Been traveling all day and just now learning of the senseless tragedy that unfolded in Midland today. We are praying earnestly for the @CityOfMidland, the families and friends who are grieving deep loss, and all those injured. Our community is strong, and we stand together in this moment of sorrow. Thank you to @MidlandTxPD and all the first responders and public servants who acted swiftly and courageously today.

“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves.” Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew 10:16

The Cleveland Clinic has agreed to end youth transgender care and has committed millions of dollars for detransition care.

“Ego will take you where character cannot sustain you.” Dr. Matt Paden, author of The Core: 8 Principles for Building Strong, Authentic Leadership

“Ego is the enemy of leadership.” Dr. Matt Paden, author of The Core #Leadership

“It’s not a question of whether you will hurt, or of how much you will hurt; it’s a question of what you will do, and how well you will do it, while pain has her wanton way with you.” - Daniel James Brown, The Boys in the Boat

A new WHO climate report exaggerates heat deaths while hiding that cold deaths have fallen by roughly 250× more than heat deaths have risen. That’s not science — it’s the suppression of inconvenient data to manufacture a crisis. wsj.com/opinion/global-warmi… archive.ph/EEW9U

20 years ago, An Inconvenient Truth put climate change at the center of global debate, shaping politics, influencing leaders, and inspiring a generation of activists. Two decades later, we can assess not just its impact, but its accuracy. Many of the film’s most alarming predictions did not materialize, while many of the policies it inspired have proven costly and ineffective. The lesson? Panic is a poor guide for public policy. Focusing on innovation, adaptation, and economic development can do far more to help both people and the climate—at a fraction of the cost. financialpost.com/opinion/bj…

A fiber cut is causing a service interruption for customers in the West Texas area. Our engineers are aware of this issue and are working quickly to resolve it. Please visit our Check Network Status page for updates on service in your area. We know how much people rely on Verizon and apologize for any inconvenience. We appreciate your patience. verizon.com/support/check-ne… -Kaye

After an amazing time and camp, I am extremely grateful to receive my first offer to play football at the next level by New Mexico Highlands University!! #AGTG @CoachMyers_ @TreOguinn @CoachTwelveGage @CoachTaufaasau @Coach_Matt_R @s_franco5 @MCSMustangFB @Dru_Dawson4 @Alignomy @tapps247 @TAPPSbiz @TXPrivateFBGuy

"We all do no end of feeling, and we mistake it for thinking." Mark Twain

"The trick of leadership in a chaotic time is to pay attention and hold still long enough for significant change to occur." Gil Rendle in Leading Change in the Congregation #churchleader

The truth is this should be a 9-0 decision.

Had a great camp yesterday at @TCUFootball. Got better throughout the day and learned some new skills from some great coaches! @CoachSonnyDykes @athleticcoach_ @Sub0_Athletics @CoachSammis @Coach_Matt_R @Dru_Dawson4 @StonedaleChris @TXPSMedia @CoachGreenway @TXPrivateFBGuy

I had a great time at Tarleton State yesterday and getting better throughout the day! @Coach_Benitez1 @Coach_Matt_R @MCSMustangFB @Dru_Dawson4 @s_franco5 @StonedaleChris @tapps247 @TXPrivateFBGuy @Alignomy @CoachGreenway @CoachAsh61 @Coach__OMalley @athleticcoach_

“Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.” — Winston Churchill D-Day was 82 years ago today.

On June 6, 1944, ordinary Americans became the guardians of freedom. They crossed an ocean, stormed the beaches of Normandy, and changed the course of history through courage, sacrifice, and love of country. Eighty-two years later, Freedom 250 remembers the heroes who gave everything so freedom could endure. 🇺🇸

An homage in song to #Gimli the Dwarf, from @JRRTolkien’s Lord of the Rings Trilogy. @LOTR_Daily_ @mellon_heads suno.com/s/LNb3xxKbLAMSMs25

84 years ago today, a pilot running out of fuel made a decision that won the Pacific War. Most Americans have never heard his name. June 4, 1942. Six months after Pearl Harbor, Japan's navy is undefeated. Four of the carriers that burned Pearl, Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, and Hiryu, are steaming toward Midway to finish off the US Pacific Fleet. At 7:52 AM, Wade McClusky launches from USS Enterprise leading 32 Dauntless dive bombers. Here's the detail nobody mentions: McClusky is a fighter pilot. He'd been given the air group weeks earlier and had barely flown a dive bomber in combat. Now he's leading every SBD the Enterprise has at the most important target in the Pacific. 9:20 AM. He arrives at the intercept point where the Japanese fleet is supposed to be. Empty ocean. Nothing for miles. The Japanese had turned. Nobody knew where. And now McClusky owns the worst math problem in naval aviation: his fuel is bleeding away, and every minute he keeps searching, he condemns more of his own pilots to ditch in open water where nobody will find them. Doctrine is clear. Turn back. McClusky keeps going. He works a search pattern, squeezing miles out of dying fuel tanks. 9:55 AM. Far below, a single Japanese destroyer is cutting a white scar across the ocean at flank speed. It's the Arashi, racing to rejoin the fleet after depth-charging the American submarine Nautilus. Think about that. A failed sub attack is about to give away the entire Japanese navy. McClusky reads the wake like an arrow and follows it. 10:02 AM. The horizon fills with the entire Japanese strike force. Four carriers, their decks crammed with planes being refueled and rearmed. Fuel lines snaking everywhere. Bombs stacked in the open. And here's the miracle: the sky above them is empty. Minutes earlier, American torpedo squadrons had attacked at sea level and been annihilated. Torpedo 8 lost all 15 planes. One survivor, Ensign George Gay, watched what came next while hiding under his seat cushion in the water. Those doomed pilots dragged every Japanese fighter down to the waves. The door upstairs was wide open. 10:22 AM. McClusky pushes over from 14,500 feet. Both squadrons follow him down onto Kaga. It's actually a mistake, doctrine said split the targets, but Lt. Dick Best catches it mid-dive, pulls out with two wingmen, and goes after Akagi alone. His single bomb pierces the flight deck into the packed hangar. It's enough. By 10:28, Kaga, Akagi, and Soryu, the third hit simultaneously by Yorktown's bombers, are floating infernos. Six minutes. Three carriers that attacked Pearl Harbor, gone. Hiryu follows them to the bottom that evening. The cost of McClusky's gamble was real. Many Enterprise bombers never made it home, some shot down, others swallowed by the sea when their tanks ran dry. McClusky himself was jumped by two Zeros on the way out, took five bullets through his shoulder, and still flew his shot-up Dauntless back to the Enterprise. Admiral Nimitz said McClusky's decision "decided the fate of our carrier task force and our forces at Midway." Japan never won another major battle. One borrowed pilot. One destroyer's wake. One choice to keep flying when every gauge said go home.