Combat vet pouring his heart into handmade American flags like this? 🇺🇸
Dude’s been through hell, rocking the scars, and still out here building beauty for the country he fought for. Respect.
Would you buy one?
They should make her VP of marketing A Florida woman was arrested after allegedly impersonating a Costco employee and turning an ordinary shopping trip into what witnesses described as a full-blown “warehouse happy hour.”
According to authorities, 32-year-old Brianna Keller walked into a Costco location in Tampa dressed convincingly enough to fool both shoppers and employees. Wearing black pants, a red polo shirt, and a fake name badge that read “Crystal — Beverage Team,” Keller reportedly stationed herself near the frozen food section and began offering customers tiny cups of tequila disguised as free product samples.
Investigators say the scene escalated quickly.
Using miniature ketchup cups typically reserved for condiments, Keller allegedly poured tequila shots for shoppers while pairing them with frozen appetizers and snack foods. Witnesses claimed she confidently explained that Costco was “testing a new customer experience initiative” and referred to the alcohol as part of a “weekend tasting event.”
Several shoppers reportedly believed the setup was legitimate.
“She was so confident that nobody questioned it,” one customer told local reporters. “She kept talking about flavor profiles like she actually worked there.”
Authorities say Keller became increasingly theatrical as the crowd grew larger. Witnesses described her leading chants of “Weekend mode activated!” while customers laughed, cheered, and continued lining up for more samples. At one point, shoppers were allegedly dancing near the mattress displays while holding condiment cups filled with liquor.
Employees reportedly became suspicious after noticing unusually large crowds gathering around the snack aisle and customers behaving noticeably louder than normal. Managers approached Keller after hearing her pitch what she called “Bottomless Sample Fridays” to confused supervisors.
The situation came to an end when store management contacted police.
Officers say Keller continued attempting to rally customers even as she was being escorted from the building, shouting, “WHO’S READY FOR ROUND TWO?” while several shoppers applauded the spectacle.
She was arrested on charges related to impersonation, disorderly conduct, and unauthorized distribution of alcohol.
No injuries were reported during the incident, though authorities confirmed the store temporarily shut down the sampling area while employees cleaned up the scene.
One shopper summed up the bizarre event by saying, “Honestly, for a minute I thought Costco was just evolving.”
Dear Josh Stein,
My family were among the first to settle North Carolina . And throughout history, my ancestors have represented North Carolina in every capacity - politicians, sheriffs, soldiers.
These men? All 3x great grandfathers of mine. One from each NC region.
None of them were rich. None of them were raised on plantations. And not a single one of them ever owned another human being.
You dishonored them, their forefathers, and their descendants by refusing to send delegates to the Great American State Fair.
Now you want to put demands on the organizers who stood up to represent my people? Over a symbol that does, in fact, represent our history?
Of course you do. You’re a transplant. You don’t represent me or my people because you share no roots with us. The only folks you represent in NC are the ones who see the world through your lens. 🙄
Want input on things that represent NC? Then next time, swallow your pride and get off your butt. Otherwise, STFU.
Thanks,
The NC Queen
Leave it to the Atlantic, a shit rag, to parrot a fantastically dumb take.
McRaven played the game and ranked up in the Obama administration. His opinion is now not even worth a hill of beans.
And everyone needs to stop glazing people just because they were with a particular unit or detachment. There's lots of turds to go around at every level.
In Defiance of Communism
A people can inherit freedom for only so long before it becomes a story instead of a possession.
For nearly 250 years, Americans have lived inside a liberty other men bled into existence. We quote them, praise them, build monuments to them, and then act surprised when the same old evil returns with cleaner language and better branding.
Communism is not new. It is envy dressed as justice, slavery dressed as compassion, and theft dressed as moral progress. Every time it rises, it promises to liberate mankind from suffering, then immediately begins building cages for anyone who refuses to kneel.
The Founders fought with chains still warm around their wrists. We were born so far from the struggle that many mistake liberty for the natural order of the world.
That is why communists always target memory first. They have to make you hate your fathers, mock your inheritance, despise your country, and doubt the civilization that made you free. A people ashamed of its own story will surrender before the first chain is locked around its wrist.
There comes a point when liberty must stop being admired and start being defended. Not as nostalgia or as some dead thing under glass, but as a living fire passed from one generation to the next by people who understand what waits in the dark if it goes out.
You can admire liberty from a distance for only so long. Eventually a free people must remember the taste.
And when communists try to take what we love, the only answer worthy of our fathers is defiance.
I had an important conversation with Chimney Rock Mayor Pete O’Leary about how Chimney Rock and communities across Western North Carolina are building back after the devastation of Hurricane Helene.
I am proud to have worked with President Trump to deliver more than $10.5 billion to North Carolina and will never stop fighting until for all of the communities across the region.
That revenge movie I talked about on the show this morning, “Citizen Vigilante” has just been released on @X so you can watch it right now for the next 48 hours. Here you go. Let me know what you think.