from Starbucks stores"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1944868015142789578) 2025-07-14 21:14:03 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "I've seen those Rivian Amazon vans driving around and they're great -- quiet attractive safer for pedestrians and cyclists. It's incredible to me that some people are opposed to government subsidizing uptake of EVs. They are better than gas-powered vehicles in almost every way"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948406242528964985) 2025-07-24 15:33:42 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "I think Dean Phillips is right when he makes the case for Democrats prioritizing the achievement of national health insurance with private delivery of care. Our society -- and economy -- can't function at peak performance without a robust universal health care system. Parents don't feel confident about starting families. Entrepreneurs fear losing employer-sponsored insurance and won't start new businesses. And as a messaging matter I believe Phillips is wise to talk about "national health insurance" instead of "universal health care" or "Medicare for All." The latter terms have become"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1947291636586725801) 2025-07-21 13:44:39 UTC 19.3K followers, 2113 engagements "@RufusSG I feel like Starmer isnt quite as confident as Macron but lets see"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948480711926972674) 2025-07-24 20:29:37 UTC 19.3K followers, XX engagements "Fascinating commentary from a Rwandan immigrant who worked on Barack Obama's campaign became angry with Democrats after Hillary Clinton's nomination and now works for the Wisconsin Republican Party"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948743249213935833) 2025-07-25 13:52:51 UTC 19.3K followers, 2190 engagements "I just remembered that moment during Hillary Clinton's campaign when a voter complained they couldn't afford health insurance and Hillary responded by asking if they had tried "shopping" for a better plan"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948771581720732028) 2025-07-25 15:45:26 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "It's strange to me how some right-wing influencers try to convince Americans that Europe is unsafe. Major countries like Italy Germany Spain Portugal Norway and Finland -- with open borders and freedom of movement -- have homicide rates comparable to Japan and South Korea"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1947047713947697244) 2025-07-20 21:35:24 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "@SecKennedy @PepsiCo Secretary Kennedy that's great but what about the fact that nearly XXX million Americans are uninsured or underinsured"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1946635187137151010) 2025-07-19 18:16:10 UTC 19.3K followers, 3755 engagements "Sometimes other countries believe different things or have different ways of living for rational reasons"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948009243329618009) 2025-07-23 13:16:10 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "If you want to understand why San Francisco residents are happy they have a new mayor"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948101591229231159) 2025-07-23 19:23:07 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "This is a crazy story. "As the land prices have soared developers and private-equity firms have purchased ground leases and started charging much higher rents.""  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948012012283342994) 2025-07-23 13:27:10 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "France Will Recognize Palestinian Statehood Macron Says"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948479710847271257) 2025-07-24 20:25:38 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "Nation-states hit pause on their economies and societies as globalization and international systems simultaneously ground to a halt and maybe the socioeconomic consequences of those public health decisions were more destructive than we fully understand at this point"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948887959467688056) 2025-07-25 23:27:52 UTC 19.3K followers, 1185 engagements ""Trains show up at 12:16 when they are scheduled for 12:16. No one blinks if you turn up in sneakers at a fancy restaurant and a swim in a clean harbour is possible even in January if you are feeling brave" said Copenhagen resident Thomas Franklin CEO of fintech company Swapped(dot)com. "Copenhagen wins me over every time with its calmness. Streets are wide bikes outnumber cars and the city runs on common sense.""  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1946641612194632121) 2025-07-19 18:41:41 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "Passengers rattled X crew injured after Southwest plane descends minutes into flight"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948882187337826782) 2025-07-25 23:04:56 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements ""English-speaking governments policymakers and societies more broadly have raised a generation to play the home ownership game. They have then not so much ripped up the rule book as confiscated the board and all the pieces without explanation.""  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948738917093474514) 2025-07-25 13:35:38 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements "I Want to Clear My Name: Deported Migrant Takes First Step to Sue the U.S. Neiyerver Adrin Leon Rengel who was held in a prison in El Salvador filed a claim Thursday against Homeland Security accusing it of wrongful detention"  [@ajlamesa](/creator/x/ajlamesa) on [X](/post/tweet/1948458490575683857) 2025-07-24 19:01:19 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
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Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @billybinion @seckennedy @jschatman99 @mattpressberg @murielblaivephd @jamesharrigan @emre_mayo @astoraaron @alexsjacquez @fraxinusleaf @bng82 @zayjspx @prescottbalch @padraiccleary @marlesreign @imperialmog @kevinryancombs @davidaxelrod @urbancourtyard @jarjoh
Top assets mentioned PepsiCo, Inc. (PEP)
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Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours
""While the housing situation in continental western Europe is hardly a panacea the shocks there have been much more modest and housing security remains far more common. Young adult home ownership rates are higher as is the prevalence of secure long-term rents and tenant protections.""
@ajlamesa on X 2025-07-25 13:34:29 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"Ill confess to being sympathetic to the argument that a lot of the nice things Americans identify as socialist in Europe and Japan are actually the product of more sophisticated governments properly regulating and leveraging their private sectors" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-25 17:41:35 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
""Their political worldview is far more heterodox guided less by ideological rigidities and more by their aspirations to build lives of dignity for themselves and their communities."" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-25 14:22:53 UTC 19.3K followers, 4505 engagements
"South Portland Maine electing a woman of Somali descent as their mayor is totally irrelevant to DHS's work. The only reason to post this out-of-context audio with the Trump image that follows is to stoke racial hatred and xenophobia. Shame on this agency's leadership" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-23 21:57:11 UTC 19.3K followers, 3789 engagements
""Migrants at a Miami immigration jail were shackled with their hands tied behind their backs and made to kneel to eat food from styrofoam plates "like dogs" according to a report published on Monday into conditions at three overcrowded south Florida facilities."" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-21 12:57:10 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"This doesnt necessarily mean aggressive policing and mass incarceration. I discuss:" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-23 18:46:55 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
""On the whole voters disapprove of the presidents handling of the economy inflation tariffs and foreign policy. And yet in each case the new Journal poll found voters nonetheless say they trust Republicans rather than Democrats to handle those same issues in Congress."" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-26 12:26:16 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
""Prisoner advocates say the changes make communities safer by better preparing prisoners for their eventual release and create a less stressful environment for prison workers."" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-25 20:21:08 UTC 19.3K followers, XX engagements
"Convicted of murder in Venezuela. Freed by the Trump administration" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-25 21:30:43 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"Because theres some compelling evidence. Like I mentioned the other day I dont see these restrictions as a panacea and we want real estate markets as free as possible but I do think its a contributing factor especially given how Airbnb-type platforms have made these investments even more lucrative" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-25 19:46:12 UTC 19.3K followers, XX engagements
"I have to preface this by saying Donald Trump is a conman and his attempt to interfere with the Fed is appalling but how does a building renovation -- even a very important building -- cost $XXX billion Italy built a driverless metro line across Milan for $XXX billion. This is crazy" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-24 20:27:16 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"And the two DHS posts were reposted on the official White House account. Sickening" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-23 22:05:03 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"@matthewstoller Its also not a high-speed rail system in Florida. The trains are regular-speed and powered by diesel" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-23 15:35:39 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
""Speaking to the BBC he acknowledged concern about the Home Office competing with local councils to find temporary homes for asylum seekers and homeless people respectively."" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-24 18:22:07 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"yeah that makes sense. some big differences that i can think of off the top of my head i guess: Vietnam visa-free for many EU countries China offers visa-free (normal not stopover trips) Turkey no e-visa for many countries Venezuela Bolivia. yeah Argentina hasn't required the entry fee (sorry i should have been more precise) for years now. and Brazil's e-visa is now like $XXX instead of the reciprocal fee when they required paper visas" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-24 20:31:36 UTC 19.3K followers, XX engagements
"New York's rental housing market is deeply broken" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-22 21:59:40 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"@Channel5iveNews July 2022. February 2023. September 2023. Rank-and-file Democrats never wanted Joe Biden to run for reelection" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-21 18:28:19 UTC 19.3K followers, 18.4K engagements
"I like the United States -- for all its problems -- but people here have a major problem with projecting our own conditions onto other countries whether it's racial categories historical grievances or a humid subtropical climate on the East Coast that obviously requires more a/c than say highland Mexico or Northern Europe" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-23 13:15:01 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
""In Germany and Spain real house prices have climbed XX and XX per cent respectively since 1995. In the US the equivalent figure is XX per cent while the UK Ireland Australia New Zealand and Canada all come in north of XXX per cent."" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-25 13:33:36 UTC 19.3K followers, 5538 engagements
"@BnG82 @billybinion Some parts of Europe do need more a/c and its being added to private homes and businesses. People can afford it. But much of Europe has a significantly milder climate than the United States. You dont need a/c in the mountains of Italy or Ireland UK Netherlands Scandinavia" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-19 15:06:55 UTC 19.3K followers, 1944 engagements
"Yeah just FWIW I haven't seen it floated as someone who casually follows this (though not as closely as you). It would be a good alternative. Like if you could eliminate the downtown bit and go straight from PCM all the way to the Muchacho/Publix or whatever. Nice straight line" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-25 16:42:29 UTC 19.3K followers, XX engagements
"Im sorry but I think its crazy to see so many parents on Reddit or whatever talking about moving their families to Portugal or Costa Rica or Japan just because of Donald Trump. Think about your children and their friendships their ability to remain on track in school" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-23 00:12:58 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
""The bombing in Syria caught the president and the White House by surprise. The president doesn't like turning on the television and seeing bombs dropped in a country he is seeking peace in and made a monumental announcement to help rebuild" a U.S. official said" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-20 13:03:49 UTC 19.3K followers, 25.2K engagements
"I definitely don't think it would fix the problem and would prefer to have as much access to our housing markets as possible. But there is some evidence from a handful of other countries that as a short-term emergency measure these restrictions can help to cool overheated housing markets as new supply is introduced" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-24 00:38:12 UTC 19.3K followers, XX engagements
"One wonders how much misery has increased for the working-class and poor in Maine since the rise of Airbnb and other short-term rental apps" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-24 12:50:38 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
""This is hell" Surez recalled the prison director saying "and youre never going to get out."" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-23 13:01:05 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"Cool calm and connected: American Airlines becomes first airline to pilot One Stop Security in the U.S. Apparently you'll clear customs at your arrival gate" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-22 21:50:57 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"I did see it and I responded to it. Airbnb has almost certainly exacerbated housing issues for the poor and working-class in Maine by making it significantly easier to redirect long-term rentals to the vacation rental market. This has happened in tourist-heavy rural areas around the world" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-24 13:26:05 UTC 19.3K followers, XX engagements
"Well if it's been published to a preprint server" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-26 00:03:16 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
""That is a far weaker assessment than voters give to either President Trump or the Republican Party who are viewed more unfavorably than favorably by X points and XX points respectively. A mere X% of voters view the Democrats "very favorably" compared with XX% who show that level of enthusiasm for the GOP."" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-26 12:25:47 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"@prescottbalch depends on the distance. if you have modern high-speed rail between city pairs (e.g. Barcelona - Madrid Milan - Rome Paris - Lyon Tokyo - Osaka) the train journey can be faster overall than the airport/flight" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-24 19:05:50 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
""When the report published in late December without changes to the title the Biden administration ordered the famine warning be deleted from FEWS NETs website the first such retraction in the organizations 40-year relationship with the U.S. government."" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-25 13:05:07 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"Deutsche Bank Research Institute's Top XX Cities for Quality of Life Boston is the only U.S. city in the top XX -- beats Oslo" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-22 22:10:18 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"@Padraiccleary a hospital though strikes me as more complicated than a fancy office building" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-24 21:02:11 UTC 19.3K followers, XX engagements
"@MARlESREIGN yes one reason they are pulling many levers is that real estate has become wildly unaffordable. i didn't say it was a panacea" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-25 14:24:33 UTC 19.3K followers, XX engagements
"Given NIMBY and real estate costs in the Northeast I think some kind of true dedicated high-speed rail is probably impossible there. The Midwest would be better for proof of concept. Maybe you connect Chicago Milwaukee and Minneapolis. Or perhaps the Mountain West with Phoenix to Las Vegas" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-23 17:59:27 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"Yeah San Francisco residents are so blessed" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-23 19:24:10 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"@SecKennedy @KelloggsUS How will you address the crisis of nearly XXX million uninsured or underinsured citizens" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-22 17:30:05 UTC 19.3K followers, 5326 engagements
"Jeffrey Epsteins Birthday Album Included Letters From Bill Clinton Leon Black" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-25 01:46:39 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"Munich airport plans deportation terminal to return XXX migrants a day" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-24 18:55:39 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"Irelands infrastructure to be transformed over next decade with 200bn plan" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-21 13:28:01 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"Unsurprisingly Coke will continue using HFCS but just produce a new option with cane sugar" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-22 14:39:03 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
""A Boeing XXX plane operated by Delta Air Lines was reportedly performing its takeoff roll on the same runway when Aeromxicos Embraer E190 aircraft flew over it before landing."" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-23 01:14:56 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"As U.S. Retreats on Climate China and Europe Pledge to Go Green Together" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-26 01:48:24 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"I commented on an Instagram reel that it was insane to drink raw milk and "good luck." Now I have people posting essay-length replies to me. Apparently raw-milk consumers are extremely passionate about their dangerous drink" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-14 16:36:09 UTC 19.3K followers, 5475 engagements
"Both Joe Biden and Donald Trump own the famine in Gaza" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-24 16:18:42 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
""In the past two years California Arizona and Oklahomas prison systems have shifted their focus to rehabilitation rather than punishment. In 2022 Pennsylvania opened a unit known as Little Scandinavia and last year Missouri began a similar transformation project in four prisons. Six other states have established European-style units for younger prisoners."" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-25 20:15:41 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"@billybinion About XX% of households in Italy have a/c and the number is growing. Most Japanese houses don't even have central heating. I know your post is just for laughs but come on" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-19 14:42:04 UTC 19.3K followers, 42.8K engagements
"Kind of crazy that transit vehicles this small are used on a major metro line in our country's second-largest city. There's literally no capacity to absorb a major increase in riders. This is the opposite of building for the future" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-24 18:11:18 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"@AndyJScott @SecKennedy @PepsiCo there's no system to guarantee coverage" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-19 18:28:19 UTC 19.3K followers, XX engagements
"@dobssi Yeah this is a pretty shocking story. Like I noted in a thread about this the other day if European and Latin American countries treated tourists with laptops the same way as the United States there would need to be tent detention facilities built in Spain and Portugal" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-24 12:57:46 UTC 19.3K followers, XX engagements
""U.S. sentencing practices seem especially extreme when compared with countries like Canada Germany and the Netherlands."" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-25 20:19:23 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"@sandeepvaheesan Yeah it's incredible to me how so many people "play dumb" when confronted with the fact that Airbnb introduced some profoundly problematic incentives into housing markets around the world" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-25 23:13:53 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
""What it all boils down to is the core principle human dignity" said Deputy Warden Johanna Schmid as she led the group through Tegel Prisons leafy courtyards" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-25 20:24:49 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"Something that the "europoor" a/c discourse ignores is that there is mass uptake of a/c happening in the EU right now. Governments are subsidizing inverter heat pumps which replace inefficient fossil fuel-powered heating systems and also provide homes with a/c" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-24 15:36:23 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
""In America President Joseph R. Biden Jr.s failure to end the war split the Democratic Party and helped spur the upheaval that returned President Trump to power."" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-11 15:21:07 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"@MurielBlaivePhD I don't know. Airbnb has quality issues worse than hotels now. I'm not totally against allowing people to rent rooms on Airbnb but just playing devil's advocate by pointing out that there's also a housing market impact" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-23 16:21:38 UTC 19.3K followers, XX engagements
"Expensive groceries are a genuine policy problem in New York City -- and across the country. There are a lot of policy levers that can be pulled. I'm not sure I would prioritize government supermarkets especially in a dense city" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-24 12:55:17 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"London and New York are at the very bottom" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-22 22:13:19 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
""What makes the Anglosphere affordability crunch all the more damaging is that it has happened in societies that have placed especially high value on home ownership both culturally as the go-to marker of having made it in life and financially as a means to accumulate wealth in less generous welfare systems than those of continental Europe."" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-25 13:34:50 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"Let RFK Jr. be the Make America Healthy Again Food Czar in the White House and bring a more serious individual to HHS" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-23 15:14:30 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"@Matthew94091812 and Airbnb "hosts" also use informal workers without social security or tax contributions instead of formal workers" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-23 20:30:23 UTC 19.3K followers, XX engagements
""Differing concepts of liability also get in the way. In Germany prisoners can use the toilet behind a closed door while in the U.S. toilets are typically installed in open cells said Colby Braun director of the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation."" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-25 20:29:08 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"New TSA program launched to eliminate double screenings for international flights" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-22 18:39:43 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"@DKThomp I'm not saying it's all Airbnb's fault. I'm saying that Airbnb has almost certainly made the situation worse for the poor and working-class people who grew up there and/or still need to exist in tourist-heavy communities to service the affluent visitors" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-24 13:20:03 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"Anti-social behavior and disorder really bothered people after Covid. Mamdani will have to articulate some ideas on stabilizing public spaces like Cuomo is doing. The primary message Lurie sent in San Francisco was that he would restore order and peace" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-23 18:45:20 UTC 19.3K followers, 1040 engagements
"Incredible Reddit post about CBP officers harassing travelers with a Danish middle name that apparently seems Middle Eastern to them. (No its not okay to harass actual Middle Eastern travelers either.)" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-23 15:45:43 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
""Many of the voters I have spoken to say theyre not Democratic or Republican they are Trump supporters."" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-25 14:21:20 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"Noah is essentially arguing that Japan should address immigration like the Danes but a major difference is that Denmark maintains freedom of movement with over XXX million Europeans -- from Iceland to Bulgaria -- and Japan doesn't do the same in East Asia" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-22 16:25:49 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
""Before his 2016 election President Trump correctly predicted that the forces animating Brexit would go beyond the United Kingdom. But now most Britons say Brexit was a mistake."" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-26 12:52:37 UTC 19.3K followers, X engagements
"This piece from @nicolegelinas strikes me as a reasonable critique of the public supermarket idea. And Gelinas thoughtfully questions in a comment how the policy could scale and what the impact would be on existing bodegas that Mamdani has also campaigned on defending" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-24 12:53:53 UTC 19.3K followers, 1420 engagements
"Justice Department Told Trump in May That His Name Is Among Many in the Epstein Files" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-23 19:34:17 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"@cowboykulak Not lies at all. Go to Mexico City or Milan and look at where dogs are welcome" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-24 20:24:34 UTC 19.3K followers, XX engagements
"Andrew Cuomo and Donald Trump have a lot in common" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-19 22:46:06 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"Airbnb was supposed to advance tolerance and cultural exchange but instead its fomented xenophobia and right-wing populism by disrupting housing markets around the world. Just a dogs dinner of a firm" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-23 15:33:55 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"@jschatman99 a lot of the poverty in rural New England is more "hidden" than in other parts of the country but yes i'm sure Airbnb has made it harder for the people who service the tourists to find stable rental housing (or opportunities to own modest homes)" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-24 13:17:34 UTC 19.3K followers, XX engagements
"Hot tip I learned from Eric Feigl-Ding--purchase a can of corned beef hash at Dollar General (with cookies active) before you buy your flight to Cancun" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-26 00:09:50 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"This is why other countries (e.g. Canada Australia) have banned or punitively taxed non-resident foreigners from purchasing residential real estate. It's just one emergency lever we can pull to cool demand until additional supply is built. It's a problem for democracy and social cohesion when young people can't afford to live in culturally and economically significant cities" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-25 13:25:03 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"@emre_mayo It's crazy how much relief was provided to Airbnb "businesses."" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-23 17:07:06 UTC 19.3K followers, XX engagements
"Yeah New York City doesn't have any of these problems. 🙄" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-24 21:11:03 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"@MurielBlaivePhD Yeah though the one-room-in-a-flat thing also has an impact because instead of looking for long-term roommates apartment owners/leaseholders can profit from Airbnb. Still it would be better than what's happening now" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-23 16:14:09 UTC 19.3K followers, XX engagements
""According to a YouGov poll conducted in February XX% of Danish people hold a favorable opinion of the U.S. down from XX% in August. In a more recent poll for the Berlingske newspaper XX% of Danes described the U.S. as a threat to their nation."" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-23 13:30:18 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"They should let them work from Starbucks stores" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-14 21:14:03 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"I've seen those Rivian Amazon vans driving around and they're great -- quiet attractive safer for pedestrians and cyclists. It's incredible to me that some people are opposed to government subsidizing uptake of EVs. They are better than gas-powered vehicles in almost every way" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-24 15:33:42 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"I think Dean Phillips is right when he makes the case for Democrats prioritizing the achievement of national health insurance with private delivery of care. Our society -- and economy -- can't function at peak performance without a robust universal health care system. Parents don't feel confident about starting families. Entrepreneurs fear losing employer-sponsored insurance and won't start new businesses. And as a messaging matter I believe Phillips is wise to talk about "national health insurance" instead of "universal health care" or "Medicare for All." The latter terms have become" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-21 13:44:39 UTC 19.3K followers, 2113 engagements
"@RufusSG I feel like Starmer isnt quite as confident as Macron but lets see" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-24 20:29:37 UTC 19.3K followers, XX engagements
"Fascinating commentary from a Rwandan immigrant who worked on Barack Obama's campaign became angry with Democrats after Hillary Clinton's nomination and now works for the Wisconsin Republican Party" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-25 13:52:51 UTC 19.3K followers, 2190 engagements
"I just remembered that moment during Hillary Clinton's campaign when a voter complained they couldn't afford health insurance and Hillary responded by asking if they had tried "shopping" for a better plan" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-25 15:45:26 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"It's strange to me how some right-wing influencers try to convince Americans that Europe is unsafe. Major countries like Italy Germany Spain Portugal Norway and Finland -- with open borders and freedom of movement -- have homicide rates comparable to Japan and South Korea" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-20 21:35:24 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"@SecKennedy @PepsiCo Secretary Kennedy that's great but what about the fact that nearly XXX million Americans are uninsured or underinsured" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-19 18:16:10 UTC 19.3K followers, 3755 engagements
"Sometimes other countries believe different things or have different ways of living for rational reasons" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-23 13:16:10 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"If you want to understand why San Francisco residents are happy they have a new mayor" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-23 19:23:07 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"This is a crazy story. "As the land prices have soared developers and private-equity firms have purchased ground leases and started charging much higher rents."" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-23 13:27:10 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"France Will Recognize Palestinian Statehood Macron Says" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-24 20:25:38 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"Nation-states hit pause on their economies and societies as globalization and international systems simultaneously ground to a halt and maybe the socioeconomic consequences of those public health decisions were more destructive than we fully understand at this point" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-25 23:27:52 UTC 19.3K followers, 1185 engagements
""Trains show up at 12:16 when they are scheduled for 12:16. No one blinks if you turn up in sneakers at a fancy restaurant and a swim in a clean harbour is possible even in January if you are feeling brave" said Copenhagen resident Thomas Franklin CEO of fintech company Swapped(dot)com. "Copenhagen wins me over every time with its calmness. Streets are wide bikes outnumber cars and the city runs on common sense."" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-19 18:41:41 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"Passengers rattled X crew injured after Southwest plane descends minutes into flight" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-25 23:04:56 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
""English-speaking governments policymakers and societies more broadly have raised a generation to play the home ownership game. They have then not so much ripped up the rule book as confiscated the board and all the pieces without explanation."" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-25 13:35:38 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements
"I Want to Clear My Name: Deported Migrant Takes First Step to Sue the U.S. Neiyerver Adrin Leon Rengel who was held in a prison in El Salvador filed a claim Thursday against Homeland Security accusing it of wrongful detention" @ajlamesa on X 2025-07-24 19:01:19 UTC 19.3K followers, XXX engagements