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[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

In 1988 Dolly Parton pulled every 7th and 8th grader in Sevier County into a room and told them to pick a buddy.

She made them sign a contract.. if BOTH graduate, she hands you both $500. One fails, nobody gets paid.

The county dropout rate went from 35% to 6%.

She handed out the checks herself.

In 1989 she offered $500 to every kid in the county who wanted to go to the local college.

When Gatlinburg burned in 2016, she sent 900 families $1,000 a month for six months.

You've probably heard that part.

Here's the part you haven't:

The fund raised more than expected, so she showed up in May and handed every one of those families another $5,000 on top.

Then she quietly put $3 million into the recovery group that handles the years after the news trucks leave.

She built her county an entire hospital.

She played a benefit concert in 2007, Dollywood and the Stampede matched it, and LeConte Medical Center opened in 2010 with a birthing unit and a women's center in it.

In 2022 she started covering 100% of tuition, books, and fees for Dollywood employees.

Full-time, part-time, AND seasonal.

In 1991 she paid for a bald eagle sanctuary because the birds couldn't be released back into the wild, no press release.

And when Hurricane Helene came through here in Western North Carolina, she wrote a personal check for $1 million and her companies matched it.

She didn't owe North Carolina anything, but she helped us anyway.

She started the Imagination Library because her daddy couldn't read or write. Before he passed, he told her it was the most important thing she ever did.

Rest in Peace, Dolly 🇺🇸

[Josh Hawley @HawleyMO]

Democrats are melting down because their power base is being threatened.

They’ve used USAID as their personal play thing to fund pro-trans propaganda abroad and their preferred media outlets at home.

Trump is exposing ALL of it. We need more.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Indeed 🧐

[Marie C. @Mecozzetti]

@Jaguar RIP jaguar 😆🥲

[Marie C. @Mecozzetti]

@RealJamesWoods White

[Thomas Sowell Quotes @ThomasSowell]

People will forgive you for being wrong, but they will never forgive you for being right—especially if events prove you right while proving them wrong.

[Fox News @FoxNews]

CHRISTMAS BRAIN TEASER: Can you find Rudolph? https://t.co/4vNcgTPwku

[Andrew Tate @Cobratate]

Christmas sees a lot of erratic and irresponsible driving.

Everybody please be extra careful on the roads.

As you know lots of men drink too much alcohol and are forced to let their wives drive.