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Big Country Patriot, RN, Wife and Nana. Proud Navy and Marine Mom. God Bless the USA! 🇺🇸 Generation Jones.

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@Chicago1Ray

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@SSN_TTU As a lifelong Red Raider fan I couldn’t agree more!

[Center for Environment and Welfare @EnviroWelfare]

Things you wonder while watching ASPCA ads:

1. Why are they filming those poor dogs instead of immediately warming them up?
2. Why are they asking for my $18 while they're sitting on $466 million in investments?
3. Why is the ASPCA CEO paid $1.2 million per year?
4. Do viewers realize the ASPCA is unaffiliated with local SPCAs across the country?

[Chapstick Addict @400FlyerT]

@MeghanMcCain @TulsiGabbard Delighted to see we share the same birthday! Hope your day was wonderful.

[C3 @C_3C_3]

Want your blood to boil?

There are 193 countries in the world and 177 of them receive US taxpayer $.

177 of 193.

91.7% of the world.

Then our politicians import from other countries to also give them our $.

My $
Your $
Our kid’s $

Americans are getting screwed.

Must stop!

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

Maybe the people saying Black people are too stupid to get an ID to vote… are the racists.

Maybe the people saying married women can’t figure out how to get a birth certificate… are the sexists.

Maybe the people calling everyone else a threat to democracy… are the ones trying to rig it.

Maybe the people obsessed with “equity” while ignoring merit… are the ones holding people back.

Maybe the people who can’t name a single limit on immigration… are the extremists.

Maybe the people who say they’re fighting for the working class… while flying private, actually aren’t.

Maybe the people who say they care about the poor… have run every major American city for 50 years and made them ALL worse.

Maybe the people calling for more gun control… travel with armed security paid for by taxpayers.

Maybe the people who claim to love science… but can’t define what a woman is aren’t following it.

Maybe the people demanding unity while calling half the country fascists… don’t actually want unity.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Maybe it was never about justice, equity, tolerance, or democracy.

Maybe it was always about power.

And maybe the way you know that, is that they never stop accusing YOU of exactly what THEY are doing.

[Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman]

🚨 CHARLES PAYNE DROPS TRUTH ON OIL SPIKES!

@cvpayne just crushed the panic narrative:

“We don’t have an oil problem…. This is all speculation. This is all, you can almost argue, manipulation.”

[Houman David Hemmati, MD, PhD @houmanhemmati]

🇮🇷 47 years ago, I stood at a window in Tehran as a 3-year-old boy, smelling burning tires and hearing the chants that would steal my country. I didn’t have words for what was happening. Today, I am watching smoke rise over the same city — but this time the smoke is not the end of Iran. It is, God willing, the beginning of her resurrection.

Several weeks ago I wrote in that the fever of 1979 was finally breaking. I never imagined I would wake up to see that fever confronted so directly. Israel — with the clear support of the United States — has launched a preemptive strike deep into Tehran and against the regime��s military machinery. Explosions in the capital. Military targets hit. The IRGC’s aura of invincibility, already cracked, is shattering in real time.

I do not celebrate war. No decent person does. What I celebrate — what millions of Iranians inside the country and in the diaspora have prayed for in secret for decades — is the possibility that a regime which has no right to exist may finally be forced to go.

This is the same regime that:
- Armed and cheered the October 7 massacre against Israel for no reason other than pure genocidal hatred.
- Murdered tens of thousands of its own sons and daughters who dared to walk peacefully in the streets demanding the most basic freedoms.
- Gouges out the eyes of young women for the “crime” of wearing makeup.
- Hangs teenagers from cranes for posting a tweet.
- Exports terror, poverty, and darkness to every corner it can reach including the U.S.

No nation, no people, should have to live under that. Not Israelis. Not Americans. Not Lebanese. Not Syrians. And certainly not Iranians.

I am a physician who has spent his life trying to heal bodies and a son of Iran who has spent his life mourning a stolen homeland. What we are witnessing is not aggression — it is surgery. Painful, necessary surgery to remove a tumor that has metastasized for 47 years. The tumor is the Islamic Republic that has hijacked Iran.

To the brave pilots and special operators of the Israeli Air Force and the men and women of the United States military now carrying out this mission: I pray for you with everything I have.

May God shield you from harm. May every missile find its target and every soldier return home safely to the families who love them. You are not invaders. You are the answer to the prayers of millions who have whispered “enough” in the dark since 1979. You are giving our friends the chance to breathe free air again. The entire region will owe you a peace we have not known in my lifetime.

To my fellow Iranians watching from inside the country right now, heart pounding, maybe hiding in basements or on rooftops: Hold on. The end is clearer than it has ever been. The regime’s fear is real. Their eyes — those same eyes that once stared down at us with absolute power — now show something they haven’t shown in decades: panic. The math has changed. The window of 1979 is finally closing.

To the little three-year-old boy I once was — and to every little boy and girl in Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz, and Tabriz today who hears explosions instead of lullabies: This time the sounds are not the closing of a door. They are the opening of one.

The road ahead will not be easy. Transitions never are. But the direction is unmistakable. A secular, prosperous, free Iran is no longer a dream — it is becoming an inevitability.

I have lived the stolen life so that others might not have to. Today, for the first time in 47 years, I allow myself to believe that the stealing is almost over.

Thank you, Israel. Thank you, America. The Iranian people — the real Iran — will never forget.

The fever is breaking.
The dawn of 2026 is here.
And this time, the light wins.

🇮🇷❤️🇮🇱🇺🇸

[Jillian Michaels @JillianMichaels]

Regardless of who sits in the Oval Office, I’ll stand with the parents of a murdered child.
I’ll stand on the idea that protecting American citizens comes first.
I’ll stand for our athletes who wore our flag and brought home gold.
I’ll stand against medicalizing kids without parental consent.

These aren’t “policy positions.”
They’re baseline human values.

If your entire political identity is just resist at all costs, even when what you’re resisting is the lowest-hanging fruit for common ground - it betrays your true incentives: power over people. The American people deserve better.

[Mike Netter @nettermike]

"It's not the police who need to be retrained, it's the public. We have grown into a mouthy, mobile phone wielding, vulgar, uncivil society with no personal responsibility and the attitude of 'it's the other person's fault, you owe me'. A society where children grow up with no boundaries or knowledge or concern for civil society and personal responsibility.

When an officer says "Put your hands up," then put your hands up! Don't reach for something in your pocket, your lap, your seat. There's plenty of reason for a police officer to feel threatened, there have been multiple assaults and ambushes on police officers lately. Comply with requests from the officer, have your day in court. Don't mouth off, or fight, or refuse to comply... that escalates the situation.

Police officers are our sons and daughters, fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters. They're black, white, brown, all colors, all ethnicities, all faiths, male and female, they are us. They see the worst side of humanity... the raped children, the bloody mangled bodies of traffic victims, the bruised and battered victims of domestic violence, homicide victims, body parts... day after day.

They work holidays while we have festive meals with our families. They miss school events with their kids, birthdays, anniversaries, all those special occasions that we take for granted. They work in all types of weather, under dangerous conditions, for relatively low pay.

They have extensive training, but they are human. When there are numerous attacks on them, they become hyper vigilant for a reason, they have become targets. When a police officer encounters any person... any person, whether at a traffic stop, a street confrontation, an arrest, whatever... that situation has the potential to become life threatening. You, Mr & Mrs/Miss Civilian, also have the responsibility of keeping the situation from getting out of control.

Many law enforcement officers are Veterans. They've been in service to this nation most of their lives, whether on the battlefield or protecting us here at home. They are the only thing that stands between us and anarchy in the streets.

If you want to protect your child, teach them respect."

~ Sheriff David Clarke

[Shawn Farash @Shawn_Farash]

So... Let me get this straight:

Having separate/alternate halftime shows for the Super Bowl is bad...

But having separate/alternate National Anthems for the Super Bowl is good?

The Left can never pass it's own tests.

[Overton @overton_news]

Dana Bash just called out Hakeem Jeffries right to his face, live on CNN.

Jeffries was spinning wildly, claiming ICE has gone “completely out of control” and needs to be reined in through DHS reforms tied to funding bills.

But Bash hit him with a very inconvenient fact that completely undercut his narrative.

JEFFRIES: “We know that ICE is completely and totally out of control. They’ve gone WAY too far. And the American people want them reined in.”

“So dramatic changes are necessary to the manner in which Department of Homeland Security officers are conducting themselves before any funding bill should move forward.”

BASH: “So you say very clearly that this — and it’s clear in your proposals — is about reining in ICE and CBP.”

“But those agencies, as you well know, are already very well funded through the Big Beautiful Bill Act — that’s what the president called it — and it passed last year.”

“So what that means is that a shutdown would really only impact unrelated agencies.”

“FEMA. TSA. FAA.”

“So how does pushing for these changes — and potentially not getting them — actually help rein in an immigration crackdown?”

So this is all for show.

Narrative, obliterated.

[The Undercurrent @NotTheirScript]

@WallStreetMav https://t.co/wbEWmXe4mQ

[Jake @JakeCan72]

😂🔥 This satire is so convincing it should come with a warning.

Nick Peterson just dropped the “Quality Learing Center” parody ad — and it looks uncomfortably real.

Hat guy in full infomercial overdrive.
Chalkboard classroom.
“NEVER STOP LEARING” wall.
Phone numbers flashing nonstop like a late-night TV commercial meltdown.

It absolutely nails the viral MN “Quality Learing Center” meme — typo sign legend, ghost vibes, funding drama, shutdown chaos — all baked in.

Watch till the end — the phone-number payoff is unreal. It looks so legit you’ll question everything… spot any lies? 👀

Hit play right now and check for yourself:

@thenickpeterson is a menace.
#QualityLearingCenter #NickPeterson #Satire #LearingCenter #DaycareMeme

[G-MA & G-PA @GPAIndiana]

At first I was like here we go 🙄 As I watched I loved the message 🙏💕

[Gamblin' Gauchos 🎙️ @GamblinGauchos]

Initial postgame reactions have settled a bit. Hat tip to Oregon; they were deserving winners today. The offense was obviously a disappointment but the defense proved it was among the very best in the nation.

Only one team gets to be national champs every year, and it obviously won’t be Texas Tech for 2025. Still, the greatest team in Red Raider history achieved a hell of a lot:

• Big 12 Champions
• 12-win season, all by 22+ points
• Three wins vs. Top 15 teams
• Four wins vs. 10+ win teams
• Four All-Americans
• Nagurski Trophy
• Bednarik Award
• Butkus Award
• Lombardi Award
• Wins on Big Noon Kickoff and College Gameday
• Power 4 CCG attendance record

We got to watch individual players turn into legends, future first round NFL Draft picks, the best player in college football, and the most dominant defense in Big 12 history.

Special season. Proud as hell and thankful to everyone who made it happen. How can you not be excited about the trajectory of this program?

West Texas forever #WreckEm

[Cody Campbell @CodyC64]

Hate to see it end this way, but this was a special and historic season for @TexasTechFB. Love this special group of seniors, and appreciate everything they have done for our university and for our community. Thank you!

This season is just the beginning!! We will continue to build. Continue to develop. We will double down on resources, commitment, and resolve.

Long Live the Matadors!!

[U.S. Senator John Fetterman @SenFettermanPA]

84 years ago, thousands of men and women answered the call to serve after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

The sacrifices of those patriots must never be forgotten.

We honor their service and courage to defend our great country—not just this Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, but always.

[Robby Starbuck @robbystarbuck]

Some will be mad at me for this but I say it out of love for our country… We won the TN special election by less than we should have.

If you’ve been to this area, you know it should have been a blowout. And this isn’t a knock on Matt Van Epps. He had lower name ID to begin with and did a good job pulling it out. A lesser candidate would have made it a real nail biter.

So why was it close? Many voters are apathetic and have very little enthusiasm on our side. Why? They think our majority in Congress is failing them due to weak leadership, bad priorities & inconsistent messaging.

Before I go further, I don’t say this to punch my own side for fun. I don’t do that. I say this because I want us to dominate for many years to come. Major time was wasted this year that should have been spent IN SESSION solving problems.

We need to right the ship or voters will sink our ship in 2026. Enthusiasm from 2024 is gone. The blind trust is gone. They want action. The people in Congress need to realize that they aren’t Trump and he isn’t there to carry them on the ballot in 2026. They need to deliver now. And even then we likely have to run ‘26 like a Presidential election with Trump going around the country.

I see it on the ground. Voters want to know when promises are going to be kept by Congress. They want a Congress that works as much as they do. They want the agenda they voted for in 2024 passed into law. They want the deep state held accountable. They want transparency. They want full focus on domestic issues instead of foreign issues. They want Congress to improve their lives. They want them to stop trading stocks. And they want to know what the hell Congress is actually doing for them. If our GOP majority doesn’t deliver, many of these people won’t vote, no matter how much they hate Democrats.

I’m hearing from people who I’d describe as the Trumpiest people I met from 2016-2024 who straight up won’t vote in 2026 unless Congress changes to a fighting spirit this year and stacks wins on the board. These people have lost faith and feel like everything is rigged by uniparty puppets for special interests.

Doesn’t matter what I tell these people. I can’t make most of them vote again. Neither can any other big social media account. Only ACTION from electeds will move them at this point to feel that the incumbents deserve their vote. This is exclusively a right wing problem. The left is enthusiastic just about hating us. That animates their base by itself.

And many of the good things that have happened in Congress this year aren’t even reaching the ears or eyeballs of average voters because the messaging is soft and inconsistent. Everyone needs a gut check and to tell the truth NOW to right the ship or they’re going to get a much larger gut check in November 2026 when we lose the House majority and go through another stupid impeachment hoax.

Voters feel like they’ve shown up time and time again for politicians but that politicians aren’t showing up for them by running on the same promises every election but then never delivering them. That goes for both sides but the left has enthusiasm simply from their base hating Trump. Our side needs to actually motivate our people to vote.

Congress needs a hard look in the mirror and to get to work on fixing this NOW. Our majority CAN fix this. Now the question of 2026 is this: Will they? I sure hope so because the alternative is dark. It’s time to get to work.

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