The Stars and Stripes right in my living room. An iconic and historic symbol of peace and strength—and a constant reminder of those who gave their all for our freedom. Happy Flag Day, USA! 🇺🇸

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Because she is irrelevant to them. All her haranguing and shrill talk of taxing millionaires and billionaires means zero to them. Entrepreneurs are focused on creating, building, hiring, growing, harvesting, succeeding … and then doing it again and again. They don’t bend to her will and they don’t care what she thinks or says because she’s a grifter, not a contributor. She is like a road bump they travel over every day in their journey to succeed. And like other grifters, she’s irrelevant. Unless and until she goes out and builds something, hires someone, contributes to making society better and people around her better off, she can, should and will be ignored.

I trust the guy who earned his $1 TRILLION over the 535 idiots who put us in debt $39 TRILLION.

Envy is a primitive, immoral, and self-destructive impulse. You grew up rich, went to rich schools and beg rich people for donations. You don't create wealth; you just covet the wealth others have built. You need the rich and hate them for it. And it's so juvenile, so tedious.

I have many more issues with Ilhan Omar being worth $30 million than Elon being worth a trillion.

Long time friend and Special Forces brother needs support for his family. Daniel a Green Beret and founder of the Special Operations Association of America has spent his life showing up for America. He and his amazing wife Lauren need our help now. Lauren is fighting glioblastoma brain cancer while they raise their 2-year-old daughter. Please pray for him, his wife, and their daughter. And if you can, please help support them here via Special Forces Trust: secure.qgiv.com/event/lauren…

To paraphrase Margaret Thatcher, these people want EVERYONE poorer & struggling so that things are more “even.” It’s a de-growth, pre-modern, anti-humanist trap. Americans, old and new, constitutionally reject it & choose to accelerate, build & dream.

Team USA captain Christian Pulisic led America to win 4-1 in the World Cup opener. He is a devout Christian, holds Bible studies with teammates, and openly credits God for carrying him through difficult times Christianity produces excellence. ✝️

And never stop questioning politicians when the math just doesn’t add up And, of course, always question statistical impossibilities in elections.

💥Newsom. Sanders. Warren. Three politicians. Zero companies built. Combined wealth funded by lobbyists and donor cash. Elon Musk dominated in: Payments. Cars. Energy. Space. Social Media. Communications. AI He didn't just succeed he made America stronger. And that's exactly why they hate him.

Exactly!

So blessed to bleed orange and work for the @TexasLonghorns at @UTAustin 🤘🏻 #HookEm

It’s sad that you actually believe govt is a better steward of people’s capital and resources than the people who actually create that value. Creators maximize efficiencies. Govt maximizes largesse and waste and inefficiencies.

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When I give my savings to @elonmusk they multiply. When I give them to you and all of the US government, they disappear.

Leave it to @SenWarren to find the negative in the Spacex story (irrespective of the wealth created for thousands of employees, other businesses and municipalities) and to want to get govts grifting hands on others possessions. You can’t have socialism without entrepreneurs and capitalism to create the wealth that socialists want to steal. “Your fair share” is the socialists siren song. It’s always those who’ve never created a job, built a business, experienced failure on the way to success who want to tell the creators what’s fair.

An entrepreneur’s #1 character trait: optimism. It provides the fuel and determination to overcome setbacks.

Austin Metcalf is dead. Let’s stop dancing around the obvious. Austin Metcalf received the death penalty. Karmelo Anthony received 35 years. One of them lives. One of them gets a gravestone. Save the faux outrage. The real victim in this case is NOT the convicted killer. The real victim is the young man who will never come home again and the family that will spend the rest of their lives grieving a loss that can never be undone. This was a track meet. A place for competition, teamwork, and sportsmanship. NOT violence. NOT murder. And spare us the racial narratives. Murder is wrong regardless of the race of the victim or the perpetrator. Any decent society should be able to agree on that. Austin Metcalf lost everything. His family got a life sentence of grief. And while some are busy turning this tragedy into a racial debate, the Metcalf family is looking at the empty chair at the dinner table and remembering who actually paid the highest price. Austin Metcalf got the death penalty. Never forget that.

A few highlights from the 2nd Annual Permian Power Conference. Thank you to Pete Cook and The Power Connection for putting together another outstanding event. We appreciate the opportunity to connect with industry leaders and discuss the future of power in the Permian.