Brad

Just a father trying his best to raise good kids.

[Jonathan Turley @JonathanTurley]

As Democrats demand the removal of the masks of ICE agents, a protester was shown yesterday yelling at an agent, "I've got your face. I'll kill your whole f**king family. You whole f**king family is dead. Your child, your wife, and all are dead. I have your face mother f**ker. You re dead."

[Kennedy @KennedyNation]

When American POWs tried to sneak her notes with their personal information to tell their families they were still alive, she gave them to the North Vietnamese. Some of them were beaten to death. You are both commies and you can both fuck off.

[SaltyGoat @SaltyGoat17]

Wesley Hunt's district...

White: ~55%
Hispanic: ~25%
Black: ~10%
Asian: ~10%

It has NOTHING to do with his color!! It has EVERYTHING to do with his character!!!

A lesson Democrats will never understand

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

Since Democrats don't actually read the bill, here are 5 takeaways from today's HSGAC markup hearing:
1. There is no mention of the White House Ballroom in the bill.
2. The focus should be on funding the border, immigration, and homeland security.
3. "White House Ballroom" doesn't exist anywhere in the bill text.
4. Our Border Patrol agents need to be paid.
5. Let me say it again: this bill does NOT fund the White House Ballroom.

[Brilyn Hollyhand @BrilynHollyhand]

Rep. Wesley Hunt: "What's funny to me is you're mad at the guy who found the fraud, but not mad at the people who wasted your money."

[Thomas Sowell Quotes @ThomasSowell]

“While the creation of wealth may be more effective for enabling millions of people to rise out of poverty, it provides no special role for the political left, no puffed-up importance, no moral superiority. Redistribution is clearly better for the left.”

— Thomas Sowell

[Brad @BlankeBrad]

@notabuenas @JayWeber3 Concede the popular vote? What does that even mean?

[Erick Erickson @EWErickson]

For Democrats, everybody is a Nazi except the guy with the Nazi tattoo who hates the Jews.

[Steven Crowder @scrowder]

-90% of tin, tantalum, and tungsten miners in the D.R. Congo are men.
-96% of off-shore oil rig workers are men.
-97% of plumbers in the U.S. are men.
-98% of sailors are men.
-99.9% of the casualties in Ukraine-Russia war are men.

If all jobs are TRULY women’s jobs, why aren’t women fighting for equality here?

[Brad @BlankeBrad]

@yount1130 I'll meet you on opening day for a beer.

[Brad @BlankeBrad]

@eh_jay_ell @yount1130 There is no way it takes 30 min to get from Milwaukee to Madison. There is a planned stop in Watertown, you're telling me this train can make the run in 30 min or less with a stop halfway? Puff puff give

[James Woods @RealJamesWoods]

Flip flop.

[Sarah Sizzle @sizzle_sarah]

Remember, the people you’re arguing with thought this man was competent.👇🏻

[MAZE @mazemoore]

8:00AM: Trump should be removed from office for the threat he made.

6:00PM: Trump is a chicken for not following through on the threat he made.

One thing is for certain. The TDS shall continue tomorrow.

[The Real Mike Rowe @mikeroweworks]

If you haven’t heard, and even if you have, Jimmy Kimmel said this about Markwayne Mullin, former Senator from Oklahoma, and our newest Secretary of Homeland Security:
“We have a plumber now protecting us from terrorism.”

Apparently, there has been some backlash. Plumbers were offended, obviously, as were parents of plumbers, spouses of plumbers, children of plumbers, and millions of people who have had a plumber show up when they needed one. Comedians were also offended, (the funny ones, anyway,) along with a surprising number of terrorists - especially those with access to hot and cold running water. However, in spite of the ensuing kerfuffle, @jimmykimmel doubled down.

“I’m not upset that the head of Homeland Security was a plumber,” he said, “I’m upset that he isn’t still a plumber." He further elucidated by adding, "I wouldn't put a plumber in charge of Homeland Security for the same reason I wouldn't call a five-star general to pull a rat out of my toilet, OK? We all have our areas of expertise.”

Being offended is always a choice, and I don’t choose to be offended by a joke, even one that comes at the expense of the skilled tradespeople my foundation tries to elevate. But I am a tad butt hurt by the suggestion that skilled workers should never evolve into something new, and that competence is somehow limited to one vocation. Obviously, expertise and skill are important. If I need a new kidney, I’d prefer a doctor do the surgery, not a late-night talk show host. But if the doctor in question used to host a talk show, why would I hold that against him?

Ten years ago, during one of the presidential debates, @MarcoRubio answered a workforce-related question by arguing that America needed to get shop class back into high schools. He concluded by saying, “What our country needs are more welders and fewer philosophers.” A lot of people on this page commented that Rubio and I were singing from the same hymnal, but in fact, we weren’t. At least not entirely. Because I don’t think the current shortage of welders has anything to do with an overabundance of philosophers. In fact, I think it’s a mistake to promote one vocation at the expense of the other. What we really need in this country, are more welders who can talk intelligently about Aristotle, and more philosophers who can run an even bead. More Generals, in other words, who can fix their own toilets, and more plumbers who can hold a powerful government job.

This is what Mullin did. He was a private citizen who mastered an essential skill and then turned that skill into a multi-million-dollar company that employed a lot of people and served a lot of customers. That gave him the freedom to do other things with his life, including a career in public service which got him into Congress, where he’s spent the last eleven years doing whatever Congressmen do. Now, he has a very consequential position in the Cabinet of the current administration.

Is that not the embodiment of the American Dream? I get that Jimmy Kimmel might have a problem with Mullin’s politics, but what possible objection could he have about the trajectory of his career, or his desire to do more than one thing with his life?

The only sensible thing to do in the wake of a moment this tone deaf, is remind America that the skills gap is wide, and getting wider. The shortage of skilled tradespeople is now headline news and closing it is nothing less than a matter of national security. This year, my foundation has set aside $10 million dollars to help train the next generation of plumbers, and lots of other essential workers. I'm talking about hundreds of thousands of AI-proof, six figure jobs that don't require a four-year degree, waiting to be filled. The money is currently available to anyone who wants to master a useful skill at https://t.co/uolhGspFtN. Apply today.

As for those of you genuinely offended by Kimmel's comments, consider expressing your disappointment with a modest donation to mikeroweWORKS. Our work ethic scholarship is making a real difference, and your money will be well spent, I promise. The donate button is big and red and hard to miss, at https://t.co/uolhGspFtN

I’d love to chat but I’ve gotta pull a rat out of my toilet…

[John Stossel @JohnStossel]

Remember the start of the pandemic?

Cops chased people who paddled in the ocean, sat alone in cars, or played catch outdoors.

Swimmers were ordered to wear masks in pools.

It’s important we don’t forget how AUTHORITARIAN politicians are eager to be:

[Clay Travis @ClayTravis]

Iran has reportedly kidnapped the families of the Iranian women’s soccer team members who requested asylum & the women are now abandoning those claims and returning to the country to face torture or death. No prominent left wing American women’s soccer players have said a word.

[Tom Tiffany @TomTiffanyWI]

As misconduct in Wisconsin schools grows, @FrancescaHongWI:

-Voted NO to making child grooming a felony
-Voted NO to informing parents about what’s happening in their kids’ schools
-Voted NO to banning men from girls’ sports

And she’s the Democrat frontrunner for governor.

[Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok]

“Mohamed Atta boarded a plane on September 11th, 2001 for what could’ve been a normal flight enjoying the friendly skies.

But his life would drastically change when he found himself in the cockpit of the plane right outside a NYC skyscraper.” - CNN