Ryan Ballentine

naps and pizza rolls

[Ryan Ballentine @BallentineRyan]

I'm a slut for free shipping

[Ryan Ballentine @BallentineRyan]

@ACsmooth24 @TheTomGantert @JJWatt If you haven't been calling it all game? Then yes you need to be consistent. Games like the bills broncos game are so frustrating because all game PI was not called when it was definitely happening then the last drive in overtime suddenly it's flags everywhere.

[Ryan Ballentine @BallentineRyan]

One of my favorite tropes in crime movies is the older guy who was big in the 80s and 90s being pitched on a hyper complex heist and being like "what ever happened to good old kidnapping? Or extortion? Remember extortion?" Because same

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[Ryan Ballentine @BallentineRyan]

@Lakeness_Monstr @SSN_FresnoState You obviously don't remember Reyna right. That guy was the worst QB I have ever seen in second half

[Ryan Ballentine @BallentineRyan]

@sour_mash1 @romanhelmetguy @grok That's With it in a trust already.

[David DeWeil @daviddeweil]

I get why people eventually get into bird watching. A beautiful little humming bird would never run up the middle 3 straight times and then punt

[Ryan Ballentine @BallentineRyan]

@BrownellsInc @Popsmoke7007 I would do disgusting things for a BAR that isn't 10k

[Akash @YZR_Fantasy]

My fantasy WR just threw an interception bro you can’t make this up

[Edward Badgette @acrimonyand]

The Ivy League invented football as a substitute for war and the South was like “damn this is the best thing since war”

[Ryan Ballentine @BallentineRyan]

@AndrewLiv @cdssportspod @SyedSchemes It wasn't that way when a touchback brought it to the 20. The NFL intentionally moved the touchback up to encourage taking the touchback. It was broken by design

[Brownells, Inc. @BrownellsInc]

If this quote gets 10k reposts we’ll bring back our retro AR10’s, and we’ll do a Dutch handguard too for the one guy who asked for it 👍

[big content guy @bigcontentguy]

there’s two types of white running backs. cerebral thinkers like mccaffrey and then just absolute crayon eaters like skattebo. it rules

[JD Vance @JDVance]

A while ago, probably in 2017, I appeared on Tucker Carlson's Fox show to talk about God knows what. Afterwards a name I barely knew sent me a DM on twitter and told me I did a great job. It was Charlie Kirk, and that moment of kindness began a friendship that lasted until today.

Charlie was fascinated by ideas and always willing to learn and change his mind. Like me, he was skeptical of Donald Trump in 2016. Like me, he came to see President Trump as the only figure capable of moving American politics away from the globalism that had dominated for our entire lives. When others were right, he learned from them. When he was right--as he usually was--he was generous. With Charlie, the attitude was never, "I told you so." But: "welcome."

Charlie was one of the first people I called when I thought about running for senate in early 2021. I was interested but skeptical there was a pathway. We talked through everything, from the strategy to the fundraising to the grassroots of the movement he knew so well. He introduced me to some of the people who would run my campaign and also to Donald Trump Jr. "Like his dad, he's misunderstood. He's extremely smart, and very much on our wavelength." Don took a call from me because Charlie asked him too.

Long before I ever committed (even in my mind) to running, Charlie had me speak to his donors at a TPUSA event. He walked me around the room and introduced me. He gave me honest feedback on my remarks. He had no reason to do this, no expectation that I'd go anywhere. I was polling, at that point, well below 5 percent. He did it because we were friends, and because he was a good man.

When I became the VP nominee--something Charlie advocated for both in public and private--Charlie was there for me. I was so glad to be part of the president's team, but candidly surprised by the effect it had on our family. Our kids, especially our oldest, struggled with the attention and the constant presence of the protective detail. I felt this acute sense of guilt, that I had conscripted my kids into this life without getting their permission. And Charlie was constantly calling and texting, checking on our family and offering guidance and prayers. Some of our most successful events were organized not by the campaign, but by TPUSA. He wasn't just a thinker, he was a doer, turning big ideas into bigger events with thousands of activists. And after every event, he would give me a big hug, tell me he was praying for me, and ask me what he could do. "You focus on Wisconsin," he'd tell me. "Arizona is in the bag." And it was.

Charlie genuinely believed in and loved Jesus Christ. He had a profound faith. We used to argue about Catholicism and Protestantism and who was right about minor doctrinal questions. Because he loved God, he wanted to understand him.

Someone else pointed out that Charlie died doing what he loved: discussing ideas. He would go into these hostile crowds and answer their questions. If it was a friendly crowd, and a progressive asked a question to jeers from the audience, he'd encourage his fans to calm down and let everyone speak. He exemplified a foundational virtue of our Republic: the willingness to speak openly and debate ideas.

Charlie had an uncanny ability to know when to push the envelope and when to be more conventional. I've seen people attack him for years for being wrong on this or that issue publicly, never realizing that privately he was working to broaden the scope of acceptable debate.

He was a great family man. I was talking to President Trump in the Oval Office today, and he said, "I know he was a very good friend of yours." I nodded silently, and President Trump observed that Charlie really loved his family. The president was right. Charlie was so proud of Erika and the two kids. He was so happy to be a father. And he felt such gratitude for having found a woman of God with whom he could build a family.

Charlie Kirk was a true friend. The kind of guy you could say something to and know it would always stay with him. I am on more than a few group chats with Charlie and people he introduced me to over the years. We celebrate weddings and babies, bust each other's chops, and mourn the loss of loved ones. We talk about politics and policy and sports and life. These group chats include people at the very highest level of our government. They trusted him, loved him, and knew he'd always have their backs. And because he was a true friend ,you could instinctively trust the people Charlie introduced you to. So much of the success we've had in this administration traces directly to Charlie's ability to organize and convene. He didn't just help us win in 2024, he helped us staff the entire government.

I was in a meeting in the West Wing when those group chats started lighting up with people telling Charlie they were praying for him. And that's how I learned the news that my friend had been shot. I prayed a lot over the next hour, as first good news and then bad trickled in.

God didn't answer those prayers, and that's OK. He had other plans. And now that Charlie is in heaven, I'll ask him to talk to big man directly on behalf of his family, his friends, and the country he loved so dearly.

You ran a good race, my friend.

We've got it from here.

[Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes]

American says 15 years ago he bought this home for $130k. He worked for years rebuilding it from bad condition, putting over $120k worth of repairs into it

The city just reassessed his property value, his property taxes are tripling and he can’t afford his home anymore. “They come along and reassess it, my taxes are going to triple, and I did all that work on my own. I busted my ass inside and out, landscaping, f*cking roof, gutted half the place.

It's getting to the point where I can't even afford to buy. Live in a house that I bought almost 15 years ago. The price of everything has doubled. Vehicles double, you know the deal. Groceries double, insurances double, including vehicle insurance.”

[Ryan Ballentine @BallentineRyan]

@MarioNawfal @Fat_Electrician

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Man of questionable sanity ✅
Very polite pig ✅
Dancing parrot ✅
Curiously chill chicken✅

[General Steez @generalsteez69]

Fuckkkkkkk apparently they just added an amendment to the Big Beautiful Bill that is forcing me to drink beers on a rooftop tonight

[Ryan Ballentine @BallentineRyan]

@Fat_Electrician There's a b24 bomber that crashed in Huntington lake in California during the search for another plane that went missing during a training operation. It wasn't found for years until they dropped the lake for dam maintenance. Two crew members survived because they bailed out

[AB @AB84]

Canada fans booed our National Anthem

So Team USA started 3 fights in the first 9 seconds of the game and beat Canada 3-1 on their home turf

Now America is in the Championship game

Free Bird baby🦅

#CTESPN