Mike Neujahr

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

Shawn Ryan on Trump: “I just don’t see any positivity coming out of this administration. It seems very self-serving. He had Todd Blanche do the dirty work so him or anybody in his family could never be audited by the IRS? What the fuck is that shit? The drone company, the $400M jet from Qatar, the Executives Club. Does this shit look like he’s serving the fucking people? No.”

[Rep. Jack Kimble @RepJackKimble]

Maybe before the Pope starts lecturing this administration on religion, he should try watching Pulp Fiction. Does he even know what they call a Quarter Pounder in France?

[Mike Neujahr @NeujahrMike]

Waiting for ESPN to talk about how it just means more in the Big 10 than other leagues.

[OptaSTATS @OptaSTATS]

The @bigten is the first conference in Division I history to have 3 different schools win national championships in football (@IndianaFootball), men's basketball (@umichbball) and women's basketball (@UCLAWBB) in the same academic year.

[Nebraska Men's Basketball @HuskerMBB]

The nation's best resides in Lincoln.

Coach Hoiberg is your Associated Press National Coach of the Year.

[Mike Neujahr @NeujahrMike]

Yes!

[Baseball Quotes @BaseballQuotes1]

Is Bo Jackson the best athlete ever?

[Baseball Quotes @BaseballQuotes1]

Is Bo Jackson the best athlete ever?

[Secretary Brooke Rollins @SecRollins]

This is rural America—the very fiber that holds our nation together. ❤️🇺🇸

I was in Nebraska today, meeting the farmers and ranchers devastated after the Morrill Fire tore through 643,000 acres in western Nebraska, the largest wildfire in state history. These families lost everything: their hay, their grazing land, their entire way of life. With nowhere left to turn, they faced an overwhelming road ahead.

But they didn’t face it alone.

Neighbors from Craig and Oakland saw the need and answered. One simple Facebook post sparked a convoy of 22 semis rolling across the state, delivering more than 700 bales of donated hay straight into the hands of those who had nothing left.

That’s how it works out here: when you lose everything, your neighbor shows up and helps carry the load. No questions, no hesitation, just quiet strength and open hands.

We help our neighbor.
We do what’s right.
And we know they’ll have our backs when the burden is ours.

This is the unbreakable heart of America.

#RuralRevival

[Mike Neujahr @NeujahrMike]

@stoolpresidente Get over it. Michigan in 1997 ducked Nebraska by claiming they had to play in the Rose Bowl. Everyone knows it. Nebraska wins that game by 28.

[Mike Neujahr @NeujahrMike]

@scottwestacre @TriciaBurt @Freerain007 Nebraska school board member in a tiny district, but what drives these costs up and holds base pay down are state mandates that are never state funded but required. Forcing public schools to handle one on one education for certain sped, data reporting, unnecessary testing, etc..

[Mike Neujahr @NeujahrMike]

@dallasethelen

[Mike Neujahr @NeujahrMike]

In all fairness Creighton’s fans are there in red going nuts also pretending they have been diehard Husker fans for years.

[Jays Classic @Jays_Classic]

I’m not sure I’ve ever heard an NCAA game sound more like a home game for one team than this Nebraska-Troy game.

[Sean Callahan @Sean_Callahan]

@ChrisMWilliams That was born in Lincoln. 😎

[Mike Neujahr @NeujahrMike]

@SenatorRicketts No way this is true. If she made $10/hour, which I doubt she did, you would have to work between 300-500 hours of OT depending on her tips.

[Jon Rothstein @JonRothstein]

Nebraska's Fred Hoiberg has received a contract extension through the 2031-32 season, per release.

[Robin Washut @RobinWashut]

Brent Stover: All in on Nebrasketball 🌽🏀

[JMU Sports News @JMUSportsNews]

The Patriots had no business taking the spot of a 4-loss SEC team in this game. We need to change the playoff format ASAP!

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

"My name's Hank. I'm 66. I deliver propane to homes. Rural routes, farms, folks off the grid. I fill their tanks, check connections, drive to the next house. Most customers just sign the slip, barely look up. I'm just the propane guy.

But last February, during that brutal cold snap, I noticed something at the Miller place.
Pulled up to fill their tank, gauge showed empty. Completely dry. In 15-degree weather.
I knocked on the door. Mrs. Miller answered, three kids bundled behind her in coats. Inside the house.

"Ma'am, your tank's bone dry. How long you been without heat?"
"Four days." Her voice was steady, but her hands shook. "Bill's due Friday. We're waiting on my husband's paycheck."
Four days. Three kids. Fifteen degrees.
"Ma'am, I'm filling it now."
"I can't pay until"
"I'll mark it as a delivery error. Computer glitch. Nobody'll know."
She started crying. "Why would you do this?"
"Because those kids are wearing coats inside."

I filled their tank. Checked the furnace. Made sure heat kicked on before I left.
Drove away thinking about what I'd seen. Kids doing homework in winter jackets. A mom choosing between heat and food.

Started paying attention different after that. The elderly veteran whose tank was at 10%, he was rationing, keeping one room warm. The single dad whose payment was two weeks late, he'd been burning firewood he couldn't really afford.

I started doing something I shouldn't. When I saw someone struggling, someone who'd run out, someone rationing heat—I'd add 50 gallons. Mark it as "meter calibration" or "pressure test residual."
Small amounts. Enough to get them through.

Did it eleven times that winter. My boss noticed the discrepancies. Called me in.
"Hank, we're showing extra gallons delivered but not billed."
I told him the truth. Everything.

He stared at me for a long time. Then said, "My daughter was a single mom once. Chose between heat and groceries every winter. I wished someone had helped her."

He didn't fire me. Instead, he created something, "Warm Hearts Emergency Fund." Customers could donate. We'd match it. Use it for families in crisis who couldn't afford propane.

But here's what broke me, Mrs. Miller came to our office in May. She'd gotten a better job, caught up on bills.
She handed me an envelope. Inside, $200.

"For the next family. The one you'll find in February, four days without heat, trying to be brave for their kids."
She grabbed my hands. "Hank, my youngest has asthma. Four more days in that cold... I don't know if..." She couldn't finish.

Last winter, the Warm Hearts Fund helped 23 families. Not with handouts, with heat when they had none. With dignity when they felt broken.

And here's the thing, other propane companies heard about it. Started their own programs. Now there are "emergency heat funds" in six states.

But the moment that destroyed me happened last month. Got a call to deliver to an address I recognized, the Miller place.

Mrs. Miller answered. "Hank! Come in, please."
Inside, warm, kids doing homework at the table, laughing. She handed me a check. Full payment, plus extra.
"For the fund. But also..." She pulled out a drawing her youngest had made. Stick figure man with a propane truck. Caption in crayon: "Mr. Hank, my hero."

"She asks about you every winter. 'Is Mr. Hank making sure people are warm?'"
I'm 66. I deliver propane to houses nobody notices.

But I learned this- Cold doesn't wait for paychecks. And no child should do homework in a winter coat inside their own home.
So if you deliver anything, oil, propane, firewood, and you see someone struggling, someone empty, someone rationing,
Find a way. Mark it wrong. Call your boss. Start a fund. Do something.
Because heat isn't a luxury. It's survival.
And the difference between freezing and living shouldn't be whether your paycheck arrived on time.
Be the reason someone stays warm."
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Let this story reach more hearts....
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Ai image is for Demonstration purpose only
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Credit: Mary Nelson

[Mike Neujahr @NeujahrMike]

@jeremejones I asked my wife and she said they were only cooped in track earlier than that.

[Mike Neujahr @NeujahrMike]

Finally!

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

⛽️🔥That’s it. I’m fed up. I’m cosponsoring legislation to make gas-cans great again.

I usually fuel farm equipment from a large tank with a hose and pump but yesterday I had to use one of the brain-dead modern gas (diesel) jugs and ended up spilling several ounces. Fire hazard!