Branch and Jackie’s dad, husband to @jennampendry, @SigmaChi, @WCU alumnus. My opinions AND LOTS OF RTs on NP sector, education, politics, & community.
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Benjamin Pendry retweeted
With yesterday’s win vs. VMI, Western Carolina secured its second 20 win season in program history since joining NCAA Division 1 in 1976.
#EDGE
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Brined and ready for whatever ma nature has in store for western NC.
Great Smokey Mtn. Expressway near the Jackson county line.
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I’m not shocked 🤷🏽♂️ #WheeWin
#WheeWin Catamounts shock the @SoConSports knocking off preseason favorite Chattanooga 70-59 Wed. on @InglesAdvantage Court in the Ramsey Center.
Nicholas Robinson led the Catamounts with 15 points. Vonterius Woolbright with a double-double of 14 points and 11 rebounds.
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#WheeWin | Catamounts cap off the comeback victory holding Furman scoreless in the 4th quarter including the Paladins missing 62-yard FG attempt as time expired.
Final from Cullowhee
Catamounts 43
Furman 42
#ThreeinARow
Benjamin Pendry retweeted
White trillium turns and remains pink prior to wilting; this color change signals to insects and other pollinators that adequate pollination has already occurred.
For more information about flora in the Park, visit nps.gov/grsm/learn/nature/wi…
Photo by Kristina Plaas
ALT close up of three-petaled pink flower
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Former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton taped a message of unity in honor of Joe Biden's inauguration cnn.it/2LR8MCr
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I’m so sick of seeing Christians in America claim persecution.
You aren’t being persecuted for loving Jesus you are being held accountable for not acting like him.
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‘Great damage’: Republicans recoil from Missouri Sen. Hawley
apnews.com/article/donald-tr…
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Please remember that you're watching this unfold because brave reporters spent today in danger at the Capitol complex, making sure the public knows what's happening.
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.@BenSasse: "Today, the United States Capitol — the world’s greatest symbol of self-government — was ransacked while the leader of the free world cowered behind his keyboard — tweeting against his Vice President for fulfilling the duties of his oath to the Constitution."
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SEN. BURR: “The President bears responsibility for today’s events by promoting the unfounded conspiracy theories that have led to this point. It is past time to accept the will of American voters and to allow our nation to move forward.” #ncpol
Benjamin Pendry retweeted
During the four years of the Civil War, the confederates never got closer to Washington than Fort Stevens. Until today, when insurrectionist supporters of @realDonaldTrump paraded through the U.S. Capitol Building carrying the Confederate battle flag.
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JUST IN: Vice President Pence tweets that protests engulfing the Capitol are an “attack on our Capitol," saying that people involved must “immediately leave the building” and that they would be “prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.” trib.al/xwVGbVN
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.@norahodonnell presses House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy on whether Trump’s rhetoric influenced the Capitol chaos: “It was some heated stuff, Leader McCarthy. I just wonder whether someone is going to accurately call a spade a spade, and I’m giving you the opportunity right now”