Andrew Klenk

[Breitbart News @BreitbartNews]

"Braveheart" screenwriter Randall Wallace says Mel Gibson warned him about collaborating on "The Resurrection of the Christ": "Satan's going to come after you."

"If we do this, it can't be for the money and it can't be to get back at people that have hated us or wronged us or been unhappy with us."

[MAZE @mazemoore]

Reminder that if you are fully vaccinated and up to date on boosters, you are allowed to celebrate the Fourth of July.

Those vaccinated are even permitted to have a very small backyard barbecue. Five person maximum.

[Paul Anleitner @PaulAnleitner]

The Sandlot has the single greatest vision of American life ever put on film.

This scene is what it’s all about. 🇺🇸

[Derrick Evans @DerrickEvans4WV]

You seriously can’t hate the government enough.

They took almost half of her bonus.

It wouldn’t be as bad if they were using the money to benefit Americans, but they steal our money and send it to other countries.

[Sense Receptor @SenseReceptor]

TIM DILLON on therapists supercharging the downfall of the American family🇺🇸💔

"family in America means almost nothing... Everything's such an individual pursuit... and that's reinforced"

"[And] therapy... has become a way to... enable... sick people to just become selfish psychopaths"

"doctors will tell you, Yeah, fuck it, it's your father, who cares?"

"I think when you go to... other countries... you realize how deeply rooted a lot of things are in family and culture and tradition, and... we come from a country where, almost very little is"

"So then what has replaced that? It's clearly the state and corporations... And ideology. So they've replaced families and communities"

@joerogan @TimJDillon

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"You know what's interesting about family? I just spoke to a comedian who went on a world tour, and he was in India, and he was talking about how poor people in India don't live on the street. They live in slums. Which—It's better.

"It's better to live in slums than the street, because a lot of poor people are with their families, and they won't cast their family out. Family in America almost means, nothing.

"Everything's such an individual pursuit that family means nothing. And, that's reinforced.

"I am in an argument with my father. His wife has different political views on certain things, so we haven't spoken in a little bit. My cousin's getting married, and I told— I have a therapist now that I've had for six months who, I don't know if it's good or— I don't know if you ever know if a therapist is good or not.

"And I told my therapist, my dad and his wife are gonna be there, and I haven't spoken to them, but I love my cousin, and I want to support her marriage. I want to go. And my therapist goes, well, you don't have to go.

"My therapist goes, if you feel it's gonna make you happy, go. So therapy in our country is— Has become a way to kind of enable, like, sick people to just become selfish psychopaths.

"And family in America means almost nothing. And it is reinforced how little family means because, doctors will tell you, yeah, fuck it, it's your father who cares.

"It's basically a thing where like, I think when you go to these other countries and you realize how deeply rooted a lot of things are in family and culture and tradition. And then we come from a country where, almost very little is.

"I'm not saying people don't have great families here, but, America is about you. And it's not about— If you don't agree with your sister, fuck her. If your mother disagrees with you, block her. That's our country.

"And in other countries, that's unheard of. That's unheard of. It doesn't happen. And, the comedian was explaining to me, in India, there's— There's, a lot less of a drug problem in certain areas.

"And he was wondering why, and he goes, well, people don't want to do drugs to, like, disgrace their family. Even poor people. Even poor people will be like, I don't want to be a drug addict 'cause family's going to think bad about that.

"Whereas here, there's people that'll shoot up in front of their parents. You know what I mean? Culturally, we've gotten to this point where people are having less children. Family means very little. So then what has replaced that? It's clearly the state and corporations... And ideology. So they've replaced families and communities."

[Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes]

Dr. Joseph Galati has been noticing a very alarming trend growing in the last 10-15 years in America

“Physicians are not examining their patients anymore? That's like a thing of the past. When I see patients, every single patient gets in a gown and they're examined from head to toe. And patients will ask, "What are you going to do to me?" And I'll ask them, "Hasn't your other doctors been examining you?" And they're like, "No, they just sit and talk to me."”

This is mainly driven by insurance companies

- Doctors have to have quick appointments, often times 10-15 minute slots
- Testing and medications have much higher reimbursement rates so they go with those over lengthy exams

We need to kick big money out of healthcare

[Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog]

You cannot claim that you’re aborting your Down syndrome child because you don’t want him to “suffer.” First of all, killing a child so they don’t suffer is psychopath serial killer logic. You’re on the same moral plane as Andrea Yates. Second, children with Down syndrome are famously some of the happiest people you’ll ever meet in your life. They are not in fact living in a state of perpetual torment. So what’s really happening is that you’re killing your child so that YOU won’t suffer the inconvenience of caring for him. This is about freeing yourself of your own perceived suffering. If you’re going to be a child killing sociopath, at least be honest about it.

[🚫👁️Drinks on Saturday🇺🇸 @drinkonsaturday]

A midlife crisis is that gut-punch moment—usually 40s-50s—when the script you followed stops working. You wake up, stare at the mortgage/kids/career, and think: "Is this it?" It's regret + mortality + "what if." The classic version hits after decades of relative stability: house paid, pension building, kids launched. You bought the myth of linear progress, then rebel by buying a Corvette or quitting for Bali.

For millennials, it's weirder. No stable baseline. 9/11, Great Recession, housing crash, wars, gig economy, pandemics, inflation, AI disruption—your adulthood was a permanent turbulence simulation. The "crisis" isn't losing the dream; it's realizing the dream was sold to boomers. You adapted faster, built side hustles, delayed milestones, questioned institutions early. Stability feels like a luxury, not a right.

What’s ahead? Not "calling your own" in the old sense—no guaranteed pension castle. But radical ownership: your skills, networks, values, small empires (family, community, creations). Look forward to deliberate reinvention at 45, not crisis. Compound resilience. Legacy isn't assets; it's antifragility in chaos. Many of us will peak later, freer than prior gens ever were.

The game changed. Play it out anyway. Live.

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

@WSJ @WSJFreeEx @WSJopinion @MattHennessey It’s public record, not a secret, that the Republican Jewish Coalition, AIPAC, and a Miriam Adelson funded superPAC spent tens of millions of dollars against me to buy this Congressional seat in Kentucky.

[Hannah Cox @HannahDCox]

He acts like a $28 lunch is a steak dinner.

Maybe let people work at home or quit breaking the dollar with moronic policies.

This kind of advice makes people want to eat the rich for lunch and it’s valid.

[James Li @5149jamesli]

Thomas Massie: "I vote with Republicans 91% of the time. And the 9% I don't, they're taking up for pedophiles, starting another war, or bankrupting our country."

An absolute mic drop. 🎤⬇️

[@jason @Jason]

We need to get big money out of politics — $20m to oppose @RepThomasMassie?!

Wild… how can that be?!?

1. We should limit donations in local races to [ checks notes ] people who live in that location

2. We should cap all corporations at $1m to any candidate

3. We should ban or cap all these superpacs

Of course, I’m not sure how we get money out of politics if the politicians are getting all the money!

[Camus @newstart_2024]

Adam Carolla made a sharp point on Megyn Kelly:

We spent decades winning the war on cigarette smoking… then turned around and basically told everyone weed is harmless medicine.

Now we have a generation that doesn’t smoke cigarettes but smokes a lot of pot — and it’s quietly messing a lot of young people up. Carolla said if you asked the average progressive mom whether she’d rather her teenage son smoke cigarettes or weed, most would pick weed.

We traded one public health problem for another, this time with a trendy “natural” halo around it.

I’ve seen this cultural shift happen in many places — the “weed is safe” narrative got pushed so hard that we’ve downplayed the real effects on developing brains.

What do you think — did society overcorrect on cigarettes and under-correct on cannabis, or is weed genuinely safer for teenagers?

[Joel Lopez | Save Your Marriage @TheeJoelLopez]

One of the dumbest things I've done as a Dad is get mad at my kids for being kids.

[AlphaFox @alphafox]

Man perfectly explains the reason for the worlds declining birth rate: 💯

[Clint Teeples @TeeplesCY]

"If I told you there was one free thing you could do every Sunday that would make your kids happier, healthier, smarter, and closer to you, you'd think I was selling something."

Take your kids to church regularly. I don't care if you believe. The data is so lopsided that skipping it is the parenting equivalent of refusing vegetables because you don't like the taste.

Grades. Religious teens get As at almost twice the rate of nonreligious teens. In a class of 100, that's 24 A-students instead of 14. Church gives a kid the same academic boost as being born rich instead of poor.

College. Working-class religious kids earn bachelor's degrees at double the rate of their nonreligious peers. Middle-class kids do it at 1.5x the rate. For families without a trust fund, this is one of the most powerful forms of upward mobility social scientists have measured.

Character. Religious teens are far less likely to lie, cheat, or do things they hope their parents never find out about. They're more likely to care about racial equality, the elderly, and the poor. They reject the idea that morality is whatever works for you in the moment. That kind of kid doesn't happen by accident. It's built.

Closeness. 60% of parents of religious teens say they feel "extremely close" to their kid, compared to 50% of nonreligious parents. The kids report the same thing back. They get along better with their parents, talk about hard stuff, and actually want to spend time with their family.

Despair. Religious teens are dramatically less likely to be depressed, anxious, lonely, or feel that life is meaningless. 90% of devoted religious teens never binge drink, compared to 41% of the disengaged. Economists named the modern epidemic "deaths of despair." Regular church attendance is one of the strongest known buffers against it. Parents are spending fortunes trying to solve teen mental health. The most evidence-backed intervention is free.

Purpose. Religious young adults report higher purpose, gratitude, life satisfaction, and resilience. These are the exact traits every parent says they want their kid to have.

Here's why it works. Affluent families already surround their kids with networks of stable, accomplished adults through neighborhoods, schools, and parents' colleagues. Working and middle-class families usually don't. A congregation is often the last institution in American life that puts your kid in weekly contact with dozens of stable, employed, sober adults who know their name. It used to be called "a village." Now it barely exists outside of churches.

"But I don't believe." Your kid doesn't need your theology. They need you to show up.

"But church is boring." So is sitting through a kindergarten music recital. Parenting is the deliberate choice to be bored on purpose for someone you love.

There's a church within 15 minutes of nearly every American home. You don't need money, connections, or credentials to walk in. Nothing else in this country will surround your kid with engaged adults, teach them moral seriousness, and give them a stable weekly rhythm at zero cost.

You already drive them to practices that produce far less. The free thing on Sunday produces more, on more dimensions, than almost anything else you do as a parent.

You don't have to believe anything. You just have to take them.

[Dr Taylor Marshall™️ @TaylorRMarshall]

I'm watching the film “Sandlot” with our kids and just realized that the film’s version of America with baseball, public pools, county fair, block parties, etc is almost extinct.

[Tucker Carlson @TuckerCarlson]

Given that on your deathbed the only thing you’ll care about is your children, it’s kind of weird that our whole society is designed to prevent you from having any. Terry Schilling, the father of eight, just made a film about it, called Fathers Wanted. Available now on TCN.

0:00 What Is It Like Being a Father?
6:04 Overcoming Addiction
13:21 The Importance of Self-Reflection
18:20 Is There Such a Thing as a Happy Death?
21:31 Charlie Kirk, Marriage, and Game Rigged Against Families
27:43 What Makes a Good Father?
31:17 The Lies Against Men and Family
38:06 Do Humans Need AI?
42:01 How Fathers Instill Empathy in Their Children
44:47 Why Are Women Choosing a Career Over Motherhood?
51:16 Why We're Not Investing in the Next Generation
1:03:07 What Schilling Learned From His Father