Alex Thomas

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

I went to In-N-Out and ordered a cheeseburger. The cashier, a calm young woman named Destiny, asked me a question I did not expect.

"You want that Animal Style?"

I paused.

I did not know what this meant. But a samurai does not admit he does not know. So I answered with weight.

"...Animal Style."

"Cool. So that's mustard-grilled, extra spread, grilled onions, pickles. Yeah?"

I understood now. This was a sacred permission. For one meal, I was being told to put down my manners at the door. To eat the way a beast eats, without shame. I had waited my whole life for someone to give me this order.

"Yes," I said. "I will become the animal."

Destiny did not blink. "...Okay. You want your fries Animal Style too?"

I stopped. Even the potatoes?

"The potatoes also become animals?"

"I mean, they get cheese and sauce and grilled onions, so..."

"Then yes. Let the potatoes abandon their restraint as well."

"...Got it." She was the calmest woman I have ever met. "3x3, 4x4, or just the one?"

I did not know these numbers, but I knew a challenge when I heard one. "How many must I face?"

"It's, like, how many patties you want."

"How many is the most honorable?"

"...Four is a lot."

"Then four. A warrior does not ask for fewer."

She wrote it down without argument. A 4x4, Animal Style, with animal fries. She warned me once, kindly. "That's gonna be huge." I told her I was counting on it.

It arrived. It was a tower. Cheese and sauce ran down my hands the moment I lifted it. There was no clean way to eat it. There was no dignified way. That was the entire point.

I ate it like a beast. Both hands, no honor, grilled onion on my chin, and I have to be honest with you, it was the best thing I have ever put in my mouth.

For thirty years I have kept my manners at every table in the world.

They handed me a burger and told me to be an animal, and I have never felt so free.

So tell me, America.

The whole country knows the secret menu. What else are you hiding in plain sight?

And "Animal Style." Was I eating the animal, or finally becoming one?

[Cernovich @Cernovich]

Watergate was fake. WMD’s were fake. J6 was fake. Charlottesville was fake. Almost every Boomer benchmark of reality is fake.

[barney @barneyxbt]

let me make sure i’m understanding this correctly

the supreme court is refunding all tariff money back to corporations.

the same corporations that didn’t pay a single cent of those tariffs to begin with.

they passed every dollar directly to you through higher prices on everything you buy

you went to the store and paid more for groceries. you paid more for clothes. for car parts. for literally everything.

that money came out of YOUR pocket not theirs

and now the refund goes to THEM?

the corporations who used the tariffs as an excuse to raise prices even higher than the tariff itself and pocket the difference

the american people funded the tariffs.

the corporations profited off the tariffs.

and now the corporations get a refund on money they never spent in the first place
and nobody in washington thinks the people who actually paid should get the money back.

not a single person has even suggested it

guess we are never getting our DOGE checks either

this country does not work for you.

it works for them. it’s a joke

and they’re not even pretending anymore

[Cassandra MacDonald @CassandraRules]

I mean is he ok? He can't be serious

[Alex Stein #99 @alexstein99]

America is totally compromised by foreign actors if Tucker Carlson gets arrested before anybody on the Epstein list

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

To avoid a repeat of last night’s shellacking in the 2026 midterms, Republicans should:

quit covering for pedophiles

put America before Israel

put farmers before corporations

quit funding wars abroad

reduce spending to control inflation

quit attacking independent voices

[Rob Smith @robsmithonline]

Megyn Kelly with some sobering words on this war:

“It is clearly Israel's war. Mark Levin wanted it, it's his war, Ben Shapiro, Lindsey Graham, Miriam Adelson—that's obvious. They are the ones who've been pushing us into it."

[Charlie Kirk @charliekirk11]

This is insane. Regime change will result in a bloody civil war, killing hundreds of thousands and creating another massive Muslim refugee crisis. Topping a leader is NEVER as easy you think. It almost always results in further involvement, a civil war, and chaos. Resist this!

[Alex Thomas @ATizzy]

@OhhMar24

[Dov Kleiman @NFL_DovKleiman]

Wow: Lions WR Amon-Ra St. Brown points towards where President Donald Trump is sitting in and does his iconic dance after scoring a touchdown.

😭😭😭

[Hodgetwins @hodgetwins]

End all support for Israel and stop this war @realDonaldTrump

[Mostly Peaceful Memes @MostlyPeaceful]

The two most radicalizing events of my lifetime happened in the same week

[VΩX @VoxExVeritas]

@Uncommonsince76 @tommyborumjokes https://t.co/i2ZstxjqOy

[Resist the Mainstream @ResisttheMS]

BREAKING: Charlie Kirk DIED aged 31 CONFIRMED by Real America's Voice.

Please pray for him and his family.

[Nick Sortor @nicksortor]

🚨 BREAKING: CHARLIE KIRK HAS JUST BEEN SHOT AT AN EVENT AT UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY

CONDITION UNKNOWN

PRAY FOR CHARLIE 🙏🏻

[Alex Thomas @ATizzy]

@FLEXpowerna can you guys make a stack pack compatible vacuum?

[NewsForce @Newsforce]

Trump's first day back in office:

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

The future is gonna be fantastic

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

DETROIT IS BACK IN THE POSTSEASON FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 10 YEARS❗

On Aug. 10, the Tigers were 55-63 and had a 0.2% chance to make the playoffs. They are 31-11 since 👏

[Tim Murtaugh @TimMurtaugh]

Only sharp-eyed readers will be able to spot the difference in the coverage of the two proposals.