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[Bill Maher @billmaher]

If you’re going to migrate to a country that is proudly a melting pot, you have to want to melt.

[Adam Carolla @adamcarolla]

True

[Tjwick77 @tjwick1977]

@RandPaul Even if there's no handcuffs involved, I hope the population has learned a lasting lesson from the covid experience. Hopefully it doesn't become 9/11 where people seem to have forgotten that the same people that flew the airplanes into our buildings want to nuke us!

[Bob @BobJamboy]

@FoxNews

[Ari Meirov @MySportsUpdate]

#Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers on @PatMcAfeeshow, live on ESPN, after the first question:

"I'm gonna plead the 5th. Like that absolute coward Tony Fauci. Absolute coward. Are you kidding me? What are you scared of Tony? I thought you were science?"

Aaron Rodgers just unloaded ⬇️

[Tjwick77 @tjwick1977]

@JLRINVESTIGATES Does the reporting party drive a fancy white sports car? 🧐🤔

[Tjwick77 @tjwick1977]

@JLRINVESTIGATES I believe Tomaso and Annie owed someone money and this was a collection antic that went bad.

[Chris McDonough @McDon40014]

Nancy Guthrie House https://t.co/K8D7r0TtwC

[Michael Ruiz @mikerreports]

The Pima County Board of Supervisors sought legal advice on how to address allegations of perjury against Sheriff Chris Nanos Friday.

The sheriff overseeing the search for Nancy Guthrie is accused of lying about his disciplinary record — claiming he had never been suspended on the job. Public records indicate he was actually suspended for multiple weeks early in his career for things like excessive force, coming to work late, failure to report for duty and firing a gun inappropriately — all back in the 1970s and 1980s.

More recently, Nanos is also facing scrutiny over his narrow election win over former Pima County Sheriff's Department Lt. Heather Lappin and a First Amendment lawsuit from the president of the county deputies union, Aaron Cross.

[Tjwick77 @tjwick1977]

@mikeroweworks Everyone is playing into Kimmel's hand, controversy is the ONLY reason anyone is looking his direction. Let's let him die.

[The Real Mike Rowe @mikeroweworks]

If you haven’t heard, and even if you have, Jimmy Kimmel said this about Markwayne Mullin, former Senator from Oklahoma, and our newest Secretary of Homeland Security:
“We have a plumber now protecting us from terrorism.”

Apparently, there has been some backlash. Plumbers were offended, obviously, as were parents of plumbers, spouses of plumbers, children of plumbers, and millions of people who have had a plumber show up when they needed one. Comedians were also offended, (the funny ones, anyway,) along with a surprising number of terrorists - especially those with access to hot and cold running water. However, in spite of the ensuing kerfuffle, @jimmykimmel doubled down.

“I’m not upset that the head of Homeland Security was a plumber,” he said, “I’m upset that he isn’t still a plumber." He further elucidated by adding, "I wouldn't put a plumber in charge of Homeland Security for the same reason I wouldn't call a five-star general to pull a rat out of my toilet, OK? We all have our areas of expertise.”

Being offended is always a choice, and I don’t choose to be offended by a joke, even one that comes at the expense of the skilled tradespeople my foundation tries to elevate. But I am a tad butt hurt by the suggestion that skilled workers should never evolve into something new, and that competence is somehow limited to one vocation. Obviously, expertise and skill are important. If I need a new kidney, I’d prefer a doctor do the surgery, not a late-night talk show host. But if the doctor in question used to host a talk show, why would I hold that against him?

Ten years ago, during one of the presidential debates, @MarcoRubio answered a workforce-related question by arguing that America needed to get shop class back into high schools. He concluded by saying, “What our country needs are more welders and fewer philosophers.” A lot of people on this page commented that Rubio and I were singing from the same hymnal, but in fact, we weren’t. At least not entirely. Because I don’t think the current shortage of welders has anything to do with an overabundance of philosophers. In fact, I think it’s a mistake to promote one vocation at the expense of the other. What we really need in this country, are more welders who can talk intelligently about Aristotle, and more philosophers who can run an even bead. More Generals, in other words, who can fix their own toilets, and more plumbers who can hold a powerful government job.

This is what Mullin did. He was a private citizen who mastered an essential skill and then turned that skill into a multi-million-dollar company that employed a lot of people and served a lot of customers. That gave him the freedom to do other things with his life, including a career in public service which got him into Congress, where he’s spent the last eleven years doing whatever Congressmen do. Now, he has a very consequential position in the Cabinet of the current administration.

Is that not the embodiment of the American Dream? I get that Jimmy Kimmel might have a problem with Mullin’s politics, but what possible objection could he have about the trajectory of his career, or his desire to do more than one thing with his life?

The only sensible thing to do in the wake of a moment this tone deaf, is remind America that the skills gap is wide, and getting wider. The shortage of skilled tradespeople is now headline news and closing it is nothing less than a matter of national security. This year, my foundation has set aside $10 million dollars to help train the next generation of plumbers, and lots of other essential workers. I'm talking about hundreds of thousands of AI-proof, six figure jobs that don't require a four-year degree, waiting to be filled. The money is currently available to anyone who wants to master a useful skill at https://t.co/uolhGspFtN. Apply today.

As for those of you genuinely offended by Kimmel's comments, consider expressing your disappointment with a modest donation to mikeroweWORKS. Our work ethic scholarship is making a real difference, and your money will be well spent, I promise. The donate button is big and red and hard to miss, at https://t.co/uolhGspFtN

I’d love to chat but I’ve gotta pull a rat out of my toilet…

[Tjwick77 @tjwick1977]

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[Tjwick77 @tjwick1977]

@JLRINVESTIGATES I think Brian is going back for the sheriff ousting

[Chris McDonough @McDon40014]

Savannah Speaks https://t.co/9VKl3DyuWE

[Tjwick77 @tjwick1977]

@FoxNews And every time these 🤡 put on a show the viewers rush to watch what they're going to say next. Playing right into their hand. Take the oxygen away and they will dissolve!

[Tjwick77 @tjwick1977]

@JoeGiacalone Yes

[Tjwick77 @tjwick1977]

@JLRINVESTIGATES Block the 💩 and keep moving

[Tjwick77 @tjwick1977]

@BrianEntin Everyone needs a dog or 2.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

The names of those who block the Save Act will go down in infamy

[Tjwick77 @tjwick1977]

@CoffindafferFBI @TVAshleigh We don't need to be policed. YOU voice YOUR opinions that not everyone agrees with. If every YouTuber has to fear prosecution for stating OPINIONS, then YouTube needs to be shut down. Let's all be adults, use our critical thinking and come to our own conclusions🤷‍♀️