In 1988 Dolly Parton pulled every 7th and 8th grader in Sevier County into a room and told them to pick a buddy.
She made them sign a contract.. if BOTH graduate, she hands you both $500. One fails, nobody gets paid.
The county dropout rate went from 35% to 6%.
She handed out the checks herself.
In 1989 she offered $500 to every kid in the county who wanted to go to the local college.
When Gatlinburg burned in 2016, she sent 900 families $1,000 a month for six months.
You've probably heard that part.
Here's the part you haven't:
The fund raised more than expected, so she showed up in May and handed every one of those families another $5,000 on top.
Then she quietly put $3 million into the recovery group that handles the years after the news trucks leave.
She built her county an entire hospital.
She played a benefit concert in 2007, Dollywood and the Stampede matched it, and LeConte Medical Center opened in 2010 with a birthing unit and a women's center in it.
In 2022 she started covering 100% of tuition, books, and fees for Dollywood employees.
Full-time, part-time, AND seasonal.
In 1991 she paid for a bald eagle sanctuary because the birds couldn't be released back into the wild, no press release.
And when Hurricane Helene came through here in Western North Carolina, she wrote a personal check for $1 million and her companies matched it.
She didn't owe North Carolina anything, but she helped us anyway.
She started the Imagination Library because her daddy couldn't read or write. Before he passed, he told her it was the most important thing she ever did.
Rest in Peace, Dolly 🇺🇸
🚨 JUST IN: Air Force Major Jason Watson just got hit with the consequences he invited.
The same officer who stood on the Capitol steps in full uniform holding an “IMPEACH CONVICT REMOVE” sign and later went on CNN to keep attacking the President, has now been formally charged under the UCMJ.
10 charges total:
- 3 counts of Article 88 (contemptuous words against the President)
- 5 counts of Article 92 (disobeying orders)
- 2 counts of Article 133 (conduct unbecoming an officer)
He decided to turn his uniform into a political prop for an activist group. The military just reminded him that the uniform is not a costume.
He asked for this.
When we deport illegal aliens, we are deporting their voter base.
That’s why the democrats hate ICE.
They don’t actually care about people.
They just want the bodies for the Census & their votes.
Here's the cabin that Dolly Parton grew up in with 11 siblings. No electricity or water.
Dolly died worth $650+ million, after $500 million donated to charity!
This is America.
President Trump just issued a MAJOR WARNING to American schools:
"Every public school in America is now on notice that if they tell a child that they're trapped in the wrong body, they are committing child abuse"
🔥🔥🔥
John Fetterman has a problem… every time he opens his mouth, he sounds more reasonable than half his party. Then the Senate vote comes and he falls right back in line.
You can’t build a reputation on common sense and keep voting against the convictions you publicly claim to have. Eventually, you have to choose.
Quit sitting on the damn fence, John. If you know your party has lost its way, have the guts to leave it. You might be shocked how many Americans respect you for it.
E. Jean Carroll can have her verdict. I can have my opinion.
I don’t believe her.
Looking at the entire story, my common-sense meter has been screaming BS from day one. Trump denied it, and nothing about this has ever passed the smell test for me.
When money, fame and politics collide, skepticism isn’t crazy... it’s necessary.
Believe whatever you want.
I know exactly what my gut tells me, she is a fraud.
Pure class. Pure elegance.
Melania Trump walking into the room like she owns the decade.
That silver gown. That presence. That quiet power.
This is what a First Lady looks like.
Unmatched. Untouchable.
America is blessed to have her! 🇺🇸✨
🚨 JUST IN: Scott Presler has now formally asked Leader John Thune and the Senate GOP to pass the SAVE America Act for 225 CONSECUTIVE DAYS
Remember THAT when someone says, “we didn’t have enough time!”
Imagine if the Senate talking filibustered SAVE America for 225 days straight…
Democrats would’ve either caved or we could’ve gotten reconciliation with SAVE done by now.
PASS IT ASAP, do WHATEVER it takes! 🇺🇸
Trump, the man that gave up his billionaire lifestyle to be attacked, constantly investigated, ridiculed, slandered, and nearly killed in order to save the American people. Thank you, Mr. President.
In the right hand corner encircled you can see a man waving what appears to be a cloth from the Windows on the World restaurant where many were trapped on 9/11. In so many videos you see this poor gentleman and I've always wondered if he continued to do that until the tower crashed or he jumped to his death to get away from the inferno. It was such a day of horror and it's even more horrible that people have forgotten so quickly because they heard they could ride the bus for free! New York City may have forgotten but we never will!
As of today, @SenMcConnell has missed 48 roll call votes since June 11.
He hasn't been seen for over 53 days.
He hasn't been healthy enough to personally address his constituents, or the nation.
But, he is healthy enough to be signing legislation?
While recovering, McConnell has remotely put his name on the following legislative items:
* The Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026
* A Resolution Honoring Senator Lindsey Graham
* Burma Sanctions Amendment
* Ukraine Battlefield Lessons Amendment
* Open Technology Fund Amendment
How do we know McConnell is actually doing any of this and that it's not his staff making decisions for him?
His staff refuses to answer questions from constituents and press alike.
Is Terry Carmack, McConnell's Chief of Staff, making legislative decisions on behalf of McConnell?
Not a single Kentuckian voted for Carmack.
Or for @StephaniePenn, McConnell's Director of Communications, who refuses to communicate about McConnell's physcial and cognitive condition.