@IAmCharlie!

Just a couple of grandparents wanting to keep an eye on our grandkids. Part of GODs Family! Protect Our Female Athletes XX-XY

[@IAmCharlie! @TomNCathy1]

Sadly we need to be reminded of this from time to time. Prayers up to all that need them. 🙏

[@IAmCharlie! @TomNCathy1]

Sorry lady, you’re completely wrong! We love Sophie, because she takes great pride in herself and her teammates!! Shade her all you want, she shines brighter than ever!!!!!

[@IAmCharlie! @TomNCathy1]

Amen!! I feel the exact same way! GOD bless America!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[Lj Priest (Formerly Trader Jill) @RealTraderJill]

I’ve never been the super patriotic type, but this World Cup has done something weird to me...

Watching the U.S. play on home soil while stadiums packed with people from every background and every country got to experience America firsthand did something to me. The roar of the crowds, the sheer size of everything, the food, the chaos, and the pride all hit different when you see the world reacting to it. It felt like people were finally getting a real taste of what this country is like, and for once, they seemed to like what they saw. That hit me in a way I wasn’t ready for!

I felt genuinely proud to be an American, and not in some cheesy flag-waving way, but in a “damn, this place is kind of ridiculous and I love it” kind of way.

It got me thinking about all the over-the-top, larger-than-life things we have here that most of the world just doesn’t. So here’s my list of American things that blow other countries’ minds:

🇺🇸Texas BBQ. Not whatever sad little grilled meats other countries call barbecue. I’m talking about actual Texas brisket that’s been smoking for 12 hours and somehow tastes like it was blessed by angels. The rest of the world has no idea what they’re missing.

🇺🇸Real cowboys. Not the movie kind. Actual working cowboys who still exist, rope cattle, and look at you like you’re soft if you complain about the heat. We still have a whole profession that belongs in a Western, and we somehow treat it like it’s normal.

🇺🇸Everything is just bigger. Our trucks are bigger. Our portions are bigger. Our personalities are bigger. Even our problems are bigger. We don’t do subtle in this country, baby!!

🇺🇸You can drive for 10 hours and still be in the same country but in a completely different world. One day you’re in the desert, the next you’re in the mountains, and the day after that you’re at the beach. Most countries can’t even offer that in a week.

🇺🇸State fairs. Where deep-frying butter is considered a normal food option and nobody questions your life choices. We turned “let’s see how much we can fry” into a competitive sport.

🇺🇸National Parks that feel like another planet. Places so massive they have their own weather, their own ecosystems, and could probably be their own countries. We just call them “parks” like it’s no big deal. Grizzlies? We got 'em! Manatees? We got those too! Gators? You betcha!

🇺🇸And then there’s the small detail that we have the most powerful military in the world, and most of us treat it like it’s just another thing on the list of American normal. We’ll lose our minds arguing about whether the Cowboys are good this year or if gas is too expensive, all while casually having the ability to project force anywhere on the planet before most countries can even finish their morning coffee. It’s the kind of thing you don’t really appreciate until you realize how many nations would consider that level of military dominance their entire national personality.

This World Cup made me realize I’ve been taking a lot of this for granted. We’ve got our issues, sure. But we also have Texas brisket, real cowboys, and the ability to drive across multiple climates without ever showing a passport. That’s pretty cool when you think about it!

I'm an American, and I'm damn proud and grateful to be one!

[Sovey @SoveyX]

The point that broke the Internet.
Sophie Cunningham inducted into the meme Hall of Fame.

[Vince Langman @LangmanVince]

How can you not love Sophie Cunningham? 👏

[Code.E.Banx @Code_E_Banx]

We gotta keep this going. Just cuz we won a few games doesn't mean she's deserving of the job. We barely beat those weak teams and we lost yesterday for the same reason - a shit coach and terrible staff and pathetic FO. We need to keep kicking her ass all over these X streets
FSW

[Sovey @SoveyX]

Exclusive: Michelle Obama breaks her silence on the Sovey Pod as she responds to Josh Hokit’s claim that she’s a man.

You don’t want to miss this!👇🏻

[@IAmCharlie! @TomNCathy1]

@GuntherEagleman Earl Campbell

[@IAmCharlie! @TomNCathy1]

@MattPinner_ @Matt_Pinner 90, no tattoos.

[Mike Netter @nettermike]

This article was written by a 26 yr old college student by the name of Alyssa Ahlgren, who's in grad school for her MBA. What a GREAT perspecitve..👍🏽

My Generation Is Blind to the Prosperity Around Us!
I'm sitting in a small coffee shop near Nokomis (Florida) trying to think of what to write about. I scroll through my newsfeed on my phone looking at the latest headlines of presidential candidates calling for policies to "fix" the so-called injustices of capitalism. I put my phone down and continue to look around.

I see people talking freely, working on their MacBook's, ordering food they get in an instant, seeing cars go by outside, and it dawned on me. We live in the most privileged time in the most prosperous nation and we've become completely blind to it.

Vehicles, food, technology, freedom to associate with whom we choose.These things are so ingrained in our American way of life we don't give them a second thought.

We are so well off here in the United States that our poverty line begins 31 times above the global average. Thirty One Times!!!

Virtually no one in the United States is considered poor by global standards. Yet, in a time where we can order a product off Amazon with one click and have it at our doorstep the next day, we are unappreciative, unsatisfied, and ungrateful. ??

Our unappreciation is evident as the popularity of socialist policies among my generation continues to grow. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently said to Newsweek talking about the millennial generation, "An entire generation, which is now becoming one of the largest electorates in America, came of age and never saw American prosperity."

Never saw American prosperity! Let that sink in.

When I first read that statement, I thought to myself, that was quite literally the most entitled and factually illiterate thing I've ever heard in my 26 years on this earth. Many young people agree with her, which is entirely misguided.

My generation is being indoctrinated by a mainstream narrative to actually believe we have never seen prosperity. I know this first hand, I went to college, let's just say I didn't have the popular opinion, but I digress.

Why then, with all of the overwhelming evidence around us, evidence that I can even see sitting at a coffee shop, do we not view this as prosperity? We have people who are dying to get into our country.

People around the world destitute and truly impoverished. Yet, we have a young generation convinced they've never seen prosperity, and as a result, we elect some politicians who are dead set on taking steps towards abolishing capitalism.

Why? The answer is this,?? my generation has only seen prosperity. We have no contrast. We didn't live in the great depression, or live through two world wars, the Korean War, The Vietnam War or we didn't see the rise and fall of socialism and communism.

We don't know what it's like to live without the internet, without cars, without smartphones. We don't have a lack of prosperity problem. We have an entitlement problem, an ungratefulness problem, and it's spreading like a plague."

[@IAmCharlie! @TomNCathy1]

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[David Santa Carla 🦇 @TheOnlyDSC]

Watch this and you’ll understand why Karmelo Anthony didn’t leave after being asked 15 times.

[@IAmCharlie! @TomNCathy1]

@EricLDaugh You dumbass, that’s because the promises were coming from the Democratic Party!

[@IAmCharlie! @TomNCathy1]

@NanLee1124 @LeahRain77 No he’s not! He has a serious case of TDS! Just like you Johnny!!!

[@IAmCharlie! @TomNCathy1]

@FoxNews @mrddmia I won’t be surprised if the judge gives him a free shot at President Trump, just for the way he’s been treated.

[@IAmCharlie! @TomNCathy1]

@its_The_Dr Jay Leno

[Rambo Van Halen @RamboVanHalen]

Make Shit Work Again

People almost never come to our door after dark.

Because we live in a (what used to be) a quiet place, and random visitors after dark are almost unheard of.

So when the doorbell rang at 3:30am this morning I grabbed my shotgun.

I racked the pump and shouted for the person at the door to identify themselves. Turns out it was a lady cop.

Luckily the cops are used to armed homeowners around here. She shined a to flashlight identify herself, and I secured the gun and the dogs to see what she wanted.

Turns out two people were shot across the street in the park. She wanted to know if your security cameras captured any footage of the incident. So I checked the app, and no—there was no footage (because our cameras point the other direction).

And that was that.

But I couldn’t get back to sleep—mostly because of the adrenaline. But also because I couldn’t help but notice that things are getting worse around here.

This used to be a place where nothing happened.

And now things definitely do happen.

We used to live in LA. My wife and I did industry stuff. We had a good life as an urban childless couple, but then she got pregnant.

We thought about the daunting challenge of raising kids in LA, and opted to get out. So we found a place in the Mountain West where nothing ever happens.

It was a good place to raise kids. A place with good schools. A place where our children could wander the town by themselves.

But it’s not that place anymore. Since Covid the schools have gone to shit. And a few weeks ago my son was at the neighborhood park (by himself) when a gang member pulled a gun on a parent at the playground.

So early this morning I’m lying in bed, and I’m thinking about this. And I thought to myself, “We need to leave.”

But then I had another thought—a disturbing thought. I thought, “But there’s no place else to go.”

Because it’s almost everywhere now. Red State, Blue State, it doesn’t matter.

And if it’s not there yet it will be soon. And if you think you’re safe, you’re not.

Because this thing is coming for all of us.

***

My politics in five words:

I
Want
Shit
To
Work

That’s it.

I just want shit to work.

And I don’t really care how that happens.

I’m old enough to remember when shit did work. It never worked perfectly. But I don’t think shit has worked perfectly in the entire history of human endeavors. I mean, read the Bible—it’s all about shit not working perfectly.

But I grew up in a time when things ran fairly well—far better than they do now.

I’m not that old, but back in the day schools actually taught stuff. And there wasn’t choking bureaucracy in government and business and every other institution.

And we could TRUST those institutions—because they weren’t rife with corruption. And if minor corruption happened to be discovered it was A BIG FUCKING DEAL—because the media wasn’t bent, and they’d actually report on the corruption.

And things weren’t so expensive. A young person (me) could work a menial job afford a car and an apartment and still have money left over to take girls on dates. Because there was OPPORTUNITY for young people.

Now I could go on and on, but I’m starting to sound like an old man shouting at a cloud, so let me just say, trust me kids: SHIT USED TO WORK.

Spencer Pratt is about my age. He remembers when shit used to work.

He remembers when you could count on the fire department to not let a giant part of your city burn down with residents inside.

He remembers when you didn’t have to step over fentanyl zombies to take your kids to preschool.

He remembers when there wasn’t human shit on the streets.

He remembers when corrupt government officials were held accountable.

He remembers when we could go about our lives and not worry—because shit worked.

I can sum up Spencer Pratt’s campaign platform in four words: Make shit work again.

So can he win the LA mayoral race?

It depends on one question: Is it bad enough yet?

I think it is bad enough. It’s so bad that it can no longer be ignored. And I think most Angelenos feel the same way.

There’s a critical mass of people who remember when shit worked. They had no way to fix it. They couldn’t imagine a solution.

And then one guy stood up and said he could fix it.

Because none of these “intractable problems” are actually intractable. We know how to do this.

We know how to fix things.

We know how to Make. Shit. Work. Again.

What was lacking was The Will to do it. And Spencer Pratt has The Will.

No, I don’t live in LA anymore. But I’m pulling for Spencer. Because this election is so much larger than Los Angeles.

Because there’s no where else to run to.

Because we’ve got to make a stand. Somewhere. Anywhere.

So vote for Spencer. And if you can’t vote then make a small donation.

Because we have to make shit work again.

Because we don’t have a choice.

[♦️GAYE GALLOPS♦️ @gaye_gallops]

BUCKLE UP DIRTY DEM CALI BUTTERCUPS

Spencer Pratt Is About To Eat Your Hot Lunch!

♦️🇺🇸♦️WHOA IS THIS AWESOME♦️🇺🇸♦️

[Josh Barnett-AZ @BarnettforAZ]

Hobbs corruption @JDVance

[5th Gen AZ Family @bullfrog35]

@azfec @AZHouseGOP Sunshine Residential Homes was not listed on Hobb’s inaugural committee donor list

— kept in secret—

Then, Kris Mayes said:
no problem creating a Democratic Party slush fund from inaugural donations.

The last 3 words— “influence an election”— should come back to bite: