Michael Redd

Conservative...loves sports, beer and bacon!

[The Husky @Mr_Husky1]

She ate lunch alone for 730 days straight. What this 16-year-old built from that pain now protects millions of kids worldwide.

Seventh grade. Natalie Hampton carried her tray through a packed cafeteria and felt it — that specific, suffocating dread of not knowing where to go.

She'd already learned what happened when you approached the wrong table. The silence. The turned backs. The whispered laughter that followed you all the way to the empty table by the wall.

The one everyone could see.

The one that said: nobody wants her.

For two full years — 730 consecutive lunches — that table was hers. Alone.

The bullying went further than whispers. She was shoved into lockers. Four physical attacks in two weeks. She came home with scratches and bruises. When she finally reported it, school administrators sent her to counseling — to find out what she was doing wrong.

The isolation grew so heavy she was hospitalized for anxiety.

Then ninth grade came. A new school. And almost overnight — everything changed. Students welcomed her. She made friends within weeks. She finally knew what safe felt like.

But she couldn't stop thinking about the kids still sitting at the wall table. Right now. Today.

She remembered what she'd needed most during all those lunches. Not a teacher. Not a pamphlet. Just one person saying: "You can sit with us."

So at 16 — with zero coding experience and "a lot of enthusiasm," as she put it — Natalie built exactly that.

She called it Sit With Us.

The idea was simple and genius: students sign up as "ambassadors," keeping their table open. Other kids privately browse available tables on their phones before ever walking into the cafeteria — and show up knowing they're already welcome.

No public rejection. No moment of judgment. Just a guaranteed seat.

Within 7 days of launching: 10,000 downloads.

Then the world found her. NPR. The Washington Post. CBS News. Messages from Morocco, Australia, the Philippines, France — kids who'd been eating alone for years, finally finding a place to belong.

Sit With Us now operates in 30 countries.

"Even if it helps one person," Natalie said quietly, "it was worth building."

She turned 730 lunches of loneliness into a lifeline for millions.

That's not just survival. That's transformation.

[Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman]

Spencer Pratt just dropped this post.

The cheat in CA is happening. No state needs weeks to count votes, they need weeks to manufacture votes.

[Michael Redd @mredd3]

#BravesCountry5k

[Clay Travis @ClayTravis]

Sports media is profoundly broken. This is the headline in @latimes for a boy winning multiple girls state titles.

[Senator Jim Banks @SenatorBanks]

You have to be 16 to drive.
You have to be 18 to vote.
You have to be 21 to drink.
You have to be 25 to rent a car.

Why are teachers talking to our kids about sexuality at 12?

Why are kids encouraged to mutilate their bodies at 13?

This gender ideology madness needs to end.

[🥃 Duchess of Bourbon 🥃 @AnnaDsays]

GM!

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

Robin Williams explaining how golf was invented remains one of the funniest stand-up bits ever put on stage. A masterclass in comedic storytelling.

[Cigarette Nostalgia @CigsMake]

How Iife be feeling

[TCM @tcm]

After a late-night broadcast of the disaster film ZERO HOUR! ('57), comedy troupe members: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker bought the rights to the film to direct a scene-by-scene spoof.

The result was AIRPLANE ('80) – one of cinema's greatest comedies.

[Tyler Bindi @TripleNetTyler]

Went to vote today for the California primaries

The guy next to me called over an election worker because his ballot didn't include the LA mayoral race

The worker checked and told him it was because his registered address was in Malibu, which is outside the City of LA

The guy then asked if he could provide another address

To my surprise, the answer was yes

So he gave the worker an LA address, they voided his previous ballot, issued a new one, and suddenly he was able to vote for the mayor of LA

How is voter ID not mandatory in all 50 states?

[AJ Inapi (Allan) @aj_inapi]

NO white person alive today owned slaves. Teach your kids that.

NO black person alive today was born a slave. Teach your kids that.

Not all white people owned slaves back then. Teach your kids that.

Millions of white people fought and died to end slavery. Teach your kids that.

People should not inherit guilt from their ancestors. Teach your kids that.

People should not inherit victimhood from their ancestors. Teach your kids that.

You are responsible for your own actions, not the actions of people who lived 200 years ago. Teach your kids that.

America is not perfect, but it is not uniquely evil. Teach your kids that.

The West is responsible for some of humanity's greatest advances in freedom, science, medicine, and prosperity. Teach your kids that.

Loving your country is not racism. Teach your kids that.

Wanting secure borders is not racism. Teach your kids that.

Wanting safe communities is not racism. Teach your kids that.

Wanting merit over quotas is not racism. Teach your kids that.

Questioning political narratives is not racism. Teach your kids that.

People should be judged by their character, not their skin color. Teach your kids that.

History should be taught honestly, not used as a weapon. Teach your kids that.

A nation that teaches its children to hate their heritage will not survive. Teach your kids that.

Your country is your home. Protecting it is not something to be ashamed of. Teach your kids that.

You do not owe an apology for being born. Teach your kids that.

Never let fear of being called names stop you from speaking the truth as you see it. Teach your kids that.

[USMC Lady Vet 🇺🇸 @Arkypatriot]

Some people don’t speak up about what they’re going through because they’ve learned that when they do try to explain why they’re stressed, overwhelmed, or struggling, they’re ignored, brushed off, or told to just deal with it.

So they stop talking about it.

The truth is, some of the people who look like they’re holding it all together are running on empty. They’re not staying quiet because they’re fine. They’re staying quiet because experience has taught them that nobody is really listening.

[Michael Redd @mredd3]

For those wanting CA results

[Michael Redd @mredd3]

@Notwokenow KTLA app

[Michael Redd @mredd3]

@joy_kornetta @LynnMissFlynn Yes, here in GA.

[Blue Ribbon Country @BlueRibbonCtry]

One of Randy Travis' most enduring song is "Forever and Ever, Amen". It was his third #1 and stayed at the top of the charts for three weeks.

The song was written by legendary Nashville songwriters Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz. The title came from something Schlitz's young son would say after bedtime prayers:

"Mommy, I love you forever and ever, amen."

Schlitz mentioned the phrase to Overstreet, and the two reportedly wrote the song in just a couple of hours.

The song was a major award winner:

Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Song
CMA Song of the Year
ACM Song of the Year
ACM Single of the Year

It is widely regarded as one of the greatest country love songs ever recorded and establish @randytravis as one of the defining artists of the era and remains his signature recording.

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[Fox News @FoxNews]

Sen. Ted Cruz blasts Democrats for staying silent on Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner: "I think this election is revealing what Senate Democrats really care about."

[Darren Rovell @darrenrovell]

This Day In 1925: Lou Gehrig replaced Wally Pipp in the lineup and played 14 straight years.

Pipp, who had a headache, was made an example of. Don’t be Wally Pipp. Show up every day or you could be replaced forever.

The story that has been told for a century isn’t true.

👇

[Michael Redd @mredd3]

@MBHolder21 Totally agree with you Melissa.

[Dan Clark @DanClarkSports]

This may be a Top 10 all-time MLB photo.