Pam Grant

Oklahoma diehard football fan. Lifelong Browns fan.

[Paratrooper Brady @paratroopbrady]

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez champions defunding the police, open borders, and abolishing ICE, yet she shields herself behind bulletproof glass. The hypocrisy is hard to ignore.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Absolutely

[The Husky @Mr_Husky1]

HOLLYWOOD CELEBRITIES FLEW FIRST CLASS TO WAR ZONES FOR PHOTO OPS. TOBY KEITH FLEW IN BLACKHAWKS TO PLACES NO CAMERA WOULD EVER SEE… After 9/11, hundreds of celebrities posted flags on Instagram. Wore ribbons on red carpets. Said "thank you for your service" on talk shows.

Then went home. Toby Keith got on a helicopter and flew into Afghanistan. Not once. Not twice. Eighteen times.

For over a decade — two unpaid weeks every single year — he flew into active war zones. Iraq. Afghanistan. Kuwait. Remote outposts six miles from the Pakistani border where soldiers hadn't seen a civilian face in six months.

Critics back home still called him a warmonger. Award shows still passed him over. But here's what the critics never saw… Toby didn't play the big bases. He insisted on going where nobody else would — tiny forward operating bases named after fallen soldiers.

He rode in Blackhawks escorted by Apache gunships. He came under fire. His family back home "freaked out" every time he left. He didn't care. He created the USO2GO program — sending electronics and comfort items to soldiers at outposts too remote for any entertainer to ever visit.

Over 250,000 troops. Seventeen countries. He closed every single show with "American Soldier" — and every single time, the crowd went silent, because every man and woman standing there knew: this wasn't a performance. This was a promise.

He once said: "I saw a void the great Bob Hope left behind, and no one was filling it." So he filled it. For eighteen years. While quietly fighting stomach cancer, he kept going — not for fame, not for cameras — but because he made a promise to kids in uniform who just wanted to hear a guitar and feel like home was still there.

They gave him awards he never asked for. But the soldiers who stood in the dust and heard him play — they gave him something no trophy ever could. What happened at those remote bases is a story most Americans have never heard.

[U.S. Senator John Fetterman @SenFettermanPA]

We were there front and center.

That venue wasn’t built to accommodate an event with the line of succession for the U.S. government.

After witnessing last night, drop the TDS and build the White House ballroom for events exactly like these.

[Geiger Capital @Geiger_Capital]

Trump is not Hitler.

ICE officers are not the Gestapo.

Enough with the fucking rhetoric.

[Front Office Sports @FOS]

Fernando Mendoza is launching the Mendoza Family Fund to raise money to fight MS, which his mother has.

Mendoza personally committed $500,000 to the National MS Society.

[James Woods @RealJamesWoods]

Oh, man. This is impossible to watch without tears in your eyes. Staff Sergeant Jose Sanchez, American hero.

[Pam Grant @pgrant]

@shouq_al90149 It’s gorgeous. Wear it.

[The Real Mike Rowe @mikeroweworks]

If you haven’t heard, and even if you have, Jimmy Kimmel said this about Markwayne Mullin, former Senator from Oklahoma, and our newest Secretary of Homeland Security:
“We have a plumber now protecting us from terrorism.”

Apparently, there has been some backlash. Plumbers were offended, obviously, as were parents of plumbers, spouses of plumbers, children of plumbers, and millions of people who have had a plumber show up when they needed one. Comedians were also offended, (the funny ones, anyway,) along with a surprising number of terrorists - especially those with access to hot and cold running water. However, in spite of the ensuing kerfuffle, @jimmykimmel doubled down.

“I’m not upset that the head of Homeland Security was a plumber,” he said, “I’m upset that he isn’t still a plumber." He further elucidated by adding, "I wouldn't put a plumber in charge of Homeland Security for the same reason I wouldn't call a five-star general to pull a rat out of my toilet, OK? We all have our areas of expertise.”

Being offended is always a choice, and I don’t choose to be offended by a joke, even one that comes at the expense of the skilled tradespeople my foundation tries to elevate. But I am a tad butt hurt by the suggestion that skilled workers should never evolve into something new, and that competence is somehow limited to one vocation. Obviously, expertise and skill are important. If I need a new kidney, I’d prefer a doctor do the surgery, not a late-night talk show host. But if the doctor in question used to host a talk show, why would I hold that against him?

Ten years ago, during one of the presidential debates, @MarcoRubio answered a workforce-related question by arguing that America needed to get shop class back into high schools. He concluded by saying, “What our country needs are more welders and fewer philosophers.” A lot of people on this page commented that Rubio and I were singing from the same hymnal, but in fact, we weren’t. At least not entirely. Because I don’t think the current shortage of welders has anything to do with an overabundance of philosophers. In fact, I think it’s a mistake to promote one vocation at the expense of the other. What we really need in this country, are more welders who can talk intelligently about Aristotle, and more philosophers who can run an even bead. More Generals, in other words, who can fix their own toilets, and more plumbers who can hold a powerful government job.

This is what Mullin did. He was a private citizen who mastered an essential skill and then turned that skill into a multi-million-dollar company that employed a lot of people and served a lot of customers. That gave him the freedom to do other things with his life, including a career in public service which got him into Congress, where he’s spent the last eleven years doing whatever Congressmen do. Now, he has a very consequential position in the Cabinet of the current administration.

Is that not the embodiment of the American Dream? I get that Jimmy Kimmel might have a problem with Mullin’s politics, but what possible objection could he have about the trajectory of his career, or his desire to do more than one thing with his life?

The only sensible thing to do in the wake of a moment this tone deaf, is remind America that the skills gap is wide, and getting wider. The shortage of skilled tradespeople is now headline news and closing it is nothing less than a matter of national security. This year, my foundation has set aside $10 million dollars to help train the next generation of plumbers, and lots of other essential workers. I'm talking about hundreds of thousands of AI-proof, six figure jobs that don't require a four-year degree, waiting to be filled. The money is currently available to anyone who wants to master a useful skill at https://t.co/uolhGspFtN. Apply today.

As for those of you genuinely offended by Kimmel's comments, consider expressing your disappointment with a modest donation to mikeroweWORKS. Our work ethic scholarship is making a real difference, and your money will be well spent, I promise. The donate button is big and red and hard to miss, at https://t.co/uolhGspFtN

I’d love to chat but I’ve gotta pull a rat out of my toilet…

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 BREAKING: These patriot ICE agents are being praised for respectfully SLAPPING DOWN a leftist activist in the airport

"Why is your voice so stressed out?" 😂

LIB: Why won't you answer the question?

ICE: "I don't have to." 🔥🔥

[John McAfee 🇺🇸 News @mcafeenew]

🚨COLIN KAEPERNICK’S GREEDY DELUSION CRUSHED IN TOTAL HUMILIATION: THIS ANTI-AMERICA CRYBABY WHO STARTED THE ENTIRE NFL KNEELING CANCER JUST GOT HIS PATHETIC PENSION AND BENEFITS DEMAND REJECTED AND SHOVED DOWN HIS THROAT!

🔗 https://t.co/Y7COdvDaqx

He fell short by MORE THAN THREE FULL SEASONS but still thought the league owed him a fat paycheck for life because “they” made him unemployable.

The adjudicator destroyed him: “NOBODY MADE YOU KNEEL, YOU ENTITLED CLOWN – YOU MADE YOURSELF UNEMPLOYABLE!”

Actions have consequences, you spoiled grifter – now you get ZERO!

This is what happens when you spit on America and then cry for a handout.

SHARE IF YOU’RE LOVING WATCHING THIS FRAUD GET EXACTLY WHAT HE DESERVES!

Follow @mcafeenew for more drops.

[Nick Sortor @nicksortor]

🚨 BREAKING: Legislation has been filed in the US Senate to BAN members of Congress from receiving special treatment at airports

They’d be FORCED to stand in the lines and go through TSA just like the rest of us.

Great! This is LONG overdue.

[Derrick Evans @DerrickEvans4WV]

🚨 BREAKING: Airlines face calls to stop letting members of Congress skip TSA lines as waits near four hours amid DHS funding dispute.

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 JUST IN: Americans are now calling on airlines to BAN members of Congress to skip through TSA lines while Senate Democrats keep DHS shut down

Wait times are nearing 4 HOURS

NO SPECIAL PRIVILEGES! Hit them where it hurts! 🔥

[Pam Grant @pgrant]

You forgot Bigfoot sightings 🤣

[Nick Pedone @NickPedone12]

The last 72 hours in Cleveland:

70 degrees
Snow storm
Meteor strike

[Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman]

🚨Fetterman blasts left's hypocrisy, "How many who criticized our Men's Hockey team CONDEMNED Iran's treatment of its Women's Soccer team?"

Is John Fetterman the only democrat with any common sense?

[Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok]

Chief Aaron Edwards ran towards a BOMB putting his life on the line to protect New Yorkers

Mahmoud Khalil wrote about wanting to eradicate the United States

Guess which one Mamdani invited over for dinner?

[Riley Gaines @Riley_Gaines_]

Every feminist should be talking about these women and their courage to stand against an oppressive regime.

[Riley Gaines @Riley_Gaines_]

I've been waiting to hear from @UNHumanRights on this....

Crickets.