I found an interesting article listing 50 facts about Elon Musk that might not be widely known. I skipped most about his businesses and concentrated on Elon the person. I provided the link at the bottom for those interested in reading more about Elon.
From: unknownfacts.in:
Elon Musk’s Early Start in Coding
At the age of 12, Elon Musk taught himself how to code and created a video game called Blastar, which he later sold for $500. This was Musk’s first entrepreneurial venture and gave him early exposure to the world of programming and technology.
He Was Bullied in School
Elon Musk endured intense bullying during his school years in South Africa. At one point, he was beaten so severely by classmates that he had to be hospitalized.
Elon Dropped Out of a PhD Program
Elon Musk briefly attended Stanford University to pursue a PhD in applied physics but dropped out after just two days. He realized that his entrepreneurial goals could be better achieved outside of academia.
Elon Musk’s Mars Ambition
One of Musk’s most audacious goals is to colonize Mars. He founded SpaceX with the long-term goal of making life multiplanetary. Musk has repeatedly said he wants to send humans to Mars within his lifetime.
Musk’s Fear of AI
Despite co-founding OpenAI, Musk has often expressed concerns about artificial intelligence. He believes that unregulated AI could pose a serious threat to humanity, going as far as to call it more dangerous than nuclear weapons.
Elon Musk Doesn’t Take Salaries
Despite being one of the wealthiest people in the world, Musk doesn’t take a salary from his companies. Instead, he opts for stock options, which are tied to the success of his companies.
He Lived on $1 a Day in College
During his college years, Musk lived on just $1 a day by buying groceries in bulk. He would often eat cheap food like hot dogs and oranges to save money for bigger dreams.
Elon Musk’s Quirky Sense of Humor
Musk is known for his quirky and sometimes controversial sense of humor, especially on social media. His tweets about topics ranging from Dogecoin to memes often go viral.
Musk Has Asperger’s Syndrome
In 2021, Musk revealed on Saturday Night Live that he has Asperger’s syndrome, a form of autism that often makes social interactions challenging. Despite this, Musk has successfully navigated the high-pressure worlds of business and technology.
Elon Musk is a Father of 10 Children
Elon Musk has fathered 10 children from various relationships. He has expressed that he views population decline as one of the biggest threats to humanity and that he is doing his part to counter it.
Musk Reads 2 Books a Day
Elon Musk is an avid reader, and his reading habits are intense. He has said that he used to read up to two books a day on a variety of subjects, including science fiction, philosophy, and engineering.
Elon Musk Was Once Broke
After selling PayPal, Musk reinvested almost all of his earnings into his ventures like Tesla and SpaceX. By 2008, he was so financially stretched that he had to borrow money for rent.
Elon Musk’s Boring Company
In 2016, Musk founded The Boring Company, a tunnel construction and infrastructure firm. The company aims to reduce traffic congestion by building underground transportation systems.
He Opened Tesla’s Patents
In 2014, Musk announced that Tesla would open its patents to the public in an effort to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles worldwide. This move was seen as unprecedented in the highly competitive automotive industry.
Elon Musk’s Stint on Saturday Night Live
In May 2021, Musk made his debut as a host on Saturday Night Live, becoming one of the few non-entertainment industry figures to host the show. His appearance drew mixed reactions but garnered significant media attention.
Musk Owns a McLaren F1
Musk once owned a rare McLaren F1 supercar, which he purchased with part of his proceeds from the sale of Zip2. Unfortunately, he wrecked the car in 2000 without having insured it, and it was damaged beyond repair.
He Became the Richest Person in the World in 2021
In January 2021, Musk briefly overtook Jeff Bezos to become the richest person in the world, thanks to Tesla’s surging stock price. Although the rankings fluctuate, Musk’s net worth remains in the hundreds of billions.
He Was a Heavy Sleeper
Musk used to sleep for more than eight hours a night, but after founding his companies, he reportedly cut his sleep to about six hours a night to have more time for work.
He Taught Himself Rocket Science
Elon Musk didn’t have a formal background in aerospace engineering before founding SpaceX. He taught himself rocket science by reading textbooks and speaking with experts in the field.
Musk’s Father’s Wealth
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Elon Musk’s father, Errol Musk, was a wealthy South African engineer who helped Elon financially in his early days. However, the two have had a tumultuous relationship over the years, with Elon describing his father as a difficult person.
Elon Musk’s $6 Billion Philanthropy Pledge
In 2021, Musk pledged to donate $6 billion to address world hunger after a United Nations official suggested that such an amount could help solve the crisis. However, the specifics of this pledge remain under discussion.
He Has a High Pain Threshold
Musk has admitted that he has an unusually high pain threshold, which has helped him endure both physical and mental challenges over the years.
He Plans to Die on Mars
Elon Musk has said that he would like to die on Mars, but not on impact. His dedication to space exploration is so deep that he envisions his final moments on the Red Planet, marking the fulfillment of his life’s dream.
Sew Colorful 
Happy Birthday Elon!
Morning All!
cloudy, dreary again. we need to break this dang pattern!
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Morning, Pat! Clear and sunny here this morning but already up to 74 – gonna be a hot one.
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Morning Filly!
yeah I am going out shortly to weed the garden! i haven’t been able to get to do that for almost a MONTH with all the heavy rains and the crappy weather.
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Have to sign in at each and every site these days.
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me too!
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Wow. A simply stunning week for MAGA. If you’re a Trump supporter, you are LOVING it right now.
A ceasefire between Iran and Israel, after the nuclear facilities are destroyed.
Supreme Court ends the judicial coup by limiting nationwide injunctions.
Trump secures 5% of GDP defense spending from *every* NATO country – amounting to billions.
Rwanda and the Congo have just signed a peace deal – another war ended.
Trump received permission from SCOTUS to send illegals to third party countries.
The S&P 500 and NASDAQ hit RECORD highs.
Trump emerges victorious after a Senate attempt to rein in his Iran strikes through a War Powers resolution.
The China trade deal has been signed.
Several food giants joined the growing list removing artificial dyes from their food products.
Economic experts admit total defeat over Trump’s tariffs.
Social Security handouts saw the largest monthly decline EVER after attempts to end waste, fraud and abuse.
“Big Balls” made a return to the Trump admin.
General Electric Appliances is moving manufacturing from China to Kentucky, USA.
The Pentagon begun reinstating servicemembers wrongfully discharged for refusing the COVID vaccine.
The DEI President of University of Virginia resigned after pressure from the Trump admin.
It’s a good day to be MAGA.
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June 28, 2025 00:28
This is the abandoned Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in the Florida Everglades that will now be used as “Alligator Alcatraz.”
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LIKE – ! Gators are great prison guards.
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🚨BREAKING🚨
CBP executed a federal search warrant today at a human smuggling hub in Los Angeles tied to national security threats. Two individuals were arrested during the operation, which was led by CBP’s Special Response Team with support from Border Patrol tactical units and Air and Marine Operations.
Earlier this week, seven Iranian nationals were arrested at the same address—including individuals on the FBI Terror Watchlist and associates of an Iranian human trafficking network. The location has been repeatedly used to harbor illegal entrants linked to terrorism.
Under @POTUS, CBP is taking aggressive action to shut down smuggling networks and remove national security threats before they can do harm.
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🚨 TRUMP: DESIGNATE THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION🚨
The Muslim Brotherhood is not just a foreign entity, it is a global ideological machine of subversion, deception, and infiltration. It is the original parent structure behind many of the extremist movements that have plagued the world, including Hamas, Al-Qaeda, and various terror-linked political operations across the globe.
It is a Fifth Generation Warfare actor – blending religion, politics, and warfare into a covert insurgency against Western nations. And yes, it is active inside the United States right NOW!!!
Psychological Warfare.
The Muslim Brotherhood doesn’t storm beaches. It infiltrates school boards, universities, media, lobbying groups, and political campaigns. It’s the master of the “victimhood weapon,” using identity politics and religious cover to hide a war plan in plain sight. They don’t just chant “Death to America” on the street, they teach your kids that America was always evil.
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The Brotherhood doesn’t need to plant bombs when they’ve already planted their operatives inside our institutions. What we’re dealing with is Stealth Jihad and unless we wake up now, we’ll be handing over the Republic without a shot being fired.
President Trump understands this. That’s why designating the Muslim Brotherhood as a TERRORIST ORGANIZATION is not just the right move, it’s overdue.
This isn’t about religion.
This is about national survival of the United States.
Investigate. Locate. Dismantle. Remove.
Semper Fi.
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June 28, 2025 1:41 am
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June 28, 2025 3:15 am
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Linda Sun AKA “Wen Sun,” “Ling Da Sun,” “Linda Hu” Born in PRC-China Naturalized American Citizen.
Chris HU -Spouse? Residing in Eastern District of NY 2012 -2023. SUN worked for the New York State government in positions that included:
(a) Director of Asian American Affairs and Queens Regional Representative to (Hochul) Director of External Affairs of Global New York for Empire State
– Grand Jury indictment 2025 CHARGED with multimillion dollar PPE fraud and kickback scheme She allegedly falsified information to obtain awards of state contracts to businesses operated by her family members and secretly received kickbacks.
It is ALSO alleged that Linda Sun acted as an unregistered foreign agent for China. Charges include honest services wire fraud, honest services wire fraud conspiracy, bribery, conspiracy to defraud the United States, and tax evasion
https://nitter.poast.org/KittraKittra/status/1938838741532967083#m
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June 28, 2025 6:56 am
Uh oh…..Little Andrew in big, BIG TRUBBLE…
Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman): “Democrats aren’t going to make it out of this. Trump has ended them, once and for all. Today was the final straw. You can hear it in their tone. “There is a lot of bad news.” “There are no silver linings here.” “The gloves are off. There are no restraints.”” | nitter.poast.org https://share.google/8gW9Zy0FFjgrZzecC
Crowdsource The Truth (@JG_CSTT): “🚨BREAKING: Former Mueller prosecutor and criminal lawfare practitioner Andrew Weissmann bought $7.5M in NYC real estate from a longtime Jeffrey Epstein co-investor just days before the bank funding the deal collapsed. This is not a conspiracy theory. It’s documented below: 🧵” | nitter.poast.org https://share.google/Bt0OuY1LEseirJbGs
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“Harvard Begs Major Corporations for Cash Amid Trump’s Funding Cuts: Report”
Matthew Xiao, June 27, 2025
ENTIRE ARTICLE: “Harvard University is asking major corporations for research funding after President Donald Trump revoked more than $2 billion in federal grants from the school over campus anti-Semitism and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.
Harvard is “ramping up conversations with big technology and pharmaceutical companies in efforts to drive more corporate funding so research stays active,” the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The talks remain in early stages, with no new funding agreements yet secured, according to university and company sources.
The corporate outreach comes as Trump has cracked down on Harvard for failing to protect Jewish students from violent protesters and implementing what he calls “discriminatory and illegal” DEI policies. Trump has frozen nearly $3 billion in federal funding from Harvard, revoked the school’s authorization to host international students, and proposed removing Harvard’s tax-exempt status if the university “keeps pushing political, ideological, and terrorist inspired/supporting ‘Sickness.'”
Harvard, which has twice sued the Trump administration, is negotiating for a possible deal, Trump posted last Friday on Truth Social.
Trump has withdrawn billions more in federal funding from other U.S. universities. New York University is among the research schools that are also in early talks with large corporations to plug funding gaps, according to the Journal.
Both Harvard Medical School, which has lost around $230 million in annual grants, and the Wyss Institute, a Harvard-affiliated center for biological engineering, are talking to several companies about forming research arrangements, the Journal reported.
The funding cuts have hit Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health especially hard, the Journal reported. The Chan school, once reliant on federal grants for over 70 percent of its annual research budget, has resorted to layoffs and expects to shut down half of its federally funded projects by next year if the funding isn’t restored.
“The situation is far more dire at the Chan school than any other Harvard school,” Sarah Branstrator, Chan’s managing director of academic strategy and research partnerships, told the Journal. “That has prompted immediate action out of sheer necessity.”
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this would be “find out” part of FAFO…LOL
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“A Wonderful Day of Supreme Court WINS”
Libs of TikTok, Jun 27, 2025
“It’s not too often that you get not just one, but FOUR MAJOR WINS in a row at the Supreme Court. The first win from SCOTUS was an essential ruling on the power that rogue judges have over the President of the United States. The ruling was a HUGE WIN, as the Supreme Court instructed district courts to STOP the endless nationwide injunctions against President Trump.
The next ruling came in shortly after…The Supreme Court dropped a MASSIVE victory for parental rights, ruling that schools must be required to give parental notification and an opt-out option for LGBTQ+ books in schools.
The third ruling resulted in a HUGE victory for the protection of children from obscene online material. The Supreme Court UPHELD Texas’s Age-Verification law which mandates users provide ID to access porn sites.
The fourth ruling was a major blow to Planned Parenthood. In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court UPHELD South Carolina’s ban on using Medicaid funds to reimburse Planned Parenthood services.
As the Democrats and the mainstream media fall into a frenzy over the rulings, parents, patriots, and law-abiding American citizens can go into the weekend with a multitude of wins under their belt.
However, despite the legal victories, the corruption of our institutions is far from being completely expunged. That’s why the mission at Libs of TikTok is so important!
While the Left complains about not being able to show porn to kids, or block lawful Presidential orders, or push LGBTQ propaganda on students, we’ll work every day to expose their lies and radical agenda. Have a great weekend and see you next week! -LoTT Team
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Planned Parenthood is pushing all the perversions – including child mutilation clinics and lifelong trans hormones.
It’s an evil sicko organization – and there have been rumors of satanic worship rites at their ‘clinics’ – abortion is a revival of Molech worship human/child sacrifice.
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EXCERPT: “Before the Supreme Court ordered Maryland’s Montgomery County Public Schools to let parents opt out their children from gender ideology lessons, that suburban D.C. district allegedly paid a hefty settlement in a separate 2023 lawsuit claiming its staff unconstitutionally silenced a critic of the opt-out ban on social media.
Colorado didn’t wait nearly as long before reframing a gender identity policy that Christian summer camps argued would trample their rights, which could have kept the state tied up in court as it prepares to defend a similar policy on therapists at SCOTUS next term.
The Centennial State held out for about six weeks after Camp IdRaHaJe Association, whose name refers to the hymn, “I’d Rather Have Jesus,” sued to block new childcare licensing rules requiring campers to be treated by their gender identity in sleeping arrangements, dressing areas, restrooms and showers – without an explicit religious carveout.
The association’s lawyers at the Alliance Defending Freedom dismissed the lawsuit in light of a settlement with the leaders of the Colorado Department of Early Childhood and its Division of Early Learning Licensing and Administration that explicitly exempts from the new rules IdRaHaJe and all other places “principally used for religious purposes.”
“The Department will not cite, suspend its license, revoke its license, or otherwise take enforcement action against the Camp based on alleged noncompliance” with the gender identity rules, because IdRaHaJe is “not a covered entity” or a “place of public accommodation” based on its asserted religious purpose, the settlement reads.
CDEC issued an “information memo” June 20 that clarifies the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act is only applicable to licensed child care facilities that are places of public accommodation and claims it has “never interpreted or enforced” the rules beyond those places, despite IdRaHaJe claiming that CDEC twice rejected its religious-exemption proposal.
“In addition to this memo, CDEC is currently considering amending the rule language for further clarification,” the memo says.
“State officials must respect religious ministries and their beliefs about human sexuality; they can’t force a Christian summer camp to violate its convictions,” ADF legal counsel Andrea Dill said, while noting the camp accepts “children from all backgrounds and beliefs.”
Asked for exemption, state told camp to ‘seek legal counsel’
The division updated an administrative guide for “children’s resident camps” to specify that “churches, synagogues, mosques, or any other place that is principally used for religious purposes” are not required to subject girls to gender-confused boys, and vice versa, in their restrooms, showers, tents, bunks and undressing facilities.
The settlement and updated guide suggest CDEC’s policy against giving “advisory opinions” – legally nonbinding decisions rendered outside a specific case – led IdRaHaJe to believe it would risk enforcement unless it complied with the new rules.
In response to the camp’s written comment seeking a religious exemption, CDEC said the rules comply with Colorado Civil Rights Commission regulations and suggested IdRaHaJe “seek legal counsel for additional clarification.”
The four newly updated sections referring to gender identity in the administrative guide each end with a disclaimer: “The Department does not provide advisory opinions about whether an entity is covered by CADA.”….
https://justthenews.com/nation/religion/christian-summer-camp-lawsuit-prompts-religious-exemptions-colorados-gender
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It’s confusing – is this a good thing or not???
Just The News: “A group of 17 Republican governors on Friday sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune, asking him to remove a moratorium enforcing state and local artificial intelligence laws from the Senate’s version of the “One, Big, Beautiful Bill.”
The governors are not the first Republicans to oppose the moratorium; Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene claimed she was not aware of the 10-year moratorium in the House’s version of the bill when she voted in favor of it and said she would have changed her vote because it violates states’ rights.
The governors appeared to support Greene’s interpretation, arguing it would undo their efforts to protect citizens from potential harm the technology could cause, according to Politico. Several Senate Republicans also oppose the moratorium.
“While the legislation overall is very strong, there is one small portion of it that threatens to undo all the work states have done to protect our citizens from the misuse of artificial intelligence,” the governors wrote. “We are writing to encourage congressional leadership to strip this provision from the bill before it goes to President Trump’s desk for his signature.”
The letter was signed by the governors of Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah and Wyoming.
Greene warned in a statement earlier this month that the current language could tie states’ hands if artificial intelligence becomes dangerous in the future, and urged the Senate to pull the section.
“We have no idea what AI will be capable of in the next 10 years and giving it free rein and tying states hands is potentially dangerous,” Greene wrote on X. “We should be reducing federal power and preserving state power. Not the other way around. Especially with rapidly developing AI that even the experts warn they have no idea what it may be capable of.”
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i dunno…but i do trust that ai will become dangerous. anything that is programmed can be programmed to do evil. GIGO
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Just The News: “Kentucky GOP Rep. Andy Barr on Friday introduced a Constitutional amendment in the House that seeks to end birthright citizenship for children of illegal migrants, hours after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Trump administration.
The Supreme Court in its ruling did not determine whether President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order ran afoul of the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment, but found that the lower courts likely lack the authority to impose universal injunctions.
The amendment, titled the “Protecting American Citizenship Amendment,” seeks to clarify that the birthright citizenship provision of the 14th Amendment applies to persons who are “subject to the jurisdiction” and owe allegiance to the United States, and does not apply to the children of non-citizens.
“I applaud [The Supreme Court] for limiting injunctions, but we cannot wait on ending birthright citizenship for illegal immigrants,” Barr said in a statement. “I’ll be introducing a Constitutional Amendment in Congress immediately to put an end to this debate and end birthright citizenship for illegal immigrants once and for all.
“We must fight on every front and do whatever it takes to help President Trump protect America,” he added.”
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there is a provision in law–iirc–that children cannot profit off a parent’s crime. if my dad steals a $100MILLION, I can’t expect to live off that money if he goes to jail. so why do children of criminals–illegal aliens get to have citizenship and all the benefits of that citizenship when they are only here because of an illegal act?
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Damned good question!
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Fricking coward Thune!!! SMH – restore ALL the cuts that idiot “parliamentarian” removed FIRST!!!!
Just The News: “The Senate is expected to hold its first vote on its version of President Donald Trump’s “One, Big Beautiful Bill” on Saturday, sources told Politico Friday, with the initial vote scheduled tentatively for 12 p.m. Eastern.
The timeline was revealed during a closed-door lunch on Friday, where House Speaker Mike Johnson tried to sell Senate Republicans on the House’s state-and-local-taxes (SALT) deduction cap agreement. Sens. John Kennedy of Louisiana and John Hoeven of North Dakota confirmed the timeline that was announced in the meeting.
The vote comes after the House passed its version of the legislation earlier this month, and the Senate is hoping to see the final version of the legislation make it to the president’s desk by July 4.
Senators returned to Washington, D.C., on Monday to work on passing the bill, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune vowed not to let members leave the city until the job is finished. However, the Senate Parliamentarian has stripped some of the chamber’s provisions, including key changes to funding for Medicaid.”
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she needs to be FIRED. she is not in the position for life.
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Just The News: “Senate Republicans released an amended version of the House-passed tax-cut and spending bill supported by President Trump. The Senate on Saturday is set to begin debate on the 940-page megabill, formally called the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”
The bill would extend the 2017 tax cuts and create some new tax benefits like eliminating tax on tips and overtime pay. Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth McDonough has rejected key parts of the bill, including the Medicaid and SNAP reform portions.
GOP supporters of the bill argue it is needed to prevent tax increases, given that the 2017 Trump tax cuts expire soon without action from Congress. Some budget estimates suggest the bill would add about $3 trillion to the U.S. national debt over a 10-year period.”
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i really wanna know on what grounds she removed the provisions?
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State Dept, Jun 28
Author: U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker
“The Trump Administration made history in the Netherlands this week, as we ensured that the strongest Alliance in history is prepared to address the threats of tomorrow. Constructed by the U.S. and our Allies from the ruins of two destructive world wars, NATO has secured nearly eighty years of peace for its members.
Today, we face an increasingly dangerous world – with rising threats from adversaries and instability on NATO’s borders – and our Alliance must once again adapt to meet this moment.
What happened at the NATO Summit in The Hague, is monumental: after years of underinvestment in defense and reliance on the United States, our Allies stepped up to take more responsibility for their own security, following President Trump’s call for Allies to invest more.
As the U.S. Ambassador to NATO, I’ve advanced President Trump’s call for all Allies to commit 5 percent of GDP to defense. This is not a symbolic gesture: NATO’s peace is underpinned by our shared commitment to deter aggressors, and this new era will require greater collective investment.
For NATO to thrive, it must be a true Alliance of equals. As Secretary Rubio said, Europe has a vital stake in securing peace at home. Under Article 3 of the North Atlantic Treaty, Allies must each invest in their individual security.
Now, this includes the full spectrum of deterrence: from missiles and troops to cyber defense, infrastructure, and emerging technologies. As European Allies and Canada step up their investments, they strengthen NATO’s collective defense and reinforce the industrial power that fuels it, much of which is rooted in American communities.
Defense investment by Allies safeguards freedoms for all of us. And it also brings jobs to the United States. In 2024 alone, NATO Allies bought some $21 billion defense equipment from the United States, supporting manufacturing and employment here at home.
During the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Dayton, Ohio, last month, I visited American industry leaders and producers who are transforming Allied defense spending into strength on both sides of the Atlantic. At the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center in Lima, Ohio, I watched U.S. workers assemble Abrams tanks bound for NATO Allies such as Poland. These tanks are more than tools of deterrence and defense: they are the product of our shared resolve and economic opportunity.
When Europe invests in its own defense, it also directly supports American jobs, strengthens our industrial base, and reinforces NATO’s collective security.
Just as the security environment has changed, the way we fight has changed. The conflicts and crises of today – and those to come – will require us to rely on advanced technology just as much as traditional military strength.
The truth is, the gap between American defense innovation and the rest of the world is vast. And for NATO to maintain credible deterrence, the Alliance relies on American technology to provide the backbone of our collective defense. It is American tech companies developing AI-driven manufacturing systems, next-gen defense software, and rapid prototyping platforms that will keep our forces ahead of the curve. Every European defense dollar invested in NATO means new opportunities in American towns developing defense tech.
As we look beyond the NATO Summit in The Hague, bold commitments on defense investment must be matched by action. But the road to a stronger NATO doesn’t start in Brussels. It starts in communities across the United States where leadership, industry, and patriotism come together to support peace.
The story of NATO’s founding reminds us: peace is not a gift, it is earned. It is built through resolve, investment, and the unshakable belief that freedom must be defended. Let’s carry that legacy forward, together, through strength.”
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Good grief! How long does Dr. Lutz think it will take to eliminate the phlegm??? He sent me 6 bottles of 360 pills! 1 pill 5/times a day! They do love to overmedicate, seems to me!!!
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GEES!
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WTH is byrna?
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It’s a pepper spray weapon. I had never heard of it either. https://byrna.com/
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thank you!
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gees…I was out there for about 2 hours and got about half of the garden done. the dirt was like concrete. hard to kneel on, and even harder to dig into!
surprise, surprise though. at the end of last season, we had a bad storm and several of the last cherry tomatoes fell on the ground and rotted. well, we’ve got cherry tomato plants coming up everywhere the garden…lol not sure they’ll get big enough to produce anything, but i let them be.
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“Ya know what she’s bitching about? She thinks it’s perfectly okay for minor federal courts to issue universal injunctions – injunctions made by a regional court that effect the entire country. She thinks that is fine. It’s simple, you fucking fuckwad – I don’t want some judge in Podunk, Iowa making decisions that effect me here in Florida. Savvy, bitch?”
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sonia, jackson and elena do not belong on the court
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Oh, hell no! They should all be impeached, IMO.
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“The eruption was the most powerful in recorded memory,10 times more powerful than the more famous Krakatoa, a hundred times stronger than Mount St. Helens. Thousands died immediately from breathing the ash, or drinking the water; thousands more from starvation, totaling nearly 90,000 deaths in Indonesia alone. But that was just the beginning.
In addition to millions of tons of ash, the force of the eruption threw 55 million tons of sulfur-dioxide gas more than twenty miles into the air, into the stratosphere. There, the sulfur dioxide rapidly combined with readily available hydroxide gas – which, in liquid form, is commonly known as hydrogen peroxide – to form more than 100 million tons of sulfuric acid.
The cloud spread around the world and caused global temperatures to drop 2 degrees Celsius, or about 3 degrees Fahrenheit. That doesn’t sound like much of a change, but in fact, it’s a massive change – it caused the ‘Year Without Summer’ in 1816, and it stayed abnormally cool for almost a decade.
Crops failed, people starved and rioted, diseases ran rampant, rivers froze. April was cruel; A snowstorm started on April 12 that buried Quebec City in four feet of snow. That was just the start. In August, Thomas Jefferson wrote: “We have had the most extraordinary year of drought and cold ever known in the history of America.”
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“In what can only be termed a history-making verdict that will give the world’s skies a revolution, iconic supersonic legend Concorde, synonymous with speed and luxury, is set to fly again come 2026.
This revival has been made possible by the executive order signed by Trump on June 6th, widely referred to as the “Concorde Bill.” This significant legislation lifts a decades-long ban that had stifled supersonic innovation due to environmental concerns and the disruptive sonic booms created by previous-generation aircraft flying over populated areas. Originally enacted to mitigate noise pollution and environmental impact, the ban effectively halted all progress in supersonic passenger aviation over continental land.
With this landmark regulatory shift, experts predict unprecedented innovation, reigniting global interest and investment in sustainable supersonic technology. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) anticipates significant economic benefits from this resurgence, along with measurable advancements in aerospace engineering and environmental sustainability.”
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“This graphic demonstrates just how worthless some college degrees really are, ranking various college degrees based on their unemployment rates and mid-career income, according to data current as of May 2025 from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Key takeaways from the list include:
Anthropology: has the highest unemployment rate at 9.4%.
Physics: follows with a 7.8% unemployment rate.
Computer Engineering: has a 7.5% unemployment rate.
Journalism: is listed with a 4.4% unemployment rate.
The list also includes the mid-career income associated with each degree, providing a comprehensive view of employment prospects and earning potential. How’s that English Lit masters working for you, Shakespeare?”
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where’s gender studies on that list?
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Liberal Arts? Political Science? Sociology?
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what a useless bunch of degrees
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Oh, I can guarantee it was NOT “forgotten” by Big Pharma!!!
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yup…if they can’t make $$ on it, they ignore it.
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Never heard of it – wonder if it’s widely available or even still being manufactured?
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Definitely a poorly educated affirmative action nomination.
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Just The News: “Court filings show the U.S. Justice Department settled its lawsuit against Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s cash acquisition of Juniper Networks. The acquisition was $14 billion.
In January, DOJ sued HPE, arguing the proposed transaction “would eliminate fierce head-to-head competition between the companies, raise prices, reduce innovation, and diminish choice for scores of American businesses and institutions, in violation of Section 7 of the Clayton Act.”
Both companies said in a news release that HPE has “agreed to divest its global Instant On campus and branch business” and HPE will “facilitate limited access to Juniper’s advanced Mist AIOps technology.”
Under the settlement agreement, the company must divest HPE’s “Instant On” wireless network program and license the source code for Juniper’s Mist AI software that is used in Juniper’s WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) products, Reuters confirmed.
A judge has to approve the settlement.
“Our agreement with the DOJ paves the way to close HPE’s acquisition of Juniper Networks and preserves the intended benefits of this deal for our customers and shareholders, while creating greater competition in the global networking market,” said Antonio Neri, president and CEO of HPE, in a statement. “For the first time, customers will now have a modern network architecture alternative that can best support the demands of AI workloads. The combination of HPE Aruba Networking and Juniper Networks will provide customers with a comprehensive portfolio of secure, AI-native networking solutions, and accelerate HPE’s ability to grow in the AI data center, service provider and cloud segments.”
Juniper Networks CEO Rami Rahim described the settlement as an “exciting step forward in delivering on a critical customer need – a complete portfolio of modern, secure networking solutions to connect their organizations and provide essential foundations for hybrid cloud and AI.”
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My back is screaming for my recliner…..hopefully, I don’t fall asleep…..
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if you fall asleep, your body probably needs it!
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Who is this joker? Does he pay property taxes anywhere?
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muslim in nyc. dunno what he does.
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Well, after a sidetrack to the BR, I’m…..but you’ll probably be signing off soon, Pat. Good night!
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nah…we just got back…so I’ll be here a little while.
we went out to a subway for subs and the town in between here and there was having their July 4th parade…LOL. ended up being mostly fire trucks from the surrounding little towns throwing candy to the little ones.
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Just The News: “The Senate GOP has proposed a faster deadline for the elimination of federal electric vehicle (EV) tax credits in their version of President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”
Under the Senate bill, the deadline for ending the credit would move to September 30 from December 31 in the House version of the so-called megabill, which is a tax-cut and spending package.
Currently, the tax credit on new EV purchases and leases of vehicles $80,000 and under is up to $7,500 and the tax credit on used EVs under $25,000 is up to $4,000.
The House version also allowed automakers who have sold less than 200,000 EVs to continue selling models eligible for the EV tax credit until the end of 2026. The 940-page Senate version was released publicly late Friday night.”
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“Researchers find over 1,000 barrels of nuclear waste in the Atlantic Ocean…
Switzerland, among others, dumped barrels of nuclear waste in the middle of the Atlantic decades ago. The exact location of these barrels remained unclear for a long time. An expedition is now uncovering them…
👉 Only banned since 1993… Up to 200,000…“
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gees…
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“The new head of the British secret service MI-6 is a descendant of a Ukrainian Nazi. Her grandfather, Konstantin Dobrovolski was known as ‘The Butcher’…”
“MI6 distances its new chief from Nazi grandfather…”
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0l406gpydgo
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HOLY SHIT!!!!!
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who is that in the last picture?
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whoa…i would never sit a chair that close to an open fire–sparks fly!
that looks like a pheasant feather by the books too…cool.
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hey^^^^^ ME TOO!!
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LOLOLOLOL
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kale? YUCK!
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OMG!!!!! i would love to drive the whale…LOL
that pooh one is sooooo true!
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OK, I’m done with this shit – my internet keeps going out so I’m checking out. Have a good night!
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