Average Joe

It’s unlikely that I will “Follow back”. Average in practically every way. Keeping track of things and people.

[Conservative in Oregon @oregonducksmama]

Say it louder for those in the back. 🗣️

[TruthSeeker01011 @TruthSeek01011]

Digital IDs- a way to push behaviour change without the need of world tragic events, because people will manage their own behaviour if they are constantly watched.

[Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes]

Americans in Oklahoma are being crushed by their PSO electric bills

This resident opens her bill on camera. The cost for one month is $912.80

“Freaking PSO, you pieces of shi*t. How do you guys expect people to pay this? This is freaking ridiculous. Oh my gosh”

Public Service Company of Oklahoma has received a bunch of rate increases approved over the last couple years and they put in for another rate increase on residents this year. They want to raise customers bills an additional 15%

The Attorney General negotiated the 15% down but a rate increase will likely be approved

Every year that goes by things just keep getting more and more expensive. Nothing every gets cheaper

[Orwell Day @OrwellDay]

Dish Network Flock installer says he knows people don't like him installing Flock cameras.

[John Stossel @JohnStossel]

Teachers unions & gullible media say America must increase education spending.

But gov't schools already spend $20,000 per student!

Where does all that money go?

“It goes to administrative bloat,” says education researcher @DeAngelisCorey.

Horrors & good news for kids here:

[John Stossel @JohnStossel]

A nuclear plant that politicians "shut down for good" just reopened.

Anti-nuclear Activists call it a "nightmare.”

But this time, they're losing. Good.

Watch below for more on nuclear:

[Nav Toor @heynavtoor]

A US senator walked up to an airport checkpoint and refused to have his face scanned.

His name is Jeff Merkley. He is the senator from Oregon. He has spent three years trying to get the TSA to tell travelers something the TSA already admits on its own website.

The face scan at the checkpoint is optional. Almost nobody is told.

There is one sentence that stops it. Here is the sentence, and everything the TSA does not want you to know about saying it.

First, the TSA's own words. From the TSA website:

"Travelers who do not wish to participate in the facial recognition technology process may decline the optional photo, without recourse, in favor of an alternative identity verification process, which does not use facial recognition technology to verify their identity."

Optional photo. Without recourse. Those are their words, not mine.

The TSA also says this on the same page:

"Travelers will not lose their place in line for security screening."

And using the alternative method "does not take longer."

So the two things a TSA agent might tell you at the checkpoint, that you will hold up the line or take longer, are ruled out by the TSA's own website.

Now the sentence. When you get to the checkpoint, before the scan, say this:

"I do not consent to the scan and would like to have my ID manually verified."

That is it.

The officer will take your physical ID, either a driver's license or a passport, and check the photo against your face the way they did for the last twenty years. Merkley has documented himself doing this on flights between DC and Portland.

Here is why almost no one knows.

Senator Merkley has been pushing this since July 2023. He went to Reagan Washington National Airport that summer to publicly demonstrate the opt-out and to challenge the TSA on how the program is being run. The Washington Post covered it.

In May 2025, Merkley introduced the Traveler Privacy Protection Act with Senators John Kennedy of Louisiana, Ed Markey of Massachusetts, and Roger Marshall of Kansas. Two Republicans, two Democrats. The bill is endorsed by the American Civil Liberties Union, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, Public Citizen, and three other watchdog groups.

Merkley's own words from that press release:

"Folks don't want a national surveillance state, but that's exactly what the TSA's unchecked expansion of facial recognition technology is leading us to."

And:

"Americans have the right to opt out of using TSA's facial recognition at the airport, and we need to protect that right. Our Traveler Privacy Protection Act safeguards the freedoms and privacy of all Americans by making sure no one is required to have their face scanned to travel."

Here is what the TSA is planning.

Facial recognition is currently at more than 84 US airports. The TSA plans to expand it to more than 430. That is nearly every commercial airport in the country. And per the bill's findings, the TSA is "eventually planning to make this technology mandatory for all travelers."

Right now it is optional. That window is closing.

The TSA says the technology is not being abused. Their exact wording:

"Biometrics are not used for surveillance. Facial recognition technology is solely used to automate the current manual ID credential checking process and will not be used for surveillance or any law enforcement purpose."

Take them at their word. The point is not that the TSA is doing something illegal. The point is you get to choose.

Here is the 5-minute action you can take tonight, before your next flight.

- Memorize the sentence: "I do not consent to the scan and would like to have my ID manually verified."

- Have your physical ID out and ready. Driver's license or passport. Not a screenshot on your phone.

- When you get to the podium, hand the agent your ID and say the sentence in a normal tone. Do not apologize.

- If the agent pushes back or tells you it will take longer, calmly repeat the sentence. If they still refuse, ask for a supervisor.

- This applies to TSA checkpoints only. International arrivals into the US go through Customs and Border Protection, which is a different agency with different rules. For most US domestic flights, the sentence above is what you need.

Here is the last thing.

The TSA already admits, on its own website, that this is optional. A sitting US senator has spent three years asking them to put that in plain sight at the checkpoint. They have not. The signs at the podium do not tell you. The agents often do not tell you. The airline app does not tell you.

Congress is being lobbied by the airlines to keep it that way. Reuters reported in July 2025 that the airline industry publicly opposed Merkley's bill.

Right now, before the 430 airport rollout, you still have a one-sentence way out.

Say the sentence. Show your ID. Walk through.

[ThePersistence @ScottPresler]

In 2027, when the Senate votes for its next Leader, it will be a secret ballot.

It would be wise to ask your Senators who they intend to vote for b/c the majority chose Senator John Thune.

[The Redheaded libertarian @TRHLofficial]

Nuremberg trials for everyone involved in gain of function research.

[Patrick Webb @Patrickwebb]

“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety”

— Ben Franklin

[Sovey @SoveyX]

Ordering coffee in 2006 vs 2026.
A lot has changed in 20 years.

[Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius]

The "Deep State" is a murky, dark cabal of like-minded Leftists, all rowing in the same direction without a stated or deliberate conspiracy. They don't need a conspiracy, because they all think alike.

It consists of unelected Leftist government bureaucrats, Leftist thinktanks and NGOs, the Democrat/Media Complex, most of high-level academia, most of the legal profession (the kind that rotates between government and BigLaw firms), and assorted hangers-on.

When the American electorate elects a Presidential administration (I'll call such an administration the "Good Guys") that stands in stark and well-stated opposition to the Deep State, that same affiliated cabal acts like white blood cells when they encounter an infection--they swarm in a fight to the death.

If the Good Guys call on a private citizen to assist in the fight against unelected tyranny, anyone who answers that call is not the "Deep State." Instead, they are patriots who are as far removed from the actual Deep State as is possible.

Discernment matters.

[Average Joe @AverageJoeVotes]

Illinois ranks at number four.

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

Number of data centers in each state, by operating status:

[Rep. Eli Crane @RepEliCrane]

How about $0?

[Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes]

THERE IT IS 🚨 US Attorney John Sarcone III accidentally admits that Flock cameras are really for mass surveillance of people walking around in public

“If you don't have flock cameras, how are law enforcement gonna detect and see somebody walking around possibly looking to blow up your, your state capitol or commit terrorist acts?”

Walking around is very different than license plate readers…. Slowly they let slip the real agenda

It’s mass surveillance similar to China

This is John Sarcone III a US Attorney in Nee York City, they are telling us what’s really the plan for Flock cameras

[Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes]

This woman has a hole in her heart that has been causing reoccurring stroke events

She has full health insurance but they denied the coverage to close the hole in her heart, saying it was unnecessary

After having multiple more strokes, she had to privately raise money from donations to afford the surgery, even though she has full health insurance

We need healthcare reform and we need it right now. It keeps getting worse and worse

“My insurance declined any coverage for a procedure to close a hole in my heart that has been causing me to have minor strokes. Their reason for doing this is my age and the amount of bubbles on my echo, and they said I am a low risk for reoccurring stroke events. I have been having stroke events since May 4th. Last night I did have another stroke event after being inpatient and admitted into a hospital for having a stroke event”

“Six days later, I had another stroke event, even though my insurance deemed me as low risk. Thankfully, with crowdfunding and private and public donations, I was able to raise about half of the $75,000 goal needed for the procedures and the hospital has allowed me to schedule the procedure”

This procedure is only about an hour long outpatient procedure but the cost is $75,000….

WE NEED healthcare reform

[The Redheaded libertarian @TRHLofficial]

When Congress says they won’t expel catatonic octogenarians because they “deserve to retire with dignity”, what they are really saying that you’re all pieces of shit, who have no power here. and to shut the fk up or they’ll double your income tax and draft your children.

[Johnny Midnight ⚡️ @its_The_Dr]

So police that we are supposed to trust with Flock cameras can Target you and break into your house without a warrant?

[Institute for Justice @IJ]

They Took His $95,000 Plane Over a 6-Pack

Ken Jouppi has spent more than a decade fighting Alaska's attempt to permanently take his plane.

This term, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear his case—and have the opportunity to make clear that the #ExcessiveFines Clause is a meaningful check on government overreach.

[John Stossel @JohnStossel]

The national debt just passed 40 TRILLION!

Sadly the debt was “only” $35T when I updated this video 2 years ago.

Now taxpayers must fork over a TRILLION dollars every year… just for interest!

Here’s why that's dangerous: