Tyler

Son of Appalachia

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

In 1988 Dolly Parton pulled every 7th and 8th grader in Sevier County into a room and told them to pick a buddy.

She made them sign a contract.. if BOTH graduate, she hands you both $500. One fails, nobody gets paid.

The county dropout rate went from 35% to 6%.

She handed out the checks herself.

In 1989 she offered $500 to every kid in the county who wanted to go to the local college.

When Gatlinburg burned in 2016, she sent 900 families $1,000 a month for six months.

You've probably heard that part.

Here's the part you haven't:

The fund raised more than expected, so she showed up in May and handed every one of those families another $5,000 on top.

Then she quietly put $3 million into the recovery group that handles the years after the news trucks leave.

She built her county an entire hospital.

She played a benefit concert in 2007, Dollywood and the Stampede matched it, and LeConte Medical Center opened in 2010 with a birthing unit and a women's center in it.

In 2022 she started covering 100% of tuition, books, and fees for Dollywood employees.

Full-time, part-time, AND seasonal.

In 1991 she paid for a bald eagle sanctuary because the birds couldn't be released back into the wild, no press release.

And when Hurricane Helene came through here in Western North Carolina, she wrote a personal check for $1 million and her companies matched it.

She didn't owe North Carolina anything, but she helped us anyway.

She started the Imagination Library because her daddy couldn't read or write. Before he passed, he told her it was the most important thing she ever did.

Rest in Peace, Dolly 🇺🇸

[connor @ConnorEatsPants]

birthdays just don’t feel the same without the free flow of maritime trade through the Strait of Hormuz

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

BREAKING: CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s surprise Moscow visit was reportedly aimed at warning Putin not to attack NATO.

[R A W S A L E R T S @rawsalerts]

🚨#BREAKING: Putin is reportedly preparing to escalate attacks on Ukraine after concluding peace talks have reached a "dead end."

[/r/Army @rArmyReddit]

RIP to an absolute legend.

[Emma Ashford @EmmaMAshford]

My only regret is that Hunter S Thompson is dead and therefore cannot write about a story about how this decision turns out.

[Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson]

BREAKING: President Trump has PAUSED visa appointments for applicants WORLDWIDE.

[DPRK News Service @DPRK_News]

Fond memories of dear friend Dolly Parton immortalized from summit of Mt Paektu.

[Patrick Morrisey @MorriseyWV]

West Virginia will be lowering the flag to half staff beginning tomorrow in honor of Dolly Parton! She was one of a kind and West Virginians truly treasured her.

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

Country Music Legend Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80, according to a release from her team. Rest In Peace. An absolute legend.

[J.D. Simkins @simkins_jd]

After 200-plus days at sea, the USS Abraham Lincoln crew is slated to get a port visit ... in Thailand

People cannot fathom the level of incoming debauchery...

[From Below: Rising Together For Coalfield Justice @HollerGospel]

On Aug. 25, 1921 the first shots are fired in the Battle of Blair Mountain.

https://t.co/p3LV1WEV0r
#wvminewars

[vandul @_vandul]

To Dolly Parton: rest now, sister. We have the watch. And I will see you in Valhalla.

[Happy Captain @EODHappyCaptain]

Rumor has it the Officers on board are already preparing the rank reduction paperwork

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

Whatever Ratcliffe was there for did not take long or did not go well.

[MenchOsint @MenchOsint]

Thid, is odd.

In 4 years i've never seen a U.S. C-17 flight to Moscow.

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🚨🇺🇸🇷🇺 BREAKING:

A U.S. Air Force C-17A Globemaster III flew from Riga, Latvia to Moscow's Vnukovo Airport this AM.

It flew through restricted airspace, and had arrived in Latvia from Joint Base Andrews near Washington, D.C.

What the heck is going on?!?!

Writer: Michael

[Natalie Winters @nataliegwinters]

EXCLUSIVE: The Pentagon funded American explosives chemist Jean’ne Shreeve’s work developing next-generation explosives.

She later took that expertise to China’s top weapons university—teaching 140+ people, including scientists from China’s nuclear-weapons complex.

[Mark D @MarkedlyStupid]

You see a billionaire patronizing a trailer park hooker.

I see a small town boy who made it big supporting his local economy. Never forget your roots!