Derrick Surratt

Blessed Husband & Father of 3 Girls! Love 'Merica, God, Good Music, & Hangin' w/ Family & Friends. Man I love this Life! #Hokies!

[Samantha Steele Ponder @samponder]

I stopped posting about 9 months ago when 2 men from the NY Post showed up at my house, filming my daughter and me, because I had the audacity to tweet that she shouldn't have to keep playing boys in a girls bball league. They put an unemployed homeschool mom of 3 as the sole cover of the NY Post for something that is so elementary, fundamental and obvious that it feels absolutely insane that we are still discussing this. Stop with the "it's only a few" argument... since when is that a reason to not care about injustice and the truth?

The WNBA should be courageous. Stand for women. You can't stand for something you can't even define. Acknowledge that the inherent differences between men and women were the whole reason we needed the WNBA in the first place. Boundaries, clarity and exclusion are not hateful in sport... they're the prerequisite to playing and loving the game. Without the lines, without the rules, without the honesty about who's in and who's out, there is no fair competition.

[Nancy Mace @NancyMace]

Bill Maher read the DSA platform to a Los Angeles studio audience and they GASPED OUT LOUD.

Shocked by their own party's platform.

[Clay Travis @ClayTravis]

Giving kids under 18 the covid shot was insane. And all of us who said it was insane were ripped to shreds by the “experts.” Here Fauci acknowledges it doesn’t make sense in his private diary. All while continuing to insist parents get their kids the shot. And boosters.

[Secretary Kennedy @SecKennedy]

Sheryl Gay Stolberg gets it wrong again. Repeatedly describing these documents as Dr. Fauci’s “private diaries” is inaccurate and misleading.

These were not personal journals. They were government records created on a government computer by a federal employee during one of the most consequential public health emergencies in history.

Under federal law, these documents belong to the American people.

Precision matters. Stolberg’s mischaracterization has predictably fueled outrage among Democrats, who have denounced @SenRandPaul's release of Dr. Fauci’s “private diaries.”

[America @america]

Getting a deal at Olive Garden should not be more secure than voting in federal elections.

Demand Voter ID

[Clay Travis @ClayTravis]

Come to Tennessee, Paramount! If California is trying to shut you down, we’d love to have you and all the entertainment jobs you’d bring. Good recruiting @GovBillLee and @CommishTNECD.

[Clay Travis @ClayTravis]

Argentina with three goals in just over ten minutes to take the lead against Egypt. Worst loss for Egypt since the Red Sea parted.

[The Winning Difference @thewinningdiff1]

“This is all about our country right now. I love the USA. I love my teammates. I’m so proud to be American,” Jack Hughes

Born in grit.
Sustained by heart.
Raised by standards.

Happy 250th, America!
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[Echoes of War @EchoesofWarYT]

21 years ago today, on June 28, 2005, four Navy SEALs were inserted under cover of darkness into the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan, a place so high and so cold the clouds drift below your feet. Their mission was to find a Taliban commander hiding in the village of Sawtalo Sar. Their names were Michael Murphy, Danny Dietz, Matthew Axelson, and Marcus Luttrell.

By morning, fate walked right up the mountain to meet them. A goat herder and a boy wandered straight into their hidden position. The team had a choice no man should ever have to make: kill unarmed civilians, or let them go and risk everything. They let them go. Within an hour, the mountain came alive with rifle fire.

What happened next is almost too brutal to put into words. Dozens of fighters swarmed the high ground above them. The four men fought their way down a near vertical slope, throwing themselves off ledges and cliffs to escape the fire, breaking bones, tearing flesh, leaving blood on the rocks, and still turning to shoot. One by one they were hit. Still they fought. They would not stop. They would not surrender.

Their radios could not reach the base down in the valley. They were screaming for help into dead air. And so Lieutenant Michael Murphy did something that should never be forgotten. He stood up. He walked out of the rocks and into open ground, into the full teeth of the enemy, with bullets cracking past him on every side, just to get a clear signal. He was shot in the back while making that call. He dropped the radio, picked it back up, finished the call, and said thank you. Then he kept fighting until he could fight no more. That single act of courage is the only reason the world ever learned their names.

Help came screaming up the valley. An MH-47 Chinook, call sign Red Wings 11, packed with eight more SEALs and eight Army Night Stalkers of the legendary 160th SOAR, refused to wait for gunship cover. Their brothers were dying and they would not sit still for it. As the bird flared over the ridge, a single rocket propelled grenade flew through the open rear ramp. The explosion tore the aircraft apart in the sky. All sixteen men aboard were killed the instant it hit the mountain.

Three on the ground. Sixteen in the air. Nineteen American sons gone in a single afternoon. It remains the worst loss of life in Naval Special Warfare history since World War II.

Michael Murphy was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. Danny Dietz and Matthew Axelson received the Navy Cross. Marcus Luttrell, blown off a cliff and shredded by shrapnel, was the only one to come home. He survived because a Pashtun villager named Mohammad Gulab found him broken in a ravine and, under an ancient code of honor older than the country these men died for, stood between him and the Taliban and refused to give him up.

Twenty one years later, do not let these be just names on a screen. They had mothers. They had wives. They had children who grew up with a flag folded into a triangle instead of a father. They chose each other over their own lives on a mountain most people will never even hear of.

So today, say their names out loud. All nineteen of them 🇺🇸

In remembrance:
Lt. Michael P. Murphy
Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Danny P. Dietz
Sonar Technician 2nd Class Matthew G. Axelson
Lt. Cmdr. Erik S. Kristensen
Senior Chief Daniel R. Healy
Petty Officer 2nd Class James E. Suh
Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric S. Patton
Chief Petty Officer Jacques J. Fontan
Petty Officer 1st Class Jeffery A. Lucas
Petty Officer 2nd Class Shane E. Patton
Petty Officer 1st Class Jeffrey S. Taylor
Maj. Stephen C. Reich
Chief Warrant Officer Corey J. Goodnature
Chief Warrant Officer Chris J. Scherkenbach
Master Sgt. James W. Ponder III
Sgt. 1st Class Marcus V. Muralles
Sgt. 1st Class Michael L. Russell
Staff Sgt. Shamus O. Goare
Sgt. Kip A. Jacoby

Operation Red Wings. June 28, 2005. Never forgotten.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Fauci committed so many evil crimes

[John LeFevre @JohnLeFevre]

This single tweet cost California hundreds of billions of dollars in taxes, revenue, and jobs:

[Szymanski @Szymansk_ii]

Next time you think of giving up, remember this photo of Elon in 2008.

[Clay Travis @ClayTravis]

82 years ago today. Thank you.

[HokieSports @hokiesports]

Historic. Transformational. Game-changing.

Virginia Tech has received a $75 million commitment, the largest in university history. From Invest to Win to the future ahead, the momentum continues. 📈

➡️ https://t.co/Gjg8uBfE6b

[🇺🇸 Edward T. Winslow @EdwardTWinz]

🚨 Mark Cuban endorsed Kamala Harris in October 2024..

campaigned for her.. appeared on her trail.. was one of her most visible surrogates..

18 months later he's standing at the White House next to Trump.. laughing on camera..

and here's the consequence math nobody is running..

Cuban built Cost Plus Drugs in 2022 to cut out the middlemen on generic prices.. Trump built TrumpRX to do the same thing for uninsured Americans.. the two platforms just merged into the same stage..

that means every uninsured family paying full price for fertility drugs or GLP-1s just got access to both distribution networks at once..

not because Cuban changed his politics.. because Trump didn't care that he hadn't..

the reporter tried to make it awkward.. "he endorsed Kamala Harris back in 2024"..

Trump: "Well, he made a mistake!"

Cuban: 🤣🤣🤣

think about what that means..

the fastest way to lower your drug bill wasn't a Senate vote.. it was two guys who disagreed on everything except the one thing that matters to your pharmacy receipt..

Trump has done this before.. First Step Act.. Abraham Accords.. every room where a former opponent showed up willing to deal..

the grudge was never the point.. the deal was..

and your prescription just got cheaper because of it.

I'll share more details shortly so turn on notifications, this is VERY important.

[Clay Travis @ClayTravis]

Here’s Mayor Pete announcing the Biden administration’s decision to fight the Jet Blue and Spirit merger so they could protect consumers and ensure low fares. Now the airline doesn’t exist and passengers are stranded across the country.

[Clay Travis @ClayTravis]

Hysterical.

[The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee]

$400M Ticketmaster Settlement Reduced To Just $11.50 After Fees https://t.co/H9280YLGaq

[Virginia Tech Football @HokiesFB]

Head Coach James Franklin - In Focus: Paving the way 🤝

#BlackHistoryMonth | #LetsGoHokies | @coachjfranklin