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Clizby is watching the #puppybowl!

@Rainmaker1973 Too cute!

Every student nailed their assignment today.

I appreciate that @PBDsPodcast is willing to have conversations—with anyone. If we listen to those others try to mute, we may understand WHY their rhetoric hits home for some and diagnose the true cause.

@Timcast That's hurting my head.

With Chambers it’s all about how much you put into it. If you show up regularly and to most of the events, the chamber staff will start making referrals for you, allowing you to cut back on frequency. In my opinion, you’ve gotta flood the zone because the same people don’t go regularly (unlike BNI) and the same people don’t go to the various different events. That’s why you’ve gotta go a lot to all you can for a year or so.

Been going to my local chamber of commerce lately in search of web work. Just like any other community, it took a few visits, but I'm starting to see referrals trickle in.

Yeah, it’s taken time to really get going. I’m nearing the end of my second year and it’s only this year that I’ve gotten significant work from it. I still need more, but it seems like it takes a solid three years for most businesses that aren’t home services related to really have traction and making and receiving steadier referrals.

@tannermoushey @AlexStandiford I know @FatDogCreatives does really well with BNI and has brought several projects to me from her group. All the groups can be good, but are a lot like Good Old Boy Clubs. It takes time to build relationships there.

@ThrillaRilla369 No! They’re more practical for a number of reasons, including income potential!

Be honest because I’m trying to prove a point Would you back your child or grandchild's decision to attend trade school rather than college?

Inciting violence—a case can be made for repercussions for that for sure. Slander—okay but very specificity defined Hate speech—no. Why? Who is the arbiter of that when words get redefined. (People calling strict rules as abusive, which is ridiculous, for example.) Why is “hate speech” worse than any other threat? It shouldn’t be. A threat is a threat—regardless of the population. So, any speech that is incendiary can be dealt with legally, but creating “protected classes” is divisive and unnecessary.

@ElijahSchaffer @TheRiftTV I will be very disappointed. How on earth could they dare do what was done to their supporters and why supporters voted for Trump! No, our voices will NOT be silenced.

Are we getting hate speech laws soon? Trump and Pam Bondi have been hinting towards it.. but will the people have enough power to push back on it? LIVE AT 7PM EST on @TheRiftTV LINKS BELOW 👇🏼

@gatorgar Look at the website to see the times. Hopefully, you can find one with an on-site Sunday School too. This way you can more quickly make connections for support.

Alright Christians, help an ex-atheist and former Democrat out: Can I just walk into a church and sit down? What about mass on Sunday? Is there anything I need to do in advance? I don’t want to start a denominational argument but where do I go? My family needs to go to church.

Refreshing. The very people who were silenced during the last 5 years are now telling @elonmusk to let those who cheer on the death of Charlie Kirk do so and not be banned or posts blocked. As with everything, even the speech we don't like, sunlight is the best disinfectant.

@ElonMuskAOC NO. As with everything, sunlight will expose them. And, the posts and accounts should remain for all to see.

Should X remove the accounts that are cheering the death of Charlie Kirk? What do you think?

@maddierune If you do give your life to Jesus, Charlie's death was not in vain.

Not going to lie… with everything going on, I’m feeling the pull to go to church and give my life to Jesus.

@TheQuartering I so love seeing this. I don't yet know how I will harness this through my work, but I will.

I am told that as a state representative this is the moment where I'm supposed to express my heartfelt condolences and then stand in solidarity with those on the other side of the aisle as we condemn political violence and stand unified as one people. But we aren't "one people" are we? The truth is we haven't been for some time now, and there is really no point in pretending anymore, if there ever was. We are two very different peoples. We may occupy the same piece of geography, but that is where the similarities seem to abruptly end. I convinced myself for a long time that whenever the left called me a racist, a bigot, a sexist, a fascist, a "threat to democracy" for even the most innocent of disagreements, that it was simply hyperbolic rhetoric done for effect. And now the "effect" is a widow and two orphaned children, because the left couldn’t bear the thought of a peaceful man debating them and winning. I don’t think they realize it yet, but murdering Charlie is going to be remembered as the day where we finally woke up to what this fight really is. It’s not a civil dispute among fellow countrymen. It’s a war between diametrically opposed worldviews which cannot peacefully coexist with one another. One side will win, and one side will lose. Charlie tried to win that fight through argumentation, through discussion, through peaceful resolution of differences. And the other side murdered him. Not because he was “extreme” or “inciting violence” or any other hyperbolic slur they hurled at him. They murdered him because he was effective. Because he was unafraid. Because he inspired others and made them feel like they had a voice, that they were not alone. And he did it at the very institutions which have fomented so much hatred toward conservatives. I don’t want to “stand in solidarity” with the other side of the aisle. I want to defeat you. I want to defeat the godless ideology that kills babies in the womb, sterilizes confused children, turns our cities into cesspools of degeneracy and lawlessness…and that murdered Charlie Kirk. Social media is aflame right now with leftist celebration of Charlie’s death. I wonder if any among them understand what has just happened. If there is a Yamamoto somewhere in their midst warning, that all they have done is awoken a sleeping giant. I doubt it. I think they gave up such introspection and self-awareness long ago. I don’t know exactly what will happen next. I just know that it won’t be the same as what has happened in the past. There will be thoughts and prayers…Charlie would have wanted prayers. Not for himself but for those left behind and for the country that he loved. But then there will be a reckoning. My Christian faith requires me to love my enemies and pray for those who curse me. It does not require me to stand idly by in the midst of savagery and barbarism...quite the opposite. So every time I feel tired, every time I feel discouraged or overwhelmed, I am going to watch the video of a good man being murdered in Utah…I will force myself to watch it…and then I will return to the work of destroying the evil ideology responsible for that and so much more. Rest with God Charlie, your fight is over. Ours is just beginning.

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@MSNBCPR This is the world you helped create.

Statement from MSNBC president Rebecca Kutler: “During our breaking news coverage of the shooting of Charlie Kirk, Matthew Dowd made comments that were inappropriate, insensitive and unacceptable. We apologize for his statements, as has he. There is no place for violence in America, political or otherwise."

I had a chat with the chef at my local @HEB about some Thai chicken I had tried from a private chef. He recommended H-E-B’s stir-fry veggies, shredded chicken, and this Thai Chile Jam from Stitch and Tine. It’s delicious! I highly recommend it!

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