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@CvilleBubble I went to one of their marshall training they had in Charlottesville a couple months ago, just to see what they were talking about, and what the training entailed. These people are truly delusional and radical.

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@LaHeliko @gregkellyusa So just let him run on in and start shooting people? In this situation backdrop doesn't matter in the least.

@gregkellyusa I think the most striking aspect of this incident for me is the readiness of this chap to repeatedly shoot with his colleagues / bystanders directly in the line of fire. Reckless in the extreme.

I am SICK of the SPIN. Before this video release, the Secret Service DIRECTOR said the officer who was shot opened fire and “while being shot was in the process of falling down”—That’s NOT what happens here. There’s no “falling down”-they’re talking to us like we’re CHILDREN

@TXLbertarian @WellsJorda89710 DeSantis isn't on the ballot.

@WellsJorda89710 I’m not even going to keep reading that mess. Florida has a great governor. No reason to change. Run your race, but keep your race out of the equation. If it’s based on merit then DeSantis wins every time.

🚨Trump Brought Black Voters Home — But GOP Leadership Still Has a Diversity Problem🚨 I love Wesley Hunt. But when he was asked about all four Black members of Congress leaving, his true answer exposed a real problem we can’t keep ignoring. We have a diversity crisis in the Republican Party. Donald Trump changed the game. He lifted up candidates like Byron Donalds, Vivek Ramaswamy, and strong Black conservatives all across the country. Trump is the biggest reason more Black Americans are coming home to the GOP. Period. But the truth is, too many in Republican leadership are completely comfortable with all-white tables. I don’t believe in checking boxes or electing people based on skin color. I believe in merit-based diversity — the best person for the job, regardless of race. Yet I’ve walked into too many Republican meetings as the only Black face in the room. It’s not fun. It’s isolating. Right now in Florida, we have a historic opportunity to elect our first Black Republican governor since the Civil War — and some in the party are actively fighting it or staying silent. Many Black Republicans feel this frustration but stay quiet to avoid rocking the boat. I’m a proud conservative. I love our principles. I believe the majority of Republicans are good, God-fearing people who love this country and would absolutely support strong Black leaders like Tim Scott and Byron Donalds. But too many state GOP establishments keep recycling the same old white candidates while giving minimal support to promising young Black conservatives. We must do better. Diversity through excellence isn’t “woke” — it’s smart politics and it’s right. The party of Lincoln should look more like America if we want to win it back. Let’s stop fearing the conversation and start building a bigger, stronger tent — based on merit, values, and results. Who’s with me? #GOP #BlackConservatives #MeritOverRace #TrumpEffect #FloridaGOP

@BrookIVXX @GigglingGanon Not really, and definitely not illegal entitled behavior.

@ScottIves40475 @GigglingGanon lol so your telling me you don’t partake in any entitled behavior what so ever?

The irony of law and order start Ice T getting pulled over and having heated exchange with Hudson County Deputy. Case of real like imitating art. Body cam footage of Ice T getting pulled over for a missing front plate escalated quickly as the deputy discovered his registration and license were also expired. After a heated exchange the sergeant arrived on scene and helped de-escalte. Things went from car getting towed and 4 tickets to car getting parked and Ice T can walk to the dmv to get his car and license legal. Hearing the interaction and the final outcome, it's clear that celebrities do get some special treatment.

@TheEXECUTlONER_ Hellz no. MAYBE $120 every 2 weeks tho

This guy is charging $120 a week to mow this yard which is almost an acre. Some are saying that’s right on the money, others are saying minimum $200 a week. Others say in some places $300. Do you think $120 is fair? Too low or too high?

@Jules31415 The Trump administration gave them a pathway to citizenship. They even paved it with some money and a ride home. Go home, get your affairs in order properly, and come back. There is the start of your path to citizenship.

Ro Khanna spars with Fox New's Brian Kilmeade over DHS funding, and Khanna pushes for a "path to legalization" for all "undocumented" immigrants: Khanna: "Let's fund TSA, let's fund the Border Patrol. We disagree on ICE. ICE aready has $75 billion." Kilmeade: "No, just fund it! You can't pick and choose what you fund." Khanna: "Why not get the compromise? The problem is, they already had $75 billion in additional funding for ICE, and the reality is, Americans were targeted and raided. What happened in Minneapolis was outrageous...violations of human rights...why don't we...bracket the ICE debate?" Kilmeade: "Why?! We need ICE! And if the previous President didn't open up the borders, ICE wouldn't have to try to round up 15 million people." Khanna: "When you have people doing hard work and they're undocumented, have path to legalization. Why don't we have that conversation?" Kilmeade: "Sure, but you don't have to hold a segment of the country hostage that live paycheck-to-paycheck because you decide you thought ICE was overaggressive...they put a new person in charge, and you're STILL not funding it! It's just maddening, Congressman."

@BuzzPatterson Why don't you just post signs about crap like this? If you seen on camera wrestling the ball away from someone else, you're banned for life.

This guy’s a complete douche. This is anti-baseball. Guy takes a home run away from a young girl. Then, doesn’t give it to her. That’s not what baseball is all about!

@AndrewLonsberry Why?

Weld Anything. Weld Anywhere. We have been building for years to make our foundational model Obsidian capable of Welding Anything. Today we are extending our model to be able to run on any robotic platform and giving it the capability to Weld Anywhere.

@wadestotts The vaunted Somali IQ level shows itself again.

"History PhD here--the number of World Wars is actually a *very* controversial topic in academia. Some say there have been two (traditional view), while others say up to sixty-four. Scholars disagree, and that's okay! What's NOT ok are these RACIST attacks on Rep Omar!"

@GigglingGanon I didn't realize Ice-T was so stupid.

@fredsmagic @GigglingGanon But he's too broke to take an Uber? No driver's license and no registration on the vehicle. And too stupid to get a ride to the DMV.

@GigglingGanon He’s literally got all the paperwork in a fucking envelope because he’s going to the DMV and the cop has such a low IQ that it’s hard for him to reconcile the reality that’s in front of him. Fucking incredible.

@BrookIVXX @GigglingGanon Wtf? Why didn't you just walk to the DMV? Get an Uber to the DMV? Ask one of his friends to take him to the dmv? Well I just get in a car with no registration and no driver's license, and think you can drive it to the DMV? That's entitled behavior

@GigglingGanon Ice-T was cool until the officer started to give him a hard time, he was going to the DMV which was across the street, you all think we have to kiss the ass of the police , we don’t have to! All police aren’t out there to uphold the law many of them want to enforce feelings.

@raylan720 @GigglingGanon Arrested, or even threatened with arrested. Dude was driving a car that wasn't registered, without a driver's license. Then he got out the car and attempted to get aggressive.

I’m glad they didn’t escalate. None of this civil shit should be arrest worthy on the first offense. If we don’t fix whatever we’re doing wrong than arrest us or fine everyone massive amounts but cops enforcing civil driving laws with criminal offense response for first time violations is crazy

@raylan720 @GigglingGanon What are you even talking about? No one

I have two stacks on my desk. The left stack is financial disclosure forms from members of Congress. The right stack is waivers for members who filed their financial disclosures late. The right stack is always taller. On Wednesday morning, I watched a soldier get arrested on CNN. I am a Disclosure Analyst for the House Ethics Committee. I have held this position for eleven years. My job is to receive the forms, verify their completeness, and file them. I do not investigate. I do not flag. I do not refer. I file. I have a lanyard. The lanyard says ETHICS. The soldier's name is Gannon Ken Van Dyke. He is thirty-eight years old. He was stationed at Fort Bragg. He was Special Forces. In December, he created an account on a prediction market called Polymarket. On January 2nd, he bet $32,500 that the president of Venezuela would be removed from power. On January 3rd, he helped remove the president of Venezuela from power. He collected $409,881. He has been charged with five federal crimes. Commodities fraud. Wire fraud. Unlawful use of confidential government information. Theft of nonpublic government information. Unlawful monetary transaction. The Department of Justice called it "the first-ever insider trading prosecution on event contracts." I watched this on the television in our break room. Then I walked back to my desk and processed a late financial disclosure from a member of the House Financial Services Committee who purchased $250,000 in bank stocks eleven days before his subcommittee held a closed-door hearing on proposed capital reserve changes. The filing was forty-seven days late. The STOCK Act requires disclosure within forty-five days. The penalty for late filing is $200. I waived it. I waive most of them. In 2021, fifty-four members of Congress and senior staff violated the reporting rules. The fines were minimal. Most were waived. I have a form for the waiver. The form has a box that says "Reason." I write "administrative delay." In ethics, "administrative delay" means the member's office forgot and then remembered when a reporter called. My approval rate is one hundred percent. In any other field, that number would trigger an audit. In mine, it is called thoroughness. Let me show you what I processed this year. January. A senator on the Armed Services Committee sold defense contractor shares worth $1.2 million. Three days later, his committee received a classified briefing that the Iran campaign had exceeded its projected cost by 340%. The stock dropped 8%. He filed the disclosure sixty-one days late. I calculated the fine. $200. His chief of staff asked if it could be waived. He did not ask what the senator traded on. Nobody asks that. The form does not have a field for it. I waived the fine. The senator's portfolio returned 23.4% in 2025. The S&P 500 returned 16.8%. February. A representative on the Energy and Commerce Committee bought pharmaceutical stocks worth $400,000. Two weeks later, her committee advanced a bill that would extend patent exclusivity for the exact drug class she purchased. The stocks rose 14%. She filed on time. There was no fine. There was no investigation. There was nothing to investigate because buying stocks in companies regulated by your own committee is not illegal. It is legal. The STOCK Act made it legal by making it disclosed. In Congress, disclosed means legal. In my office, legal means filed. March. A member whose spouse manages a portfolio worth $9.2 million reported forty-three separate transactions in a single quarter. Twelve of them were in sectors directly affected by legislation the member co-sponsored. The timing on eight of those twelve was within a two-week window of committee action. I logged all forty-three. None were flagged. We do not flag. We file. I asked my supervisor once what would happen if I flagged a filing. She said we do not have a form for that. I never asked again. In 2020, I processed 847 disclosures. In 2023, 1,211. In 2025, 1,614. The number of enforcement actions in each of those years was zero. The numerator changes. The denominator does not. I want to tell you about the soldier again. He made $409,881. He tried to delete his Polymarket account by calling customer service and saying he lost access to his email. He moved his profits into a foreign cryptocurrency vault and then into a new brokerage account. He used his real identity. He placed thirteen bets. Every single one was connected to an operation he personally participated in. In my eleven years, I have processed disclosures from members of Congress who traded on: Pending FDA approvals they learned about in committee. Defense appropriations they voted on. Trade policy they negotiated. Pandemic response measures they drafted. Interest rate decisions they were briefed on before the public. None of them have been charged. None of them have been investigated by the Department of Justice. None of them have been referred to the SEC. The STOCK Act has produced zero prosecutions since it was signed on April 4th, 2012. Fourteen years. Five hundred and thirty-five members. $635 million in trades last year alone. Zero cases. My daughter asked me once what happens when someone breaks the rules. I told her we write it down. She asked what happens after that. I said it depends. She was nine. She is twenty now. It does not depend. Nothing happens after that. The soldier made $409,881 and faces decades in prison. Nancy Pelosi entered Congress in 1987 with a portfolio worth approximately $785,000. It is now worth $133.7 million. That is a return of 16,930%. The Dow Jones returned 2,300% over the same period. Professional fund managers who beat the market for three consecutive years are considered exceptional. She has beaten it for thirty-seven. If a hedge fund produced those returns, the SEC would subpoena the records on a Thursday. She produced them from a building with a chapel and a gift shop. She announced her retirement last year. No investigation was opened. No disclosure was flagged. Her filings were on time. In my office, on time means compliant. Compliant means closed. I want to tell you about the fine. $200. That is the maximum penalty for violating the STOCK Act's disclosure requirements. $200 for a member of Congress whose portfolio gained $4.7 million in a single quarter. I calculated what $200 represents as a percentage of $4.7 million. It is 0.004%. I could not find a comparison that made it meaningful. It is less than the price of the parking pass in the Rayburn garage. It is less than lunch at the members' dining room if you order the crab cakes, which I am told are excellent though I eat at my desk. Since 2012, thirty-one bills have been introduced to restrict congressional trading. I keep a list. The list is longer than the STOCK Act itself. On March 5th, 2026, a representative from Michigan introduced the thirty-second. He called it the "No Getting Rich in Congress Act." The bill would prohibit the President, Vice President, members of Congress, and their spouses from trading individual stocks, cryptocurrency, futures, and commodities while in office. The bill was referred to committee. The committee has not scheduled a hearing. The committee is chaired by a member whose spouse executed $2.1 million in trades last year. The bill will be reviewed. In my office, reviewed means read. Read means acknowledged. Acknowledged means a status has been assigned. A status is the absence of an action that has been given a name so it looks like one. The soldier used classified information to make $409,881 on a prediction market. He has been charged with five federal crimes. The Department of Justice announced the case on the same day I processed three disclosures from members who traded on committee knowledge worth a combined $3.8 million. The difference between the soldier and the members is not what they did. It is the building they did it in. He did it from Fort Bragg. They did it from the Capitol. He used a prediction market. They used the New York Stock Exchange. He bet on a military operation. They bet on the legislation they write. He did not write the law. They did. They wrote the STOCK Act. Then they funded its enforcement at zero dollars. Then they set its maximum penalty at $200. Then they gave my office the authority to waive it. Then they traded $635 million. The soldier flew to Caracas. He breached a compound. He put his body between a mission and a bullet. The people who ordered the operation were in a building with a credenza and sparkling water. They did not go to Caracas. They went to their brokerage accounts. The soldier made $409,881 and is now in federal custody. The people who knew what he was going to do before he did it made more and filed less. His prosecution is not a failure of the system. It is the system. One conviction per decade, at the lowest level, so the briefing slides can say enforcement exists. The $409,881 is not the crime. It is the cost of making $635 million look supervised. In my field, we call this self-regulation. The soldier's Polymarket account has been frozen. His military career is over. He will spend years in federal prison. My office will process every congressional disclosure filed this year. Every trade logged. Every $200 fine calculated and waived. The system is immaculate. Fourteen years. Zero prosecutions. $635 million a year. A 16,930% return. I have not leaked a document. I have not filed a complaint. I have not deviated from the process one single time. The process was written by the people whose forms I process. As long as the disclosures go up and the cases don't, my performance review says I am meeting expectations. My lanyard still says ETHICS. In eleven years, nobody has asked me to define the word.

@brianeskow Can you really blame the Republicans for fighting the fire first?

Regarding Virginia. Can you really blame the Democrats for fighting fire with fire? Honest question.

@IAmReallyGrant @KenCuccinelli The militia may be required to hold them accountable.

@KenCuccinelli If this stands, there is effectively no state constitution. It's a form of Jacksonian nullification and wouldn't surprise me to be a pilot for the federal legislature.

The "yes" vote has won Va's redistricting referendum — but the legal fight is just beginning. Four Va Constitutional challenges are now teed up: THREE challenges to the amendment process itself: 1️⃣ First passage was invalid. The amendment was taken up during a special session convened in 2024 for budget purposes. The General Assembly's own call to the Governor (under Art. IV, §6 and Art. V, §5) and its governing resolution (HJR 6001) limited the session's scope. Expanding it to include a constitutional amendment on redistricting required a two-thirds vote that never occurred. A Tazewell County judge found this action "void, ab initio." 2️⃣ Art. XII, §1 requires that after first passage, a proposed amendment be "referred to the General Assembly at its first regular session held after the next general election of members of the House of Delegates." An election must intervene between first and second passage. Here, first passage occurred during an election cycle — not before an intervening one. 3️⃣ Art. XII, §1 requires the amendment be submitted to voters "not sooner than ninety days after final passage by the General Assembly." The timeline from second passage to the April 21 vote did not satisfy this requirement. Plus ONE challenge to the proposed maps: 4️⃣ Art. II, §6 requires that "every electoral district shall be composed of contiguous and compact territory." The proposed congressional maps violate this contiguity requirement (rather badly). Next stop, court. Stay tuned.

@Ryan2011Angela @LarrySabato @Wildrice56367 It's not the Trump administration that wants to Warehouse illegal immigrants, it's the Democrats. If they weren't standing in the way of deportation, these people would be sent on back to their home countries by now.

@LarrySabato @Wildrice56367 All this pain and cruelty because Trump, Miller and GOP would rather warehouse human beings, making bank for their private prisons, then actually deliver comprehensive immigration reforms. America’s immigration issues won’t be solved with mass deportations or warehouses

This is how America under Trump says, “Thank you for your service.”

@LarrySabato Is there some reason he can't just move with her? They're both grown ass people.

@speed2burn725 @Haster18_ 🤣

@Haster18_ He’s a gang member? Must be Cool and the Gang

A young man who threatens families at a rest stop by claiming to be a gang member runs into a hard rock this time! After the beating he takes, he ends up being the one who has to call 911 for help