David Meers

Tomorrow I'm takin' me fishin.' Hang a sign on the door of my life. Tell the world that I've gone missin' and won't be back for a while. ~Eric Church

[Ben Carlson @awealthofcs]

I quoted Dolly Parton in the intro to my new book

My kids saw a beautiful rainbow just last weekend and I said this line to them

Loved her positive attitude towards life

RIP to a legend

[David Meers @meerkat_7]

@BenStanton77 Y

[Robert Pondiscio @rpondiscio]

If you're surprised that a country music singer-songwriter can deliver a commencement address for the ages, you need to listen to more country music.

[Dan Proft @DanProft]

Life is like a guitar. @ericchurch offers a brillianct commencement address (and guitar lesson) at his alma mater, UNC, that belongs in the pantheon of addresses of this sort with those of Steve Jobs (Stanford) and David Foster Wallace (Kenyon College).

[Vlad @VladTheInflator]

In Illinois, you can now get in state college tuition if you're an illegal alien, but not if you're from Indiana.

[Justin Stone @elite_baseball]

I have a facility down the street from our house. I’ve never asked my daughter to go practice. However, if she asks me, which she did tonight, I’ll never say “No.”

Because of my dad.

[Justin Stone @elite_baseball]

My thoughts on pushing your kids:

My dad worked at an oil refinery. I could hear the whistle blow across town at 5 o’clock. At 5:05 I was in the driveway w my glove, his glove and ball. He was exhausted.

He never said, “No.”

[Ball is Psych @BallisPsych]

“I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care.”

— Lou Holtz

[End Wokeness @EndWokeness]

Trump says "stand up if you believe that we should protect Americans, above illegals"

Democrats refused to stand

[Aaron M. Renn 🇺🇸 @aaron_renn]

These posts about the jobs and tax revenues Citadel brought to Chicago don't get at the most important point: Citadel is a bigtime Tier 1, systemically important financial institution, and Chicago has too few things like that to be blasé about losing one.

[Jennifer Sey @JenniferSey]

I just love this so much.

Sweeney refuses to engage with the idiotic leading questions.

She refuses to accept the reporter’s framing that she did something wrong (racist) by being in a jeans ad that Trump liked.

We can all do this. Reject it all.

[The Vigilant Fox 🦊 @VigilantFox]

JD Vance just delivered some of the most powerful words ever spoken about Charlie Kirk.

The crowd hung on every word as the Vice President unleashed a firestorm.

“Charlie suffered a terrible fate, my friends. We all know it. We all saw it, but think it is not the worst fate.”

“It is better to face a gunman than to live your life afraid to speak the truth.”

“It is better to be persecuted for your faith than to deny the kingship of Christ.”

“It is better to die a young man in this world than to sell your soul for an easy life with no purpose, no risk, no love, and no truth.”

Goosebumps.

[The Vigilant Fox 🦊 @VigilantFox]

JD Vance has a blunt message for those who cheered Charlie Kirk’s murder.

A harsh reckoning is coming their way:

“If you celebrate Charlie Kirk’s death, you should not be protected from being fired for being a disgusting person. If you’re a university professor who benefits from American tax dollars, you should not be celebrating Charlie Kirk’s death. And if you are, maybe you should lose your job or your university should face a loss of funding.”

“If you are the kind of person who thinks that Charlie Kirk was justifiably murdered, sometimes the government can’t do anything about that. But you know what can? Civil society... If you're celebrating the death of a young father, you ought to pay some consequences for it. And the American people are rising up against that evil. It's a great thing to see.”

[David Meers @meerkat_7]

@CharlieMarlow_ Like 1010 Elwood or bigger?

[LisaKippy @1620Descendant]

@willchamberlain I’ve only just begun creating a spreadsheet of people who’ve said vile things about Charlie Kirk’s assassination. So far, teachers and professors are by far the most represented.

[David Meers @meerkat_7]

@CharlieMarlow_ LIV NASCAR?

[David Meers @meerkat_7]

@CharlieMarlow_ 💀

[Vivek Ramaswamy @VivekGRamaswamy]

Our educational achievement deficit is the biggest unnoticed crisis in America. We spend 6.1% of our GDP on education, way more than average OECD nation, yet we rank well below the OECD average on math performance. Students in China are 4+ years ahead of their U.S. counterparts. That’s unacceptable. It’s up to states to solve the problem & we’ll lead the way in Ohio.

[David Meers @meerkat_7]

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[Jeff Feldman @Jefffeldman]

I’ve never related more to Donald Trump in my life.

The Art of the Deal.

On a daily or weekly basis I throw threats out to my kids when they don’t listen.

Inevitably they still don’t listen.

And somehow I don’t follow thru with the punishment.

But I do let them know that *next* time they will *not* get what they want.

And so he’s lobbing some threats to China, EU.

Doesn’t work so you say “ok, this is the last warning. Next time though!!”

And round and round it goes.

The art of the deal. I truly get it.