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@Keith_McPherson I wish they would team you up with @CMacWFAN. I remember the few times you guys were on together. It was great. You guys had great balance and radio chemistry with each other.

Back on The Fan tonight. There are Mets fans that claim I was "fired" for trolling the Mets. No one needs to troll the Mets at this point. This is all time bad. We'll talk about it

When I post about my Ashley, it’s not for sympathy. It’s to keep her beautiful memory alive. ❤️ Your follows & reposts truly mean the world. They help us amplify our voices & raise awareness in our #ChildhoodCancer community. 🙏🏻 💜 Ashley 💜 #Forever13

@DrNeilStone That’s because you’re a rich doctor, who can absorb the higher costs. That’s not the case for the working and middle class Britons.

I'd rather they open the Internet for Iranians than the Strait of Hormuz

@alphast @ShaunPinnerUA @RepLuna There are 150k US troops buried in Europe. One of two things would have happened if the US did not get involved: - Either Nazi Germany would have enslaved Europe - Western Europe would have been a vassal state of Stalin’s Red Army Don’t expect us to come help a third time.

@Objectivenews12 @ShaunPinnerUA @RepLuna What's one sided is that the USA didn't fund NATO. It overspent NATO countries. Plus it essentially forced NATO countries to buy expensive (and inadequate) US equipment for decades, equipment that they can't even freely use. Basically self serving.

NATO has been ripping off the U.S. for a while now. They are a relic of the past. If they aren’t holding up their end of the deal we should leave.

@Michaeljos92972 Michael, you are not living without her love here. It is right in front of you. It is said that pain and sadness is just love disappointed. So, in a very real sense, the love is still there. It’s just more visceral now.

The Chaplain just called me. He reaches out to me a few times a week to see how I'm doing. Tonight's conversation was deep- about Rebecca. And when I go deep...I write. An Argument with the Living - Listening With Respect. by Michael Whelan I am told—kindly, insistently, almost universally—that she is in heaven. And I listen with respect. I am told she no longer suffers. That whatever pain wrapped itself around her here has been gently removed there. And I listen with respect. I am told I will see her again—that this separation is temporary, a pause, not an ending. And I listen with respect. But I have questions. Not questions meant to challenge faith—but questions born from love… the kind that do not shout, the kind that sit beside you quietly when the house is still and the silence is louder than any answer. If Rebecca is in heaven— whole, peaceful, free— then tell me… What, exactly, am I doing here? If the promise is reunion, if the story finds its way back to her—why must I walk this long corridor alone? They say, “You’ll see her again.” They offer it gently, like a hand on my shoulder. And I receive it… I truly do. But I listen with respect and still wonder—If love is waiting for me there, why must I learn to live without it here? Is time the lesson? Is endurance the test? Or is this simply the part of life where even the kindest truths fail to comfort the broken heart? I have always stood somewhere between belief and doubt— spiritual, but questioning… hopeful, but unconvinced. And grief has not clarified that for me—it has deepened it. Because belief is easy when love is present in the room. It is far more difficult when love has left its chair empty and all that remains is memory… and echoes. They tell me, “She would want you to go on.” And again… I listen with respect. But I ask quietly... Would she want this version of living? This half-life of missing, this ritual of speaking into absence, this slow learning of how to exist without the person who made existence feel complete? Or—and here the question changes—Is this no longer about what I want… or even what she would want…but about what love asks of me now? Because love, I am beginning to understand, does not end when a life does. It changes its form. It moves inward. It becomes something I must carry instead of something I can hold. And perhaps this is the truth no one knows how to say out loud: That loving someone deeply means one day you may have to continue loving them without their presence. So I return to the question...If she is in heaven, and I will see her again… Why should I live? And the only answer that does not feel hollow is this: Because my life with her is not finished. It is unfinished. Not in shared mornings or quiet dinners— those moments have passed— but in meaning… in memory… in the quiet responsibility of having loved someone so completely that their story must still be told. By me. So I rise—reluctantly. I breathe—sometimes with effort. I speak her name into empty rooms and hope, in some unprovable way, that love still hears love. Not because I understand. Not because I am at peace. But because I listened— with respect to everything I was told…and still found this to be true: Love does not end. And because it does not end—neither, yet, do I.

@ShaunPinnerUA @RepLuna Europe didn’t mind when the US sent millions of troops for both World Wars. Europe didn’t mind that the US rescued the European economies devastated after World War II with the Marshall Plan. They didn’t mind the US funding the majority of NATO for 75+ years. It’s one sided.

@RepLuna Russian simp, of course you hate NATO. Didn’t mind in 9/11

@macergifford It took weeks for the UK to get a ship to Cyprus to protect a base, and they had to borrow a ship from Germany to lead a NATO exercise in the Baltic. Forget fighting Russia. Given the state of the British military, I would be worried about Argentina taking the Falklands back.

If Russia has damaged an undersea cable, we should damage part of their critical infrastructure in return. There should always be a proportional response to anything they do to us. Its not escalation, its deterrence. This is why we have a military.

@Jeremydadof4 @c_drew @allenanalysis @IAmPoliticsGirl You’re right, but I think was discontinued after WWI and not reinstated until 1940. I mistakenly stated 1942

@Objectivenews12 @c_drew @allenanalysis @IAmPoliticsGirl Selective Service is even old than that. Started in 1917. Updated during peacetime in 1940 and continued through WWII, Korean War, and Vietnam war. Paused for a bit and reinstated in 1980. During that time all 18 year old males have been required to register.

In December, Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon quietly changed how the draft works. Starting this December, every American male aged 18 to 25 will be automatically enrolled in the Selective Service database. No form. No signature. No consent. The government already has your Social Security number. Your DMV records. Your federal student loans. They’re pulling the data themselves. open.substack.com/pub/theallenan…

@c_drew @allenanalysis @IAmPoliticsGirl The modern version of selective service was instituted in 1940, not 1942 (my mistake) during peacetime. Although that one involved a draft, the program basically remained in effect until 1973. After a brief hiatus, it came back as mandatory (register only) in 1980, but no draft

@Objectivenews12 @allenanalysis @IAmPoliticsGirl “Objective News Consumer”? Maybe consume some factual news. Selective Service has NOT been in place since 1942.

@JoJoFromJerz @JamieBonkiewicz All they’re doing is automatically registering males in the Selective Service system. Your son would have had to have done it anyway if he ever wanted a student loan, mortgage, or government job. All they did was streamline the process.

@JamieBonkiewicz Believe me — I won’t either. Not a fucking chance.

This isn’t getting nearly enough attention. As the mom of a nearly 17 year old young man, this is something I think about daily.

@JoJoFromJerz Your son would have had to register for Selective Service when he turned 18 anyway. He wouldn’t have been able to get a student loan, mortgage, or government job without doing it. All this does is streamline the process.

@macergifford @StateDept There are more than 150,000 US troops buried in military cemeteries across Europe from two World Wars. The US funded the rebuilding of European economies (Marshall Plan) that were devastated from the war. We provided 70% of NATO’s defense over the last 80 years. Europe owes us

@StateDept America post-Trump is going to feel like the world’s worst hangover. Just a nation waking up like a boozed-soaked uncle, wondering how to face the family after a night of shouting racial slurs and pissing in the piano. 🤦 You abandoned your friends @StateDept , time to sober up.

PRESS SEC: It’s quite sad that NATO turned their backs on the American people over the last six weeks when it’s the American people who have been funding their defense. President Trump looks forward to having a very frank and candid conversation with Secretary Rutte.

@DrNeilStone They were sold out in 1953, by the same group that you thought would liberate them.

It seems that being Iranian is a blessing and a curse The blessing of an ancient, rich, beautiful culture And the curse of being held hostage by a brutal regime and being continually sold out out by the rest of the world

@sarahadams @jondipietronh There would be no Islamic Caliphate if the West not overthrown the democratically elected leader of Iran in 1953 because he wanted to nationalize his country’s oil reserves for the betterment of the Iranian people. The Shah that we installed afterwards was brutal to its citizens

@jondipietronh They want to keep their Islamic caliphate, haha, don’t believe otherwise.

It’s amazing how many people on this platform have clearly never watched a real negotiation with a terrorist regime or any terrorist entity for that matter. This isn’t sunshine and rainbows. It’s pressure, consequences, and making it unmistakably clear that if the Iranian regime won’t change their ways, they highly risk being ended. Let’s get something straight, because this keeps getting butchered, the civilization he is talking about ending is the Islamist regime, the assholes that took over 47 years ago and literally ruined the original Persian civilization in Iran that no one in the west seems to ever show empathy for. That distinction shouldn’t be this hard. And no, they shouldn’t be forced to be subservient to terrorists for another 50 years because you with 50,000 followers on some social media echo chamber said so. While some rush to defend a failed terrorist state, that same regime has been hanging teenagers this whole past week. I’ve seen zero concern over that, they’ve also been sending 12 year olds to be cannon fodder. Spare me the outrage. And to those immediately spiraling into “this means nuclear war,” please chill and relax a little. All this literally is ending a future nuclear threat. Not every hard-line equals global catastrophe. That’s not how this works. You’ve grown so used to watching terrorist pandering that you don’t even recognize what resolve looks like. The regime are paper tigers let them fold or make a choice that will lead to their ultimate demise. As Winston Churchill put it, “We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.”

@DrNeilStone Doctor, you’re naive if you think they care about the Iranian people. They want a passive government (whether they brutalize their people or not) that will acquiesce to the wishes of US oil companies.

Iranians desperately want the regime gone but without harm to civilians or their infrastructure I stand with them 100% 🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷

@DrNeilStone It was never about the Iranian people. It’s about getting a government in place that will be subservient to the US oil corporations. Just like it was in 1953, when we removed a democratically elected leader. Caring about the rights and freedoms of the Iranian people was a ruse

No I don't like Trump's language here at all Iranian civilisation is 5,000 years old and will never die It's specifically the anti Iranian brutal 47 years young REGIME that needs to go Focus on them Free Iran 🇮🇷🇮🇷

@GayonGracia @KurtSupeCPA You can’t. That’s the whole point. SS and Medicare will be gone by the mid 2030’s, and with the volatility of the markets, most will not have enough saved. The new retirement age will be early to mid 70’s

@KurtSupeCPA Taxes plus the upcoming debasement of the dollar and portfolio crash. We are nearing retirement and somehow, I don’t think any math can catch up with the regulatory finance and tax rules. How do we survive this?

Met a guy recently. Just retired at 63. $2M saved. House paid off. Zero debt. Did everything right for 30 years. Claimed Social Security early. Started pulling $110,000 a year from his IRA. Nobody told him those two decisions would collide. 85% of his Social Security is now taxable. His bracket jumped. Tax bill his first year of retirement was bigger than when he had a paycheck. And in two years when he hits 65 and goes on Medicare, IRMAA kicks in and his premiums spike on top of it. His advisor never saw it coming. Who was supposed to catch that?

@KurtSupeCPA Why don’t we just admit that we’re screwed. Social Security and Medicare are going bankrupt, the cost of living is astronomical, and everyone’s 401k and IRA’s will be highly volatile and insufficient to sustain any standard of living. We’re going to work till we die.

@FurkanGozukara We will do what we have to. Leave no man behind.

The Pentagon is completely unhinged. FOX News confirms the US military dropped nearly one hundred 2,000-pound bombs just to cover a single extraction point in Iran. The sheer scale of this reckless destruction is absolutely terrifying. Trump is out of control.