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Happily-married father of four. Lifelong Cubs fan. Creator of @CubsNoHitStreak.bsky.social and @CubsHighlights.bsky.social. Disney Parks/Cruise Line enthusiast.

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Declaring “no quarter” is a war crime. Pete committed a war crime this morning. bsky.app/profile/bcfi...

13.03.2026 16:45 👍 5479 🔁 2277 💬 570 📌 160
Congressman Keith Self • • Follow
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The Sharia-Free America Caucus has grown to 48 members spanning 22 states-and we're j... See more
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SHARIA-FREE AMERICA CAUCUS
Co-Chairs: Keith Self (TX-03) & Chip Roy (TX-21)
Whip Tom Emmer (MN-06)
Andrew Clyde (GA-09)
Pat Fallon (TX-04)
Russ Fulcher (ID-01)
August Pfluger (TX-11)
Mary Miller (IL-15)
Craig Goldman (TX-12)
Tracey Mann (KS-01)
Monica De La Cruz (TX-15)
Andy Harris (MD-01)
Pete Sessions (TX-17)
Eric Burlison (MO-07)
Brandon Gill (TX-26)
Mike Ezell (MS-04)
Michael Cloud (TX-27)
Addison McDowell (NC-06)
Brian Babin (TX-36)
Mark Harris (NC-08)
Wesley Hunt (TX-38)
Pat Harrigan (NC-10)
Eli Crane (AZ-02)
Michael Rulli (OH-06)
Andy Biggs (AZ-05)
Josh Brecheen (OK-02)
Paul Gosar (AZ-09)
Scott Perry (PA-10)
Nick Begich (AK-at-large)
Mike Kelly (PA-16)
Barry Moore (AL-01)
Sheri Biggs (SC-03)
Aaron Bean (FL-04)
Ralph Norman (SC-05)
John Rutherford (L-05)
Andy Ogles (TN-05)
Randy Fine (FL-06)
John Rose (TN-06)
Cory Mills (FL-07)
Mike Kennedy (UT-03)
Mike Haridopolos (FL-08)
John McGuire (VA-05)
Anna Paulina Luna (FL-13)
Ben Cline (VA-06)
Byron Donalds (FL-19)
Morgan Griffith (VA-09)
Buddy Carter (GA-01)

Riley Moore (WV-02)

Congressman Keith Self • • Follow X 1d• The Sharia-Free America Caucus has grown to 48 members spanning 22 states-and we're j... See more DEFEND SHARIA-FREE AMERICA CAUCUS Co-Chairs: Keith Self (TX-03) & Chip Roy (TX-21) Whip Tom Emmer (MN-06) Andrew Clyde (GA-09) Pat Fallon (TX-04) Russ Fulcher (ID-01) August Pfluger (TX-11) Mary Miller (IL-15) Craig Goldman (TX-12) Tracey Mann (KS-01) Monica De La Cruz (TX-15) Andy Harris (MD-01) Pete Sessions (TX-17) Eric Burlison (MO-07) Brandon Gill (TX-26) Mike Ezell (MS-04) Michael Cloud (TX-27) Addison McDowell (NC-06) Brian Babin (TX-36) Mark Harris (NC-08) Wesley Hunt (TX-38) Pat Harrigan (NC-10) Eli Crane (AZ-02) Michael Rulli (OH-06) Andy Biggs (AZ-05) Josh Brecheen (OK-02) Paul Gosar (AZ-09) Scott Perry (PA-10) Nick Begich (AK-at-large) Mike Kelly (PA-16) Barry Moore (AL-01) Sheri Biggs (SC-03) Aaron Bean (FL-04) Ralph Norman (SC-05) John Rutherford (L-05) Andy Ogles (TN-05) Randy Fine (FL-06) John Rose (TN-06) Cory Mills (FL-07) Mike Kennedy (UT-03) Mike Haridopolos (FL-08) John McGuire (VA-05) Anna Paulina Luna (FL-13) Ben Cline (VA-06) Byron Donalds (FL-19) Morgan Griffith (VA-09) Buddy Carter (GA-01) Riley Moore (WV-02)

In the 1920s, there was an enormous Klan-aligned caucus in the House of Representatives that passed an immigration restriction bill designed to keep out Catholics and Jews because they supposedly posed an existential threat to American civilization. 100 years later, here we are.

13.03.2026 14:43 👍 2758 🔁 1220 💬 183 📌 138
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This might be the greatest split-screen ever broadcast.

They’ll play this in museums in future.

(🎥 LCI 🇫🇷)

12.03.2026 15:11 👍 18050 🔁 7156 💬 616 📌 576

I have never met anyone who is more adept at tracking every last cent they have than people who live or have lived in poverty

it is a skill developed out of necessity and it never leaves you

11.03.2026 01:03 👍 4456 🔁 703 💬 64 📌 39

When Americans were asked to temporarily sacrifice going to their barbers so we could keep the morgues from overflowing, people with guns stormed the Michigan capitol.

11.03.2026 04:19 👍 3446 🔁 1071 💬 42 📌 9
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Depleted oil reserve leaves US exposed as Iran war pushes up prices Donald Trump has not fulfilled a vow to refill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve that was drained by Joe Biden

TIL Trump didn't bother to refill the strategic petroleum reserve last year when oil was dirt cheap. what can you even say www.ft.com/content/d546...

10.03.2026 13:42 👍 1994 🔁 676 💬 92 📌 72
10.03.2026 15:26 👍 3831 🔁 1086 💬 447 📌 83
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me paying $30 in gas to buy imported things that have been hit with tariffs bc joe rogan is learning about politics at age 58

08.03.2026 23:55 👍 39593 🔁 7001 💬 449 📌 177

It’s cool that this generation gets to find out the answer to “what would you have done when we started interning the Japanese?” and “what would you have done when we invaded Vietnam?” and “what would you have done in Watergate?” all at the same time.

08.03.2026 18:43 👍 2462 🔁 595 💬 31 📌 14

Almost there…

06.03.2026 16:51 👍 1990 🔁 386 💬 81 📌 13

“Lower prices” ≠ “refunds” though.

06.03.2026 18:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I'd like to say to these people, and this comes from a genuine place of a lesson I myself had to learn:

It is all right to have these sorts of thoughts. But they're inside thoughts.

06.03.2026 15:46 👍 1057 🔁 94 💬 30 📌 4
By BEN LEFEBVRE
03/05/2026 05:00 AM EST
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President Donald Trump's chief of staff, Susie Wiles, is telling his advisers to bring ideas to the Oval Office to lower gasoline prices in the wake of the U.S. attack on Iran, according to two energy industry executives familiar with the conversations.
The White House is "looking under every rock for ideas on improving energy prices, especially gasoline prices," said one of the executives, who was granted anonymity to describe internal administration discussions.

By BEN LEFEBVRE 03/05/2026 05:00 AM EST f • • • President Donald Trump's chief of staff, Susie Wiles, is telling his advisers to bring ideas to the Oval Office to lower gasoline prices in the wake of the U.S. attack on Iran, according to two energy industry executives familiar with the conversations. The White House is "looking under every rock for ideas on improving energy prices, especially gasoline prices," said one of the executives, who was granted anonymity to describe internal administration discussions.

I have an idea. Here’s my idea: We should have had this meeting last week before we started bombing Iran. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

05.03.2026 14:45 👍 2143 🔁 389 💬 103 📌 47
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FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

05.03.2026 07:15 👍 17231 🔁 6010 💬 517 📌 493
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Wilders understands that culture and demographics are our destiny. We can't restore our civilization with somebody else's babies.
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Hundreds of Islamists shouting "Allahu Akbar" in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Wilders is right for over 10 years. #turkijerel
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Steve King 9 @SteveKinglA + Follow Wilders understands that culture and demographics are our destiny. We can't restore our civilization with somebody else's babies. ESTERN ILIZATION Voice of Europe @V_of_Europe Hundreds of Islamists shouting "Allahu Akbar" in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Wilders is right for over 10 years. #turkijerel RETWEETS LIKES 516 688 10:40 AM - 12 Mar 2017 from lowa, USA

I'm teaching about early 20th century eugenics today and was reminded that 9 years ago Republican Representative Steve King was stripped of his committee assignments by his GOP colleagues for this post that simply states what is now bog standard GOP policy/rhetoric on immigration and "civilization."

04.03.2026 17:45 👍 3761 🔁 1015 💬 67 📌 47

i'm taking a brave stance that may get me canceled: there is no reason for the pervert glasses to exist

04.03.2026 13:28 👍 6005 🔁 1504 💬 101 📌 47

Keep it up. The longer it goes, the more attention I think you’re likely to get. Keep being public about it.

04.03.2026 21:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Anti-vaxxers are bad parents. Not vaccinating your child is abuse.

We should eliminate all non-medical exemptions for vaccines.

Sorry, not sorry.

03.03.2026 23:58 👍 2538 🔁 585 💬 51 📌 11

I'd like to purchase some political risk insurance in case my country elects idiots to run the government.

03.03.2026 20:05 👍 238 🔁 31 💬 14 📌 2
How Tariffs Fucking Work
The government has done a horrible job explaining this, so let's get into it.
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How Tariffs Fucking Work The government has done a horrible job explaining this, so let's get into it. Swipe

1. Tariffs are federal import taxes paid by American businesses directly to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (part of the Department of Homeland Security).
2. These taxes must be paid by an American company before a shipment of products made overseas can enter the USA.
3. The tax is based on a shipment’s “value” (how much it cost to make the products). If a tariff rate is 50%, and a business wants to import products that cost $500,000 to make, then the business must pay the American government a $250,000 tax before the goods can enter the country.
4. In other words, a shipment that was supposed to cost a business $500,000 now suddenly costs $750,000 due to tariffs.
5. In 2025, Trump often changed these import tax rates while shipments were in transit. His tariffs got as high as 145%—which means businesses were being asked to pay Donald Trump more than the people who actually made the fucking products.

1. Tariffs are federal import taxes paid by American businesses directly to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (part of the Department of Homeland Security). 2. These taxes must be paid by an American company before a shipment of products made overseas can enter the USA. 3. The tax is based on a shipment’s “value” (how much it cost to make the products). If a tariff rate is 50%, and a business wants to import products that cost $500,000 to make, then the business must pay the American government a $250,000 tax before the goods can enter the country. 4. In other words, a shipment that was supposed to cost a business $500,000 now suddenly costs $750,000 due to tariffs. 5. In 2025, Trump often changed these import tax rates while shipments were in transit. His tariffs got as high as 145%—which means businesses were being asked to pay Donald Trump more than the people who actually made the fucking products.

6. Some American businesses literally could not afford to receive shipments they had ordered, because they didn’t have enough cash to pay the unjustified, illegal taxes the government was now demanding.
7. At a tariff rate of 145%, a shipment of products that costs a business $500,000 to make requires a tax payment of $725,000 to import, bringing the total cost up dramatically to $1,225,000. Yowza!
8. American businesses pay Trump’s tariffs. Other countries don’t pay them. Foreign factories don’t pay them. Trump doesn’t seem to understand this, and he has been misinforming the American people for years.
9. Of course, many businesses passed all their tariff costs onto their customers by raising prices. And now, those companies and their shareholders––not the customers who actually paid the tariff costs––stand to get refunds.
10. Is that fair? We don’t fucking think so: GetYourFuckingMoneyBack.com

6. Some American businesses literally could not afford to receive shipments they had ordered, because they didn’t have enough cash to pay the unjustified, illegal taxes the government was now demanding. 7. At a tariff rate of 145%, a shipment of products that costs a business $500,000 to make requires a tax payment of $725,000 to import, bringing the total cost up dramatically to $1,225,000. Yowza! 8. American businesses pay Trump’s tariffs. Other countries don’t pay them. Foreign factories don’t pay them. Trump doesn’t seem to understand this, and he has been misinforming the American people for years. 9. Of course, many businesses passed all their tariff costs onto their customers by raising prices. And now, those companies and their shareholders––not the customers who actually paid the tariff costs––stand to get refunds. 10. Is that fair? We don’t fucking think so: GetYourFuckingMoneyBack.com

www.GetYourFuckingMoneyBack.com

03.03.2026 14:22 👍 65 🔁 23 💬 0 📌 1

The truth is not the average of a fact and a lie.

27.02.2026 04:54 👍 1397 🔁 464 💬 11 📌 22

Probably just need to armageddon harder.

03.03.2026 19:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war.

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints.

One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…

03.03.2026 01:54 👍 12856 🔁 6398 💬 1316 📌 4141

At least the families of the fallen have this to comfort them.

02.03.2026 17:03 👍 1571 🔁 326 💬 54 📌 10
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The First Amendment already “bans Sharia law.”

It also bans the government from imposing any religious law — including the Christian nationalism that Senator Tuberville is so eager to codify.

02.03.2026 18:29 👍 184 🔁 48 💬 14 📌 7

Raise your hand if you think we deserve a president that has a better response to American troops dying than “that’s the way it is.”

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01.03.2026 23:04 👍 3100 🔁 541 💬 197 📌 31

I have never seen a politician more directly copy this speech in my life

01.03.2026 22:13 👍 8029 🔁 2084 💬 30 📌 34
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Is Convicted Felon Donald Trump’s super-duper secure SCIF with soft banquet-hall curtains, open air top, unsecured electronic devices, and roving guests located next to the bathroom where the classified documents are stored?

01.03.2026 11:30 👍 5121 🔁 1499 💬 383 📌 96

No name change is necessary.
“See? B.S. News.”

28.02.2026 22:01 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Bloody backpacks. Your tax money at work.

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