Poppys Hotshots

10/08/2026

As GM has announced the new 8.3 duramax to stay competitive, what's everyone's choice?
A. Ford
B. Chevy
C. Ram

10/07/2026

What's everyone sleeping in? Drop a pic of your setup below!

10/01/2026

Truck Stop BBQ!

09/30/2026

Tacos on this evenings, truck stop bbq! Drop a comment, and et me know what you'd like to see me make in the future!

09/30/2026

I’m happy to share this because I don’t care what side of the aisle you sit on, this is a fact.
Speaker Mike Johnson this is for you.
Concerning Social Security payments, my contributions were made for nearly 50 years on every salary I received. Those jobs may not have always been the work I wanted to be doing at the time, BUT I always had a job. The Social Security check is now (or soon will be) referred to as a "Federal Benefit Payment?" I'll be part of the one percent to forward this.

I am forwarding it because it touches a nerve in me, and I hope it will in you. Please keep passing it on until everyone in our country has read it

We saw 2-a The government is now referring to our Social Security checks as a "Federal Benefit Payment." This isn't a benefit. It is our money paid out of our earned income! Not only did we all contribute to Social Security, but our employers did, too. It totaled 15% of our income before taxes.
Congress took our money and used it elsewhere. They forgot (oh yes, they knew) that it was OUR money they were taking. They didn't have a referendum to ask us if we wanted to lend the money to them. And they didn't pay interest on the debt they assumed. And recently they've told us that the money won't support us for very much longer. And now, to add insult to injury, they're calling it a "benefit", as if we never worked to earn every penny of it.
Just because they borrowed the money doesn't mean that our investments were a charity!
Let's take a stand. We have earned our right to Social Security and Medicare. Demand that our legislators bring some sense into our government.

Find a way to keep Social Security and Medicare going for the sake of that 92% of our population who need it. Then call it what it is: Our Earned Retirement Income.

99% of people won't copy and paste this to their timelines…..will you?
Please, for the sake of our country, copy & paste. I’ve read this several times of FB, I’m not sure this gets to anyone that can do anything about the fact that the monies that were placed in our SS are being used for other “projects” by the government, but I agree! That money should have been invested to pay out to those that worked all their lives for this savings account called SS.

09/29/2026

The U.S. Senate has unanimously passed a resolution from Senator John Kennedy, Republican of Louisiana, requiring senators to forfeit their pay whenever the federal government shuts down, a rule that will take effect after the November 2026 midterm elections.

The resolution, S. Res. 526, first cleared a procedural hurdle on a 99-0 cloture vote before passing by voice vote. Under its terms, the secretary of the Senate will withhold all salary payments to senators during a shutdown and place the money in an escrow account, to be released only once government funding is restored. It does not require House approval or a presidential signature to take effect.

Kennedy had pushed the measure since November 2025, during what became a 43-day full government shutdown followed by a separate 76-day shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. Speaking on the Senate floor before the vote, he said, “Last October, we shut down government for 43 days. That is the longest shutdown in history,” adding that federal workers, FBI agents, and park rangers went unpaid while Congress collected checks. “We ought to hide our heads in a bag,” he said. “It’s got to stop.” He later credited Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota for scheduling the vote, saying, “I asked him to do it, and he did it,” and calling Thune “a fine American for doing it.”

Thune tied the measure to the recent funding fight, saying Democrats had forced the shutdown and that withholding senators’ pay might “provide an additional incentive to keep Senate Democrats in the future from shutting the government down again.” Democrats have countered that the standoff centered on disputes over federal immigration enforcement, not spending discipline. A similar House companion, the No Shutdown Paychecks to Politicians Act, backed by Senator John Cornyn of Texas, remains pending, and the new rule will not apply to any shutdown that might occur before the September 30 end of the current fiscal year.

09/23/2026

TRUCK DRIVER TO TRUCK DRIVER — NATIONWIDE 2026 BOYCOTT PROPOSAL
Fellow truck drivers, this is not about asking every driver to park their truck and stop working. We understand that a lot of drivers simply can't afford to do that.
Many company drivers, lease-to-own drivers, owner-operators, and independent drivers are living paycheck to paycheck. We have families to feed, bills to pay, trucks to maintain, and loads that still have to move.
But that doesn't mean we can't unite.
Back in the 1980s and early 1990s, truck drivers showed what could happen when we stood together. Today, getting millions of drivers to completely stop working would be extremely difficult. So instead, let's find something that every driver who has the ability to participate can do without having to stop working.
THE PROPOSAL
Starting October 1, 2026, we begin a nationwide rotating boycott of the three major truck-stop groups.
Week 1 — LOVE'S
Boycott Love's travel stops whenever you have the choice.
Week 2 — PILOT / FLYING J
Boycott Pilot and Flying J whenever you have the choice.
Week 3 — TA / TA EXPRESS / PETRO
Boycott TA, TA Express, and Petro whenever you have the choice.
Then we repeat the three-week rotation throughout the rest of 2026.
If your company has designated fuel locations, fuel cards, or contracts that require you to use a particular location, we understand that you may not have a choice. This is not about putting drivers in a position where they can't do their job.
But if you have a choice where you fuel, park, eat, or spend your money, make that choice together.
WHY THE NUMBERS MATTER
For simple math, let's use an estimate of 2 million long-haul, over-the-road drivers.
If the average truck travels approximately 500 miles per day, and the average truck gets approximately 6.3 miles per gallon, that's roughly 78 gallons of diesel per truck per day.
Using approximately $6.52 per gallon, that represents roughly:
2,000,000 trucks × 78 gallons × $6.52 = approximately $1.02 BILLION in diesel purchases per day.
Those numbers are estimates—not a claim that every one of those gallons would normally be purchased at one particular truck-stop chain.
But they demonstrate the potential economic scale of America's trucking industry.
The point isn't that every driver has to spend exactly the same amount or that every gallon would have gone to these companies.
The point is what happens when millions of truck drivers make their purchasing decisions together.
THIS IS BIGGER THAN OCTOBER
This is not an October strike.
October is simply the beginning.
The proposal is to continue the rotating boycott through November and December 2026—and into 2027 if necessary—until truck drivers get the attention they deserve.
We don't have to stop trucking.
We don't have to stop earning money.
We don't have to stop feeding our families.
KEEP WORKING.
KEEP HAULING.
KEEP PAYING YOUR BILLS.
KEEP FEEDING YOUR FAMILY.
But when you have a choice, make that choice together with other truck drivers.
Company driver? You can be part of this when your company gives you a choice.
Lease-to-own? You can be part of this.
Owner-operator? You can be part of this.
Independent driver? You can be part of this.
And if you can't participate because your company controls where you fuel, we understand.
This isn't about one driver.
It isn't about one company.
It isn't about one state.
WE WANT THIS TO BE NATIONWIDE.
Truck drivers move America.
Maybe it's time we show America what happens when truck drivers stand together.
ONE WEEK.
ONE TARGET.
MILLIONS OF DRIVERS.
ONE VOICE.
TRUCKERS UNITED — 2026 AND BEYOND.

09/23/2026

05/22/2026

It's a thought. We miss it. We miss you! What ya think everyone? Should we comeback, with all of the Smash 🍔 goodness you used to love? It's just a thought right now... let's see those comments!