Gene Gutierrez

@realdefender45 @OldNavy New Jersey? What exit?

Is this still America? @OldNavy

@shion0_25mg Looks great!🇺🇸

アメリカの皆様こんばんは ご飯を作ることが大好きな日本人です！ 先日、皆様に教えていただいた アメリカンスタイルの朝食を作ってみました✨️ こんな感じで合ってますか？ 味は最高でした😋 Xをきっかけに皆様と国際交流出来ることを 嬉しく思います 今度はサンドウィッチに挑戦してみますね！

@SteveLovesAmmo 😂🤣😆😅😆🤣😂🤣😆😅😆🤣😂🤣😆😅😆🤣😂🤣😆😅😆🤣😂🤣😆😅😆🤣😂🤣😆😅😆🤣😂🤣😆😅😆🤣🤣😂🤣😆😅😆🤣😂🤣😆😅😆🤣😂🤣😆🤣😂🤣😆😅😆🤣😂🤣😆😅😆🤣😂🤣😆😅

This sounds like something CNN would do.

@MagneticNorse Dammit! I have a fire extinguisher in my bedroom. Kudos to me! (Gonna check the charge now)

Excellent points here

@Interior @1111Cinders Good one!🤣😂😆😅

As part of preparations for America’s 250th anniversary, Interior is reviewing wildlife nomenclature to better reflect the nation’s history and character. Following this review, the raccoon (Procyon lotor) will be renamed the Liberty Bandit, effective April 1, 2026.

@gothburz Absolutely. Another way to fake people out is to give them an impressive title and how about a best employee award? All meaningless. Concentrate on what puts cash in your account.

@FreeSpeechAgent The math is the only honest part of the system. $62 a month. The math never lies. The rating always does.

Last quarter I ran performance reviews for 4,200 employees. The process takes six weeks. Week 1: employees write self-evaluations. Average length: 1,200 words. That's 5 million words of self-assessment. No manager reads them. I know this because the system tracks time spent per review. Average: 4 minutes. You can't read 1,200 words in 4 minutes. You can write a rating in 4 minutes. That's what they do. The ratings are on a 5-point scale. 1: "Does not meet expectations." 2: "Partially meets expectations." 3: "Meets expectations." 4: "Exceeds expectations." 5: "Significantly exceeds expectations." Nobody gets a 5. 5 requires three levels of approval and a written justification. I designed it that way. If everyone could get a 5, the scale would mean something. We can't have that. The real scale is 3 to 4. 3 means "you still work here." 4 means "you still work here and we'd mildly prefer you didn't leave." The difference in raise between a 3 and a 4 is 1.2%. On a $90,000 salary that's $1,080 a year. $90 a month. Before taxes. After taxes it's about $62. That's the financial value of "exceeding expectations." $62 a month. A streaming subscription. We have a forced distribution. 15% must be rated 4 or above. 70% must be rated 3. 15% must be rated 2 or below. This is non-negotiable. If your entire team is exceptional, 15% of them are still "partially meeting expectations." If your entire team is mediocre, 15% are still "exceeding." Performance is a bell curve I drew on a whiteboard in 2019. Reality has to fit the curve. Not the other way around. The calibration meeting is where this happens. Every director in a room for four hours. They negotiate ratings. "I'll give you a 4 for Martinez if you take a 2 for Chen." "Chen just shipped the biggest project this quarter." "I know. But I need my 15%." Chen is now "partially meeting expectations." His manager will deliver this rating in a 30-minute meeting. She'll say "this doesn't reflect my view of your work." She's right. It reflects a horse trade in a conference room she wasn't invited to. Chen will ask what he can do to improve. His manager will say "keep doing what you're doing." He'll say "but I got a 2." She'll say "the rating system is holistic." Holistic means "I can't explain it." Nobody can. That's the point. Three people on the 2-rated list will be placed on Performance Improvement Plans. A PIP lasts 60 days. No one has ever passed a PIP. I don't mean it's difficult. I mean the outcome is decided before the PIP begins. A PIP is not a path to improvement. It's a paper trail to termination. HR needs 60 days of documentation. The PIP provides 60 days of documentation. I call this "supporting our people through growth opportunities." After calibration I compile the results. I tell the board that 85% of employees are meeting or exceeding expectations. This is true every year. It was true by design. I designed it. Last year a manager asked me what performance reviews actually accomplish. I looked at my notes. They accomplish: Five million words nobody reads. A number between 1 and 5 decided in a room the employee will never enter. A raise that wouldn't cover a gym membership. And a paper trail for the people we'd already decided to fire. I didn't say any of that. I said "employee development is our top priority." He transferred teams. I noted it as "healthy internal mobility." The review system was installed in 2019. It has not been reviewed. I get reviewed using the system I designed. Last year I rated myself a 4. My manager didn't question it. She used the 4 minutes. As long as the graph goes up and to the right.

@mattvanswol @sues86453 Crazy.

🚨#BREAKING: Outrage is erupting in Charlotte NC as man who was CAUGHT ON CAMERA revving his car, speeding, and then smashing into and k*lling an 8-year-old little girl who was riding her bike... ...WAS JUST LET OUT OF JAIL ON A $1,000 BOND!!!!! WHAT????!!!!!!!!!!

@WallStreetApes @30ACTruth Victim is white + Perpetrator is black = No Violation. Zero consequences.

San Leandro California Police Chief left the scene after causing an off-duty accident in her unmarked police car The police chief was illegally using a fast lane in a construction zone, flying by traffic and hit another vehicles mirror “A nine-page complaint filed with the city manager, he says in this case the chief was treated differently than the rank and file would've been — She drove in the fast lane through a construction zone — Ryan told the CHP this silver Jeep was flying on the shoulder, veered into her lane and clipped her driver's side mirror” “Ryan told the CHP the Jeep had police lights flashing in the rear window, but that after the impact, the driver turned off all the vehicle's lights, quickly crossed four lanes and exited the highway”

@charise_lee This is done to white people also. Instead of making a video you should file an official complaint with that department and follow up on the complaint.

Anyone who thinks “White Privilege” isn’t a thing needs to listen to her experience of getting pulled over as a person of color. As a white woman, I’m disgusted that this is what you must deal with and this is the daily reality‼️

@HustleBitch_ When I was in the Army I slept anywhere anytime they gave me a chance to sleep. I worked hard in the Army. Ever been woken up by wild hogs trying to eat you? Fk off with your nice comfy protected bunk! Hah!

🚨 NAVY SLEEP CONDITIONS JUST WENT VIRAL — SAILOR SAYS “I CAN’T EVEN BREATHE IN IT” A Navy sailor records the moment it hits her. This is where she’s supposed to sleep. • Barely enough room to turn • Inches from the wall • Fully enclosed, stacked compartments • No real airflow, no space Then she says: “I can’t even breathe in it… I feel claustrophobic.” Some are defending it: “It’s the military, that’s how it is” Others aren’t buying it: “This looks inhumane” “No way people actually live like this” Thousands of sailors… sleeping like this every night. Does this build toughness or break people down?

@BarrettRifles Hah! Good one!

As we celebrate America’s 250th anniversary, we’re excited to announce the release of the Model 76. #barrettfirearms #TheLeaderInLongRange #AprilFoolsDay #Americas250th

@intheknowidaho Idaho is pro illegal alien. All their big business guys even made a video about it saying their economy would collapse if they lost their slaves….oops illegal alien labor.

The Boise pride flag is GONE! 👋🏻🏳️‍🌈

@the_jefferymead @groovygirl71 Texas requests she remove that hat and never put it on again.

We are some of the most privileged people to ever walk this planet. But if you paid attention to people like this, you wouldn’t know it. Their ignorance and lack of appreciation are on full display here.

@StateDept @DrinkdeepT 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

SECRETARY RUBIO: Why are we in NATO? You have to ask that question. Why do we send trillions of dollars and have all of these American forces stationed in the region, if in our time of need, we won't be allowed to use those bases?

ICE Agents are federal Agents and can make arrests at any military facility. Great for force protection, policing or inspection duties. Military units work with immigration units of all types all over the United States and the whole world. I have worked with SF units as a Border Patrol Agent and had soldiers assigned to my unit as an Agent supervisor. This is not new. If it hurts your feelings that your abuelita can’t come on post to see you graduate lo siento mucho but tough.

ICE Agents Are Stationed at the Gates of Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) Parris Island in Beaufort, South Carolina, during Recruit Family Days and graduation ceremonies this week 1 April 2026.

UPDATE

Eastside Tucson. Finger on the trigger.

@Thefactsdude I love this guy! He’s fckin’ awesome!

HILARIOUS: Drunk plumber in LA fires off his gun at an apartment complex and his neighbor lets him have it as he’s being taken away in cuffs

@EricTrump @snooze06155136 So awesome!!!

Fantastic Idea! I’ll add this to the plans!

Imagine being the supervisor approving or declining these stops. It’s your ass on the line. You own everything that comes with it. The chaotic aftermath can be a terrible violent scene. Subsequent accidents, maiming, death and injury, freeway traffic completely stopped, rescue helicopters landing, Blackhawks arriving with Agents rappelling down to give chase on foot. Hearing someone struggling to breathe, the crying of an innocent driver who ran over someone else. God help me I sometimes miss it but then I let it go and relish the weight no longer on my shoulders. The young bucks have it well in hand.

Police tactics vary a lot by state. Arkansas State Police have used PIT maneuvers in a large percentage of pursuit sometimes over 50% while Georgia is often mentioned as one of the most frequent users nationwide. There’s no central database, but reporting shows big regional differences. Do you think PIT should be used more, less, or only in certain situations?