More evidence for my thesis that Silver is the worst of the Big Four commissioners. www.theringer.com/2025/11/10/m...

I knew a guy in high school who played in the NBA. It was extremely obvious that he would because he was a full head taller than everyone else, including the teachers. Wemby reminds me of him except he’s next to other NBA players.

Rethinking my past views on whether Fed governors should be fireable

This is what it’s like to read about the American governing elite right now.

Conservatives think free speech is when they can say what they want and when you can say what they want. bsky.app/profile/phil...

I have good news for him about a recent SCOTUS oral argument, then.

Moral clarity is good but the left is bad so moral clarity is bad. Got it.

Great opportunity here for a billionaire who wants to be remembered fondly when they die. Just maintain a top-10 payroll and don’t do anything stupid or cheap.

"Another thing you don't have to worry about in the EU, or really in any developed nation outside the U.S., is the threat of a mass shooter. What I've come to realize is that America is a country being run by mass shooters." madness.ghost.io/an-isolated-...

Probably because it's too good

The day Michael Cohen pleaded guilty Epstein is asking about David Pecker: www.npr.org/2018/08/21/6...

This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.

1. In an email, Epstein mentions a former girlfriend he "gave" to Trump. bsky.app/profile/arid...

Jeffrey Epstein being a “this email is confidential” guy is such a great little detail.

"Whenever an athlete receives death threats for missing a free throw, or a young man can’t make rent because he blew his paycheck on a sure-fire bet that failed...just remember: This is all the Supreme Court’s fault." newrepublic.com/article/2030...

Tapping the sign: newrepublic.com/article/1949...

My heart breaks for this kid.

Important to note that Trump was able to collect the IEEPA tariffs during litigation (no TRO/PI, no shadow docket, etc) because DOJ told the lower courts that the Treasury could refund everyone if they lost the case.

A masked up pseudo-military police force is now a common feature of American life in some parts of the country. What would the founders have thought of that?

Good riddance to Nico Harrison, the personification of everything that’s going on. Blew up something good because he didn’t understand it and it didn’t conform to his vision of toughness. One of the clearest pictures of Everyone Is 12 Now ever produced. Untold damage to my psyche. Enjoy podcasting.

Shams even got the exact time of the meeting. They want this guy banished to the Phantom Zone.

JCO just showing everyone the value of an education in the humanities

The number of people I see vaping indoors is truly mind blowing to me. Sorry is this is too puritanical but I don’t think that being that addicted to anything is good, even if it’s more healthy than smoking.

New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...

Tang dynasty emperors were slow learners.

Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything

The big inspirational quote in the Chargers building lobby is…Alex Spanos saying he “always wanted to own a NFL team”?

If they’re going to roll over like this after an electoral blowout less than a week ago, why bother electing Democrats to Congress next year? What would they actually do?

i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.

Punting the ACA stuff to a future bill instead of the must-pass one is a complete surrender. Trump wasn’t following the law on RIFs anyway so good luck with that minibus language, too.

The weird part is that this isn’t even an important game. I remember when Clinton was in the ESPN booth in the 1990s and it was for Ripken passing Gehrig’s record.

JUST IN: In new letter, Trump administration tells federal appeals court that states who instituted full SNAP payments were 'unauthorized' to do so and 'are responsible for the consequences of that action.' Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

reagan judges, democracy's strongest soldiers

“We’ll shoot the hostage unless you cave” doesn’t work if you’ve been shooting hostages for fun for the last ten months.

A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death. Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written." Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating. 🧪🧬🧫

I think that TD pass killed the Indiana/Penn State announcer

Good luck figuring this one out, Josh Harris.

This is actually a pretty standard and unremarkable move, as evidenced by Justice Jackson issuing it. But most people won't believe that for several good reasons. /1

MY EYES

I would love to see a photo of the other end of this lineup. Did they install gilded portraits of Obama and Biden?

Meanwhile, the unionized Swedes over at Paradox keep knocking out new map games and expansions every fiscal quarter.

BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

That the executive can't spend money, and thus do stuff, without the regular and periodic approval of a representative legislature isn't some incidental hiccup. It is the core premise of the power of the purse, the most bedrock foundation of Anglo-American constitutionalism from time immemorial.

Good summary of why pollsters whiffed in VA and NJ. TLDR: electorate looked like 2017 when pollsters assumed it would look like 2024, plus Latino turnout exploded. www.wsj.com/politics/ele...

Game 7 of the 2025 World Series averaged 51million viewers combined across the United States, Canada, and Japan making it the most-watched MLB game in 34 years, since Game 7 of the 1991 World Series.

Truly one of - well, actually two of - the worst campaigns I’ve ever seen run.

Things went poorly for Trump at SCOTUS today.

Sotomayor brings up Trump’s tariff against Canada for running that ad during the World Series.