Theresa from Duval

Gen X. 25+ year forensic scientist (and now manager). Sometimes a bit odd. DTWD.

[Theresa from Duval @tbbrowning]

My leadership mantra, fading away

[Theresa from Duval @tbbrowning]

@FletchMatlock Same here!

[Theresa from Duval @tbbrowning]

When will the Kaiju appear?

[Theresa from Duval @tbbrowning]

Not gonna lie, I’m a little disappointed with Florida’s contribution.

[Fox News @FoxNews]

Get an exclusive look inside America250's time capsule and the items that will be buried on Independence Mall in Philadelphia on July 4th, 2026.

[Theresa from Duval @tbbrowning]

My son this morning after 13 years of mandated public education.

[Theresa from Duval @tbbrowning]

We’ve already gone and sold our rental Chicagoland property while we could. Finally made the decision we weren’t ever going back to retire there.

[David Burge @iowahawkblog]

Despite everything I truly love Los Angeles and Chicago, my two favorite big American cities, and desperately wish they get their shit together. But if after the Palisades disaster LA voters decide to stay the course with this idiocy, I'm gonna have to write LA off like an old friend who turned into a self distructive drug addicted street vagrant.

[Theresa from Duval @tbbrowning]

No pharmacy, but a connected liquor store. Priorities!

[Florida Times-Union @jaxdotcom]

Not your typical Publix. A smaller-format store is opening in Florida in June, with one common feature missing. https://t.co/45U0Pb9ymv

[Brianna Lyman @briannalyman2]

On this day in 1865, Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant.

Lee showed up dressed in his best, looking like a dignified gentleman. Grant was covered in mud after riding all morning.

Before anything was signed, the two men spoke about their shared service in the Mexican War -- a reminder that Confederates and Union soldiers were nonetheless countrymen tied by mystic chords of memory.

Grant did not create terms of surrender to humiliate the South. Grant and Lincoln understood that to unify the nation, you could not imprison half of it. Confederates were allowed to keep their sidearms and personal horses.

When Grant learned that Lee's men were quite literally starving after having not eaten for days, he ordered 25,000 rations sent to them immediately. Lee said this would have "a very happy effect" on his men.

When Lee rode away after signing terms of surrender, Union soldiers cheered. Grant forced them to stop, reminding Union soldiers that Confederates were "now our countrymen" and there would be no cheering over their downfall. (In fact, days later when actual ceremonial surrender occurred, Union Gen. Josh Chamberlain reportedly ordered his men to salute passing Confederates as a sign of respect)

Lee also worked diligently to stop Confederates from waging guerrilla warfare, encouraging them to set their arms aside and return home and in peace. He was a titan in his own right.

If the spirit of 1865 had been driven by the urge to shame and punish, the Union would not have lasted. So many people today misunderstand that and as such, they try to rewrite America history.

God Bless America.

[Theresa from Duval @tbbrowning]

That’s my son’s team in the Orange jerseys🥹

[RMNB @rmnb]

Alex Ovechkin named Washington Capitals’ nominee for 2026 King Clancy Memorial Trophy https://t.co/x9peNoPXRC

[Yogi @Houseofyogi]

No Kings explained for people who think they're fighting fascism.

You're standing in a crowd on Saturday. You look around and think yeah. No Kings. This is what democracy looks like.

Bro.

You're holding a sign made by a communist billionaire who lives in Shanghai.

You live in a constitutional republic.

Elections. Term limits. A free press that spent four years calling the president a fascist without one journalist being arrested.

The modern left's definition of fascism:

You love your country? Fascist.

You want to enforce the border? Racist.

You think parents should raise their kids? Bigot.

You want to know who's voting in your elections? Jim Crow.

Being patriotic is fascism to the modern left.

But every country has borders and enforces them. 176 countries require ID to vote. That's the definition of a country.

But the Democratic establishment told you otherwise. And you believed them.

Congress has a 15% approval rating. 80% of Americans disapprove. 97% of incumbents got re-elected.

Chuck Schumer. 46 years. Longer than Stalin.

Steny Hoyer. 45 years. Longer than Mao.

Mitch McConnell. 42 years. 5x more than Napoleon.

Nancy Pelosi. 39 years. Longer than Henry VIII.

Maxine Waters. 35 years. Longer than Mussolini.

Bernie Sanders. 35 years. Triple Hitler's entire reign.

Trump. 5 years and 3 months. Won the popular vote and the electoral vote.

But Trump is the king. Okay buddy.

You don't hate kings. You hate kings that aren't yours.
And Saturday they had you in the streets carrying their water.

The Democratic Party installed a president without letting you vote. Biden quit on a Sunday. By Tuesday your queen was crowned.

No primary. No debate. No ballot. First time since 1968.

Three days before your march every Senate Democrat voted against photo ID to vote.

During COVID you carried a vaccine card everywhere like a hall pass from the government just to eat at a restaurant.

But getting a birth certificate or waiting two hours at the DMV to prove you're a citizen before you vote? That's oppression.

The Democratic Party is pro illegal immigration.

Counts non-citizens in the Census. Census determines congressional seats. More non-citizens means more seats means more power. No voter ID means no way to check.

That's how you keep power without wearing a crown.

Biden built a censorship machine.

Pressured Facebook to suppress true information and admitted it in writing. Censored scientists. Censored doctors. Censored JOKES. The Biden White House told Facebook to remove "humor and satire."

They literally went after people for making fun of them. UK does it better tho...

Everything they censored turned out to be right. They just outsourced the silencing to Silicon Valley.

And it doesn't stop at speech.

The extreme left justifies taking children from families.

Six thousand schools rewrite children's identities without telling parents. And the State has the right to intervene.

The Hitler Youth did this. Mao's Red Guards did this. The Soviets built statues of a child who reported his own father.

Same playbook.

During Covid, your bakery got shut down. Church closed. You couldn't hold your dying mother's hand at the hospital.

But thousands packed together during BLM to burn Minneapolis and THAT was essential civic engagement. Obviously.

$2 billion in damage. 25 dead. 2,000 cops injured. 20 states burning. VP Kamala promoted a bail fund for the rioters. No investigation. No hearings.

January 6. One building. Few hours. 1,000 prosecuted. Two years of televised hearings.

Kings decide which violence counts. The left decided.

Charlie Kirk spent his life walking onto campuses asking for honest debate. He was assassinated.

CSIS terrorism database. 2025 is the first year in 30 years that left-wing attacks outnumber right-wing. Yet no one brings this up.

75% of liberal students say preventing a speaker from talking is justified. 27% say violence is acceptable.

Liberals who went to Trump rallies: "I never felt unsafe." "The experience changed me."

Conservatives who show up on liberal campuses get screamed at, blocked, and assassinated.

One side talks. The other side screams.

The Party for Socialism and Liberation marched with you Saturday.

Their stated purpose in their own words: "Revolution." Not reform. Marxism.

The system that killed a hundred million people last century. They had you holding their signs while they said it out loud.

500 groups. $3 billion in revenue. Pre-printed signs. The signs were ready before you were angry.

The money leads to Neville Roy Singham. Billionaire in Shanghai. Attends CCP workshops. Funnels millions through shell companies at UPS mailboxes. Three Congressional committees have subpoenaed him as a suspected CCP foreign agent.

You thought you were fighting for democracy. You were carrying water for Beijing.

"Liberals are leaving the First Amendment behind." Spoken by the ACLU lawyer who defended Nazis in court because it was their constitutional right.

Bill Clinton put 100,000 cops on the street. Reformed welfare. Said illegal immigration is wrong to a standing ovation. Told America the era of big government is over.

Today his own party would call him a fascist.

The 1990s Democrat defended free speech for Nazis. Yours censors doctors for telling the truth.

The 1990s Democrat held open primaries. Yours installed a nominee without a vote.

The 1990s Democrat trusted parents. Yours takes their children.

Historians measure fascism across eight traits. Here's who checks the boxes in 2026:

Censorship of political opposition. Democrats.

Contempt for democratic process. Democrats.

Tolerance of political violence. Democrats.

State ideology forced on families. Democrats.

Corporate-state fusion. Democrats.

Scapegoating and manufactured enemies. Both sides.

Cult of personality. Both sides.

Ultranationalism. Republicans.

Five for the left. One for the right. Two shared.

You marched against kings on Saturday.

You marched FOR kings.

You just didn't know which was which.

Stop being gaslit.

I hope you understand what's at stake.

[Arthur MacWaters @ArthurMacwaters]

> make Pearl Harbor joke
> everyone looks around like “is this fine”
> …
> two weeks later
> japanese and american twitter collide
> mutual appreciation of bbq
> mutual appreciation of kfc
> mutual appreciation of samurai
> did we just become best friends
> yes, yes we did
> total cultural victory
> no amount of Georgetown policy nerds could ever have created this level of soft power alignment

[Theresa from Duval @tbbrowning]

My son probably will never understand the significance of where he is right now….playing on the ice at Lake Placid. But I’m absolutely thrilled! #CanAm #Miracle #ASHA

[Theresa from Duval @tbbrowning]

@SingingMonsters @BigBlueBubble ✍️ Still drawing! #mysingingmonsters @SingingMonsters @BigBlueBubble

[Theresa from Duval @tbbrowning]

Hey @SingingMonsters my 15 yo (huge fan) wants me to show you his #StarWars Monster design cc: @BigBlueBubble

[Theresa from Duval @tbbrowning]

@SingingMonsters @BigBlueBubble My son is still drawing #mysingingmonsters and asking me to send the pics to @SingingMonsters and @BigBlueBubble. He just wants to make others smile. 😊

[Theresa from Duval @tbbrowning]

When we moved to Chicagoland in 2003, I asked a hard core Hawks fan if it was ok to jump on the bandwagon while they were on a streak to win the Cup. He said, ‘of course’!

[Richard Roeper @RichardERoeper]

This might not be the Chicago way--but as a Dolton native, now 30 years in the city, I’m good if you’re from the suburbs and tell out-of-towners you're a Chicagoan. Ketchup on a hot dog? Fine, it's your fucken dog. No Malört? No problem. Pizza choices? Your call. All are welcome.

[Theresa from Duval @tbbrowning]

@FletchMatlock That does suck

[Theresa from Duval @tbbrowning]

Lunch in near western Chicagoland suburb is basically trying to decide which Italian beef to get. Parky’s?Johnnie’s?

[Theresa from Duval @tbbrowning]

Hot butterbeer really is the only way to go

[Theresa from Duval @tbbrowning]

Starbucks Reserve Roasters Rooftop is closed for the season, by the way.

[Theresa from Duval @tbbrowning]

Am I going to the tourist trap called the Harry Potter Shop? Yes. Yes I am.