Shirley Falk

Still figuring it all out! Going with the flow - always downstream.

[Rodney Smith Jr @iamrodneysmith]

Dear @WhiteHouse, my name is Rodney Smith Jr., founder of Raising Men & Women Lawn Care Service in Huntsville, Alabama. Through our 50 Yard Challenge, over 6,000 kids across the country have signed up to mow free lawns for the elderly, disabled, veterans, active-duty military, first responders, and single parents. With America celebrating its 250th birthday this year and me also being born on July 4th, I wanted to humbly ask if a few kids from our program and myself could travel to Washington, D.C. to help mow the White House lawn for this historic celebration.

More than anything, I want these kids to see how a simple act of service something as ordinary as mowing a lawn for someone in need can lead to extraordinary places. What better lesson in community service than showing them that helping others can take them all the way to our nation’s capital? I’d also love to bring my American flag-themed mower in hopes that the President might sign it, so I can later auction it off and donate 100% of the proceeds to a nonprofit supporting veterans. It would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to highlight the importance of service, patriotism, and the impact young people can have when they choose to make a difference. 🇺🇸

[Shirley Falk @FalkShirley]

For Rory & Rowdy 🙏 🕊️

[END SEPSIS @EndSepsis]

An open letter to President @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/Fgc8QxZDbm

This week, America mourned the shocking loss of NASCAR champion Kyle Busch, whose family announced that severe pneumonia progressed into sepsis…

[Dan Proft @DanProft]

Life is like a guitar. @ericchurch offers a brillianct commencement address (and guitar lesson) at his alma mater, UNC, that belongs in the pantheon of addresses of this sort with those of Steve Jobs (Stanford) and David Foster Wallace (Kenyon College).

[White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud @WHFraudTF]

Today is the day.

[Jason Miyares @JasonMiyaresVA]

Taxpayers just got hit with a close to ~$10 million bill for Spanberger’s illegal gerrymandering amendment special election. Time for Gov. Spanberger to remember “affordability” & give a tax rebate to every Virginian and own the fiscal irresponsibility of this blatantly unconstitutional power grab.

[Reid Wiseman @astro_reid]

The view from inside Integrity as recovery forces pop open the hatch…watching the helicopter pass over their shoulders and hearing all the joy, it was as good as it gets.

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

NATIONAL ASTRONAUT DAY 🇺🇸🧑‍🚀

Courage, bravery, excellence under pressure, and determination for all humanity. Astronauts represent the best of us, and the Trump administration will always prioritize space travel and the human will to explore.

[Jeff Gluck @jeff_gluck]

There’s no emoji to sum up my face when I got this text this morning. Full page in the Sunday New York Times.

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

AMERICAN HEROES! 🇺🇸🚀

President Trump welcomes the incredible Artemis II astronauts to the Oval Office after their historic trip around the Moon, an epic moment for our nation!

[Katie Gorka @GorkaKatie]

This morning’s oral arguments in the Virginia Supreme Court over the redistricting referendum have revolved around the question of where power lies. It is the most fundamental American question. All agree that the Virginia Constitution was violated with this referendum, that the established rules and procedures were abrogated. The Republican side has argued that power ultimately lies with the people. They are entitled to be fully informed about what they are voting on. Therefore this referendum was not legal. The Democrat side argues that power
lies with the government. Legislators should be allowed to “interpret” or even ignore the Constitution because circumstances (e.g. early voting and the way information is shared) have changed. This underscores for me in a powerful way why I vote Republican.
@FairfaxGOP

[First Lady Melania Trump @FLOTUS]

Kimmel’s hateful and violent rhetoric is intended to divide our country. His monologue about my family isn’t comedy- his words are corrosive and deepens the political sickness within America.

People like Kimmel shouldn’t have the opportunity to enter our homes each evening to spread hate.

A coward, Kimmel hides behind ABC because he knows the network will keep running cover to protect him.

Enough is enough.  It is time for ABC to take a stand.  How many times will ABC’s leadership enable Kimmel’s atrocious behavior at the expense of our community.

[NASCAR @NASCAR]

HE IS DRIVING THE CAR AND CELEBRATING WITH THE FANS ... AT THE SAME TIME!!!

[FOX: NASCAR @NASCARONFOX]

"I am winning this race. For Biff."- Cleetus McFarland to Butterbean in the booth.

This might be the most Talladega conversation of all time.

[Glenn Youngkin @GlennYoungkin]

Thank you to all the voters who turned out to vote against this egregious power grab. The race was much closer than the left expected because Virginians know a 10-1 map is not Virginia. I urge the Virginia Supreme Court to rule against this unconstitutional process that will disenfranchise millions of Virginians.

[FOX: NASCAR @NASCARONFOX]

What a special moment for a grandfather and grandson. Ty Gibbs interrupts an interview to tell everyone why Coach Gibbs is such a great role model.

[Bristol Motor Speedway @ItsBristolBaby]

A moment they’ll hold forever… 💚

@TyGibbs | #FoodCity500

[NASA Artemis @NASAArtemis]

"We are a mirror, reflecting you."

Artemis II mission specialist Jeremy Hansen discusses ways that the crew worked together and supported each other throughout their lunar mission.

[NASA Artemis @NASAArtemis]

The astronauts. Their ride around the Moon.

The Artemis II astronauts pose for a group photo after viewing their Orion spacecraft — which they named Integrity — in the well deck of USS John P. Murtha following their splashdown.

[The Catholic Engineer @TheCatholicEngr]

I figured out why the Artemis stream felt so different

It's because for the first time in decades, we collectively witnessed something that was untouched by politics, celebrities and influencers

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

Jared Isaacman dropped out of high school at 16 and started a company in his parents' basement with $10,000 his grandfather gave him. Tonight he's on the deck of a Navy ship, waiting to welcome four astronauts home from the moon.

That basement company is now Shift4 Payments. It processes over $200 billion a year in credit card transactions, about a third of all restaurants, hotels, and casinos in the U.S. Went public in 2020. He ran it as CEO from age 16 until he stepped down to take over NASA last year.

He also co-founded Draken International, which ran a fleet of over 100 retired fighter jets whose entire job was playing the enemy in combat training for U.S. Air Force and NATO pilots. He sold it to Blackstone for over $100 million.

He has over 8,000 hours in the cockpit and can fly more than a dozen types of military jets. He personally owns a MiG-29, a Russian fighter that tops 1,500 mph, which he bought from the estate of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. It's the only one in private American hands. In 2009, he flew around the entire planet in a small Cessna jet in 61 hours and 51 minutes, a world record, to raise money for Make-A-Wish.

In 2021, he paid for and commanded Inspiration4, the first all-civilian spaceflight. Four people with no astronaut training, three days orbiting Earth, $250 million raised for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Then in 2024, he went back up on Polaris Dawn and floated outside the spacecraft, held to it by a 12-foot cable, in the first spacewalk ever done by someone outside a government space agency. That same flight reached 870 miles above Earth, farther than any human had been since the last Apollo crew in 1972.

He took over as NASA's 15th administrator in December 2025. In his first three months, he redirected $20 billion away from a planned space station around the moon and toward building a permanent base on the moon's surface.

Right now he's aboard the USS John P. Murtha, about 50 miles off San Diego. The capsule carrying the Artemis II crew is going to hit the atmosphere tonight at around 25,000 mph. If the heat shield holds (it took damage on its last unmanned test), if the parachutes open, four astronauts splash down at 8:07 PM ET after a 694,000-mile trip around the moon. And the person waiting for them has been to space twice, walked outside a spacecraft, owns the only Russian fighter jet in private American hands, and started his first company as a teenager in his parents' basement. His call sign is "Rook."