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usma ‘23

[R A W S A L E R T S @rawsalerts]

🚨#BREAKING: SCOTUS has ruled that children born in the United States are guaranteed birthright citizenship under the Fourteenth Amendment, even if their parents are in the country unlawfully or temporarily.

[KAI @ended_everyone]

the way JUSTIN BIEBER did TWO weekends at coachella and still left boyfriend, somebody to love, love yourself, peaches, ghost, intentions, let me love you, cold water, company and many MORE… that catalogue is actually unreal like pure gold 😭

[fan 𓆩♡𓆪 ❀⋆࿔*࿐ @biebsdevotions]

Did you know you're an angel who forgot how to fly?

[mads @slayedjustin]

justin bieber smiling hallelujah

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

A 13-year-old Canadian kid uploaded R&B covers to YouTube in 2008 from his bedroom. A talent manager named Scooter Braun stumbled on the videos and signed him.

For the next 15 years, Braun controlled everything. Tours, branding, business deals, public image. The kid became the biggest pop star on the planet, sold 150 million records, racked up 32 billion Spotify streams, and had three Diamond-certified singles before turning 25.

Then in 2022, he got hit with Ramsay Hunt syndrome. Partial facial paralysis. Cancelled the world tour. Disappeared from public life entirely.

Here's where it gets interesting.

In January 2023, he sold his entire 290-song catalog to Hipgnosis for $200 million. Every song he'd ever released. "Baby." "Sorry." "Love Yourself." All of it. Gone. At 28 years old, he cashed out his past.

Then he dropped Scooter Braun. After 15 years. No manager. No agent. For the first time in his career, nobody was making decisions for him.

Fast forward to this weekend. Coachella calls. He picks up the phone himself. Rolling Stone confirmed he negotiated his own headlining deal directly with Goldenvoice. No agent commission. No manager cut. $10 million for two weekends, and he kept all of it.

Then he walked onto the biggest stage in music, sat down behind a MacBook, and pulled up YouTube.

He played "Baby" from 2010. He played his bedroom covers from 2008. He harmonized with his 13-year-old self in front of 100,000 people. Katy Perry joked about whether he had YouTube Premium.

Half the internet called it lazy. The other half called it genius.

They're both wrong. It was a receipt.

He sold his catalog for $200 million. He fired the man who discovered him. He negotiated his own deal. And then he went back to the exact platform where it all started and said: I built this from a laptop. I'm headlining Coachella from a laptop. And for the first time in my life, every dollar is mine.

The kid from YouTube just closed the loop.

[‏ؘ @postsjustin]

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2010 2026

[U.S. Central Command @CENTCOM]

🚫The Iranian regime claims to have killed 50 U.S. service members. LIE.
✅There have been no reported U.S. casualties.

🚫The IRGC claims that a U.S. Navy ship was struck by missiles. LIE.
✅No U.S. Navy ship has been struck. The Armada is fully operational.

🚫The Iranian regime is claiming severe damage at multiple U.S. bases. LIE.
✅Damage to U.S. installations was minimal and has not impacted operations.

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

An image we won't soon forget. Attorney General Pam Bondi refused to look at Epstein survivors pictured behind her on the Hill today.

[Chicks in the Office @ChicksInTheOff]

The #Grammys were just a reminder that Justin Bieber has the voice of an angel

[sel @wbkbieber]

THEY ARE SERIOUSLY THE CUTEST

[JBA Meet me in the Middle extremes are Bad @JoelleAdler]

@EmmanuelAcho @justinbieber We forget the unbelievable talent of this young man. He does not get enough credit for his musicianship. Instruments he plays, music he writes and his angst when he sings.

[Complex Music @ComplexMusic]

Justin Bieber’s full #GRAMMYS performance of “Yukon”

[Emmanuel Acho @EmmanuelAcho]

No dancers.
No visuals.
No outfit.

Just straight vocals.

Well done, @justinbieber

#Grammys

[Cons @CaptainCons]

Wake up America!

We need to take a good long hard look in the mirror. What’s going on is not ok! It’s not the America I raised my right hand to defend.

Blood in the streets. Armed ICE agents operating without clear tactics/rules of engagement and killing people unnecessarily. Instilling fear in our fellow Americans is no way to govern.

Throw the politics out the window. This isn’t right versus left. This is about right versus wrong. This is about having a moral compass to guide us as opposed to wild emotion causing chaos.

What has gone on is abhorrent and what you might expect in a third world country but not here. We are devolving into something unrecognizable.

Stop the hate. Stop the finger pointing. We need adults to take accountability for their actions. We need adults to stand up and collectively agree, “We are accomplishing nothing right now except dividing ourselves further. We need to put down our weapons and forge a path forward with civility and humanity at the forefront.” Don’t worry about protecting your “base” - worry about protecting your fellow countrymen and women.

I am praying for this country right now. It’s not too late. We can fix ourselves but we can’t do it until people start taking ownership of heinous acts. We need to be a country of law and order. We need to be a country that does not infringe on rights of others.

We need to come together. Please, I beg you.

[ESPN @espn]

FERNANDO. MENDOZA.

THE PLAY OF A LIFETIME ‼️

[B/R Gridiron @brgridiron]

Giants HC John Harbaugh with his first message to the fans 👀

[Pattie Mallette @pattiemallette]

Congratulations on Swag II @justinbieber Your voice sounds so good. 💃😍

[Alfredo Flores @AlfredoFlores]

buy daisies on iTunes
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[Justin Bieber @justinbieber]

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