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Elon Musk was beaten so badly by bullies at his school in South Africa that he was hospitalized. He was thrown down a flight of concrete stairs and kicked in the head until he lost consciousness. He was 13 years old. The attack was so severe that he had difficulty breathing through his nose for years afterward and eventually required surgery to repair the damage. The bullying was not a single incident. It was systematic. Daily. For years. He was the smallest kid in his year. He was the one who read encyclopedias instead of playing sports. He was the one who corrected teachers in class. In the social hierarchy of a South African boys' school in the 1980s, these traits did not earn respect. They earned violence. He has described the experience as the most formative period of his life. Not the companies. Not the billions. Not the rockets. The years of being beaten by children who hated him for being different. He told an interviewer that there were days he was afraid to go to school. The man who would later challenge entire industries and governments was afraid to walk through a school gate. His father, by multiple accounts, offered no protection. When Elon came home bruised and bleeding, the response was not comfort. It was indifference or, worse, the suggestion that he deserved it. The one place a child expects safety, home, offered the same emotional climate as the schoolyard. Nowhere was safe. The man who builds rockets that survive re entry through temperatures that would melt steel was once a boy who couldn't survive a school day without being hit. The resilience the world admires didn't come from success. It was forged in a schoolyard in Pretoria by children who had no idea they were shaping the most consequential person of their generation. The bullies are still in South Africa. The boy they hospitalized employs 130,000 people and is building a city on Mars. The violence made him harder than the people who inflicted it. That was not the outcome they intended.

🚨HEARTBREAKING: Halfway through her pregnancy, a young mother learned the baby boy growing inside her would not survive outside her womb. She carried him for another four months knowing that for as long as he remained inside her, she could keep him safe. Peter James Raridon was born September 11th. His mom Anna and dad Eli, a rookie tight end for the New England Patriots, learned during their 20-week anatomy scan that Peter had anencephaly, a fatal condition affecting development of the brain and skull. Instead of preparing to bring their first baby home, they spent the remainder of the pregnancy loving him while knowing their time together would likely be painfully short. Anna says she is grateful she got to love Peter, protect him and be his home for nine months. Then she wrote the words that absolutely broke my heart: “I have loved you every second of your life & will miss you every second of mine.” Anna and Eli are leaning heavily on their faith, believing their son’s life had meaning regardless of how brief it was and that their goodbye is not forever. One of the images they shared shows Peter’s tiny footprints inside a Bible. A reminder that this little boy was here, he was deeply loved, and he will always be their son. Please pray for these young parents and for every mother and father who understands the heartbreak of loving a baby they never got to bring home.

Timeline cleanse Winter is coming

I am a subscriber and I continue to stand with @DataRepublican. What this woman has done for the country cannot even be given a monetary value. You people want to trash her for being courteous to Massie? You're on your own, because I will not be taking part. Congrats on doing the Left's work for them, though. Many of you Republicans are so addicted to losing that you make it a self fulfilling prophecy. I reject your insane tribalism. I know a good human when I see one.

DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican

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🚨 NEW TOOL: MASS MIGRATION EXPLORER 🚨 🔎 FOLLOW THE PEOPLE. TRACE THE MONEY. 💰 Show this to your friends who think the Trump administration didn't do anything! I've built a tool that maps who came, where they settled, how they got here, and which federally funded

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@data_republican I’ve been married 55 years. I’ve found that every 10-20 years the marriage changes. One has to recommit to the marriage. Life changes but the commitment does not.

@Imamofpeace @haolegirl1965 I’ve followed you for many years. Your words are peaceful and correct. However, as a Christian I’m unable to differentiate you from Islamists that want to kill me. How do I tell the difference?

Incredible. Vance arrives in Alaska carrying his newborn baby. He is single-handedly humanizing fatherhood. Kids aren’t burdens, they’re the future.

Third baby hat and half of a fourth today! (Not shown — fourth is another blue hat). People close to me keep having babies. Why should the adults get all the love?

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For the last 10 years, I have ignored false and misleading stories about me and focused on the work. But the cycle has gotten out of control where old lies get repeated as fact, new ones get added, and the record becomes increasingly distorted. So from time to time, I’m going to respond, not to every allegation. But when the truth matters, I’ll put the facts and supporting information out publicly, and people can judge for themselves.

I became a dad today. Just thought I would share that with the world

@legallymom2 I was in Walgreens picking up my son’s script. The Walgreens employee really did sound like a used car dealer.

@ValerieAnne1970 RFK runs the one agency that can end glycosides on wheat. Why hasn’t he done so?

The State of Israel’s hero of the day is the Indian pilot, Capt. Smit Machchhar, whose remarkable resourcefulness enabled him to unlock the cockpit door and allow the Israeli lions to sink their teeth into the cowardly hyena who nearly killed 200 innocent people! Captain Machchhar, the State of Israel owes you a tremendous debt of gratitude. When the next Knesset convenes, I will submit a bill to name a lounge at Ben Gurion Airport in your honor! I would also like to wish you a full and speedy recovery, and extend my best wishes to your family and your wonderful parents, who taught you that saving human life is the highest value. Tonight, the State of Israel salutes you, Captain Machchhar. 🫡🇮🇱

All the cliches are true. Time really does fly. Happy first birthday to the light of our lives 🩷

Think we're freaking out over nothing? Every traditional vaccine is eventually going to be replaced by mRNA. Here's where things stand just with Moderna. By keeping mRNA on the market, FDA has proven it does not care about safety. I am therefore telling my patients not to get ANY vaccines - FDA has lost all credibility.

.@VP: "If you are in the country illegally, you are subject to deportation. We prefer, of course, that you pick up your bags and go home yourself — but you are subject to deportation... Nobody who has come into the United States illegally should remain in the United States."

“As a Saudi woman whose parents are both Saudi and who comes from the very heart of Saudi Bedouin society, I would like to clarify a few points. The Saudi government has never forced women to wear the niqab; in fact, national identity authorities require us to remove the niqab when taking official photographs. Our issue lies within Saudi society, particularly among the Bedouin population, where a girl is forced to wear the niqab as soon as she gets her first period—and in strict or lower-to-middle-class families, sometimes as early as eight years old. However, women who are daughters of tribal sheikhs, princesses, or from wealthy backgrounds do not wear the niqab! When a Saudi girl in a conservative or poor community dares to speak her mind and state that she does not want to cover her head, she might be killed—like Hadeel Al-Harthi (search her story on Twitter; many Saudi girls stand in solidarity with her). Alternatively, she may be accused of immorality, of trying to entice men on the street, and of opposing Islam. She faces beatings, threats, and may even be forcibly married off to anyone who knocks on the door just so the family can get rid of her! To be fair, parents—especially fathers and brothers—fear gossip from relatives. They dread being shamed in social gatherings (majalis) over the exposed faces of their sisters or daughters. They deny this fear and instead tie it to Islam, claiming that as Saudi women, we must shroud ourselves in black to serve as role models for the rest of the Muslim world, along with similar nonsense. Lastly, I would like to add that when a Saudi man wants to marry a Saudi woman, he ensures she wears the niqab. Yet, when he marries an Arab or foreign woman, he does not force her to wear it at all. This is just information that might be helpful for your tweets. I love my country and I love my religion, but I do not want any man forcing me to cover my face under the pretext of religion when I do not wish to. Thank you.”

My latest guilty pleasure-the videos from @YehudaMeitav that have the musical genius of Weird Al & the discomforting humor of Monty Python. Some are just funny; others deeply serious, but all incredibly creative. Enjoy! (Sorry, many WILL be offended.)

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Louis de Bernieres: ‘Men are expendable. They don’t have the automatic respect they once had.’ When his marriage collapsed, the author was distraught—and then came a custody battle with a legal system prejudiced against fathers… We must address the family court systems globally and their biases against men and fathers!

Shabbes ❤️ That’s all you need to know about critics. Left — Lynn Yaeger, fashion editor at Vogue, who in her articles constantly criticizes Melania Trump’s appearance, style, clothing choices, bags, and shoes. Right — Melania Trump.👇🤣