Betty Sharples

Just your average Christian who enjoys common sense. Posts are very much my own.

[Mandy @MarindaVannoy1]

Can someone please explain it to me like I'm five, why members of Congress are more upset that Elon became a trillionaire than they are that Somalis have defrauded our government out of hundreds of billions of dollars?

[Betty Sharples @BettySharples]

@willbyington @MumfordAndSons @ofcwrigleyfield one of the few times I have wished that i didn't have my dog - it was SUCH a great show, and I just wish I could've stayed until the end!

[Nick shirley @nickshirleyy]

🚨 Please watch: While casually walking in NYC, a man goes unhinged by my presence. He yells and screams that I am “Islamophobic and racist” but can’t give one example.

Shouts “someone is going to find you” while signaling a gunshot to the head.

“I want you to go into any leftist organization and show them my photo and they will know who I am” he yells when I ask him how he has helped society.

Uncovering fraud and helping America has become the most dangerous job in America, unfortunately.

[Betty Sharples @BettySharples]

@EricLDaugh Oh, did you see the latest? From last night??

https://t.co/XZ3gy2u2FX

[Fake BJ Johnson @ChiTownCircus]

Another teen takeover last night, this time at North Avenue Beach, involved more than 100 of Chicago’s finest youths.

When they got bored enjoying the sand, they moved west.

-A group of teens attacked someone at State and Division.

-Some kids attempted to steal an SUV at LaSalle and Clark.

-A woman was hit at Elm and Lake Shore Drive.

-One kid was caught with a gun.

-Another fight broke out at Clark and North.

At about the same time police were dealing with a takeover involving hundreds of kids at 57th Street Beach.

Just blocks away, three men were shot.

Please choose Chicago as your vacation destination this summer, where you can interact with the wildlife and savor the food.

And remember, don’t demonize our youth who are just looking for something to do.

[Betty Sharples @BettySharples]

This!!

[Mike Solana @micsolana]

bernie shouldn't have multiple homes while his constituents are homeless. it's time for a "fair tax" on senators, who must relinquish all but their primary residence. join me in encouraging this wealthy landlord to do the right thing and return his stolen property to the people.

[Betty Sharples @BettySharples]

@DarrenBaileyIL https://t.co/T2E8uHAdtn

[End Wokeness @EndWokeness]

Mayor Johnson just said incarceration is not a solution to crime

Uhhh…. El Salvador would like a word:

[Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt]

It seemed cheaper and more secure than putting the fence around my dirt lot where Karen Bass let my house burn down 🤷‍♂️

[Betty Sharples @BettySharples]

Pretty sure the hat does not need an entourage to Rome

[Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter @Williamjkelly]

STOP THE PRESSES! New video from Chicago Mayor Johnson's pressers.

Chicago Mayor Johnson refused to answer my questions yesterday about waste, fraud, and abuse tied to his lavish Rome trip with an eight-person entourage — plus his personal police security.

Instead of answers, I got ducking, dodging, staff interruptions, and the usual attempt to shut me down.

So today, I gave him another chance.

Johnson said the purpose of the trip was to deliver the Pope a Cubs hat. I told him Chicago taxpayers could save a lot of dough if he just mailed the cap.

Then came the real question: who’s picking up the tab?

Johnson says no taxpayer money is being used. But World Business Chicago is funding the trip — and World Business Chicago is funded by the City of Chicago. Johnson is also the chair.

Then I asked if anybody doing business with City Hall is going with him to Rome. His answer? He said he didn’t have the guest list. C’mon. Does that sound straight to you?

Chicago deserves answers from Mayor Johnson. Watch the full video.

[Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter @Williamjkelly]

STOP THE PRESSES! New video from Chicago Mayor Johnson's pressers.

Chicago Mayor Johnson refused to answer my questions yesterday about waste, fraud, and abuse tied to his lavish Rome trip with an eight-person entourage — plus his personal police security.

Instead of answers, I got ducking, dodging, staff interruptions, and the usual attempt to shut me down.

So today, I gave him another chance.

Johnson said the purpose of the trip was to deliver the Pope a Cubs hat. I told him Chicago taxpayers could save a lot of dough if he just mailed the cap.

Then came the real question: who’s picking up the tab?

Johnson says no taxpayer money is being used. But World Business Chicago is funding the trip — and World Business Chicago is funded by the City of Chicago. Johnson is also the chair.

Then I asked if anybody doing business with City Hall is going with him to Rome. His answer? He said he didn’t have the guest list. C’mon. Does that sound straight to you?

Chicago deserves answers from Mayor Johnson. Watch the full video.

[Betty Sharples @BettySharples]

@NYCMayor https://t.co/mxxxjarWoS

[RedWave Press @RedWavePress]

NAILED IT: Jeff Bezos: “A nurse in Queens who makes $75K a year pays more than $12K a year in taxes. Does that really make sense?”

“So people talk about making the tax system more progressive. How about we start by having the nurse in Queens NOT pay taxes? At all!”

“Why is a nurse in Queens who makes $75K a year paying more than $1K a month in taxes?”

“That’s $1K a month that could help with rent or groceries or anything.”

“And by the way, do you know what that all adds up to? The bottom half of income earners in this country pay only 3% of the taxes. It’s only 3%.”

“We can find 3%. So we don’t have... it’s a small amount of money for the government. You know that. And the more I thought about it, to me, it’s kind of absurd that we’re doing this.”

“We shouldn’t be asking this nurse in Queens to send money to Washington — they should be sending her an apology. It really makes no sense.”

Exactly!

[Public Interest Legal Foundation @PILFoundation]

We've filed the first lawsuit following the Louisiana Callais SCOTUS case. Our client alleges the Illinois Voting Rights Act of 2011's redistricting mandates violate the 15th Amendment and Section 2a of the national Voting Rights Act of 1965.

@JBPritzker explicitly adopted racial purposes behind redistricting guidelines, namely sorting and allocating political power based on race. 🧵

[Betty Sharples @BettySharples]

@FAFOFarmsTX An @AcornBluffFarms pork chop pic: when you cook with quality ingredients, you barely need salt and pepper.

[The Independent with Scott Atlas @ScottAtlas_IT]

When Ken Griffin and Citadel left Chicago:
Total 3-Year Impact: $846M in lost taxes + $2.65B in lost spending = $3.5B economic hit to Illinois/Chicago (not including philanthropy losses).

[Sara Eisen @SaraEisen]

While Mayor Mamdani got pummeled by Ken Griffin during our convo at Milken, Ken had some choice words for @JBPritzker as well:

Ken Griffin: “What did it feel like in Chicago with JB Pritzker as governor? It felt like being a salmon swimming upstream to die.”

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

I have paid over $10B in taxes in a single year, more than anyone in history.

If I exercise and sell stock options, the combined federal and state income tax is ~45% (I still pay California taxes for every day I spend there).

Then there is another 40% tax paid on my estate when I die.

Overall, I will probably end up paying trillions in taxes.

[Today in History @TodayinHistory]

This may be the most articulate response I’ve ever heard to this question.

[Lauren Chen @TheLaurenChen]

Want to talk gerrymandering?

On the left is how Illinois voters voted in the 2024 Presidential election by precinct

On the right is the same election, broken down by congressional district

Kamala Harris ended up getting all 19 of Illinois's electoral votes 🤡

[ThePersistence @ScottPresler]

If Senate Majority Leader Thune doesn’t pass the SAVE America Act by the end of April,

I’m going to put every ounce of my energy into making sure Ken Paxton wins the Texas Senate runoff on May 26th.

That’s a promise.

[Rep. Anna Paulina Luna @RepLuna]

Just so America knows, after two weeks in recess, John Thune is no longer considering the SAVE America Act.