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"Hey, another of our friends tried to murder some patriots. Go grab that stock pic we always use of some guys who didn't kill anyone - the one where we killed an unarmed woman. That one."

@LeaderJohnThune this will keep happening until you pass the SAVE Act x.com/FSociety_1942/…

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This is day 105 of asking @LeaderJohnThune to pass the SAVE America Act.

Obama authorized 542 drone strikes, dropped over 26,000 bombs in a single year across seven countries, and killed between 380 and 801 civilians according to the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and YET not a single one of his three Secretaries of Defense (Leon Panetta, Chuck Hagel, or Ash Carter) was ever served with articles of impeachment. Over his full eight-year presidency (2009–2017), Obama dropped approximately 92,000 to 100,000 bombs and missiles across seven to eight countries, according to compiled U.S. Air Force and coalition data. That works out to roughly 31 to 34 bombs per day, or about 1.3 to 1.4 bombs every single hour for eight straight years. Congressional approval? Zero. This is why not one sane person can ever take anything the Democratic Party does seriously.

@NEWSMAX How about @united focuses on improving the customer experience to increase profitability instead of running to the government for protectionist rulings. Both @AmericanAir and United could use some work in that area.

United Airlines CEO Scott ‌Kirby has argued that the U.S. airline industry can support only two true global premium carriers. Now, he has taken that view to the White House — floating the idea of a merger with his fiercest rival, American Airlines. MORE: bit.ly/41CfMq9

China has provided about a $250 billion in subsidies to domestic auto producers. The entire bailout of the U.S. auto industry in 2009 cost $9 billion. We’re not pure capitalism, but China is weapons grade economic warfare in their efforts to artificially lower the cost of goods through subsidy with the specific intent of cratering foreign markets. They are definitely not looking to compete in a a free market, their goal is to crush competition and dominate the world.

@LeaderJohnThune This is day 104 of asking @LeaderJohnThune to pass the SAVE America Act.

Islamic scholar in Virginia: “Of all Western nations, America is the last stronghold of Christianity. This is why it’s our duty to change that and make America Muslim. Christians and Jews have a superiority complex. We have to cure their illness.”

‘Bradley was revolted; Patton withdrew to vomit; Eisenhower, his face frozen white, forced himself to examine every nook and cranny of the camp’

USAID Food Being SOLD in a Street Market As we were passing through a Haitian street market in the Dominican Republic, we noticed a bag of rice from USAID. USAID has provided hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to Haiti. We now know that this food is not used to feed the hungry, but is instead sold for profit, at the expense of the US taxpayer.

Nostalgic memes spread misleading messages, like: “Once, families could own a home & send their kids to college on one income.” But the homes were smaller. Most kids didn’t go to college. The memes ignore facts. We give them to you:

@mercoglianos @SecRubio @SecretaryWright @SecScottBessent @SecDuffy Makes sense in light of @johnkonrad 's thesis...

TWO MONTHS?!?! Where was @SecRubio @SecretaryWright @SecScottBessent @SecDuffy and the National Security Council in the war planning for this operation not to highlight the economic impact of choking the Strait of Hormuz for 3 MONTHS!

seriously, @LeaderJohnThune get back to work...

APPOMATTOX, VA. — On April 9, 1865, Gen. Robert E. Lee strode onto the porch of a two-story brick home and stared out at a lawn filled with Union soldiers, his Confederate staff of two, and his horse Traveler. Still wearing full military dress, Lee raised his gloved hands and punched his left fist into his right palm. The sound of leather meeting leather echoed in the unsteady silence. Then, as Lee mounted Traveler, Major Gen. Ulysses S. Grant emerged from the house onto the porch. Now facing each other, Grant raised his hat, as did Lee. It wasn’t a salute, but clearly an acknowledgment of the moment. As Lee turned towards the dirt road and headed east towards his troops, the 198th Pennsylvania Infantry played “Auld Lang Syne.” The Civil War was over. “As the sun rose that morning neither man would know by mid-afternoon the war, for all intents and purposes, would end that day,” explained Ernie Price, a park ranger and director of education at Appomattox National Park. But by mid-morning, Lee knew the Confederate cause was finished. He sent a message to Grant to meet for the purpose of surrender, and the Appomattox home of grocer Wilmer McLean was chosen for the moment. When they met, Grant was poorly dressed, his uniform rumpled and covered in mud from the ride the night before. Years later in his memoirs, he admitted that he had no idea what he was going to ask from Lee in the surrender. Yet, once he sat down at a small spindle desk in McLean’s front parlor, words of reconciliation poured out. “Grant knew that the Confederate soldiers from that moment on were going to be US citizens again,” said Price. “Instead of placing them in prisons in the North he sends them home. His reasoning is: The sooner the South’s economy rebounds, the sooner the country can reconcile, so he paroles them.” Grant also allowed Lee’s men to keep their personal sidearms and animals, knowing they would desperately need rations to survive. Today marks the 161st anniversary of Appomattox, and tourists from around the world still come to the McLean home to remember this singular moment, which kept our nation whole after a bloody, brutal war. When I visited last month, parents, students and children listened to different park rangers tell the story of the two generals, and were surprised by the emotion they felt. The best and the worst of our country’s past sometimes happens side by side. The journey to understand who we once were isn’t always a road to perdition. Sometimes it’s a path toward inspiration. Between the first shots fired at Fort Sumter in April 1861 and Lee’s surrender here, more than 800,000 soldiers died from fighting, starvation and disease. Five days after the war’s end, President Abraham Lincoln was dead, having paid the ultimate sacrifice for his steadfastness to preserve the union. Afterwards the country was thrown into both mourning and uncertainty about its future as it faced reconstruction. All of which should prove to folks who often moan that we live in the worst time possible for this country that, indeed, we do not. As the two generals waited for their treaty to be prepared in McLean’s parlor, Grant introduced Lee to his staff, including Lt. Col. Ely Parker, a Seneca Indian, who later recalled their exchange. “It’s good to see one real American here today,” Lee told him. “General, we are all Americans today,” Parker replied. Grant and Lee understood that a divided nation is a toxic nation — and that moment 161 years ago should serve as a reminder for all of us, to not just look to the bad and condemn, but to look to the good and apply it to our lives today. instagram.com/reel/DW6Q6ikjm…

Iran will fuck up this chance at peace. Radical Islamists can't be trusted, don't negotiate in good faith, and will never do what is right for their people or anyone else. If anything this simply delays the inevitable for a bit longer...

@CynicalPublius Embrace the power of “and.”

Earlier today Ro Khanna was claiming that Trump is a genocidal maniac akin to Hitler. Now he is claiming that Trump is a cheese eating surrender monkey akin to France. How do Democrats reconcile such irreconcilable thoughts inside their heads? There are only two possible explanations: 1. They have zero qualms about lying. 2. They have fully abandoned logic and reason in favor of emotion. Sometimes I feel like Spock gawking at Doctor McCoy.

Obama and Hillary ended the Libyan civilization where was the outrage then? Iran has been trying to end Western and US civilization for 47 years. Going so far as to attempt to develop nukes. Where was the world outrage then? China wants to end Taiwanese civilization and did end Hong Kong's and replaced it with something else. Where was the outrage then? Communists destroyed and replaced the Russian and Chinese civilizations of their time and have been trying and succeeding in destroying countless others for the last 120 years. Where was the outrage then? Spare me the fake outrage now.

#RadicalTransparency - Herb Morgan for State Controller: Fix the Books. Stop the Bleeding. I’m Herb Morgan—and let’s stop pretending California’s finances are “complicated.” They’re not. They’re broken. We’re talking hundreds of billions lost to fraud, waste, and straight-up incompetence across Medi-Cal, hospice, schools—you name it. And the one office that’s supposed to catch it? Missing in action. The State Controller isn’t supposed to be a spectator. It’s a watchdog. Or at least… it used to be. Under Malia Cohen? Audits late. Oversight weak. Bad actors cashing checks like it’s a free-for-all. Meanwhile, you’re footing the bill. Here’s the difference: I don’t look the other way—I audit it. I don’t excuse fraud—I cut it off. I don’t delay reports—I expose it in real time. Because this job isn’t about protecting Sacramento. It’s about protecting your money. And right now? Nobody is.