Courage & Caffiene - R Ricks

20+ years in capitols.30+ bills written. 2 boys homeschooled. 1 stubborn belief: that ordinary women change history. ☕ Fueled by courage and way to much coffee

[Courage & Caffiene - R Ricks @RebRicks006]

GMA recommended Sibylline to your teenager.
I read it. It was that bad.
Graphic sexual content. Nonconsensual dynamics. And a story so mediocre none of it served a single narrative purpose.
No lesson. No moral dilemma. No reason. 🧵👇

https://t.co/kRdGyDKuaK

[Courage & Caffiene - R Ricks @RebRicks006]

Should parents go to jail when their kids commit crimes?
Not for every bad act. But when they knowingly enable it? Yes.
New piece: the DC Chipotle brawl, Pirro's crackdown, the village we lost, and what Grady Judd's Polk County story tells us about adults who want to be friends instead of parents. ☕ https://t.co/QRdV8kGzzg

[Courage & Caffiene - R Ricks @RebRicks006]

Every quarter, a letter still comes to my mother-in-law's house.
It is about her brother. He left Winter Haven, flew a gunship over Vietnam, and never came home from a night in 1966.
They found the plane. They never found Gerald.
Memorial Day is the empty chair. 🇺🇸

https://t.co/hAeJYOOnva

[Chris Nelson 🏝️🇺🇸 @ReOpenChris]

🚨Governor DeSantis goes NUCLEAR on GOP House Speaker Danny Perez for being a LYING PIECE OF SHIT and BLOCKING Medical Freedom then LYING about it!

“My responsibility is to speak the TRUTH. My responsibility is to do what I told the voters I would do.

And I've done that, so when you have people that got elected on our back, like the Speaker of the House, get in and do the OPPOSITE of what the voters expected us to do, I'm going to call that out. I'm going to let people know that that's what he's doing.”

[Courage & Caffiene - R Ricks @RebRicks006]

Fauci’s Fall Guy

A 78 year old retired federal scientist was arrested in bulletproof vests on Monday May 4.
You didn't see it on the news.
His boss was Anthony Fauci.
His boss can't be charged.
Here's the case nobody covered.

https://t.co/mgkVKuYFxa

[Courage & Caffiene - R Ricks @RebRicks006]

He Snored Through Darth Vader - What This Dad’s Movie Night Really Taught Me
Sometimes the best lessons come from the silliest moments. A powerful reminder about faith, family, and courage.

#ChristianMoms #FaithEncouragement #FamilyFaith #CourageAndCaffeine

Full story: https://t.co/KUJnFrvDDJ

[Courage & Caffiene - R Ricks @RebRicks006]

I just published Three Trump Assassination Attempts in 21 Months: What the Data Says, and What Conservative Families… https://t.co/mMls5o3RJc

[Courage & Caffiene - R Ricks @RebRicks006]

Three bullets. One president. Twenty-one months.

A country can lose its republic without losing its crime stats.

New piece on what conservative families owe the boys watching this play out. ☕

https://t.co/S8mVjkeNBV

[Courage & Caffiene - R Ricks @RebRicks006]

Hot take from the kitchen table at 1 a.m.
The Devil Wears Prada is not a fashion movie.
It is one of the most accurate political movies ever made and nobody talks about it that way.
Miranda is every leadership team that ever told you to wait until after the election. Nigel is every staffer, activist, and mom who got promised Paris and handed nothing. Andy is every one of us who walked in convinced we were the exception.
Florida just had a special session Tuesday. I just rewatched the movie. Same plot.
Wrote the whole thing out tonight. Confessions of a recovering Andy. https://t.co/vcUGlyXS9Y

[Paul Renner @Paul_Renner]

I’ve seen firsthand what happens when leaders put Florida First, and that’s not what we’re seeing from the Florida House right now.

[Daniel Webster @RepWebster]

After much prayerful consideration and discussion with my beloved wife Sandy, I have decided not to seek re-election to the United States House of Representatives.

To have been part of the development and passage of some most significant legislation in our time is something I will forever treasure. Read my full statement here: https://t.co/lzn26RmJ87

[Ron DeSantis @GovRonDeSantis]

Voters elected Republicans to protect freedom against both the Big Tech cartel and the medical industrial complex.

Yet, when given the chance to deliver for their constituents, not a single Republican House member could even be bothered to file a bill.

Typical political shenanigans.

[Florida’s Voice @FLVoiceNews]

'NOT READY': Sen. @ErinGrall delivered a scathing rebuke of the "AI Bill of Rights" during its first special session hearing, slamming the move as a "show" since the House has already refused to take it up

Grall warned the bill, which passed the Senate 37-1, provides a false sense of security for families

"We have lulled parents into believing that we are actually protecting when we are not."

[Justin Robert @JustinWeRchange]

In coming months when people ask,

“Hey, I thought Florida ended vax mandates? What happened?”

Tell them despite Gov DeSantis, Surgeon Gen Ladapo, the Senate and countless parents demanding it,

House Speaker @Daniel_PerezFL refused to allow your state rep to vote on the bill.

[Courage & Caffiene - R Ricks @RebRicks006]

How is GMA choosing these books? Where's the critique? Where's the editorial judgment?
If there's a rigorous process, it failed catastrophically. If there isn't one, stop calling it a book club.
Full breakdown at Courage & Caffeine ☕👇 https://t.co/f0t9XcMKQF

[Courage & Caffiene - R Ricks @RebRicks006]

We don't allow children into R-rated movies for a reason.
But we'll hand them a book with content we'd never let them watch on screen — because someone slapped "YA" on the cover.
No. The standard should be the same. https://t.co/kRdGyDKuaK

[Courage & Caffiene - R Ricks @RebRicks006]

$100,000 salary in the US (Florida): → Take-home: ~$78,000–$80,000 → Rent (avg): ~$21,000/yr → Healthcare: ~$11,200/yr → After rent + healthcare: ~$46,000–$48,000 → Living space: ~2,000 sq ft

Same $100,000 salary in the Netherlands: → Take-home: ~$55,000–$60,000 → Rent (national avg): ~$23,820/yr → Healthcare: ~$2,000–$2,600/yr → After rent + healthcare: ~$29,000–$34,000 → Living space: ~1,100 sq ft
$12,000–$19,000 LESS. In HALF the space.

[Courage & Caffiene - R Ricks @RebRicks006]

The publisher listed TWO age ranges on the same page.
"Age 17+" AND "Age 14+."
Same book. Same page. Same publisher who can't commit to telling parents which teenagers this is for.
GMA added zero content warnings on air. https://t.co/kRdGyDKuaK

[Courage & Caffiene - R Ricks @RebRicks006]

There's a company called G.T.F.O. Tours that helps Americans move to the Netherlands.
The founder calls herself an "escaping fascism doula."
I ran the numbers on what her clients are giving up.

https://t.co/HFTYUNGRqf

[Courage & Caffiene - R Ricks @RebRicks006]

I read ~2 books a week. I've read YA for 20 years. I know what a book that earns its difficult content looks like.
This isn't it. Strip every graphic scene and you have the same story. Same plot. Same characters. Same resolution.
The scenes aren't load-bearing walls. They're wallpaper. https://t.co/I928HJ7xys