Brian Onorio
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History buff. 3 time INC5000 CEO. #SchoolChoice . BBQ Evangelist. Father of Four. ❤️ Raleigh. Go Wolfpack.
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Some people have DM’d me asking why I’m such an outspoken proponent of
#SchoolChoice
. I think it’s important for parents to tell their
#SchoolChoiceStory
.
Here’s mine.
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Just got word that our kids’ private school in Raleigh has just dropped the mask requirement effective immediately.
For the first time in 2 years, my kids will have a day where they can see their peers smile.
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This has to be the most realistic video game of all time. I mean, look at this attention to detail. 😂
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Imagine this. Things are going well. You’ve got some tenured seniors. You ran up the score on your conference. You’re on your way to a
#1
NCAA Tournament seed.
And then you watched your not-our-rival-little-brother beat your arch nemesis Duke. You laugh.
Then you watch your
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Did you know?
DJ Burns, America’s Big Man™, is a multi-instrumentalist and plays the stand-up bass, tuba, piano and saxophone.
Now you do.
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I had to make a video that chronicles this incredible run. There's so much to celebrate. But without pain, there can be no joy.
Wolfpack Nation, we've been through the pain.
Let's savor the joy.
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NC State hit a walk off home run today on their last strike.
NC State gymnastics won an ACC Championship today.
NC State Women punch their ticket to the round of 32 today.
NC State men secure their spot in the Sweet 16 today.
I’m gonna say it. “It” is dead.
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UNC, after losing to NC State in football: “wait till basketball season.”
UNC, watching NC State cut down the nets.
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@fasc1nate
This one. Where Twitter man has no idea he’s talking to the seal that killed bin Laden.
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Hear me out. The ACC can’t award the trophy to Florida State. The only logical thing to do is award it to the highest seeded team that actually played and won a game.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN YOUR 2020 ACC TOURNAMENT CHAMPION: NC STATE UNIVERSITY
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@xoiann111
@NFL
@ChrisStapleton
If you think the anthem is a political jingle, maybe the problem is with you.
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You wouldn’t last an hour in the asylum where they raised me.
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Days since last ACC Championship
NC State: 1
UNC: 2,927
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If you don’t look at this graphic and laugh, cry, and think, who even are you?
Hang it in the Louvre.
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@deangloster
Oh really?
Steele was the source of multiple major pre-election stories claiming to link Trump to the Kremlin, most notably the two below. Worse, Clinton issued official reactions to these stories as if the source were not her employee:
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To my fellow Chapel Hillians: we’ve had a rocky relationship. You’ve said some stuff. I’ve said some stuff.
But this right here. There are good among you. And I salute you.
🫡
BREAKING: The American Flag is back up at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Chancellor Lee Roberts came out and did it himself.
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For the cynics. I don’t know why you’re so bent on being unhappy.
@TeeSeaJay
@brianonorio
From the linked article: "Builders working near an irrigation channel in Pasaje Canton received a radio alert that there was a dog being carried down the fast-moving water towards them, and it was drowning."
You don't have to be cynical about everything.
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Chin up Wolfpack Nation. What a season.
Like I tell my kids, play to your potential. And all else is fine.
This Pack squad played above their potential and won a bunch of games they had no business winning.
We cut down the nets. Twice. Exorcised demons along the way.
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@WooPeiPei
@SenWarren
@POTUS
Here’s the rub. I DIDN’T co-sign your daughter’s loan. You did.
As the co-signer, you don’t want to be on the hook for the payback but you’re willing to make me, who has nothing to do with the loan, pay it back instead?
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Jim Valvano is such a part of NC State's legacy. He was a thrilling speaker and you can see his passion in every appearance he ever made. In this clip, he talks about cutting down the nets for a second time.
Legacies need to be refreshed.
Let's cut them down again. For V.
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The people who drew this are complaining about gerrymandering.
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Get this post of Frowny Roy to 10,000 likes and I’ve got $1,000 that’ll go directly to
@SavageWolvesNIL
.
Imagine this. Things are going well. You’ve got some tenured seniors. You ran up the score on your conference. You’re on your way to a
#1
NCAA Tournament seed.
And then you watched your not-our-rival-little-brother beat your arch nemesis Duke. You laugh.
Then you watch your
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@ZubyMusic
Early. Within 3 months. Asked her dad for his permission to marry her after 6 months.
He said no 😂 needed more time. I gave it 6 more months and showed him the ring. He blessed it.
15 years later. 3 kids. Another on the way.
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It takes 9 hours to drive across North Carolina.
British man gives his explanation on why Americans do not travel to other countries.
Very interesting take. Very true in my opinion.
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Stark, artfully angled and shockingly skinny, the Outer Banks of North Carolina gained a whole new visual perspective of its fragile geology in a photograph taken 55 years ago by the Apollo 9 spacecraft.
This photo of the Outer Banks from Virginia Beach, Virginia, to Cape
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@Alyssa_Milano
There’s nothing wrong with kids of rich people doing fundraising and learning skills. But leveraging your audience to fundraise for them does not teach them anything.
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@GiraffeNeckMarc
C: Bogi Berra
1B: Bou Gehrig
2B: Backie Robinson
3B: Bike Schmidt
SS: Bonus Wagner
LF: Bed Williams
CF: Billy Mays
RF: Bank Aaron
DH: Bedgar Martinez
SP: Breg Maddux
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@steeeeeve940
@Lukewearechange
If that's all he needed to end world hunger, why hasn't the US Government, who intakes trillions per year in revenue, solved this problem?
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@billprady
Or because you got hammered for going to your own private school while telling everyone else they’re child killers for wanting better for their children.
Always blame Q. Never look at your own positions. It’s a sound recipe if you’re on the “favored” side of the aisle.
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“When did you become radicalized?”
Me: 30 years of this.
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I was truly content after we beat the Heels to win the ACC Title.
I was content after we beat Texas Tech.
I was content after we beat Oakland.
I was content after we beat Marquette.
I’m not content after beating Duke.
I want this. All of it.
#WhyNotUs
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@CheriJacobus
@tripgabriel
@NastyOldWomyn
@arappeport
You’re still $1.75T short.
Oh and it has a tax decrease in it for the ultra wealthy in high tax states like CA and NY by removing the SALT cap.
But don’t let that get in the way of the narrative.
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Absolutely atrocious. Expel and charge every single one of them.
The WWI memorial was defaced with red paint. On Memorial Day.
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@TRHLofficial
Cmon…
The Princess of Wales is missing and the spare Prince is in exile and the King is treating his cancer with herbs. If this were the 1300s France would be looking to invade.
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Yes! This is the state of North Carolina’s revenge for the stolen 2021 CWS.
Vanderbilt deserves this.
HIGH POINT WALKS IT OFF
The Panthers eliminate Vanderbilt in their first-ever regional 👏
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The North Carolina delegation at the RNC is decked out in seersucker.
Love it.
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Texas/Mississippi State should absolutely demand that Vanderbilt get tested, all players and coaches.
Because they came in contact with the super spreader plague ridden Wolfpack. If it’s too dangerous for NC State to play, then it’s probably too dangerous for TX/MSU.
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Good morning Wolfpack nation!
I dug through the attic and I found it. The box I packed when I graduated from NC State in 2004.
It has remained unopened with strict instruction to not open it until we win a national championship. It has survived 2 multi-state moves and has
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I’m actually really enjoying the salty Tar Heel fans who are celebrating a State Final Four loss.
Puts the “not our rival” drivel to sleep.
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BREAKING: NCAA officials have halted the NC State / UGA super regional game in Athens while the Wolfpack were leading 8-4
It turns out that a few NC State players tested NEGATIVE for COVID and were ruled ineligible and the team disqualified.
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Look. I’m from Raleigh. I love it. But I struggle when friends come into town.
“What should we go and see?” they ask excitedly.
“Um. I guess there’s a kids’ museum you can go to.”
Raleigh needs to up its travel and tourism game starting with taking the cover off the downtown
Top 5 US cities to visit excluding Los Angeles because I’m biased and from there and think it’s a horrible place to visit unless you go with people from there
1. Chicago (the architecture)
2. NYC (the food)
3. Austin (overall experience)
4. Tampa
5. Raleigh (so underrated)
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I’m in the outskirts of Raleigh. I walk outside and I hear nothing but distant screaming and cheering. Amazing!
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Nothing. Because a “BBQ” is not a thing you go to.
Barbecue is pulled or chopped pork sauced with a vinegar base.
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@shaneferro
This thread is amazing. It’s like someone said to themselves “how can I possibly get every aspect of an issue wrong and insult the recently deceased in the process” and this guy said “yep, I’m the guy who can do it!”
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Why does it surprise anyone that the NCAA created the NET and then didn’t use it?
They created academic qualification standards decades ago and doesn’t use it either.
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NC State now has six... SIX! active quarterbacks in the league (Rivers, Wilson, Glennon, Brissett, Finley, McClendon) all of which are definitely better than Eli Manning.
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@hiharveen
@JStein_WaPo
@FoxNews
@AOC
Lol. NPR ran it as well as EVERY SINGLE NEWS OUTLET. AOC can’t be gaslighting so it must be the evil Fox News.... 🤔
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@justindubinmd
@IMDb
@BlueyCommunity
@OfficialBlueyTV
It is an absolutely incredible episode.
It’s so perfect. The choice of Gustav Holst’s Jupiter for the soundtrack was so amazingly selected.
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There is no reasonable case that supports a vaccine mandate or you lose your job.
None.
Despite 100% of the population having been fully vaccinated since summer, new COVID cases per capita are soaring in Gibraltar—roughly three times as many as there were at this time last year—far outpacing the surge in most of Europe.
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Alright
#WPN
. I have to tell you I was emotional in my first return to Reynolds in forever. I had my 9yo son with me who had an absolute blast. The place was loud. It shook. I almost cried.
That was an experience neither of us will forget. And it was an NIT game.
Just amazing
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Y’all remind me. Did a triangle team beat Auburn this year?
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@MarkHerringVA
@GovernorVA
@RalphNortham
With all due respect Mr. Attorney General, but I have eyes and ears that work. There is no walking back the atrocities we all saw and heard.
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@rweingarten
Every single time you tweet, you convert another person to the school choice movement.
I should thank you for your advocacy for school choice. But I still can't believe you'd tweet this after being the cause of the apparent effect you're now worried about.
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Dogs man. We humans have a bad day and end up stringing it along for weeks or months.
This good boy had a bad day and found himself a new job.
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If y'all thought my IPA take was spot on, wait till you see my barbecuee take.
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😂
Here in NC, if you hit a rural barbecue shop, you’ll get a similarly sized plate for $15-$20.
And it’ll be actual barbecue.
And it won’t be in New York.
This is $165 of BBQ in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
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What a missed opportunity for NC State. No, not the
#CWS
, the aftermath. We trended for 3 days. We had the nation's attention.
NC State's AD does nothing. It's not even a hard PR job. Go on every morning show. Make rings. T-Shirts. Get mad.
Nope. Nothing. Wasted.
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@billprady
Haha! Racism??? You realize that kids are relegated often to a single school in their zip code whereas vouchers and scholarships allow them to go anywhere right?
Did you literally just search “vouchers racist” and post the first thing you saw with no research?
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There’s some unethical stuff going on at
@UNC_Health_Care
My wife took our child to an urgent care. They requested a test for strep, flu and Covid. We declined Covid. Turns out he had strep.
We get the bill. They billed for Covid even though we declined.
Now billing office
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Official attendance: 58,500
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@CalforNC
Do you know what goes great with a good old fashioned barbecue in North Carolina? A nice tall glass of Kentucky Bourbon.
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❌ Raleigh-Durham
✅ Raleigh
✅ Durham
✅ Raleigh, Durham
✅ Raleigh and Durham
✅ The Triangle
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What’s worse than losing to NC State in the NCAA Tournament?
Going home to Lubbock.
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@GavinNewsom
@GovRonDeSantis
@CNN
Great idea. Drinks at the French Laundry afterwards?
Bring your jacket. They set their thermostat to 72°.
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It’s really hard for me to defend Alec Baldwin.
But this is one of those times.
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@rweingarten
@DeAngelisCorey
Your first mistake, Randi, was closing the schools and using kids as bargaining chips.
Your second mistake was your reply here with no ability to shut your replies.
Now, everyone can see the receipts in line.
Disagree on policy, Randi, but stop the lies.
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This is the Black River Bald Cypress, a 2,630 year old tree, located in Three Sisters Cove, part of the Black River System in Ivanhoe, NC.
The tree, known as BLK227, has an inner ring dating back to 605 BC making it the fourth oldest continuously living, sexually reproducing,
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@brianstelter
@CNNplus
@RWhelanWSJ
@WilliamCohan
@ashleyrcarman
I think this tweet probably has more impressions than the current viewership of CNN+.
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Let me get this straight. You let in 20,000 fans in the stadium with no masks, no social distancing, no vaccination proof and then you disqualify a team because vaccinated players got a positive test?
Did I read that right?
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Marquis Reed is a 84% free throw shooter for the season and was 9-10 up to the last minute. Doing the math, for him to miss four consecutive times comes down to a 0.498% chance of occurring.
We got lucky.
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@NC_Governor
The definition of “fully funded” will continue to move.
Give kids a chance and a choice.
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Not a single Governor has banned masks. You know this. But you’re lying again.
Any student can wear a mask whenever he or she wishes in all 50 states.
This is very god news. I'm glad Biden and Cardona are taking this seriously. We are in the midst of a delta surge.. Let’s keep our kids in school & safe. That’s why No Governor should be banning masks in schools.
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Havelock, NC?
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If you’re going to write a story about eastern NC barbecue, at the very least find a stock photo that is eastern NC Barbecue.
Iconic NC barbecue joint closed over tax debt
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“Jack White, hustle play at the rim.”
It was goaltending.
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This is the series where NC State was ruled ineligible because players tested NEGATIVE for COVID but were unvaccinated.
I wonder if the crowd was fully vaccinated.
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My favorite southernisms, heard routinely in my childhood in rural NC, mostly by my mom. RT if you’ve heard these.
Madder than a wet hen
Worn slap out
I’m fixing to
Over yonder
Till the cows come home
If the creek don’t rise
Hill a’ beans
Gussied up
You’re mommickin me
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Yes. You quite literally burnt the institution of public education to the ground.
You’re not the hero you think you are.
Our teachers have given so much this past school year - THANK YOU!
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Until “fully funded” is defined, “fully funded” will continue to be used as a moving goal post to protect the public school monopoly.
We need to put a moratorium on destructive private school vouchers until North Carolina’s public schools are fully funded.
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Can we just designate Bruno Mars as the official half time show act for as long as he lives?
Justin Timberlake can come too.
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@rweingarten
Hi Randi. It seems your tweet is going well.
As a staunch advocate of school choice, I want to thank you for your tireless advocacy of such.
You deserve so much credit for the school choice movement. I am truly grateful.
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@rweingarten
@KyleDeMarino
@nypost
You have to try really hard to think we’re that dumb to create this alt reality.
Except: we’re not going to fall for it. We all have the receipts. You broadcast them because you thought it made you a hero at the time.
Turns out you were the villain all along.
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