The World Cup ends today. One game left. By tomorrow most of you visitors will be packing up, heading to the airport, going home.
So before you go, let me say the thing I actually want to say.
A few weeks ago I wrote a silly post about all the things you were discovering here. Free refills. Free water. Ice like civilized people. Chips and salsa before you even order. Air conditioning that is a fact and not a moral debate. Drive-throughs. Ranch by the gallon. The Germans standing in the HEB meat aisle in reverent silence, finally understanding why we do not have trains. Buc-ee’s, for which there are still no words.
It blew up, because it was true, and because you were so delightfully stunned by all of it.
Even the Wall Street Journal caught on. Their headline this week: how the US lost the World Cup and won over the world. We did not lift the trophy. But apparently we lifted something else.
We even learned a few things about ourselves along the way. Like the fact that Elon Musk, the single richest man on the planet, shops at HEB. Just rolls in and queues up for fresh tortillas with everybody else. The man could buy the tortilla company, the state it is in, and the moon it sits under, and instead he is standing in line at the hot-tortilla counter like the rest of us, because that is where the good ones are. Only in America is the wealthiest human alive elbow to elbow with a mom of four at the salsa bar. That is the whole country in one aisle.
And here is the part I want every one of you to hear on your way out the door.
None of it was a show.
We did not roll all this out because you were coming. The ice was always there. The refills were always free. The grocery stores were always the size of aircraft hangars at ten on a Tuesday. The stranger who adopted your whole section, the guy who gave you a ride, the waitress who remembered your order, the family that invited you to the cookout, that is not World Cup America. That is just America. That is Tuesday.
We are exactly like this when nobody is visiting. Loud, generous, ridiculous, overfed, and genuinely thrilled you came. We will still be exactly like this tomorrow when the stands are empty and the flags come down.
So thank you. To everyone who came, who sang in our streets, who cleaned our stadiums, who turned our cities orange and filled our bars and taught us your chants. You were wonderful guests, and you made a country that just turned 250 feel young and seen and loved.
And to everyone who could not make it this time, the door does not close today. We meant all of it. Come whenever. The porch light stays on, the fridge stays full, and there is always room for one more at the table.
You found out who we are these last few weeks.
Good news. We are like this all the time.
Safe travels home.
Y’all come back now, you hear. 🦋
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ARREST ANTHONY FAUCI!
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It’s time for a special task force focused on identifying and holding accountable those within our own government and those on the outside of the government who have worked to subvert the nation from within—both past and present officials.
This cannot be ignored, delayed, or buried.
The moment to ACT is now.
AFGHAN VET WARNS AMERICA ABOUT ZOHRAN MAMDANI
The Foreign-born, Muslim Zohran Mamdani is a threat to New York City and the United States of America.
I'm from a small town in Iowa with a population of 3,000.
For most of my life, my view of NYC was best summarized by Hank Williams, Jr.'s song 'Country Boy Can Survive.' Needless to say, I wasn't a huge fan of the city.
9/11 forever changed my opinion of New York City. We were all New Yorkers after seeing the Twin Towers fall. I joined the military to kill the monsters responsible for that horrific terror attack.
I deployed to Afghanistan in 2010 as an Infantry Rifle Platoon Leader. It was the deadliest year of Operation Enduring Freedom. I saw radical Islam up close and personal.
My men and I fought alongside brave Afghan warriors. I respected and cared for them. But I would never want them living in my Iowa neighborhood. I would never want them around my wife and children.
The Afghans beat their women. They raped little boys. It was culturally acceptable. U.S. servicemembers were told to focus on the mission.
There were a couple women attached to my unit. They were brave, tough, and blonde-haired. They served as our Female Engagement Team. My soldiers constantly protected them from local Afghans. These sick men would linger around our foot patrols. They had zero respect for these women. They would have beaten and raped them if given the chance.
As a Platoon Leader, one of my main duties was to conduct Key Leader Engagements with local Afghan leaders. During these meetings, cute little boys would serve us tea. These boys were sold into slavery and sexually abused by these sick older men.
My local, Afghan interpreter sympathized with these children. He told me their parents would sell them into slavery in exchange for educational opportunities. He proudly said some of these boys would return to murder their parents.
Let me be clear. Mamdani is not a rapist. He is not a child molester. I don’t believe he has a history of violence. Mamdani is a socialist, and he is likely a useful idiot for an Islamic agenda of American conquest.
He refused to say Hamas should put down their weapons.
He won’t condemn the radical phrase ‘Globalize the Intifada.’
He openly campaigned with a radical Brooklyn Imam who urged for Jihad in New York City.
My combat experience opened my eyes to how incompatible Islam is with American values.
My message to all New Yorkers: I will never forget 9/11 and I pray you reject Zohran Mamdani.
No matter what happens in November, I will never quit on New York City.
With every additional day of the Trump administration, it becomes much more clear that for the last 35 years before Trump, we have been governed by idiots, perverts, and criminals.