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[Ryan Andrew @ApollyonMN]

@thebramas @BrandonMileski @fuddruckers Or the interim producer of the Common Man progrum.

[Brandon Mileski @BrandonMileski]

Dear @fuddruckers,

Please come back to Minnesota. We miss you and we love you.

Sincerely,

Brandon Mileski

[Denise 🇺🇸 @NoDMsPerfavore]

Democrats killed a bill for tuition assistance for children of veterans killed in battle,
THEN APPROVE subsidizing the education and healthcare of Illegal Immigrants. This is who they are…

[Speaker Mike Johnson @SpeakerJohnson]

Tim Walz and MN Democrats turned a blind eye to fraud that cost taxpayers BILLIONS (!!) of federal dollars — money meant to support seniors and children in need.

There’s one central question: Why do Democrats keep allowing these FRAUDSTERS to operate and steal from taxpayers?

[Redhead Ranting™ @redheadranting]

I'm so tired of being a Minnesotan.

We used to fly under the radar. Most of you all didn't know what we did up here and didn't care. You knew it was cold and it snowed a lot.

That's it.

That's what everyone in other states - besides the Dakotas, Iowa and Wisconsin who knew the truth - knew about it here.

Now everyone knows all about our dirty laundry and our corrupt politicians who aren't even from here.

I want to fix this, I don't want to leave, but our leaders are awful and yet so many of our younger residents who have so little life experience, think they are doing good things, or at least things that are not at all like what Trump is doing which seems to be all that matters these days.

It's just sad and I don't want to do it anymore.

[Buzz Patterson @BuzzPatterson]

When I was the Air Force Military Aide to Bill Clinton (and again, that was not a political appointee position, it was a military assignment), I served daily with very young staffers who were appointed because of their efforts in the campaign or who their parents were.

I really enjoyed interacting with most of them. Bright kids from Ivy League school. But their naïveté and lack of experience showed. Dramatically.

One day I was walking across the White House “campus,” the “18 acres,” and I encountered one of the young female staffers. We chatted for a bit, and she asked me, “So, why did you join the military? Were your career options limited or were you forced to by a judge?”

I wanted to throat punch her, but I said, “No, ma’am, I volunteered.”

She asked, “But why? Lack of education? No other options?”

“No, ma’am, I volunteered. Really. Not only do I have a Bachelor’s but also an MBA.”

She asked again, “Then why?”

I shook my head and walked away. They simply can’t understand a higher calling. They are incapable of understanding that another human who would selflessly serve.

Therein lies much of the Democrat vs. military disconnect. They’re missing the patriotism chip.

[Michele Tafoya @Michele_Tafoya]

This report by @RepJamesComer and @GOPoversight is only the beginning.

Tim Walz, Peggy Flanagan, and Keith Ellison failed to address credible reports of fraud and illegal payments.

Minnesota taxpayers want leaders who will fight fraud, not ignore it. When I'm in the United States Senate, I will immediately cosponsor the Deporting Fraudsters Act and work with the administration to hold fraudsters and those who enabled fraud accountable.

[Fox News @FoxNews]

A newly released 200-page report is putting Minnesota’s top Democrats under intense scrutiny.

The report alleges Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison were aware of major fraud concerns tied to programs like Feeding Our Future as far back as 2020, but failed to act on warning signs and, in some cases, retaliated against whistleblowers.

It also claims state officials worried that aggressively pursuing fraud investigations could trigger accusations of racism, @ChadPergram reports

Stop scrolling for updates and turn on live alerts. Get FOX One and get the facts.

https://t.co/sGGmtAeG3L

[National Association for Gun Rights @gunrights]

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[MN House Republicans @mnhousegop]

A new congressional report confirms Governor Walz, Attorney General Ellison, and their administration knew about the fraud and COVERED UP reports of it.

Democrat leaders allowed fraudsters to game the system, steal your taxpayer dollars, and let the issue grow.

[Alpha News @AlphaNews]

🚨WATCH: Faye Bernstein, a state employee who blew the whistle on fraud in Minnesota, says "the vast majority of people who were involved in retaliation of me got either bonuses or promotions."

"The message is very clear: sit down and shut up," Bernstein says in the new Alpha News documentary Minnesota Mao.

[War Correspondent @warDaniel47]

🚨 HOLY CRAP! It looks like the fraudsters charged by the Trump DOJ for Minnesota fraud are 3RD WORLDERS and MUSLIMS, their names include:

- Shamso Ahmed Hassan, $46.6M
- Fahima Mahamud, $5.4M
- Ahmed Othman Kadar, $1.4M

Imagine that.

Send them back! How much of the fraud was sent to foreign nations?!

[Christopher Hale @ChristopherHale]

“If you think the world is selfish and rotten, go to the cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer overlooking Omaha Beach. See what one group of men did for another on D-Day, June 6th, 1944.” — Andy Rooney

[Redhead Ranting™ @redheadranting]

I love Minnesota, it is a beautiful state, but the policies of the DFL have turned the cities into cesspools and we're being taxed out of the state. That Minnesota keeps ranking so high on these polls seems very staged and deliberate. Our kids can't read, write or do math anymore, but they are still being graduated. Who is paying to put Minnesota at the top of these things?

[Lisa Demuth @LisaDemuthMN]

Sixteen years of Democrat control of the executive branch has led to a culture fraud, waste and abuse of our tax dollars. The Demuth-Wilson ticket will change that culture the day we are sworn in. New commissioners in every agency. The experience @RyanDWilsonMN and I bring to the table will aid us in hiring only the best and brightest to guard our tax dollars.

[Jack Carr @JackCarrUSA]

When 102-year-old World War II veteran Wally King asks you to have a beer at the Stop Bar in Sainte-Mère-Église in Normandy, you have a beer (or two) with Wally King at the Stop Bar in Sainte-Mère-Église in Normandy. What an honor!  Wally flew 75 combat missions in the Second World War in P-51 Mustangs and P-47 Thunderbolts.  He was shot down in April of 1945, parachuting out of his P-47 over Germany and becoming a POW before then evading both German and Soviet forces on his way to freedom.  Legend! 
I’ve been fortunate enough to travel to Normandy with Wally three times for D-Day commemoration events with the Best Defense Foundation over the past few years.  We always have a blast!  🇺🇸

[Byron Donalds @ByronDonalds]

To you, it's just a Cracker Barrel parking lot. To me, it's where I gave my life to Jesus Christ.

I was 21 years old. I was working at the Cracker Barrel in Tallahassee after some of the worst years of my life. I'd made mistakes. Real ones.

I grew up in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, raised by a mom who worked hard and didn't accept excuses. But I made decisions that should have ended my story before it ever really started. By the grace of God, they didn't. But every day, I was carrying them.

One afternoon, a church group came into the restaurant, just back from a revival. I served them their meals like I served any other table. But something happened while I was serving them. I can't fully explain it to you. The Lord spoke to me. He said, “Stop running from Me.”

It knocked me back.

I went to find the table, and they were all gone. I could see through their windows that they were getting on their bus, and I knew deep down that if I let them drive away, I was going to keep running. So I went outside. The last woman, just as she was stepping onto the bus, turned to me and asked, “Are you okay?”

I told her, “No ma’am, I’m not okay.” I told her the Lord was telling me to stop running.

That whole bus emptied out, stood with me in the parking lot of a Cracker Barrel in Tallahassee, Florida, and prayed over me right there.

I gave my life to Christ that day. Right there.

I still get emotional about it. Because I know what I was before that moment, and I know what He's done since. He gave me a wife who shares my faith. He gave me three sons. He gave me a career, a community, a calling I never would have dared to ask for. He took a kid from Crown Heights who’d run out of chances and gave him a life that doesn't make sense apart from grace.

People ask me sometimes why I talk about it. Why I bring up the parking lot. Why I don't just keep that part private and let folks see the polished version.

I'll tell you why.

Because there's a young man out there right now — maybe in Tallahassee, maybe in Tampa, maybe in Miami, maybe in a small town in the Panhandle — who thinks his story is already over. Who thinks the mistakes he's made disqualify him from the life he could have had. Who thinks God doesn't want anything to do with somebody like him.

I'm here to tell him: that's a lie.

In life, you're not who you are at the lowest point. You're who you choose to become after.

The Lord met me in a Cracker Barrel parking lot. He'll meet you wherever you are.

You just have to stop running.

[Mike Netter @nettermike]

13-Year-Old Boy Shoots and Kills Intruder During Home Invasion In North Charleston, South Carolina, a 13-year-old boy who was home alone shot and killed 31-year-old Lamar Anthwan Brown during an attempted break-in. What Happened: The teenager noticed a vehicle pull up to the house and a man attempting to force entry. He retrieved his mother’s pistol and opened fire, striking Brown three times. The boy continued firing as the getaway vehicle drove away. The driver, 28-year-old Ira Bennett, rushed the wounded Brown to Trident Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Background and Charges: Lamar Brown had a lengthy criminal record that included multiple felony convictions and a history of violent crimes. Ira Bennett was arrested and charged with first-degree burglary and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. The Charleston County Sheriff’s Office declined to file any charges against the 13-year-old, determining he acted in self-defense to protect himself and his home.

[Ryan Andrew @ApollyonMN]

@AmazingPopPod Banana cream pudding with 'Nilla Wafers is pretty powerful.

[Barnaby Breaks History 🇺🇸 @CorpBarnaby]

🇺🇸 Most Badass Americans You Don’t Know D-Day Edition: John J. Pinder Jr.

Technician Fifth Grade John J. Pinder Jr. landed on Omaha beach on his birthday. He didn’t make it off.

Born June 6, 1912, in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, Joe Pinder was the oldest of three children. His father worked in the steel industry.

He graduated as valedictorian of Butler High School in 1931.

Pinder spent the next several years as a right-handed pitcher in the minor leagues.

He played six seasons in the farm systems of the Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees, Washington Senators, and Brooklyn Dodgers.

In 1941 he won 17 games and was still chasing a shot at the major leagues when the war came.

He entered the Army in January 1942 after Pearl Harbor.

Assigned as a radio operator with the 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, he fought in North Africa and Sicily.

In Sicily he earned a Bronze Star for staying at an observation post under fire.

On June 6, 1944, Pinder landed with the first waves on Omaha Beach on his birthday.

Communications were shattered. His job was to get a working radio ashore.

He made it off the landing craft. They were 100 yards off the beach.

Then he was hit. A round tore into his face after only a few steps off the boat.

Pinder held the torn flesh of his face together with one hand, carried the radio with the other, and delivered the radio to his unit, while wading thru waste deep water.

That should have been enough. It wasn’t.

Weakened and bleeding, he turned around and went back into the surf and fire three more times to salvage communication equipment.

He even recovered another workable radio.

On the third trip machine gun fire hit him again, this time in the legs.

Still he kept going.

Weakening but exposed on the beach, he helped get the radios working so the men around him could call for support.

While doing so, he was hit for the third time and killed.

Medal of Honor. Posthumous.

It was presented to his father on January 26, 1945.

Pinder was initially buried in Normandy.

In 1947 his family brought him home to Grandview Cemetery in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania.

He was the only professional baseball player awarded the Medal of Honor in World War II.

John Pinder is an American Badass

Thank you, John! 🫡🇺🇸