We are a big, brash, diverse, loud country that has certainly made lots of errors. But frankly, the enthusiasm that you see in the parts of the country where the World Cup is, is extraordinary.
The fact is that, especially for Europeans—and the other Western countries—coming here and seeing the scale… the fact that the West, and the Mountain West, and the Midwest, which is not really the West at all, and the Northeast, and the South, and then Texas and Florida, which are places unto themselves—and that’s just the continental 48, and the Great Plains. It’s so diverse, not just geographically, but culturally and culinarily. It’s an incredible landmass with an incredible diversity of people.
And yeah, have we had an arrogance that made “ugly Americans” a thing all over the world. Like, okay, here come the people who think that by just speaking English louder, anyone will be able to understand English. Yeah, that’s true about a lot of Americans.
But it has been pleasurable to see the joy that people coming to the United States taken in what it is that we are.
- Dr. Heather Heying, Episode 332 of The Evolutionary Lens, “The American Experiment at 250” on DarkHorse.
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Anthony Fauci adviser indicted by Department of Justice
David Morens, 78, has been charged with conspiracy against the United States; destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in federal investigations; concealment, removal, or mutilation of records; and aiding and abetting.
https://t.co/KcRsn7GWkk
🚨 BREAKING: HHS Secretary RFK Jr. Drops the HAMMER on Somali Fraud, Cuts Off ALL Child Care Payments to Minnesota, Effective Immediately
“We have frozen all child care payments to the state of Minnesota. We have turned off the money spigot and we are finding the fraud,” HHS said in a statement. “You have probably read the serious allegations that the state of Minnesota has funneled millions of taxpayer dollars to fraudulent daycares across Minnesota over the past decade.”
HHS took three severe penalty actions against Minnesota today:
1. Activated our defend the spend system for all ACF payments. Starting today, all ACF payments across America will require a justification and a receipt or photo evidence before we send money to a state.
2. Identified the malicious actors in Nick Shirley’s work. Demanded Gov. Tim Walz comprehensive audit of these centers. This includes attendance records, licenses, complaints, investigations, and inspections.
3. Launch a dedicated fraud-reporting hotline and email address at https://t.co/80KF5w98Kg Whether you are a parent, provider, or member of the general public, we want to hear from you.
This is massive.
🚨 Here is the full 42 minutes of my crew and I exposing Minnesota fraud, this might be my most important work yet. We uncovered over $110,000,000 in ONE day. Like it and share it around like wildfire! Its time to hold these corrupt politicians and fraudsters accountable
We ALL work way too hard and pay too much in taxes for this to be happening, the fraud must be stopped.
@EPA@LeeMZeldin The 2024 rule regulated six PFAS with very low limits (4–10 ppt individually, plus a mixture approach). Removing federal limits on four of them means no enforceable national cap on those compounds for now—effectively allowing higher levels without requiring treatment.
WTF?!
@WhiteHouse@LeeMZeldin The 2024 rule regulated six PFAS with very low limits (4–10 ppt individually, plus a mixture approach). Removing federal limits on four of them means no enforceable national cap on those compounds for now—effectively allowing higher levels without requiring treatment.
WTF?!
@LeeMZeldin@MrsErikaKirk The 2024 rule regulated six PFAS with very low limits (4–10 ppt individually, plus a mixture approach). Removing federal limits on four of them means no enforceable national cap on those compounds for now—effectively allowing higher levels without requiring treatment.
WTF?!
@LeeMZeldin The 2024 rule regulated six PFAS with very low limits (4–10 ppt individually, plus a mixture approach). Removing federal limits on four of them means no enforceable national cap on those compounds for now—effectively allowing higher levels without requiring treatment.
WTF?!
🆘 Hanno portato via i figli alla “FAMIGLIA NEL BOSCO”
Una coppia, Catherine Birmingham e Nathan Trevallion, vive con i loro 3 bambini in un casolare nei boschi dell’Abruzzo, con uno stile di vita semplice e percorsi educativi non convenzionali.
Non c’è alcun abuso, nessun maltrattamento, nessuna trascuratezza accertata.
Eppure il Tribunale per i minorenni dell’Aquila ha disposto l’allontanamento dei figli e la sospensione della responsabilità genitoriale.
Immagina di vederti strappare i tuoi bambini non perché li hai fatti soffrire, ma perché non rientri nello “standard” deciso da altri.
È una ferita profondissima al primato educativo dei genitori e uno strapotere dei servizi sociali che, se passa, può colpire chiunque scelga una strada diversa e controcorrente.
📝 Ti chiediamo un gesto concreto:
firma ora la petizione per chiedere al Ministro della Giustizia Carlo Nordio di ridare i loro figli ai coniugi Trevallion e difendere il diritto dei bambini a crescere con mamma e papà 👇https://t.co/8DZswlNgcP