Joe Santee - Host

Purpose - Direction - Motivation. Three words that shape leadership and how leaders influence others to align for a common goal. Enjoy these conversations.

[Joe Santee - Host @Da_Joe_71]

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If you haven’t voted yet, get out there and vote, then bring 10 friends!
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[Nick Sortor @nicksortor]

🚨 NOW: The Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool is under INCREASED National Guard and Park Police patrol amid leftist threats to sabotage the pool

American workers are pushing AROUND THE CLOCK to finish the pool by July 4, but liberals have a vested interest in destroying it for some reason

It’s truly a shame how much these people want our country to be embarrassed on a world stage.

Absolute traitors.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Essential reading

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

I HAVE GOOD NEWS FOR ONCE!!!

The Charlotte NC high school that painted over a student's tribute to Charlie Kirk, called the police on her, and then publicly branded the 16-year-old girl a VANDAL in front of her entire school...

...has just been forced to pay her $95,000!!!!!!

Her name is Gabby Stout, she was a junior at Ardrey Kell High School.

Days after Charlie Kirk was assass*nated, she got PERMISSION from the front office to paint the school's spirit rock, a tradition kids have used for years.

She painted a heart. An American flag. "Freedom 1776." And "Live Like Kirk ... John 11:25."

Within HOURS, the school painted over it.

Then the principal emailed the ENTIRE school calling it VANDALISM, claiming she broke the code of conduct, and announcing they had called LAW ENFORCEMENT to open a criminal investigation.

They pulled this teenage girl out of class again and again and then MADE HER WRITE A CONFESSION!!!!

They demanded her PHONE so they could search her call logs.

For painting a rock. With permission.

So her family sued. And they WON.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools now has to pay $95,000, publicly clear her name, and admit in writing she did NOTHING wrong.

But not only that... they were forced to adopt a brand new student free speech policy because of her.

THIS is how you fight back.

GOD BLESS GABBY STOUT!!!!!!

[Overton @overton_news]

New UFC lightweight champion Justin Gaethje dropped a legendary line after his HISTORIC upset over Illia Topuria.

Joe Rogan pointed out that he was a 6-1 underdog going into the fight.

GAETHJE: “Hey, I’m from America. 250 years ago we were WAY bigger than 6-1 dogs!”

“And look at us thriving now!”

“To all the current, former, and future military service members, thank you so much.”

“Thank you so much to all of the first responders, police officers, firefighters...you guys have no idea how grateful I am...”

“And all glory to God. I prayed so much for this opportunity, to do something legendary.”

“And I know that was absolutely legendary because I cannot even believe it.”

[Michael Knowles @michaeljknowles]

This image is like those memes from 2016 of Trump crossing the Delaware with Washington on a tank playing an electric guitar or whatever, except this photo is real.

[U.S. Senator John Fetterman @SenFettermanPA]

The world’s greatest soldiers have come from one place for the last 251 years:

The United States of America.

Happy Birthday, @USArmy! 🇺🇸

[The Culturist @the_culturist_]

I don't think anybody really grasps how desperate this situation is.

University professors are now saying they are unable to teach history because reading long books and passages is how a person learns history. College kids are incapable of reading more than a few pages.

Some classes don't assign any reading at all now, only lectures.

There is an assumption among the people managing this decline that reading is just a way of receiving information. It isn't. Proper reading is how we build the mental muscle to synthesize ideas and evaluate them.

If the catastrophic decline in reading and literacy is not addressed now, we risk losing everything.

Western civilization cannot survive the death of reading because it was built by people with the kind of cognitive depth that a culture of deep reading brings:

Complex reasoning, extended internal dialogue, the capacity to hold opposing ideas in tension. Our systems and institutions are complex, and they require well ordered minds to maintain them.

Reading forms minds, and the West was built by the richest minds in history.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

You are a taker, not a maker. All you’ve done your whole life is take from the makers of the world.

The zero-sum mindset you have is at the root of so much evil. Once you realize that civilization is not zero-sum and that it is about making far more than one consumes, then it becomes obvious that the path to prosperity for all is just let the makers make.

Regarding Tesla, the reality is that I have been given nothing.

However, if I lead Tesla to become the most valuable company in the world by far and it stays that way for 5 years, shareholders voted to award me 12% of what is built. Anyone who wants to come along for the ride can buy Tesla stock.

If Tesla “merely” becomes a $1.999 trillion dollar company, I get nothing. This is a great deal for shareholders, which is why they voted so overwhelmingly to approve this, for which I am immensely grateful.

And they did so by a margin far more than you won your political seat.

[Jorge Bonilla @BonillaJL]

These vignettes are beautiful #UFCFreedom250

[Mike Lee @SenMikeLee]

There are 31 weeks left in the year.

The Senate is currently scheduled to be in recess for 16 of them.

We can secure American elections and pass the MAGA agenda using one weird trick:

Stop taking vacations.

[Batya Ungar-Sargon @bungarsargon]

The Jewish Founding Father: Asser Levy

The first Jewish pilgrims to arrive on American soil in 1654 faced open bigotry from New Amsterdam’s governor, Peter Stuyvesant, who wrote to the headquarters of the Dutch West India Company in
Amsterdam asking for permission to expel the Jews from the colony. To Stuyvesant’s dismay, the Company told him the Jews must be allowed to stay. It would not be the last time Stuyvesant would learn just how much of a thorn the Jews could be in his side—one Jew especially: the Jewish Founding Father Asser Levy.

When Stuyvesant got orders to attack the Swedes on the Delaware, he enlisted all the adults in the New Amsterdam colony to stand guard—all but the Jews. He decided instead that the Jews should be forced to pay a monthly fine in lieu of guard duty.

To this, Asser Levy simply said no. He would not pay. He would serve guard duty like everyone else.

In his “no,” in refusing the benignly bigoted standard that was imposed on him, Asser Levy drew a line in the sand. He would not accept being told he was a second-class citizen. He would not accept a different standard for himself based on his faith. He would not allow an antisemite to define him, or convince him that he was loathed or less than. He would not pay that tax. He would serve as a guardsman like everyone else.

Asser Levy’s refusal was a defining moment for America’s Jews about what it means to be a Jew on American soil. But it went beyond that. It got to the heart of what it meant to be an American.

Once again, Stuyvesant was overruled. Asser Levy would stand for guard duty in a major victory for the fledgling Jewish community—but it was not enough for Asser Levy. Having been granted the responsibility of standing guard, he went right back to court and immediately demanded the citizens’ rights that accompanied guard duty for the Christian citizens of the colony.

Once again, the request went back and forth to Holland, and on April 21, 1657, the Jews were given rights as burghers in New Amsterdam.

Jewish life in America was simply destined to be different. It’s as if the soil itself, long before there was a Bill of Rights or Constitution or First Amendment, rejected the Jew hatred that seeped out of every cobblestone and pillar of Europe, where the very land cried out with the blood of Jews.

Asser Levy came to be the most litigious person in New Amsterdam—yet he was also one of the most loved and universally respected. For in suing officials like Stuyvesant for equal rights, he was teaching his Christian neighbors much about what it means to be an American.

It means to have rights and hold them dear, to fight for them with every fiber of your being. It means staking everything on freedom and equality, and accepting nothing less than the fullest respect from the authorities—for it is not the authorities who grant us our freedoms. It is God.

[ThinkingWest @thinkingwest]

The FDR worship needs to end.

Putting him over Washington? Criminal behavior

[Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt]

Unreal. The DAY I released this video detailing how Karen Bass and Nithya Raman are paying unscrupulous NGOs to increase drug use & hand out needles, one of these NGOs on Karen's payroll gets busted for distributing fentanyl. Karen Bass is destroying LA with your $.
VOTE NOW!!!

[Josh Hawley @HawleyMO]

We cannot sit by and allow children to be trafficked when Congress can provide the resources to RESCUE them NOW

[Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt]

If that addict on your street were your own son, what would you do? That is the defining question that guides my 5 step plan to fix the homelessness problem in LA. We *must* end this evil racket of corrupt politicians and NGOs who profit off the misery of these poor souls. They launder money and feed them more drugs, so they can keep their customers locked in this hell on our streets. We have a moral obligation from God to help them and make our city safe and clean for everyone. Karen Bass and Nithya Raman have forsaken this city. Time for real leadership. Time for real compassion.

[Jake’sGoldStarMom @HeidiJeanLK]

On this day 13 years ago, my only son was sworn in to the US Army. In ten days, it will be 12 years since he was killed in Afghanistan 2 weeks before he was due to come home. He was just 21. This week is also Memorial Day. My greatest fear now is that he will be forgotten. Please help me remember my boy during this tough week of special dates (share if you feel inspired. It never gets easier but the love and support always helps. ♥️🇺🇸

Jacob H Wykstra
KIA May 28th, 2014
Maruf, Afghanistan

Jake was a Christian, an athlete, a patriot, an artist, dog lover, a friend to all and the funniest, happiest guy in the platoon. Jake, you’ve left a huge void in our lives, but we will see you one day and there will no more heartache and no more goodbyes ♥️🇺🇸

[Josh Hawley @HawleyMO]

Currently DHS has only 7 forensic analysts dedicated to finding trafficked children.

My provision would allocate funds to hire 200 child exploitation investigators and forensic analysts

Let’s save these kids

[Batya Ungar-Sargon @bungarsargon]

Like the Podcastariat, Massie followed the clarion call of clicks and online engagement, forming his views to suit the demands of the YouTube comments section, and misreading them for the views of middle America.

They’re not, as Massie’s humiliating loss suggests.

Kentucky didn’t only reject Massie because he broke with Trump. They rejected him because people hostile to Jews can't win elections in America—at least, not on the Right.

[Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt]

There are 46 vagrant fires every single day in LA…rubbish and encampment fires that destroy property, vehicles, kill pets, spread to vegetation, and compromise infrastructure. That’s 17,000+ fires per year. Until you clear vagrants from the streets, don’t pretend you’re serious about mitigating fire threats.

[Sebastian Gorka DrG @SebGorka]

Do you know what happened in the last 24 hours?

1. Late on Thursday night @FBI agents landed at New York Stewart International Airport with Mohammad al Saadi in handcuffs. Al Saadi, the leader of an Iran-backed Iraqi terror group is allegedly responsible for more than 20 attacks across Europe and Canada and for planning attacks in the U.S..

2. Jose Enrique Martinez Flores, who goes by “Chuqui," the highest ranking Tren de Aragua leader to be extradited to the U.S., also just landed in the U.S. in shackles. Flores allegedly oversaw TdA’s drug trafficking, extortion rackets, prostitution rings and murder operations.

Then, last night, in an operation that makes any fictional representation look amateurish, American operators, working with local Nigerian forces, killed Abu-Bilal-al-Minuki, the second in command for ISIS global operations, a man with the blood of countless innocents on his hands, including many Christians.

This is just one day in the Counterterrorism operations of President @realDonaldTrump.

We salute the intelligence professionals, Law Enforcement Officers, Diplomats, Military operators and support personnel who make these operations possible 24/7.
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