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@quilldir reflects on the room where the Declaration of Independence was written: "It has both an elegance and a simplicity that...captures something important and tangible about the intellectual world of the American Founding" @CCSUVU#America250 https://t.co/ADNGxw5I2Y
"Independence Hall is one of the most powerful spaces I know. It has both an elegance and a simplicity that I have always felt captures something important and tangible about the intellectual world of the American Founding," wrote @quilldir, of @PembrokeOxford, in a May 26 @Deseret opinion. "Standing in [that space], one is reminded that in contrast to the proclamations issued in the name of a monarch or his military and civilian representatives, America’s texts have been, from their very beginning, drafted by committees and have drawn their power and authority from processes of—at their best—sober and careful deliberation." Read more, https://t.co/gTYlT4AELj, in the second of a six-part series exploring the ideas behind America’s Founding. Watch @CCSUVU's free master classes on the #DeclarationOfIndependence, https://t.co/NJS7Qxi6fD. Each is taught by professors from @UVU, @BYU, and Oxford, and introduces viewers to the key ideas and history that animate the fundamental document of American independence. @america250utah #America250Utah
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The New York Knicks advance to the 2026 NBA Finals for the first time since 1999. Last night, the sunset over Brooklyn Bridge Park glowed orange and blue in celebration of the Knicks’ series sweep.
"While Americans spend a great deal of time arguing over the principles of equality, representative government, and the God-given rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, we spend precious little time in our educational system learning about them," wrote
@ProfBrogdon in a May 19 @deseret piece. Read more, https://t.co/aDprzzTPBL, in the first of a six-part series exploring the ideas behind America’s Founding. Check out @CCSUVU's free master classes on the #DeclarationOfIndependence: https://t.co/NJS7Qxi6fD. Each is taught by professors from @UVU, @BYU, and
@PembrokeOxford, and introduces viewers to the key ideas and history that animate the fundamental document of American independence. @quilldir @america250utah #America250Utah
@ProfBrogdon: "The Declaration of Independence sits at the center of civic life. It sets a high bar for good government. Our national squabbles and scrums are routinely about whether we as a people and our governments live up to that standard" #America250 https://t.co/EgdZnfbPYf
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Let me be clear: this SICKENS me. I spent YEARS writing letters to get my interpreters in America because they SAVED OUR LIVES. One of my interpreters was a 15 year old kid. One day, we were working with the Afghan police and he went stone quiet. After we left, I asked him what was wrong. He told me that the Afghan police had just threatened to cut his lips off for helping us. He was FIFTEEN. And he risked EVERYTHING for our soldiers.
After months of floating above 50% approval in Utah during his second term, President Donald Trump’s job approval rating dropped underwater in the Beehive State in April, driven largely by flagging support among Republicans and religious voters.
A new Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll conducted by Morning Consult shows that more than half (54%) of Utah voters disapprove of Trump’s job performance, outweighing the 44% of voters who said they approve.
Read more in the post below.
✏️: Cami Mondeaux, Deseret News
📸: Julia Demaree Nikhinson, Associated Press