Cody Sanders

Public Affairs @plus_comms | @auburnU Alum | Former @whitehouse, @WHNSC and Senate Aide

[Hater watch sports @Haterwatch21]

🚨 BREAKING: Notre Dame Head Coach Marcus Freeman has reportedly urged either England or France to withdraw from the World Cup Third Place Match.

“This is something we do at Notre Dame. If the game doesn’t go our way, we simply opt out. I’d rather be called chicken than get embarrassed in a game that doesn’t mean as much.”

[Gerrit Lansing @lansing]

Most things in American life and politics are like this. Just go do it.

[Will Kiley @WillKiley]

Fight Agency helped recruit Platner to run and have advised him every step of the way. We know this from the glowing profile pieces they’ve had written about themselves.

[1776 Live @250YearsAgoLive]

Continental Congress HAS SIGNED A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE! 

The UNITED STATES are OFFICIALLY INDEPENDENT from BRITAIN.

LIBERTY BELLS ring out throughout Philadelphia; the streets ERUPT IN ECSTASY.

[Karoline Leavitt @PressSec]

250th Anniversary of the Adoption of the Declaration of Independence

https://t.co/UdGNViZ5R6

[Cody Sanders @codygsanders]

RIP Ernest Hemingway, you would’ve absolutely loved this FIFA fan account:

“I have made my peace with the basket. One basket. Two at the most.

Who am I deceiving. There is no number of baskets I would refuse. The trust of a nation is in that salsa, and I intend to honor all of it.”

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

USA. A Mexican restaurant. We had not yet ordered anything, and the food was already arriving.

Chips. Salsa. Unrequested. Free.

I stopped the waiter. "We have not earned these."

"They just come with the table, man."

They come with the TABLE. In my land, hospitality is a debt. Every gift creates an obligation, weighed carefully, returned in the proper season with interest of feeling. Here, the gift arrives before you have even proven you can pay for dinner.

This is not an appetizer. This is a declaration: we trust you. Eat.

I ate with the gravity the moment deserved. And then — I must report this calmly — the basket emptied, and a new one appeared.

"Did we…?"

"Refill," the waiter said. "It's bottomless."

Bottomless. They have wells of salsa. The supply lines of this nation are beyond anything my ancestors imagined.

My friend warned me. "Don't fill up on chips, dude."

Too late. I had accepted three baskets. Honor demanded each one be finished — an unfinished gift is an insult. By the time my actual food arrived, I was a ruined man.

I was not hungry. I was not comfortable. I had been defeated by a courtesy.

Generosity that arrives before the request cannot be repaid. It can only be survived.

I know the rule now. I have made my peace with the basket. One basket. Two at the most.

Who am I deceiving. There is no number of baskets I would refuse. The trust of a nation is in that salsa, and I intend to honor all of it.

[Ghosts of DC @GhostsofDC]

Three blocks from the Capitol dome sits a bar where Janet Reno ate burgers, Carville took Matalin on a first date, and the owner once got shot six times and went back to work. 79 years of the Tune Inn:

https://t.co/1Y11o3Y2Vs

[Auburn Men's Golf @AuburnMGolf]

THE NO. 1 TEAM IN THE COUNTRY STANDS ALONE ☝️🏆

For the second time in three years, the Auburn Tigers are NCAA Champions!

#WarEagle

[The Hollywood Reporter @THR]

Ex-CA Attorney General: Paramount-Warner Bros. Should Be Reviewed — Not Automatically Resisted https://t.co/MhdB1FjSNP

[Obi Satoru @KingObi]

Poltical. Digital. Comms

[Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES) @CRESenergy]

"Red states are leading the way on solar. More than two-thirds of all solar capacity installed in 2025 was built in states that voted for Trump in the 2024 election. This includes seven of the top 10 states for new solar installations: Texas, Indiana, Florida, Arizona, Ohio, Utah, and Arkansas."

An excellent op-ed from @HispLeadFund's Mario Lopez on how red states are favoring solar and energy storage to counter growing energy demands.

Read more! ⬇️
https://t.co/XTk4lLk57t

[Nu Wexler @wexler]

Why would anyone in DC pay $46 for a dozen bagels from a national chain? They are $22-24 at CYM, Bullfrog, and Pearl’s.

[Cody Sanders @codygsanders]

There is no eucharist on Good Friday..

[Jennifer Bendery @jbendery]

NEW: The Pentagon today invited more than 3,500 employees to attend a Good Friday service at its in-house chapel.

Except it’s only for Protestants, not Catholics. https://t.co/kit55jmmJ1

[Cody Sanders @codygsanders]

Solar is a critical asset in unleashing American energy dominance, countering China & leading in AI.

Mark Fleming’s latest piece echoes conservatives like ⁦@KatieMiller⁩ & ⁦@KellyannePolls⁩ that know solar can be a winning issue for GOP in Nov https://t.co/1wQJZjeCe8

[Morgan Lyons @morgan_tigers]

Conservative voters want more solar + storage to tackle rising electricity prices.

Strong op-ed from @ConsEnergyNet’s Mark Fleming urging Washington to follow the lead of red states that are dominating new solar + storage buildout. https://t.co/bK3L5orpsm

[FP1 Strategies @FP1Strategies]

15 years of FP1. 15 years of taking on the toughest fights.

Hear our story — from the founders who built it.

[Sam Alberti @sam_alberti]

sorry but the beauty of sport is exceeding expectations in the face of extreme pressure

[Cody Sanders @codygsanders]

Not to be Draconian, but it this mess is going to last until March then @MayorBowser needs to waive fines on owner’s for not picking up their dog’s shit on top of ice and send them to the Snowcrete fields for a day of labor instead

[Capital Weather @capitalweather]

When is this "snowcrete" nonsense going to finally MELT?

Wouldn't surprise us if some of it is still hanging around in MARCH.

The prolonged cold has largely prevented the frozen conglomeration that fell on Sunday from melting, and there’s no sign of a meaningful thaw or rainstorm to erode it anytime soon.

As temperatures moderate next week, some limited melting may occur along the surface of the snowpack — especially on sunnier afternoons. But the concrete-like slabs of snow and ice will refreeze each night when lows fall back into the teens and 20s.

The amount of frozen precipitation that fell Sunday contained water equivalent to roughly a 20-inch snowstorm, but in a far more compacted form. What remains may only be 4 to 6 inches thick, yet it is so dense that it will require a significant amount of heat energy to melt. Unless the region experiences a rapid warmup and/or a soaking rainstorm, much of it could linger well into February.

And those towering piles in parking lots? Some of them may still be around in March.

Photo by Joe Flood

[Cody Sanders @codygsanders]

Establishing an emergency program where homeless are housed+fed and given an opportunity to earn a good hourly wage by shoveling snow would be a far better use of our tax dollars than the current @DCDPW approach

[Capital Weather @capitalweather]

Temperatures will dip into the single digits to 10 degrees by Thursday morning. Wind chills will fall below zero.

We are in the midst of one of the longest streaks of freezing weather on record in the DC area. It's a very tough time for area homeless.

Gifts for the Homeless, Inc. (@gfth), which CWG has been supporting for over a decade, is a local nonprofit that uses 100% of donations it receives to buy new, warm clothing and blankets for local homeless who are struggling. Visit https://t.co/GtwCYNUxf2 to donate and visit their website to learn more about their efforts (https://t.co/wAocn6xaIc)