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@thef35 He’s gonna love this

[Dakota Meyer @Dakota_Meyer]

SERVICE

I’ve been trying to put into words what I saw last night.

What struck me most wasn’t the fight, the venue, or the people in attendance.

For one night, the focus was on veterans, service members, first responders, and the men and women who have dedicated their lives to something bigger than themselves. I honestly can’t remember ever seeing an event of that scale centered around honoring them.

As I walked away, one thought stayed with me.

Of all the things I’ve accomplished in my life, the greatest honor I’ve ever earned is knowing that one day, when my time comes, an American flag will be draped over my body.

Not because of who I am, but because of what that flag represents.

Freedom. Opportunity. Love. Faith. Good.

When I think about last night, that’s what it was really about.

A country honoring those who have served it, and a reminder that there is no greater privilege than earning the right to be covered by the flag of the nation you love.

Thank you, President @realDonaldTrump , for opening the White House and creating an opportunity for so many Americans to come together and celebrate this country and the people who have dedicated their lives to serving it.

God Bless America. 🇺🇸

[Department of State @StateDept]

PRESIDENT TRUMP: The American patriots who pledged their lives to independence in 1776 were the heirs to this majestic inheritance, their veins ran with Anglo-Saxon courage.

Their hearts beat with an English faith in standing firm for what is right, good, and true.

[Big Cat @BarstoolBigCat]

The most one sided rivalry possible. He just keeps killing you @d00gs

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@NotWoofers Why would he ever come back to the U.S.

[Homeland Security @DHSgov]

Total Victory. No Retreat.

America Is Back.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

For a country to survive, there has to be a common culture.

Nobody dies to defend a “multicultural economic zone”!

American culture, with its English-Scotts-Irish origin, is great and worth fighting for.

Some may not realize it, but that’s why people come here.

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[Homeland Security @DHSgov]

Americans have always known “why”

[Capt. Caleb Williams @CaptCSWilliams]

Mother—

Victory hath been secured! The antidotes distributed to the public for lactase in the water supply proved vital in the waning moments.

A civilian secured a dairy-shredding device amidst the height of battle.

The knees of the enemy are bent.

Good. Better. Best.
—CW

[Stephen Miller @StephenM]

Not long after World War II the West dissolved its empires and colonies and began sending colossal sums of taxpayer-funded aid to these former territories (despite have already made them far wealthier and more successful). The West opened its borders, a kind of reverse colonization, providing welfare and thus remittances, while extending to these newcomers and their families not only the full franchise but preferential legal and financial treatment over the native citizenry. The neoliberal experiment, at its core, has been a long self-punishment of the places and peoples that built the modern world.

[YIMBYLAND @YIMBYLAND]

Legalize this everywhere, immediately.

[Roman Helmet Guy @romanhelmetguy]

My family’s greatest strength is our set of ideals. My kids must get straight A’s. If they don’t, I replace them with other kids who do. My kids now have the highest grades in school. Online trolls say my “true kids” are homeless and starving. They don’t understand family.

[Katherine Boyle @KTmBoyle]

This is tragic on so many levels, but one of the saddest parts of this is how increasingly rare a young woman like Ella is.

It has always been uncommon for a beautiful, southern and serious conservative Christian to leave her family and knowingly go to the most extreme bastion of what she disagrees with, not to evangelize or provoke but to merely exist as a counter to the dominant culture. But it’s becoming even more rare and with good reason.

Decades ago, a young woman like her would have only had to worry about social ostracism or overzealous professors holding her views and differences against her. There was a cost to going to the Ivy League as an openly conservative outsider, but that cost was mostly intellectual and social. Endure it and it would make you stronger, and you’d become fluent in the ways of two worlds.

Now young men and women like Ella know they can be killed for their political beliefs on a college campus, even if they’re not provocateurs or influencers or public officials, just normal young people participating in a student club.

I have so much admiration for twenty-somethings now. The courage they need to speak up is real. They’re stronger than previous generations and asked to sacrifice more, and the older generations are failing them.

Pray for Ella and her family. The world lost someone of virtue who knew the stakes and paid an extraordinary price for openly stating sincere beliefs.

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@knecktshark @NHL @NHL_On_TNT @StreamOnMax He caused the empty net

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@landon20s Deleting lake shore drive should be the start

[JD Vance @JDVance]

A while ago, probably in 2017, I appeared on Tucker Carlson's Fox show to talk about God knows what. Afterwards a name I barely knew sent me a DM on twitter and told me I did a great job. It was Charlie Kirk, and that moment of kindness began a friendship that lasted until today.

Charlie was fascinated by ideas and always willing to learn and change his mind. Like me, he was skeptical of Donald Trump in 2016. Like me, he came to see President Trump as the only figure capable of moving American politics away from the globalism that had dominated for our entire lives. When others were right, he learned from them. When he was right--as he usually was--he was generous. With Charlie, the attitude was never, "I told you so." But: "welcome."

Charlie was one of the first people I called when I thought about running for senate in early 2021. I was interested but skeptical there was a pathway. We talked through everything, from the strategy to the fundraising to the grassroots of the movement he knew so well. He introduced me to some of the people who would run my campaign and also to Donald Trump Jr. "Like his dad, he's misunderstood. He's extremely smart, and very much on our wavelength." Don took a call from me because Charlie asked him too.

Long before I ever committed (even in my mind) to running, Charlie had me speak to his donors at a TPUSA event. He walked me around the room and introduced me. He gave me honest feedback on my remarks. He had no reason to do this, no expectation that I'd go anywhere. I was polling, at that point, well below 5 percent. He did it because we were friends, and because he was a good man.

When I became the VP nominee--something Charlie advocated for both in public and private--Charlie was there for me. I was so glad to be part of the president's team, but candidly surprised by the effect it had on our family. Our kids, especially our oldest, struggled with the attention and the constant presence of the protective detail. I felt this acute sense of guilt, that I had conscripted my kids into this life without getting their permission. And Charlie was constantly calling and texting, checking on our family and offering guidance and prayers. Some of our most successful events were organized not by the campaign, but by TPUSA. He wasn't just a thinker, he was a doer, turning big ideas into bigger events with thousands of activists. And after every event, he would give me a big hug, tell me he was praying for me, and ask me what he could do. "You focus on Wisconsin," he'd tell me. "Arizona is in the bag." And it was.

Charlie genuinely believed in and loved Jesus Christ. He had a profound faith. We used to argue about Catholicism and Protestantism and who was right about minor doctrinal questions. Because he loved God, he wanted to understand him.

Someone else pointed out that Charlie died doing what he loved: discussing ideas. He would go into these hostile crowds and answer their questions. If it was a friendly crowd, and a progressive asked a question to jeers from the audience, he'd encourage his fans to calm down and let everyone speak. He exemplified a foundational virtue of our Republic: the willingness to speak openly and debate ideas.

Charlie had an uncanny ability to know when to push the envelope and when to be more conventional. I've seen people attack him for years for being wrong on this or that issue publicly, never realizing that privately he was working to broaden the scope of acceptable debate.

He was a great family man. I was talking to President Trump in the Oval Office today, and he said, "I know he was a very good friend of yours." I nodded silently, and President Trump observed that Charlie really loved his family. The president was right. Charlie was so proud of Erika and the two kids. He was so happy to be a father. And he felt such gratitude for having found a woman of God with whom he could build a family.

Charlie Kirk was a true friend. The kind of guy you could say something to and know it would always stay with him. I am on more than a few group chats with Charlie and people he introduced me to over the years. We celebrate weddings and babies, bust each other's chops, and mourn the loss of loved ones. We talk about politics and policy and sports and life. These group chats include people at the very highest level of our government. They trusted him, loved him, and knew he'd always have their backs. And because he was a true friend ,you could instinctively trust the people Charlie introduced you to. So much of the success we've had in this administration traces directly to Charlie's ability to organize and convene. He didn't just help us win in 2024, he helped us staff the entire government.

I was in a meeting in the West Wing when those group chats started lighting up with people telling Charlie they were praying for him. And that's how I learned the news that my friend had been shot. I prayed a lot over the next hour, as first good news and then bad trickled in.

God didn't answer those prayers, and that's OK. He had other plans. And now that Charlie is in heaven, I'll ask him to talk to big man directly on behalf of his family, his friends, and the country he loved so dearly.

You ran a good race, my friend.

We've got it from here.

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@Broadcaster005 @BFW This guy sucks

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Saint Augustine too had a restless youth, but he did not settle for less, did not silence the cry of his heart. He sought the truth that does not disappoint, and the beauty that does not fade. How did he find it? How did he find true friendship, and a love that gives rise to hope? By finding the one who was already looking for him: Jesus Christ. How did he build his future? By following the one who had always been his friend. #JubileeofYouth

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@BigGlennNetwork Got Caissie and Alcantara for next year outfield why not trade Tucker and get more pitching