re: my last repost, becoming a FanGraphs Member was one of the easiest financial decisions I've ever made and you should absolutely do it if you can afford one of the tiers!

The bigoted players appear to lack the courage of their convictions. If they're going to quote that book, they should read Matthew 6:1-7.

Elon Musk new nickname: screwworm. The screwworm has returned to the US after 60 years after Trump and DOGE eliminated a program to contain the flesh-eating parasite and fired inspectors.

Omar Artan, the 2025 men’s referee of the year for the Confederation of African Football, was denied entry into the US even though he was selected as one of 52 officials for the World Cup… why? Because he’s from Somalia… that’s it…

Scott Pelley on what actually happened at 60 Minutes. Gift link. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/m...

Manhood will only be only "front and center in the race" if you characterize it that way, NPR. It's more accurate to say that Paxton's messaging is juvenile and stupid and that your not calling it out as such serves to elevate and validate it. bsky.app/profile/npr....

The Brits appear ready to shame the US news media into covering this, distracted as they are by gazing at their own navels ...

I wrote about rising antisemitism, and why everyone is getting it wrong. forward.com/opinion/8195...

Not many people know this, but the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is responsible for making sure the coal industry is never inconvenienced. Pretty sure it's part of the oath he swore.

WOW: Jodi Kantor & Adam Liptak have the memos that describe the origins of SCOTUS shadow docket - the 2016 order halting Obama’s Clean Power Plan @jodikantor.bsky.social @adamliptak.bsky.social @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

There’s so much to say about the remarkable reporting from Jodi Kantor & Adam Liptak—and I’ll say a lot of it in Monday’s newsletter. But the most striking thing about all of it is the role & behavior of Chief Justice Roberts. “Calling balls and strikes” this ain’t: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

So who was Hegseth’s speechwriter for that? ChatGPT, an intern, himself?

I feel like this should be a bigger story. 👀

Trump's campaign of "retribution" continues as Justice Department assigns its civil rights division to investigate Cassidy Hutchinson, who outraged Trump four years ago after her congressional testimony implicated him in Jan. 6. @alanfeuer.bsky.social Michael Schmidt www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/u...

Pedro Sánchez welcomes the ceasefire deal but notes: "This momentary relief cannot make us forget the chaos, the destruction, and the lives lost. The Government of Spain will not applaud those who set the world on fire just because they show up with a bucket."

They oversaw a very important social media influence operation for the Kremlin, got caught, fled. And now they're not just back, they're guests at Donald & Melania Trump's Easter Egg Roll at the White House.

This is the truest truth of all the truths (and there aren't many).

The best explanation why millions of Americans worship and support a convicted felon and sexual predator...

I mean, you don't really need a translator

Here's a story everyone's missed about DHS's $220 million ad campaign... beyond that the ads all praise Trump. Every single ad buy for the DHS ads has been placed by the Trump campaign's ad buying firm, Strategic Media Services, records show. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

White House: the witness’s allegations are “completely baseless” and “backed by zero credible evidence.” Fact: FBI found her credible enough to interview repeatedly, and she received a financial settlement from the Epstein estate.

The Constitution gives Congress the power to check the president. Lawmakers have punted on their duty since Donald Trump retook office. Commentary ↓

A "known neo-Nazi" will be the de facto Republican nominee for a closely watched West Texas congressional district after his primary opponent dropped his reelection bid on Thursday. www.jpost.com/diaspora/ant...

Quietly, calmly and forensically, BBC just dismantled the Trump communications shitshow on Iran. No hyperbole, just laying out an unprecedented military, diplomatic and reputational shambles. Worth a watch. (🎥 BBC News/BBC Verify)

AOC: He impulsively went in on Venezuela. He impulsively went in on Iran. It led to increased global instability and every time he’s done that, it has been consistent with a spike in what is happening with the Epstein files. I think that he feels existentially tied to it.

They’ve already seeded the next few generations.

Posting this video I made about Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton I originally made back in 2023 for no reason whatsoever definitely don’t share it around the interwebs 🙃

SNL's Colin Jost on Iran: "This attack might be a bad idea, I don't know. I'm not really an expert on Iran. So let's hear from someone who can explain why we might have done it."

Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."

People are running with this story as Trump did some noble thing. He reported him because he was pissed off he stole a minor who was working at Mar a Lago, then Trump denied knowing anything for another two decades

9/ DHS, which oversees ICE, said “no one is denied medical care“ and detained parents have the option to be deported together. CoreCivic, which operates Dilley, said that health and safety is a priority and that medical staff met “the highest standards of care.”

8/ For more on what kids are experiencing inside the Dilley detention center, read the full story by reporter @micarosenberg.bsky.social:

7/ Read the rest of the letters:

6/ “When I arrived every night I cried and now I don’t sleep well, I felt that being here was my fault and I only wanted to be on vacation like a normal family.” 9-year-old Maria Antonia Guerra Montoya, detained on her way to Disney World, spent 113+ days at Dilley.

5/ “I have already spent more than 60 days waking up eating the same repetitive meals…going to the doctor and that the only thing they tell you is to drink more water and the worst thing is that it seems like the water is what makes people sick here…” From 12-year-old Ender, detained 60+ days

4/ “Mi Familia,” by 5-year-old Luisanney Toloza from Venezuela, who had recently crossed the U.S.-Mexico border

3/ “I have never been separated from my siblings and its honestly sad because they are little and they need their mom and sister.” From 14-year-old Ariana V.V, whose U.S.-citizen siblings are 2 and 5 years old. Detained for 45+ days

2/ “I miss my school and my friends I feel bad since when I came here to this Place, because I have been here too long.” From 9-year-old Susej F, detained for 50+ days

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken. Hundreds of kids are still detained. We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

Kid Rock’s 2001 song, “Cool, Daddy Cool,” which contains the lyrics, “Young ladies, young ladies, I like ’em underage, see some say that’s statutory (but I say that’s mandatory).” Which moron booked Kid Rock for the MAGA family values concert in the middle of a pedophile news cycle? JD Vance?

You mean, like, the essential process we as a society have to make sure our Constitutional Rights aren't violated? Imagine that 🙄

"It's such a farce. It makes me viscerally angry." Another heroic Epstein survivor rebukes Todd Blanche. On the deputy attorney general's claims about DOJ communications with the survivors.

The Trump admin’s whole case regarding Haitians in Ohio is racism, xenophobia, and lies. There’s literally nothing else to it. Legal status, proper papers. No criminal record. Employers, neighbors, local leaders say they’re a benefit to the community. It’s showy, bigoted cruelty, nothing more.

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The government’s arrests of journalists @donlemonofficial.bsky.social and @bygeorgiafort.bsky.social are attacks on freedom of the press. Two federal courts flatly rejected prosecuting Lemon, but instead of accepting that humiliating defeat, the government has now doubled down. Read our statement:

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Trump's awful post about Alex Pretti am confirms this point -- he's not sorry, he's not pivoting, and he'll use the same playbook as ever to survive yet another scandal that would have destroyed any other politician my new column: www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...