Jennifer Bell

Wife, mom, teacher

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

[Secretary of War Pete Hegseth @SecWar]

Congrats on moving your headquarters back to St. Louis, Boeing.

Build fast — for the warfighters 🇺🇸

[Steve 🇺🇸 @SteveLovesAmmo]

Facts right here. 👇🏻

[Planet Of Memes @PlanetOfMemes]

Absolutely true. 🎯

[Thrilla the Gorilla @ThrillaRilla369]

I had my first job before I was old enough to get a driver's license... So excuse me for losing it when perfectly healthy 20 year olds refuse to work.

[Ron DeSantis @RonDeSantis]

You have to be a citizen to vote but you can’t verify the citizenship of a voter?

Make it make sense.

[Help A Teacher @HelpATeacher]

Accurate.

[Meghan McCain @MeghanMcCain]

Congress should not be paid during a shutdown.

[Bored Teachers @Bored_Teachers]

The math ain't mathin

[Speaker Mike Johnson @SpeakerJohnson]

REPUBLICANS have voted EIGHT TIMES to pay our troops, TSA, Border Patrol, and federal workers — and to keep important services running for veterans and seniors.

DEMOCRATS have voted EIGHT TIMES to BLOCK those paychecks and vital services and keep the government CLOSED.

The Schumer Shutdown is hurting real Americans, and Democrats only care about pandering to their base.

[Thrilla the Gorilla @ThrillaRilla369]

That apartment may not be a house, but you're not homeless. That car might not be a Mercedes, but you're not walking. That job might not be the best, but you're working. Something is always better than nothing. So, remember to count your blessings.

[Guy Benson @guypbenson]

I’d like to ask my non-conservative followers to pay attention here for a moment. I don’t need a response or a rebuttal or a ‘whatabout.’ Just read on and consider what I’m saying. Please.

We are only a few weeks removed from a leading conservative figure being shot in the throat and killed by a leftist, for and during his speech, at a public speaking event. Stunning, jarring numbers of leftist Americans justified or celebrated this assassination, aligning with multiple public polls showing that a sizable minority of leftists in this country think political violence can be acceptable.

Today — just today — many conservatives are thinking about:

(1) a major leftist statewide candidate being exposed for sending texts to a political opponent (R) explicitly hoping for the death of another conservative political opponent…along with the deaths of that opponents’ young children. He WROTE DOWN that the pain of those deaths might promote his own agenda, which would be worth it, in his estimation. This candidate is now condemning his current conservative opponent for noticing this information.

And also (2) a development in the case of a leftist would-be assassin of a conservative Supreme Court Justice, who traveled across the country, heavily armed, with the stated intent of murdering up to three right-leaning Justices because he was angry about their abortion jurisprudence. The leftist judge in the case rejected prosecutors’ request for a multi-decade sentence, giving the defense team the very lenient sentence they’d sought. The leftist judge, in her reasoning, cited the criminal’s trans identity as a factor & expressed happiness that the assassination plot and its aftermath helped with the criminal’s family therapy around the trans issue.

And also (3) yet another violent leftist attack — this time an apparent ambush — against federal immigration officers. This did not take place in Dallas, where a leftist sniper very recently went on a deadly spree while trying to murder as many ICE officers as possible. This one happened in Illinois, where the leftist governor just called these officers “jack booted thugs.” Violent attacks on these federal agents (thugs, fascists, gestapo, per various leading leftist politicians) are up approximately *one thousand percent,* per DHS.

And also (4) a prominent university being pressured into reversing its attempt to shut down a conservative event commemorating the second anniversary of the Oct 7 terrorist massacre of Jews — because, the school said, they were worried about the security situation around the event. They were referring, of course, to the violent Islamist-Leftist coalition pro-Hamas mob, which has engaged in harassment, threats, violence and murder ever since that mass slaughter.

AND YET, we see many of our leftist friends tweeting and posting about how *their opponents* are the “dangerous” and “authoritarian” “fascists.”

I ask you to try to contemplate, even for a quiet moment or two, how this might strike many of us.

That’s all for now. Thank you.

[Sadie @Sadie_NC]

Exactly.

[Mike Johnson @MikeJohnson]

CNN censored me, but here are the facts:

This IS a Democrat shutdown. And Democrats DO want to give taxpayer benefits to illegal aliens in exchange for paying our troops.

While the Democrats and mainstream media lie, the American people see the truth.

[Thrilla the Gorilla @ThrillaRilla369]

If you can afford beer, weed, fast food every day, cigarettes, manicures, and tattoos, you don’t need food stamps or welfare.

[Katie Pavlich @KatiePavlich]

Pretty much everything Democrats say about illegal immigration is a lie including:

-Majority are “law abiding”
-Crossing the border (without permission) isn’t a crime
-Illegals don’t vote
-Illegals don’t get taxpayer funded healthcare
-Worksites are crime free
-Exploitation of women and children, through sex and labor trafficking, is overblown
-Cartels don’t run Chicago or other major U.S. cities
-(Fraudulently) seeking asylum isn’t a crime
-Etc.

[Thrilla the Gorilla @ThrillaRilla369]

Not everyone will agree but... Every time you tell your child NO and then change your mind due to begging or temper tantrums, you are teaching them that they are in charge and that your boundaries are negotiable.

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

I'm seeing quite a bit of comment about this, so I want to make a couple of points.

I'm not owed eternal agreement from any actor who once played a character I created. The idea is as ludicrous as me checking with the boss I had when I was twenty-one for what opinions I should hold these days.

Emma Watson and her co-stars have every right to embrace gender identity ideology. Such beliefs are legally protected, and I wouldn't want to see any of them threatened with loss of work, or violence, or death, because of them.

However, Emma and Dan in particular have both made it clear over the last few years that they think our former professional association gives them a particular right - nay, obligation - to critique me and my views in public. Years after they finished acting in Potter, they continue to assume the role of de facto spokespeople for the world I created.

When you've known people since they were ten years old it's hard to shake a certain protectiveness. Until quite recently, I hadn't managed to throw off the memory of children who needed to be gently coaxed through their dialogue in a big scary film studio. For the past few years, I've repeatedly declined invitations from journalists to comment on Emma specifically, most notably on the Witch Trials of JK Rowling. Ironically, I told the producers that I didn't want her to be hounded as the result of anything I said.

The television presenter in the attached clip highlights Emma's 'all witches' speech, and in truth, that was a turning point for me, but it had a postscript that hurt far more than the speech itself. Emma asked someone to pass on a handwritten note from her to me, which contained the single sentence 'I'm so sorry for what you're going through' (she has my phone number). This was back when the death, rape and torture threats against me were at their peak, at a time when my personal security measures had had to be tightened considerably and I was constantly worried for my family's safety. Emma had just publicly poured more petrol on the flames, yet thought a one line expression of concern from her would reassure me of her fundamental sympathy and kindness.

Like other people who've never experienced adult life uncushioned by wealth and fame, Emma has so little experience of real life she's ignorant of how ignorant she is. She'll never need a homeless shelter. She's never going to be placed on a mixed sex public hospital ward. I'd be astounded if she's been in a high street changing room since childhood. Her 'public bathroom' is single occupancy and comes with a security man standing guard outside the door. Has she had to strip off in a newly mixed-sex changing room at a council-run swimming pool? Is she ever likely to need a state-run rape crisis centre that refuses to guarantee an all-female service? To find herself sharing a prison cell with a male rapist who's identified into the women's prison?

I wasn't a multimillionaire at fourteen. I lived in poverty while writing the book that made Emma famous. I therefore understand from my own life experience what the trashing of women's rights in which Emma has so enthusiastically participated means to women and girls without her privileges.

The greatest irony here is that, had Emma not decided in her most recent interview to declare that she loves and treasures me - a change of tack I suspect she's adopted because she's noticed full-throated condemnation of me is no longer quite as fashionable as it was - I might never have been this honest.

Adults can't expect to cosy up to an activist movement that regularly calls for a friend's assassination, then assert their right to the former friend's love, as though the friend was in fact their mother. Emma is rightly free to disagree with me and indeed to discuss her feelings about me in public - but I have the same right, and I've finally decided to exercise it.

[Rodney Smith Jr @iamrodneysmith]

Dear @WhiteHouse, I Know this is a kind shot, but My name is Rodney Smith Jr. I live in Huntsville, AL. I’m currently traveling to all 50 states mowing lawns for veterans, active duty service members, Gold Star families & widows. I’m also sharing their stories . This is my way of honoring them.

As founder of a nonprofit with 6,000+ kids mowing FREE lawns for the elderly, disabled, single parents & veterans nationwide, I’d be honored to bring my USA Flag Mower to mow at the Arlington National Cemetery where veterans rest.

I’m currently in the New England area heading down the East Coast before Florida, then Alaska. Thank you for your consideration.

— Rodney

[JD Vance @JDVance]

The contrast could not be more clear: Republicans are trying to keep the government open and put the interest of Americans first.

Meanwhile, Democrats want to take from the American people in order to give taxpayer-funded healthcare to illegal immigrants.