once walked off a hit show without a plan — because his studio tried to cheat him, and he refused to be anyone’s pawn, even in Hollywood.
To millions, he was the laid-back charmer — Maverick, Jim Rockford, the guy with a crooked grin and an answer for everything. But James Garner’s calm wasn’t an act. It was hard-won. He’d survived war, abuse, and a town that never liked men who spoke their mind.
He grew up in Oklahoma, dirt-poor and motherless by the age of five. His stepmother beat him with spatulas, wire hangers, and her fists. At 14, he finally hit back. She left. Garner never forgot the lesson: silence isn’t strength. Standing up — even if it costs you — is worth it.
He was wounded twice in Korea, awarded two Purple Hearts, and came home with a permanent limp. Hollywood wasn’t part of the plan — he stumbled into it modeling suits. But once he got in, he made it clear: he wouldn’t play the game. He clashed with studios over unfair contracts, refused PR stunts, ...

The United States now confronts a threat of unprecedented character, scope, and immediacy.
In an earlier era, JFK described a long twilight struggle between freedom and authoritarianism, between democratic self-government and centralized control.
That contest, once defined by geopolitical confrontation abroad, has entered a new and more insidious phase.
Today (as JFK and other great American leaders warned), the principal strain on the American republic arises not from foreign shores, but from within our very own borders.
Laura Loomer is right to call this out…but keep in mind, so did JFK.
Stay steady & strong in the face of these already present dangers and threats.
President Donald J. Trump
Vice President JD Vance
DNI Tulsi Gabbard