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Stay at home mom of 3 young kids.

[KQ @kristenq]

When I read a funny tweet, I don't exactly laugh...i just kinda push air out of my nose.

[Ellen Carmichael @ellencarmichael]

The most interesting part of the red card saga isn't the ruling. It's how differently Americans and Europeans process the idea that they might have been wronged.

Europeans are fundamentally different from Americans in one particular way: they expect life to be aggravating and at times unfair. It's just a fact of moving through the world. I joke that in Europe, the customer is always wrong. You didn't read the fine print. The only pharmacy in town is closed every other Tuesday for three hours, and even if the times weren't posted, that's still your problem. Too bad if you want the bill, because the waiter's on his union-mandated half-hour smoke break, and you're just going to have to wait.

To quote the great Mark Knopfler: sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. There's something freeing in that. Things are less in your control, so there's less angst in managing your expectations.

In America, things couldn't be more different. We simply can't accept a wrong left unrighted.

The flight attendant sneezed handing you a drink on your one-hour flight? 15,000 frequent flyer miles. Didn't like your appetizer? A replacement is on the way, and the whole course comes off the bill. There's a reason our interstates are lined with trial lawyer billboards.

Europeans have turned complaining into a continental pastime with no expectation that the universe owes them a remedy for their grief. You gripe about the train being late, your friends nod solemnly and everyone goes back to their apéro. In America, we launch a full-blown investigation of the train system, sue the government (and its contractors) that allowed for the tardiness and hold a Congressional hearing on the state of national infrastructure.

So to an objective observer, the red card shouldn't have happened, and VAR was a travesty. To Americans, our star player shouldn't be unfairly banned from a match we couldn't afford to lose for a card he so obviously didn't deserve.

Who cares that FIFA used a little-used reversal to fix it. Who cares that other people are mad about it. We. Were. Wronged. It was unjust. It must be corrected. We would accept nothing less.

Europeans waxing poetic about the sanctity of the game are, of course, talking about a governing body whose last tournament host was decided via confirmed cash bribes — one that imposed dress codes on women, shrugged off widespread allegations of modern slavery and reconfigured the entire tournament calendar to suit the host country. Which is exactly the point. If you've made peace with all of that, at least enough to watch the tournament four years later, a probationary suspension isn't actually a scandal.

Maybe that's the real divide. Over millennia, Europeans have made peace with being the bug. Americans have never once considered it, and apparently, we're not about to start now.

[The Rabbit Hole @TheRabbitHole]

Dang

[Ryan Fournier @RyanAFournier]

“He wanted to save young men like the one who took his life”

“I forgive him.”

- Erika Kirk

[Piers Morgan @piersmorgan]

This Charlie Kirk memorial is incredible… if the shooter hoped he would silence his victim’s voice, he was labouring under a massive misapprehension. Charlie’s voice has never resonated louder or more powerfully around America, or the world.

[KQ @kristenq]

@AGPamBondi No, Pamela.

[KQ @kristenq]

@unlimited_ls Ten days later?!?!!

[KQ @kristenq]

Hey @JetBlue you cancelled my flight leaving me stranded in New York with my three kids and have refused to cover my hotel even though the only flight you can get me on is tomorrow. I'll never fly your airline again. Never.

[KQ @kristenq]

@elonmusk Is there a master list or running tally of every thing you've cut? I need to compulsively check it every day!

[Ron Paul @RonPaul]

A look behind the curtain has revealed a horrific truth: Nearly the entire mainstream media - worldwide - has been funded by the US government under the USAID.

From the BBC to the New York Times and Politico...

At this point it might be easier to find out who USAID has NOT funded in the media sphere!

Watch below:

[KQ @kristenq]

@esjesjesj Why would any of that being in this bill? These should all be standalone bills. This is about balancing our budget. That is all.

[KQ @kristenq]

@DatabaseRanger If you think "he just got old", Ive got a bridge to sell you 😂

[KQ @kristenq]

If he's not cognizant enough to run for reelection, why are we pretending he's cognizant enough to make defense decisions potentially getting us into WWIII?

[Cenk Uygur @cenkuygur]

What the fuck is Biden doing authorizing Ukraine to use US missiles inside Russia? Which side of the political spectrum is this on? The right hates it, the left hates it. Only establishment Democrats and Republicans, who are all neocons serving the donor class, like this.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

Tulsi Gabbard has put her life on the line to defend this country. People can disagree on issues, but it is outrageous for anyone to suggest that Tulsi is a foreign asset.

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

BREAKING: Senator Bernie Sanders announces he will work with Trump to cap the credit card interest rates at 10%

[John Stossel @JohnStossel]

The Editor-in-Chief of Scientific American resigned after she posted several hate-filled comments about Trump voters, like:

Gen X is "full of f---ing fascists.”

https://t.co/6oEl44DNZg

Delightful.

I'm not surprised. Many “science journals" have been taken over by the left:

[Rothmus 🏴 @Rothmus]

🎯

[KQ @kristenq]

@TheAbridgedZach the ultimate uno reverse haha They add her to the watch list…now she is the watch list lol

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

All actions of the Department of Government Efficiency will be posted online for maximum transparency.

Anytime the public thinks we are cutting something important or not cutting something wasteful, just let us know!

We will also have a leaderboard for most insanely dumb spending of your tax dollars. This will be both extremely tragic and extremely entertaining 🤣🤣