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In the Shadow of Memorial Day: A HERO and a ZERO As we pause on Memorial Day to honor the fallen who sacrificed for our freedoms, Florida faces a stark choice in its race for governor. One candidate embodies the very ideals of duty, courage, and patriotism that define American heroism. The other represents something far darker - a cautionary tale of ambition untethered from character. JAY COLLINS - AN AMERICAN HERO Jay Collins @CollinsWarRoom @JayCollinsFL stands as a true American hero. A retired U.S. Army Green Beret, Collins has lived a life of honor, commitment, and unwavering patriotism. As Florida’s Lieutenant Governor, he has served alongside Governor Ron DeSantis with steady resolve through crises. His background reflects the best of our nation: service before self. In the harrowing days following the October 7, 2023, Hamas atrocities, Collins answered the call. He personally flew to Israel, braving danger to help evacuate stranded Americans - coordinating flights and missions that brought fellow citizens home from the jaws of terror. That selfless act, rooted in his military ethos and love of country, exemplifies the quiet courage we memorialize each May. Collins is not a talker but a doer, forged in the crucible of service, ready to defend Florida’s legacy of strength and prosperity. JAMES FISHBACK - A GRIFTING ZERO Juxtaposed against this record is James Fishback, a scrawny con artist whose failing campaign, funded by Pakistanis and Islamists, is riddled with scandal and division. Fishback faces credible allegations of sexually grooming and abusing an underage girl from his debate organization - behavior that led a major school district to sever ties. Reports detail him harassing former staff, while his public rhetoric descends into ugliness: telling a Black voter he “should be lynched,” trafficking in antisemitic hate, sham marriages, and embracing racist judgments that have no place in civil society. Beneath populist promises of utopia lies a pattern of personal failure, lawsuits over misrepresented credentials, and inflammatory rhetoric aimed at sowing discord rather than building. The choice for Florida could not be clearer. On this Memorial Day, we remember that real leadership demands character, sacrifice, and integrity - not grievance and grift. Voters must reject the chaos of Fishback and embrace the proven heroism of Jay Collins to keep Florida great. Florida's future depends on honoring true service, not rewarding scandal. Happy Memorial Day, Jay, Layla and the Family! Please follow @James_NWR for more coverage of this @EllenFL214 @johncardillo @Collinslayla

On this Memorial Day, I especially remember the hundreds of US Servicemen murdered by Iran, with whom Donald Trump is about to make an embarrassing deal. I remember the 13 or 14 (depending on the report) US servicemen and servicewomen who died in this long overdue war with Iran. I hope they have not died in vain and that this deal does not go through. I remember the 220 US Marines, 18 Navy sailors, and 3 US Army soldiers murdered by Hezbollah (with Palestinian/PLO involvement) in 1983, while they slept. They were sent there by Ronald Reagan to protect Muslims from Israel - the same Muslims who murdered them. (That's in addition to the 63 U.S. Embassy workers also murdered by Hezbollah in 1983.) I remember Navy Diver Robert Dean Stethem (who would now be considered a Navy SEAL). He was tortured to death by Hezbollah on TWA Flight 847 in 1985, because he refused to denounce America and the U.S. military. I know his brothers and they forever mourn his death. I doubt they'd support any deals or cash to Iran, since I know they opposed the same thing under Obama. I remember Col. Rich Higgins, a Marine serving on the UN peacekeeping force, who was also tortured to death by Hezbollah and Iran in 1988. And I remember William Francis Buckley, who had served in the US Army and was torture-murdered by Hezbollah in 1985 when he was the Beirut CIA station chief. All of these Americans who served with honor were murdered at the behest of Iran, some were taken there alive and tortured to death, and some of their bodies were smuggled there. Allof them gave their lives because we did nothing to defeat Iran after they took Americans hostage at our US Embassy in Tehran. Ronald Reagan's biggest mistake was to do nothing. I remember when I was in Teen Age Republicans in the '80s and my soon-to-become friend and boss Congressman Phillip Crane spoke to us and said we should have bombed Iran and we still should. Everyone was aghast. But he was right. Instead, Iran via Hezbollah murdered many more Americans, and we did nothing. Osama Bin Laden cited this among his reasons for attacking us on 9/11 and seeing us as weak. Now we area about to ignore the cries of their ghosts again, if we make this deal with Iran. I cannot imagine us making such a deal with the Nazis in World War II. Nope. We were in that war to win. To totally annihilate and defeat the enemy. And we had Americans who supported America. The vast, overwhelming majority of Americans supported the war effort once we were in it. They sacrificed far beyond an extra $1.50 or $2 per gallon of gas. They were willing to give up basic things we take for granted. They were willing to work for the war effort. But today, instead of Rosie the Riveter, there is Isabel the Influencer. Getting clicks and likes is far more important than American victory anywhere. Today, we hear constant whining about how "we don't want to fight this war." "I don't want my kids going to Iran." (And a lot of them go further, with anti-Semitic prefaces.) Americans are extremely spoiled, selfish, ungrateful, and completely disloyal. They say," I support the troops." But they don't. They support the image in their mirror. Period. Full stop. You don't want your kids going to Iran and possibly dying? Tough shit. That's the price of democracy. If you don't want to pay it, you don't deserve freedom. And you're a selfish dumbshit because you're setting us up for endless attacks because our enemies know that idiots like you are why we'll never fight back and never fight to win any war ever again. We don't have a draft, but maybe in our divided world of splintered social media and news sources, etc., and the utter lack of unity in America, we might benefit from a draft, in which your kids and grandkids might have to go to Iran, and then maybe you would be required to have skin in the game, rather than pretending you do. In which your kids and grandkids were in Lebanon in the '80s and know people who were injured or died at the hands of Iran. Maybe they would have a common experience and purpose and have to do things other than constantly being on social media, getting the newest Air Jordans, and playing the latest video games. When we had a draft, we were a better country (though it would have to be without the exemptions that benefitted the elites, including our current and a few past Presidents). So on this day, ask yourself why it's no longer solemn - why stores aren't closed and people are treating it as just another holiday to barbecue. It's because we don't know the meaning of the sacrifices our fallen heroes--who gave everything so we could be free--made. It's because we don't care enough. It's because even our leaders and our fellow Americans are too selfish, too interested in Nobel prizes they will never get, popularity contests they will never win, growing their social media and getting the right makeup look for YouTube and Insta. During WWII, a lot of women gave up lipstick and other makeup to make it work and help the effort. Now we won't give up anything. We don't consider it important enough. That's why America doesn't see the reason the war with Iran is important, meritorious, and why it must end with a complete victory and removal of the Ayatollah regime that has attacked America without any response for nearly a half century. Anything less is an abomination and a spit in the eye of the souls who were taken from us by Iran and its tentacles. On this Memorial Day 2026, I wish it were more solemn . . . or even solemn at all. And I wish people appreciated not only the ultimate price paid by our servicemen and women but also that it is a necessary price to pay, not just once decades ago, but unfortunately, time and again and in the present, if we are to remain free. And yes, taking out the Ayatollahs is not only righteous, it is necessary. (Pictured: Marines bury a Jewish fellow Marine during WWII at the island of Peleliu; Soldiers bury Sgt. Duane Dreasky of Walled Lake, Michigan who died of injuries in Iraq) See less

@JohnnyNash77 It’s what I warned in your spaces and was accused of TDS It’s simply who Trump is and those of us who have watched him for decades know this

After everything, there is still a side to me that believes this cannot be it. Trump who I have really liked for years, cannot surely be signing such an awful deal. I feel it is important for all to show your views against it. Otherwise silence is acceptance.

@Finallydiditonx @GuntherEagleman It’s reprehensible

@GuntherEagleman Now Trump will remove sanctions and release billions of $$ from blocked funds in the surrender deal

Make no mistake about it… Obama funded the Iranian regime. Trump just posted this!

@Don83231101 Morning to you and yours!

@CookedGooseinFL Gm

Morning!

@Murphisright Enjoy your day!

@CookedGooseinFL Jeff!!! It's now a great day! Happy Tuesday ❤️

Khamenei the occupier talks about Islamic civilisation. Iran has been under occupation from this cult for 47 years.

@EricLDaugh You’re an idiot.

🚨 BOOM! President Trump just dropped: “NO RINOS” 47 is going RINO hunting! 🔥

New book published. Thank you for your attention

Trump has always been for sale

Trump will bend and take it…

@marklevinshow We used to have a policy to not negotiate with terrorists!!

As I’ve been warning for weeks as well. A lack of will on our side once POTUS leaves office.

@miabenetti @FreebornMaryAnn Yup

@CookedGooseinFL @FreebornMaryAnn COVID, round 2 The Iranian Regime will Never surrender.... They won't by default... Just like Fauci

It’s Tuesday and the narcissist in chief is busy congratulating himself on selling out the Iranian people Thanks, Iowa!

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So throw money at the Islamists in Tehran via Qatar???

What a stinking joke.

@MattRJBrodsky @emilykschrader You know Trump and his family and his legion of MAGA influencers are buddy-buddy with Qatar, right?

@emilykschrader Qatar should face secondary US sanctions immediately unless we authorized it, in which case, frankly, Trump should resign.

This is not a solution. No one should support putting more money into the hands of the Islamic regime. That’s what drove the region into Oct 7. How many times are we going to repeat the same mistake?

@JohnnyNash77 Yes A treacherous one

Is Trump negotiating a “loser” deal with the regime⁉️