Matthew Ruffner

Connecter of people and ideas for a new way forward with one another and the divine. A lover of bbq, coffee and the art of the bowtie.

[. @PaulRogersSJMN]

If you watched the Mars landing today, the voice you heard was @DrSwatiMohan. She immigrated to the US from India at age 1, was inspired by Star Trek at 9, then earned a B.S from Cornell in mechanical and aerospace engineering, and an M.S. and Ph.D from MIT in aeronautics.

[Heath Cline @heathradio]

Just got a phone call from Auburn living relative: “Was South Carolina the best 2-8 team in SEC history, or am I missing something here?”

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

If a president is not impeached and removed from office for seeking to overthrow the government of the United States in order to remain in power, I don't know what the Framers of the Constitution meant by impeachment.

[Peter Baker @peterbakernyt]

Driving around DC today, it's striking how flags on federal buildings controlled by the president are not at half staff, unlike the ones at the Capitol which were lowered in honor of the police officer killed in this week's mob attack.

[Mitch B @MitchBTV_]

“Should we shut up and dribble? No we should not shut up and dribble.” - Dawn Staley.

[Marcus Lattimore @MarcusLattimore]

Strength is having the courage to admit when you’re struggling. Sometime, you need a light.

[Duke Basketball @dukebasketball]

Coach K was asked about Wednesday's Capitol Hill riots after today's game, and he didn't hold back.

"It's about being a damn American."
https://t.co/B3zRKE71aj

[Carol Howard @CarolHoward]

Trying to write a sermon...

[Shane Claiborne @ShaneClaiborne]

Trump didn’t change America.
Trump revealed America.
To those who say: “This isn’t America”... I wish that were true. The truth is this IS America... Not all of America, but much more than we want to believe. We have work to do.

[Kate Nocera @KateNocera]

i cant really wrap my head around the fact people who violently breached the building, and trashed it were allowed to just...leave the capitol.

[David Lewicki @dlewicki]

Watching @cspan and it's kind of shocking to be reminded that many of these elected officials are not very good at talking about important things. They don't speak clearly. Their words kind of ooze and slip through your fingers. They talk without saying anything.

[Gabriel Sterling @GabrielSterling]

Im thankful to, and thankful for, David Cowan, Georgia’s official ASL interpreter. He does a great job. https://t.co/tIJjfhhU3X

[Shane Beamer @CoachSBeamer]

January 3rd , sunny and in the 60’s....

One of the many reasons I love Columbia , South Carolina

And this view from my office will never get old !! 🤙

[Jennifer Jacobs @JenniferJJacobs]

The only living GOP ex president, George W. Bush, will attend Biden inauguration, his 8th inauguration. He wants to witness “the peaceful transfer of power” that is “a hallmark of our democracy that never gets old,” aide says. @laurawbush coming, too.
https://t.co/4D8lT7Oxgy

[Marcus Lattimore @MarcusLattimore]

The guys you root for come from those same neighborhoods where police brutality is expected on a daily basis. Remember that during your tailgate.

[Marcus Lattimore @MarcusLattimore]

This is just powerful

[Scott Simon @nprscottsimon]

Most telling, depressing observation at our morning editorial meeting: "We did that story during the last mass shooting."

[Joe Scarborough @ScarboroughNow]

"On Saturday, President Trump failed his country."
~Dallas Morning News
@dallasnews https://t.co/qHRFDWOlly