Over $260 billion in government fraud uncovered since Trump took office (paragraph 8) govexec.com/management/2026/…

HOUSTON WE HAVE A PROBLEM: This is a well written and thought out article written by a 26 yr old college student by the name of Alyssa Ahlgren, who's in grad school for her MBA. What a GREAT perspecitve... My Generation Is Blind to the Prosperity Around Us! I'm sitting in a small coffee shop near Nokomis (Florida) trying to think of what to write about. I scroll through my newsfeed on my phone looking at the latest headlines of presidential candidates calling for policies to "fix" the so-called injustices of capitalism. I put my phone down and continue to look around. I see people talking freely, working on their MacBook's, ordering food they get in an instant, seeing cars go by outside, and it dawned on me. We live in the most privileged time in the most prosperous nation and we've become completely blind to it. Vehicles, food, technology, freedom to associate with whom we choose.These things are so ingrained in our American way of life we don't give them a second thought. We are so well off here in the United States that our poverty line begins 31 times above the global average. Thirty One Times!!! Virtually no one in the United States is considered poor by global standards. Yet, in a time where we can order a product off Amazon with one click and have it at our doorstep the next day, we are unappreciative, unsatisfied, and ungrateful. ?? Our unappreciation is evident as the popularity of socialist policies among my generation continues to grow. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently said to Newsweek talking about the millennial generation, "An entire generation, which is now becoming one of the largest electorates in America, came of age and never saw American prosperity." Never saw American prosperity! Let that sink in. When I first read that statement, I thought to myself, that was quite literally the most entitled and factually illiterate thing I've ever heard in my 26 years on this earth. Many young people agree with her, which is entirely misguided. My generation is being indoctrinated by a mainstream narrative to actually believe we have never seen prosperity. I know this first hand, I went to college, let's just say I didn't have the popular opinion, but I digress. Why then, with all of the overwhelming evidence around us, evidence that I can even see sitting at a coffee shop, do we not view this as prosperity? We have people who are dying to get into our country. People around the world destitute and truly impoverished. Yet, we have a young generation convinced they've never seen prosperity, and as a result, we elect some politicians who are dead set on taking steps towards abolishing capitalism. Why? The answer is this,?? my generation has only seen prosperity. We have no contrast. We didn't live in the great depression, or live through two world wars, the Korean War, The Vietnam War or we didn't see the rise and fall of socialism and communism. We don't know what it's like to live without the internet, without cars, without smartphones. We don't have a lack of prosperity problem. We have an entitlement problem, an ungratefulness problem, and it's spreading like a plague."

I need to make a very PUBLIC announcement on behalf of younger GenXers and older Millennials. If you see someone in their 40s or 50s who seems a little boring now, I need you to understand something... We already got it in. Like...GOT. IT. IN. We are not sitting home on a Friday night because we never knew how to have fun. We are sitting home on a Friday night because we have seen enough. We went to parties in houses that should have been condemned and were almost certainly owned by the local drug dealer. We saw police lights and RAN and not across a nice, flat field. INTO THE WOODS. Do you understand the athleticism required to hurdle uprooted tree roots in platform shoes while simultaneously trying to keep your low-rise jeans from sliding completely off your ass? And somehow...we never spilled the Zima. We never spilled the Boone’s Farm. That was TALENT. We slept on floors in strange houses because the designated driver either never showed up or, in a shocking turn of events, was drunker than everybody else. There was no Uber, Life360 or Find My Friends. There was just somebody named Mike saying, “I know a shortcut.” And we FOLLOWED MIKE. We closed down bars and then decided the night was still young, so we drove to Atlantic City, where we somehow managed to get drunk, sober up, get drunk again, sober up again and then get drunk a THIRD TIME before breakfast. And according to our parents? We were at Michelle’s house. Eating pizza and watching movies. Michelle’s mother unknowingly covered for approximately 17 people every weekend. If there even was a Michelle. We drank things called Purple Passion, Mad Dog 20/20 and whatever somebody mixed inside a giant plastic garbage can. Nobody asked what was in it. You grabbed a red Solo cup and trusted the process. We went to clubs until the lights came on. Do you know the psychological damage of seeing a nightclub with the LIGHTS ON? Nothing good happens after those lights come on. We danced for four straight hours in shoes that permanently altered the structure of our feet. We made entire plans without cell phones...no texts, dropped pins or group chats...just an extremely questionable sense of direction. We rode in cars with 11 people when the vehicle legally seated five. Someone was always sitting on someone. Someone was always in the hatchback. And there was always one friend yelling, “DUCK!” when we passed a cop. So yes...now we like being home. We like sweatpants. We like cancelling plans. We like saying, “That sounds fun!” with absolutely no intention of attending. We like restaurants at 5:30 because we can get a good table. We like being home by 8:17. And if someone texts at 9:30 PM and says, “What are you doing?” Sleeping...we are sleeping. Because this is not boring my friends...this is retirement. We already played, partied and danced on the bar. We already ran from the cops through a wooded area dressed like a Spice Girl. We have stories that cannot be posted because there are still people with careers, marriages and reputations to protect. And thank GOD there were no camera phones. So kids, when you look at your Gen X and older Millennial parents sitting peacefully on the couch watching Dateline at 8 PM and think: “God, you guys are boring.” Sweetheart...oh sweetheart. You are looking at retired legends. Put some respect on our names. We're probably the reason Life360 was invented. xoxoxo (posted from someone else on FakeBook) 🤣 #genx #oldandtired

RT @AndrewKolvet: This was the most powerful speech yet from the RNC, maybe of the entire year. RFK Jr. was masterful. Worth watching ever…

REVEALED: Here Are the Mainstream Journalists on China’s Payroll 🚨 I exclusively uncovered the identities of prominent U.S. journalists flown to China by a CCP-linked influence operation seeking “favorable coverage” and “positive messages” about Beijing. 🧵

𝐇𝐄𝐆𝐒𝐄𝐓𝐇 𝐓𝐎 𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐂𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐒: 𝐃𝐎 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐈𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐀 𝐍𝐔𝐂𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐁𝐎𝐌𝐁? Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stopped taking a Democratic senator's 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 of the Iran campaign and turned the hearing back on her. When the senator pushed back on how the administration frames the four-month operation, Hegseth invoked the same lawmaker's own standard on a different war: “"𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘋𝘶𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘜𝘬𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨... 𝘐 𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵, [𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘶𝘴] 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘯𝘶𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘮𝘣,"” Hegseth said. He didn't stop there. “"𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨,"” Hegseth continued, before delivering the line that stopped the room: "𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐧𝐮𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐦𝐛 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝?" It's the question Democrats keep dodging while they nitpick the administration's messaging — a four-year stalemate gets called "𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨," but four months spent stopping the world's top state sponsor of terror from going nuclear gets called reckless. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐔𝐤𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞. 𝐀 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐧𝐮𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧.

A history lesson of Democrat leadership urgency germane to the Save America Act.

Capitalism haters say, "We have a finite amount of money.” “Jeff Bezos has $100B. His wealth is making people poorer.” But, that’s just ignorant. There ISNT a finite amount of money. Capitalists create new wealth! Here’s how trade makes everyone richer:

Wow… @grok, is this true?

We Asked AI To Predict What Will Happen Now That Elon Musk Is A Trillionaire Made with @grok

Elon Musk just proved that ownership in America is a legal fiction. Musk: “You get taxed on what you earn, you get taxed on what you buy, and you get taxed on what you own.” Think about what property tax actually means. You worked for decades. Paid it off in full. The deed is in your name. Stop paying the government its annual fee. Watch them take it and sell it to someone who will. You never owned that house. You were leasing it from an entity you never signed a contract with. Income tax tells the same truth in softer packaging. The government does not take a portion of your earnings. They decide how much of your own labor you are permitted to keep. That is not semantics. It is a confession of who the system believes your time belongs to first. Sales tax buries itself in the receipt. Two people exchange value voluntarily. A third party who contributed nothing takes a cut simply for allowing it to happen. Now stack all three. Taxed when you create. Taxed when you spend. Taxed when you hold. Taxed again when you die and try to pass it to your children. At no point in that cycle does the system recognize your output as yours. Because money is not an abstraction. It is crystallized human lifespan. Every dollar taxed is an hour you already lived, already bled for, already gone. The state is not managing an economy. It is claiming dominion over time you will never get back. And spending it on systems you never asked for and actively oppose. The institution extracting all of it faces zero obligation to perform. A contractor who delivers nothing gets fired. A bureaucracy that burns through trillions gets a budget increase the next fiscal year. SpaceX pays taxes to the agencies that obstruct its launches. Tesla funds the regulators drafting rules to shield its competitors. The builders are not subsidizing government. They are financing their own friction. The tax code is 74,000 pages long. Not because the economy demands it. Because the extraction had to be buried in enough complexity that you would stop asking who it was designed to protect. The past belonged to the people who taxed the world. The future belongs to the people who build it.

Did you know London Bridge was disassembled and moved to Arizona? How London Bridge Became Arizona’s Unlikeliest Landmark for Nation’s 250th Anniversary link.theepochtimes.com/mkt_a…

The more serious and understated part is that Graham Platner, the Maine Democratic Senate candidate’s tattoo isn’t just a Nazi tattoo. It’s an SS tattoo. The SS, or Schutzstaffel, started as Hitler’s personal bodyguard but grew into the Nazi regime’s most powerful and feared organization. It ran the concentration camps, the death squads, and the entire security apparatus—basically the regime’s muscle, spies, and executioners rolled into one. Elite, fanatical, and ruthless. adl.org/resources/hate-symbo…