Bryan M. Likins

Husband; Dad; Constitutional Conservative; Energy Attorney; 4-Time-Undefeated KACS Checkers Champion *All views expressed are mine alone

[Bryan M. Likins @BMLESQ]

The idea of a Christian unattached to a local church is non-existent in the New Testament.

[Bryan M. Likins @BMLESQ]

@AndyMasley When done WRONG, any industry (including DCs) can have major negative consequences.
When done RIGHT, as is the case currently, they can have huge benefits.
NiSource’s NIPSCO/GenCo model is going to deliver $1.4 BILLION in electric rate credits to 500,000 IN customers over 15 yrs

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@AndyMasley Completely agree, Andy.
She also completely ignores the taxes they are paying.
Two recent examples in IN.
Hobart already got $40M+ day 1 of an Amazon DC lacking there and will get $40M/year for 15 years.
Jasper got $90M year 1 and $20M/year for 15 years.

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I’m thrilled for the prospect of the @ChicagoBears coming to northern Indiana!

[Chicago Bears @ChicagoBears]

Statement from Chairman George H. McCaskey and President & CEO Kevin Warren:

[Heritage Foundation @Heritage]

Right-wing extremism is so uncommon that left-wing extremists have to fund it.

[Bryan M. Likins @BMLESQ]

This is great.
This is America.

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

USA. A potluck. Everyone brings one dish. I have never been so out of my depth in my life.

I was invited to a gathering. "Just bring a dish to share," they said. Simple words. I did not sleep for three days.

Because I understood instantly what this was. A summit. Every guest, a lord of their own house, arriving bearing tribute. And tribute is judged. Tribute is ranked. To bring the wrong dish to the wrong table is to fall in standing before your peers, possibly forever.

So I prepared. I made my finest dish. I carried it to the door with two hands and a straight back, braced for the weighing of my worth.

The first lord arrived with a bowl of orange powder noodles. Macaroni and cheese. The crowd roared. He set it down at the center of the table. The CENTER. I noted this. The center is the seat of power.

The second lord brought a tower of small brown meat orbs in red sauce. "Meatballs," he announced, like a man laying down a sword. They were placed beside the macaroni. A strong showing. An alliance, perhaps.

I studied the table like a battlefield map. Potato salad: defensive, reliable, old money. A vegetable tray, untouched, clearly a hostage offering no one expected to win. And then a woman walked in, raised a flat box overhead, and the entire room turned and CHEERED.

Pizza. She had brought pizza. Store-bought. Still in the box.

I was stunned. She had not even cooked it. And yet the people rejoiced as if a king had entered. I revised my entire understanding of the hierarchy on the spot. Effort means nothing here. Only the roar of the crowd decides rank.

I placed my dish down, humbly, near the napkins. A peasant's position. I accepted it.

And then a man tapped my shoulder, pointed at my dish, and said the words that changed everything.

"Whoa, did you make this? This is amazing. Everybody, you GOTTA try this guy's thing."

The room turned. The room came. The room ATE. My dish vanished in ninety seconds. The pizza woman herself took a second helping and looked at me with respect.

I had won the summit. By accident. With a dish I placed by the napkins.

I understand nothing about this country. I have never been happier. I am hosting the next one.

So tell me, America.

Is there a system to the potluck? A secret rank? A hidden law?

I have decided there is not.

You just bring the thing you love, and everyone eats it, and somehow everybody wins.

It is the most insane way to hold a war.

I will fight in every single one.

[Bryan M. Likins @BMLESQ]

So many summer camps and vacation Bible schools start this week.

May Jesus be lifted up, and may God show Himself big in the lives of the teachers, preachers, campers, and students!

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If Satan is telling you something, be sure of one thing—he is lying!

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What does the Book of 1 John teach us?

God is Light 💡 for our dark world. (Ch. 1-2)

God is Love ❤️ for our desperate world. (Ch. 3-4)

God is Life 🌳 for our dying world. (Ch. 5)

[Bryan M. Likins @BMLESQ]

@griffingulledge I joke that it costs me $100 every time I leave the house.
Tank of gas? $100
3 things from Costco? $100
Dinner for 4 at non-fast food? $100

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Calling all law professors…
This would make an excellent final exam question next semester!
CC: @derektmuller

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

NEW: Nebraska woman hospitalized after a dog in another vehicle accidentally fired a shotgun at her.

[Bonchie @bonchieredstate]

Let me explain something to Democrats commenting on Talarico being a “seminarian,” apparently believing that automatically makes him the Christian choice.

And you probably won’t get it, but that’s okay. I’m going to explain it anyway.

In the Book of James, people who assume the mantle of teacher but spread heresies are said to have “stricter” judgment that your average sinner. False teachers are repeatedly warned against throughout the scriptures, described as the worst types of wolves.

In other words, while you can point to Paxton’s past transgressions, and that’s fair to talk about, you need to understand that what Talarico does and has done is no less sinful.

And for the average devout Christian who isn’t part of a progressive heretical body, they see that and know that.

You may not get it. You may think all this Christian stuff is just about saying a few words. But it’s not. Heresy is a grave sin, and something Christians are expressly told to flee from.

So Christians are going to take that issue seriously in this race, even if it seems silly, unimportant, or unfair to you because you think, “Well, Talarico is nice so that makes him righteous.”

Not how it works.

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Biblical truth-telling has been mislabeled “hate” for thousands of years.

“[Ahab] said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil.” 1 Kings 22:8

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@AndrewIrelandIN @martincarbaugh Can we get #AnyoneButMorales trending? 😂
He’s an embarrassment to Hoosiers and to Republicans.

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Not sure when this happened, but I’d been seeing a lot less of that actual posts I care about and the people I know.

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PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT 📣

If you’re seeing less of the everyday posts from people you actually know and a ton of “popular” and influencer type posts, even when you’re on the “following” tab…

Click on “Following” and swap it from “Popular” to “Most Recent.”

[Bryan M. Likins @BMLESQ]

21. Have a daily goal of at least one hug, kiss, and “I love you.”

22. Our actions reveal our true feelings and priorities more than our words do. Showing your spouse love and making time for them matter more than saying “I love you.”

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TWENTY TWO THOUGHTS ABOUT MARRIAGE—in honor of 22 years of marriage 🧵

1. Marriage is harder than I expected. But the rewards of investing in it are greater than I could have imagined.

2. You are replaceable at work, school, church, etc. You are irreplaceable at home.

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20. Don’t assume your spouse is a mind reader—even if you’ve been married for decades! If you’re feeling something, tell them. If you need something, don’t assume “they would know what I need if they loved me”—tell them. And if you love them, tell them and tell them often.