Pastor Justin Carter

Follower of Jesus. Husband of Sara. Daddy of Jac and Maggie Dean. Pastor at Second Baptist Church of Cedartown, GA.

[Virgil @VirgilsQuill]

I love that we’re the new Rome. Peace with Persia in the afternoon and a gladiator fight in the evening, all on the Emperor’s birthday. Another 1,000 years.

[Echoes of War @EchoesofWarYT]

On June 13, 1777, a 19-year-old French teenager landed on a beach in South Carolina, uninvited, to fight in someone else's war. He would become one of the most important men in American history.

The Marquis de Lafayette was one of the richest young aristocrats in France. He had a beautiful wife, a fortune, and zero reason to risk any of it. But he believed in the American cause so fiercely that when the French king forbade him from going, Lafayette bought his own ship and sailed anyway. He literally went AWOL from a life of luxury to bleed for a country that didn't exist yet.

Congress was annoyed at first. Another foreign officer looking for a paycheck? Then Lafayette offered to serve for free and pay his own way. That got their attention.

He met Washington and the two formed one of the great father-son bonds in American history. Washington had no biological children. Lafayette named his only son George Washington Lafayette.

He took a bullet in the leg at Brandywine and kept rallying the retreat. He was instrumental at Yorktown, the battle that won the war. He went home a hero on two continents.

A foreign teenager believed in America before America did. 249 years ago today.

[Pastor Justin Carter @secondpastor]

LOL

[Magills @magills_]

Elon is now worth a trillion dollars which means Dave Ramsey may actually be okay with him buying a new car at the sticker price.

[Kevin Patrick Mahaffey @dropalltables]

Oh yes, I remember that Bond film where the villain decarbonized the auto industry, brought fast internet to everyone on the planet, and helped paralyzed people interact with the world again.

[Erik Reed @ErikReed]

The number of Democrats publicly shaming Elon or making a play to take more of his money is truly revealing.

They don't want people to succeed. They want to steal. They want to create dependence. But they do not want you to truly prosper.

[nico @nicochristie]

Pretty crazy that Elon is only worth $1 Trillion

Thats like 200 miles of California high speed rail

[Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 @pmarca]

God bless America.

[alexjm 🇺🇸 @alexjmingolla]

Europeans online: “stay away from America, it’s horrible!”

@FreddyLA7 discovering a new state:

[Shabbos Kestenbaum @ShabbosK]

Im sorry but President Trump is absolutely correct.

The way California conducts their elections is a legitimate, credible threat to democracy:

1. Ballot harvesting is LEGAL, meaning 3rd parties are allowed to deliver thousands of completed ballots themselves with ZERO supervision or timeline.

2. There is ZERO requirement to show ANY type of ID when one comes to vote.

3. There are thousands of UNATTENDED drop boxes for ballots. There are DOZENS of examples of them being lit on fire, stolen, or bombarded with fake ballots.

4. The homeless are regularly paid to vote. The are given illegitimate addresses and coached through the process.

5. About 13 million of the approximately 16 million votes cast in 2024 were cast using vote-by-mail ballots. However, mail-in ballots are sent to every registered voter, whether you request them or not. California almost never updates their voting rolls, so ballots are REGULARLY sent to people who no longer live in the state, wrong address, or different person. My building alone had half a dozen such cases.

6. India had 660 million voters last election and counted the vote in one day. California has about 16 million and counting takes at least 30 days. This is a national embarrassment.

[Pastor Justin Carter @secondpastor]

📣📣📣 Scammer alert!

Someone got a text message this morning from an unknown number claiming to be me. Please don’t respond if you get this message. This is not me, and I would not communicate any urgent or discreet request in that way.

[Josh Barzon @JoshuaBarzon]

God wrote the Bible.

But He used humans to do it. (2 Peter 1:21)

Here is every biblical author ranked by their share of the 700,000+ words of Scripture they penned. 👇🏼

• Moses — 20.07%
• Ezra — 8.22%
• Luke — 6.41%
• Samuel — 5.95%
• Jeremiah — 5.88%
• Paul — 5.55%
• Ezekiel — 5.03%
• Isaiah — 4.73%
• John — 4.37%
• Matthew — 3.02%
• Solomon — 2.76%
• David — 2.72%
• Gad / Nathan — 2.63%
• Joshua — 2.41%
• Mark — 1.94%
• Daniel — 1.48%
• Zechariah — 0.82%
• Mordecai — 0.72%
• Hosea — 0.66%
• Amos — 0.54%
• Peter — 0.52%
• Asaph — 0.45%
• Sons of Korah — 0.41%
• Micah — 0.40%
• James — 0.29%
• Joel — 0.26%
• Malachi — 0.23%
• Zephaniah — 0.21%
• Habakkuk — 0.19%
• Jonah — 0.17%
• Nahum — 0.16%
• Haggai — 0.14%
• Agur — 0.10%
• Obadiah — 0.09%
• Jude — 0.08%
• Lemuel — 0.08%
• Ethan the Ezrahite — 0.07%
• Deborah & Barak — 0.05%
• Heman the Ezrahite — 0.04%
• Hezekiah — 0.03%
• Mary — 0.02%
• Zechariah the Priest — 0.02%
• Simeon — 0.01%
• Miriam — <0.01%

* Percentages reflect traditional attributions drawn from Talmudic tradition and prevailing scholarly consensus on authorship. Alternative views exist, and are welcome to be disputed in the comments below.

* Figures do not total 100%; the remainder represents anonymous or unattributed authorship.

[Lindsey Graham @LindseyGrahamSC]

I believe the liberation of the wonderful people of Cuba from the clutches of communism is close at hand.

Cuba Libre.

[Secretary Marco Rubio @SecRubio]

🇺🇸🇨🇺

[The People's Cube @ThePeoplesCube]

Must be where he picked up communism.

[Embajada de los Estados Unidos en Cuba @USEmbCuba]

Security Alert: U.S. Embassy Havana, Cuba (May 14, 2026)

Location: Cuba

Event: Cuba’s national electrical grid is increasingly unstable. Prolonged scheduled and unscheduled power outages occur daily across the country, including in Havana. Outages affect water supply, lighting, refrigeration, and communications. There is also a shortage of fuel affecting transportation and causing long lines at gas stations.

On May 13, 2026, there were numerous reports of protests throughout Havana regarding prolonged blackouts. While these protests have not been directed against the U.S. or U.S. citizens, reports say some of these protests have resulted in aggressive police repression against Cuban protestors.

We remind U.S. citizens to avoid large gatherings. U.S. citizens with emergencies, please call +(53) (7) 839-4100; after hours dial 1, then 0.

Actions to Take:
•Avoid crowds.
•Take precautions by conserving fuel, water, food and mobile phone charge. Be prepared for significant disruption.
•Be aware of increased police presence as well as traffic detours and interruptions to transit.
•Stay aware of your surroundings.
•Monitor local media for updates.
•Review daily updates published by UNE (Unión Eléctrica) and follow UNE’s social media accounts.
•Stay in touch with family and friends.
•Prepare for prolonged power outages by:
oKeeping mobile phones and portable battery banks charged
oHaving flashlights and spare batteries in a location easy to access
oStocking up on nonperishable food and water
oPreparing for alternative methods of meeting your medical needs (medical devices requiring power, medicines requiring refrigeration, etc.)
•Enroll in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) to receive updates from the U.S. embassy.

Assistance:
U.S. Embassy Havana, Cuba
Phone number: [phone]; after hours dial 1, then 0
Email: [email protected]
U.S. Citizen Consular Information: Embassy Havana WhatsApp channel

State Department – Consular Affairs [phone] or [phone]
Cuba Country Information
Enroll in the SMART Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) to receive security updates.
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[Department of State @StateDept]

SECRETARY RUBIO: It’s in our national interest to have a prosperous Cuba, not a failed state 90 miles from our shores.

[Rep. Carlos A. Gimenez @RepCarlos]

Cuba será libre. 🇨🇺🇺🇸

[Pastor Justin Carter @secondpastor]

What a time to be alive! Freedom for Cuba!

[CIA @CIA]

Havana, Cuba

[Today in History @TodayinHistory]

This may be the most articulate response I’ve ever heard to this question.