D Shepard

"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers." --Thomas Pynchon

[Dogs do speak @6speak]

“One Hug, Endless Love! 🐶❤️”

[⚡OG @Randy_Shannon]

I now have a plan after I retire😅

A man is at the center of an unusual Walmart controversy after allegedly spending three weeks posing as an employee despite never being hired.

The 46-year-old reportedly wore a blue vest, carried a walkie-talkie, and spent his shifts giving customers brutally honest shopping advice.

Things finally unraveled when a manager overheard
him telling a customer, “Don’t buy that TV. We’ve had six of them come back this week.”

The man allegedly told employees he wasn’t stealing anything and was actually providing better customer service than most of the staff.

[Chris Matteson @ChrisMatteson16]

The USDA is restricting SNAP eligibility mainly by closing a loophole States have been using to expand access beyond federal income and asset limits set by Congress. Officials argue this has bloated the rolls, driven up payment error rates, and let households with significant resources (sometimes far above intended thresholds) receive benefits meant for the neediest, undermining program integrity and inviting waste and abuse. The change aims to close that pathway, reduce improper payments, and better target aid to the needy while cutting costs.

[Andy @CapitolPoo]

@DrcharlieWardQ

[D Shepard @shepdf]

I wasn’t happy Miami got that far, but them losing was a beautiful thing!

[BuzzKill Bennie @BuzzKillBennie]

@shepdf Sorry to hear that, hopefully someone will get to you soon. In the meantime, maybe it'll help to think about how Miami came so close to another natty last season, only to come up short against the Hoosiers, of all teams.

You cannot make this shite up, am I right?

[Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes]

Be very careful when shopping for ham at Walmart this Thanksgiving and Christmas

This Sugardale ham is marked to weigh 28.03 pounds. If you put it directly on the scale it only weighs 22.9 pounds

This is overcharging you by 5 full pounds. This is theft

I have come across this so many times I am convinced this is not an accident, it’s a business model. The fine these companies will pay is so small compared to what they’re robbing Americans of that it makes sense to just short products and pay the fine

[Frank Luntz @FrankLuntz]

Average age of seven outgoing Senators: 69.4

Average age of the senators replacing them: 43.8

[LibertyJ @LibertyJen]

This made me unreasonably happy.

[Rothmus 🏴 @Rothmus]

When armed ranchers pointed rifles at federal agents in 2014, the Bureau of Land Management had to abandon the roundup and handed the cattle back.

Bundy had grazed on federal land without permits or fees since 1993. Courts ordered the herd removed and slapped him with over a million in fines.

After the BLM started seizing cattle, hundreds showed up in Bunkerville. At the I-15 overpass supporters aimed guns at officers, and the feds chose to quit rather than force a gunfight.

Prosecutors later charged Bundy, Ammon, Ryan, and others. Judge Navarro declared a mistrial after the government withheld evidence, then dismissed the case in 2018. The Ninth Circuit upheld that ruling for prosecutorial misconduct. The earlier grazing orders stayed in place.

But they’re never giving up on taking away your guns.

[Rothmus 🏴 @Rothmus]

In 1921, armed miners in West Virginia marched 60 miles to free union men jailed under martial law.

Before they reached Mingo, Sheriff Chafin’s private force stopped them at Blair Mountain with rifles, machine guns, and planes dropping gas and bombs.

After days of fighting, federal troops arrived on Harding’s orders and the miners surrendered, saying their fight was against local authorities.

West Virginia charged more than 500 with treason, murder, or conspiracy, tried a handful 300 miles away, and the union drive in the southern coalfields collapsed.

[D Shepard @shepdf]

This is so on point for me today. Having some foot pain. Sitting in the orthopedic urgent care waiting to see someone. Been here 2 hours. No one working here is showing any sense of urgency. I feel the 1-800 number…

[BuzzKill Bennie @BuzzKillBennie]

@shepdf "We do not recognize that password or user ID. Please contact our helpline at 1-800-HopeYouHaveAllDayForThis."

[Live Monitor @amlivemon]

Resignation is worse than firing. Boards never get that.

Its tacit admission of guilt. Leaves open questions.

Jensen is guilty of far more than an affair and that will come out later.

[HyperscaleFarmer @Data_Junkie_]

"selling chips to asia, so china can use them on the cloud is against national security"

same person: we wont let you put chips in US, we want to ban AI

our politicians are incredible

[Johnny Moline 🐊 🌴🦩🦎 @johnmccumber]

You have to respect Floridians for their verve and love of life

[chad6000 @chad6000]

I am 100% behind bringing Jimbo home to FSU and I’ve liked almost all @_CoachDawkins and @amandaafootball ‘s tweets, but an endorsement from this guy would silence all the haters and would officially bury the hatchet.

[Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes]

I can’t believe this is real

Here are criminals who just got elected to into office in America:

- Janene Ackles in North Carolina: Multiple convictions including lying to obtain unemployment benefits 6 times, writing fraudulent checks 14 times and reckless driving. She has 21 total guilty verdicts

- Nicole Mitchell in Minnesota: In 2025 she was arrested for burglarizing someone's home. She spent 6 months in prison and is on a 5 year probation

- Anthony Ealy in Missouri: He won his election by 68%. The day after his election, He threatened to kill a man and a woman. He is now being charged with assault, and now he's in jail

- LaKesha Womack in North Carolina: She didn't return a rental car that she rented in 2019. The car was over $20,000. She said she needed her car because she was homeless and her and her son needed a place to live. She never returned the rental car

- LaMonica McIver in New Jersey: she has 3 federal counts against her for assaulting ICE officers. 21 convictions on her record.

- Jovan Jackson in Nevada: He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit robbery, DUI, battery and for resisting arrest from an officer

- Ericka Lomick in Texas: She was arrested for mortgage fraud, money laundering and she served 63 months in prison, and she won by 810 votes

- Xavier Becerra in California “He's probably the worst one. 300,000 children went missing under his watch, and now he's going to be the governor of California”

@Brookerteejones “Criminals who are now elected officials. Yes, you heard me right. Many people that will be serving in our government are criminals.”

Ohh and before you ask I looked it up, EVERY SINGLE ONE is a Democrat

The Democrat party is the party of criminals. I doubt any of them actually won their elections fairly

[Dubs Only Sports @dubsonlysports]

The SEC Is A Ponzi Scheme…

[Rise of The U @RiseOfTheU]

The College Football Playoff committee is supposed to be the judge and jury of college football, but right now it looks like the SEC has stacked the jury, written the rules, and already decided the verdict.

9 of 13 committee members with SEC ties? How is the rest of college football supposed to trust that the playing field is level?

Here’s the problem: When SEC teams lose, it’s called a “quality loss.” When teams from other conferences lose, it’s used as a reason to eliminate them. Alabama and Georgia get the benefit of the doubt because of their reputation. SEC teams get rewarded for beating each other, then get excuses made for losing to each other. Meanwhile, teams from the ACC, Big 12, and other conferences are forced to defend their strength of schedule even when they’re winning.

You can’t keep preaching that every game matters while treating SEC losses differently from everyone else’s.

The CFP should be about who earned a playoff spot, not whose conference has the biggest brand, the most television money, or the most connections in the committee room.

When conference loyalty starts looking more important than competitive fairness, the credibility of the entire playoff system deserves to be questioned.

The SEC doesn’t need another advantage. It needs to be held to the same standard as everyone else.