Mike Duffy

[Mike Netter @nettermike]

This article was written by a 26 yr old college student by the name of Alyssa Ahlgren, who's in grad school for her MBA. What a GREAT perspecitve..👍🏽

My Generation Is Blind to the Prosperity Around Us!
I'm sitting in a small coffee shop near Nokomis (Florida) trying to think of what to write about. I scroll through my newsfeed on my phone looking at the latest headlines of presidential candidates calling for policies to "fix" the so-called injustices of capitalism. I put my phone down and continue to look around.

I see people talking freely, working on their MacBook's, ordering food they get in an instant, seeing cars go by outside, and it dawned on me. We live in the most privileged time in the most prosperous nation and we've become completely blind to it.

Vehicles, food, technology, freedom to associate with whom we choose.These things are so ingrained in our American way of life we don't give them a second thought.

We are so well off here in the United States that our poverty line begins 31 times above the global average. Thirty One Times!!!

Virtually no one in the United States is considered poor by global standards. Yet, in a time where we can order a product off Amazon with one click and have it at our doorstep the next day, we are unappreciative, unsatisfied, and ungrateful. ??

Our unappreciation is evident as the popularity of socialist policies among my generation continues to grow. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently said to Newsweek talking about the millennial generation, "An entire generation, which is now becoming one of the largest electorates in America, came of age and never saw American prosperity."

Never saw American prosperity! Let that sink in.

When I first read that statement, I thought to myself, that was quite literally the most entitled and factually illiterate thing I've ever heard in my 26 years on this earth. Many young people agree with her, which is entirely misguided.

My generation is being indoctrinated by a mainstream narrative to actually believe we have never seen prosperity. I know this first hand, I went to college, let's just say I didn't have the popular opinion, but I digress.

Why then, with all of the overwhelming evidence around us, evidence that I can even see sitting at a coffee shop, do we not view this as prosperity? We have people who are dying to get into our country.

People around the world destitute and truly impoverished. Yet, we have a young generation convinced they've never seen prosperity, and as a result, we elect some politicians who are dead set on taking steps towards abolishing capitalism.

Why? The answer is this,?? my generation has only seen prosperity. We have no contrast. We didn't live in the great depression, or live through two world wars, the Korean War, The Vietnam War or we didn't see the rise and fall of socialism and communism.

We don't know what it's like to live without the internet, without cars, without smartphones. We don't have a lack of prosperity problem. We have an entitlement problem, an ungratefulness problem, and it's spreading like a plague."

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[Geri Perna @GeriPerna]

🚨🚨🚨I swear, I am losing it over this news!!!! I want these 274 FBI agents exposed, arrested, and jailed!!!! WE NEED TO SEE THEIR FACES! How many instigated the J6ers that day??? SHARE THIS!!!

[John Spencer @SpencerGuard]

You have to marvel at all the takes on the situation in Iran. Personally I’ll let the dust settle for more than a few minutes to make judgments. I am not sure even the regime fully knows what happened and the extent of moving forward. Negotiations and forward movement continues. Important areas to watch in the near term:

- Nuclear material/program
- Function and status of the Strait of Hormuz

[Mike Duffy @Mduff9]

@SenJeffMerkley You need to keep your mouth shut, assuming you are able to support your own country & military - I have my doubts about you!

[Brit Hume @brithume]

If you read nothing else today about the Iran war, read this:

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

I was flying Southwest from Dallas to New York. Three rows ahead of me, there was a young soldier in uniform. He looked barely 18. He was staring straight ahead, gripping the armrests. He looked nervous. When the drink cart came around, the flight attendant asked him what he wanted. 'Coke, please,' he said. 'Heading home?' she asked kindly. 'No, ma'am,' he said. 'Deploying. First time.' The whole row went quiet. The flight attendant didn't say a word. she handed him his Coke. Then, she got on the PA system. 'Ladies and gentlemen, we have a very special guest in Row 8 today. Private Miller is on his first deployment to serve our country. Since I can't buy him a drink, I’m going to ask a favor. If you want to write him a note of encouragement, pass it forward.' I grabbed a napkin. I wrote: 'You got this. Stay safe. - A dad from Row 12.' I watched as napkins traveled up the aisle. Napkins, receipts, pages torn from books. By the time we landed, the soldier had a pile of paper on his tray table three inches high. He stood up to get his bag, and he was wiping his eyes. He carefully packed every single scrap of paper into his rucksack. 'Thank you,' he told the flight attendant. 'No,' she said. 'Thank you.' We all walked off that plane a little quieter, reminded that freedom is just a word until you meet the kid who is defending it.

Credit: Margie Lee

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

Tim Tebow walks a disabled girl down the red carpet at a Night to Shine event with the @tebowfoundation.

“Let me tell you why the Night to Shine red carpet is like no other…” Tebow said of the events.

“It isn’t about fame or fortune. It’s not about A-listers. It’s about God’s VIPs.”

“Every guest is celebrated. Every life is valued. Every moment points to a simple truth: every person is made in the image of God and worthy of love, dignity, and joy.”

Amazing.

[Stand Up For Trump @StandUpForTrmp]

🚨BREAKING: In a bombshell revelation, CBS investigative journalist Catherine Herridge has gone public with explosive allegations: "CBS executives deliberately buried the 'Hunter Biden laptop story' and ordered her to wait until AFTER the 2022 midterms to help the Democratic Party."

What's your response to this...??👀

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[Reverend Jordan Wells @WellsJorda89710]

🚨 BREAKING: POLITICAL VIOLENCE EXPOSED IN MINNESOTA!

The leader of the anti-ICE Signal group coordinating real-time tracking, doxxing, and obstruction of federal ICE agents has been identified:

Amanda Noelle Koehler (alias/code name: HAH), admin of the MN ICE Watch Signal chat.

She's a veteran protest organizer, far-left activist, and campaign strategist for Tim Walz ("Tampon Tim").

She reportedly believes property damage isn't violence—perfect for justifying chaos while blocking law enforcement from deporting criminals.

This isn't "peaceful protest"—it's organized interference with federal officers, tied straight to the Walz machine.

Democrat insiders running shadow networks to protect illegals and attack ICE?

Make her famous. Share this. Tag @ICEgov @DHSgov @FBI.

Who else is in these groups? Demand answers, Minnesota! 🇺🇸🔥

#ExposeTheLeft #AntiICE #TimWalz #PoliticalViolence #MAGA

[Guy Benson @guypbenson]

worth a read

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[Mike Duffy @Mduff9]

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[Secretary of War Pete Hegseth @SecWar]

Americans can find peace this Christmas season, knowing the men and women of the United States military are standing watch to protect our nation.

[Mike Duffy @Mduff9]

@Sadie_NC God

[Pete Hegseth @PeteHegseth]

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