Richard Sweitzer🇺🇲

[Richard Sweitzer🇺🇲 @SweitzerRichard]

@HistoryBoutique @mattvanswol Glad you guys are safe. We had large (3-4 foot) diameter trees com down near me and many are without power. No deaths or serious injuries that I know of, thank God.

[Jeremy Boreing @JeremyDBoreing]

"I'm not a cynic. I'm an American.”

NASA Astronaut @Butch_Wilmore has every reason to be bitter.

Stuck in orbit for 278 days. Abandoned by NASA. Failed by Boeing. Left up there by the Biden administration. Every institution that was supposed to bring him home let him down.

But Captain Wilmore doesn’t see it that way. He came home grateful anyway, because his faith was never in the institutions. It was in a sovereign God.

Cynicism is being sold to a whole generation as if it were wisdom. Captain Wilmore is the rarer thing: a man who bore the brunt of 278 days of institutional failure and still believes in his country and, above all, in Christ.

[Richard Sweitzer🇺🇲 @SweitzerRichard]

Here is the secret to life #shorts #wisdom #lifelessons https://t.co/gw1cR5i0yC via @YouTube

[Richard Sweitzer🇺🇲 @SweitzerRichard]

Roscoe ain’t no quitter! #breadstickricky https://t.co/Sdt1hG4xNU via @YouTube

[S2 Underground @s2_underground]

First of all no, we're not doing this. I do not answer DMs from a company that is trying to do damage control AFTER they have ruined the trust of Americans. I do not have "good faith" debates with people who want to enslave me in a fishbowl that they can monitor at all times.

Guess what guys: We don't actually have to give anyone the benefit of the doubt, or engage in "good faith" debates with bad actors. I don't have to justify my concerns about Flock to anyone. But since this condescension pissed me off, I will respond publicly, since Flock seems to want to keep our voices in the shadows and out of the public eye.

Note the argument:

"You see, King George specifically authorized quartering troops among you, I don't know what you're complaining about it's ALL LEGAL".

Well, golly gee guys, I guess it's all right then, they made it legal.

That's exactly the problem. Notice how nobody has a problem with standard security cameras. Public security cameras are not the problem...directly pumping the feed of every square inch of the country into a centralized federal database is one HELL of a problem and we must do everything within our rights as Americans to push back against efforts like this, if we are to have a future as a nation.

Flock, much like Palantir, took the decently good idea of improving security, and implemented it in the most cartoonishly evil way possible at nearly every single step. They are working directly for all levels of government....not the citizenry. They use subterfuge, legal technicalities, and every single trick in the book to put up hundreds of cameras every single day. They constantly mislead the public about what databases their sensors feed into, and who they sell the metadata to.

They have so little oversight that it's laughable, and ALL oversight involves the classic case of "we investigated ourselves and found no wrongdoing". Flock has been caught lying MANY times, and misleading the public regarding what their cameras actually do. Newsflash...they don't just read license plates.

They are also concealing which agencies purchase their data specifically so as to avoid getting warrants, and in doing so they have turned the ENTIRE COUNTRY into an open air prison....where THEY get to provide the intelligence data to those who enforce the laws as selectively as they please.

And their defense for doing so? "Aww look at the cute puppy we rescued" or "We arrested one guy using our camera network, we're so AWESOME".

You don't get to arrest one genuine criminal, and use that as justification to set up and entire Minority Report-esque surveillance system to surveil the entire country. You don't get to betray trust, and then be sad that people don't trust you. You don't get to cozy up to the boot of tyranny so much that you become the boot yourself, and then pretend to be just "one of the guys".

We will not fall for this gaslighting, no matter how hard they try.

For some reason, many people think that private companies can't be tyrants, which could not be further from the truth. At a certain point, a private company can be so heavily embedded within government, that they might as well BE the government. Except they are worse, because we don't even have the tiniest way to hold them accountable except for taking the billion-dollar company to court.

That's my problem with Flock, Palantir, and pretty much every single other defense contractor in existence. I will NOT accept every single facet of my life being monitored, just in case a criminal commits a crime somewhere near me. I will NOT live in "ze pod", no matter which politician is in power, and I will not accept a future where people like this will dictate to me what my country should be.

[Dr Jordan B Peterson @jordanbpeterson]

We think of this evil as Marxism. In reality, Marxism is nothing more or less than the current instantiation of a much more ancient evil: possession by the envious and hateful spirit that drove Cain to murder his brother Abel.

The great book of Genesis thus portrays mankind as riven by an eternal fratricidal conflict.

Those who reject genuine sacrifice become embittered by their subsequent failure ("rejection by God").

Instead of repenting and changing, they turn to revenge.

And who do they target? Those who strive to do well and offer what is best.

I can't believe how much wisdom the author of Genesis 4 compressed into that story's few sentences. You might even come to believe that God Himself had a hand in it.

Truly: it's uncanny. The first two human beings born into history are, respectively, a good, honest productive man and his brother, who allows himself to be consumed by resentment and the desire to destroy.

Communism, in a nutshell.

[Joey Swoll @TheJoeySwoll]

“It’s not a bump, it’s a blessing.” A reminder to women your bodies are beautiful and a miracle.

[Dr Jordan B Peterson @jordanbpeterson]

To the Americans:

I've travelled all over the world. I've familiarized myself with many places, and met many people. And I'm a Canadian, although I’m privileged to reside once again in the States.

And here's something I've noticed, and it’s a key element of America's continuing greatness:

You bloody Americans value success, and you believe in its existence.

This is something that doesn't really happen anywhere else in the world. Even in other free democracies—the United Kingdom; Finland, Sweden, and Norway; Australia, New Zealand and Canada; Germany, France, and the Netherlands (great countries all)—a counterproductive cynicism too often reigns.

Success is equated with exploitation.
Ambition is looked upon with contempt.

This happens sometimes in the United States too—particularly among the miserable progressives, who confuse their resentment, ingratitude and unearned skepticism with wisdom.

But in your great country, by and large, striving is admired and success celebrated.

This means that more people strive and succeed in the US than anywhere else. And it's increasingly obvious. You remain stunningly more innovative and productive than any people anywhere else on the planet.

And so I say, as all should who are fortunate enough to live in the western world, let alone America:

Thank God for the United States.

Thank God for the wisdom of its founders.
Thank God for its faith in the free market and in the natural rights of man.
Happy birthday, you damn Yankees and Southerners.

Long may your admirable country dominate the world.

Long may your freedom and hope provide an example to those suffering everywhere at the hands of their malevolent states.

May your two and a half centuries of unparallelled success be just the beginning.

Your country is the light of the world, and the city on the hill.

Thank God for the USA.

Happy 250th.

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson

[Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 @TulsiGabbard]

250 years ago our founders enshrined the fundamental truth that “all men are created equal, endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights, among those, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” as the bedrock of our nation. It's up to us to uphold our God-given freedoms, and to stand firm against those who seek to undermine them. Have a safe and happy Independence Day! 🇺🇸

[Richard Sweitzer🇺🇲 @SweitzerRichard]

@MikhailaFuller @jordan_m_fuller We love having you here, Mikhaila.

[Military Arms @MAC_Arms]

This is DISGUSTING. Stop giving these violent aholes special treatment. The fact this man still has a job in government is infuriating. Contact your reps and demand this man is charged for his crimes.

[John “TIG” Tiegen @TigTiegen]

This is a disgrace.

A Gulf War Marine veteran named Albert O’Toole who served this country, took a blast that left him with TBI, and was later diagnosed with Alzheimer’s was beaten by his aide Matthew Cox inside the New York State Veterans Home in Montrose, New York.

His wife Angela Sangro became concerned after seeing unexplained bruises and heavy sedation. She installed a hidden camera. The footage shows the aide yanking food out of Albert’s hands, grabbing him by the neck, throwing him into a chair, punching him, and striking him in the head with a broom while he cried out in pain. No one came to help.

The state fired the abuser.
But the federal VA? Still has him employed. Still paying him while the case drags on.

You make veterans fight through hell just to get the benefits and compensation they earned with their blood and sacrifice. You move fast to cut or reduce what’s owed to them.

But when one of your own is caught on camera assaulting a defenseless veteran? You keep him on the federal payroll like it’s nothing.

@SecVetAffairs you talk about accountability. Here it is. Fire this man from the VA now. No pay. No protection. No more dragging it out.
@SecWar our warriors come home broken from fighting for this nation. They deserve better than a system that protects abusers while making veterans fight for every dollar they earned.
@SpeakerJohnson this is on you too. Oversight without teeth is just theater. Do your job.
This isn’t how you treat the men and women who served. This is a betrayal.
Veterans FIRST.
Zero tolerance for those who abuse them.
Immediate action. No excuses.
If you’re not outraged by this, you’re not paying attention.
Semper Fi.
@TheTankGuns

[Richard Sweitzer🇺🇲 @SweitzerRichard]

This one is going to get throttled https://t.co/GridvY72vd via @YouTube

[Richard Sweitzer🇺🇲 @SweitzerRichard]

@MoreLeahRay Rage bait for LOTR fans

[Brandon Herrera @TheAKGuy]

@HouseMajPAC I was talking about why the Iranian conflict needs to get resolved so we can focus on domestic policy.

You disingenuous fucks are getting really annoying, might have to start attacking back directly…

[Richard Sweitzer🇺🇲 @SweitzerRichard]

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[Joe Abraham @angeldadjoe]

My baby is in a grave, she will NEVER come home Senator.

The reckless policies you championed and defend helped create an environment that enabled a person who never should have been in our country to kill her.

And this despite an awful background and serious infectious health issues Illinois failed to identify or help treat.

Is that your definition of compassion, Senator?

Any consideration for Katie Abraham and other innocent law abiding citizens like her, or is your compassion only selective and political?

Your “compassion” is as selective and inauthentic as @GovPritzker

And exactly how is this bettering our nation Senator?

[Richard Sweitzer🇺🇲 @SweitzerRichard]

America Is Running Out of Skilled Tradespeople — And Nobody Is Talking A... https://t.co/eYuVB4NjG5 via @YouTube

[Richard Sweitzer🇺🇲 @SweitzerRichard]

Today we honor the Fallen and I honor my friend Dae Han Park. https://t.co/QXxoZ6zOxn via @YouTube

[Richard Sweitzer🇺🇲 @SweitzerRichard]

@GuntherEagleman @RepShriThanedar He doesn't believe in the family and wants us MAGA Americans to suffer and die.