August Rouse

@GeraldoRivera Maybe China’s economy will collapse

Unless we get the Strait of Hormuz open, everything else is just bullshit. And don’t expect China to help out. They love seeing us suffer the folly of our own making.

@EdKrassen Make them go an extra day at the end of the year. Don’t coddle these delinquents.

Hundreds of students at The Watertown High School in Wisconsin walked out of school after the conservative school board, banned a song with no lyrics whatsoever from being played by the school band. The school board claimed that this song “indoctrinated students and endorsed violence”. It was “A Mother of a Revolution,” and it had NO LYRICS AT ALL.

@KatTimpf @BillinWV 🙏

My seemingly healthy, strong father Daniel “Dad Timpf” Timpf died very unexpectedly on the evening of May 7 at just 69 years old.   It does not seem like enough to simply call him my father, because he was so much more than that. He was my rock, my hero and my best friend. He was loyal, funny, kind, selfless, hard-working, and so devoted to his children that it was impossible to be near him and not find yourself inspired. He was a writer, a painter, a sailor, and somehow knowledgeable on every subject from world history to literature to accounting. He was the most dependable person anyone has ever met. I always felt like, as long as I had his phone number, there was not a problem I could not solve. I needed him here with me; I am not okay, and I am far from the only person who feels this.   The birth of my son in February 2025, his first grandchild, was supposed to be a happy new beginning for our family. A family that had been already once devastated by an untimely loss: the loss of my mother Anne Marie to a rare disease in 2014 just a matter of weeks after her diagnosis.   The joy of my son’s birth was, of course, complicated by my also very unexpected breast cancer diagnosis just a matter of hours before going into labor with him. During this time, my dad did what he did best, which was to save the day. As soon as he heard about my diagnosis, he simply got into the car and started driving to New York -- making it through the tunnel just as my  son was born…on the day that happened to be his own birthday, as well.   In the tumultuous time of a simultaneous new cancer diagnosis and new baby, my dad was the sole reason for our stability, rushing in to help care for our son, and returning to do so again for my double mastectomy, reconstructive surgery, and any time that we ever needed him. It was an awful, awful year… but I found so much joy and hope throughout it by watching the beauty of a very special relationship form between my son and my father. This horrible thing that was happening was creating such a very special bond between the two of them -- almost making the terrible thing worth it -- and I was so excited to see how that bond would grow.   The bond was of top priority for my father, who visited from Michigan often. I saw him last on the Monday before he died, and my son was so proud to help his grandfather push his suitcase down to the car as he left. The goodbyes were quick. Why wouldn’t they be? We would all see each other again at the beginning of June, when we would all head to Texas for my shows and to see my grandpa. We wanted to make sure that my son could spend as much time as he could with his great-grandfather. He is, after all, 93.   I was certainly not over the trauma of my cancer or having to amputate the breasts I so badly wanted to feed my son with, but the one thing I could always count on to get me through my worst moments was seeing my son’s and my father’s faces light up when they saw each other, be it during the visits or our routine morning and bedtime FaceTime calls.   That is, at least, until I had to hear over the phone from a doctor I had never met in an emergency room in the same town up north that I’d previously announced to my father that I was pregnant that my dad was dead; I would never see him again, and neither would my son. It would turn out that last year was not the hard one, after all. Rather, it was the one I would now do anything to relive. I would amputate my breasts every year just to be able to speak with him one more time, even for five minutes.   I am currently living an unimaginable horror. For many people, this is a tragic story. For me, it’s my life. I do not know how I will recover from it. I only know that I have to for the sake of what is left of my family.

@abdulslam2017 We need to cut Pakistan off financially.

Desperate attempts to demonize success: US accusations against Pakistan of providing an "aerial shield" for Iranian aircraft are nothing more than an attempt to undermine its role as a neutral mediator. ​Leaked reports to CBS claim that Islamabad allowed Iranian planes to hide within its bases. In reality, this media offensive is merely a panicked reaction from hostile powers who have witnessed Pakistan 🇵🇰 succeed in leading negotiations where the UN Security Council and the United Nations have failed. 🌏🛡️ ​When adversaries witness the depth of the strategic cohesion between Pakistan 🇵🇰, Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦, and Turkey 🇹🇷, they are struck by panic and attempt to fabricate charges to obstruct Islamabad’s role in hosting dialogue and establishing peace. These desperate attempts will only increase the strength and determination of Pakistan and its axis to continue efforts toward achieving lasting peace in the region.

@EdKrassen Idiot.

The only reason for this “surge” is because Republicans are redrawing maps to take more seats. They will still get clobbered in the midterms.

Iran War Update and Discussion With Pyotr Kurzin x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

The next time the Dems scream that the price of gas is Trump's fault, show them this video of Joe Biden's Energy Sec. Jennifer Granholm saying, “The president does not control the price of gasoline.”

@itsrosesm Get another dog.

if a Muslim neighbor demands you remove your dog to respect Islam, what would you do?

@LizMacDonaldFOX Awesome

The federal workforce is currently estimated to be down by roughly 300,000–390,000 employees net under Trump’s second term so far, the lowest since 1966.

@NiohBerg Pieces of human garbage

I don't think these migrant scumbags realise how fucked they are once Europeans finally snap and revert to what they were historically best at.

@Nickisbackbaby Yes

If someone enters your country illegally but finds work, raises a family and contributes to society.... Should they be deported?

@grahamformaine I like my country like I like my tea, full of ICE.

$70 billion for ICE. $50 billion for Iran. That’s our money they’re lighting on fire.

@Bushra1Shaikh You are a useless piece of garbage

We were told explicitly by Donald Trump how "civilians are not targeted", yet here in Resalat district, Tehran - 179 residential buildings destroyed by U.S Israeli missiles. The death toll in Iran surpassed 3,000 people, from this neighbourhood alone 1,000 displaced, entire families killed and there was no coverage by Western mainstream media outlets.

@DrewSav @MalcolmNance She should scream at the sky. It might help.

Republicans do not understand how angry people are right now

Reporter: “The war has pushed prices up, it could go as high as $200 a barrel some analysts think. How long is it fair to expect American drivers & drivers around the World to pay that premium for this war”? Biden: “As long as it takes”.

@GovernorVA Of course you had no problem silencing republican voter’s voices.

More than three million Virginians cast their ballots in Virginia’s redistricting referendum, and the majority of Virginia voters voted to push back against a President who said he is ‘entitled’ to more Republican seats in Congress with a temporary and responsive referendum. They made their voices heard. I am disappointed by the Supreme Court of Virginia’s ruling, but my focus as Governor will be on ensuring that all voters have the information necessary to make their voices heard this November in the midterm elections because in those elections we — the voters — will have the final say.

BREAKING: USA Strikes Iranian Ships | DOW Releases UFO Files x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

@angertab That’s hilarious 😂

BREAKING: OSINT confirms that there are no more women on Kharg Island, or at the nuclear facilities in Isfahan and Natanz. Let's be real, if there was any pussy there, Trump would have grabbed it by now. Thank you for your attention on this matter.

@Bushra1Shaikh The IRGC needs removed from the earth.

I'm literally reporting on war crimes committed by the U.S and Israel in Iran and all I receive from the Iranian Pahlavi diaspora is abuse and vile threats for doing so. Not a single ounce of decency left in these people. Disgusting group of individuals.