Valarie Beadle

"Believe that no mountain is so high that you cannot climb it. Believe that no storm is so great that you cannot weather it...You are a child of God" G Hinckley

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 BREAKING: Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) walks out onto the Senate floor and declares he is prepared to stay in DC every day, Christmas Day, Christmas Eve, Thanksgiving, to PASS NOMINEES and pass a RECONCILIATION package that only needs 50+1 votes

"I don't concede. unlike some of my colleagues, that attempting reconciliation would be a waste of time!"

HE'S RIGHT.

Don't just do nominees but a MAJOR reconciliation package

BE BOLD, LEADER THUNE! You got nothing to lose now!

[Angel @AngelStudiosInc]

“Joseph, I am with child.” Mary tells him the truth, knowing what the law could mean for her. Watch the scene that sets the first Christmas in motion in Zero A.D.: The Birth of Christ. In theaters December 11.

Rated PG-13, recommended for ages 13+.

[Dave Danna @DaveEDanna]

Sunday I came across a grave in Massachusetts with a math equation carved on it.

Robert Cohen. Army, 1943. 106th Infantry. France, Germany. Battle of the Bulge.

He came home, college, taught math. Married 65 years.

"Granite character, diamond intellect, heart of gold."

On Veterans Day, I’m thinking about him. I never knew him, but I get to raise my son in the country he fought for.

Thank you, Robert. Thank you to every veteran. 🇺🇸

[Valarie Beadle @dotnet_Editor]

Should make a list of every Senator that leaves - make sure this is the last office they ever hold.

[Laura Loomer @LauraLoomer]

Senate sources tell me there is a massive fight happening right now between Senator Rick Scott @SenRickScott and Senate GOP leadership. Senator Scott is telling GOP leadership they need to stay in town to pass the President’s agenda and approve his nominations before January, but Leader @LeaderJohnThune wants everyone to go home and hasn’t agreed to keep the @SenateGOP in session.

They are on a lunch break right now but will be resuming their meetings in one hour in the Capitol to decide what to do.

They should stay and work.

It would be defeatist to leave town and then let Democrats take over in January.

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯 @japan_nobunaga]

In 1944, thousands of Japanese on Saipan hid in caves, sure the Americans would torture them if they came out. Many families chose the cliffs instead.

An 18-year-old American Marine from East Los Angeles walked up to those caves at night, alone, and called to them in Japanese.

His name was Guy Gabaldon. He was a Mexican American kid who had grown up partly in the home of a Japanese American family, the Nakanos. That is where he picked up his Japanese. When the war came, the Nakanos were sent to internment camps. Their twin sons, Lane and Lyle, joined the U.S. Army anyway and served in the 442nd.

Fifty years later, he still said it plainly: "These were Americans."

On Saipan, Gabaldon was a scout with the 2nd Marine Regiment. Right after landing, he slipped off on his own and came back with prisoners. His commanding officer, Capt. John Schwabe, threatened him with a court-martial for leaving his post.

The next night, he came back with about fifty.

After that, they let him go out alone.

He crawled to the cave mouths in the dark and promised the people inside water, medical care, and that nobody would hurt them. Night after night, ten or twenty at a time, they followed him out.

On July 8, by his own account, about 800 came out in a single day. Schwabe remembered that day too. It was the day they tagged him the Pied Piper of Saipan.

Not everyone listened. At the cliffs, he begged a mother not to kill her child. He watched her throw the baby and jump. He was still talking about it fifty years later.

His Navy Cross citation says that on Saipan and Tinian he brought in "well over one thousand enemy civilians and troops."

Schwabe recommended him for the Medal of Honor. He received the Silver Star. Sixteen years later, after Hollywood made a movie about him, the Navy upgraded it to the Navy Cross.

He died in 2006 and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

I am Japanese. Those caves were full of my people, frightened, starving, and certain that the Americans were monsters.

An American teenager walked toward them in the dark and offered them water.

On this Veterans Day, Japan should know his name.

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 BREAKING: Sen. Ashley Moody (R-FL) just EMERGED on the Senate floor and openly called on Leader John Thune and Leadership to HOLD THE CHAMBER IN SESSION until EVERYTHING is done — rather than WAIT OUT THE CLOCK for Dems to take power

"We can work the rest of this week, and we can work for the next TWO MONTHS to deliver on nominations, to deliver on accountability for this government, root out fraud!"

"WE'RE IN THE MAJORITY!" 🔥

"We currently hold the baton that our forefathers handed to us to keep this the greatest country on this planet."

She's spot on, LET'S GET IT DONE!

Trump just made 3 MORE NOMINATIONS today and the clock is ticking every single day.

Reconciliation, nominations, secure elections, anything and everything. ACT FAST.

[EDIGuy @EDIGuy01]

DIVORCE AGREEMENT

THIS IS INCREDIBLY WELL-PUT, AND I CAN HARDLY BELIEVE IT'S WRITTEN BY A STUDENT!!! WHATEVER HE RUNS FOR, I'LL VOTE FOR HIM.

Dear American liberals, leftists, social progressives, socialists, Marxists, and Obama supporters, et al:

We have stuck together since the late 1950s for the sake of the kids, but the whole of this latest election process has made me realize that I want a divorce. I know we tolerated each other for many years for the sake of future generations, but sadly, this relationship has clearly run its course.

Our two ideological sides of America cannot and will not ever agree on what is right for us all, so let's just end it on friendly terms. We can smile and chalk it up to irreconcilable differences and go our own way.

Here is our separation agreement:

Our two groups can equitably divide up the country by land mass, each taking a similar portion. That will be the difficult part, but I am sure our two sides can come to a friendly agreement. After that, it should be relatively easy! Our respective representatives can effortlessly divide other assets, since both sides have such distinct and disparate tastes.

—We don't like redistributive taxes, so you can keep them.

--You are welcome to the liberal judges and the ACLU.

--Since you hate guns and war, we'll take our firearms, the cops, the NRA, and the military.

--We'll take the nasty, smelly oil industry and the coal mines, and you can go with wind, solar, and bio-diesel.

--You can keep Oprah, Whoopi, Bill Maher, Michael Moore and Rosie O'Donnell. You are, however, responsible for finding a bio-diesel vehicle big enough to move all five of them.

--We'll keep capitalism, greedy corporations, pharmaceutical companies, Wal-Mart, and Wall Street.

--You can have your beloved lifelong welfare dwellers, food stamps, homeless, homeboys, hippies, druggies, and illegal aliens.

--We'll keep the hot Alaskan hockey moms, greedy CEOs, and rednecks.

--We'll keep Bill O’Reilly and Bibles and give you NBC and Hollywood.

--You can make nice with Iran and Palestine and we'll retain the right to invade and hammer places that threaten us.

--You can have the peaceniks and war protesters.

--When our allies or our way of life are under assault, we'll help provide them security.

--We'll keep our Judeo-Christian values.

--You are welcome to Islam, Scientology, Humanism, political correctness, and Shirley McLaine. You can also have the UN., but we will no longer be paying the bill.

--We'll keep the SUVs, pickup trucks, and oversized luxury cars. You can take every Volt and Leaf you can find.

--You can give everyone health care if you can find any practicing doctors.

--We'll keep "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" and "The National Anthem."

--I'm sure you'll be happy to substitute "Imagine," "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing," "Kum Baya," or "We Are the World."

--We'll practice trickle-down economics and you can continue to give trickle-up poverty your best shot.

--Since it often so offends you, we'll keep our history, our name, and our flag.

Would you agree to this? If so, please pass it along to other like-minded liberal and conservative patriots and if you do not agree, just hit delete. In the spirit of friendly parting, I'll bet you might think about which one of us will need whose help in 15 years.

Sincerely,

John J. Wall
Law Student and an American

P.S. Also, please take George Clooney, Ted Turner, Sean Penn, Martin Short, Charlie Sheen, Barbra Streisand, and (Hanoi) Jane Fonda with you.

P.P.S. And you won't have to press 1 for English when you call our country.

[Dallin H. Oaks @OaksDallinH]

I recognize that many of you face significant challenges and uncertainties that cause stress, anxiety, and heartache. I pray for you. I love you.

I am thankful that social media allows me to provide you with encouragement, direction, and a reminder of eternal truths.

Please remember this: whatever difficulties you may be experiencing, Jesus Christ is the way to joy and peace.

People who subscribe to the doctrine of the gospel of Jesus Christ find that it makes their lives happier, more significant, and more resistant to the difficulties we all experience.

You have a Heavenly Father who has provided a plan for you. Trust in Him. With His help, you can find peace despite the trials and obstacles of mortality.

With love,
President Oaks

[Mor Edge Insight @MorEdge_Insight]

Wow. Senator John Kennedy.

How is this not everywhere.
Seriously. This is insane. Listen to what he’s actually saying.

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯 @japan_nobunaga]

Listen to this warning before it is too late:

When you teach your own youth to be ashamed of their heritage while bringing in millions who have zero intention of assimilating, politics changes forever.

Once that happens, elections stop being about tax cuts or regulations.
Elections become a headcount. 📊

A proud culture that has children will always outvote and replace an aging culture that is taught to hate itself.

Lock the gates, fight for your young families, and hand your country to your children! 🔥

[Valarie Beadle @dotnet_Editor]

Can we get a written transcription of the audio?

[Johnny Midnight ⚡️ @its_The_Dr]

Surely they are not taking peoples dogs away from them out walking?

[Valarie Beadle @dotnet_Editor]

@GoodtobeSmart @WCPAlliance We too - but not for long if they continue :-/

[Red Eagle Updates 🦅🇺🇸 @RedEagleUpdates]

Mike Lee wants the Senate to stay in session, cancel its vacation, and confirm all 135 of President Trump's nominees before Schumer takes the gavel in January.
He argues every vacant seat benefits Democrats and holds Thune responsible.

Should the Senate cancel its vacation? YES or NO?

[Nervana Mahmoud @Nervana_1]

Top Democrat strategist Van Jones,
One of Obama’s former aides during his presidency
Released this message to #Michigan on #AbdulElSayed

#Midterms

[David Seiler @daveseiler]

@JDVance You lost because you didn't codify DOGE, you didn't arrest anyone for Covid-the laptop-the raid-J6, etc, you didn't pass the Save Act, you didn't stop the fraud and abuse that's rampant, etc, etc, etc

[Vivid.🇮🇱 @VividProwess]

“Islam is the sword the left is using to slit the throat of America.”

One of his final messages on this earth was a warning that the Left was uniting with Islam to bring down America

[Samurai Shiba @SamuraiShibaJP]

My cousin Haruka hasn't been afraid of anything since she was seventeen.

She says it's because a roofer from Oklahoma once lay on top of her while the sky fell.

Fifteen years ago, Haruka spent a year as an exchange student in a small town in Oklahoma. She was shy. She had never been away from home. She cried the first night and didn't tell anyone.

Her host dad was Curtis. 44. A roofer. Big, loud, sunburned, and completely sure he was good at Japanese.

He said "Konnichiwa" to her every time he saw her. Morning. Noon. Eleven at night. She never had the heart to tell him.

He grilled everything. Burgers. Corn. A pineapple. Once, she swears, a cake. Curtis believed in fire.

He built her a shelf in the kitchen for her Japanese snacks and put a label on it in black marker:

"HARUKA'S WEIRD FOOD. DO NOT TOUCH. (BOYS.)"

The boys were his sons. Eight and eleven. They touched it constantly.

His wife, Donna, braided Haruka's hair before school and called her "sugar." By Christmas, Haruka had stopped crying at night.

Then came May.

At 4:12 in the afternoon, the sirens started. The sky turned green. Haruka had never seen a green sky. She thought it was beautiful. Donna grabbed her arm and said, very calmly, "Baby, we need to go inside now."

Curtis came home from a job through the hail. He didn't park. He just left the truck in the yard with the door open.

He put all of them in the bathroom. Donna and the boys and Haruka, in the bathtub. He pulled a mattress over the top of them.

Then Curtis lay down on top of the mattress.

On top of all four of them.

Haruka says it sounded like a freight train driving through the house. She felt the walls go. She felt the air get pulled out of her chest. She felt Curtis's whole weight pressing down on them, and she felt him not move. Not once.

It lasted about thirty seconds. She says it was the longest year of her life.

Then it was quiet.

When she opened her eyes, she could see the sky.

No roof. No walls. The house was gone. The only thing left standing was the bathtub they were lying in.

Curtis's back was bleeding through his shirt. Glass. Wood. He didn't look at it.

The first thing he said was:

"Everybody say your name."

Donna said hers. The boys said theirs. Haruka said hers last, in a whisper.

"Good," Curtis said. "Everybody's here."

Then he climbed out of the bathtub and walked next door to dig out Mrs. Pruett, who was 79, from under her kitchen ceiling. He didn't mention his back until she was safe.

Sixty stitches.

The next morning, before the sun came up, Haruka heard chainsaws.

Strangers. Dozens of them. Trucks with Texas plates, Arkansas plates, Kansas plates. Nobody had called them. A church fed 400 people out of a parking lot. A man she had never seen handed her a pair of work gloves and said, "Welcome to Oklahoma, darlin'."

Curtis was out there at dawn with sixty stitches in his back, cutting up the neighbor's fallen tree first.

When someone asked about his own house, he said, "Ours ain't going anywhere."

Haruka's parents called from Japan, crying. Come home. Please come home.

She said no.

She stayed until the end of the school year and helped rebuild a town that wasn't hers. She carried boards. She swept glass. She learned to use a nail gun. Curtis watched her one afternoon, shook his head, and said, "You're a whole lot tougher than you look, kid."

She told me that sentence changed her life.

Haruka is 32 now. She works in disaster relief in Japan.

Two years ago, after a big earthquake on the Japan Sea coast, she was sleeping in a school gym with forty families who had lost their homes. In the middle of the night, a huge aftershock hit. The lights went out. The children started screaming.

Haruka pulled the kids under a table, lay down on top of them, and said, in Japanese:

"Everybody, say your name."

One by one, they did.

"Good," she said. "Everybody's here."

Curtis is 59 now. He still has the scar. He calls it "the map of Oklahoma." Every May, Haruka sends him a photo of herself in a hard hat. He sends back the same thing every year. A picture of a pineapple on a grill.

I asked her once how she can be so brave.

"I'm not brave," she said. "I'm afraid of everything."

"But I know what a brave man feels like. He feels heavy. He feels warm. And if the sky falls, it has to go through him first."

[Valarie Beadle @dotnet_Editor]

Truth!

[Doog @doogadoo11]

Last night is exactly why no President has dealt with Iran before now

We don't reward Presidents for acting in the best long-term interest of the country

We reward them for avoiding difficult decisions if it means we don't have to make any sacrifices during any given 2yr period