Sean Flower

Mayor of Eureka, MO, President Flower & Fendler Homes

[Sean Flower @Mayor_Flower]

What a dick.

[Adam Schiff @SenAdamSchiff]

My thoughts go out to Tulsi Gabbard and her family, as her husband battles this serious health problem. I hope and pray that he makes a speedy and full recovery.

While the circumstances around her departure are deserving of our sympathy, let’s be clear: Tulsi Gabbard’s only positive contribution to our nation's national security is her resignation.

She politicized intelligence. She dismantled critical agencies keeping Americans safe. She weaponized the IC to pursue baseless election fraud claims. And more.

We must ensure that her tenure — marked by a devotion to the person of the president and not to the security of the country — represents a terrible exception at DNI and not the new normal.

[Adam Schiff @SenAdamSchiff]

My thoughts go out to Tulsi Gabbard and her family, as her husband battles this serious health problem. I hope and pray that he makes a speedy and full recovery.

While the circumstances around her departure are deserving of our sympathy, let’s be clear: Tulsi Gabbard’s only positive contribution to our nation's national security is her resignation.

She politicized intelligence. She dismantled critical agencies keeping Americans safe. She weaponized the IC to pursue baseless election fraud claims. And more.

We must ensure that her tenure — marked by a devotion to the person of the president and not to the security of the country — represents a terrible exception at DNI and not the new normal.

[Sean Flower @Mayor_Flower]

It is possible to disagree on an election then work together on positive things for the country. Very rare and impressive. It should be applauded.

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

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"Together, we're gonna make something special."

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Trump is TEAMING UP with Mark Cuban to give low-price Pharma drugs to Americans who need it!

🇺🇸🇺🇸

[Sean Flower @Mayor_Flower]

This should be illegal in all schools, but especially in law schools.

[Aaron Sibarium @aaronsibarium]

NEW: In a mandatory anti-racism class, Penn State told 1L law students they must "acknowledge the reality of systemic racism" and "dismantle systems that racialize, subordinate, and oppress."

One student withdrew from the law school over the class. We obtained shocking audio.🧵

[Sean Flower @Mayor_Flower]

Great democratic financial
Planning for Chicago.

[Boring_Business @BoringBiz_]

Still find it absolutely crazy that the city of Chicago signed away all their revenue from parking meters for 75 years to Abu Dhabi

The economics of the deal are insane too and here is the story of how the deal came together

In 2008, Mayor Richard Daley initiated a 75 year lease of all 36,000 of Chicago's parking meters for $1.15 billion

Important context here is that this was during the global financial crisis when cities were having trouble raising tax revenues

The buyer was an LLC joint venture between Morgan Stanley, Allianz Capital and Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund. The exact splits were never disclosed but it is estimated that Abu Dhabi controls the majority position through a 50%+ stake

The deal was extremely mispriced. In 2009, economists conservatively underpriced the deal by nearly $900M, giving Abu Dhabi nearly a 40%+ discount on the fair value of the asset

Between 2009 and 2024 alone, the lease generated $1.97B in revenue. So just within 15 years, the revenue generated already well exceeded the $1.15B price tag and there are still 57 years left on the contract

The craziest part of the contract? The true-up payments.

Chicago agreed that if a metered spot became unavailable for any reason, including parades, street maintenance, bike lanes or outdoor seating, the city will compensate the joint venture for any projected losses

This also includes if a metered spot later becomes an EV charging station. The city will go out of its way to make the investors whole on any revenue lost.

From an investor's POV, it has to be one of the best infrastructure deals ever made

[Benjamin Domenech @bdomenech]

After the FBI raid, maybe you can even make it yourself.

[Jonathan Turley @JonathanTurley]

The Democratic gambit led by Gov. Spanberger to gerrymander virtually every GOP district out of Virginia has backfired in spectacular fashion. The state Supreme Court has now nullified the results of the redistricting vote...https://t.co/awABQtWetW

[Sean Flower @Mayor_Flower]

It’s has been well publicized that Six Flags has brought back the chaperone policy, and banned masks. Both of these policies are meant to prevent the “teen takeover” that occurred last weekend, or any similar disruption.

To support these policies and to ensure public safety at the park, the City of Eureka Police Department has assigned 6 police officers to park duty this weekend, and St. Louis County has agreed to assign another 9 officers to the park including a canine unit. This is in addition to normal park security. Thanks to Chief Werges for assembling this police support.

We appreciate Six Flags new ownership making the decision to change policies to ensure safety at the park, and we fully support it.

Your family, friends, and kids will be safe and have a great weekend at Six Flags. Come on out.

[Sean Flower @Mayor_Flower]

@MarkReardonKFTK I think this is your policy position on Iran and I agree with you.

[U.S. Senator John Fetterman @SenFettermanPA]

Full agree, @SenatorWicker.

[Mary Katharine Ham @mkhammer]

Would be great if people stopped trying to kill the prez.

[Sean Flower @Mayor_Flower]

@MarkReardonKFTK Fucking awesome @JeffSmithMO

[Sean Flower @Mayor_Flower]

Guarantee Ken Griffin is moving. The Mayor of New York will drive the city to bankruptcy.

[zerohedge @zerohedge]

Florida couldn't get better advertising if if paid billions

[Sean Flower @Mayor_Flower]

So much federal spending is pure fraud.

[Chamath Palihapitiya @chamath]

It’s is quickly being revealed that California’s oversized budget and taxes aren’t because of brilliant bureaucratic programs and thoughtful spending but laziness, incompetence and corruption.

[Sean Flower @Mayor_Flower]

Biermann are great folks! Eureka’s muni judge as well.

[Beth Ann Nichols @GolfweekNichols]

Michigan State grad Brooke Biermann hit the first tee shot at the seventh edition of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur. Biermann plays a yellow golf ball to honor her late grandfather.

To learn more about the remarkable Biermann family, see the link below!

[Speaker Mike Johnson @SpeakerJohnson]

On this Palm Sunday, President Trump shared his letter from Franklin Graham explaining the only path to Heaven is through Jesus, our Savior.

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

As another man who once worked with me declares himself saddened by my beliefs on gender and sex, I thought it might be useful to compile a list for handy reference. Which of the following do you imagine makes actors and directors who aren’t involved with the HBO reboot of Harry Potter so miserable?

Is it my belief that women and girls should have their own public changing rooms and bathrooms?

That women should retain female-only rape crisis centres?

That men don’t belong in women’s sport?

That female prisoners shouldn’t be incarcerated with violent men and male sex offenders?

That women should remain a protected class in law, because they have sex-specific needs and issues?

That language should reflect reality rather than ideological jargon, especially in a medical context?

That women shouldn’t be harassed, persecuted or fired for refusing to pretend humans can change sex?

That women should not be threatened with violence and rape when they assert their rights?

That freedom of speech and belief are essential to a pluralistic democratic society?

That troubled minors, especially those who are gay, autistic and trauma-experienced, should be given mental health support instead of irreversible surgeries and drug treatments on non-existent evidence of benefit?

That gay people shouldn’t be pressured to include the opposite sex in their dating pools, nor should they be smeared as ‘genital fetishists’ when they don’t?

That cross-dressing heterosexual male fetishists aren’t actually oppressed, but having the time of their lives piggybacking off gender identity ideology?

That said ideology, and the privileged, blinkered fools pushing it because they suffer zero consequences themselves, have done more damage to the political left’s credibility than Trump and Farage could have achieved in a century?

Let me have your thoughts.

[Sean Flower @Mayor_Flower]

Amazing success.

[Nayib Bukele @nayibbukele]

Cuadra por cuadra... tardará un poco, pero quedará hermoso.

[University of Austin (UATX) @uaustinorg]

To: Admitted Students on Ivy Decision Day
From: UATX

Congratulations. Getting in was hard and you should be proud. Now here’s some unsolicited advice so you don’t waste the next four years.

Go to class. We know this sounds obvious. But as the New York Times reported recently, Harvard students routinely skip class, rarely speak up when they're there, and focus on their devices instead of the discussion. Faculty say few students do enough preparation to contribute meaningfully. The average college student spends about 20 hours a week on class and studying combined. At UATX, we aim for 50. That’s the difference between a part-time commitment and a full-time job. You (or your parents) are about to spend upwards of $90K a year. If you don't show up, you're paying roughly $250 per skipped lecture for the privilege of sleeping in.

Read the books yourself. Your generation is the first to arrive at college post-literate — raised on short-form video, dependent on algorithms, and increasingly incapable of sitting with a difficult text long enough to let it change your mind. Ninety percent of college students use AI academically. This makes you more reliant on the authority of others. Most professors will also stand between you and the text. They’ll tell you what Marx “really meant,” what Aristotle “failed to see,” as though an academic in 2026 has outsmarted minds that shaped civilizations. The good professors do the opposite: they put you in front of the book and they work with you to find what a great mind has to teach us directly. Find those professors, and read everything yourself.

Say what you actually think. Seventy-three percent of conservative students report withholding their political views in class out of fear their grades will suffer. Our advice isn't political; it's intellectual. If you spend four years learning to say what's expected instead of what's true, you’ll graduate roughly where you started — just older, more credentialed, and more practiced at self-censorship. One study finds that nearly half of students show no measurable gains in “critical thinking” after two years in college. Keep this in mind as you make decisions about which professors to take and how to do your assignments. Taking a small hit on your paper to gain integrity and wisdom is usually worth it.

Ask for real grades. Sixty percent of Harvard undergraduate grades are now A’s. Twenty-five years ago, it was 20%. It got so bad that the legendary Harvard professor, Harvey Mansfield, started giving students two grades: the official one for their transcript, and a private one reflecting what they actually earned. He called the official grades “ironic.” So here's a suggestion: Take your A, but also ask your professors for a “Mansfield grade” so that you know where you stand. And don’t avoid difficult courses to keep your transcript clean for law school.

Get work experience before you graduate. Forty-two percent of recent college graduates are working jobs that don't require a degree. Many employers are projecting the next few years to be the worst college grad job market in years. A degree alone — even from an Ivy �� is not a job guarantee. Seek out apprenticeships, internships, and real work starting freshman year. The students at UATX are connected with entrepreneurs and business leaders from day one. Many will graduate with four years of work experience alongside their degree. You can build something similar at your school, but you'll have to do it yourself.

Understand how debt shapes your life. If you're paying full freight or even half, do the math with your eyes open. Your decision to take on debt will quietly reshape the trajectory of your adult life through countless small surrenders: the job you take because it’s safe instead of starting the company. The city you choose to live in. The relationship you delay and the kids you don’t have. For women, a $1,000 increase in student loan debt lowers the odds of marriage by 2% per month in the first four years after graduation. None of that shows up in the college brochure. If you're going to take on debt, treat it like the constraint it is from day one: save aggressively and make sure every dollar is buying something that will actually compound in your favor.

Find the people who take school seriously. The best thing about a great school isn't the lectures or the library. It's the handful of professors and students who are genuinely there to learn — who read ahead, argue in good faith, and push you to be sharper. Find them. UATX is a small community of those who seek a serious education. At a larger university, you have to build this community yourself.
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The most dangerous thing about an elite university is that it is very easy to do nothing for four years and still come out looking successful. The transcript will say you excelled. The diploma with the fancy crest will open certain doors. Your parents will be proud. And yet you will have coasted — through inflated grades, unread books, and borrowed opinions.

Getting in is an accomplishment. Making the next four years worth it will be harder, and the right decisions will change everything.

We wish you luck.

[U.S. Senator John Fetterman @SenFettermanPA]

As a father, I grieve for Sheridan’s parents for this unspeakable tragedy.

This was a failure of not holding criminal migrants accountable and not protecting the public—and another tragic reason why I was the Dem lead on the Laken Riley law.

[Jesse Kelly @JesseKellyDC]

Every now and then, they just come right out and tell you what they think about you and your beliefs.

Imagine what they say in private.