Sheldon Stiefel

[Sheldon Stiefel @StiefelSheldon]

@Mathew_Winters1 Why pigs and not goats? I can see pigs for farm to table more but goats would do a cleaner job of clearing wouldn't they if that is strictly their job? Just curious.

[Tim Burchett @timburchett]

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[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

"Someone kept calling the radio station requesting the same song. For 114 days straight.
I'm a DJ at K-Rock 98.3. Overnight shift. Midnight to 6 a.m. Mostly lonely truckers and insomniacs listening.
Around 1:15 a.m. every single night, same number calls. Same request, "November Rain" by Guns N' Roses. Eight-minute guitar solo version.

First week, I played it. Thought maybe someone really loved that song.
Second week, I started screening the calls. "We just played that yesterday, how about something else?"
"November Rain, please."
"We have a no-repeat policy"
Click. They'd hang up.

But they'd call back the next night. 1:15 a.m. exactly. "November Rain."
This went on for months. My coworkers thought it was hilarious. Started a betting pool on when the caller would give up.
They never did.

Day 47, "Look, buddy, what's the deal with this song?"
Long silence. Then, "Just play it. Please."
The voice sounded older. Male. Tired.
I played it.

Day 82, My manager told me to block the number. "It's harassment."
I didn't block it.

Day 91, I answered. Before they could speak, I said, "It's queued up. Playing at 1:30."
"Thank you," they whispered.

Day 114, The call came. But different voice. Younger. Female.
"This is about the November Rain requests," she said. "My grandfather passed away this morning. He won't be calling anymore."
My stomach dropped.
"He had dementia," she continued. "Couldn't remember much. But he remembered that song. Said it was playing when he proposed to my grandmother in 1992. At some restaurant. She died five years ago. The song was the only piece of her he could still hold onto."
She was crying. "He'd get confused at night. Agitated. The only thing that calmed him was that song. So I'd call you. Every night. He'd sit next to me, listening on the radio, and for eight minutes he'd remember her. He'd smile. Then forget again. But for those eight minutes....."
I couldn't speak.
"Thank you for playing it," she said. "Even when you were annoyed. Even when your manager wanted you to stop. Those eight minutes were everything to him."
She hung up.

I sat in that booth. Played "November Rain" at 1:15 a.m. Nobody requested it. I just played it.
Did it again the next night.
And every night since.

Some listeners complained. "Why do you keep playing the same song?"
I never explained. Just said, "Station policy."

But truckers started calling in. Said they pulled over during that 1:15 a.m. slot. Listened to the whole eight minutes. Some knew why. Most didn't.

One guy said, "I don't even like that song. But something about hearing it at 1:15 every night..... feels like church. Like we're all stopping together. For something."
They were right.

It's been six months. I still play it. Every single night. 1:15 a.m.
Some things aren't about what you like. They're about what someone needed. Once. When nothing else worked.

That song's not mine anymore. It belongs to an old man who forgot everything except how to love his wife.
And now it belongs to everyone driving lonely highways at 1:15 a.m., looking for a reason to keep going.
Eight minutes. Every night.
That's my church now."

Let this story reach more hearts....
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By Mary Nelson

[LHGrey™️ @grey4626]

Well, it seems like I have to spend my morning correcting these fucking liars...

Thomas, you duplicitous, grandstanding fraud...

First, the oil isn't "stolen."

It's lawfully seized Venezuelan crude from Maduro's criminal regime...tankers and cargoes violating U.S. sanctions that Congress itself authorized through multiple statutes (CAATSA, VERDAD Act, and repeated appropriations for OFAC enforcement).

The executive branch, under IEEPA powers Congress delegated, blocks, seizes, and forfeits sanctioned property.

This isn't theft; it's enforcement of law against a narco-terrorist state that starved its people and funded Hezbollah.

Calling it "stolen" makes you sound like a Maduro apologist or a useful idiot...pick one.

Since you are a fucking libertarian I'll go with both...

Second, the proceeds aren't being funneled into "Trump's personal piggy bank."

That's a venomous, baseless smear worthy of MSNBC, not a sitting Congressman.

The funds from these sales are parked in a protected Qatari account precisely to shield them from predatory creditors (ConocoPhillips, Crystallex, etc.) who hold billions in valid U.S. court judgments against Maduro's regime.

The goal: preserve the money for the Venezuelan people under a future legitimate government, not let it be siphoned off by vulture funds in U.S. courts.

This is textbook sanctions policy...neutral offshore escrow to prevent asset dissipation.

We've done variants for Iran, Russia, Afghanistan. It's strategic, not corrupt.

Third, your hysterical screech about "only Congress can appropriate money" is constitutional illiteracy wrapped in performative outrage.

These aren't U.S. taxpayer dollars drawn from the Treasury requiring annual appropriation.

They are forfeited foreign assets...proceeds of sanctioned property.

The executive has longstanding authority to manage, liquidate, and direct such funds under existing statutory frameworks without new line-item appropriation each time.

If every seized tanker sale needed a separate vote, sanctions would be toothless. Your purported "originalist" reading collapses the moment you touch reality.

You're not defending the Constitution, Thomas.

You're posturing for clicks while undermining a policy that starves a brutal regime of revenue and preserves resources for Venezuela's liberation.

This is the same spineless isolationist reflex that leaves tyrants untouched and Americans exposed.

You lecture about fiscal restraint yet clutch pearls when the executive uses delegated powers to crush a hemisphere-threatening socialist kleptocracy.

Wake up yourself, Congressman.

Your selective outrage isn't principle...it's cowardice dressed as conviction. America First demands strength against dictators, not impotent whining from the cheap seats.

The Republic endures despite quislings like you.

In other words, get your fucking head out of your fucking ass... Thomas.

[Iowa Women's Basketball @IowaWBB]

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USBWA National Player of the Week!

[Iowa DOT @iowadot]

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Very strong winds with gusts up to 60 mph will lead to blizzard conditions as winds blow falling and fresh snow on the ground like the conditions along US 59 at this hour. Travel could become impossible tonight.

[The Black Conservative Preacher @thebcpreacher]

Yesterday @camhigby, @KevinPosobiec and I decided that instead of storming a place that worships Christ Jesus, we should do something a little more positive. We gave @HennepinSheriff and federal agents a little care package.

@camhigby shot the footage.

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[Minnesota Lady America First🇺🇸 @BubbyBlu29353]

The left started one so I am sharing this one for another human being. It’s time we support the very people trying to keep citizens safe in this country.

Please share!

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[Sheldon Stiefel @StiefelSheldon]

@LukeTaylorUSA I just said this to a buddy of mine the other day. We don't need all that fancy crap.

[Love Classical Music and Movies 🎺🎻💖🎥🎬 @AlexTran677026]

"12 year old young Ed Sheeran" is the new Ed on the street Hallelujah Jeff Buckley❤️

[TONY™ @TONYxTWO]

“I’m not a Pro-Trumper at all. But I believe in it. I’m a business owner. I know how it works”

Trump’s Tariffs explained in simple terms! America’s business owners want this!! 🔥👇🏼

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It means the world.

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[Sheldon Stiefel @StiefelSheldon]

@elonmusk I disagree with this. I don't think we need our representatives to be in Washington. With modern technology they can jump into meetings from wherever they are. Hopefully with their constituents. This will reduce the amount of money they need to be paid for living costs.

[Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson]

Hi. Want to see a murder on live TV?

I give you White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller vs. generic CNN Karen.

CNN Karen complains that the White House is prosecuting Illegal Aliens who commit tax fraud.

Then, Fatality…

[Sheldon Stiefel @StiefelSheldon]

@JOKAQARMY1 Isn't that how we got in this inflation mess we are in? The Gov't giving out free money to everyone? Maybe not?

[The Sigma Mindset @thesigmamindset]

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[Manu Sisti @Manu_Sisti]

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