David Barksdale

Dad-Lawyer

[Jake Tapper 🦅 @jaketapper]

Pentagon shares the names of two US servicemembers KIA Friday and Saturday in the Iranian attack on the US base in Jordan.

1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii;

Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas.

RIP 🇺🇸

[David French @DavidAFrench]

The faster the center-right and the center-left realize that they have more in common with each other than with the extremists on their own "sides," the better off we'll be.

[BaseballHistoryNut @nut_history]

Artis Gilmore - What makes this picture so unusual is that it’s actually a jump ball at one of the free throw circles where the player from Western Kentucky knowing he has no chance to get the tip

[Sarah Isgur @whignewtons]

5 things re SCOTUS:

1. If you don’t like a decision, it’s very possible you’re right and they’re wrong. It’s also possible they’re right and you’re wrong. After all, Plessy was 7-1. Sometimes the Court and the political majority are wrong. Be less sure.

[floridabarcls @floridabarcls]

Congrats to the Criminal Law Section's 2026 Fellows! 👏

L–R: 2025–26 CLS Chair, the Hon. Tatiana Salvador, with Fellows Sean Werkheiser, Cody Vincitore, Corie Posey Powell, and Quannisha Allen, and Alexa Cline, Chair of the CLS Young Lawyers Committee.

[Jim Geraghty @jimgeraghty]

Call it Orwellian, call it something out of North Korea, call it whatever you want, but massive posters of the leader’s face all over government buildings and seemingly every citizen interaction with the federal government is _not American_.

Trump’s Face Takes Over Washington https://t.co/S8HUUfqvOk

[Charles C. W. Cooke @charlescwcooke]

@michaelkruse @katz_morris @aaronzitner This may be true in an abstract sense. It’s not a defense of Platner.

[Mo Freeman @euromo15]

Call me biased, but I don't give a damn! THIS should be the cover of #madden27.

@McDanielsland @aaronspencer23 @MenInTealPod @JVillainsPod

[Charles C. W. Cooke @charlescwcooke]

@daveweigel @baseballcrank Good news for Ken Paxton!

[Meryl Kornfield @MerylKornfield]

The Trump admin is quietly deleting info about the Capitol attack from the DOJ website as it prepares to give funds to J6ers. This week, DOJ deleted a press release about one man with an ongoing child solicitation case who came to the Capitol with bear spray. Before and after:

[Meryl Kornfield @MerylKornfield]

DOJ publicly acknowledges it is deleting press releases about Jan. 6 from its website ⬇️

[Charles C. W. Cooke @charlescwcooke]

This is utterly absurd.

[Laura Robinson @LauraRbnsn]

I’m not trying to flex on being a great Christian or anything but I have never in my life had to explain that the golden statue I was worshipping was technically not a calf so you can’t get mad at me

[Jonah Goldberg @JonahDispatch]

Famous tells:

“It’s not you, it’s me.”
“This isn’t about the money.”
“We have nothing to hide.”
“I’m just asking questions.”
“This is not a golden calf.”

[Charles C. W. Cooke @charlescwcooke]

This week, I spoke to @MichaelAuslin about his new book, 'National Treasure: How the Declaration of Independence Made America.' Who wrote it? How close we were to losing the original? How did it help assimilate immigrants? What happened to it in WWII? https://t.co/oMIxpcdfO3

[Wolfson Children's Hospital @WolfsonChildren]

Our #WolfsonWarriors got an amazing surprise visit from Tom and Keli Coughlin last week! 🐆

The Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation (@TCJayFund) does so much amazing work for children, and the kids were thrilled to eat pizza, play games and receive good bags from Tom and Keli. They certainly loved the pizza and gifts, but it was the compassion and empathy of Tom and Keli that really made the day one we'll all remember for a long time! 💙

[Ben Sasse @BenSasse]

i can still live another 50 years if @Mike_Pence has the courage

[60 Minutes @60Minutes]

Extended interview: Former Nebraska senator Ben Sasse has metastatic pancreatic cancer. He spoke with 60 Minutes' Scott Pelley about where America has been and where it could still go.

[John Shipley @_John_Shipley]

In the end the Jaguars

- Made 10 picks (started with 11)
- Made 2 trades, both moving up on Day 3
- Do not select a single RB, OT, or CB
- Double dip at EDGE, TE, WR

Lots of team captains, walk on backstories, successful transfers, etc.

[Justin Barney @JustinBarneyTV]

@BollesSchool grad Charles Hicks with a 2:04.35 to finish 7th overall in today's Boston Marathon. What a run! Averaged 4:46 a mile. No. 2 overall American finisher.