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The first man to vote for American independence wasn't Jefferson, Adams, or Franklin. It was a country doctor from New Hampshire named Josiah Bartlett. And his story is wilder than anything they teach you in school. In 1753, at age 23, Bartlett caught a fever his own doctor said would kill him. The accepted treatment was a "warm and stimulating regimen." Bartlett didn't buy it. He ordered two young men in the room to pour him cider, half a teacup at a time, through the night. They thought it would finish him off. Instead he sweated the fever out by morning and lived another 42 years. He never trusted received wisdom again. A year later, a throat distemper epidemic was killing the children of Kingston, NH. Bartlett experimented until he found that Peruvian bark, which we now know contains quinine, could hold the disease at bay long enough for kids to recover. He was one of the first physicians in the colonies to inoculate against smallpox, at a time when mobs in other colonies were burning down doctors' houses for doing exactly that. His own house burned down too. Early 1774. Loyalist spies, almost certainly, after he refused to be bought off by the royal governor. He rebuilt it the same year. That house is still standing in Kingston, a National Historic Landmark. On July 2, 1776, the Continental Congress called the roll on independence, north to south. New Hampshire was first. Bartlett rose and voted "Aye," the first vote ever cast for an independent United States. A witness said he "made the rafters echo with his approval." A month later he became the second man to sign the Declaration, right under John Hancock's signature. Then he went home, helped write New Hampshire's constitution, served as the state's first governor, and founded the New Hampshire Medical Society in 1791. Three of his children and seven of his grandchildren became doctors. The town of Bartlett, NH bears his name. And 200+ years later, Aaron Sorkin liked his name so much he made him president on The West Wing. History remembers Hancock's signature. It should remember the man who signed right below it.

Massie: I would have come out sooner but I had to call my opponent to concede and it took a while to find him in Tel Aviv

If you vote against foreign aid to Israel and call out AIPAC, then the Jewish lobby will spend $20 million to primary you, get the President to endorse your opponent, and destroy your reputation with a phony scandal. If Massie loses tomorrow, you know Israel still owns Congress.

Let's test that. If an 18 year old saves $26 a day by eating the cheap sandwich instead of the $28 lunch mentioned, that's $9,490 a year. In five years, that's $47,450 if you save NOTHING else. That's a 20% down payment for a $230k home at 23. If you wait until 28, it's $94.9k.

A Chipotle burrito costs $15. Ground beef is $7 a pound. Inflation is financially crippling Gen Z. Once again, an out-of-touch rich boomer is lecturing young people.

We are cooking with Thomas Massie and learning about how he built this entire place with his barehands, and his own saw mill. This dude is a legend. Ed can’t even build momentum for a political campaign but hey, maybe he’s too busy watching Only Fans. I’m not judging, just saying.

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