Cary Cosgrove

[Matt Morse @MattMorseTV]

There is something very important happening right now.

For 50 years, the United States has given security assurances to the Arab OPEC nations, and in exchange, they’ve almost exclusively sold oil in the U.S. dollar—this is the “petrodollar” that you’ve heard about.

This arrangement is also, in large part, one of the many reasons Trump is currently destroying the Iranian regime: the Arab OPEC nations were getting concerned with the Iranian regime’s arms buildup.

In May 2025, Trump made his now-famous trip to the Middle East and secured some $2 trillion in deals and investment commitments. One month later, in June 2025, Trump sent B-2 Spirit stealth bombers to blow up three Iranian nuclear sites. These events are not unrelated.

The situation with Iran is incredibly complex, but one undeniable component is that there is an ongoing quid pro quo with the Arab OPEC nations.

Have you ever wondered why all of the Arab OPEC nations have allowed the United States to conduct military operations against Iran from inside their territory? It’s because they all want to see the Iranian regime get decimated.

Now, at the same time, the Trump Administration has made very clear that it wants the United States to conduct a long-term withdrawal from the Middle East, handing off day-to-day operational control to our regional allies.

In fact, if you don’t believe me, I’d suggest you read the 33-page 2025 National Security Strategy and the 34-page Department of War National Defense Strategy. Both were released by the Trump Administration in the last 12 months.

However, in order to conduct this Middle Eastern withdrawal, two massive goals must be accomplished: 1) the Iranian regime’s capacity to project power must be destroyed, and 2) the United States’ reliance on the Arab OPEC nations’ adherence to the U.S. dollar must be lessened.

And this is why Trump’s play in Venezuela is so monumental. If Trump can unleash American energy production while simultaneously unlocking Venezuela’s oil reserves, OPEC loses almost all of its strategic value, and the United States is one massive step closer to untethering from the Middle East.

What we are witnessing right now is the Trump Administration's multi-step plan to escape the sandbox and, ultimately, put an end to the Global War on Terror era of American foreign policy.

It's ironic, because it's become increasingly popular to call Trump a "neo-con" who's looking to kick-start another War on Terror, but in reality, quite literally the exact opposite is true.

[Cary Cosgrove @Youraveragecit5]

Small businesses pay for all of this. Let me clue you in on the cost of doing business with Google… As a small business with just 6 full time employees, 1.6M a year revenue. I pay Google 50-60K a year for advertising. It’s most of our advertising budget. There is literally no escaping it. Talk to any small business in America and they will tell you the same thing.

[DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican]

🧵THE UNIPARTY UNMASKED – They Believe They Are “Democracy”

The seven NGOs in the chart below, in my view, represent the Uniparty. Each of these organizations receives substantial financial support from USAID or the Department of State.

Around 2019, the phrase “democracy in danger” began to dominate public discourse, amplified by the media. This was odd—after all, the U.S. is a democracy (or more precisely, a constitutional republic). But as I traced the influence of these NGOs, a pattern emerged: they are controlled by establishment politicians, they play a major role in shaping political narratives worldwide, and their core mission is always framed as “protecting democracy.”

Originally, these NGOs were created to support U.S. democratic efforts abroad—many of them emerging during the Cold War to combat the spread of communism. But with the fall of the Soviet Union, their original purpose faded. Instead of dissolving, they redefined their mission. Now, they have positioned themselves as the guardians of democracy itself.

This shift explains why Trump’s re-election was framed as a "threat to democracy." To these NGOs, “democracy” means themselves. Their survival depends on maintaining that role, and any challenge to their authority is perceived as a direct attack on democracy itself.

[Cary Cosgrove @Youraveragecit5]

Like watching a real time crucifixion of a company. I think it’s terrible what Callaway did just dropping you like a rock. There’s a lot of staff at this point at good good who will be completely upended by this nonsense. Fight to keep things going and recover overtime. People will get over this mess.

[Cary Cosgrove @Youraveragecit5]

@CallawayGolf Damn, I guess it’s time to go test the Titliest drivers

[Cary Cosgrove @Youraveragecit5]

@cd4losangeles Democrats literally make their own memes

[DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican]

An article I've been working on for a while.

The Seditious Six did not spring out of nowhere. They came from an institutional lineage that started soon after President Trump got elected. https://t.co/ThQ8CFmZpx

[Bobby D🎙 @robertdunlap947]

Here I thought Obumer was the anti Christ, but this guy makes a GREAT ARGUMENT that he is not🤔. The BIGGEST SCAM the Devil has ever pulled of (in my opinion) is getting 1.5 BILLION people to pray to him 5 times a day🤬. It’s not a religion, it’s a ☠️ cult😳

[Matt Calkins @Matt_Calkins]

After 11 years as a sports columnist at the Seattle Times, I have decided to resign. It was entirely my choice, and it was not an easy one. The impetus was the Times declining to run a column I wrote from the perspective of two female student athletes who were opposed to competing against biological males. It was one of several pieces of mine that had been spiked, and I no longer felt like I could properly do my job as a columnist. I lay out the situation in greater detail in the link below, but I want to say that I enjoyed my time with the paper, find the talent there to be immense, and have no animosity toward anyone who works there. It was just time for a change.

https://t.co/NAhfUbmaPI

[Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent @SecScottBessent]

Once again, the professor has come up short…

His latest screed is an impressive display of economic prestidigitation.

He concedes that wages are growing faster for low-income workers and then attempts to bury that dispositive fact beneath nearly 2,000 words.

Bank of America data show that spending among lower- and middle-income households has converged toward levels at the top as they lead labor market gains.

Professor Reich has a documented history of “inventing dialogue” when the truth doesn’t fit his narrative, a habit that forced him to rewrite his memoir after the media exposed his fabrications. Burger King appears not to be the only one who peddles “Whoppers.”

As I do not like “punching down,” this will be the last response to his four-decade pattern of packaging falsehoods as fact.

[Cary Cosgrove @Youraveragecit5]

@realMaalouf https://t.co/jdfzkocOaD

[Ashley Ayala @ARBAyala]

In lethal injection, a powerful anesthetic is given first because concentrated potassium chloride causes searing, fire like pain as it travels through the veins.

A paralytic follows, then the potassium chloride to stop the heart.

Without anesthesia, the person would experience that agony while conscious.

In late term abortions, the same potassium chloride (or digoxin) is injected into the unborn child’s heart or umbilical cord to stop the heartbeat before the procedure.

No anesthetic is given to the child.

Pain receptors are present, neural pathways are functional, and research shows premature infants of similar age are actually more sensitive to pain than full term newborns, partly because the pathways that normally dampen pain signals are not yet mature.

The same chemical that requires anesthesia for a condemned prisoner is delivered to an unborn child with none.

Ultrasound has documented fetal movement and signs of distress during the process.

People who are okay with this, are sick.

[Marty O'Donnell @MartyTheElder]

They can un-invite me from all the Halo events that they want. I just want to leave my grandkids with a nation that hasn't been rendered completely unrecognizable by Marxism.

[Cary Cosgrove @Youraveragecit5]

@fried_egg_golf Seeing these top amateurs compared to Tiger is such a joke. Tigers proffessional career was amazing, but his amateur career was simply astonishing.

[Fried Egg Golf @fried_egg_golf]

Your annual reminder

[Defiant L’s @DefiantLs]

Students in Kansas city are now leaving their phones in a locker before the bell rings and getting them back when classes are over under new state mandate

The move is for students engage in critical thinking without the urge to check texts or game

[The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee]

Sad: WNBA Task Force Fails To Define Woman After Spending Entire Meeting Trying To Pick Restaurant For Lunch https://t.co/enE6fnxsGl

[Nick shirley @nickshirleyy]

🚨 Your tax dollars have become the new money-laundering scheme for these corrupt politicians. Governor Hochul has been taking donations from these daycare fraudsters in NYC who receive millions of your taxpayer dollars to operate “adult daycares”

When I exposed the fraud in NYC, Governor Hochul and Mayor Mamdani went completely silent… maybe they didn’t want to offend their donors? 👀

[Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt]

They use fake polls, they use 3rd world bots on their X accounts, they cheat wherever they can to give this false impression of popularity & inevitability of the socialist virus, because the language of the communist is the lie. These psychos aren't popular, they're just scammers. VOTE! Don't let commies run anything. Not even dog-catcher. You've seen how the DSA people treat dogs, anyway.

[Royce White 🇺🇸 @Highway_30]

It came y'all... My 1st wig! Tomorrow I test it on the court. This is my feminine era glow up, did I slay? If y'all don't "yassss queen" you're transphobic. I really don't understand all the hatred, I just want to play some hoops with my fellow ladies. 💅🏽

Royce White for U.S. Senate MN 2026
WNBA #LetHerPlay