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Happily retired Ag lender and CEO. Enjoying family, beach, ECU sports and my farms. Constitutional conservative, political junkie not afraid of giving opinion

[Pirate for life @CreekReason]

@dogwoodblooms 252. people who will kick your ass in the rural God’s Country.

[Pirate for life @CreekReason]

@DougWahl1 How stupid You must be. You and all the other tds democrats

[Z @insatiablevine]

Today I’ll work a 9-hour day to pay for illegals to have free housing and healthcare. Most of my paycheck will go to taxes , my inflated mortgage and my insanely high health insurance costs—my taxes will fund fraud, global communism, and illegal border hoppers. I’ll put away a measly amount so my children can hope to one day afford college, while the illegals who just showed up here will go for free. My American children will be paying loans well into their 30s while they compete with debt-free foreign invaders for a low-paying job outside their degree.

This is the new American dream brought to us by criminal politicians and corrupt judges. 🇺🇸 🆘

[billy weaver @billyweaver14]

I cant stop thinking about @ChrisJohnson28 and his family. I will pray every day that God sends a miracle his way 🙏 He is my brother in Christ and I ask all Christians to send prayers his way.

[AP @Average_NY_Guy]

Dear Mamdani,

Let me explain this the way I’d explain it to a five-year-old.

Imagine Tommy has a lemonade stand. Every week, lemons cost him a little more, sugar costs a little more, cups cost a little more, and his parents even charge him a little more for the table he uses. Then his teacher walks over and says, “Tommy, you’re not allowed to charge more than $1 for your lemonade anymore.”

Tommy says, “OK… but everything I need to make lemonade keeps getting more expensive. How am I supposed to pay for it?”

The teacher shrugs and says, “That’s not my problem.”

So Tommy starts buying cheaper ingredients. Then he stops fixing his stand when it breaks. Eventually, he decides selling lemonade just isn’t worth it anymore. His friend, who wanted to open another lemonade stand, sees all this and says, “Forget it. I’m not doing that.”

Now there are fewer lemonade stands than before.

The teacher proudly tells everyone, “See? I made lemonade affordable.”

No, you didn’t.

You made it less profitable to sell lemonade, so fewer people sold it.

Housing works the same way. Property taxes don’t freeze. Insurance doesn’t freeze. Labor doesn’t freeze. Repair costs don’t freeze. The mortgage doesn’t freeze. The only thing that freezes is rent.

And if the rent doesn’t cover the bills, the bills don’t magically disappear. Repairs get delayed. Buildings deteriorate. Some landlords sell. Others stop building altogether because the investment no longer makes sense.

You can’t solve a shortage by making it less worthwhile to provide the very thing that’s already in short supply.

It’s not greed. And it’s not ideology.

It’s basic math.

[Pirate for life @CreekReason]

Take a look at this @hsmark08

[Fellowship Games @fellowship_nc]

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The "Goldilocks zone" for tabletop lighting is 500 lux bright enough to easily read card text, but soft enough to avoid harsh glare. We paired that perfect level with 95 CRI bulbs to ensure the beautiful colors and artwork on your favorite games truly pop.

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[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

Senator, with respect, this is exactly why Republican voters are done with you.

We do not care about precedent more than we care about the country.

We are asking why the GOP keeps screaming that America is on the line, then hides behind procedure the SECOND it is time to ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING.

It's always the SAME SHIT.

All of you campaign like the republic is on fire and then you GOVERN like the most sacred thing in Washington is some rules that aren't even laws.

We do not give a shot about your comfort level walking around Washington DC... we actually care about whether the next election is real.

We are sick of traditions that only ever seem to tie the hands of Republicans while Democrats use every inch of power they can grab the moment they get it.

The base is not demoralized because we are asking too much.

The base is demoralized because YOU promised major reform and then did JACK SHIT.

We are not asking for the MOON AND THE STARS.

ALL WE ARE ASKING FOR IT...

IS THAT AMERICAN CITIZENS ONLY GET TO VOTE IN AMERICAN ELECTIONS.

IS THAT SERIOUSLY SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND????

[Jonathan Turley @Real_Turley]

Thune is again using pro-forma sessions to make pretend the Senate is still in session, to block Trumps recess appts

Join me in calling on Trump to use the power vested in him, under (Art- II- Sec,3) to call the Senate back into session... until they Pass the Save America Act

[A.P. Dillon @APDillon_]

DEI isn't real they keep saying.
The image for this article is literally of a DEI/Critical Race Theory organization involved with Wake County Public Schools and go a grant from the district despite pushback. #nced
https://t.co/oREnVQxmDq

[Pirate for life @CreekReason]

@CedarPosts His campaign is blah with no real substance. Not addressing real issues. He has the personality of a rock. Comes across as just another sorry stuffed shirt Rino. No passion with no ability to relate to DJT Republicans.

[Coffee With Kream @coffeewithkream]

@CarolineCDavid Stein wanted no part of our country’s birthday. So real North Carolinians stepped in!🇺🇸

[Margo @MargoinWNC]

What you’re witnessing with Scott Presler in South Dakota is how the grassroots are treated across the country.

When Michael Whatley wanted his hand selected Vice Chairman, Jason Simmons, as the next NCGOP Chair, he rented party buses and brought the Republican NC Legislature in to the vote-after he moved the venue so it was an almost 8 hour drive for delegates from Western North Carolina.

There was no vetting of Jason Simmons.

No one questioned his financial past, which included a bankruptcy filing.

No one questioned his political and family upbringing, which includes being a Mitt Romney campaign operative, also from Utah, and is a Mormon.

They just elected him.

And here we are, in North Carolina, about to lose the senate seat and two congressional districts because of what? IMPROPER VETTING AND NO CULTURAL TIES.

No one asked about his past performance on campaigns-if they had, they would know (like I do because I asked people on the Trump and Romney campaigns) he has a reputation of being lazy.

I will say it again-VETTING MATTERS AT ALL LEVELS.

We lose because we because we don’t treat these people like their job matters, until it does-and by then, it’s too late.

If you think this is a criticism of the people in this post, you’ve missed the whole point of this post.

[Margo @MargoinWNC]

This is the same guy who refused to declare Cruso, NC a disaster area. Those people were flooded out two years before Helene. They almost all moved to Bat Cave to rebuild.

When Helene hit, who wasn’t there for the people of Bat Cave and Western North Carolina?

ROY COOPER

[🇺🇸SassySouthernPatriot🇺🇸 @SassySouthern2U]

Well butter my biscuit, @joshsteinnc…

A DC-born carpetbagger with those fancy Harvard credentials thinks he can school real Tar Heels on our Confederate flag?

Bless your ignorant little heart, honey. You couldn’t understand our Southern heritage if it hit you with a jug of sweet tea. That flag flew for NC boys who fought for this land — it’s our history, not your “divisive” feelings project.

But you’ll happily proclaim Ramadan for the whole state while your spox demands we stop “dishonoring the flag of North Carolina” over this? (Straight from the coverage here: https://t.co/zrHbjMzlex)

Selective much?

Denounce our heritage one minute, roll out the welcome mat for another the next.

Hypocrisy smells worse than day-old collards.

This exhibit is EXACTLY the North Carolina we love — proud, gritty, and unapologetic about our full history. Not your watered-down, feelings-first fantasy.

America 250 is about truth, not erasing the parts that make you clutch your pearls.

#NCStrong #SouthernHeritage #HeritageNotHate #SteinHypocrisy

[Johnny St.Pete @JohnMcCloy]

🔥👀 WOW… YOU CAN’T UNSEE JOHN THUNE.

What if I told you John Thune’s daughter served as a VP for a PAC from 2013-2021 that was contributing to people like Pelosi, Jeffries and Raskin?

What if I told you that right after the Access Hollywood tape in 2016 released and Thune called for him to drop out in favor of PENCE… that his daughter immediately went to Facebook to support Thune?

What if I told you that after Thune said recess appts were on the table last August… the Senate under his “LEADERSHIP” used procedural sessions that limited them?

What if he then went & SANG WITH HIS DAUGHTER AT HER COUNTRY GIG … because she has left politics and is now a musician.

What if I told you her husband Luke Lindberg is now heavily involved with politics and statecraft?

What if I told you he worked at Sanford Health in global strategy roles (Director of Global Strategy and leading Sanford World Clinic) in the years leading up to joining EXIM Bank in 2019.

Sanford Health is a South Dakota based health care juggernaut “NON- PROFIT” … the same kind Joe Rogan was railing about just last week after realizing the BILLIONS they make.

What if I told you Sanford was involved with the GLOBAL PANDEMIC TASK FORCE a multi agency effort including USAID during the pandemic and they received almost $72 million in Federal health funding including the CARES Act?

What if Luke’s time at Sanford overlapped there? What if I told you Thune’s wife Kimberly used to work there?

What if I told you his old Chief of Staff of 14 years Nelson is the Exec advisor to the CEO and his OTHER SON IN LAW Scott Hargens works for Sanford currently?

What if I told you 45% of Sanford’s net revenue comes from Medicare Medicaid?

What if I told you Luke went on to work for EXIM Bank?

What if I told you EXIM Bank is a federal agency that provides U.S. companies with taxpayer backed loans and financing to support exports and advance U.S. interests overseas

What if I told you he was JUST nominated to lead the UN World Food Program and is a member of the CFR (Council on Foreign Relations) ?

So not only was Thune a hand picked Bush Cheney Senator who used to go duck hunting with Dick at his cabin often… but now you see how we have questions about his incentives.

So what exactly does it seem his priorities are if he isn’t aggressively advancing the full agenda that won all three branches?

Why is Thune not supporting President Trump at EVERY avenue? Are they just trying to wait him out .. NOT PASS THE SAVE ACT … And return to the Status Quo in 2028?

Does this seem very Republican & Pro MAGA to everyone?? It raises questions about whether there are incentives working against rapid change.

So let’s ask again… why won’t Thune bring the SAVE Act or bill to cut off The Taliban Cash to the floor??

[Pirate for life @CreekReason]

@WHLeavitt @LeaderJohnThune I back all efforts and processes that ensure ALL votes are legit and counted accurately.

[Tironianae 🍊🍊 Z. - Ultra Verbum Vincet @Tironianae]

🚨 BREAKING: Tim Burchett just went OFF on Senate leadership and exposed the backroom deal.

Says Thune and Schumer cut it at 2AM while everyone else was left in the dark.

No transparency. No accountability.

“They don’t care what you think.”

He says they want the old system back.

Closed doors. Elite control.

That is the problem.

[Pirate for life @CreekReason]

@BasedMikeLee

[Glenn Beck @glennbeck]

Let me break this down for people like Elizabeth Warren and Graham Platner who just can't seem to understand how @elonmusk could become the world's first trillionaire without a rigged economy.

They're saying a man who risked everything to RESET the space industry, inventing sustainable space travel with reusable rockets that land themselves, who stepped up and SAVED astronauts from space because Boeing and NASA couldn’t do it, doesn’t deserve his wealth?

Or a man who pioneered electric vehicles while the rest of the auto industry said it could never happen, THEN GAVE HIS TECHNOLOGY AWAY FOR FREE, didn't earn that money? I don't see Pfizer doing that.

Or a man who saved free speech and gave a voice to the voiceless across the world by buying Twitter and creating X? And who provided people in remote areas, totalitarian states, and warzones with access to the outside world through Starlink? That man should be punished with a wealth tax?

Give me a break.

[Pirate for life @CreekReason]

@RapidResponse47 @FBIDirectorKash I hope they do!!