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Ralper Prakazrel “Pras” Michel of the Fugees has reported to federal prison to begin a 14-year sentence. He was convicted for illegally funneling millions of dollars in foreign contributions to Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign. trib.al/1uv2Ums

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🇺🇸 Most Badass Americans You Don’t Know: #2 Peter Francisco (Thread 1/2) Peter Francisco is an American badass. He was a giant of his time — towering 6’6” and 260 pounds of muscle, and a living celebrity across the entire Continental Army. Legend says George Washington personally called him his “one-man army” and had a massive six-foot broadsword specially forged just for him. Peter’s story starts as a five year old when he was kidnapped from his home in the Portuguese Azores islands, sailed across the Atlantic, and abandoned on a Virginia dock. He was found dressed nicely with silver buckles marked “P.F.” on his shoes and was adopted by Patrick Henry’s uncle. He grew into a literal giant: 6 foot 6 inches tall and 260 pounds of pure muscle from blacksmith work and hard labor. At 16 he heard Patrick Henry’s “Give me liberty or give me death” speech and begged to enlist in the 10th Virginia Regiment. He fought in nearly every major battle of the Revolutionary War. At Brandywine he took a musket ball to the leg while holding a narrow gap so Washington’s army could escape. He was wounded again at Monmouth when a ball tore through his right thigh. In 1779 Washington picked him for the “forlorn hope” assault on Stony Point. In the dead of night he scrambled up the cliff with 19 other men. He was the second to reach the top, took a 9-inch bayonet slash across his stomach, killed the man who stabbed him plus two more Redcoats, and was the first to seize the British flag. At the disastrous Battle of Camden, with the army collapsing, he single-handedly lifted a massive cannon barrel onto his shoulders and carried it to safety, then bayoneted a charging British dragoon. During the chaotic retreat a British grenadier raised his musket to bayonet Colonel Mayo. Francisco shot the grenadier dead. A cavalryman charged him with a saber. Francisco sidestepped two swings, lifted the man out of the saddle with his bayonet, took the horse, and rode through enemy lines yelling like a Loyalist. He caught up to Mayo, cut down the British officer holding him, and gave his colonel the horse so he could escape. After Camden he reenlisted in Colonel William Washington’s cavalry. He complained his sword felt like a toothpick, so Washington ordered a true giant’s broadsword forged for him — six feet long with a 5-foot blade — delivered just two days before Guilford Court House. At Guilford on March 15, 1781, Francisco led the cavalry charge. Swinging his great sword he personally felled 11 Redcoats in one furious assault. When a bayonet pinned his leg to his horse he calmly helped the soldier yank it free. Then, with one crushing swing, he brought down his giant broadsword and split the man’s head clean down to his shoulders. Moments later another bayonet impaled his right thigh completely through. He kept fighting until he tumbled unconscious from his horse. He was found beside four corpses and nursed back to health by a kindly Quaker. Francisco walked back to Virginia and was given a special scout assignment. One day at Ben Ward’s Tavern nine of Tarleton’s feared dragoons surrounded him. Eight went inside. The paymaster demanded his silver shoe buckles. When the man bent down Francisco grabbed the saber, slashed him across the head and neck, took a pistol ball to the side (his sixth wound), and fought off the rest — capturing all eight horses as seven dragoons fled for their lives. This legendary stand made him known far and wide as the “Giant of Virginia” and the “Hercules of the Revolution.” It marked the end of his fighting career. (Continued in 2/2)

@AGHamilton29 The complete chronological list... Notably he was an adult for all of it.