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If I had told New Yorkers 25 years ago that Islamists would one day take over one of Manhattan’s most iconic avenues to commemorate martyrdom, they would have laughed in my face
Not_the_Norm⚓️ retweeted
Not a good use of your taxpayer money
Here's what @DOGE found the USAID money was being spent on:
• $4.8 million to Ukraine’s public affairs office in Kyiv to fund social media influencers.
• $2.1 million to Paraguay to “enhance” their border security.
• Ukrainian women-led designers to fly to the Paris Fashion Show.
• $2 million on transgender surgeries, hormone therapy, and gender-affirming care in Guatemala.
• $3 million to promote “girl-centric climate action” in Brazil.
• $25,000 for a transgender opera in Colombia.
• $32,000 in Peru for a comic book featuring a “Trans hero” to tackle social and mental health issues.
• $20,000 for a DEI-promoting drag theater show in Ecuador.
• $20 million for a new Sesame Street show in Iraq.
• $6 million to boost “sustainable tourism” in Egypt—plus $50 million for Tunisia’s tourism.
• $87.9 million to help Afghans “farm”—which just happened to include poppy fields.
• $70,000 for a live musical event promoting Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in Ireland.
• Over $54 million funneled to EcoHealth Alliance—the group linked to the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the likely origins of COVID.
• $15 million to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan for oral contraceptives and condoms.
Not_the_Norm⚓️ retweeted
🕊️ Remembering Ian Richard Olson.
After battling lymphoma for 10 long years, Ian finally received the news he had fought his entire childhood to hear — he was cancer free. He was only 18 years old and had his whole life ahead of him.
Just one week later, on December 21, 2018, Ian was shot in the back of the head during a robbery in Portland. His killer, Jeremiah Hannon, was 15 years old and reportedly admitted he did it simply because he “felt like it.”
Ian dreamed of the life so many take for granted — getting married, having a family, building a future. That future was stolen from him forever.
Now, the person who murdered him is scheduled to walk free before turning 25.
At some point, society has to stop pretending someone is “too young to understand” when they are fully capable of pulling a trigger and taking an innocent life.
Never forget Ian Olson. 🙏
Not_the_Norm⚓️ retweeted
Women in Iran are celebrating their FREEDOM as men are even helping them take off their hijabs and liberal women in America are protesting it.
I just don't understand it.
Not_the_Norm⚓️ retweeted
It's OK to ask questions!
"It costs $450 billion to care for the "migrants"... but $10 billion for a wall is too much?"
"If an American cheats to get into college, you can go to jail. If you're an illegal alien who cheated from the get go, your college is free"
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Years from now, long after the final credits roll, this actor will be remembered for his incredible contribution to film and television. And based on his latest work, I think it's likely he'll also be remembered for his contribution to music. But thanks to his affection for the first amendment, his unapologetic patriotism, and the principled stand he took 10 years ago that caused Hollywood to permanently lose his number, he will be remembered for something a lot more important.
Courage, for starters.
And character.
Say hello to a familiar face, and my new friend, @RealJamesWoods . Our whole conversation is here. I think you'll love it. bit.ly/TWIHI465JamesWoods
Not_the_Norm⚓️ retweeted
Obama in 2013
Won't you at least freeze deportations unilaterally for the parents
My job in the exec branch is to carry out the laws that are passed, if we start broadening that, essentially I would be ignoring the law
The media was ok with Obamas deportations, but not Trumps
