@mattvanswol We saw the same fraud scheme at the DC MFCU. Fraudulent providers solicit applications from unwitting candidates, harvest their DOBs and SSNs, write checks in their names, give those checks to co-conspirators to cash at dirty paycheck vendors & send the victims 1099s. Truly evil.
“Get the hell outta here.”
This is the attitude that our elected officials have for Republican voters — contempt.
“I’m the assh@le saying you can’t come in.”
If you know anyone in South Dakota, please show them this video.
I never ask you to make things viral.
@FreddyLA7 Even though I'm a die-hard WVU fan, you guys should swing through Pittsburgh, especially to go through the Fort Pitt Tunnel at night which is an INCOMPARABLE experience. I'm sure @ZitoSalena would love to show you around and would write a world-class article about your visit!
@DouglasHvc21255@mattvanswol The American PEOPLE have not lost the thirst to punish criminals, but unfortunately many American politicians and judges have --- primarily in Blue States and Cities.
@SonohennoKuma@WallStreetMav My grandfather was at Schofield Barracks the morning of the Pearl Harbor attack & served in the Pacific until the war's end. He resented the sneak attack but respected Japanese soldiers' bravery and he would appreciate this resurgence in the cultural ties & friendship between us!
"My name's Raymond. I'm 73. I work the parking lot at St. Joseph's Hospital. Minimum wage, orange vest, a whistle I barely use. Most people don't even look at me. I'm just the old man waving cars into spaces.
But I see everything.
Like the black sedan that circled the lot every morning at 6 a.m. for three weeks. Young man driving, grandmother in the passenger seat. Chemotherapy, I figured. He'd drop her at the entrance, then spend 20 minutes hunting for parking, missing her appointments.
One morning, I stopped him. "What time tomorrow?"
"6:15," he said, confused.
"Space A-7 will be empty. I'll save it."
He blinked. "You... you can do that?"
"I can now," I said.
Next morning, I stood in A-7, holding my ground as cars circled angrily. When his sedan pulled up, I moved. He rolled down his window, speechless. "Why?"
"Because she needs you in there with her," I said. "Not out here stressing."
He cried. Right there in the parking lot.
Word spread quietly. A father with a sick baby asked if I could help. A woman visiting her dying husband. I started arriving at 5 a.m., notebook in hand, tracking who needed what. Saved spots became sacred. People stopped honking. They waited. Because they knew someone else was fighting something bigger than traffic.
But here's what changed everything, A businessman in a Mercedes screamed at me one morning. "I'm not sick! I need that spot for a meeting!"
"Then walk," I said calmly. "That space is for someone whose hands are shaking too hard to grip a steering wheel."
He sped off, furious. But a woman behind him got out of her car and hugged me. "My son has leukemia," she sobbed. "Thank you for seeing us."
The hospital tried to stop me. "Liability issues," they said. But then families started writing letters. Dozens. "Raymond made the worst days bearable." "He gave us one less thing to break over."
Last month, they made it official. "Reserved Parking for Families in Crisis." Ten spots, marked with blue signs. And they asked me to manage it.
But the best part? A man I'd helped two years ago, his mother survived, came back. He's a carpenter. Built a small wooden box, mounted it by the reserved spaces. Inside? Prayer cards, tissues, breath mints, and a note,
"Take what you need. You're not alone. -Raymond & Friends"
People leave things now. Granola bars. Phone chargers. Yesterday, someone left a hand-knitted blanket.
I'm 73. I direct traffic in a hospital parking lot. But I've learned this: Healing doesn't just happen in operating rooms. Sometimes it starts in a parking space. When someone says, "I see your crisis. Let me carry this one small piece."
So pay attention. At the grocery checkout, the coffee line, wherever you are. Someone's drowning in the little things while fighting the big ones.
Hold a door. Save a spot. Carry the weight no one else sees.
It's not glamorous. But it's everything."
Let this story reach more hearts....
Credit: Mary Nelson
@ianmiles She needs fired. Civil society must demonstrate that violently assaulting those who hold political opinions you disagree with is unacceptable & warrants termination. Why should her District believe that she would fairly grade or treat students who don't agree with her politics?
@Imaimeemiami@juliettekayyem Have you read his text messages to his transgender lover? He unquestionably had a "political side" and that side was the Left. 🤦
@juliettekayyem I almost never comment on X posts, but I'll make an exception here. This post reflects willful blindness to the overwhelming amount of evidence that clearly demonstrates Charlie Kirk's murderer was motivated by his leftist, pro-transgender ideology. Your take is inexcusable.
@realhomerhickam@elonmusk Mr. Hickam, you are viewed as an unbelievably respected cultural treasure by vast multitudes of West Virginians, including me. But I regret to suggest that your take on this particular issue falls short of the mark. Musk/DOGE have Trump's authorization, and that is sufficient.