Very excited to get my friend John Davis’s new book in the mail. As someone who was also introduced to punk rock through mix tapes in the 90s, this is a fun read.

Rose Garden paving project update. It is coming along. The stone is bright white.

Just getting a little rain here at the White House. (Sarcasm font, it’s a lot) @capitalweather

Just getting a little rain here at the White House. (Sarcasm font, it’s a lot) @capitalweather

The annual @cwsoftballgame is coming up on July 16. This year I am playing for my friend Dr. Patricia Gaffney, who has metastatic breast cancer. The game raises money for the @youngsurvivalcoalition, which helps young women facing breast cancer. Buy tix: www.gofevo.com/event/2025CWSG

The Rose Garden demolition is underway. “We’re going to put a beautiful stone surface down so that people -- for instance, we had something the other day and it actually didn't rain for three or four days and the women were still getting stuck in the grass,” Trump said May 4.

OK. This is pretty cool, from today's @washingtonpost.com o. Sorry for the spoiler!

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Standing by in the briefing room for President Trump’s first press briefing in this room since he left office.

The first press briefing of the second Trump term and the aisles were so packed it took considerable effort just to get to NPR’s seat.

The funeral for Jimmy Carter is wrapping up in the Washington National Cathedral.

The musical tributes are also of note. Of course, you’ve heard of Garth Brooks and Tricia Yearwood. They will sing Carter’s favorite song “Imagine” by John Lennon. The lyrics are resonant with Carter’s life’s work. Carter met the country superstars through their work for Habitat for Humanity. 4/

All of the living US presidents are expected to be here, including President-elect Donald Trump. President Biden is the only one delivering remarks. He goes way back with Carter to the 1970’s when Biden was the first national political figure to endorse Carter’s run for the presidency. 2/

Hello from the Washington National Cathedral, where a memorial for President Carter is set to begin at 10 AM. The seats in the cathedral are already filling in. 1/

Happy convergence of winter holidays!!

There’s one notable difference between the Trump transition ethics agreement and the one the Harris campaign signed. There’s a whole section about the nominee/president-elect avoiding conflicts of interest. Trump’s transition ethics agreement doesn’t have that paragraph. 3/3