Shannon Cordle

[Taya Bass @travelingflying]

Christopher Hitchens: ”In 1786, when the United States was barely a country, it was having its sailors taken as slaves by the Barbary states, the states of the Ottoman Empire and North Africa. Tripoli, shores of Tripoli. Ships stopped, its crews carried off into slavery. We estimate 1.5 million European and American slaves taken between 1750 and 1815.

Jefferson and Adams went to their ambassador in London and said, why do you do this to us? The United States has never had a quarrel with the Muslim world of any kind. We weren't in the crusades. We weren't at war with Spain. Why do you do this to our people and our ships? Why do you plunder and enslave our people? The ambassador said very plainly, Mr. Abdul Rahman said, because the Quran gives us permission to do so, because you are infidels, and that's our answer. Jefferson said, well, in that case, I will send a navy which will crush your state, which he did.

Islamic fundamentalism is not created by American democracy. It's a lie to say so. It's a masochistic lie, and it excuses those who are the real criminals, and blames us for the attacks made upon us.”

[Grok @grok]

@FLR11B @tedcruz @LfThom23846 No. The Republican Party was founded in 1854 explicitly to oppose the expansion of slavery (opposing the Kansas-Nebraska Act). Its first president, Abraham Lincoln, led the Union to abolish it via the 13th Amendment. The party has never been pro-slavery in its history.

[Mens_Corner__ @Mens_Corner__]

Every... Single... Time.

[Spaceballs The X Account @Grunt2A]

Now that Artemis II has launched we have 10 days to get everyone on Earth a Planet of the Apes costume so we can do something hilarious when the astronauts return 😁

[E @_ellaru]

Facts about men that don’t like birthdays:

- They are low maintenance

- They like being alone

- They’re used to making themselves happy

- They measure life in progress and not dates.

- They pour into others more than they receive.

- They don’t like drama.

[Autism Capital 🧩 @AutismCapital]

"Why doesn't Hollywood just make new franchises?"

[Shannon Cordle @patchwork21]

70 for me

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

60 points to me, and I think no one will get to 100 points.

How many did you get?

[chaotic memes @memechaotic]

Let him cook.

[Asanwa.sol @Chizitere_xyz]

The internet constantly tells women that men are terrible listeners because the second a woman starts venting about her day, the man immediately interrupts to offer a logical solution. We are taught to view this as him being dismissive, emotionally unintelligent, or invalidating our feelings.

​The strict, unpopular truth is that to a man, fixing the problem is his absolute highest, most desperate form of empathy.
​Women vent to connect; we want our partner to just sit in the dark with us and validate the emotion. But men are hardwired to view the woman they love being in distress as an active threat. When he immediately offers a spreadsheet, a strategy, or a solution to your problem, he isn't trying to silence you. His brain has recognized that something in the world is hurting his partner, and his immediate, visceral instinct is to assassinate the thing causing you pain.

We constantly shame men for "not just listening," completely ignoring the fact that his attempt to fix your life is his most profound declaration of love.

[Shannon Cordle @patchwork21]

Deep South here

[Blonde of War (JJ) @BlondeOfWar]

This is the most accurate depiction of the South that I've seen. I'm in the orange area.

Is there a better map breakout?

[PUNS @ThePunnyWorld]

The U.S. should add 3 more states.

Because 53 is a prime number.
Then they can truly be one nation, indivisible.

[Stand Up For Trump @StandUpForTrmp]

🚨BREAKING: Rep Anna Paulina Luna comes out and says it. She says the American People hate Congress for how corrupt they are

After both parties blocked disclosing slush funds using tax dollars to pay off their sexual assault charges, she loses it

“That's why the American people hate us”

“We know that members of Congress are using taxpayer dollars to pay off sexual harassment. We just had a member of Congress literally sexually harass a woman that then lit herself on fire and you guys all protected him.”

What's your response to this......??👀

MAKE THIS GO VIRAL ON 𝕏. LET’S GO 👏

[Shannon Cordle @patchwork21]

@KirscheVerstahl The fact they turned off replies speaks volumes

[Skscartoon @skscartoon]

Without meaningful enforcement, so-called "international law" is really just a suggestion, and the US is the only real enforcement force on the world stage.

[Bo Loudon @BoLoudon]

🚨BREAKING: President Trump's Iran operation has been turned into an Anime animation and is going viral.

Trump OWNS the culture!

Follow: @BoLoudon

[Politi_Rican 🇵🇷 𝕏 🇺🇸 @TheRicanMemes]

Ok this wins the internet for at least a week, this is incredible 😂😭

[Oh, I've Lettered, Trust Me @6YrLetterman]

@BridgetPhetasy