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Brandon Caples
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Interested in data/analytics, frontend development, and marketing automation. Currently a nonprofit email developer.
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Also, this is what the Black Friday chains do. It's not new.
“People see ‘40 percent off’ and assume it’s a once-in-a-lifetime steal, without recognizing that the underlying price may have been inflated or that the same itinerary was cheaper last month.” Sally French, a travel expert at personal finance site NerdWallet, said.
December 1, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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Stanley Hudson of The Office (US) staring flatly at the camera, with captions that read YOU CAN'T CANCEL ALL EXECUTIVE ORDERS
November 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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This is such a sad snapshot of the United States.
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Yaakub Vijandre was preparing to go to work as a mechanic when six vehicles appeared outside his Dallas-area home. Federal agents jumped out, one pointed a weapon at him, and they took him into custody. Vijandre is a recipient of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the Obama-era program that has shielded hundreds of thousands of people from deportation since 2012 if they were brought to the United States as children and generally stayed out of trouble. The Trump administration said it targeted Vijandre over social media posts. The freelance videographer and pro-Palestinian activist described his early October arrest to his attorneys, who relayed the information to reporters.
November 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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THE EPSTEIN LIST DOES NOT INCLUDE REPUBLICANS.
DHS LAW ENFORCEMENT DOES NOT PEPPER SPRAY CHILDREN.
November 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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What a leader.

People didn't get paid for their work for over a month (longest shutdown) and are threatened with retaliation for needing to find paid work.
Trump orders all air traffic controllers back to work after shutdown deal
November 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Americans will get accountability. The midterms are coming.
MIDTERMS ARE COMING
November 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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LOL
A FOX NEWS screen grab with the headline caption that reads, BY WINNING DEMOCRATS ARE ACTUALLY LOSING
November 6, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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More than a few people believed him and voted for it.
November 2, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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Tennessee has a $1 billion budget surplus, so Governor Lee could do more than the nothing he's currently doing.
Tennessee Roughly 700,000 people in Tennessee participate in SNAP, according to the USDA. In a statement Friday, Gov. Bill Lee told Tennessee SNAP participants to expect a lapse in benefits. The statement from the governor's office said the state could not use its own funds to support the program because it does "not have a mechanism to load benefits onto customer cards." Timmeshia Fleming is a mother of three in Nashville who has used SNAP benefits off and on for years. She said interruptions and delays mean money has to go to food instead of other bills. She told WPLN, it's especially harrowing when it comes without ample warning.
October 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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If only there was a highly effective vaccine for measles.
October 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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The federal government is killing SNAP, like Trump promised to do.
USDA memo says it will not use emergency funds for November food benefits USDA declines to use $5 billion contingency fund for November SNAP benefits amid shutdown, risking aid for 42 million recipients, despite calls from Democrats and advocacy groups. • The United States Department of Agriculture will not use emergency funds to provide food assistance benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program during the government shutdown, citing the need to preserve those funds for true emergencies like natural disasters. • The USDA memo states that SNAP contingency funds are only available to supplement regular monthly benefits when amounts have been appropriated but are insufficient, and cannot be used to support regular benefits if no appropriation exists. • The decision means that nearly 42 million low-income Americans who rely on SNAP benefits, often referred to as food stamps, are likely to go without them starting next month, barring a deal to reopen the government.
October 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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A text exchange between S.V. Dáte of the Huffington Post (gray) and Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt:
October 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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I somehow missed this. President Trump is planning to build a triumphal arch across the Potomac from the Lincoln Memorial.
October 19, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Yes, so much freedom.
October 18, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Wait until this guy finds out about Jesus.
October 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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But wait, there's more!

The guy blocking Adelita Grijalva's swearing in is the same guy complaining on camera that she's not working for her constituents like she should be.
United States Speaker of the House and former dean of Judge Paul Pressler School of Law, Mike Johnson
October 17, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Sometimes a biblical prophecy is used twice.
Exodus 8:2–6 But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs… The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on your officials.
October 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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As a Christian myself, I've learned that we have to come to terms with the fact that real Christians have committed atrocities throughout history.

Jesus talked a lot about the wheat and chaff (Matt. 3:12; 13:24-30), the sheep and goats (Matt. 25:31-46), and the good and bad branches (John 15:1-8).
Not everyone that said to Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of My Father which is in heaven. (Matthew 7:21)
October 15, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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October 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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I like this simple graphic from The Washington Post explaining gerrymandering.

www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp...
October 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Be calm, be calm.

I know you feel like you are breaking down.

Well, I know that it gets so hard sometimes.

Be calm.
fun. BE CALM AND CARRY ON
October 8, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Pam Bondi thinks Americans are stupid.

Reuters: www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Bondi said the Justice Department was ending the "weaponization of justice" even as several political adversaries of Trump face federal investigations and prosecutions. The attorney general parried questions from Democratic lawmakers about her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, a bribery probe into Trump border czar Tom Homan and the case against former FBI Director James Comey by criticizing her questioners in partisan terms unusual for the nation's top law enforcement officer. Pressed on the Justice Department's reversal on releasing files on sex trafficking investigations into Epstein, a one-time friend of Trump, Bondi accused Democratic senators of accepting campaign donations from an Epstein associate.
October 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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The Heritage Foundation says the second American Revolution is a spiritual war, despite Ephesians 6:12—

“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, the authorities, the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.”
October 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Speaking in the Oval Office on Tuesday, Trump appeared to publicly back a draft White House memo that includes an argument for denying workers pay. "I would say it depends on who we're talking about," Trump said. "I can tell you this, the Democrats have put a lot of people in great risk and jeopardy, but it really depends on who you're talking about. But for the most part, we're going to take care of our people. There are some people that really don't deserve to be taken care of, and we will take care of them in a different way." When pressed on the legality of such a move, Trump said, "What the law says is correct and I follow the law."
October 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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The Heritage Foundation sent an email today...
Senate Democrats shut down your government. Why? To fight for benefits for illegal aliens and demand $1.5 trillion for their radical Left wish list. Yes, really. Let’s be clear: this isn’t about keeping the lights on for American families. This is about Democrats holding the government hostage to shield their bureaucratic allies and keep their gravy train running. Their demands? Reversing commonsense Medicaid reforms enacted in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that cut waste, fraud, and abuse—and protect the program. Making permanent COVID-era subsidies for Obamacare—including health care for illegal aliens. Reinstating taxpayer funding for PBS and NPR. Pouring billions into their Green New Deal Scam, and more. They want you to be terrified. But here’s the truth: Social Security and essential payments continue. What stops are the bloated agencies and pet projects that Democrats want to protect at all costs. Heritage experts have reviewed the current spending bill. It’s not perfect, but it would: Slow the growth of government, Keep Washington open without caving to leftist demands, Advance Trump’s priorities, and Begin dismantling the Deep State. That’s exactly what terrifies the Left. This shutdown exposes just how bloated Washington has become—and gives us the chance to start cutting it down to size. We already see President Trump and former Heritage Action staff member Russ Vought signaling towards making massive cuts to the federal bureaucracy. This is not a stunt. This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to permanently end wasteful programs, restore constitutional government, and return power to the American people. Heritage is leading in this fight, providing the facts and the framework to make sure this moment isn’t wasted. We’ve already produced a fact sheet—even White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has shared it: https://www.heritage.org/budget-and-spending/report/yes-senate-democrats-have-shut-down-the-government-over-giving-health
October 3, 2025 at 11:49 PM