Bryan Amerling

husband, father, UF grad, Asbury Seminary grad, Gator fan, Jags fan, Celtics fan (he/him)

[Bryan Amerling @bamerling]

I mean; Go Gators and all due respect to Haden, but don’t ask me to have much sympathy with whatever this is. Gosh, you were only able to give your parents $3M and another $1M home in your first year. And still had millions leftover. My heart breaks for you. 🙄

[KΞRL_✂️ @KRL_defi_]

Joe Haden says most people have no idea how quickly an NFL contract disappears once taxes and family expenses hit.

“I signed a five-year, $50 million contract.”

“I had about $26.6 million guaranteed.”

“My first year, I got a $12 million signing bonus.”

“After taxes, I only touched around $7 million.”

“The first thing I did was give my parents $3 million.”

“Then I bought them a $1 million house.”

“So right away, about $5 million was gone.”

“I bought my brothers cars.”

“I bought myself a penthouse.”

“I got a Range Rover Sport and a Bentley GT.”

“People hear $50 million and think you’ve got $50 million sitting in the bank.”

“That’s not how it works.”

“You look up after all that and realize you might only have around $1 million left.”

“You start understanding real quick that a $50 million contract is not actually $50 million.”

“That’s why so many guys go broke.”

[Tim Walz @Tim_Walz]

Found an imaginary problem, said only they could fix it, didn’t listen to experts, hired buddies who grifted millions, failed miserably, bragged how great it went.

The entire Trump presidency in a nutshell.

[Bryan Amerling @bamerling]

There’s always a tweet.

Always.

[Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump]

What a rotten deal we made with Iran. We get nothing (except laughter at our stupidity). They get everything, including delay and big cash!

[Travis Akers 🇺🇸 @travisakers]

Misspelling words on a campaign sign about education sums up Byron Donalds.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Cocchiarella: There’s a 100% chance of bugs. That’s a real stat.

So Trump’s acolyte, Dana White, has literally lined the cage with industrial fans to blow the gnats off the fighters.

For this octogenarian’s birthday, the failing, aging king—decaying in real time—has decided to throw himself a giant blood-sport party on the palace lawn to prove that he is still strong. And heaven responds by sending a heat wave, a thunderstorm, and a literal plague of insects down on top of him.

[Bryan Amerling @bamerling]

Just watched a recording of the @USMNT game vs Paraguay. The single best MNT performance I’ve seen in my life. Speed, cohesion, relentless effort. Wow. What a game.

[Team Talarico @TeamTalaricoHQ]

.@JamesTalarico: There's been a lot of talk in this race about what it means to be a real man.

Recently on the campaign trail I told the story of my adoptive dad, Mark Talarico. Every Saturday morning, he would mow our lawn, and then without anyone asking him to, he would go next door and mow our neighbor's lawn because she was a widow. My dad never talked about it — he just did it, because that's what a man does.

A man takes responsibility, upholds his commitments to his family and his neighbors, and does what's right, even when no one is watching.

Here's what real men don't do. They don't lie and cheat their way through life, sell their soul to the highest bidder, or steal from other people in order to enrich themselves. Real men serve others. Weak men serve themselves.

I welcome this debate about what it means to be a man, and I don't think Ken Paxton or Ted Cruz are in a position to tell anybody what a real man is.

[Bryan Amerling @bamerling]

100% this.

[AT @primediscussion]

I know people don’t want to make the connection, but being defiant and unapologetic in the face of clearly doing some shit that is wrong is a direct result of the last decade of political climate.

[Janice Hough @leftcoastbabe]

From the Texas Tribune:

After Mexican officials confirmed case of screwworm in Nov. 2024, USDA, under Joe Biden, closed southern ports of entry to live cattle imports to prevent spread of screwworm into U.S. Move also strained supply of cattle in Texas....
USDA reversed course in Feb 2025, after Trump took office, announcing opening of ports"

[Bryan Amerling @bamerling]

He is truly and clearly one of the worst human beings of my lifetime. There’s no decency, truth, compassion, or kindness anywhere within him.

As a Christian I acknowledge the Imago Dei within him, but he tarnishes it with every lie, every insult, every awful word and thought.

[The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline]

Trump quits his interview: "You're either crooked or you're stupid…Your elections are crooked. You're crooked. Meet The Press is crooked. And so is ABC, and CBS, and CNN…Alright, let's call it quits because I've had enough. Thank you, darling. Have a good time."

[Bryan Amerling @bamerling]

I’ve got a pretty good idea of what might have made the raw milk drinking folks sick.

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

“Idaho health officials are investigating how nearly 60 people got sick after drinking raw milk in the past two weeks” https://t.co/zAYee6RVq6

[Bryan Amerling @bamerling]

Truly shocking development. And the beat goes on…

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

BREAKING: More than half of the publicly identified donors to President Trump’s White House ballroom project have won new or expanded federal contracts worth more than $50 billion, per WaPo

[Bryan Amerling @bamerling]

@GatorDave_GB 4 OL in the top 150, Dave. Let’s freaking go!

[Bryan Amerling @bamerling]

@ExposingClay I remember listening to his radio show years and years ago and realizing pretty quickly he was just a right wing shill hoping to get in on the grift. He’s so disingenuous and fake. Just an empty shell.

[Bryan Amerling @bamerling]

Crazy, I agree with this lunatic for once.

[Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog]

I’m actually pretty pissed at how badly they’ve bungled America 250. First they tried to invite Milli Vanilli and a bunch of other absurdly washed up geriatric one hit wonders. Then when that didn’t work they decided to convert the event into a Trump rally where Trump will talk about himself for 90 minutes. This should have been a massive, raucous celebration of the country and its 250 year history. Now it will be a political rally identical to the ten million other ones we’ve already seen.

[Bryan Amerling @bamerling]

I like watching some UFC fights from time to time, but Dana White has really become just a giant jerk. He wouldn’t last ten minutes on a soccer pitch. Most of his fighters wouldn’t either.

You don’t have to denigrate one sport to prop yours up, unless you’re deeply insecure.

[Joe Rogan Podcast News @joeroganhq]

Dana White: "Can’t stand soccer, I think is the least talented sport on earth. There’s a reason 3 year olds can play soccer."

[Bryan Amerling @bamerling]

Evangelical leaders back themselves into corners and then twist themselves into knots attempting to explain why they’ll vote for the guy who is clearly the immoral and worst option over the guy who professes Jesus as their savior but has some theological differences.

[Jason Howerton @jason_howerton]

Since I’m going to be hearing this for the next 6 months as a Texas voter, let me answer the question:

“You would vote for an adulterer over James Talarico? That’s not very Christian.”

Here’s the truth: I would rather vote for almost anyone else who is going to at least advocate for conservative *policies* over a literal heretic who wears my faith like a skin suit, advocates for policies that harm children, endorses immorality and generally harm society.

Ken Paxton has personal baggage. I don’t deny that. But Talarico has plenty too — and he openly mocks God’s law and treats Jesus as a political mascot all while pushing a radical far-left agenda that would be a disaster for my state.

You see, I’m an adult. I do not expect those who are seeking political office to be my moral superiors or even trustworthy. They are tools to be used to do the least amount of damage via policy.

I wish more pastors and men who live godly lives were running. I really do. But the options we get are what they are.

Paxton supports secure borders, law enforcement, lower taxes, unleashing American energy, the Second Amendment, just to name a few.

Talarico supports unlimited abortion, trans-ing children, higher taxes, government-run “healthcare,” and is incredibly comfortable blaspheming the word of God.

I’m not voting for a priest. I’m voting for an imperfect person to represent my interests. That’s how it works.

You’re not going to guilt trip Texans into supporting a looney tunes candidate like Talarico. Paxton will win by 5+.

It’s about policy, not personality.

[Andrew Bogusch @AndrewBogusch]

the amount of people telling Abdul Carter how to act, but not Jaxson Dart, isn't surprising, but still disappointing

[Bryan Amerling @bamerling]

Interesting take because, as I see it, the villains won. Vought Industries still stood at the end of the show. Stan Edgar paid some lip service with “we are going to take time to listen” nonsense, but in the end, the corporation that created this disaster, was still in business.

[Lorxel ×͜× @lorxell]

Is there any show where the villain actually won?

I’m tired of villains losing to the plot.

[José N Miranda @jnmiranda7]

I’ve been a proud @UF Gator due to the sense of belonging it fostered while I was there, so it’s disappointing to see UF officially turn its back on diversity, on equity, & on inclusion. We knew this was happening already. Just didn’t realize UF was a willing participant.