Charles Halbert Jr

Good morning y'all 👋

Have you ever heard someone go off, and their words are so perfectly chosen, so well said in that moment, that you’re in awe? You think, “There’s nothing to add here,” and you applaud in your head.

That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

We’d like to share a remembrance for Betty Reid Soskin, the oldest serving National Park Service ranger in the country, who has passed away. Her life and work helped preserve history, expand whose stories are told, and inspire generations to come.

Grocery runs 😄

I don’t understand how the Republican candidate for Miami mayor could have possibly lost when he was endorsed by Donald Trump, Ron Desantis, Rick Scott and Ted Cruz.

Trump to announce $12 billion in aid to farmers The announcement comes after China recently started buying U.S. soybeans again after a tense trade war halted the purchases in a blow to American farmers.

NEW: President Trump plans to announce a $12 billion aid package for American farmers Monday, a White House official says.

“Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. But teach a man how to fish and Pete Hegseth will murder him.”

WHERE ARE THE DAMN UNREDACTED EPSTEIN FILES?

RELEASE THEM!

NOW!!

What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”

What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”

Funny how that works.

The CEO of Palantir.

I received a "Critical Account Security Alert" from "Apple."

It purports that someone tried to charge $143.95 to my account and wants me to log-in with my password.

A quick Google search revealed that "$143.95" has been charged to THOUSANDS of Apple accounts.

I hate being scammed by the lazy.

Surround yourself with the kind of people who support their local library.

The #IBEW stands with our International Women’s Committee in opposing all forms of workplace violence and harassment and pledges to continue our efforts to an ensure safe workplace for all workers.

There must be a way to do that without violating our constitutional rights though

Someone asked me a good question on here. How do we stop ICE from violating our constitutional rights. We don't. Our local elected officials do that job. Our Governor, or Sheriffs our mayors, Police. They stop ICE. With force if necessary. That's how you stop ICE from pulling us out of our homes.

Jacob Frey: "If we are now at the point where the federal govt is deploying agents on legal American citizens with a goal of uprooting people who have formed lives here, have families here, started businesses here, definitively made Minneapolis a better place, everybody should be speaking out."

Pete Hegseth is expected to get little more than a slap on the wrist for using Signal to share classified details of a US bombing mission.

“The long and the short of it is that he’s going to get away with it, right?” Jack Blanchard says on #playbookpod.

🎧 Listen: pod.link/1169056746/e...

The boats the regime is claiming are going from Venezuela to the US would need to refuel over 20 times to get to Miami.

They are lying to us.

Colorado Tells DOJ ‘Take a Hike’ as It Rejects Demand for Statewide Voter Data Read more here.

NEW: Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold (D) is the latest state election leader to reject a request from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to share private, unredacted voter data with the federal government. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.

Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.

Duty calls 🚧

Sabrina Carpenter slammed the White House on Tuesday after it posted a video using her song “Juno.” The video on the official X account of the White House featured a montage of clips appearing to show ICE officers chasing down and handcuffing people.

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Cement: Building a green path in a hard industry The cement industry is one of the world's largest greenhouse gas polluters, responsible for 7%-8% of global emissions, around 2.6 gigatonnes a year. That makes cutting emissions imperative. However, it has always been seen as one of the hardest sectors to decarbonise.

www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

MassDOT's $327M Grant Among Rescinded Awards After 'Big Beautiful Bill' An analysis found $2.4 billion may be rescinded from grants awarded under the Neighborhood Access and Equity program.

www.enr.com/articles/610...

Passive houses are the future—using airtight design, super insulation & smart ventilation to slash energy use by up to 90%! Cozy in winter, cool in summer, with almost no heating or AC. Save money, save the planet. #PassiveHouse #GreenLiving

At a time when climate-smart building is more critical than ever, mixed signals from D.C. threaten momentum.
We can’t afford to stall on sustainable construction.
Minnesota builders are watching—and waiting.
#PassiveHouseMN #InfrastructureDelays #ClimateReady

Spring-ready pools get built in the off-season.

We’re helping YMCAs, community centers, and clubs make the most of winter.

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Facility managers, what’s usually the first indicator your pool needs repair?

1️⃣ Consistent water loss
2️⃣️ Visual surface issues
3️⃣ Mechanical system stress
4️⃣ Patron or staff complaints

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