Big cities in the U.S. are big drivers of a significant portion of the U.S. economy and hubs of productivity.
Blue states contribute more to federal govt $ than they receive back
Red states use more federal $ than they contribute
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In 2022, several of us worked with Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to pass the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.
Crime then began to plummet.
Now, the 2024 murder rate is on pace to be the lowest since the 1950s.
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Rap! You have plenty to say Andre; You’re just afraid to and I Respect That 😔 This May Just Be The Time To Speak Good Brother! Put It In Prospective
You saw what @kendricklamar was able to do on a diss track,
The People Are Primed And Ready https://t.co/cBJfJcb4Sy
Jesse Owens of USA winning gold for the long jump in the summer Olympics in Germany, 1936. The man saluting behind Owens is Lutz Long, a German who shared training tips with Owens and was the first to openly congratulate him after his final jump in full view of Hitler.
After the Olympics, the two kept in touch via mail. Below is Long's last letter to Owens while he was stationed with the German Army in North Africa during World War 2. Long was later killed in action during the allied invasion of Sicily in 1943.
"I am here, Jesse, where it seems there is only the dry sand and the wet blood. I do not fear so much for myself, my friend Jesse, I fear for my woman who is home, and my young son Karl, who has never really known his father.
My heart tells me, if I be honest with you, that this is the last letter I shall ever write. If it is so, I ask you something. It is a something so very important to me.
It is you go to Germany when this war done, someday find my Karl, and tell him about his father. Tell him, Jesse, what times were like when we not separated by war. I am saying—tell him how things can be between men on this earth.
If you do this something for me, this thing that I need the most to know will be done, I do something for you, now. I tell you something I know you want to hear. And it is true.
That hour in Berlin when I first spoke to you, when you had your knee upon the ground, I knew that you were in prayer. Then I not know how I know. Now I do. I know it is never by chance that we come together. I come to you that hour in 1936 for purpose more than der Berliner Olympiade.
And you, I believe, will read this letter, while it should not be possible to reach you ever, for purpose more even than our friendship. I believe this shall come about because I think now that God will make it come about. This is what I have to tell you, Jesse.
I think I might believe in God. And I pray to him that, even while it should not be possible for this to reach you ever, these words I write will still be read by you.
Your brother, Luz"
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Go Tigers! GOD is STILL GOOD & gets ALL OF THE GLORY! We fell short versus a good Lenoir Rhyne team in the NCAA D2 Playoffs. The guys FOUGHT hard & competed until the end. They just made a few more plays than we did… Although we didn’t accomplish the mission of going 1-0, I’m super proud of ALL my players, coaching staff and our dedicated support staff. We don’t LOSE… we LEARN! What a AMAZING season we had! THANK YOU for TRUSTING THE PROCESS! Finished the season 11-1! And that’s BACK TO BACK🏆🏆💍💍! #EyesonthePRIZE #DIGDEEP #CWCW #PaytheFEE #FAMILY
@tylerthecreator say, "I paint full pictures of my perspective on these drum breaks. Just for you to tell me, "It's not good" from your lunch break", and you wonder why @OutKastDre chose to speak through instrumentals 🤨
My favorite song from the new Andre 3000 album is track 3 because it reminds me of that one time I turned into a panther after a good afternoon nap on Summer Vacation ☺️ relatable #NewBlueSun