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A farmer, tired of rats destroying his crops and stealing his grain, came up with a clever but cruel plan. He threw a dead pig into a deep, abandoned well. Attracted by the smell, nearly 80 rats rushed into the well to feast on the carcass. At first, everything seemed wonderful. There was more than enough food for everyone, and the rats ate until they were satisfied.
But when the food was gone, they discovered something terrifying. The walls of the well were too steep to climb. They were trapped. Days passed, and hunger turned into desperation. Desperation turned into aggression. The rats that had once eaten peacefully beside one another began fighting for survival. Eventually, they began killing and eating each other.
One by one, their numbers dwindled until only a single rat remained. Its eyes were bloodshot, and it had survived by consuming its own kind. Then the farmer returned, lowered a rope into the well, and rescued the last surviving rat. But he didn't save it out of kindness or compassion.
The farmer knew the rat had learned to survive by hunting other rats. When he released it into his fields, it would continue killing its own kind instead of eating his grain. The farmer had turned his enemy into his greatest weapon.
And that is the lesson of divide and conquer. Those who control the trap don't need to fight the battles themselves. They simply create the conditions in which others turn against one another.
The rats believed their enemies were the other rats. They never realized that the true enemy was the farmer who had put them there.
The greatest danger isn't always the enemy standing in front of you. Sometimes it's the one who created the conflict and stands quietly watching you destroy each other.
Before you turn against your neighbor because of their political beliefs, ask yourself who benefits from keeping Americans divided. While we fight each other over Republican and Democrat, we may be overlooking those who profit from the conflict. Perhaps the real question isn't which side you're on, but who built the well—and why they want us fighting at the bottom of it.
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This is my man. So jealous you got to talk to him. Still waiting to hear about our request.
He’s a WHAT?? 🤯
I interviewed Pastor @PhilipAMitchell in Atlanta.
I asked him how he knew God was real and why he believes in God. I also asked him what his biggest fear is and whether or not money is the root of all evil!
Lastly, I asked him the best advice he’d give the younger generation.
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A car flew last night. An actual car, flipping in midair on cold gas thrusters and landing on its wheels. Elon Musk's companies built a sports car that does what science fiction promised for a century. The same man lands rockets on barges and builds the machines that carry our astronauts. That is what one free mind, and the thousands of minds he employs, can produce.
Bernie Sanders says billionaires should not exist. He looks at the man who makes cars fly and concludes the problem to solve is that such men keep too much of what they create. He has spent five decades in government producing nothing, yet he claims the moral authority to dispose of the men who produce everything. A man who seeks unearned control over the lives and property of others is corrupt in the fullest meaning of the word, and that corruption runs deeper than any bribe.
A flying car is what men do when they are free. A wealth tax is what politicians do to the men who built it. One of them needs the other to survive, and it isn't Musk.
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THERE IS A METHOD TO TRUMP’S MADNESS, AND THE DEMOCRATS AND RINOS STILL HAVEN’T FIGURED IT OUT!
I’ve spent 35 years in business, and I learned a long time ago that you don’t negotiate from weakness. You establish leverage, make the other fellow uncomfortable, and never let him know exactly how far you’re willing to go.
Trump understands that. Democrats and RINOs don’t.
Look at the evidence.
PANAMA: Trump says America ought to take back the Panama Canal. The media loses its mind. Suddenly Panama is pulling away from China’s Belt and Road Initiative, and Chinese influence around the canal is under serious pressure. Trump changed the conversation without firing a shot.
GREENLAND: Trump talks about acquiring Greenland. Europe calls him crazy. Suddenly Denmark is increasing defense spending, and everybody is taking Arctic security seriously. Greenland sits in a strategically vital location with valuable resources, and Trump understands its importance.
CANADA: Trump starts talking about making Canada the 51st state. The Canadians panic, their politicians scramble, and trade negotiations take center stage. Canada depends heavily on the American market, and Trump knows exactly who holds the stronger hand.
NATO: For decades, American taxpayers carried an enormous share of Europe’s defense burden while wealthy nations failed to pay their fair share. Trump threatens to change the arrangement, and suddenly NATO countries agree to a 5% defense and security spending target by 2035, up from the old 2% benchmark.
FOUR DIFFERENT SITUATIONS. ONE STRATEGY.
Make an extraordinary demand. Put the other side on the defensive. Establish leverage. Force negotiations. Get concessions.
That’s not madness. That’s Business 101.
Sometimes you ask for ten because you need five. Sometimes you threaten to walk away because the other fellow needs the deal more than you do. And sometimes you make a demand so big that what you actually want suddenly looks reasonable.
Is Trump perfect? Absolutely not. But I’d rather have a president negotiating from strength than another career politician apologizing while America gets taken advantage of.
The Democrats and RINOs are full of people who’ve never made a payroll, never personally guaranteed a business loan, and never suffered the consequences of a bad business decision. Trump comes from a different world.
I’ve always believed in peace through strength. Your enemies don’t have to like you, but they had better respect you.
The Democrats and RINOs judge Trump by what he says. I judge him by what he accomplishes.
They call him unpredictable because they can’t figure him out. They call him dangerous because they can’t control him. And they call him crazy because they don’t understand his strategy.
NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE MAN SITTING ACROSS THE TABLE.
Trump isn’t playing their game. He’s making them play his.
Sometimes what looks like madness to a fool is simply a strategy he isn’t smart enough to understand.
And after all these years, they STILL haven’t figured it out.
Vote Republican to give Trump time to finish his work!
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QUIT YOUR BITCHING!!!!!!
Grandpa didn’t have a $90 month internet bill, a $130 phone bill, seven app subscriptions at $72 month, an Amazon addiction for $200 month, he didn’t have Netflix, Paramount or HBO for another $112 month and his haircuts didn’t need a ‘stylist’!
I’m worn out hearing people moan, “Our grandparents could buy a house on one paycheck, but now we can’t even afford rent on two!”
Yeah, maybe because Grandma wasn’t dropping half her income on $14 iced lattes and avocado toast shaped like art projects. Back then, if they wanted coffee, they boiled it at home in a dented pot. It tasted like burnt rubber and regret — but it woke you up and cleaned your pipes.
And Grandma wasn’t “out to brunch.” You think she had time for mimosas and hashtags? She was making something called whatever’s left in the fridge and feeding six people with it.
Don’t even start with Uber Eats. You think Grandpa was out here paying $38 to have a burger delivered three blocks away? Please. He grilled mystery meat on a rusted barbecue, and everyone called it dinner.
Now people cry about being broke while sitting in a house full of gadgets. Two SUVs in the driveway, six streaming services, three air fryers, and matching tattoos that cost more than their light bill. You think Grandpa had a tattoo? He did. It said “Korea, 1951,” and it came with trauma, not Instagram likes.
And the kids—Lord help us. “We can’t make ends meet, but Brayden needs the new iPhone!” No, he doesn’t. You’re handing an $1100 device to a child who still eats crayons and forgets to flush.
When we were kids, there was one phone. It hung on the wall like a family relic. The cord stretched just far enough for you to whisper secrets before someone yelled, “Get off, I need to make a call!” And guess what? We lived.
The TV? One. In the living room. With three channels and a dial that clicked like a safe. And if Dad wanted to watch bowling, you were a fan of bowling, end of story.
Now there’s a flat screen in every room, the baby’s got an iPad, the dog’s got a camera, and everyone’s wondering why they can’t afford rent.
Because you’re living like rock stars on retail salaries, that’s why.
Grandpa wasn’t leasing Teslas or buying $12 smoothies called “Green Zen Awakening.” He drove a truck that coughed smoke, rattled like a storm, and smelled like oil and hard work.
They lived within their means. Whatever Grandpa brought home on Friday — that’s what they had. They weren’t keeping up with the Joneses; they were keeping the lights on.
So yeah, Grandpa bought a house on one salary. But he also didn’t have a gym membership, three delivery apps, and emotional support crystals on his nightstand. His only support system was Grandma, who told him to quit whining and mow the yard.
Nowadays, everyone’s broke, anxious, and “manifesting abundance” while ordering tacos on DoorDash for the fourth time this week.
It’s not the economy — it’s the lifestyle.
Wake up, turn off your subscriptions, make your own coffee, and maybe—just maybe—you’ll smell the truth.
It’s truth....God is Good, God is Great, I thank HIM for this day and everything I have!!
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OK, North Carolina, if you are remotely considering a vote for Cooper for Senate… here is why Whatley is the ONLY choice!
1. While governor, Cooper vetoed 104 bills – nearly three times the combined totals of all previous governors. He cannot work across the aisle.
2. Cooper consistently aligned with the Biden administration on immigration and refused to work for a stronger border.
3. Cooper did not join other governors in publicly condemning Biden’s handling of the border.
4. In 2019, Cooper vetoed a “born-alive” abortion bill that would have required medical care for infants born alive after a failed abortion procedure.
5. The NC legislature passed a bill known as the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act (2023) requiring school and college sports teams to be designated by biological sex at birth. Cooper vetoed the bill.
6. In 2023, Cooper vetoed a package of bills related to transgender youth, including restrictions on gender-affirming care and sports participation.
7. Cooper has consistently opposed voter ID (photo identification) requirements for voting in North Carolina,
8. On Tuesday, Feb 24, 2021 Cooper vetoed a bill giving parents the ability to opt out of school mask mandates.
9. In 2021 Cooper, as governor, allowed early release of 3500 prisoners. Nearly half of them reoffended.
10. Former Governor Roy Cooper tries to present himself but his lack of criticism indicates he would not offer opposition to the extreme left wing part of his party.
11. If Cooper is elected to the U. S. Senate it is almost certain that he will vote for Chuck Schumer to head the Senate.
12. In Sept 2024 Cooper vetoed a bill that would have expanded funding for private school voucher programs.
13. Teacher Zoe Welsh was brutally murdered in her home. The accused murderer had twenty previous arrests but had been released to the public by a Cooper appointed judge. Cooper is consistently soft on crime.
VOTE FOR WHATLEY!
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Got to hand it to Bill Maher. We may not agree on everything but thank God he is calling out the insanity. That takes moral courage & principles. And deserves respect.
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American an European friends,
I’m so ashamed, but you need to see what France has become.
Don’t make the same mistakes we did.
The only peaceful solution is to send them back to their countries of origin they love so much.
We cannot coexist. It will be them, or us.
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🚨 There it is…
In a rare moment of honesty, The Atlantic’s David Brooks admitted something that should be a crime—and proves exactly why President Trump banned certain media outlets.
“Starting in 2015, we in the Main Stream Media learned that if you bash Donald Trump, the clicks go up, the ratings go up— it became the business model.
And we get to go to sometimes off the record dinners between journalists, columnists, and politicians. And I would say over the last two years, when you were at a dinner with Democrat politicians, there was distance between the journalists and democrats.
They’re politicians, it’s our job to keep some distance. In my view, in many of the places I’ve been to, there’s no distance anymore. And that is the problem for the media. We have to establish some distance from the Democratic Party. These are people we cover, these are not people we root for. We’re not supposed to be spin doctors for them…”
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Total chaos in UAE.
14 UAE officials are now under serious suspicion of being the masterminds behind the failed hijacking attempt of Flydubai Flight FZ1073.
The Omani suicidal pilot, Hamam Alhamami, was suspended by Oman Air in 2024 for frequently visiting radical Islamic websites.
He then moved to Dubai that same year.
Flydubai hired him as a pilot.
Oman Air warned Flydubai about the pilot's extremist views.
But Flydubai ignored the warnings.
Even when the suicidal pilot was a trainee, he was found with extremist material.
He was treated as a security risk.
He was linked to Al-Qaeda on 7 different occasions.
He developed his extremist views during training camps in Syria.
His colleagues described him as a religious extremist who refused to shake hands with women.
He was also found guilty of promoting Istishhad.
Which is religiously framed suicide attacks.
Massive suspicions are now growing over why the UAE allowed him to fly Flight FZ1073.
This now appears to have been a deliberate attempt by certain individuals to carry out a 9/11 style attack against the 174 passengers on board.
Mossad and Shin Bet want the pilot to be handed over to Israel.
But the UAE is refusing.
Saudi Arabia did not even finish their initial inquiry.
But because of external pressure, the pilot was transferred to the UAE.
A prohibited knife also somehow got past airport security with inside support.
This hijacking was most likely planned months in advance.
The incident is now being treated as an inside job.
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Inflation Facts
Most people think inflation is higher today than under the Biden years and in fact the Fed did raise interest rates over fears of renewed inflation.
But the facts are something else. Under the President’s first term inflation was under 2 per cent a year and ended at 1.2 per cent in 2020.
Then during the Biden years inflation soared to 8 per cent in 2022. A total of 21.4 per cent of price increases.
Then in the second term inflation has averaged about 2.7 or total increases so far even with the tariffs and Iran conflict at 5.4 per cent. So inflation has come down from 8 per cent to around 3 per cent. Gas was most expensive in 2022 at 3.95 a gallon, more expensive than today.
Those are the facts plain and simple.
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Jaleel McLaughlin ran 28 yards into the end zone tonight as the Cleveland Browns beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 27-24.
His mother Tonya lost her factory job when he was 12. The Ford Focus is where they ended up.
His grandmother had already died of a heart attack while the family was living in her house.
They stayed in motels before that. They stayed with relatives. Tonya was raising him and his siblings by herself, and then she had to take work in Arkansas and was apart from her sons for two years. They got back together right as he started high school.
He was good. At Forest Hills High School in Marshville, North Carolina he won a state title in basketball, two more in track, and averaged 8.4 yards a carry as a senior running back.
Almost nobody offered him a scholarship. He is 5 foot 7. The few schools that called mostly wanted to move him to defensive back.
Notre Dame College took him. Division II. South Euclid, Ohio, ten miles east of Cleveland.
He ran for 302 yards in his first college game. A Division II record.
Then 2,421 yards as a freshman. Then 2,316 yards and 33 touchdowns as a sophomore. He transferred to Youngstown State and kept going.
He finished with 8,166 yards and 79 touchdowns.
Read that again. Nobody in the history of college football, in any division, has ever run for more yards than Jaleel McLaughlin.
He went undrafted in 2023.
The Denver Broncos signed him off the street. He played all 17 games as a rookie.
Here is the part that gets me.
Notre Dame College, where he set those records, closed its doors for good on May 2, 2024. The school does not exist anymore. There is no team to go back to.
On September 1 of this year the Cleveland Browns put him on their practice squad. On September 15 they moved him up to the active roster after Dylan Sampson got hurt.
Tonight, ten miles from a campus that is gone, in a three point game against the team Cleveland hates most, he took it 28 yards and scored.
"Have a goal, have a dream," he said when he broke the record. "Don't let nobody tell you what you can be, no matter the circumstance, no matter how small, no matter where you come from."
Be honest about where he stands. He is a backup. He went from Denver to a practice squad to a roster spot that only opened because somebody else got injured. Next September is not promised to him either.
But he has already done the hardest thing he will ever do, and it had nothing to do with football.
A kid who slept in a Ford Focus is playing on Thursday night in prime time.
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Can we please have this woman run for anything so that we can elect her and ultimately make her POTUS?
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Memphis Mayor @mayorpaulyoung defends the massive investments that Elon Musk is making in my hometown. He went into the belly of the beast - the Black Congressional Caucus - and dropped a lot of truthbombs. Thank you, Mr. Mayor! And thank you @elonmusk for the great kindness you've shown to the Bluff City@ @SpaceXAIMemphis Elon wants to make Memphis great again!
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Outstanding, Seb
Do you want to really know why President @realDonaldTrump is banning “media” outlets like @POLITICO from the @WhiteHouse?
Here’s why:
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The fact they can be mocked so quickly, easily and beautifully, also explains why they want to control AI.
Brilliant. 👏👏👏
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Dario has written that we need to “pace the frontier,” and Sam has agreed. People may be surprised by my response: go ahead.
You guys are the frontier. By any reasonable metric — market share, revenue growth, model capability — the two of you have a duopoly on frontier intelligence. You’ve also claimed the lead is widening because of recursive self-improvement.
I don’t see what you see in the lab. If the unreleased models are scary enough that you think you should slow down, I support your decision to be responsible.
But stop pretending you need anyone else’s permission. Stop pretending antitrust law has to be suspended so you can form a cartel. Stop pretending you need a regulatory approval process that supersedes product liability. Stop pretending METR is independent when it is intertwined with Anthropic’s investors and staff. Stop pretending you need those same evaluators to police competitors who aren’t even at the frontier.
Most of all, stop pretending the motivation to slow down is purely altruistic. You face massive product-liability exposure if your products enable a truly damaging cyberattack. The market already punishes models that behave in unpredictable or unauthorized ways. After the Hugging Face episode, it is simply good business for OpenAI and Anthropic to trade some raw power for reliability and predictability. Call it alignment if you want. It is also just giving customers what they want.
Pacing the frontier would also create breathing room for a more intelligent conversation about regulation than Bernie Sanders’ “shut it all down.” China is very unlikely to join a global agreement, as you know, and that has to be taken into account as well.
So go ahead and pace the frontier. You are the ones setting it. The easiest way not to build superintelligence is for you to agree not to build it. Demanding your preferred regulatory framework as the price of that will look like blackmail of the public and the political system. So just do it.
If you do, you’ll buy goodwill for the next conversation. If you don’t, we’ll know this was just another bid for regulatory capture — or an election-season psyop.