Sid Backstrom

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[Eric Church @ericchurch]

Eric took the stage at UNC Chapel Hill to deliver a commencement speech to the next generation of Tar Heels, sharing a message for the graduates as they step into what comes next.

Watch the speech in its entirety here: https://t.co/DbqOdqiymt

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@Bunny_ngl Thurston

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@karenehowell They thought he would be a good fit

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@billmaher If we only had Greenland this war would have been over long ago

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@SouthwestAir Do you have an email address for the specialty team

[Sid Backstrom @sid_backstrom]

@SouthwestAir someone hacked my account and stole 42,000 points on March 14 and I can’t get a response from you. #PoorService #tsa #faa

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@SouthwestAir I don’t think I want to do that via an unencrypted message. Can you provide a better method?

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@SouthwestAir Done. Thank you.

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@Lane_Kiffin @LSUReport @LSUfootball STFB!!!! Let’s Geauxxxxxx

[Sen. Cory Booker @SenBooker]

America must be strong and smart. Today’s actions were launched by a president who has rarely proven to be either.

Let me be clear: The Iranian regime is one of the most dangerous, destabilizing forces in the Middle East. It has American blood on its hands. It has armed and supported terrorist proxies who have killed tens of thousands. It has brutalized its own people, killing thousands in recent weeks, simply for demanding basic human rights and a future free from oppression. Iran remains the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism, and a nuclear-armed Iran would pose an intolerable threat to the United States, to our allies, and to global security. That outcome must never be allowed.

But none of these facts suspend our Constitution or confer upon any president the authority to unilaterally wage war. The Constitution is unambiguous: Congress alone has the power to declare war and to authorize the use of military force.

Today, Americans are feeling less safe because President Trump launched “massive and ongoing” military strikes on Iran without Congressional authorization, without meaningful consultation with lawmakers, and without presenting a credible legal justification or coherent strategy. He has taken our nation into a major military confrontation with the stated intent of regime change and in doing so has put our troops, our diplomats, and our regional partners at grave risk, while dragging the United States toward another costly and protracted conflict in the Middle East.

The president has presented no strategy for what happens if the Iranian regime collapses.

No plan for managing the inevitable power struggle among armed factions.

No plan for securing nuclear material.

No plan for preventing a humanitarian catastrophe.

No plan for protecting tens of thousands of U.S. troops and civilians across a region now on high alert.

No plan for coordinating with suddenly imperiled neighboring nations.

No plan for what comes after the bombs.

And no transparency with Congress or the American people about the human and financial costs of his military actions.

In fact, in the weeks before these attacks, even Secretary of State Rubio cautioned that no one can predict what would follow the fall of Iran’s leadership and that the risks to U.S. forces and regional stability would be enormous. These warnings were not heeded.

Military action alone cannot solve Iran’s nuclear challenge. We saw this last year when President Trump claimed he had 'completely obliterated’ Iran’s nuclear program with a set of strikes - claims that were swiftly proven false. The American people deserve honesty, not bluster; clarity and sober judgment, not reckless adventurism in matters of national security.

The Trump administration must immediately brief Congress on the intelligence, objectives, legal basis, and long-term strategy underlying today’s action. Congress must reassert its constitutional role - not simply roll over - because war and peace cannot be left to the impulses of any one president, especially not this one.

We should have learned from the last two decades of conflict in the Middle East that wars launched without clear goals and without an end-state in mind rarely end well. They cost lives, destabilize regions, embolden adversaries, and weaken America’s moral standing.

I am grateful for the professionalism and bravery of our service members who now find themselves in harm’s way, and I pray for their safety. They are the finest fighting force in human history, willing to shoulder dangers most Americans will never see. They deserve leadership guided by strategy, grounded in law, and worthy of their sacrifice - not reckless decision making that places them in the path of escalating danger.

[ABC News @ABC]

The United States' national debt is set to balloon to $64 trillion over the next 10 years, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said on Wednesday, citing a jump in annual deficits that owes in part to tax cuts enacted by President Trump. https://t.co/sikXeGn3V5

[Sid Backstrom @sid_backstrom]

Who gets it wrong more often - meteorologists or @MatthewBerryTMR? #SuperBowl #KennethWalker

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@RepJackKimble

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@RapidResponse47 He couldn’t find the Kid Rock one #boomermove

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@MattBakerCFB Wanna go ahead and mention other schools got the same letter an it has been resolved?

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@Acyn Let’s recall a Jim Jordan quote “The fundamental question was what Hunter Biden was offering to his foreign business partners... what the younger Biden had been offering was 'access' to the then-vice president, 'the guy who had influence'".
Wonder what he thinks about this?

[Sid Backstrom @sid_backstrom]

@cspan Been saying the same thing for a year. If you agree to unlimited power now you agree to it forever, whether your party is in power or not.

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Live shot of Carson Beck #NCAAF #NationalChampionship

[Christopher C. Cuomo @ChrisCuomo]

Priorities

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Hey @ChildersRadio how do you feel about the “frat house level of energy” description of your show in the promotion for #fullride