William E. Hampton

I enjoy Mexican food, rooftop bars, and believe that candlesticks always make a nice gift.

[William E. Hampton @william_hampton]

@11AliveNews Do we know the school(s) involved?

[William E. Hampton @william_hampton]

@RobertMSterling One of the worst parts is the revolving door of federal employees coming back to work for their agency on a six figure contracting fee while collecting their government pensions

[William E. Hampton @william_hampton]

@SantaDecides @Stablos_store RolexSanta

[Robert Sterling @RobertMSterling]

Before you vote tomorrow, think about these hypothetical questions:

1. Your wife, Jennifer, stays at home to take care of your school-age kids. You feel immensely blessed that she was willing to give up a career she enjoyed and privileged to be able to afford this, but it does entail financial sacrifices. Over the past four years, Jennifer—who used to be a CPA and who watches your budget like a hawk—has noticed that her trips to the grocery store have started costing nearly twice as much as they used to, even as she’s shifted toward a relatively lower-cost product assortment. Jennifer isn’t political, and she just wants to know who you think would do a better job of managing the cost required to feed your family. Is your answer Kamala Harris or is it Donald Trump?

2. Your oldest son, Mark, is an infantryman in the Marine Corps. He’s served his country valiantly, but countless deployments have started taking a toll on his health and on his young family’s wellbeing. Which candidate to you better trust to keep Mark and his fellow Marines out of harm’s way unless absolutely necessary for the security of our nation and the protection of its vital interests, Kamala Harris or Donald Trump?

3. Your sister, Katie, and her children live in El Paso, TX. Under the Biden-Harris administration, there have been more than 100,000 encounters along the southern border every single month, with many months resulting in more than 200,000 encounters. Social services in your sister’s town are stretched to the limit, and local schools are above capacity. Who do you trust more to resolve this crisis on the southern border and restore normalcy for American citizens like Katie who live in the region, Kamala Harris or Donald Trump?

4. Your brother Mike was a star athlete and everyone’s favorite class clown in high school, but college wasn’t the right path for him. Instead, Mike started his career at a manufacturing plant in your town, gradually working his way up from an hourly production role to a salaried shift manager position. A larger competitor, however, recently acquired Mike’s employer, and they have a lengthy reputation for offshoring production work. Your brother is concerned that his plant will be shut down in favor of the new owner’s factory in China, where labor is cheaper and environmental regulations less stringent. Mike wants to know which candidate would do more to fight for his job, Kamala Harris or Donald Trump. What do you tell him?

5. You don’t understand why gasoline prices are so much more expensive than they were four years ago. Fortunately, though, your uncle Bill majored in chemical engineering and now works as an energy executive in Houston. He explains to you that domestic energy prices are influenced by numerous factors, including international oil production, the stability of global shipping, US energy production, and domestic refining capacity. Bill doesn’t want to tell you how to vote, but, based on what he’s told you, which candidate do you think would do a better job of ensuring stability for global crude oil shipments, creating an environment to incentivize domestic energy production, and working with American refiners to increase capacity, Kamala Harris or Donald Trump?

6. Your coworker Jeff has a son in the Army, Kyle. Jeff doesn't talk much about what Kyle does, but he showed you a picture one day of Kyle sporting a beard overseas, proudly mentioning that he recently qualified for Special Forces (you jokingly give him a hard time, since your son is in the Marines, but you also thank him for his service). Jeff is concerned about the ongoing fighting between Russia and Ukraine, which, at this point, is in its fourth year. While Jeff’s sympathies lie with the victimized Ukrainian people, his main priority is keeping his son from being forward deployed into a situation that could spiral into direct combat between Kyle’s unit and Russian forces. Which candidate do you believe is more likely to keep Kyle and his special operations teammates from being pulled into an escalating cycle of warfare in Eastern Europe, Kamala Harris or Donald Trump?

7. Your college-age daughter, Stephanie, announces that she intends to study abroad in Israel, which will include several weeks at a kibbutz near the border with Gaza. (You try to talk her into going to France instead, but, thanks to “Emily in Paris,” there’s a lengthy waiting list for those programs, and, besides, she’d rather do something less “bougie.”) Which candidate do you believe would better ensure that Hamas does not feel comfortable crossing the border into Israel and taking civilian hostages—including American citizens—back into Gaza, Kamala Harris or Donald Trump?

Let’s be candid: We all know what the answer to each and every one of these questions is.

Now, if your political priorities aren’t stopping grocery price inflation, or keeping our military out of needless forever wars, or preventing illegal immigrants from overrunning our southern border and overwhelming the social infrastructure of our cities, or stopping the ongoing hollowing out of our industrial base, or increasing domestic energy security, or avoiding getting pulled into World War III with Russia, or protecting American citizens from Middle Eastern terrorists, that’s your prerogative. It’s not for me to tell you what to value in your life or what issues to prioritize.

Just know that the vast majority of Americans are far more concerned about the issues I summarized above than they are with any of the progressive issues Kamala Harris, Tim Walz and their surrogates in the media and in the entertainment industry would rather discuss.

If your focus is the middle-class prosperity, working-class dignity, economic growth, and military strength, you know you have only one choice in this election.

Keep these questions in mind, and vote accordingly.

[William E. Hampton @william_hampton]

@DOBrienATL Agreed - assuming Michigan wins, it’s Michigan, Washington, Texas, and either FSU or Alabama. If the committee decides it’s FSU, then Alabama gets dropped, not Texas

[William E. Hampton @william_hampton]

@ConnerDwyer25 You mean the nipple when you were 4?

[William E. Hampton @william_hampton]

@ConnerDwyer25 This is funny

[Barstool Rocky Top @BarstoolTenn]

VOLS BY A MILLION

[Peter Yang @petergyang]

The general law of mathematics

[Cobb County Sheriff’s Office @CobbSheriff]

Please pray for the men and women of the Cobb County Sheriff's Office. Pray for the wives, families, and loved ones of our heroes — Deputy Ervin and Deputy Koleski.
We are all hurting.

[William E. Hampton @william_hampton]

@theseanfranklin Everyone with half a brain knew this…

[Shooter McGavin @ShooterMcGavin]

Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson joining the LIV Golf League

[William E. Hampton @william_hampton]

Out your @ChickfilA reward points. I’ll go first: 35,360

[Nick Turner @NewsyNick]

Today’s date (using U.S. style) is both a palindrome and an ambigram, which means it reads the same even if it’s flipped upside down.

[Russillo @ryenarussillo]

There should be an end of the year thing for life, not just @Spotify

“You told this story about your ex 47 times this year. People listened to it 12% less than in 2020.”

[Blooper @BlooperBraves]

the name is Blooper news boy

[Big Cat @BarstoolBigCat]

Knoxville is incredible

[Timothy Burke @bubbaprog]

there is absolutely no reason for all of these things to be on the grill at once and none of them would be cooked right if you did #gameday