Shane Pierce

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Shane Pierce

Shane Pierce

@Shanepierce1980

southeast Missouri Katılım Kasım 2022
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Michelle Maxwell ™
Michelle Maxwell ™@MichelleMaxwell·
How come no other Administration thought to do this for Foster Kids? MELANIA TRUMP UNVEILS SAVINGS ACCOUNTS FOR FOSTER CHILDREN First Lady Melania Trump announced a new initiative to help foster children build a stronger financial future. “For the first time, children in foster care will have access to a dedicated savings and investment vehicle: Fostering the Future Accounts,” she said. “Fostering the Future Accounts give foster children the same chance for asset ownership and long-term wealth building as every other American child. By investing in our foster youth now, we help strengthen America’s workforce, communities, and economic future.” This is exactly the kind of thing that can change lives. Foster children deserve stability, opportunity, support, and a real path toward independence. And one thing is clear: Melania Trump has consistently used her platform to help America’s youth, especially foster children, have a better chance to succeed and flourish in life. God bless every child in foster care. May they know they are seen, valued, loved, and never forgotten.
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tetsuo
tetsuo@tetsuoai·
History's first trillionaire is a guy who catches rockets out of the sky with chopsticks and beams internet to every dead zone on the planet. Same guy ships cars that drive themselves, humanoid robots for the factory floor, brain chips that let paralyzed people move a cursor with pure thought, and an AI running on a supercomputer his team stood up in months instead of years. And the people crashing out about his net worth are doing it on the app he owns. The same app governments spent years trying to censor. You cannot legislate a rocket into orbit.
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Cielo 🇺🇸🇵🇷
Cielo 🇺🇸🇵🇷@CieloBonit·
I haven’t stopped scrolling this European content. They love America. Can we trade the liberals and keep them?
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Shane Pierce
Shane Pierce@Shanepierce1980·
@FAFO_TV I'm flying through the air! This is not good! Lmao 🤣 🤣
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NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依
My American friends on X won't shut up about peanut butter 🥜 They put it on bread, apples, celery, and apparently even burgers?? In Japan, peanut butter exists but it's not a personality trait 😂 How deep does the peanut butter rabbit hole go? What's YOUR weird combo?
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Mr PitBull Stories
Mr PitBull Stories@MrPitbull07·
Kevin Kimmel was parked at a truck stop when something made him look twice. An old RV. A young girl who appeared briefly at the window — and was immediately pulled back. The shade drawn. Most people would have looked away. Written it off as nothing. Moved on. Kevin Kimmel had attended a training session run by an organization called Truckers Against Trafficking. He knew what he was looking at. He called the police. That phone call ended weeks of physical and sexual abuse for the girl in that RV. Truckers Against Trafficking was founded in 2009 on a simple and powerful insight: truck drivers are everywhere. They cover the nation's highways around the clock. They stop at truck stops, rest areas, and motels in every city and county in America. They see things that most people never see — and because they're always moving, they see patterns across regions and routes that no single community could detect alone. "Trafficking happens everywhere," says Kylla Lanier, one of TAT's co-founders. "It's happening in homes, in conference centers, at schools, casinos, truck stops, hotels, motels, everywhere. It's an everywhere problem — but truckers happen to be everywhere." TAT trains truckers and truck stop employees to recognize the signs that aren't obvious to the untrained eye. A person with no access to their own ID or money. Conversation that sounds scripted, like someone is reciting answers rather than speaking freely. A child who appears briefly and is abruptly pulled out of sight. The training doesn't ask truckers to intervene directly. It asks them to pay attention — and to make a phone call. Since 2009, TAT has trained over 2 million people. Those trained truckers and employees have helped law enforcement free hundreds of trafficking victims, including more than 300 minors. Three hundred children. Each one of them representing a Kevin Kimmel moment — someone who paid attention, recognized what they were seeing, and made a call. "Before, if I saw a prostitute, I would have thought, 'Hey, that's what they want to do,'" says Sam Tahour, District Manager for TA Travel Plaza. "Now I know what signs to look for. I know what actions to take. This is what's going on out there, and these people need a hero." The heroes in this story aren't wearing capes. They're driving trucks across the country in the middle of the night, paying attention to a window shade being drawn a little too quickly, and knowing that the right response is to pick up a phone. Kevin Kimmel did that. A girl is safe because he did.
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KO Sequence
KO Sequence@KO_Sequence·
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Steve Guest
Steve Guest@SteveGuest·
PRAYER IS NEEDED. My friend Daniel — a Green Beret and founder of the Special Operations Association of America — has spent his life showing up for America. He and his wife need our help now. Lauren is fighting glioblastoma brain cancer while they raise their 2-year-old daughter. Please pray for him, his wife, and their daughter. And if you can, please help support them here via Special Forces Trust: secure.qgiv.com/event/laurenel…
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Taya Bass
Taya Bass@travelingflying·
If you woke up a trillionaire tomorrow… What is the first thing you would do?
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Yuna Mori
Yuna Mori@yunamorichan·
I'm confident in my English but I DO have a noticeable accent. Will this be a problem in USA? I'm worried American's might not take me seriously... 🙈
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Jerry Thornton
Jerry Thornton@jerrythornton·
I had to watch this five times to be sure it’s not AI. Nope. It’s real. Just one of Boston’s Finest being ambassador to the world.
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Mike Netter
Mike Netter@nettermike·
The hardware store closes at 6PM.. It's 5:58 when a kid walks in. The kid can't be more than sixteen. Soaking wet and shaking from the rain... "We're closing." Tom says. "Please. I just need a lock. For a door." Something in the kid's voice. Terror. Desperation. "What kind of lock?" "I don't know. Just one that keeps people out." The kid's got a black eye. Fresh. The kind that's still swelling. Tom doesn't ask. Just walks to aisle seven. Shows him the locks. The kid reaches for the cheapest one, $8.99. "That one's garbage," Tom says, "Won't stop anyone determined." He hands him a deadbolt. Heavy duty. $34.99. The kid's face crumbles. "I only have twelve dollars." They stand there. Store empty except for them. Tom takes the deadbolt to the register. Rings it up. "Twelve dollars." "But," "Sale price. Today only." The kid knows there's no sale. Knows this old man is lying. Tries not to cry and fails. Tom bags it. Adds a screwdriver. Free. "You know how to install it?" The kid shakes his head... They drive in Tom's truck. Don't talk. The kid directs him to a rundown duplex on the east side.   Upstairs apartment. Door frame cracked. Old lock broken, hanging loose. Tom installs the deadbolt. Takes him fifteen minutes. Tests it. Solid. Hands the kid both keys. "Someone tries to get in, you call 911. You hear me?" The kid nods. Tom's halfway to his truck when he hears it, "Why?" He turns around. The kid's standing in the doorway, backlit, holding those keys like they're made of gold. "Why did you help me?" Tom thinks about his own son. Twenty years ago. Different city. Same desperate eyes. Didn't make it. "Because you asked," Tom says simply. He drives home. Doesn't tell his wife. Doesn't think much about it. Three weeks pass. A woman comes into the store. Tired eyes but smiling. "Are you Tom?" "Yes, Ma'am." "My son told me about you. The lock you sold him." She's crying now. "His father, my ex-husband, he's not a good man. That lock kept us safe until I could get the restraining order. Until we could breathe." She hands Tom an envelope. "It's not much. But it's the thirty dollars we owed you, plus a little more." Tom tries to refuse. She won't let him. "You didn't just sell him a lock," she says. "You saw him. You saw us. When we were invisible." After she leaves, Tom opens the envelope. Sixty dollars. And a note from the kid: "Installed three more locks for neighbors who needed them. Taught myself how... "Going to trade school next year. Maybe I'll work in a hardware store someday. Be someone like you. -Marcus" Tom's manager notices him crying by the register. "You okay?" "Yeah," Tom says. "Just... yeah." That night, Tom stayed two minutes past closing. Then five. Then ten. In case someone walks in at 5:58PM. Soaking wet. Desperate. Needing more than just a lock. Tom learned something. The last customer of the day may be the most important one we ever serve.
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cinesthetic.
cinesthetic.@TheCinesthetic·
At a STAR WARS convention, Ray Park shows exactly why Darth Maul became an instant fan favorite. His double lightsaber skills are still as impressive as ever. 🎬⚔️
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Freddy🇩🇪
Freddy🇩🇪@FreddyLA7·
WE’RE GOING TO AN ELLA LANGLEY CONCERT ON THE 18TH AND WE’RE EVEN GOING TO MEET HER!!!!
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Ron wright
Ron wright@ronsterd89·
Have you ever heard of anyone putting potato chips on a sandwich??
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Anna Gát 🧭
Anna Gát 🧭@TheAnnaGat·
This girl is now a permanent resident 🇺🇸 I promise to live as the most annoyingly patriotic person imaginable ❤️
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