Texas

30 statements across 25 episodes · 11 bullish · 11 bearish · 15 people on the record · first statement Nov 4, 2020 by Michael Newman · said 418 times in 142 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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2026 110 mentions in 31 episodes 4 per episode
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Everything said about Texas, oldest first

Nov 4, 2020
Assertion Contradicted
Michael Newman: Donald Trump must win five specific states for victory
“He had to have those five, Florida, North Carolina, Georgia, Ohio, and Texas.”
Michael Newman Nov 4, 2020 ▶ 22:28 E11: Election Night Special featuring Phil Hellmuth, Bill Gurley, Brad Gerstner & more!
Jan 23, 2021 negative
Assertion Supported
Calacanis: California trails Texas, New York, and Florida in vaccine deployment rate
“We've only deployed 37% of our doses in California. And that makes us, you know, of the major states that are putting out a lot of these vaccines one of the worst performers second. Texas and Florida and New York are the other large states, and they're at 56, …”
Jason Calacanis Jan 23, 2021 ▶ 1:07:45 E18: Inauguration talk, breaking down the $1.9T stimulus, the case for recalling Gavin Newsom & more
Jan 23, 2021 negative
Assertion Supported
Sacks: Non-lockdown states like Florida performed no worse than locked-down states
“We've seen that states that did not do lockdowns like Florida and Texas, frankly, have been no worse off than those that have done very severe lockdowns.”
David Sacks Jan 23, 2021 ▶ 1:14:47 E18: Inauguration talk, breaking down the $1.9T stimulus, the case for recalling Gavin Newsom & more
Apr 23, 2021 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Calacanis predicts tax hike will accelerate re-domiciling from CA and NY
“I think this is going to take re domiciling to another level. I mean, if you're in New York or California right now, and you were thinking about Wyoming or Utah or Texas or Florida, I mean, this kind of makes the decision for you if it does go to 40”
Jason Calacanis Apr 23, 2021 ▶ 14:12 E30: Ramifications of Biden's proposed capital gains tax hike, founder psychology & more
May 13, 2021 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Sacks: School reopenings in Texas and Florida did not increase COVID cases
“We know based on empirical data in the real world, seeing what's happening in Texas and Florida, that, that you're not seeing an increase in COVID cases in those places because of school reopening.”
David Sacks May 13, 2021 ▶ 31:56 E32: Behind the scenes of Elon hosting SNL, CDC failures, America's real-time UBI experiment & more
Jul 9, 2021
Disclosure
Calacanis announces he is moving to Texas or Florida
“I'm moving to Texas or to Florida. I'm making the announcement now.”
Jason Calacanis Jul 9, 2021 ▶ 58:25 E39: West coast super drought & climate crisis, Nuclear virtue signaling, chaos in SF & more
Mar 16, 2024 negative
Prediction Held up
Friedberg: Texas and other states will follow Florida's cultivated meat ban
“The problem is now that Florida's done this, I guarantee you're gonna see Texas, which is a huge ranching state, And many other states step up to do it.”
David Friedberg Mar 16, 2024 ▶ 1:28:13 E170: Tech's Vibe Shift, TikTok ban debate, Vertical AI boom, Florida bans lab-grown meat & more
Jul 4, 2024 negative
Opinion
Friedberg: Texas and Florida social media and meat laws limit innovation
“What else is striking is just how Insular and protectionist Texas and Florida are being, and it's not just with this law, it's also with the lab-grown meat or cultivated meat laws that they'passed, and other states are passing similar laws, which is limiting i…”
David Friedberg Jul 4, 2024 ▶ 42:41 Hot Swap growing, donors revolt, President Kamala? SCOTUS breakdown: Immunity, Chevron, Censorship
Nov 8, 2024 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Calacanis: State abortion bans will make local economies unsustainable
“If you're a state and you ban abortion, who's going to want to live there? You're going to have a lot of people leaving. And that's been an issue here in Texas. A lot of companies are having a hard time with not only getting women to move here to work at speci…”
Jason Calacanis Nov 8, 2024 ▶ 1:40:00 Trump wins! How it happened and what's next
Jan 19, 2025 positive
Assertion Contradicted
Calacanis: Texas home prices fall while NY and CA rise 10-20%
“Having lived in New York and grown up there now, and then done 20 years in California now, my second year in Texas, or starting my second year it's amazing to me that you're allowed to build things in Texas, like homes or factories, and the price of homes has …”
Jason Calacanis Jan 19, 2025 ▶ 2:11 Ted Cruz: Trump's First Week, Texas vs. California, Immigration, DOGE, Greenland
Jan 19, 2025 bullish
Assertion Supported
Cruz: Over 1,000 people per day have moved to Texas since 2014
“It has now been more than a decade that we have had over a thousand people a day moving to Texas.”
Senator Ted Cruz Jan 19, 2025 ▶ 8:27 Ted Cruz: Trump's First Week, Texas vs. California, Immigration, DOGE, Greenland
Jan 19, 2025 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Cruz: California is the largest source of net migration to Texas
“And the biggest state folks come from is California.”
Senator Ted Cruz Jan 19, 2025 ▶ 8:45 Ted Cruz: Trump's First Week, Texas vs. California, Immigration, DOGE, Greenland
Apr 11, 2025 negative
Assertion Supported
Klein: Subsidized housing in California costs 4.4x Texas rates
“And the cost of creating housing in California market rate is two X in California, what it is in Texas. But when you get into that publicly subsidized housing, where you have all these new standards and rules and regulations being triggered by the addition of …”
Ezra Klein Apr 11, 2025 ▶ 1:21:43 The Great Tariff Debate with David Sacks, Larry Summers, and Ezra Klein
Jul 23, 2025 bullish
Prediction Open · timeframe Jul 2029
Huang: US will produce $500B in AI supercomputers over next four years
“In Arizona and Texas, we will, in the next four years, probably produce about half a trillion dollars worth of AI supercomputers.”
Jensen Huang Jul 23, 2025 ▶ 55:30 Winning the AI Race Part 3: Jensen Huang, Lisa Su, James Litinsky, Chase Lochmiller
Jul 23, 2025 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Wright: Texas wind and solar supplied 8% of power at peak demand
“Wind and solar go on vacation. They're 35% of the capacity in Texas, eight percent of the delivered power at peak demand.”
Chris Wright Jul 23, 2025 ▶ 22:45 Winning the AI Race Part 4: Scott Bessent, Howard Lutnick, Chris Wright, and Doug Burgum
Aug 1, 2025 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Friedberg: Solar energy accounts for roughly 5% of generation in Texas
“Texas is roughly five percent solar”
David Friedberg Aug 1, 2025 ▶ 28:04 Trump AI Speech & Action Plan, DC Summit Recap, Hot GDP Print, Trade Deals, Altman Warns No Privacy
Jan 13, 2026 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Carolla predicts progressive cities will collapse while freedom-focused states thrive
“All the people that are tired of living in a nanny state, being told we're going to get rid of your internal combustion engine and replace it with an electric car and all that kind of stuff, they're just going to, they're going to self-segregate. They're going…”
Adam Carolla Jan 13, 2026 ▶ 33:28 Adam Carolla on California’s Collapse: Fires, Failed Leadership, and Gyno-Fascism
Jan 17, 2026 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Sacks: California collects double the tax revenue of Texas and Florida
“California collects roughly double per capita what Texas and Florida do. So California collects about 10,319 dollars per taxpayer, whereas Texas 5469, Florida 4914.”
David Sacks Jan 17, 2026 ▶ 52:43 Iran's Breaking Point, Trump's Greenland Acquisition, and Solving Energy Costs
Jan 25, 2026 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Goldstein: Early eVTOL launch locations will likely include Texas and Florida
“I think it's probably going to be a lot of red states you'll see. So my guess is you'll see something in Texas. You'll probably see something in Florida. Maybe you'll see something in New York.”
Adam Goldstein Jan 25, 2026 ▶ 1:22:41 The Future of Everything: What CEOs of Circle, CrowdStrike & More See Coming in 2026
Jan 31, 2026 positive
Assertion Supported
Sachs: Texas and Florida collect half California's per-capita tax without income tax
“Texas and Florida Do a better job for their population, collecting half as much in taxes per capita as California does and having no income tax or capital gains tax.”
David Sacks Jan 31, 2026 ▶ 1:19:44 ICE Chaos in Minneapolis, Clawdbot Takeover, Why the Dollar is Dropping
Feb 28, 2026 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Calacanis: Tesla Built Its Texas Gigafactory in Under 18 Months
“Elon built his factory here, the Gigafactory, in under, like, 18 months.”
Jason Calacanis Feb 28, 2026 ▶ 48:30 Software Stocks Implode, Claude's Hit List, State of the Union Reactions, Trump's Tariff Pivot
Mar 17, 2026 neutral
Assertion Supported
Michael Dell: One out of 10 US children is born in Texas
“One out of 10 children born in the United States, born in Texas.”
Michael Dell Mar 17, 2026 ▶ 38:03 Two Legendary Founders: Travis Kalanick & Michael Dell Live from Austin, Texas
Mar 17, 2026 positive
Assertion Supported
Michael Dell: Texas has more NYSE companies than New York or anywhere else
“More New York Stock Exchange companies in Texas than in New York or anywhere else.”
Michael Dell Mar 17, 2026 ▶ 38:09 Two Legendary Founders: Travis Kalanick & Michael Dell Live from Austin, Texas
Mar 23, 2026 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Mahan: Texas power is cheaper and cleaner than California energy
“Texas is providing dramatically cheaper power that is cleaner than California.”
Matt Mahan Mar 23, 2026 ▶ 35:52 How Matt Mahan Thinks He Can Save California
Apr 17, 2026 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Friedberg predicts data centers will relocate to space or Iceland
“So as soon as all the states start banning the data centers will just go to space, to Iceland, to Texas, to wherever.”
David Friedberg Apr 17, 2026 ▶ 47:41 OpenAI's Identity Crisis, Datacenter Wars, Market Up on Iran News, Mamdani's First Tax, Swalwell Out
May 8, 2026 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Gerstner: Electricity costs are falling in Texas despite data center expansion
“In Texas, Where you're building the most data centers in the country, electricity costs are going down.”
Brad Gerstner May 8, 2026 ▶ 12:22 Elon’s Anthropic Deal, The Next AI Monopoly?, “FDA for AI” Panic, Trading the AI Boom
Jul 3, 2026 neutral
Assertion Supported
Calacanis: California spends $9k per resident versus $5k in Texas and Florida
“If you just look at the budget per person places like Texas and Florida spend about 5000 dollars per citizen on services, you know, if you divide the budget by the population, and then you look at New York City, it's close to 13,000 dollars, and you look at Ca…”
Jason Calacanis Jul 3, 2026 ▶ 1:34:55 AI Sovereignty Wars, Palantir-Nvidia Deal, SCOTUS Birthright Ruling, Newsom’s CA Budget Lie
Jul 21, 2026 positive
Assertion Supported
Calacanis: Housing prices and rents outside Austin declined three years straight
“Housing prices have gone three, three years in a row, housing prices and rents have gone down.”
Jason Calacanis Jul 21, 2026 ▶ 34:08 Mark Cuban on the AI Bubble: Who Actually Gets Wiped Out?
Jul 21, 2026
Assertion Contradicted
Cuban: New York contributes more to federal treasury than Texas
“New York contributes more to the federal treasury, right, than Texas does.”
Mark Cuban Jul 21, 2026 ▶ 32:29 Mark Cuban on the AI Bubble: Who Actually Gets Wiped Out?
Aug 13, 2026 bullish
Assertion Partly supported
Baker: Elon Musk is building a $10B solar plant in Texas
“Elon's building a ten billion dollar new solar manufacturing plant in Texas.”
Gavin Baker Aug 13, 2026 ▶ 22:34 Anthropic's $2T IPO, Zuck's AI Manifesto, Nvidia's $500B AI Bet, Grok's Comeback
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