Jody McKenzie

[Jody McKenzie @jrm4247]

@Rangers Doesn’t feel like a $12 souvenir Rangers helmet.

[Conservative in Oregon @oregonducksmama]

‼️Another long term business is closing in Portland Oregon. This is what Hookset Automotive wrote about it…

THE GATES ARE CLOSED. THE DEAL IS DEAD.

Twenty years of loyalty. Twenty years of sacrifice. In 2002, we fell in love with Portland’s heart. We built Hookset Automotive with grease, sweat, and a belief in this community. I traded my dream of being an architect for an oil rag to build an honest business with my husband, JC.

We did everything right. Portland did everything wrong.

I didn’t just run a shop; I served. I led the Parkrose Business Association. I hosted town halls. I stood before the City Council and begged for the law to be enforced. I was trying to save Portland from becoming the next Detroit. I fought for this district until there was nothing left to give.

In return, the city turned on us.

•Financial Extortion: The city didn't just lie; they taxed the shit out of us while doing so. They drained our resources with skyrocketing taxes while providing zero protection in return.

•Betrayal: Mingus Mapps, who once ran Historic Parkrose, used our neighborhood as a political stepping stone to the City Council. He ignored our pleas while drawing a salary meant to protect our streets.

•Slander: When I spoke up about the crime and the "Slough Town" gunfire, neighborhood groups responded with a smear campaign—spreading vile lies about my marriage to silence a woman asking hard questions.

•Sabotage: Last week, our landlord illegally chained the gates shut while we were inside. We were held against our will. When we called 911, the police—the same officers I defended for two decades—looked at us through the fence and called it a "civil issue." They went out of their way to make sure we didn't get help, even contacting the fire department to tell them not to interfere.

Your promise of protection was a lie.

We gave this city our lives, and it gave us a lock and a cold shoulder. We are closing our doors because the basic rules of a civilized society don't apply here anymore. The deal we made with this city—that if you work hard, pay your taxes, and follow the law, you’ll be protected—was a total lie.

To our loyal customers: You were our family. We are devastated it ended this way, but we couldn’t have tried harder. We poured every ounce of our souls into this place, only to be abandoned by the city we tried to save.

Portland, you didn’t just fail us—you threw us away. Keep your "weird." We’re taking our integrity somewhere that actually values it.

The gates are closed for good.

(Original post from FB in comments)

[Kevin Bass @kevinnbass]

I have sent dozens of FOIAs to Texas Tech to get records about my medical school dismissal since October. Instead of providing the records, Texas tech has filed hundreds of pages of briefs to the Texas Attorney General requesting to withhold the documents.

If I was dismissed from medical school for the reasons they claim, why won't they just provide the records? The records should confirm the official story, and we'd be done. I'd just be embarrassed and slink away in shame, and that'd be it.

One thing I know from the records I have been able to obtain is that they are explosive. So I want more. And as a resident in the state of Texas, I have that right. Texas taxpayers, at a taxpayer-funded institution, also have the right to know what is happening at Texas Tech, how the school is run, and whether it retaliated against a student for their (true) speech about how the COVID response was mishandled.

Something I haven't talked about is that I was open to working with the administration when all of this was going on. That is shown in many documents and recordings. The only conclusion that I can draw is that it was not enough that I should be silenced: Texas Tech decided to make an example out of me.

But I say: the facts should speak for themselves. They should be public. Not the official documents. The internal ones. The Texas taxpayer has the right to see how the sausage is really made. That's Texas law.

[Jody McKenzie @jrm4247]

@sweatystartup What you’ve said to your boys is ‘I don’t believe in you so I’m going to hold you back.’ Every time someone asks them what grade they’re in or when did they graduate, they will start their answer with ‘well I should be / should have but my parents held me back’.

[Jody McKenzie @jrm4247]

My LSU insider guarantees the next coach of the Tigers is Nick Saban. Just leaving this here for future reference.

[Jody McKenzie @jrm4247]

@matt_vanswol Delayed obedience is disobedience.

[Jody McKenzie @jrm4247]

@nixplaycloud Please link to any study that indicates storage or bandwidth costs are rising.

[Jody McKenzie @jrm4247]

@WHLeavitt F.

[Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok]

Does anyone recognize this dude who keyed a Tesla at the Dallas airport?

[Jody McKenzie @jrm4247]

@LunaVistaGolf 5 minutes between tee times isn’t fun for anyone.

[Jody McKenzie @jrm4247]

@UberEats Are your drivers required to be able to read?

[Jody McKenzie @jrm4247]

@elonmusk

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

CBS lies about Trump lying

[Jody McKenzie @jrm4247]

@oncor

[Jody McKenzie @jrm4247]

@oncor Sarah says she is transferring me to the correct department and then I get disconnected. How do I reach the service department?

[Bella Wallersteiner 🇺🇦 @BellaWallerstei]

It should be illegal for Douglas Murray to be put up against an Al-Jazeera journalist. Another masterclass.

[DogeDesigner @cb_doge]

You can make calls on this platform now without sharing your phone number.

Go to Settings ➤ Privacy & Safety ➤ Direct Messages ➤ Enable Audio & Video Calling.

[Jody McKenzie @jrm4247]

@OccupyLF Tristan was on the mound for this 3-2-3 from 2018.