Dr. Natalie Petouhoff

@mikeroweworks men teaching young men & women how to be a good human

I just visited a shop class in Great Falls, Montana where high school students are building houses for people who need a place to call home. Let that sink in for a moment. High schoolers in Great Falls Montana, under the guidance of an excellent shop instructor and lots of community support, are building actual houses. Not birdhouses or doll houses – real homes, built to code from the ground up for real people, and move-in ready. Yesterday, I toured the latest home these kids are in the process of building. It’s the 48th such home built since 1998, through this remarkable program. While I was there, I ran into @GregForMontana. Like me, the Governor was blown away by what these kids were doing and took the time to talk to each one of them, thanking them for their hard work and congratulating them for what they’d accomplished. I was then invited to join the Governor on stage at Great Falls High, where I answered a few questions about mikeroweWORKS, talked about the many opportunities in the skilled trades, and discussed the ways we might be able to encourage more projects like this one, in Montana and beyond. It's encouraging to see public/private partnerships done right. And really, it’s not that complicated; it just takes a few stubborn people in various organizations who won't take no for an answer. In this case, too many to name, but a quick shout out to Pete Pace, the shop teacher at the center of High School Homes, the administrators in the school district, the principal at Great Falls High, Sherrie Arey and her devoted crew at @neighborworks, the incredibly generous executives at @WellsFargo who offered another round of financial support, and a Governor with the good sense to push through the normal bureaucratic nonsense that kills programs like this. Bravo to all! Mike PS. This is the third time in two months I’ve seen a program like this in action. The first was in Western North Carolina, (Rebuilding the Hollars), the second was in New Orleans, (@uCCNOLA.) The projects all have one thing in common - a shop class with an exceptional instructor. Like I said, it takes support from every direction, but a high school shop class is always where it starts. For years, I’ve argued that removing shop class from high schools was a mistake that would deny a whole generation of students’ critical exposure to a long list of essential careers and rob them of an opportunity to prepare for the all-important apprenticeships on which most skilled careers are built. Today, standing in the shop class at Great Falls, watching dozens of engaged students cutting, hammering, measuring, and fabricating, it occurred to me that I was wrong. Taking shop class out of high school was not merely a mistake - it was the single dumbest decision in the history of modern education. We didn't just rob a whole generation of students, we robbed ourselves, in a colossal, self-inflicted wound that's led directly to a host of unintended consequences - including the current shortages in every essential skilled trade. Correcting it, should be at or near the top of every Governor’s agenda in every single state. Because tomorrow’s skilled workforce is currently in the 8th grade, and if we don’t meet these kids where they are - right now - with programs like this, we’re in for a world of hurt.

@GavinNewsom so stop the orange guy - why don’t our laws protect us?

This is sick.

@GavinNewsom fixing this is up to the democrats- do something

I fear that we will not have an election in 2028 -- I really mean that in the core of my soul -- unless we wake up to what's happening in this country.

@GavinNewsom Let’s focus on what we can do to keep the First Amendments…

Pay attention. Donald Trump is dismantling the First Amendment in real time.

@MayorOfLA chicago figured it out

I want the entire nation to hear me when I say this isn’t just an attack on the people of LA, this is an attack on every person in every city in this country. Today’s ruling is not only dangerous – it’s un-American and threatens the fabric of personal freedom in the U.S.

@MayorOfLA so stop them @GavinNewsom

@JustaGirl_Jedi @JoJoFromJerz propaganda

@JoJoFromJerz America loves Trump 🇺🇸💕

No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t stop the booing. Sad. x.com/Ronxyz00/statu…

@Acyn seriously??? wow - can you say propaganda?

Levin: Compare Ron DeSantis to Gavin Newsom, there’s no comparison.

@GavinNewsom facts are facts!!

You are correct. There’s no comparison. California is: - 4th largest economy in the world - #1 in manufacturing - #1 in farming - #1 in new business starts. - #1 for tech and VC investments - #1 for Fortune 500 companies - #1 public higher education system I could go on…

@BarbaraMayabc @MeidasTouch bot

@MeidasTouch I shared what Bruce Springsteen said yesterday. Nobody could be bothered to click on it. Guess he has no fans on twitter.

After attacking Taylor Swift, Trump attacks Bruce Springsteen and threatens that he “ought to KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT until he gets back into the country.”

@GIGACHAD2021 @mcuban read project 2025

TRUMP simply has NO IDEA what he is doing, He KNEE JERKS at EVERYTHING and THROWS SH!T up against the wall to SEE WHAT STICKS.

I don't care who you are. If you are complaining we need tariffs to bring manufacturing and jobs to the USA, and you don't buy American EXCLUSIVELY , YOU ARE A HYPOCRITE You want to bring manufacturing back, lead by example and get friends and family to do the same

@JaredWeegmann @PeteButtigieg he’s not listening to the public he’s giving the perception he is he is simply manipulating the market to make money it’s ALL a big con so he doesn’t get arrested- but someone will figure out how to stop this

@PeteButtigieg What do we call a dictator President who listens to the public?

Sometimes, when he fails badly enough, Trump can be forced to do the thing he says he never does: back down. Today is just one more turn on the roller coaster - but it is more evidence of why we can't give up or let up.

@PeteButtigieg @PeteButtigieg - nah he didn’t fold - his plan is to manipulate the market - so he knows when to buy and sell STOP thinking there’s anything reasonable about his man that’s the issue - you see his actions thru your values & morals… but that is clouding the perception

@LarryBoorstein @EdKrassen nah he’s jus purposely manipulating the markets to make money

Donald Trump "choked." In golf, "choking" refers to a failure to perform effectively under pressure, often leading to a missed shot or a poor result. That's what happened to Trump. He couldn't take the pressure once he saw his Tariffs from Hell tanked the markets. Trump referred to the opponents of tariffs with another golf term, "yipping." Yipping can be triggered by psychological causes in high-pressure situations, performance anxiety, and overthinking can trigger the yips, though there are neurological causes too.

BREAKING: Trump just admitted that he folded on the tariffs because people were getting "yippy" and "afraid." What do you think China will do now? That's right! They will wait for Trump to fold as well. The Art of the Deal? Yeah, right!

@EdKrassen @LeonaNawoichik that’s it - that’s all this is… he & his rich friends made a ton… and will keep doing it he doesn’t get- if you bankrupt the every day citizen there’s no one to do the work in the companies his billionaire friends run… can’t destroy the hands that feed you… but he is

@LeonaNawoichik I wonder how much money his wealthy friends and family made off of insider trading this market.

@EdKrassen @StoneJAlex seriously STOP believing that he would do anything reasonable- he’s an actor he’s telling you what u want to hear… that’s how narcissists work… they do crazy selfish things… then they act normal to take your guard down & then they do worse things….

@StoneJAlex Nothing is out of context. He said said a similar thing later in the news conference. He backed out because the markets were horrible. He's freely admitting that. He said "you have to be able to adjust" when asked when he reversed course.

@EdKrassen nah. he’s purposely manipulating the market to make money & show everyone he’s the one in charge…. he got every stock market to panic… all he cares about is power over others

@ratzesberger hi! what were you thinking?!

@drnatalie Can I vouch for you?

people like me have been posting content for 15 years or more- verified or not - we have years invested in this platform- we have a stake in it because if it were not for the popularity who regularly post content & create a following- there would be no Twitter

@DuaneBesherse @mcuban that post? propaganda - misinformation - toxic masculinity - it’s the way dictators destroy democracies

Got to give Doge credit for being the first to cut entitlements. End telephone support for Social Security, cut dozens of SS offices and make Grandma and Grandpa finally get online to confirm their payments. What an amazing back door way to cut payments! Gonna be some upset seniors at town halls !

seriously??? - based on his history of how he has run his businesses - they are should KNOW he does NOT keep his word… think for yourself… STOP & listen look at past behavior to know the future actions & how they will affect YOU!!! people DO NOT change character-