Kurt Akerman

[Sean Parnell @SeanParnellASW]

Carry on Patriots.

[Chicago White Sox @whitesox]

a Winning Ugly reunion

[Uzi @UziCryptoo]

Hypothetically........ I'm being taxed on money I never made. Let that sink in.

If I bought my property outright for $120,000 in 2001

Now the county says it’s worth $499,100.

Did I sell it? No.
Did I make a profit? No.
Did I get a check for $499,100? No.

But my taxes jumped like I did.

That's the problem.
This isn't income.
This isn't cash.

This is a number someone decided on paper - and now I'm being billed for it.

If my stock portfolio doubles, I don't pay taxes until I sell.

If my income doesn't increase, I don't magically owe more income tax.

So why does owning a home work differently?

Why am I being taxed on unrealized gains?

A house isn't just an investment, it's where people live.

And this system means you can do everything right, pay off your home, and still get squeezed harder every year because of a number you never turned into money.

You don't truly own something if you can be taxed out of it.

This isn't about "services" or "inflation."

It's about being charged for value you never received.

And people are starting to notice.

[David Klein @CoachDavidKlein]

Kid pitch at age 6 is not development. It's performance pressure on a child who still believes in Santa Claus. 🎅⚾ We have a problem with how youth baseball is offered in America and nobody wants to say it out loud. #baseball #baseballdrills #baseballtraining #legendscamps #youthbaseball

[Bradley Baseball @BradleyGloves]

@CoachDavidKlein Even at 7-9 years old, it's ridiculous at the rec level to force feed kid pitch baseball. I told the LL Board in our town, "You can't have a swim meet when 90% of the kids will drown." They told me to shut up and coach my team.

[First Lady Melania Trump @FLOTUS]

Kimmel’s hateful and violent rhetoric is intended to divide our country. His monologue about my family isn’t comedy- his words are corrosive and deepens the political sickness within America.

People like Kimmel shouldn’t have the opportunity to enter our homes each evening to spread hate.

A coward, Kimmel hides behind ABC because he knows the network will keep running cover to protect him.

Enough is enough.  It is time for ABC to take a stand.  How many times will ABC’s leadership enable Kimmel’s atrocious behavior at the expense of our community.

[Derrick Van Orden @derrickvanorden]

Prison

[Zak Blair @coachzblair10]

Here we go again. Another over the top celebration at 12u. If you think this is good for baseball, you are the problem.

Bat almost hits him in the face after the spike, then all the "look at me" antics, and you gotta love the cameraman on the field running with the kid.

What a joke. It's all a show...🤦🏼‍♂️

[Donut Operator 🍩 @DonutOperator]

Principal stops active shooter.
What a frickin stud.

[Midwest Millennial @MillennialVerse]

Welcome to Illinois—where Democrats are driving the “American Dream” into extinction.

Nearly 30 years the Democrats have controlled the House and Senate while sitting back watching property taxes explode.

Nothing will change until they’re voted out.

[Fryedaddy/Frito @shegone03]

I agree with coach Matt Deggs of @RaginCajunsBSB

I am shocked at how some @d1baseball coaches allow their players to behave!

I encourage parents to go watch a game from every school recruiting your son and see how their players behave!

If they are disrespectful and acting like fools find another school because that’s how your son will be behaving and that’s not what you want!

#shegone
@notgaetti @BobFile @twuench @billdubs @iamrags @low_and_outside @WesClements22 @TheRealJHair @DMEASrecruiting @VandyonTigers @JCraigFlowers @SalMarinello @AMBS_Kernan

[80’s/90’s Plumbers Rep @MoryMagisSprts]

Michael Jordan turned Pip, Grant, BJ, Pax, Kerr into household names.

Bron turned Wade, Bosh, Kyrie, Love, Russ, & AD into scapegoats.

[The Ways of A Gentleman @Gentleman_Ways]

“I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual."

-Henry David Thoreau

[Joe Abraham @angeldadjoe]

.@GovPritzker, I saw your post honoring lives lost in Minnesota—standing publicly, naming Alex Pretti and Renee Good, and laying flowers in their memory.

But where was that same compassion on January 19, 2025?

That is the day my 20-year-old daughter, Katie Abraham, was killed here in Illinois. She was innocent. She did not knowingly put herself in the middle of an ongoing law enforcement situation. She was not making a dangerous choice.

She was simply living her life—and it was taken from her.

You have never said her name. You have never come to where she died. You have never acknowledged her publicly.

And beyond that—you have never even responded to me.

I sent you a simple, non-political letter. Not for attention. Not for headlines. Just a father asking for clarity, for answers, and for understanding of the state’s position.

You never replied.

And now, in the wake of another tragedy here in Chicago, your public display of compassion elsewhere—while remaining silent about victims in your own state—feels deeply disconnected from the reality families like mine are living every day.

Instead, you continue to defend sanctuary policies that create the conditions where preventable tragedies like hers can happen.

This is not about politics. It’s about leadership and accountability.

When you choose to publicly mourn some victims while remaining silent about others—especially those lost under policies you support—it sends a message.

Whether intentional or not, it tells families like mine that our loss does not matter the same way.

So I am asking you directly:

Where is your compassion for my daughter? Where is your acknowledgment of victims here in Illinois? And when will you take responsibility for the consequences of the policies you defend?

Say her name: Katie Abraham.

Stand where she died. Show the people of Illinois that every life matters.

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

NEW: Senator Markwayne Mullin tears up as he tells a story about how President Trump went to work for him when he found out his son had a traumatic brain injury.

Mullin explained how his son became a completely different kid after the injury.

“Here you had a world-class athlete that wrestled all over the world since he was 12 years old, and he couldn't touch his nose, he couldn't walk without shuffling his feet…”

“And then [Trump] says, ‘I'm gonna come see him.’”

“This is the middle of the election. This is Bakersfield, California. Really not an area he's gotta go campaign. And he took the time to come up there and see Jim…”

[Jon Root @JonnyRoot_]

Colin Dorgan, whose mother, brother & grandfather were murdered in Rhode Island by his trans father at a hockey game last month, scored the game-winning goal in double OT, sending his high school team to the championship.

Great story of resilience.

[Jomboy Media @JomboyMedia]

Czechia's Ondřej Satoria, who is a full-time electrician, leaves his final career game to a standing ovation after throwing 4.2 shutout innings against Japan!

[Johnny Midnight ⚡️ @its_The_Dr]

One of the best explanations of Greed and How Capitalism is our only real escape from Poverty! Milton was Brilliant! Phil Donahue was more Philosophical, but when facts meet Philosophy Facts always win.

[Old Time Football 🏈 @Ol_TimeFootball]

Mike Ditka retires in March 1973.
#Bears
🎥:@SMUJonesFilm

[𝓡𝑜𝓈𝓈 𝒞𝑜𝑜𝓅𝑒𝓇 @CoachRC23]

The problem isn’t the kids

The problem has always been, and will always be the adults

The kids are a reflection of the parents and coaches