Good morning, America!
Lucy and Snoopy — beagles from Ridglan Farms.
Thank you Lauree Simmons, Big Dog Ranch Rescue, and Ricky Gervais for fighting to stop animal cruelty!
John Bolton spent 2024 going on every cable show in America smearing President Trump as a criminal for retaining classified documents.
Today he pled guilty to doing exactly what he falsely accused President Trump of.
The irony is unreal!
🚨 JUST IN: President Trump has been *OUTRIGHT IGNORING* Democrat lawsuits trying to block his Lincoln Reflecting Pool
Lawsuits are "ongoing" but the project is nearly COMPLETE 🤣🔥
"So many people are GOBSMACKED seeing it firsthand!"
"The new Reflecting Pool, workers are putting the finishing touches...this was all once gray, now dark blue...a group known as the Cultural Landscape Foundation among others sued to block these renovations from happening. And while the court case is still playing out, President Trump appears thrilled with what's changed."
Losers!
🚨 Update on Jake Merrick & the Ron Durbin Question
Yesterday I posted about Jake Merrick appearing at events and doing interviews with Ron Durbin, the recently disbarred attorney. I took some heat for it, but I stand by shining a light on optics in a high-stakes race.
Jake saw the post and reached out privately. His response:
Yes, he has engaged with Ron twice, with the second time being unintentional. He was offered an interview and took it. He doesn’t know Ron personally beyond that, and while Ron has endorsed him, they are not politically hitched together.
They both simply share a concern about data centers and Rogers County.
I appreciate the direct clarification. This resolves the concern for me.
Jake is still my guy. Principle over politics, no lobbyist or PAC money, and focused on Oklahoma first. Nothing has changed on my end.
Still voting for Jake Merrick for Governor.
#JakeMerrick #OKGov2026 #OklahomaFirst
Gilbert Scheller. My grandfather. Landed at Normandy. He visited in his 80s and got a standing ovation at the Normandy museum. Lest we not forget. D Day 🫡🇺🇸
@Fauxtroycalhoun@stuartscheller@Ami_Marisol@infantrydort Who the fuck do you think you're talking to like that? Stu and the rest are the real deal, patriots who were done so wrong for serving this country with bravery and integrity.
I want to explain something for civilians because they have no frame of reference.
To be honest, I actually don’t have a frame of reference here either. Because I never experienced combat like this. Most of us in GWOT haven’t.
I’ve fought over multiple tours. Have a few Bronze Stars. A Presidential Unit Citation and two Valorous Unit Awards. So I can safely say I was in units that experienced some pretty serious fighting.
But yes JD, I did ask @SeanParnellASW about the incident in question. And my personal experience pales in comparison.
During this fight, enemy elements the size of companies were annihilated. To provide some frame of reference, my engagements yielded single digits to a few to maybe a dozen enemy KIA at a time (maybe a few dozen idk). And that’s on the high side.
A company is 100+. So the scale is mind boggling.
Sean Parnell and his Outlaw Platoon effectively fought like they were in Vietnam or Korea, not Afghanistan.
We were all talking the other day on here about combat experience and how it varies so much. What he experienced was on the highest side imaginable for our war.
80+% of his platoon was wounded. Every single person in his weapon’s squad was shot in the head. Every one. Their Kevlar helmets saving them.
I just want it understood how absolutely insane this is. It is entirely a one off experience during the war on terror.
During the fight mentioned below, he had to call in B1 bombs, A10s, and Apaches. To kill an enemy COLUMN (yes I said column), of 200+ Taliban. Vaporizing most of them. This happened more than once on the tour as well.
His men were killing enemies in trenches (yes I said trenches). It’s just mind boggling. The details are in the book ‘Outlaw Platoon’ but you get the idea I hope.
We should keep telling these stories. And we should always remember who chooses to keep serving long after they take off the uniform. Sean is in the Pentagon now. But a sneaking suspicion tells me that sometimes, he’d rather be back in battle with the boys.
Because for an Infantryman, battle is always where home is supposed to be.
It’s brutality incarnate, but the clarity of purpose is one that can’t be experienced anywhere else in life. I can’t explain it to you. I doubt he can either. But it’s real.
One of his boys is depicted below. And his truck after a fight. I add them here for effect.
🚨 TILLIS TO BESSENT: Did you tell Director Pulte you’d punch him in the face?
BESSENT: “No sir — I actually said I was going to kick his ASS!”
LMAOOOO ☠️
🚨 OMG. SEC. SCOTT BESSENT JUST WENT THERE 🔥
SEN WYDEN (D): We don't want ramblings about the most corrupt regime in history, we want facts
BESSENT: "And we'd like to hear what Adam Wyden and Jeffrey EPSTEIN talked about. Your son's largest investment position was Rick's Cabaret. So, did your son and Jeffrey Epstein talk about pole dancing as he begged him for money using your limited credibility?"
ASSASSIN.