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Judge McConnell who’s ordering the Trump Admin to restart asylum applications from 39 of the most dangerous countries on Earth has donated $700K to Dems.
Importing the dangerous to hunt Americans.
Another Dem Activist cosplaying as a Judged.
The Judiciary is compromised.
i took a 45-minute uber ride home from the airport last night after a brutal, three-day business trip.
i was completely emotionally and physically drained, and my social battery was at absolute zero.
when i got into the car, the driver.. an older guy named kabir.. didn't say the usual "how was your flight?" or turn on the radio.
instead, he just handed me a small, laminated piece of paper attached to the back of his headrest.
it was a literal "ride menu."
it said:
1. *the silent ride* (total quiet, no pressure to talk).
2. *the therapist ride* (if you need to vent about your day, i am listening).
3. *the tourist ride* (i will tell you cool facts about the city).
4. *the radio ride* (we just listen to old jazz and coast).
i smiled, pointed to number 1, and whispered, "silent ride, please. thank you."
he gave me a warm nod in the rearview mirror, adjusted the AC, and drove the entire 45 minutes in absolute, beautiful silence.
it was the most peaceful, therapeutic boundary i’ve experienced all year. i felt my entire nervous system finally reset.
when he dropped me off, i gave him a massive tip and told him, "that menu is a genius business idea. you must get amazing reviews."
He looked back at me and said, "i didn't make the menu to get better tips, dear.
my daughter has severe social anxiety, and she told me that the hardest part of her day is navigating small talk with strangers when her brain is tired.
she told me it feels like running a marathon.
i made the card so that anyone who gets into my car can feel completely safe dropping the mask for a little while."
i walked into my apartment and just sat on my suitcase.
we live in a world that is constantly screaming at us to perform, to network, to be "on," and to over-communicate.
but sometimes, the deepest form of love and respect you can show another human being is just creating a small, safe pocket of silence for them to rest in.
pay attention to the people who give you permission to be quiet. they are rare.
Chicago lost the Bears this week. A team that's been in the city since 1921.
They didn't lose them to a bigger market or a better deal. The Bears decided they'd rather be a tenant in Indiana than deal with Illinois for one more year.
Think about how badly you have to run a place for that to be the smart move.
They lost them for two reasons.
The people running Illinois would rather villainize a builder than keep one. And they're bad at their jobs.
In 2021 the Bears spent $197M on the old Arlington Park racetrack.
Before they could break ground, Cook County valued the empty lot at $192M (Bears said $60M). They were salivating at the chance to extort a building that didn't even exist yet.
That fight dragged on for years.
The Bears were ready to put $2B into the stadium. All they wanted was a promise the county wouldn't reassess them into oblivion, plus $855M for infrastructure everyone uses. Roads, transit, utilities. A $3B project, two thirds of it private money pouring into Illinois.
Springfield had since 2021 to get this done. They dragged it to the final night of session, passed it through the Senate at 3:39AM, and the House went home without voting.
So now it's all gone.
The funniest part? This started because Cook County tried to grab the tax early. They knew a built stadium would pay $53M a year. Now they get under $4M on a vacant lot. No jobs, no buildout, no new anything.
Congrats on fighting for scraps and losing the whole prize.
Pritzker: they're "an $8.5B valued business" that doesn't need propping up.
But be smart for a second. Almost every NFL city throws in public money for a stadium. Not charity. The return is real. Tourism, hotels, restaurants, jobs, game days, property tax on a huge development. The math works.
Indiana did the math. While Illinois sat on it for years, Indiana passed a bill in months, put up $1B, and took the team.
And the Bears took a worse deal to get there. In Illinois they were going to own their stadium. In Indiana they rent it from the state. A team that wanted to build its own home gave up ownership just to escape Chicago.
Nobody won but Indiana. The Bears lost their stadium. Illinois lost the team, the $2B, and $53M a year in taxes.
Pritzker after they left: "I wasn't willing to give up billions of dollars of taxpayer money to give it to a billionaire-owned family or team."
There it is. "Billionaire-owned."
That's how Democrats talk about any business right before they run it out of town. Call them a billionaire, act like you're saving working families, take a victory lap while the tax base drives across the state line.
Meanwhile they're running the whole state into the ground. And you already know how this ends. You're living in it.
Pensions are $143B in the hole, worst in the country and not close. You pay $6,285 a year in property taxes, double the $2,969 national average, for a city that's $1.15B in the red. The mayor called its finances "the point of no return."
When you run things this badly, you sell what's left.
They leased the parking meters for 75 years to Morgan Stanley and a sovereign wealth fund in Abu Dhabi. Took $1.15B and burned through it in two years. The investors already made it all back, with 58 years left to collect.
Sold the Skyway. Sold the downtown garages. Every asset that made money, gone for one check.
But a fixed property tax rate for a team that's been here 106 years? That's "propping up billionaires."
Companies are leaving. Boeing for Virginia. Caterpillar for Texas. Citadel for Miami. In 2023 alone Illinois lost 56,000 people and $6B in income to other states. The ones who left earned a third more than the ones who moved in.
Indiana didn't outbid anyone. AAA credit, 16 years straight. A $676M surplus. Fourth-lowest debt per person in the country. They just weren't a disaster.
Illinois could have collected $53M a year. It chose zero. Ignore all the bad management but make sure to stick it to those evil, pesky billionaires.
🚨#BREAKING: A MASSIVE IDENTITY THEFT RING that let nearly 50 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS work using the STOLEN identities of real Americans has just been taken down...
...and the EMPLOYERS WHO DID IT, HAVE BEEN ARRESTED!!!!
The American employers, a plant manager and an HR director were both INDICTED for KNOWINGLY HIRING ILLEGAL ALIENS!!!!
Four more people were indicted for running the operation that made fake Social Security cards, fake driver's licenses, and fake immigration documents...
...using the STOLEN identities of real American citizens.
The state of South Carolina wanted to act for YEARS, but the Biden administration refused to help them.
MORE OF THIS!!!!!!
START ARRESTING THE EMPLOYERS!!!!!!!
No word from Black Lives Matter or Al Sharpton.
Not one demand for answers. Not one national outrage campaign. Not even people saying her name.
This is Margaret Swan, a great-grandmother who was stabbed to death 20 times in a random attack in the middle of the day on Atlanta’s public transit.
Her murder was the second horrific attack on MARTA in just one week.
I want answers from Atlanta. The number of assaults, robberies, and rapes on MARTA trains is more than three times the national average.
I do not care who gets mad at me for saying this: President Trump, Thank you for something far deeper than politics.
Thank you for waking up every morning at 79 years old and carrying a weight most people could never handle.
Thank you for the meals you missed, the family moments you never got back, the sleepless nights, the long flights, the endless pressure, and the burden of serving a country that never stops demanding more.
Thank you for getting back up every single time the world tried to bury you.
Thank you for enduring attacks, lies, betrayal, and pressure that would have broken most people for good.
Thank you for giving up comfort, privacy, peace, and the life you had built to sit in the hardest seat on earth and fight for this country.
You did not have to do any of this.
You already had the money, the success, the properties, the lifestyle, and the freedom.
You could have walked away.
Instead, you chose sacrifice.
You chose responsibility.
You chose America.
Thank you for everything you carried that so many never fully saw.
Thank you for every morning you chose this country over yourself.
We see you.
We appreciate you.
And we thank you.
God bless you.
God protect you.
And may God keep giving you the strength to carry what most people never could.
Just a reminder that the ONLY Republican running for Mecklenburg County (Charlotte NC) District 1 dropped out of the race...
...BECAUSE NOT A SINGLE PERSON WAS ARRESTED FOR FIRING SHOTS AT HIS HOME WHILE HIS WIFE AND KIDS WERE INSIDE!!!!!
Local police SPECIFICALLY CONFIRMED the attack was targeted at Aaron Marin.
Bullet holes can be seen in trees, cars, mailbox, and his kid's basketball hoop. Marin's ENTIRE FAMILY was forced to leave their home and Aaron says they live in, "constant fear."
He says his kids no longer even feel safe to play outside and they are moving now.
CAN ANYONE EXPLAIN WHY ZERO MAINSTREAM MEDIA OUTLET COVERED THIS??????!!!!!!
REPUBLICANS ARE LITERALLY BEING SHOT AT AND THERE IS SILENCE FROM THE MEDIA!!!!!!
WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE?!!!!!!
@IndianaFever Whelp you won! I’m tuning out the rest of the season! I pray others do the same! I’m done with what is going on with this team and league!! CC doesn’t deserve this BS and I’m done contributing to make it happen! Nothing will change until we all tune out!!
@bigrockroc@SportsPatriotUS You AR fans can’t keep Clark out of your mouths! No comparison about anything! They don’t even play the same positions!! Lmfao just stop!!!
@PGsandi@22CCnews@StephanieWhite None! Last night was the last for me! ❤️ CClark but I’m now fighting with family members to protect Clark! I’m done with this league and their refs! 💔Good luck CC!