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[Carson @carsonr__]

Terrance Shannon Jr. finna be a Timberwolf. That is all.

#NBADraft

[Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 @FmrRepMTG]

We said no more foreign wars and we meant it and supported Donald Trump because he made that promise.
But he’s betrayed us all.
Our commitment is America First for all Americans, right, left, and center.
The movement has begun.

[Freddy🇩🇪 @FreddyLA7]

So long, America🫡🇺🇸

49 days ago we landed in the USA to follow our country at the World Cup. We had no idea it would turn into the trip of a lifetime.

Thank you to everyone who followed along, and to all the people we met who made this journey even more special. We honestly don’t have the words to express how grateful we are for everything you did for us.

This trip exceeded every expectation we had. We came here with an open mind, wanting to experience as much of the country as possible. I still remember telling my friends on the flight to Atlanta that I hoped we’d get to meet a few locals on this trip. Now we’re flying home with friends all across the USA.

Before we came, we heard so many stereotypes and warnings about America. People told us about safety concerns, that they might check our social media at the border, and all kinds of other things. None of it matched our experience. This was probably the most welcoming country we’ve ever visited.

So if you have the chance to travel, do it. The world isn’t nearly as bad as the media often makes it seem. 99% of people are awesome!

I heard this quote somewhere during the World Cup, and I think it sums up our experience perfectly:

“If you want to hate the world, watch the news. If you want to love it, travel it.”

Thank you, America ❤️🇺🇸

[Carson @carsonr__]

Absolute legend this Freddy 🐐🇺🇸⚽️

[Freddy🇩🇪 @FreddyLA7]

Ending the trip in the nations capital🇺🇸

[Kevin O'Connor @KevinOConnor]

The Timberwolves are the best basketball fit for LeBron James.

C: Gobert / Beringer
F: LeBron / Green
F: McDaniels / Shannon
G: Edwards / Dosunmu
G: LaMelo / Hyland

That's a filthy 10-man rotation. Everyone in the rotation besides the centers can create their own shot. They'd basically be upgrading Conley with LaMelo and Randle with LeBron. With Zikarsky, Evans, Clark, and Pullin as young depth pieces and a possible DDV return late in the year, they'd also have a deep bench.

Of course, LeBron may not want to live in Minnesota. And he may not want to be the third ball handler behind Ball and Edwards. There are other factors at play. But purely from a basketball perspective, with LeBron added, this Timberwolves team might just be the favorite.

[Echoes of War @EchoesofWarYT]

Four musket balls tore through George Washington's coat at the Battle of Monongahela. Two horses were shot dead beneath him. He rode back and forth across the worst of the fighting rallying broken men, and when the smoke cleared he did not have a single scratch on him. An Indian chief later said he ordered his men to fire at Washington again and again, then stopped, certain the Great Spirit was shielding him.

He was 23 years old. He wrote to his brother a few days later, almost puzzled by it, and said he had been protected beyond all human expectation by the miraculous care of Providence.

And here is the part people forget. That was not the one time. That was the pattern.

At Princeton he rode his horse to within thirty yards of the British line and told his men to hold as the muskets opened up. An officer who was there covered his eyes because he was sure he was about to watch the general die. When he looked again Washington was still sitting tall in the saddle, waving his hat, completely unharmed. For eight years of war he stood where the fighting was heaviest and the bullets simply refused to find him. His enemies started to talk about it. His own soldiers started to believe it.

He was not being reckless. He just never seemed to believe it was his time.

This is the thread that runs through nearly every great man in history. They lived like the date had already been written and no enemy on earth could move it up by a single hour.

Caesar stood on the bank of the Rubicon, looked at everything he was about to risk, and said the die is already cast. Then he walked into it.

Cromwell rode into battle after battle convinced the outcome had been settled long before either army woke up that morning, and he fought like a man who had nothing left to fear because the ending was not his to decide.

Andrew Jackson stood on the Capitol steps while a man walked up and pulled a pistol on him at point blank range. It misfired. The man drew a second pistol. That one misfired too. The odds of both failing were so small that people argued about it for years. Jackson just raised his cane and went after the man himself.

Stonewall Jackson would ride calmly through a storm of gunfire while everyone around him flinched, and when someone finally asked how he stayed so steady he said it plainly. My religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has already fixed the time of my death, so I do not trouble myself about it. I am always ready, no matter when it comes.

That was the whole secret. Not that they loved danger. Not that they did not feel fear. They simply believed their steps were already numbered by a hand higher than any king, and a man who truly believes that walks through fire like it is a hallway.

You cannot kill a man before his work is done.

And when you line their lives up side by side, the escapes, the misfires, the bullets that passed through the coat but never the man, it gets very hard to call all of it luck.

[Carson @carsonr__]

This guy is so raw but flashes of KD…

[Frankie Vision @Frankie_Vision]

Caleb Wilson NBA SL Debut vs the Grizzlies..

35 PTS (12-21 FG, 7-11 3PT)
6 REBS
3 BLKS
2 STLS

I tried to tell yall.. SMH

[Zach Lahn @ZachLahn]

The story of America is unmatched in human civilization.

It is the story of undaunted courage, of a bloody independence, of a Republic on the brink, of rebuilding & restoring, of rights being secured, and of sacrifice & liberation of those in the old countries who have lost hope.

It is the creation of a new, American, identity.

An identity that since the founding of our country has been open to those who truly desire to be American and adopt a wholly new spirit of being an American as our ancestors did when arriving on the shores of this foreign land.

Theodore Roosevelt, an inspirer of men and a believer in the soul of America and in calling his countrymen to the highest of callings which our founding documents and our faith demand of us, knew that adopting this new American identity was necessary to maintain the fabric of our republic.

He knew that anyone “who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin.

But this is predicated upon the person’s becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American…Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn’t an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag.”

As a defining characteristic, our American identity is second only to that of our faith.

On the 250th anniversary of our country, a country that has secured more rights, alleviated more poverty, ended more suffering for more people than any other on the face of the earth, I am praying for a renewal of the love and desire to adopt that American identity that so many toiled, labored, and bled to preserve.

To 250 more years of Independence and a revival of the American spirit.

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

Neither the spirit of this Declaration nor due respect for the red lines contained therein resides in our nation’s capital.

On this 250th anniversary of our Founders’ bold assertion of these principles, let’s honor them by keeping this flame burning within us.

[Garrett Exner @Exner_Garrett]

Ray’s Rock - Omaha Beach

On the morning of June 6, 1944, 23 year old Staff Sergeant Arnold “Ray” Lambert came ashore with the first wave of the 1st Infantry Division on the eastern side of Omaha Beach. At this small patch of concrete he saved nearly 20 lives:

The division came under intense fire from several German bunkers surrounding the entrance to the Colville Draw (one of two exits off Omaha Beach). Ray, a medic, immediately went to work.

He was shot in the arm. Moments later he was hit by shrapnel in the leg, but Ray kept pulling men to safety. He pulled nearly 20 wounded soldiers to cover behind this 8ft wide obstacle, treating each soldier before going out in search of others.

After several hours under fire, while pulling a wounded soldier from the ocean, he was struck by a landing craft. It dropped its ramp on top of him, breaking his back. He fell face down in the water, drowning. The craft backed up and nearby soldiers pulled an unconscious Ray to safety, eventually evacuating him off the beach.

Remarkably, Ray had already earned two Silver Stars and three Purple Hearts in Sicily and North Africa, prior to landing in France. But here in Normandy his war would end.

He awoke in a hospital back in England a day later. In the next bed over was his brother, who had also been wounded at Omaha.

When asked about his work on D-Day, Ray simply said, “I did what I was called to do.”

Ray Lambert passed in 2021 at 100 years old. He exemplified the best of American grit and why remembering this day is so important.

[NBACentral @TheDunkCentral]

Victor Wembanyama’s agent says he refuses to do endorsement deals with soda companies

"They all want him, but Victor will never sell soda. Because he doesn’t want to kill the kids."

(Via @JaredWeissNBA / h/t @TheNBABase )

[Buckley Carlson @buckleycarlson]

SUCH heartening news. Zach Lahn should be the American standard (if candidates adopt standards) going forward: Christian patriarch, multi-generational representative of his state, focused ONLY on his state, its citizens, their health and welfare. Also, couldn’t be smarter, nicer, nor more sincere. Iowa will be the rare and lucky state with an actual bad-ass Governor.

[Carson @carsonr__]

@AaronGleeman Would you mind sharing what they want you to cover? MLB in general?

[Carson @carsonr__]

@MinnesotaMillea Tell me you know absolutely nothing about farming without telling me you know absolutely nothing about farming. Obviously you gonna get in hot water

[Carson @carsonr__]

@fruitcellar62 @ChrisMWilliams Get real. People like Chris didn’t do this. The TV networks and conference commissioners are responsible.

[MJ @akaMattyJ]

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the Minnesota Timberwolves are the most likeable team in basketball. Legit superstar, play with an attitude, talk shit, don’t foul bait, actually care about defense, and have great people like Conley to root for.

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

🔥The Farm Bill that includes my 🥩 PRIME Act pilot just passed the House!

This is a game changer for farmers — and provides access to locally raised beef, pork, and lamb for consumers!

We also stripped the immunity/state labeling ban for pesticides from the Farm Bill. MAHA!

[Carson @carsonr__]

@AndyMetzger @JonKrawczynski My exact sentiment

[Rick Pitino @RealPitino]

The second half of that Uconn vs Duke game is why college basketball is the Best sport.

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

NEW: Kentucky family rejects $26 million offer to convert part of their farm into a data center despite the offer being about 10 times the going rate for farmland in the area.

"If it's my way, I'll stay and hold and feed a nation. 26 million doesn't mean anything."

"As long as I'm on this land, as long as it's feeding me, as long as it's taking care of me, there's nothing that can destroy me if I've got this land."

Video: Local 12 WKRC