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I was flying Southwest from Dallas to New York. Three rows ahead of me, there was a young soldier in uniform. He looked barely 18. He was staring straight ahead, gripping the armrests. He looked nervous. When the drink cart came around, the flight attendant asked him what he wanted. 'Coke, please,' he said. 'Heading home?' she asked kindly. 'No, ma'am,' he said. 'Deploying. First time.' The whole row went quiet. The flight attendant didn't say a word. she handed him his Coke. Then, she got on the PA system. 'Ladies and gentlemen, we have a very special guest in Row 8 today. Private Miller is on his first deployment to serve our country. Since I can't buy him a drink, Iβm going to ask a favor. If you want to write him a note of encouragement, pass it forward.' I grabbed a napkin. I wrote: 'You got this. Stay safe. - A dad from Row 12.' I watched as napkins traveled up the aisle. Napkins, receipts, pages torn from books. By the time we landed, the soldier had a pile of paper on his tray table three inches high. He stood up to get his bag, and he was wiping his eyes. He carefully packed every single scrap of paper into his rucksack. 'Thank you,' he told the flight attendant. 'No,' she said. 'Thank you.' We all walked off that plane a little quieter, reminded that freedom is just a word until you meet the kid who is defending it.
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The Senate must pass the SAVE America Act. Retweet if you agree.
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JD Vance and Usha Vance are the literal embodiment of the American Dream.
A child born in a trailer park to a drug addicted single mother and a child of immigrants have officially become Vice President and Second Lady of the United States of America.
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JD Vance was born in the poorest part of the country to a drug-addicted single mother.
Now he is the VP of the USA.
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Donald Trump has only been elected for 2 days and RFK Jr is already working on making America healthy again.
God bless him.
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Two weeks ago he was just a humble fry cook and now he's about to be the President Elect of the United States.
God bless America.
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For my British and European friends who are "shocked" and "surprised", here are 10 reasons you didn't see this coming.
Read this short post and then read the replies from our American friends who will confirm what I'm saying.
1. Americans love their country and want it to be the best in the world. America is a nation of people who conquered a continent. They love strength. They love winning. Any leader who appeals to that has an automatic advantage.
2. Unlike Europeans, Americans have not accepted managed decline. They don't have Net Zero here, they believe in producing their own energy and making it as cheap as possible because they know that their prosperity depends on it.
3. Prices for most basic goods in the US have increased rapidly and are sky high. What the official statistics say about inflation and the reality of people's lives are not the same.
4. Unlike you, Americans do not believe in socialism. They believe in meritocracy. They don't care about the super rich being super rich because they know that they live in a country where being super rich is available to anyone with the talent and drive to make it. They don't resent success, they celebrate it.
5. Americans are the most pro-immigration people in the world. Read that again. Seriously, read it again. Americans love an immigrant success story. They want more talented immigrants to come to America. But they refuse to accept people coming illegally. They believe in having a border.
6. Americans are sensitive about racial issues and their country's imperfect history. They believe that those who are disadvantaged by the circumstances of their birth should be given the opportunity to succeed. What they reject, however, is the idea that in order to address the errors of the past new errors must be made. DEI is racist. They know it and they reject it precisely because they are not racist.
7. Americans are the most philosemitic nation on earth. October 7 and the pro-Hamas left's reaction shocked them to their very core because, among other things, they remember what 9/11 was like and they know jihad when they see it.
8. Americans are extremely practical people. They care about what works, not what sounds good. In Europe, we produce great writers and intellectuals. In America they produce (and attract) great engineers, businessmen and investors. Because of this, they care less about Trump's rhetoric than you do and more about his policies than you do.
9. Americans are deeply optimistic people. They hate negativity. The woke view of American history as a series of evils for which they must eternally apologise is utterly abhorrent to them. They believe in moving forward together, not endlessly obsessing about the past.
10. America is a country whose founding story is one of resistance to government overreach. They loathe unnecessary restrictions, regulations and control. They understand that freedom comes with the price of self-reliance and they pay it gladly.
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Holy crap @tedcruz just ended @ColinAllredTX over his support for men in womenβs sports. Watch this:
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It's over 5 minutes but worth the watch. Bookmark this. Save it. Share it. Anytime you get into an argument with a leftist about media, news media, and propaganda, show them this.
It's terrifying how much damage and mind control the media has over American lives. This is a huge problem and should be corrected immediately. Media should be held accountable for the lies they spew.
It's time for our representatives to start creating legislation that holds our American news media accountable.
This country is in huge trouble, and the division can cause civil war. Something has to give.
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#MascotMadness Round of 32 Matchup 4:
74%Reveille (Texas A&M)
26%Dubs (Washington)
5,014 votes β’ Final results Emerson πΊπΈ π©πͺ π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ retweeted
No, Joe. Today is Easter. You would never disrespect any other religion like this.
Now watch this ratio.
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The U.S. Space Force has selected A&M to lead a collaborative $37.6 million, five-year research project for its Space Strategic Technical Institute for In-Space Operations.
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"An informed patriotism is what we want. And are we doing a good enough job teaching our children what America is and what she represents in the long history of the world? Those of us who are over 35 or so years of age grew up in a different America. We were taught, very directly, what it means to be an American. And we absorbed, almost in the air, a love of country and an appreciation of its institutions. If you didn't get these things from your family you got them from the neighborhood, from the father down the street who fought in Korea or the family who lost someone at Anzio. Or you could get a sense of patriotism from school. And if all else failed you could get a sense of patriotism from the popular culture. The movies celebrated democratic values and implicitly reinforced the idea that America was special. TV was like that, too, through the mid-sixties."
35 years ago today, President Reagan delivered his powerful farewell address to the nation, reminding us of the importance of unity and optimism. His words continue to inspire us today. πΊπΈ #PresidentReagan #FarewellAddress #AmericanHistory #Inspiration