American history is full of men who were failures in ordinary life. But when a crisis arose, they answered the call of duty and became something much more.
Thomas Paine failed at every trade he tried, from corset-making to shopkeeping. Then wrote a little pamphlet called Common Sense.
Nathanael Greene was a limping Quaker with no military training, rejected as a "blemish" by his own militia. He taught himself war from books and became Washington's most trusted general.
Ulysses S. Grant was clerking in his family's leather goods store at 38, broke with nothing to show. Within four years he commanded the entire Union army and had the ear of the president.
Harry Truman went bankrupt running a shop and was a washed-up businessman in his late thirties. He rose to make the heaviest decision of the 20th century.
None of them initially looked like the answer. But they turned out to be exactly what the moment required.
"Today we must oppose democratic socialism because it won't work. The trouble with the socialists is that they promise the golden egg and then kill the goose that lays it."
- RN, 1990
NEW: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) has reached his peak elder statesman era in President Trump’s second term.
In an interview with The Hill in his Capitol office last week, Scalise said he has a “unique skill set." He provides institutional memory with policymaking lessons from Trump’s rocky first-term trifecta, has grown his relationship with Trump, and enjoys more cohesive working relationships with leadership colleagues.
Could he take the No 1 Could the No. 2 House Republican take the No. 1 slot if Republicans lose control of the House in the midterms?
Scalise said people are always asking him: “Are you going to run against this guy? Are you going to run for that thing?”
“As long as I do this job well, I don’t worry about the next job, and I’ve never done that,” Scalise said.
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I'm not running for the Senate - because I have some unfinished business. Since I stood on that House floor, I've been fighting for every woman and girl who was told to stay silent. I want justice - and that day is coming.
Thank you for all your support, all the calls and texts. You are the BEST. Serving South Carolina is the honor of my LIFE, and I will NEVER forget it.
BREAKING: Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega declares the country will no longer hold elections, eliminating any future electoral challenge to his rule.
In the middle of a war, the Islamic Republic still finds time to flog this young women for music.
Anita Papist, a young Iranian singer, has been sentenced to 74 lashes.
Her crime? Singing and uploading her video on Instagram.
The regime confiscated her passport. Blocked her phone. Now they want to silence her voice.
This is called gender apartheid. A total apartheid against women.
Be her voice
There are essentially two Republican parties at the moment, and they’re being held together by an 80 year old man who lives off of McDonalds and pizza…surely this will end well.
Just listen to how Rubio talks about Iranians and how JD Vance reduced 90 million Iranians to “terrorists”.
JD Vance lost Iranian-American Republicans the moment he started pushing the MoU… and he doubled down on it hard in the Rogan interview.
The contrast with Marco Rubio is night and day.
JUST IN: Gov. Hochul reveals New York is planning a “massive expansion” of nuclear power — aiming to build more than the entire U.S. has built in the past 30 years.
@jbarro Facts. If you watch this sumbitch at a hearing he just reads economist articles off his iPad rather than ask the witnesses questions. Room temp IQ
@jlippincott As a McKean County resident I can confirm this. Going across the border to New York is like crossing from West East Berlin, only they have Tim Hortons.