"At bottom, this is a standard white collar fraud prosecution."

A culture that cannot explain why virtue matters will eventually stop producing virtuous people.

Amazing flyover photos from @EPA_Images today by @j_loscalzo epaimages.com/search.pp?pict…

Written by George Mason for the Virginia Constitutional Convention, the Virginia Declaration of Rights declared the inherent rights of men, including the right to reform or abolish “inadequate” government. This document, officially adopted 250 years ago #OnThisDay June 12, 1776, strongly influenced the subsequent Declaration of Independence (1776) and the United States Bill of Rights (1789). #America250 Read the full document here: bit.ly/4arBv8W

#OnThisDay, 250 years ago, the Declaration of Rights was adopted unanimously by the Fifth Virginia Convention in Williamsburg. Written by Virginian George Mason, this document would go on to influence major founding documents such as the Declaration of Independence.

On this day in 1987, U.S. president Ronald Reagan stands before the Brandenburg Gate and challenges Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev to come to Berlin and tear down the wall.

🚨'CUT-AND-DRIED VIOLATION' A Democrat used a congressional hearing—probing alleged lawbreaking from ActBlue—to fundraise for Democrat campaigns. She urged people to use the platform under investigation.😲 Now, she faces an ethics complaint. 🧵1/6 dailysignal.com/2026/06/11/b…

The tide is turning on the sex-denying medical industry. Yet 568 companies have affirmed they still provide health insurance covering these procedures for minor dependents — and many more are silent on their involvement. Corporations: protect kids, reduce liability, and get back to business.

The Committee of Five—John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert Livingston, and Roger Sherman—was appointed to draft the Declaration of Independence 250 years ago today. Jefferson's draft of the document is here at the Library, and will be featured in a new exhibition opening July 3.

With a vote for independence likely, #OTD in 1776, the Continental Congress formed the "Committee of Five" to draft a declaration announcing the birth of our nation. Thomas Jefferson served as the primary author. All members of the committee are carved into the front of the Jefferson Memorial. #WashingtonDC #Freedom250

“A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life, because it is there that a civilization stores its memory and teaches the next generation how to think.” — Henry Ward Beecher

For children to flourish, they need to grow up reading and being read to. The following is a list of essential books for any beloved children in your life. And they’re brilliant enough that they can be enjoyed equally well by adults. THE ARABIAN NIGHTS, preferably in a kid-friendly version. These shockingly strange stories of magic and adventure fired the minds of authors like Lovecraft, Dickens, George Eliot and the Brontë sisters. FIVE CHILDREN AND IT and THE PHOENIX AND THE CARPET, by Edith Nesbit. A series of books about four children who have misadventures with a Psammead and a phoenix. The way Edith portrays kids was a major influence on Narnia and Harry Potter. A WRINKLE IN TIME, by Madeleine L’Engle. Awkward, brainy Meg Murry must travel to the ends of the universe to rescue her father, in a visionary fusion of science, mysticism and cosmic horror leavened by L’Engle’s gentle Episcopalianism. LITTLE WOMEN, by Louisa May Alcott. Not just for girls. Alcott is second to none as a writer of characters, and in telling the story of the March sisters and Laurie, she becomes the closest thing we have to an American Dickens. ALICE IN WONDERLAND and THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS. Harold Bloom called them the greatest children’s fantasies ever written, and they are my personal favorites. Every child needs to know the Cheshire Cat, the Red Queen, the Mad Hatter and the March Hare. THE PRINCESS AND THE GOBLIN, by George MacDonald. A girl named Irene must battle a race of sinister goblins with soft feet who are threatening to abduct her and force her into marriage. The influence of MacDonald’s Goblins can be seen in The Hobbit. THE WESTING GAME, by Ellen Raskin. A child’s first introduction to the mystery genre. Turtle Wexler is one of the all-time great children’s book heroines, and reading the end of this book as an adult still brings me to tears. A JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH and TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA, by Jules Verne. Some of the most thrilling adventure stories ever written, satisfying a child’s fascination with things that live in the sea or beneath the earth. A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS, by Lemony Snicket. A masterpiece of contemporary fantasy, Snicket’s unique blend of whimsy, Gothic horror and clever wordplay birthed a generation of darkly funny, verbally precocious readers. Read to your kids. Teach them that reading is for pleasure, not to pass a test. Let them read what they love. Let them see you reading books with joy and enthusiasm. That’s how you get a child to fall in love with reading. That’s how you make a lifelong reader.

PRO-LIFE IS WHITE SUPREMACY?🤔 Here's @realBrandonGill pressing SPLC interim CEO Bryan Fair on whether pro-lifers are white supremacist. To be clear: SPLC does not put pro-life groups on the "hate map," not yet. But the SPLC has tied pro-life activism to white supremacy. 🧵1/8

An Open Letter to Benevity: Stop Using the SPLC’s Discredited “Hate List” 1792 Exchange 1792exchange.com/letter-bene…

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America at 250 On June 11, 1776, the Second Continental Congress takes a pivotal step toward American independence by appointing the Committee of Five to draft the Declaration of Independence. Chosen for the task: • Thomas Jefferson (Virginia) • John Adams (Massachusetts) • Benjamin Franklin (Pennsylvania) • Roger Sherman (Connecticut) • Robert R. Livingston (New York) Jefferson, praised for his eloquent pen, was urged by Adams to take the lead on the first draft. After revisions by Adams and Franklin, the committee presented its work to Congress on June 28, history was just days away…

"There’s more movement to be had. 1792 Exchange has identified over 200 major companies that likely use the SPLC’s “hate list” to vet charitable recipients. Charitable providers like Benevity, which process billions in employee donations annually, use SPLC data to screen nonprofit recipients. As more and more companies back away from the SPLC, now is the moment for providers like Benevity to demonstrate leadership in forwarding the goal of political neutrality for its corporate clients. Using a “hate map” that treats TPUSA and the Klan as morally equivalent doesn’t do that."

An Open Letter to Benevity: Stop Using the SPLC's Discredited "Hate List" Charitable giving platforms like Benevity are supposed to empower generosity among Americans, not attempt to enforce radical ideology. As an organization placed on the SPLC's "Hate List," Turning Point USA is calling on Benevity to adopt a fair and viewpoint-neutral standard.

A platform trusted by 200 Fortune 1000 companies has no business using the SPLC’s hate list to discriminate against mainstream conservative organizations. Thank you for standing with us on this, @TPUSA.

America at 250 On this day in 1775, John Adams proposed turning those New England militiamen besieging Boston into a unified Continental Army and suggested a Virginian named George Washington to lead it. Adams knew that for the fight against Britain to succeed, the colonies had to look (and fight) like one nation. A few days later, Washington accepted command, and the Continental Congress made it official.