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Jessica Simpson Shares Sweet Note She Got From Delta Flight Attendant: 'Kindness Rules'
Nov 06, 2024
You never know how much of an impact you'll have on someone by showing them kindness.
Popular singer and songwriter Jessica Simpson realized that earlier this week while flying with Delta Airlines.
After recognizing the singer while handing out snacks to passengers, a flight attendant gave Simpson a snack with an anonymous personal note tucked inside.
The note read:
"Jess, just wanted to thank you for traveling with us. We appreciate, love, and support you. Continue to be a blessing and continue to be blessed."
Simpson took a picture of the note and shared it on her Instagram stories with the caption:
"Kindness rules."
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Simpson also shared a unique selfie on her main Instagram account, showing part of her face while looking out the airplane window.
Simpson captioned this photo:
"Seven years ago today, I walked myself into the light of being alcohol-free."
It was probably already meaningful to Simpson to be on the flight seven years after beginning her journey to sobriety. To receive such an uplifting note during that flight probably must have made it all the better.
"I needed to stop drinking alcohol because it kept my mind and heart circling in the same direction, and quite honestly, I was exhausted."
Fans were touched by the message Simpson received, and they supported her journey.
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Since releasing her memoir, Open Book, Simpson has said repeatedly how touched she is that her message reached the public and that so many people identify with what she went through.
The singer reflected:
"In releasing my memoir, Open Book, I was moved to learn just how much people saw themselves in my story. I am ready to share a lot that has happened in my life since that book was published, including an artistic journey and return to music inspired by pain and betrayal as well as beauty and forgiveness."
"I am looking forward to reconnecting and sharing my heart with all those who might need it in the hope that we can inspire each other and move forward on our parallel journeys.”
This is a great reminder of the importance of telling our stories and that what we have to share will always have a way of helping someone else.
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People Think Emmanuel Macron Just Epically Trolled Trump With His Congratulatory Tweet
Nov 06, 2024
Notable political figures from around the world have begun sending congratulatory messages to Donald Trump after he won his second White House term in the 2024 election.
Early Wednesday morning, many world leaders from countries such as Australia, Canada, Israel, and Malaysia expressed their good wishes in the hopes of maintaining civil relations with the U.S. under Trump's leadership when he returns to the White House in January.
One particular social media post congratulating the soon-to-be 47th President made users smirk.
French President Emmanuel Macron penned a thoughtful message on X (formerly Twitter) that included a word many users thought was intentionally shady.
Macron wrote:
"Congratulations, President @realDonaldTrump. Ready to work together as we did for four years."
"With your convictions and mine. With respect and ambition. For more peace and prosperity."
The presumed meaning of the word "convictions" in this context would lean towards a leader's assuredness in a firm-held belief or opinion.
However, some people were tickled by the notion that Macron may have trolled the first sitting or former U.S. President who has been convicted of criminal charges, specifically relating to Trump's 34 felony counts of falsified business records.
Users had a field day running with this.
Since he may or may not have brought it up, some were curious about Macron's criminal history, if any.
Users had notes for Macron's tweet.
Any attempts at levity are, at this point, quite welcome.
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Jason Kelce Apologizes For Smashing Homophobic Heckler's Phone: 'I'm Not Proud Of It'
Nov 06, 2024
Last weekend while in State College, Pennsylvania, to watch a game between the Nittany Lions and the Ohio State Buckeyes, Jason Kelce stood up for his brother Travis Kelce in an unexpected way, with unfortunate consequences.
While Kelce was passing through campus, a troll walked behind him, recording, and asked him what it was like to have a brother who was dating Taylor Swift, all while calling Travis Kelce a homophobic slur.
Upon hearing the insult, Kelce spun around, addressed the troll face-to-face, took the troll's phone, slammed it into the ground, and then put the broken pieces in his pocket before continuing to cross the campus.
The moment was caught from several camera angles and shared on social media. In one, the heckler can be heard begging for his phone after Kelce threw it down, and Kelce could be heard saying, “Who’s the f****t now?”
Throughout the week, Kelce was haunted by videos, posts, and articles about the incident and felt that he had stooped lower than himself, despite trying to defend his brother in that moment.
At the beginning of the Monday Night Countdownon ESPN this week, Kelce addressed his actions before turning the crew's attention back to the game.
Jason Kelce reflected:
"I think everybody has seen everything that took place on social media this week."
"Listen, I'm not happy with anything that took place. I'm not proud of it."
"In a heated moment, I chose to greet hate with hate, and I just don't think that that's a productive thing. I really don't. I don't think it leads to discourse or is the right way to go about things."
"In that moment, I fell down to a level that I shouldn't have."
"The bottom line is, I want to try to live my life by the Golden Rule. It's what I've always been taught. I try to treat people with common decency and respect, and I'm going to keep doing that moving forward."
"Even though I fell short this week, I'm going to do that and continue to do that."
You can watch the statement here:
Jason Kelce opens "Monday Night Countdown" with an apology.
"I chose to greet hate with hate, and I just don't think that's a productive thing." pic.twitter.com/9rScqAKpVD
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) November 4, 2024
Fans reassured Kelce that he didn't need to apologize for standing up for his brother.
He shouldn’t have to apologize for sticking up for his brother
— Gentleman's Playbook (@GentsPlaybook) November 4, 2024
Feel like ESPN talked him into it. Kelce did nothing wrong in my eyes
— RGF (@rgfray1) November 4, 2024
I apologize to Jason Kelce for the fact that we live in a world whereby he needs to apologize.
— CuiBono (@CuiBonoCapital) November 5, 2024
Dude did nothing wrong.
Jason, we got you.
— YS (@NYinLA2121) November 4, 2024
He did nothing wrong
— Tyler (@therealsikmoney) November 4, 2024
No apology was needed
— Eric Berg (@BetsByBerg) November 4, 2024
We don’t even need this everyone is literally behind you
— Anker (@Robocop_70) November 4, 2024
well @JasonKelce ,... you were perfectly in the right. And that fact that you restrained yourself from what that loudmouth brat really deserved is more than enough for me.
You're a good dude.
— Joe Miller III (@joemillerwired) November 4, 2024
Nah that was valid
— Red Raider Man🌵 (@redraiderman1) November 4, 2024
Sad that he even has to address it.
— Veritas Libertas (@VeritasLiberta8) November 5, 2024
Fans may have applauded Kelce's actions in spite of how he lost his temper, but it's nice to see people taking responsibility for their actions.
If more people tried to treat others with dignity and respect, and to apologize when they fall short, the world might look a lot different.
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Ohio Sheriff's Lt. Blames Sleep Meds For FB Posts Saying He 'Will Not Help' Democratic Voters
Nov 06, 2024
A sheriff's lieutenant in Clark County, Ohio, claimed he wasn't fully aware of what he was doing when he wrote a series of Facebook posts declaring he would not protect them if they voted Democratic in the 2024 election.
Uniform Patrol Lieutenant John Rodgers, who has worked for the Clark County Sheriff's office since 2002, wrote a series of Facebook posts explaining he would need proof a person didn't vote for Democratic candidate Kamala Harris before offering them aid or assistance.
In one of the posts included in his personnel file, Rodgers wrote:
“At the end of the day I will require proof of who you voted for if you ask me for help. Weapons and ammo are not cheap.”
Another post dated October 20 said:
“I am sorry. If you support the Democrat party I will not help you.”
“The problem is that I know which of you supports the Democratic Party and I will not help you survive the end of days,” Rodgers wrote in a different post.
Some of his posts were shared more than 250,000 times.
The Sheriff's Office in question is located in Springfield, the same city referred to by Republican candidate Donald Trump, who falsely suggested that migrants there were eating people's pets.
Trump made his unsupported claim while griping about undocumented immigrants during his only presidential debate with Harris.
His hyperbolic statements about immigrants "eating the dogs," despite a lack of local news reports on such incidents have caused fear among Springfield's Haitian community after facing a series of bomb threats.
In light of his Facebook post controversy, Rodgers blamed his behavior on prescribed sleep medication and alleged that side effects include writing “out of character” texts and messages and other forms of communication, according to Springfield News-Sun.
An investigative file obtained by WHIO-TV 7, an inter-office communication with supervisors showed that Rodgers wrote:
“I do not remember writing these posts or deleting any posts.”
“I was taken aback when I read those messages and do not have those, nor have I ever had feelings toward anyone like what was depicted in the posts."
“I have served this community, this County and the State for the last 31 years serving as a firefighter, campus policy officer and a Sheriff’s Deputy."
"There is no other job that [I] would want to be doing than the one that [I] am currently at.”
He apologized for causing concern and said that he deactivated his Facebook account and stopped taking the medication.
Rodgers also said he reached out to the Clark County Commission, community partners, and the NAACP to have “face-to-face conversations” about his indiscretion and to “take ownership of the posts” and apologize.
He continued:
“I know I cannot apologize enough, and my apologies may seem empty, but I will continue to apologize as long as necessary."
Rodgers added:
“I know in this day and age society has a perception of law enforcement that may not always be positive, and I have now added to that perception."
"I accept responsibility for the messages, and I deeply regret making them.”
A representative for the sheriff’s office deemed Rodgers' posts "highly inappropriate," adding that the comments expressed don't reflect the office’s values and mission.
Chief Deputy Mike Young said in a statement:
“The community has a right to be upset over the actions of Lt. Rodgers and he, as well as the Sheriff’s Office in general, will have to work even harder to replenish the trust of members of our community."
The department apologized for the incident and said they gave Rodgers a written reprimand in violation of their social media policy.
Rodgers remains on active duty.
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Former Navy SEAL Roasted For Claiming Male Gen Z Harris Voters Would Be His 'Concubines'
Nov 06, 2024
Former Navy SEAL Robert O'Neill is regarded by many as an American hero, as he's credited as the man who took out Osama bin Laden in 2011 (though this is disputed by some of his former colleagues).
Since then he's been a vocal and outspoken supporter of Republican candidates on social media and started a podcast called "The Operator," but has mostly flown under the radar in left-wing circles.
Until this week that is, when he tweeted something so utterly insane it pretty much instantly went viral.
It all began when Harry Sisson, a 22-year-old content creator who has become one of the most notable left-wing political commentators among Gen Z, posted a photo of himself and a handful of other Gen Z Democratic men, including 20-year-old Den Withers on their way back from voting for Kamala Harris.
Sisson captioned the photo:
"We're Gen Z voters and we all PROUDLY voted for Kamala Harris! Real men support Harris!"
Gen Z men have become a key constituency for both Republican candidates and far-right "manosphere" influencers, and Sisson, Withers and others have made it their initiative to influence their peers in the other direction.
Suffice to say, O'Neill, whose Twitter presence is heavy on the Trump and far-right rhetoric, did not take kindly to this, and tweeted arguably the most insane thing ever in response. Quoting Sisson's tweet, he wrote:
"You're not men. You're boys."
"If there was no social media, you'd be my concubines."
Now, if you know what the word concubine means, you know what this tweet means: If not for the way social media makes it impossible to keep anything private anymore, O'Neill would make Sisson, Withers and their friends his ... personal sex slaves.
Which is bizarre on its face, but particularly given how homophobic and obsessed with "traditional masculinity" the right is, including seemingly O'Neill.
Obviously, this is insane, and Twitter immediately lost its mind, with Sisson quickly clapping back at O'Neill.
Withers quickly hit back as well. Many assumed that O'Neill just didn't know what the word concubine means, and that he'd quickly delete the tweet. But nope! Instead he doubled down, reposting it for "the communists who missed it," whatever that means.
And as if that weren't weird enough, he put an even finer point on it in response to another X user who mocked him.
To that user, he wrote:
"No Jake. I'm telling you exactly what Betas like you will be used for: sex and food. Mostly food."
Okay so... you also eat people? What exactly is going on here, Mr. O'Neill?
He DID have the good judgment (in the loosest sense of the phrase) to delete that particular tweet, but it did nothing to quell the hilarious uproar that ensued.
Whatever exactly he meant, O'Neill has not deleted any of the tweets so... okay then!
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