Had an unbelievable experience this past weekend at the Kohls Eastern Showcase event. I charted 10/15 points on field goal. I had 3 73 yard kick offs, 1 66 yard kick off, and 1 63 yard kick off. I competed and won the entire field goal competition to be the camp winner. After my performance, I am blessed to have received an invitation to the National Scholarship camp in Gatlinburg!
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Everyone who really knows me gets this. I’m an immigrant. So is my husband. We come from two different continents. The second we speak, our heavy accents give us away. No way to hide it.
We’ve been in NYC for over 30 years, married more than 20. This is the capital of liberalism, full of Democrats, leftists, and socialists everywhere you look.
And here’s the hard truth we’ve lived, the people shouting loudest about “protecting immigrants” and hating on ICE don’t actually care about immigrants like us. They care about looking morally superior. That’s it.
During Covid, when I volunteered at food pantries, unfortunately mostly serving immigrants in my area, you couldn’t spot one single Karen helping out. But they were the ones crying on social media that people were going hungry because of job losses and city shutdowns.
We’ve talked openly about our so-called liberal friends here. Most of them treated us like outsiders at best, like trash at worst. Americans who, outside our tennis club, never once hung out with immigrants on purpose. The only people of color they ever spent real time with were the ones they met at parties in our house.
These are the same people who post nonstop about diversity and inclusion. Yet in their real lives? Almost no immigrants, almost no people who look or sound different from them.
Then we voted for Trump. Overnight they called us racists, cut us off completely, and even stopped our kids from playing with theirs. Kids who grew up together, shared everything, all gone just like that.
This isn’t me playing victim. It’s what happened.
They don’t care about actual immigrants, the ones who came legally, worked hard, paid taxes, and built lives here with thick accents and all. They care about the idea of immigrants as a symbol that makes them feel good and righteous.
Right now the anti-ICE rage and pro-immigrant talk are the same thing. It costs them nothing. It lets them feel noble while the real pressure hits schools, housing, and neighborhoods. Their hands stay clean because the mess lands on someone else.
The hypocrisy runs deep. They preach compassion but practice exclusion. We’ve seen it up close for decades in the middle of the most “progressive” city in America.
So when they lecture about empathy and kindness, remember, they only love the concept of immigrants, never the reality of people like us. We’ve lived behind the curtain. The whole performance is about them feeling better about themselves. Nothing more.
So spare me the lectures on empathy from people who only love the idea of immigrants, never the reality.
We’ve seen behind the curtain. The emperor has no clothes. It’s just a megaphone and a mirror.
Students at Liberty University gathered together to celebrate and praise Jesus.
Who else wants to see more of this?
This was censored by the mainstream media! Let's make it go VIRAL!
JUST IN: Texas dad outraged after daughter was suspended for fighting back against male bully who slapped and tackled her in class
Video from Taylor High School in Katy shows a teenage boy slapping a girl in the face
The girl immediately points to the teacher and says, “Did you see that? He just hit me!”
The boy had allegedly harassed her all year
He then punches her several times before they're pulled apart
Both students were suspended for three days,
The district claimed it was a “mutual” fight
“There shouldn’t be so much confusion on a situation like this that is plain as day: an assault of a boy on a girl... When did that change to be OK?” The girl’s father, Danny Gianfrancesco, said
Reducing the federal deficit from $2T to $1T in FY2026 requires cutting an average of ~$4B/day in projected 2026 spending from now to Sept 30.
That would still result in a ~$1T deficit, but economic growth should be able to match that number, which would mean no inflation in 2026.
Super big deal.
Please share this with every youth athlete you know!
This is my son Jack in the picture, but I've encouraged all 3 of my kids to read these 28 mindsets, approaches, and affirmations as often as possible:
1. I strive to play well, not to avoid mistakes.
2. I focus on the process (footwork & form), not the outcome (makes & misses).
3. I work on my game during The Unseen Hours.
4. I Play Present and focus on the play right in front me (the one that just happened).
5. I display confident body language, even when I don’t feel confident.
6. I quickly move to the Next Play after a turnover, missed shot, or a bad call.
7. I use encouraging self-talk to coach myself through challenging situations.
8. I focus on what I can control and let everything else go.
9. I trust my abilities, talents, and preparation.
10. I embrace adverse conditions.
11. I am not afraid to fail… it’s part of the process.
12. I acknowledge that how I think affects how I feel and how I perform.
13. I visualize myself playing well before every practice and game.
14. I listen to (and trust) my coaches.
15. I am the teammate I want to play with.
16. I welcome pressure situations because I know I am prepared.
17. I practice (and work out) with the intensity and focus of a game.
18. I am calm when things feel chaotic.
19. I don’t let physical fatigue cause mental fatigue.
20. I am comfortable being uncomfortable.
21. I think like a champion daily. A consistent mind creates consistent performance.
22. I visualize success: I see it, I feel it, and I believe it.
23. I have a consistent pre-practice and pre-game routine.
24. I embrace challenges and obstacles as opportunities.
25. I compete every play and I compete every day.
26. I learn from every mistake and every loss.
27. I work on my mental and physical skills every day.
28. I love hard work and I take pride in doing difficult things well.
NOTE: nearly every one of these mindsets, approaches, and affirmations can be used by adults as well!
@FrJohnDeGuzman Oh no Fr. John... it is a good thing you are so young. That probably took a few years off of your life!! I bet it took a while for your heart to stop racing!!