Todd Butler

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[NASCAR @NASCAR]

Sweet tea, southern heat and serious speed.

The NASCAR Cup Series rolls into @EchoParkSpdwy for Round 3 of the In-Season Challenge.

[NASCAR @NASCAR]

A 12th-place result at @ChicagolndSpdwy moves @joeylogano two positions closer to The Chase.

[David French @DavidAFrench]

Exactly. This shouldn’t be so hard.

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

Ken Burns, my favorite documentary filmmaker, has spent 50 years telling the American story, including of the Revolution itself. Nobody alive has looked harder at who we are and how we got here.

So when he warns us, we should listen.

Burns said the founders would not be surprised by a president’s reach for authoritarian power. But what would leave them completely disappointed is how poorly Republicans in Congress have responded.

Article I, the branch the founders built first and strongest to be the bulwark against exactly this, has abdicated its power and handed it to the executive.

The executive was supposed to carry out the will of the people’s representatives, not rule over them. Right now a Republican majority is choosing to surrender that authority to Donald Trump rather than do the job the Constitution gave them. 

I took an oath to the Constitution, not to a party or a a president.

The whole point of this new thing the founders created in 1776, was that we do not suffer under authoritarian rule quietly.

We must keep fighting to make Congress do its job.
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[YouVersion Bible App @YouVersion]

Isaiah 41:10

[Holy Bible @Holy__Bible1]

Amen

[Holy Bible @Holy__Bible1]

𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝐹𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟, 𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑥𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑦, 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑟, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑏𝑢𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑛 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑦. 𝑃𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑚 𝑚𝑦 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐻𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑚𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑. 𝑅𝑒𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ, 𝑚𝑦 𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦. 𝐺𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑤. 𝑅𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑥𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦. 𝐿𝑒𝑡 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡. 𝐼𝑛 𝐽𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑠’ 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒, 𝐴𝑚𝑒𝑛.

[Holy Bible @Holy__Bible1]

Heavenly Father,
When fear fills my heart, remind me that You are always with me. Replace my anxiety with Your peace, my weakness with Your strength, and my doubt with faith. Help me trust Your perfect plan and walk confidently, knowing You hold my future. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

Let's make this happen.

[Holy Bible @Holy__Bible1]

“Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God.” - Isaiah 41:10

[Jennifer Erin Valent 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @JenniferEValent]

My gosh, this makes me ache for the days when most people in these fundamentally important positions were professional, knowledgeable men and women of integrity. The contrast of just this short snippet from Jack Smith with Pirro’s insane presser today is profoundly telling .

[Eleanor Beardsley @ElBeardsley]

The French are skeptical of air conditioning. But now forced to consider it. Even though it does heat up the planet more. But u gotta love this concern …CLIMATISEURS DANS LES HÔPITAUX RISQUENT-ILS DE "PROPAGER DES MALADIES" ?
Does Air conditioning in hospitals spread disease?

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

JUST. FUCKING. WOW. The humility, decency, and integrity of Jack Smith came across loud and clear. This career prosecutor is an American hero. Jack Smith is the antithesis of the depravity, corruption, and moral bankruptcy of Trump, Todd Blanche, the DOJ, and Kash Patel.

Here is a synopsis of Jack Smith's first televised news interview since he criminally charged the most corrupt president in American history, Donald Trump.

Core Pillars of the Interview

ㆍ The Fragility of the Rule of Law: Smith warned that the rule of law is under an unprecedented attack, declaring it is "different in kind and scope to anything I've seen in my lifetime." He explained that democratic systems do not run on autopilot and rely entirely on the good-faith commitment of people inside public institutions to uphold them.

ㆍ Consistency Over Politics: He reiterated that a healthy democracy requires investigating cases by focusing strictly on the facts and the law, applying the exact same standards regardless of political affiliation.

ㆍ Defending Career Public Servants: Smith spoke passionately about the career prosecutors, FBI agents, and support staff who are being "demonized for doing their jobs" by political figures. He expressed that he feels "terrible" about how they are being treated.

ㆍ The Call to Support Them: He emphasized the moral necessity for regular citizens to stand up for these civil servants, stating, "It's really important that we stand up for them and let them know that there are a lot of people out there who back them and who are with them."

ㆍ The Danger of Lost Trust: Smith noted that the loss of institutional trust has a dangerous "cascading effect" on the legal system, warning that when judges and the public lose faith in prosecutors, the Justice Department loses its ability to perform basic functions.

Warnings About Upcoming Elections

ㆍ Deeply Concerned for the Future: When asked directly if the country is witnessing a real-time assault on the upcoming election cycle, Smith explicitly stated, "I'm very concerned of what's going to happen in the next election, absolutely."

ㆍ Bad Actors Have Adapted: He warned that individuals who attempted to subvert the 2020 election have likely learned from past failures, adapting their strategies to be more effective next time.

ㆍ State Attorneys General Must Step Up: Smith emphasized that the federal apparatus cannot be the sole line of defense, noting that state attorneys general now have a massive responsibility to enforce the rule of law within their own state borders to protect voting integrity.

Anticipating Personal Retaliation & Indictment

ㆍ Expecting Retaliation: Wallace asked Smith point-blank if he expects to be criminally indicted by the current Trump administration.

ㆍ A Distinct Possibility: Smith acknowledged that an indictment "could happen," given the administration's vocal hostility toward him and the likely use of the Justice Department to target him directly.

ㆍ Refusing to Back Down: Despite the threat of prosecution, he declared, "I am not going to be intimidated. We did our work, pursuant to department policy... I'm not going to pretend that didn't happen because they are threatening me."

How Legal Experts & Media Analysts Reacted

ㆍ An Extraordinary and Historic Moment: Commentators and legal analysts noted that a public media tour by a former Special Counsel defending the DOJ's integrity against a sitting president is entirely unprecedented in modern political history.

ㆍ Nostalgia for Institutional Norms: Media figures reacted strongly to the broadcast, expressing a sense of nostalgia for a time when the Department of Justice operated under strict, non-partisan legal norms. Smith was praised as a rare, authoritative voice willing to publicly champion rank-and-file civil servants.

ㆍ Composure Under Extreme Pressure: Legal observers highlighted Smith’s calm, professional, and articulate demeanor during the broadcast. Analysts noted that his refusal to get defensive or angry stands as a model for how public officials should handle intense political weaponization.

[Holy Bible @Holy__Bible1]

Heavenly Father,
My heart is burdened, and my mind is filled with tension. Please calm my anxious thoughts and fill me with Your perfect peace. Give me strength to trust You, courage to face today, and wisdom to make the right decisions. Remind me that You are always with me and that nothing is impossible for You. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

[Team Penske @Team_Penske]

Starting lineup for Sonoma.

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

The NFL finally banned Stickum in 1981 after Lester Hayes intercepted Dan Fouts with his ass and didn't even know it.

[John Brennan @jmbprime]

If Democrats are serious about winning the midterms they need to hire a seasoned spokesperson to hold daily press conferences. They need to challenge the lies and misinformation that the White House spits out every single day.

[Nikki Fried @NikkiFried]

Thank you for providing the full list of candidates for Floridians to vote against in the general.

[Key West Seaport @HistoricSeaport]

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You never know what you’ll see pulling into the harbor next ⚓👀

The Key West Historic Seaport & Bight Marina 🌊

[The Florida Keys & Key West @thefloridakeys]

🇺🇸 Celebrate 250 years of America - island style!

Join us throughout the Florida Keys as we honor our nation's milestone with historic stories, patriotic displays, local events, and more.

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