Chris Gale
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@CGale20
I’m a educated fool with money on my mind.
"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" will air its final episode tonight. CBS canceled Colbert's show at the request of the Trump administration.
On January 6, 2021, my husband and I traveled to Washington, D.C. to peacefully stand with thousands of other Americans who believed their voices mattered. I was pregnant at the time. We never imagined we would leave that day physically attacked and emotionally scarred. While we stood among crowds of people singing, praying, and chanting “USA,” a barrage of tear gas, pepper spray, and flash bangs suddenly began raining down upon us. We were not violent. We were not attacking anyone. We were simply there — and we were treated like enemies. What followed changed our lives forever. In 2023, our home was raided by the FBI at gunpoint. Our children were dragged from their beds and forced into a hot garage in the middle of summer in only their pajamas. Agents threatened to shoot our dogs for trying to protect our family. Our home was torn apart while our children watched in terror. My husband was pulled from bed, arrested, and never properly told why. We spent tens of thousands of dollars on legal defense trying to survive a system that already seemed determined to convict anyone connected to January 6. We were told he was facing up to 53 years in prison if he went to trial. After watching case after case end in convictions, we truly believed the system was corrupt and that he would never receive a fair chance in court. We were told he could not fully present his own evidence, and we were told self-defense arguments would not be allowed. Several-second video clips were used in court as “evidence,” but they did not show the full picture or everything that actually happened that day. Then came the impossible choice: take a plea deal or risk losing the rest of his life. My husband was the sole provider for our family business and our household — a home that included me, my husband, my father-in-law, and our six children, including a newborn baby. The thought of losing him for decades was something our family simply could not survive. Faced with the threat of spending most of his life in prison and leaving his family behind, my husband accepted a plea deal out of fear and desperation — not because justice had been served. Today, we are incredibly thankful that President Trump granted him a pardon and brought him home to his family. But the damage done to our lives did not end there. During the time Luke was out on bond, Police were called to my home because my husband accidentally entered the wrong door at our daughter’s school after being directed there by our child. Even ordinary moments of life became filled with fear, scrutiny, and humiliation. We felt like we were constantly being watched and treated as dangerous simply because of January 6. This ordeal also stole something deeply personal from our family — the joy surrounding the birth of our youngest son. What should have been one of the happiest and most peaceful times of our lives was overshadowed by fear, stress, court cases, public judgment, and uncertainty about our future. Since then, our family has suffered devastating financial and emotional damage. Our reputation was destroyed. Our business suffered. We accumulated crushing debt trying to survive legal fees, lost income, and years of uncertainty. The emotional toll on our children cannot be measured. People see headlines. They see edited clips. They see labels. What they do not see are the wives left holding families together. The children traumatized by armed raids. The marriages tested by fear, isolation, and public shame. The years of our lives consumed by stress, court dates, and survival There must be accountability for what was done to so many American families. Until justice is truly served, we will never fully be home again — and our nation will never fully heal. The damage done did not end with prison sentences or media headlines. Families like ours are still living with the consequences every single day. #PayTheJ6ers
I did not see this coming, but my election has become an inflection point for our whole country. Today we make history. Will you be part of this historic day by voting, calling friends who can vote, posting to social media, or making a donation? Spread the word fellow patriots!
NAILED IT: Jeff Bezos: “A nurse in Queens who makes $75K a year pays more than $12K a year in taxes. Does that really make sense?” “So people talk about making the tax system more progressive. How about we start by having the nurse in Queens NOT pay taxes? At all!” “Why is a nurse in Queens who makes $75K a year paying more than $1K a month in taxes?” “That’s $1K a month that could help with rent or groceries or anything.” “And by the way, do you know what that all adds up to? The bottom half of income earners in this country pay only 3% of the taxes. It’s only 3%.” “We can find 3%. So we don’t have... it’s a small amount of money for the government. You know that. And the more I thought about it, to me, it’s kind of absurd that we’re doing this.” “We shouldn’t be asking this nurse in Queens to send money to Washington — they should be sending her an apology. It really makes no sense.” Exactly!
We’re going to crush Medicaid fraud in Ohio aggressively, using emergency measures, starting on Day 1. Press conference starting at 10:30am to lay it out.
Massie “represents” one of the reddest districts in America but votes with Jeffries, Schumer and Pelosi on nearly all of the most consequential votes.
Trump didn’t just pardon his followers who stormed the U.S. Capitol. He’s now set them up for payments through a slush fund he created to reward his allies—out of your tax dollars. You could not make this up.
The Trump administration has repealed drinking water limits for four different PFAS forever chemicals. Water providers will no longer have to test or filter for the pollutants.
