On this day, June 28, 2005, 11 Navy SEALS and 8 Night Stalkers, 19 of America's finest warriors, died during Operation Red Wings. Please help me honor them.
The average life expectancy of a new Russian recruit—from arrival at a training ground to death in a combat zone—lies somewhere between 10 days and three weeks. Once sent onto the battlefield, they survive an average of 20 to 35 minutes. @peterfrankopan https://t.co/W3UhBerdH0
If a rando nurse practitioner can bilk our government for nearly a billion dollars, I think it’s safe to say we’ve probably lost trillions over the lifespan of these social welfare programs.
The Democratic establishment deserves a slow clap here.
Really. Bravo.
They spent years building the perfect little political terrarium: NGOs, activist salaries, university grievance factories, donor cash, media protection, blue-city patronage, “equity” rackets, and taxpayer-funded do-gooder laundromats all humming along under the sacred banner of “Our Democracy.”
Then they looked at the radicals crawling around inside and said, “Surely these people will remain manageable.”
Absolutely brilliant, guys.
Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries now look like substitute teachers trying to take attendance during a prison riot. The donors are sweating through their custom suits. The consultants are pretending this is just a “messaging challenge.” The media is polishing the same old turd and calling it “youth energy.”
No, champ. This is not youth energy.
This is the bill.
You told them America was evil.
You told them capitalism was theft.
You told them police were the enemy.
You told them borders were immoral.
You told them every institution had to be “decolonized,” “reimagined,” or burned down and rebuilt by people with sociology degrees and untreated rage.
Now they believe you.
And worse, they want promotions.
That is the humiliation. The party bosses thought they were renting radicals by the hour. Turns out the radicals thought they were being trained to run the place.
Democrats built the hive, fed the hive, defended the hive, and called anyone who noticed a conspiracy theorist.
Now the hive has the keys.
Enjoy the buzzing.
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The conservative supermajority on the Supreme Court continues to interpret the Second Amendment in a way that makes it close to impossible for states to pass gun violence prevention laws.
This ruling makes it harder to keep people safe.
A.J. Pierzynski met Pope Leo XIV and gifted him the final out ball from Game 1 of the 2005 World Series, the game he attended.
(via aj_pierzynski_ft • IG)
JUST IN: A federal judge in California has issued a nationwide block on ICE's policy of conducting arrests at immigration courthouses. https://t.co/ZYfsjv6LpW
This month’s prayer intention is that sports may be an instrument of peace, encounter, and dialogue among cultures and nations. May sports promote values such as respect, solidarity, and personal growth. Take a moment. Let us #PrayTogether, at https://t.co/S3TtsnB6oT
Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself...
do not be disheartened by your imperfections, but always rise up with fresh courage."
-St. Francis de Sales
If I believed in such things, I would say that the odds of a "Marxist trans-queer Latinx (Christian) theologian" being a demon amusing itself are ~97%.
NEW: President Trump pushed back after a reporter questioned the cost of the White House reflecting pool renovation, immediately turning the focus to the Obama-Biden administration's handling of the same project.
"Barack Hussein Obama spent two years and over $100 million when he tried to fix it. You know what happened to it? Never even opened."
"They were going to spend 3 to $400 million, you know, that. And it was going to take four years."
"I spent about 6, 7 weeks and I spent... probably $10 million."
"They were going to spend 400 million, I spent 10, they were going to spend four years. I spent two months, maybe less."