National security enjoyer. 1st place in Dixie Classic Fair art contest 2001. Views expressed mine alone.

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It’s funny how some people function like the last 24 years of geopolitics never happened.
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Every year I spend a week with my family at the beach. Normally it’s a great time but this year, with Elon Musk now being a trillionaire, it feels hollow and empty. How am I supposed to enjoy a sunny beach vacation when one man has so much money? Musk has ruined my week.
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You guys have no idea how demoralizing this is for Canadians.
Canada hosted its first World Cup match in Toronto. Justin Trudeau chose to attend the USA opener instead. And yes, he was caught on camera jumping up to celebrate an American goal. You really can't make this stuff up.
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So far in 2026: We’ve had TEAM USA win Gold in hockey. We’ve had astronauts circling the moon. We’ve got the World Cup here. We have UFC at the White House. Everyone is getting skinny. We’re curing pancreatic cancer. It’s America’s 250th. AND YOU’RE BLACKPILLING?
Putting on my soccer shirt for the big game.
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I’m from the south and the German team is staying in my hometown—we couldn’t be happier! It’s an absolute honor!
USA Today crazy left wing sportswriter Christine Brennan says she’s surprised the South is welcoming a German tourist here for the World Cup. Has Brennan ever actually been to the South before? It’s the kindest place in the country, maybe the world.
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USA Today crazy left wing sportswriter Christine Brennan says she’s surprised the South is welcoming a German tourist here for the World Cup. Has Brennan ever actually been to the South before? It’s the kindest place in the country, maybe the world.

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i see people are upset that elon didn't generate his wealth the right way, drawing a 7 figure annual salary from a prestigious washington dc based ngo with a 25% program expense ratio
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Ah yes. The classic pincer move.
#USMNT had 71% possession in the first half, its most in the first half of a World Cup game in the modern era.
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This is going to make soccer infinitely better.
La regla de la “Identidad equivocada” se aplicó por primera vez en la historia del fútbol. El VAR intervino para trasladar una tarjeta amarilla del defensor Ream de Estados Unidos al atacante Almirón de Paraguay, quien había simulado una falta. Opiniones?
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This is such an incredibly cynical move and perfectly indicative as to why the Fairfax school system is collapsing.
Parents have been pressuring Fairfax County Public Schools to make changes to the school calendar in order to get more instructional time for students. Now, the district is asking parents what days off should be eliminated, and that could include major religious holidays such as Christmas or Rosh Hashanah. bit.ly/4uy3N94
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Again for those in the back, Elon once offered to cut a check for $6 BILLION to the WFB to "eliminate World hunger" as they said the money could. His one condition was that the accounting was public. They did not accept.
Elon Musk dismantled USAID programs that provided lifesaving assistance to millions of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people. The human cost was enormous, while DOGE’s net fiscal impact was inconsequential. Now, as Musk approaches trillionaire status, he should commit/tithe at least $100 billion to a fund dedicated to combating extreme poverty, hunger, preventable disease, and humanitarian crises worldwide. Money alone cannot undo the damage already done. But if this moment marks an unprecedented personal financial milestone, it should also be an opportunity for an unprecedented act of restitution. Musk has the resources to save and improve countless lives. He should use them.
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JUST A REMINDER. Paraguay beat Brazil and Argentina and had the best defensive record in South American World Cup qualifying. They just lost 4-1 to the USMNT in their opening match at the 2026 World Cup final.
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Elon just created 4,400 millionaires in a single day. 400 of them are now worth over $100 million. These aren't VCs. They're SpaceX employees, and the list includes welders, technicians, and cafeteria staff, because for two decades the company paid every level of the workforce in stock instead of higher salaries. Juan Hernandez immigrated from Mexico and took a $28 an hour contractor welding job in 2015. He says he didn't even know what SpaceX was. The company gave him a $10,000 equity grant and let him buy more shares through payroll deductions. That stake is now worth $880,000. Trevor Hise's parents wanted him to take a stable job at General Electric. He picked SpaceX instead, stayed 12 years, and accumulated over 100,000 shares. At the $135 listing price that's $13.5 million. He's 37 and semiretired. His words: "The magnitude of this has been ridiculous." The most telling detail came before the listing. Over 100 employees quietly banded together and negotiated a group wealth management deal covering up to $5 billion, because none of them had ever needed a wealth manager before. Software IPOs have minted millionaires for 30 years. This is the first one where the money went to the factory floor.
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Elon is over here making hundreds of blue collar guys millionaires overnight but you will still see critics talk about him having too much money.
A man working as a welder at SpaceX for $28 an hour has just become a millionaire. Juan Hernandez, who came from Mexico, welded rockets for SpaceX at $28 an hour. SpaceX gave him $10,000 in stock when he went full time in 2015, and he bought more with every paycheck for 10 years. $SPCX is now trading at $167, making his shares worth over $1 million.
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Elon is now worth a trillion dollars which means Dave Ramsey may actually be okay with him buying a new car at the sticker price.
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This Brit can vouch for this experience
Open offer to any Euros visiting for the World Cup: I will happily take you to the gun range and get you some top notch BBQ if you’re in the DC area. Sadly I don’t have a truck, but I’ll see what I can do.
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I’m so incredibly grateful my parents brought me out of Canada and into the U.S. as a child. I can’t imagine living in a country whose primary cultural traits are hating on success, anti Americanism, and mediocrity.
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Open offer to any Euros visiting for the World Cup: I will happily take you to the gun range and get you some top notch BBQ if you’re in the DC area. Sadly I don’t have a truck, but I’ll see what I can do.
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rockets used to grow in the forest and they were distributed evenly all over the world until Elon hoarded them out of spite
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The funniest part about this is Al Shabaab later claimed him.
🇸🇴 Nunca vi algo así. En Somalia hoy se llenó un estadio para recibir como héroe nacional a Omar Artan, el árbitro al que Estados Unidos le negó la entrada al Mundial. Increíble.
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🚨#BREAKING: The Winston-Salem NC police department has now released drone footage of the "teen takeover" in downtown. Allegedly, parents were DROPPING THEIR KIDS OFF at the takeover as late as 1AM!!! The city is considering BANNING anyone under 17 from downtown after 10PM.
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