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BREAKING: Civil rights icon and two-time presidential candidate Rev. Jesse Jackson passed away on Tuesday morning at age 84, his family said in a statement. Read more: abcnews.link/lXDykE4

ANNOUNCING: the American Heroes Student Art Contest Sponsored by Freedom 250 and the National Endowment for the Humanities National Endowment for the Humanities Students in grades 3-12 from all 50 states and U.S. territories are invited to create original artwork inspired by one of 250 great Americans being

I've always admired Ben Sasse from afar, and this 58-minute captivated me. He is a man of faith, dedicated to his family, a lifelong learner, and a values-based public-civic leader. Sasse is one of the rare individuals I can point my own children to as a model of public service.

“Redeem the time” This whole Ben Sasse interview is well worth the time, but this 2 minutes about taking stock of what matters most is powerful.

USA WOMEN'S HOCKEY WILL TAKE HOME THE GOLD FOR THE THIRD TIME! 🇺🇸🥇 The first time since 2018!

Wait, do you mean Congress is the responsible branch of government to implement tariffs? What a novel concept. If it's good policy, we should see legislation rushed to the President’s desk.

SCOTUS got it right, in my view. Three points: 1) Justice Gorsuch’s exchange in oral arguments was so key to me. He asked if a future POTUS could use this precedent to unilaterally declare a “climate emergency” and impose policies he or she wanted as a result. The admin’s lawyer

Civics 💯

“Yet for all his impressive accolades, Adams arguably made his greatest impact through his choices of whom to place in positions of leadership and influence.” open.substack.com/pub/inpursuit/…

America 250: George Washington’s gavel is in the House chamber for the State of the Union. It was used in a 1793 ceremony to lay the U.S. Capitol cornerstone. Speaker Mike Johnson is the first House Speaker in history to display Washington’s gavel during the President’s State of the

"Let us be quicker to praise than to find fault. Let us be quicker to thank others than to complain."  Desmond Tutu #QuietTime

“Post by post, people get pulled into camps that don’t actually serve their own country or their own values. They become pieces on a chessboard in a GRAY WAR — a conflict fought with information instead of bullets.”

Are you easily discouraged?

As Maya MacGuineas explains, right now we spend $6 on seniors for every $1 on kids under 18. When Social Security began, seniors were the poorest — today children are. To add insult to injury, we have mortgaged their future with $39 trillion in debt and growing. It is immoral

I feel like I am the target audience, and it may be working.

Prayers!

Ohio’s superintendents and school administrators are helping students reach their full potential! Yesterday, I had the chance to speak with school leaders from across the state about our emphasis on reading, attendance, fitness, and more. BASA OASBO Ohio School Boards

We are supposed to be the leaders of the Free World, but we are leaning into euphemisms via official accounts. We are not serious anymore.

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