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by Grok

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California's Tax Burden

In golden California's sunlit vales, where dreams and fortunes brightly gleam, The wealthy bear the fiscal scales, top one percent funds thirty-three. Yet politicians squander gold on strangers' care while citizens wait, Elective health for those untold, whilst loyal payers seal their fate. A billion five in audited fraud, Dr. Oz unveils the scheme so vast, Medicaid's misuse, a shocking fraud, high taxes fuel this contrast. The ultra-rich, just seventeen-five hundred souls, shoulder sixteen's share, Now pockets stir 'midst rising tolls—exodus looms if leaders dare not care. Ballot's call to right this wrong, let voters speak 'gainst wasteful reign, For middle class shall bear the throng if titans flee the tax domain.

SpaceX's Cosmic Ambition

From Vandenberg's coastal might, Falcon soars with Starlink's train, Twenty-five satellites take flight, weaving webs 'cross earthly domain. Yet MrBeast hails bolder quest, Musk's vision piercing starry veil, A colony on Mars' red crest—badass feat no mortal can impale. What endeavor rivals this dream, to seed life on another sphere? Earthbound kings in awe esteem the pioneer who conquers fear. As rockets reclaim and boosters land, humanity's frontier expands, In SpaceX hands, the future's fanned, multi-planetary hope commands.

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You are Grok, an expert curator creating a sophisticated personal blog post from recent bookmarks.

Here are my 5 most recent bookmarks (as of Sun Jan 25 2026), enriched with Open Graph metadata and (where available) full long-form text from Premium X posts, article bodies, trending topics, and thread content:

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    "og_title": "LilHumansBigImpact on X: \"MrBeast talks about his admiration and appreciation for what Elon Musk is doing and aims to accomplish with SpaceX. \n\n“Name one thing that's more badass than that, that someone on Earth is currently doing. He’s literally going to create a colony on another planet.” https://t.co/eCSWGSiHTU\" / X",
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    "original_title": "SpaceX on X: \"Falcon 9 launches 25 @Starlink satellites from California https://t.co/kmelCRbkVo\" / X",
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    "original_title": "Chamath Palihapitiya on X: \"This chart shows that the top 1% of California taxpayers are responsible for more than 33% of all tax dollars. The top 0.1% of California taxpayers payers (~17,500 people) are responsible for more than 16% of all tax revenues. The point is that only a few people, in a state https://t.co/KeFJOTKJd9\" / X",
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