Mark Schnoor

Go Hawks! Go Dawgs! Go Bulldogs! Go M's! Go Kraken! Sports Cards and Foraging with @MiscMalin keep me sane(ish)
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[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

In 1988 Dolly Parton pulled every 7th and 8th grader in Sevier County into a room and told them to pick a buddy.

She made them sign a contract.. if BOTH graduate, she hands you both $500. One fails, nobody gets paid.

The county dropout rate went from 35% to 6%.

She handed out the checks herself.

In 1989 she offered $500 to every kid in the county who wanted to go to the local college.

When Gatlinburg burned in 2016, she sent 900 families $1,000 a month for six months.

You've probably heard that part.

Here's the part you haven't:

The fund raised more than expected, so she showed up in May and handed every one of those families another $5,000 on top.

Then she quietly put $3 million into the recovery group that handles the years after the news trucks leave.

She built her county an entire hospital.

She played a benefit concert in 2007, Dollywood and the Stampede matched it, and LeConte Medical Center opened in 2010 with a birthing unit and a women's center in it.

In 2022 she started covering 100% of tuition, books, and fees for Dollywood employees.

Full-time, part-time, AND seasonal.

In 1991 she paid for a bald eagle sanctuary because the birds couldn't be released back into the wild, no press release.

And when Hurricane Helene came through here in Western North Carolina, she wrote a personal check for $1 million and her companies matched it.

She didn't owe North Carolina anything, but she helped us anyway.

She started the Imagination Library because her daddy couldn't read or write. Before he passed, he told her it was the most important thing she ever did.

Rest in Peace, Dolly 🇺🇸

[Washington Football @UW_Football]

A decades-long tradition gets a new fan component in 2026.

Before the Huskies make their way from the locker room to the tunnel - and then the field - fans will be invited to participate in a custom rendition of the “Say Who, Say What” chant.

Led by the on-field emcee, UW Spirit and the Husky Marching Band, fans will help call the Dawgs out for the team entrance. Arrive early and get loud!

[Claire McCaskill @clairecmc]

Why is this a damn secret? If we are promoting foreign beef and importing it, don’t we have a right to know where it is coming from?

[ProPublica @propublica]

Last year, we reported that foreign food inspections plummeted to a historic low after Trump's staffing cuts at the FDA.

One food safety expert told us: “It’s only a matter of time before people die.”

(Published Nov. 2025)
https://t.co/CJDI4huOZf

[Wu Tang is for the Children @WUTangKids]

Insane….They’re buying disgusting beef on the cheap to pawn off on the American people and won’t even tell us where it’s coming from

[Mariners PR @MarinersPR]

Julio Rodríguez is the 1st @Mariners player and 20th in @MLB history to begin their career with 5 consecutive 20+ home run seasons.

⚾️ 6:40 p.m. PT (vs. Phillies)
📺 https://t.co/tDzsuKLgRe
📻 @SeattleSports
📝 https://t.co/WP3q0qOKna

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

Why does the Republican Party want to hide from Americans where their meat comes from?

[VICE News @VICENews]

Ben McKenzie, who interviewed Sam Bankman-Fried for his crypto documentary, argues that the system is rigged by insiders—the people issuing the coins and running the exchanges.

Full episode on YouTube.

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

At least one in four NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had the degenerative brain disease CTE, a new study revealed. The study, published Tuesday by the British Medical Journal, focused on how common CTE might be among NFL players.

https://t.co/QBb15TXbH0

[Rep. Debbie Dingell @RepDebDingell]

Let’s just call it Lake Natalie so we know you’ll start protecting our Great Lakes.

[Kristy Greenberg @KGreenberg_]

“Are you okay?” Those were Alex Pretti’s last words before ICE agents beat him, shot him 10 times, and killed him.

The Trump administration’s response? Demonize the victim. Deny wrongdoing. Derail the state investigation.

No. We are not okay.

[Dolly Parton @DollyParton]

A message from the family of Dolly Parton.

[Seth MacFarlane @SethMacFarlane]

The news of Dolly Parton’s passing is devastating. I had the extraordinary experience of working with her on The Orville, and it was a joy to discover that she really was exactly the person we all hoped she was. Her kindness, generosity, and authenticity were evident from moment one, and the benign yet assured command she maintained over her empire was obvious from the genuine love and trust you could see from everyone who worked for her. The world is a dimmer place today without her.

[Pete Thamel @PeteThamel]

Sources: The Big Ten is set to pass a rule today that doesn’t allow players to return from the NFL and play for a Big Ten school. Anyone who has declared for the NFL Draft and did not withdraw, appeared on an NFL roster or signed a contract with a pro league cannot be on a Big Ten roster.

[Molly Jong-Fast @MollyJongFast]

Today would be a good day for @SecKennedy to resign

[ABC News @ABC]

BREAKING: Two people have died in Pennsylvania from measles, the state health department said Tuesday. Both were unvaccinated.

Read more: https://t.co/Oh4f13GlEK

[Aaron Parnas @AaronParnas]

How is the Secretary of Agriculture not willing to talk about where Americans are getting their beef from?

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

Justice Jackson, dissenting: "This ruling violates well-established precedents concerning this Court's equitable discretion and needlessly injects chaos and uncertainty into the upcoming midterm elections. It also lets another shoe drop in the Kafkaesque nightmare that our precedents have been steadily creating for certain plaintiffs who seek to bring election-related challenges."

[Chris Meloni @Chris_Meloni]

It’s the GOP brand

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to proceed with plans to restrict mail-in voting. This clears, for now, an executive order that creates “citizenship lists” and directs the Postal Service to decide who gets a mail-in ballot.https://t.co/2Vtlk0XGzv