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@JohnPapola Great news. My hope is that great works like this brings more people back to the classics. If so that’s a good things. Thanks for the response and your steady work towards a better America. 🍻

No. She plays a scrawny soldier named Sinon who heralds the trojan horse and is killed instantly. Here's the thing. I'm TURBO anti-trans. It's diabolical mental illness. But this is just theater shit, bro. They've been doing wigs and playing the other sex since the Greeks. The movie's story has nothing to do with "modern sensibilities" (also known as evil).

@JohnPapola Was Achilles played by a woman? If so you’ve lost me. If not I’ve been deceived.

Just saw The Odyssey in IMAX. Theater was packed. The film is a work of art. Breathtakingly done. 10/10. It’s been decades since I read the book. If there’s consequential changes, I didn’t notice them. It’s not “woke” to my eyes. It’s rich with the struggles of the human condition.

@FischerKing64 The gates of hell will not prevail.

There is an inherent tension in all this. Young conservatives are converting to Catholicism, talking hard on things like immigration - meanwhile the Pope encourages migration at Lampedusa. This feels more like conservatives joining a team than joining a church as it really is.

Dear God.

@JohnKasich I wish our government cared half as much about its own citizens as it does everyone else’s.

The Supreme Court has allowed TPS for Haitians to end, putting families in Springfield and communities across the country at risk of being sent back to a country in chaos. Congress can and should extend these protections.

@RoKhanna Keep clowning him @elonmusk It’s what the people want!

Elon, how about just paying the 5% instead of hurling random insults? And here are the facts, man. Your USAID cuts did this: ph.ucla.edu/news-events/ne…

@elonmusk The virtuous thief.

Ro the Robber

@RoKhanna You give nothing! You take, skim and squander.

If it went directly to families making $150,000 would you support it? Bernie and my plan gives a check of $3000 to working families.

@ThomasEWoods 🫡

After 7 decades of "civil rights" activism, we have a huge black population that believes murder ought to be legal if against a white person. Black students ought to pretend to be white on college applications, since we are said to live in a "white supremacist" society. Strangely, they do not. That's because the truth is this: white people, in the 7 decades since the civil rights movement, crippled their own children with preferential policies that favored much less qualified black applicants in schooling and employment. Any qualification that blacks couldn't meet at the same rate as whites had to be thrown out (or you bankrupt yourself in court by trying to show, with a team of vulture lawyers after you, that the requirement was absolutely necessary). Countless jurisdictions have had to throw out entry exams entirely after no amount of dumbing them down could get enough black students to pass them. The campaign against "gifted and talented" programs, meanwhile, has been driven partly by the "disparate impact" doctrine. You've heard some of the news items. Seattle phased out its "highly capable cohort" (separate accelerated classes/schools) starting around 2021-2022, and aimed for full phase-out by 2027-2028 (with some delays). The rationale? Addressing "historical inequity" and overrepresentation of white and Asian students. Your student can't have those programs because we've decided there are too many people in them who look like him. Rockville Centre, New York, has long moved away from gifted tracking toward mixed-ability classes. San Francisco Unified delayed Algebra I and eliminated honors/gifted math tracks for "equity" purposes. We could go on and on. Even though some of America's most politically "progressive" people are in education, and despite repeated and aggressive (and expensive) efforts across the country, no school district anywhere in America, no matter how progressive, has ever managed to eliminate the black-white educational achievement gap, which by 12th grade is estimated as a four-year difference. And vastly fewer black students percentage-wise choose to take advanced-placement classes even in school systems in which such classes are open to anyone. Given that nobody anywhere has been able to solve this problem, why, apart from hatred and spite, should bright students be singled out to be deprived of a program that benefits them? The disparities are evident even at the very beginning of the educational process. The National Center for Educational Statistics found that blacks entering kindergarten we're already disproportionately testing in the bottom, quarter of students in reading, math, and general knowledge. Behavioral differences are also evident that early, and they persist to the future. On average, black students are much less likely than whites to be described by kindergarten teachers as a tentative, eager to learn, and persistent in carrying out assigned tasks, and they are more likely to be described as argumentative, quick tempered, and violent. These discipline disparities persist over time. Later in life blacks are 2 1/2 times as likely to be suspended or expelled from school as whites. Faced with statistics, like these, so-called civil rights groups, typically accuse white teachers of arbitrarily, singling out blacks for punishment. To the contrary, black teachers have been found to be even more critical of black students than white teachers are. Moreover, Asian students are less than half as likely as whites to be suspended or expelled, and it is unreasonable to ask us to believe that an anti-white, pro-Asian bias permeates the American educational system. And educational disparities between the races persist even when social class is taken into account, so that comfortable explanation doesn't work. The crime statistics tell us everything: if you based your opinions on TV or the movies, you would think the big problem in America is white-on-black violence. In fact, the reality is so overwhelmingly the opposite that most people would be shocked to learn the real numbers. Per 10,000 whites, 3.4 violent crimes are committed against blacks. Per 10,000 blacks, 153 violent crimes are committed against whites. As time has gone on, special accommodations for blacks, and disabilities placed on whites, have only grown more intense. In 2023 the percentage of white men in tenure-track faculty positions at Harvard declined from 39 percent in 2014 to 18 percent. That doesn't happen by accident. Oh, who cares about Harvard faculty, some will say. But it reflects a society-wide problem. Here are some other numbers we now know, that also incorporate the anti-male bias in hiring: TV/Hollywood Writers: White men comprised roughly 48% of lower-level TV writers in 2011, dropping to 11.9% by 2024. Medical school matriculants: White men accounted for 31% in 2014, declining to 20.5% in 2025. The Atlantic staff: In 2013: 53% male / 89% white; by 2024: 36% male / 66% white. University faculty hiring (tenure-track): At UC Berkeley, white men comprised 52.7% of new tenure-track faculty hires in 2015, dropping to 21.5% in 2023. Humanities/social sciences faculty hires: UC Irvine hired 64 tenure-track assistant professors in humanities and social sciences since 2020 — only 3 (4.7%) were white men. At UC Santa Cruz, of 59 assistant professors in Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (2020–2024), only 2 (3%) were white men. Law school matriculants: White men accounted for 31.2% of law school matriculants in 2016, falling to 25.7% in 2024. Corporate/tech entry- and mid-level (specifically Amazon): Entry-level “professionals” (college graduates) were 42.3% white male in 2014. By 2024, mid-level managers had fallen from 55.8% white male in 2014 to 33.8% (nearly 40% decline). Tech workforce (specifically Google): White men represented nearly 50% of the workforce in 2014, dropping to less than one-third by 2024 (a roughly 34% relative decline). Four years ago a survey of a thousand hiring managers in the United States came out that showed 16 percent of such managers had been expressly told to stop hiring white men. Further, 48 percent of hiring managers say they have been instructed to prioritize "diversity" over merit, and 53% believe they will lose their jobs if they don’t hire accordingly. All across the country there are special programs, of every shape and size, for minority applicants. If you had any idea of the scale of it, you would be shocked -- no matter how much you think you know about the subject. Instead of the kind of gratitude you might expect from people who have benefited from the most systematic effort in any society to assist a minority group -- I haven't even mentioned the literal trillions in wealth redistribution -- it is never enough, and the recipients will scream "RACIST" in your face even for pointing any of this out. We can hope that the Karmelo Anthony case accelerates the coming of the day when whites say: we have done everything humanly possible for you, and received only hatred and ingratitude in return. You are on your own now.

@nithyavraman You are the broken status quo.

I’m incredibly honored that voters have given us the opportunity to advance to the general election for Mayor of Los Angeles. To the thousands of supporters who knocked doors, made calls, sent texts, donated, and opened their homes for events across the city, and to everyone else who made this moment possible: thank you, from the bottom of my heart. Now our fight for a healthier, safer, more affordable, and more joyful Los Angeles continues. For too long, City Hall has prioritized giving political advantage to powerful interests that fund elections. Meanwhile, working people pay the price in higher rents, depleted services, and a city that has stopped working for them. If you’re as frustrated by the broken status quo as I am, I hope you’ll join our movement to build a city that works for everyone.

@ForecasterEnten Bass wanted Pratt instead of Ramen so badly they excluded Pratt from a debate and happily pretended to argue with each other. Your take is nonsense.

The LA mayor stuff is the dumbest conspiracy theory I've ever heard & makes no sense. Dem establishment/Bass wanted Pratt, not Raman, to advance. Bass crushes Pratt in a 1-on-1 by 18 pt, while Raman beat Bass by 4. Pratt's the rarity in LA less popular than the unpopular Bass!

@JohnPapola “She said, so I am told” I think most of the time they just make things up and hurt their own feelings.

Give me a break. I worked at Viacom/CBS (now Paramount) for over a decade. Of course, it was +90% Democrats. Everyone knows this. Everyone. And newsrooms in particular vote Democrat to a higher degree than Berkeley, California. And you know what? Fine. I have lots of friends with whom I disagree from my time there. It was a great place, actually. To act as if this claim about bias is controversial, let alone inaccurate, shows that he’s either a liar, an imbecile, or so deeply incurious and tunnel-visioned that you don’t belong anywhere near any job involving information discernment. But he’s got that familiar anchor voice, so we’re supposed to act like he’s not being a complete clown. Give me a break. You people are a mess.

@BasedMikeLee God became man and His plan was unable to accomplish what a criminal could 1800 years later. No thank you. Jesus was either liar, lunatic or Lord. I bend the knee to my Lord. You and your false prophet are simply another victim of the devil. Pray you see the error of your ways.

Read the Book of Mormon. Cover to cover. Pray about it, asking sincerely to know whether it’s true (the final chapter provides specific guidance on this point). Then tell me whether Latter-day Saints believe in Jesus Christ. Will you accept that challenge?

@nithyavraman Desperation

@RepNancyMace *Invaded male spaces.

A lot of you know, when I dropped out of school at just 17 years old, I got my first job working at the Waffle House at College Park Road in Ladson. My parents told me if I wasn't going to go to school, I had to go to work. From there I went on to become the first female to graduate from the Corps of Cadets at The Citadel, where I was taught discipline, accountability, leadership, and how to keep going even when things got tough. From those experiences, I knew I wanted to make a difference. I came to Congress in 2021 the same way I came to everything else: ready to work and unwilling to back down. I have fought to secure our border, protect women and girls, support our veterans, defend the Constitution, and as always, put South Carolina families FIRST. The girl who showed up to Waffle House at 17 with nothing but a work ethic is the same woman showing up to Congress every single day. I wasn't handed anything then. I'm not taking anything for granted now. My message to the great people of South Carolina: No one will work harder for YOU.

@TulsiGabbard @ZavalaA @ODNIgov Prayers for you and the swift recovery of your husband.

I am deeply grateful for the trust President Trump placed in me and for the opportunity to lead @ODNIgov for the last year and a half. Unfortunately, I must submit my resignation, effective June 30, 2026. My husband, Abraham, has recently been diagnosed with an extremely rare form of bone cancer. He faces major challenges in the coming weeks and months. At this time, I must step away from public service to be by his side and fully support him through this battle.

@KeithNester1 🙏

Estelle is out of surgery and did well. Thank you all for the prayers. I love you all.

@jockowillink Burn the boats, this is our home.

I’M NOT LEAVING.

@NYCMayor Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.

I know a few teachers in Queens who would beg to differ.

@LaraAlameh @californiapost @grok 20 years and I’ve never seen it. I can tell you that 90% of the fires I have seen are caused by “homeless”.

@californiapost @grok Can you please tell me how many fires in #LosAngeles are a result of a BBQ in someone’s back yard. And then can you compare with fires started by homeless encampments?

LA mayoral hopeful Nithya Raman proposes backyard BBQ ban trib.al/qaHiUo7