Sugarcane

Mud between my toes, sun on my skin, gun on my hip, bourbon in my hand...

[RodeoProfessor @RodeoProfessor]

I’ve been to just about 200 universities all over the world and there’s never anything more haunting than the list of names killed in WW1. It’s about half the enrolled students from 1916 or 1918 depending where you are.

[Sugarcane @5ugarcane]

I get emotional when I hear people singing like this. 🇺🇸

[Jed I. Goodman © @jedigoodman]

Fireworks after the Ceremonial Weigh-Ins

[Cowboy Gospeler @CowboyGospeler]

Make it happen July 250.
@realDonaldTrump @PRCA_ProRodeo

[Sugarcane @5ugarcane]

@ellalangleymsic @FreddyLA7 @Saints @PelicansNBA I was just thinking Freddy’s story needs to end with driving down the highway and you in the car singing with him live. 😎

[Sugarcane @5ugarcane]

@TheCriticalDri1 My favorite is when they sing it with heart and as it’s written - like that - without embellishments. 🇺🇸

[CCP IS ASSHOE @CCPISASSH0E]

I can’t get enough of Europeans experiencing America. This couple received challenge coins at a bar in Texas! ♥️♥️♥️

[Kalshi @Kalshi]

JUST IN: SpaceX is now worth more than Canada

[DNI Tulsi Gabbard @DNIGabbard]

Today, I’m releasing never before seen intelligence revealing new evidence of past US government funding for more than 120 biolabs in over 30 countries, including Ukraine.

In support of President Trump‘s Executive Order to end federal funding of dangerous gain of function research around the world, and increase transparency and accountability, ODNI will continue working with partners across the Administration to identify where these labs are, what pathogens they contain, and what “research” is being conducted.

https://t.co/pLMD0krc69

[Geiger Capital @Geiger_Capital]

Capitalism. Innovation. America. 🇺🇸

[Steak 'n Shake @SteaknShake]

If America beats Paraguay in tonight's World Cup match, come celebrate at Steak n Shake tomorrow with a Patriot milkshake for only 25 cents! Limited to one milkshake per customer.
🇺🇸 ⚽️ 🏟 🇺🇸

[Playteaux @Playteaux1]

Welcome to Freedom

[Snarknado ⚓️ 🇺🇸 @ZannSuz]

Everyone’s got their reasons, but I’ll fight and die for this: some dude just floating a Texas river in a tube, beer cooler floating beside him, Old Glory and the Lone Star flapping overhead like they own the place.
Zero apologies, pure freedom.
Keep your lectures. This right here is why we bother. 🇺🇸🤠

[US Department of the Interior @Interior]

You could say they nailed it. (And also sanded it, painted it, and rebuilt it.)

@NatlParkService staff from across the country are working hard to make DC safe and beautiful, installing and repairing more than 1,000 benches this year.

Their work may happen behind the scenes, but the results are on display every day in the shared spaces that help to tell our nation’s story. 🇺🇸

[Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent @SecScottBessent]

Through Economic Fury, the Treasury Department is disrupting the foreign procurement networks that support the Iranian military’s efforts to acquire weapons. Treasury has frozen the Iranian regime’s assets, severely disrupted its economy, and dismantled the Iranian war machine. Treasury will not tolerate any support of the Iranian military.

[Sugarcane @5ugarcane]

@SecDuffy @JJWatt is hooking Freddy up when he gets to Houston this week. 😂

[Ami @Ami_Marisol]

Can’t keep a calm head when your head is lying in the street.

[Sugarcane @5ugarcane]

@RodeoProfessor @FreddyLA7 Oh, that’s interesting…Rudder Tower. There’s so much military history stored on that campus.

[Sugarcane @5ugarcane]

@RodeoProfessor @FreddyLA7 Yes, it is. Thanks for sharing that!

[RodeoProfessor @RodeoProfessor]

I’m going to do conservation themed America 250 poasts for the next month celebrating America’s greatest contributions to the field of wildlife and natural resources conservation, and there are a lot of them. I hope you enjoy. Starting with America’s best idea: the national parks.

Our ancestors came up with the concept, and we should be very proud of that. If you say the phrase “America’s best idea” to anyone working in conservation they know that you mean national parks, it annoys Europeans so it’s very fun to say.

Yellowstone officially became the world’s first national park in 1872, setting off a global movement of national park creation all over the world. The enacting legislation contained the park’s democratic purpose in the iconic phrase, “for the benefit and enjoyment of the people.” This phrase embodies the ethos of American national parks: democratic access to nature and wildlife for all Americans.

When we say Yellowstone was the very first national park, what we mean is that it was the first large, government-protected parcel of public land, set aside explicitly for protecting nature, allowing the public to enjoy it, and most importantly, for future generations of Americans. Before Yellowstone, protected areas were limited to royal hunting grounds overseas, private aristocratic estates, or small game reserves/clubs for wealthy members. Land was also primarily thought of for extractive use, so the idea of protecting it was new (and pretty out there actually). For the first time, land was intentionally excluded from development to protect scenery, wildlife, geology, and so on.

National Parks were designed as a democratic ideal, where anyone could come and enjoy. They embody an idea that nature belongs to all Americans, not royalty and not just the wealthy, which was a major break with European conservation models where nature/wildlife was set aside for royals or large land owners. This is why the Roosevelt Arch (cornerstone laid by TR) is engraved with this iconic phrase.

I’ll drop all these in an article at the end of the month so homeschoolers can use them if they’re tired of the “world is burning/extinction crisis” articles for kids.

[blue @blue_prop]

America 250