John Watts

Patriot/ Gamecock Diehard and South Carolina Native/ Audio Engineer/ Songwriter/ Average Musician/ Subpar Singer/ #BMI/

[John Watts @TheJohnWatts]

@CockyLids I agree they’ve looked better and I don’t want to take anything away from them but let’s not pretend that Bama has their foot on the pedal like they did early.

[John Watts @TheJohnWatts]

@247Gamecocks @johnmwhittle @TShewmaker43 Yes, honestly. Ready for baseball, now.

[John Watts @TheJohnWatts]

@CockyLids We do not look prepared to play football.I don’t know how our practices are constructed but this was pathetic.Defense has let people run wide open all night with 10 yard cushions and sellers is scared to throw the ball, or he just can’t read the defense. Either way.Unacceptable

[Stephen Garcia @StephenGarcia]

I can’t begin to describe my appreciation for everyone today. The calls, texts, DMs. I’m truly humbled by all this. If you EVER FEEL OFF, go get checked out!! If you have disagreements, bury the hatchet. We WILL get thru this! Thanks again and I’ll keep everyone updated!

[John Watts @TheJohnWatts]

@jcshurburtt @StephenGarcia Ugh. Praying super hard. Hang in there, man.

[John Watts @TheJohnWatts]

@GatorHater91 @Tonights__Ent @CodyBrownBets Clearly I’m not referring to you, then. I said new followers and referenced why I said so. I didn’t specifically refer to ladder bets but even if it’s a ladder bet, new betters with 100 bucks in a bankroll don’t need to be loading half into a bet.

[John Watts @TheJohnWatts]

@Tonights__Ent @CodyBrownBets I’ve followed him for a couple of years.Most of his bets deserve .25-.50 units unless it’s a double your money bet. Best case 1u.Most of those who are following looking for the free bets aren’t playing with $50 units. You’re literally proving my point.Trying to avoid “user error”

[John Watts @TheJohnWatts]

@Tonights__Ent @CodyBrownBets Did my original response refer directly to ladders? Either way, people who don’t bet regularly and follow him for free bets and are trying to make a quick come up don’t know any better. When you boast and spam wins and barely acknowledge losses new followers can get duped.

[John Watts @TheJohnWatts]

@Tonights__Ent @CodyBrownBets He posts dollar amounts on all his bets. Ladder or not.

[John Watts @TheJohnWatts]

@Tonights__Ent @CodyBrownBets I’m well aware of what is in the graphic. A dollar amount is not a unit amount. This is exactly why he needs to explain unit betting to his followers. If your entire bankroll is 75 bucks- you don’t need to be putting 50 on a bet.. or laddering it. Units are 1-2% of your bankroll

[John Watts @TheJohnWatts]

@CodyBrownBets Brown with those numbers in a 17 point spread.Not impossible.but if someone is unit betting you’re looking at 9.3 dollars… that’s almost a full unit for someone with a $500 bank roll. 93 dollars is almost a $5000 bank roll man. You should explain unit betting to your followers.

[John Watts @TheJohnWatts]

@CodyBrownBets You need to start putting units wagered on your bets. New people need to know not to risk as much as you’re putting on these.

[Yogi @Houseofyogi]

America just won hockey gold for the first time in 46 years.

Miracle on Ice. We beat the USSR.

Back when we were still proud to be Americans.

For the first time in 25 years, starting to see that again.

Canada was favored. Didn't matter. You just have to refuse to lose.

Jack Hughes took a stick to the face in the third period. Looked down at his teeth on the ice. Mouth full of blood. Didn't go to the locker room. Didn't flinch.

101 seconds into overtime, he buried the golden goal. Toothless, bleeding, and smiling.

His brother Quinn won the quarterfinal in OT. Their mother Ellen coached the women's team to gold. A Jewish-American hockey family. Three gold medal moments in one Olympics.

This team lost Johnny Gaudreau to a drunk driver in 2024. So when they won, they grabbed the American flag. They held up Johnny's jersey. They brought his kids onto the ice for the team photo.

No politics. No statements. Just Americans wearing the flag with pride and playing for something bigger than themselves.

A 24-year-old kid with blood running down his chin wrapped himself in the stars and stripes and said "I'm so proud to be American."

When's the last time you heard someone say that and mean it?

And it's not just on the ice.

Military enlistment hit a 15-year high. Every branch exceeded its goals for the first time in years. Today, same day we won gold, El Mencho, head of Mexico's most powerful fentanyl cartel, was killed. Overdose deaths down 19%. We pulled Maduro out of Venezuela. Iran is at the table.

Your kids are going to ask you about this time. About when the pride came back. About when Americans stopped apologizing for being American.

Tell them it started with a toothless kid in Milan who bled for the flag and smiled.

Tim Walz would've told him to take a knee. Then let a billion dollars in fraud walk out the back door.

[Yogi @Houseofyogi]

Unrealized gains tax for Gen-Z:

You buy a Pokémon card for $50.

Someone offers you $500 for it. You say no. You love that card. You're keeping it.

The government says: "Cool, but that card is worth $500 now. You owe us $100 in taxes."
You: "…I didn't sell it."

Government: "Don't care. Pay up."

You don't have $100 lying around. So you're forced to sell the card you love just to pay a tax on money you never received.

Next month? That card drops back to $50.

Your card is gone. Your money is gone. And the government shrugs.

That's a wealth tax on unrealized gains. They don't pay you back the tax...

Now picture this.

Your mom calls you crying. She has to sell the house she raised you in. Not because she can't afford it. She's lived there 30 years. It's paid off.

But some website says it's worth more now and the government says she owes $15,000 she doesn't have.

So she sells your childhood home. The kitchen where she made you breakfast. The doorframe where she marked your height every birthday.

Gone.

To pay a tax on money that was never real.

Now picture the opposite.

Your dad put everything into his small business. For 20 years he built it from nothing. One year the business is "valued" at $2 million on paper. He owes a massive tax bill. He empties his savings. Sells his truck. Borrows money. Pays it.

Next year the market crashes. His business is worth $200,000.

He lost everything to pay a tax on a number that doesn't exist anymore.

Does the government give him his money back?
No.

Does the government give him his truck back?
No.

Does the government care?
No.

They sold this idea as "taxing billionaires." But billionaires have armies of lawyers, offshore accounts, and trusts. They'll be fine.

You know who won't be fine? Your mom. Your dad. Your neighbor with a small business. The farmer down the road who's had the same land for four generations and now has to sell it because dirt got expensive.

You're not taxing wealth. You're taxing people for owning things.

It's like getting a parking ticket for a car you might drive somewhere someday.

They want you to own nothing and be happy. To fund the fraud, waste and abuse of the welfare state they created.

There is enough money. More tax isn't needed. It's all a lie. But you've been gaslit into believing this is a rich vs poor debate.

I hope you understand what's at stake.

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 JUST IN: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna drops MAJOR TRUTH NUKE on Chuck Schumer after he called voter ID "Jim Crow 2.0"

"The people who don't want voter ID are saying that not only do they want ICE to show IDENTIFICATION..."

"...but they are also repeating this idea that President Trump is going to steal the midterms."

"So let's play into their little game here. If you were really afraid of election theft, wouldn't you WANT voter ID? Wouldn't you want that election integrity, security?"

"Nope, but they don't want that. They just want to lie to their voters, but their voters, Democrats, they actually want voter ID. In fact, Black, Hispanic, Asian, White, we all want it."

"They should probably do it, but they're not going to, but we will, which is why we're going to win the midterms." 🔥🔥

[John Watts @TheJohnWatts]

@JesseB_91 @Xfinity @XfinitySupport I just messaged them and got the same BS the AI bot gives us. Absolutely ridiculous that they don’t have more information. I told them our bills better be refunded or prorated for all the days we’re going without service.

[David Giglio @DavidGiglioCA]

I don’t think people understand what’s happening/the purpose of flooding America with immigrants.

Rome.

One of the primary reasons for Rome's eventual collapse was the empire's continued conquest and absorption of foreign peoples.

Eventually, the number of foreigners who possessed no cultural ties to Rome itself outnumbered actual Romans. These foreigners didn't care about Rome’s cultural history or identity. They had no desire to assimilate and make it their own. This led to the eventual collapse of Rome’s institutions and erosion of her values, history and traditions.

There's nothing xenophobic or racist about wanting to protect and maintain a nation’s history, traditions, and culture. In fact, this was widely accepted amongst the American people and even amongst immigrants who came to our country for a better life. In fact, it’s paramount to a nation’s survival.

The immigrants of yesteryear brought with them pieces of their own culture, but also wanted to assimilate into American culture and institutions.

Instead of demanding that America and her people give up their traditions and beliefs in favor of embracing their own, they preserved key pieces of their traditions. They added them to American culture while accepting and embracing the uniqueness of the American experience, institutions, beliefs, and history.

[Seth Dillon @SethDillon]

"I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen, not only because I see it, but because by it, I see everything else." — C.S. Lewis

[Barstool Gamecocks @Barstool_Cocks]

Gamecock legend Steve Taneyhill has passed away at age 52❤️🖤

[John Watts @TheJohnWatts]

@jhovey34 Tell them to crank out some gamecock gear for you, bro. I’ll buy it. You’re one of The Boys… you need your school merch too.