Russell Hawkins

❤️ family, friends, music, outdoors/wildlife, freedom, football, good vibes. Grapevine TX, Amarillo TX, Colorado.

[Will Ricciardella @WillRicci]

The WHCA alleged shooter wasn’t some nut job lurking on the fringes of society, forgotten by the system.

He was well-educated, credentialed, employed, and institutionally formed. That’s what makes this so disturbing.

At first glance, this doesn’t look like a breakdown of the system, it looks more like a product of it.

Academia, media, and politics helped build the moral permission structure.

Let that sink in.

[Will Ricciardella @WillRicci]

Can a family live on one income today?

Yes, but not today’s lifestyle on yesterday’s budget.

Here’s what it actually looks like:

• 1,000 sq ft home, not 2,500
• One used car
• One family phone — no smartphones for kids
• One TV, no subscriptions
• No microwave, no central A/C
• Home-cooked meals, no dining out
• No childcare, 1 parent stays home
• Public schools only
• Local sports, not travel leagues
• Basic health insurance: pay dental & extras out of pocket
• Simple clothes, thrift store toys
• Rare vacations, little debt

That’s how most families lived for decades and they raised kids, built communities, and made it work.

The issue isn’t that you can’t raise a family on one income.

The issue is that we’ve inflated “middle class” to mean upper middle luxuries: two cars, two iPhones, dining out, Amazon Prime, orthodontics, soccer trips, Disneyland, and a home office with Wi-Fi.

In 1960, one income worked because expectations were lower, families were more self-reliant, and debt wasn’t a lifestyle.

You want one income? You can do it.
But you have to live like the people who actually did it.

Not poorer, just simpler and more deliberate.

The people of the past didn’t have a choice, but you do.

[Russell Hawkins @RussHawk7]

@elonmusk That is laughable. So many are totally clueless; simply do not understand and don't even want to.

[Russell Hawkins @RussHawk7]

@ianmiles Prosecute that moron.

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

Chamath: “I Was Completely Brainwashed by Mainstream Media Like Everyone Else”

“It’s about the truth.

There was a moment where I was basically like everybody else and pretty brainwashed.

My media diet was very much the same as everybody else’s.

I read the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.”

Source: @KatieMillerPod @chamath

[Russell Hawkins @RussHawk7]

@elonmusk Yes, please. Do what is right for the American citizens.

[Russell Hawkins @RussHawk7]

@bennyjohnson Thank you for doing what's right!

[Russell Hawkins @RussHawk7]

@elonmusk That's their plan, unfortunately. How can we reverse it?

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Seriously 🙄

[Russell Hawkins @RussHawk7]

@elonmusk Good! Congrats!

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

The difference between reality and the legacy media is insane!

[Russell Hawkins @RussHawk7]

@elonmusk Will be good for the country when @elonmusk and @realDonaldTrump mend fences and call a cease fire. Make our Leaders Productive Again.

[Russell Hawkins @RussHawk7]

@elonmusk @realDonaldTrump Stop this childish bullsh!t! If you two are going to argue, do it on the phone rather than a public forum. This helps no one.

[Russell Hawkins @RussHawk7]

@elonmusk Every bill is. Nothing new, unfortunately.

[Russell Hawkins @RussHawk7]

@elonmusk "Protestors" bought and paid for.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Wow

[Russell Hawkins @RussHawk7]

@Surabees @JDVance @WSJ WSJ editorial page is sometimes fair and balanced, however.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Yea

[Russell Hawkins @RussHawk7]

@ElonMuskAOC Yes, if the phone itself is similar in features and quality to a Samsung Galaxy.