Sarah Nolen

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

I don’t know how to write this…

But I’ve spent a ton of time today thinking about Charlie Kirk today.

Especially his wife and kids today on Father’s Day.

I remember the night Charlie died, my wife and I were just sitting in bed watching Charlie’s videos and at one point,

She looks at me and goes,

“I used to hate him and I have no idea why.”

Charlie had a way of making people stop, listen, and actually engage. You didn’t have to agree with him. You didn’t have to like him. But he believed people were worth talking to.

Watching someone like my wife go from assuming she knew and hated him… to actually listening to him… reminded me how powerful a conversation can be.

There’s this line I recently read in CS Lewis’s book “The Weight of Glory” that has stuck with me.

“There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub and exploit - immortal horrors or everlasting splendors.”

I’m just beginning to understand what that means, but it’s obvious to me that Charlie… he knew.

He knew the stakes were eternity and he took that job seriously.

He was the best I’ve ever seen at making people feel heard, even when they disagreed with him. He could walk into hostile rooms, face people who despised him, and still choose conversation over contempt.

That’s why he was such a threat… not because he wanted people to fight.

But because he wanted people to think.

And they killed him for it.

I remember sitting on the podcast studio Green room at TPUSA waiting to go on his show a few months ago, and I saw Charlie’s daughter running around playing and my son played with her for a moment.

I can’t explain it, but in that moment I think I finally understood the full weight of evil.

To murder a father whose great crime was the fact that he was willing to talk to anyone about anything, no matter if you hated or loved him…

To remove him from his wife and young kids…

And then for them to celebrate his death in such grotesquely evil ways…

I don’t think I’ll ever get over it, honestly.

[Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt]

It's OK to love America.

[Dave Portnoy @stoolpresidente]

For the 1st time in my life I have caught World Cup Fever. No Scotland….No Party

[Anna Lulis @annamlulis]

Mauricio Ruffy proclaims the gospel after his UFC White House win

"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. Jesus saved my life, he wants to save your life too. Give your life to Jesus" ✝️

[Jose Miguel @jpgechele]

“EsTaDoS UniDoS No EsTá LiSTo PaRa Un MuNdiAL” 🤡

Los Estados Unidos: https://t.co/Gjqj8jjhT7

[Michael Fiore - Garden Center @Michaelfiore]

One of the most incredible aspects of the World Cup in the United States is what we DIDN’T have to do to prepare for it.

Qatar built multiple brand new stadiums, a metro system, roads, hotels, and entire districts.

South Africa built new stadiums, parking, etc.

Brazil spent billions on stadium and transit projects.

Russia built and rebuilt venues across the country.

Meanwhile, the U.S. was like: “We’re good.”

Like, we modified the playing surface in some stadiums and that was it.

The sport venue infrastructure in the US mogs every other country on earth and it’s not even close.

[U.S. Air Force @usairforce]

What’s better than a rare Super Delta formation featuring the Thunderbirds and the @USNavy Blue Angels over Washington, D.C.?

Watching it from four different views for #UFCWhiteHouse as part of #Freedom250. 🇺🇸

[U.S. Air Force @usairforce]

A rare Super Delta formation featuring the Thunderbirds and the @USNavy Blue Angels soared above @UFC fans to kick off #UFCWhiteHouse. #Freedom250

🎥 by @whitehouse

[Clint Awana @clintoptions]

Europeans visiting America for the World Cup are finally getting to experience our culture lol

[Sarah Nolen @SarahNLe]

@JoshuaBarzon 4 looks most like a stained glass window.

[Sarah Nolen @SarahNLe]

@SteveKrak @MegynKellyShow Unless she's providing a robust defense of Erika Kirk and apologizing to Charlie for being a horrible "friend", I couldn't care less. Was her biggest fan and unsubscribed back in Feb bc I don't trust anything she says anymore. Sorry!

[Sarah Nolen @SarahNLe]

Love to see it!

[Stephen Limbaugh @StephenLimbaugh]

After so many artists backed out, God has stepped in as the great dramatist, architect, musician, painter, and dedicator of the 250th.

[Sarah Nolen @SarahNLe]

This is so good @ConceptualJames and @JeremyDBoreing! We truly need to amplify a simplified version of this. Woke left started dying in the culture once MAGA was able to define it and call out the evil and even make fun of it like @MattWalshBlog in his movies. Hopefully the same will happen with woke right.
https://t.co/rpx8aECGxX

[Sarah Nolen @SarahNLe]

250!

[Bridget Phetasy @BridgetPhetasy]

So far in 2026: We’ve had TEAM USA win Gold in hockey. We’ve had astronauts circling the moon. We’ve got the World Cup here. We have UFC at the White House. Everyone is getting skinny. We’re curing pancreatic cancer. It’s America’s 250th.

AND YOU’RE BLACKPILLING?

[Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius]

Let me explain why I think Freddy resonates.

Lots of Europeans visit the USA as tourists. They visit New York City, or Washington DC, or Hollywood, or Las Vegas, and if they visit natural beauty too, they go to really crowded places like the Grand Canyon or Yellowstone.

So while they see our cultural and natural icons, they are mostly in blue cities and they therefore also see the decline, the homeless, the drugs, the dirt and the rude, rude Americans.

But Freddy is not doing that. Freddy is driving, and he’s doing it through the heartland, where people are kind and polite, the skies are wide open, and the bounty of Buc-ees and Bass Pro Shops are overwhelming.

Freddy is not seeing fentanyl and decline.

He is seeing the real, hopeful, patriotic, kind America that European tourists rarely traverse.

And he loves it.

That’s why Freddy is a phenomenon.

[Sarah Nolen @SarahNLe]

@MarkHalperin @nyknicks @grok provide context for this

[Sarah Nolen @SarahNLe]

Has to be devastating for Erika to learn how many people would betray Charlie and fail to protect her, people that they trusted or thought were his friends. It just makes me feel sick. It's the biggiest obviously spiritual battle between good and demonic I've witnessed play out on such a grand stage during my lifetime so far.

[Sarah Nolen @SarahNLe]

@AndrewKolvet So incredibly sad. 😔 Still can't talk about him without crying most times, and while a faithful listener and follower, I didn't know him personally. Idk how you guys are getting along. Praying for you all and for Erika and her babies.