Jamie Ross

[Fox News @FoxNews]

BREAKING: President Trump announces that 9/11 hero Welles Crowther will posthumously receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Known as “The Man in the Red Bandana,” Crowther repeatedly ran back into the South Tower on 9/11 to help others escape, saving as many as 18 lives before losing his own.

Allison Crowther said her son’s legacy continues to endure nearly 25 years later: “Welles’ light still shines brightly.”

[Right Scope 🇺🇸 @RightScopee]

SENATOR TIM SHEEHY: How many genders are there?

HEGSETH: Two.

SHEEHY: I know that well, I'm a "she-he (Sheehy)." What is the diameter of a rifle round fired out of an M4A1?

HEGSETH: 5.56.

SHEEHY: How many pushups can you do?

HEGSETH: I did 5 sets of 47 this morning.

SHEEHY: Most important strategic base is in the Pacific?

HEGSETH: Guam.

SHEEHY: How many rounds of 5.56 can you fit into the magazine of an M4 rifle?

HEGSETH: Standard issue is 30.

SHEEHY: What size round is the M9 Beretta standard issue sidearm for the military?

HEGSETH: 9mm.

SHEEHY: What kind of batteries do you put in your night vision goggle?

HEGSETH: Duracell.

SHEEHY: You represent what warfighters deal with every day on the battlefield. You understand them. What happens is - decisions made in rooms like this cause d*ad 17, 18, 19-year-old Americans. Your priority is warfighters. I support you.

Time to get loud for @PeteHegseth

If you strongly support Pete Hegseth and everything he’s doing to help keep America safe, drop a “👍”

I tagged him so he will definitely see it

MAKE THIS GO VIRAL ON 𝕏. LET’S GO 👏

[NYPD NEWS @NYPDnews]

Some heroes wear capes — Chief Aaron Edwards wears blue.

[Savage @Savageboston]

Tomorrow

[Pat McAfee @PatMcAfeeShow]

"If you have Bill Belichick not making the Pro Football Hall of Fame you should not have a vote for the Pro Football Hall of Fame..

There's been 59 Super Bowls and he's won 8 of them" ~ @JJWatt #PMSLive

[Julian Edelman @Edelman11]

New England vs Everybody #GoPats

[Savage @Savageboston]

Some buddies showed up to Gronk’s one day retirement ceremony.

The boys! 🥲

📸: @mikekadlick

[Bussin' With The Boys @BussinWTB]

"VRABEL" chants in Nissan Stadium

[Terrence K. Williams @w_terrence]

Charlie Kirk’s wife is in this image you see. While some of you mock and celebrate his death, she’s experiencing a level of pain most of us could never imagine. She just lost her husband. Their children just lost their father. A family has been shattered.

Charlie wasn’t just a public figure—he was a man with a wife who loved him and kids who needed him. No matter your politics, no matter your disagreements, celebrating someone’s death is pure evil.

Disagree with his ideas if you want, but don’t forget he was still a human being. A husband. A father. A friend.

If you’re cheering right now, you’re not exposing Charlie, you’re exposing your own lack of humanity.

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 JUST IN: Stephen A. Smith goes berserk on Democrats for celebrating Charlie Kirk's death - "his wife is a WIDOW, his children are FATHERLESS." https://t.co/d8pGxjsM13

"And then I'm going online and I'm seeing people celebrating it! Shame! Shame on you!"

"I don't care what his political beliefs were! I don't care what he felt! I care about the fact that a man was gunned down in front of 2 of his children who are 5 years of age or less. That he's dead at the age of 31."

[Charlie Kirk @charliekirk11]

You can tell a lot about a person by how they react when someone dies.

[Nick Sortor @nicksortor]

🚨 BEAUTIFUL: @BennyJohnson reveals Charlie Kirk stepped in and allowed Benny, his wife, and his newborn to move into Kirk's home in Florida after Benny's block in DC was shot up

"I have never told anyone... this is why, in fact, I live in Florida. My family has quintupled since then in children and in blessings. And it's because of Charlie."

"[Charlie was] the single most effective spokesperson for the American dream that we have ever seen or witnessed in our lives. That's why he is an American martyr and a Christian martyr and we will continue his work.

God bless Charlie Kirk."

[Curtis Houck @CurtisHouck]

CNN’s @DavidJUrban on the assassination of Charlie Kirk: “It’s a tragedy for America, not just for the Republican Party or for — for MAGA. Jake, as you — as you know, I met Charlie back in the 2016, during the 2016 race, and used to joke with him, you know, Charlie, he’s an Eagle Scout. He’s All-American kind of boy. Wanted to go to West Point. I went to West Point. So he and I joke about that, but he was doing it the right way, Jake. He was doing. He was. You heard Brian Stelter talk about he didn’t agree with Brian. He knew Brian wouldn’t agree with him, but he offered to sit down and talk with him to debate him on the merits. He’d put a card table out on college campuses and say, prove me wrong, talk to me about this. This was a guy who was trying to change hearts and minds. He was a happy warrior out there doing this, and he was very powerful. And so, to see his young life snatched away, it heartbreaking. Jake, the guy is 31 years old. He’s a father. He’s got young kids. He was a husband to his wife, Erica. Now, who’s a widow. Those kids, as you alluded to, Jake, they don’t have a father now because of some someone who didn’t like his political standpoint, didn’t like his views. I mean, it’s heartbreaking. It’s disgusting and everybody I think, in America should take a step back. And really, whether you like Charlie Kirk, you don’t whether you like the President or not, you got to say, this has got to stop. This can’t happen. Here’s a guy who’s going about it the right way, and he’s stricken down in a very graphic manner. It’s just disgusting. It’s heartbreaking and you got to just you got to pray for his family they can get through this somehow.”

[JD Vance @JDVance]

A while ago, probably in 2017, I appeared on Tucker Carlson's Fox show to talk about God knows what. Afterwards a name I barely knew sent me a DM on twitter and told me I did a great job. It was Charlie Kirk, and that moment of kindness began a friendship that lasted until today.

Charlie was fascinated by ideas and always willing to learn and change his mind. Like me, he was skeptical of Donald Trump in 2016. Like me, he came to see President Trump as the only figure capable of moving American politics away from the globalism that had dominated for our entire lives. When others were right, he learned from them. When he was right--as he usually was--he was generous. With Charlie, the attitude was never, "I told you so." But: "welcome."

Charlie was one of the first people I called when I thought about running for senate in early 2021. I was interested but skeptical there was a pathway. We talked through everything, from the strategy to the fundraising to the grassroots of the movement he knew so well. He introduced me to some of the people who would run my campaign and also to Donald Trump Jr. "Like his dad, he's misunderstood. He's extremely smart, and very much on our wavelength." Don took a call from me because Charlie asked him too.

Long before I ever committed (even in my mind) to running, Charlie had me speak to his donors at a TPUSA event. He walked me around the room and introduced me. He gave me honest feedback on my remarks. He had no reason to do this, no expectation that I'd go anywhere. I was polling, at that point, well below 5 percent. He did it because we were friends, and because he was a good man.

When I became the VP nominee--something Charlie advocated for both in public and private--Charlie was there for me. I was so glad to be part of the president's team, but candidly surprised by the effect it had on our family. Our kids, especially our oldest, struggled with the attention and the constant presence of the protective detail. I felt this acute sense of guilt, that I had conscripted my kids into this life without getting their permission. And Charlie was constantly calling and texting, checking on our family and offering guidance and prayers. Some of our most successful events were organized not by the campaign, but by TPUSA. He wasn't just a thinker, he was a doer, turning big ideas into bigger events with thousands of activists. And after every event, he would give me a big hug, tell me he was praying for me, and ask me what he could do. "You focus on Wisconsin," he'd tell me. "Arizona is in the bag." And it was.

Charlie genuinely believed in and loved Jesus Christ. He had a profound faith. We used to argue about Catholicism and Protestantism and who was right about minor doctrinal questions. Because he loved God, he wanted to understand him.

Someone else pointed out that Charlie died doing what he loved: discussing ideas. He would go into these hostile crowds and answer their questions. If it was a friendly crowd, and a progressive asked a question to jeers from the audience, he'd encourage his fans to calm down and let everyone speak. He exemplified a foundational virtue of our Republic: the willingness to speak openly and debate ideas.

Charlie had an uncanny ability to know when to push the envelope and when to be more conventional. I've seen people attack him for years for being wrong on this or that issue publicly, never realizing that privately he was working to broaden the scope of acceptable debate.

He was a great family man. I was talking to President Trump in the Oval Office today, and he said, "I know he was a very good friend of yours." I nodded silently, and President Trump observed that Charlie really loved his family. The president was right. Charlie was so proud of Erika and the two kids. He was so happy to be a father. And he felt such gratitude for having found a woman of God with whom he could build a family.

Charlie Kirk was a true friend. The kind of guy you could say something to and know it would always stay with him. I am on more than a few group chats with Charlie and people he introduced me to over the years. We celebrate weddings and babies, bust each other's chops, and mourn the loss of loved ones. We talk about politics and policy and sports and life. These group chats include people at the very highest level of our government. They trusted him, loved him, and knew he'd always have their backs. And because he was a true friend ,you could instinctively trust the people Charlie introduced you to. So much of the success we've had in this administration traces directly to Charlie's ability to organize and convene. He didn't just help us win in 2024, he helped us staff the entire government.

I was in a meeting in the West Wing when those group chats started lighting up with people telling Charlie they were praying for him. And that's how I learned the news that my friend had been shot. I prayed a lot over the next hour, as first good news and then bad trickled in.

God didn't answer those prayers, and that's OK. He had other plans. And now that Charlie is in heaven, I'll ask him to talk to big man directly on behalf of his family, his friends, and the country he loved so dearly.

You ran a good race, my friend.

We've got it from here.

[MLFootball @MLFootball]

WHOLESOME: This elderly Virginia Tech fan has gone viral on social media for sitting in the upper-deck with binoculars to watch the game.

🥹🥹🥹

Someone needs to get this man closer to the field or in a box.

[Bussin' With The Boys @BussinWTB]

COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS BACK

[Bussin' With The Boys @BussinWTB]

The night before College Football

[Bussin' With The Boys @BussinWTB]

Happy birthday, Coach