Frank Stearns

@HillerMaxwell @brandonspikes55 It all starts up front. Welcome and Go Gators.

I’m home, Go gators 🐊

@tparsi @RnaudBertrand In your dreams.

I cannot emphasize this enough. A new dynamic will be at play when the US and Iran meet in Islamabad to negotiate a final deal based on Iran's 10-point plan: Trump's failed war has eliminated the potency of American military threats in US-Iran diplomacy. The US can still issue threats, but everyone will know that they no longer carry much weight. Essentially, war with Iran was tried and failed. As a result, negotiations will have to be based on genuine compromises from both sides, rather than coercion from either side.

@DI313_ @FLHeatherGator 100%

⚡ BREAKING 🇺🇸🇪🇺: U.S. issues warning to Europe over access to military bases. Marco Rubio states that if Europe restricts U.S. use of bases it funds and operates, Washington should consider closing them and withdrawing troops. “If Europe won’t allow us to use the bases we man and fund… we ought to close them down.”

@TransferPortal @JoeTipton Fake news?

NEW: Florida center Micah Handlogten plans to enter the NCAA transfer portal, @JoeTipton reports. Handlogten is currently waiting on an extra year of eligibility waiver. on3.com/college/florid…

@johnkonrad @YossarianLocker Strange rant

NATO is in far bigger danger than anyone realizes. And the reason has nothing to do with defense budgets. The real danger is psychological. It’s cultural. Europeans didn’t just free-ride on American security for 80 years. They built an entire identity around the idea that they evolved past the Americans protecting them. That identity is now the single biggest obstacle to Western survival. And the darkest irony is: we helped build it. After World War II, Europe wasn’t just economically shattered. Its culture was in ruins. The cities, the universities, the concert halls, the museums. Rubble. The Marshall Plan rebuilt the economy. But culture wasn’t a priority. Not at first. Then the Iron Curtain dropped. And suddenly culture became a weapon. American diplomats, academics, artists & scholars flooded Western Europe. We funded their universities. Supported their orchestras. Rebuilt their museums. Promoted their intellectual life. Not because European culture needed saving for its own sake. Because Eastern Europeans were struggling for Maslow’s mist basic needs. We needed the view from the other side of that Wall to be intoxicating. So America built Western Europe into a showcase of self-actualization. Art. Philosophy. Cafe culture. Long vacations. Universities where people studied literature instead of surviving. We were manufacturing jealousy. And it worked. The Wall came down. But here’s what no one accounted for. When you give a society self-actualization on someone else’s tab long enough, they forget it was a gift. They start believing it was organically theirs. And when they look at the country that funded it all, a country busy building aircraft carriers and semiconductor fabs and shale fields instead of reaching the Maslow’s pinnacle. An overweight American in a ball cap who can’t tell Monet from Pissarro. Who eats fast food. Who drives a truck. Who builds strip malls instead of piazzas. And to a culture trained in aesthetics but stripped of strategic awareness, that American looks uncivilized. So the arrogance takes root. And once a culture decides another is beneath them, they stop listening. Americans say wars are sometimes necessary: crude. Oil is the backbone of prosperity: unsophisticated. Kids build companies in garages that reshape the planet: crass. Wall Street finances the global economy: vulgar. Europe has no world-class technology sector. No military capable of strong defense. No energy independence. No AI capacity. What Europe has is culture. The culture we paid for at the expense of us reaching Maslow’s pinnacle. For decades that was fine. We funded the museums, protected the sea lanes, and tolerated the sneering because the arrangement worked. Then Europeans stopped keeping the contempt private. They started saying it to our faces. In their media. In their parliaments. At every international forum. “Americans are stupid. Americans are violent. Americans are a threat to democracy.” We could have moved the Louvre to NY. We could have built a Venice here. We could have stolen your best artists, designers, philosophers and more… like your conquering armies did for centuries. Instead we funded them. And all we asked for in return was to let us visit. You don’t have the military to defend your borders. You don’t have the technology to compete. You don’t have the energy to heat your homes without begging dictators. What you have is an 80-year superiority complex FUNDED BY AMERICANS, protected by American soldiers, and built on the false belief that self-actualization is civilization. It isn’t. Civilization is the ability to sustain itself. By that measure, Europe isn’t a civilization at all. It’s a dependency with better wine. That’s not a threat. It’s a weather report. Build a Navy. Or don’t. But stop lecturing the people who made you “better than us” Our “crudeness” our “stunted liberal education” our “ugly strip malls” are because we sacrificed our culture to support yours.

@ray501501 @Baumann_Mac Not $1.50 a liter. More like $1 - and that’s up from $0.65 a month ago.

@Baumann_Mac Cherrypicked facts: Here are some others: * USA beats us on real wages - $86K to $65K * USA GDP growth is 2.8 to our 1.4% * USA Labor Productivity Growth is 1.9% to our .8% * USA stockmarket is up 300% to our 120% * Our petrol is 2.30 per litre and US is 1.50 per litre;

@Jansant @harmon_bre34732 That’s your argument? The Iranian regime killed 10’s of thousands of their citizens. Saying they did not does not change this.

@harmon_bre34732 Well that's just total bullshit.

This Sky Australia interview didn't go to plan

@GretchenInOK @FLHeatherGator Fake

Can the charming Rosie O’Donnell expect the same?

@RepJasmine You know who else got fired?

@OtakuFromMars @HaywoodTalcove Okay - I’ll bite. Easily explain this away.

@HaywoodTalcove He’s cherry-picking data from Covid era numbers that are easily explained away, and issues that many other states encountered during this time and things that haven’t happened since. Even Grok agrees

At one point, California had more people applying for unemployment than there were adults in the entire state. $32.6 billion. Gone. Prisoners collected. Dead people collected. I warned them. I begged them not to let the money go out like that. They suspended every rule anyway. The tools to stop this exist. So why are the doors still open? 30 years tracking fraud. This is the biggest in American history. It didn't have to happen. And it doesn't have to continue.nypost.com/2026/04/01/opi…

@IranIntl_En Expect a strongly worded letter.

Britain will host a meeting of about 35 countries this week to discuss reopening the Strait of Hormuz, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Wednesday.

@SarAEsQMd @elonmusk Irony is you used grok to create that image. Musk is changing the world to benefit humanity and you use his creation like a simple toy to amuse yourself.

@elonmusk That was before your hair transplant ?

Custom orders of the Tesla Model S & X have come to an end. All that’s left are some in inventory. We will have an official ceremony to mark the ending of an era. I love those cars. This was me at production launch 14 years ago:

@WarrenB_69 @LeighGanschow @Sadie_NC We already need aircraft carriers and aerial refueling because our cowardly NATO “allies” are …. Cowards.

lmao... crack on then mate "If the U.S. left NATO and lost access to all bases in allied countries, it would still remain a global military power, but its effectiveness would shift in important ways: 🌍 Big Picture The U.S. military is built around being forward-deployed—having troops, aircraft, and supplies already near potential conflict zones. Losing NATO bases would force it to operate more from home territory or distant regions, which changes speed, cost, and flexibility. 🇪🇺 Europe / Russia The U.S. would lose major hubs in places like Germany, the UK, Italy, and Poland. No permanent troop presence near Russia. Impact: Slower response times: Reinforcements would need to cross the Atlantic. Weaker deterrence: Russia might feel less immediate pressure. Reduced coordination with European allies. Result: The U.S. could still fight in Europe, but it would take longer to build up forces and respond to sudden crises. 🌍 Middle East Many U.S. bases in the Middle East are not tied to NATO (e.g., Qatar, Bahrain, UAE). Impact: Core presence remains intact. But losing European bases removes important logistics and staging support. Result: Operations continue largely as normal, but become less efficient and more logistically stretched. 🌏 China / Indo-Pacific NATO plays little direct role here. The U.S. relies on Japan, South Korea, Guam, and the Philippines. Impact: Minimal direct effect from leaving NATO. However, fewer European allies may support politically or militarily. Result: The U.S. remains highly capable in Asia, but with slightly less global backing. 🚢 What the U.S. Would Rely on More Without NATO bases: Aircraft carriers become even more critical (mobile airbases) Long-range bombers flying from the U.S. or Pacific bases Aerial refueling and logistics networks New bilateral deals with individual countries ⚖️ Strategic Consequences 1. Slower reaction times For major conflicts, response could shift from hours/days → days/weeks. 2. Higher costs More fuel, transport, and reliance on naval assets. 3. Reduced deterrence Forward presence is a big part of preventing conflict—losing it may invite challenges. 4. Less integrated alliances NATO isn’t just bases—it’s shared planning, intelligence, and command structures. 🧠 Bottom Line The U.S. wouldn’t lose its ability to confront threats—but it would become: Less immediate More expensive to operate globally More reliant on long-range power projection instead of local presence In short: still powerful, but less agile and less influential in shaping events quickly."

Secretary of State Marco Rubio just dropped a truth bomb: "If Europe won’t allow us to use the bases we man and fund for their defense when we need them, we ought to close them down and remove our troops from Europe!" We’ve been Europe’s bodyguard, landlord, and ATM for 80 years while they trash America and live rent-free off our military. No more freeloading. Time to pay the rent… or we’re changing the locks.

@Oli_Rioux @jenafish17 Class act. I’m a new fan of whatever team he lands on. Thank you Ollie!

Official announcement

@nekkhayal @DeptofWar I give up. Who?

ANNOUNCEMENT:

@kylegriffin1 Another protest? Yawn….

Organizers expect today's No Kings Day rallies — with more than 3,000 events planned across all 50 states — to be the largest single-day protest in American history.

@RealPatSpurlock @bennyjohnson Let the Dems fight him on it. Will be very telling.

@bennyjohnson Trump cannot do this by EO. This violates the US Constitution which authorizes only Congress to issue funding.

🚨BREAKING: President Trump to pay TSA immediately by signing an Executive Order instructing DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin.

@bennyjohnson Brilliant. Now all Dems can do is demand to stop paying TSA which they no doubt will. Everyone will see who they are.

@RepJasmine I thought you were gone?

Republicans could literally fund TSA, FEMA, and the Coast Guard right now. But once again, they’re choosing Donald Trump over the American people. Absolutely shameful.

@JBPritzker Here is me not being silent and fearful. You are a moron and you are destroying Chicago and the state of Illinois.

People ask why I push back so hard on Donald Trump. It's simple: Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.