It's also true that the Brewers have had terrible batted balls luck as well. Pretty much a perfect storm

So, I think many of us Brewers fans assumed that we were probably making this offensive stretch worse in our heads than it's been in reality. Turns out, these past six games have been the worst six game stretch of hitting (batting average) in the history the MLB postseason. lol

I knew Chourio was having bad luck on batted balls in this series. I did not realize how much that's affected William Contreras as well.

"We need to remind ourselves, constantly, that in the median experience of tyranny, life is largely unchanged. ...If we wait until the abuses become severe and widespread enough to register in our standard analytic tools, it will be too late." www.offmessage.net/p/the-median...

Our economy is almost certainly in a recession already. Data points like this are demonstrating just how bad things could get. Over 50% of all economic spending is coming from the top 1% as well. When this bubble bursts, it may make 1929 look like a blip.

We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.

Tim Walz: "My god, we've got the White House threatening investigations and jail time because an escalator stopped? Walk up the damn stairs!"

Let’s open our eyes. This isn’t a functioning democracy any longer when - in the middle of a high stakes funding fight - the President illegally suspends federal projects in states run by Democrats as a way to punish the political opposition.

It's worth noting that the Republicans control all three branches of government and the Dems literally couldn't pass a CR on their own. So anyone who writes anything about Dems being responsible is not only lying, they're doing it in service to this administration.

Good morning. The government is shut down because Trump wants to act like a king and steal from you. Democrats have no obligation to support a budget that funds the destruction of our democracy - and DOUBLES health premiums to fund a tax cut for billionaires.

That's the definition of fascism from Robert Paxton, one of the preeminent historians of the subject, from his book ANATOMY OF FASCISM which came out more than two decades ago.

AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance However, they are weaker than they look…

I'm annoyed with elected dems too, but can we direct this at Republicans as well? After all, they're the ones who saved him after 1/6 and are the biggest reason why this is happening.

“…Troops to protect war ravaged Portland”? *walks outside to peaceful rain* Huh…oooookaaaaay What are we fighting over here? Too many micro breweries, artists, and copious amounts of Farmer Markets??

There's really not anything else left to say at this point other than everyone in this country needs to oppose this.

So, Trump and the GOP want to shut the government down as an excuse to permanently alter Social Security and Medicare?

yeah they're just murdering random people on these boats

He illegally sent federal forces into DC to try and provoke a reaction that would give them cover to push further. It didn't work. Now, he's targeting Portland for the same reason. The people of this country will not stand for this.

War ravaged Portland.

Democrats should never vote to fund a government that's waging war on its own citizens and firing officials *because* they insist on following court orders instead of breaking the law. Let Senate Republicans nuke the filibuster. None of this is normal and it shouldn't be treated as such.

If you needed any further proof that this administration never cared about just targeting "criminals" for deportation, here's the data that proves it.

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

We should leave the UN because an escalator stopped working and our out of shape President had to walk instead. You literally cannot make this shit up. These are the most fragile, weak losers I have ever seen.

If a government tells you that you can’t call it authoritarian, it’s authoritarian.

We've had multiple, high quality polls show the same thing in the past five days. It looks like the floor that he had is giving way. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/data

He’s been unhinged for a while, but what Trump has said over the past three days is easily the worst I’ve ever seen him. Less engaged voters would be absolutely appalled if they saw this stuff.

This thread nails something that I’ve been saying for a long time: any messaging from national Dems is failing to break through AT ALL. The information environment is controlled by far-right oligarchs and few electeds actually have the skills to break through.

I’m likely going to write about this on my Substack later this week, but we really need to have a larger societal conversation about social media use and the damage it is already causing. If there was ever a time to be intentional about being more offline, it’s now.

I know that Jordan Love's interception yesterday was awful and was a major reason why the Packers lost. However, if there's people out there who are really questioning his talent after this one game, that's insane.

It's amazing to watch someone in a leadership role have so little self-awareness or self-preservation instincts. He's going to face a viable primary challenge because of stuff like this, and the longer he drags his feet, the more likely it is that he'll lose because of it (and rightly so).

This disconnect is definitely influenced by the information bubble that the elites, from the media to DC politicians, are living in. This really took off in 2020 during the pandemic and is worse than it's ever been, partially because so many of them are still on X/Twitter.

Hey, I think I found one of the worst Charlie Kirk takes.

Former counselor to RFK Jr’s predecessor:

As CNN offers daylong saturation coverage of the podcaster’s funeral, I went back and checked to see how CNN covered Melissa Hortman’s memorial on 6/28, where Walz spoke and Biden/Harris attended. It got about four minutes during the hours it was happening—less than Jeff Bezos’s wedding that day.

If you’re wondering why national Democrats are allegedly having issues raising money, this is a major reason why. Congressional leadership is terrible in virtually every respect. It is so beyond time for a new generation of leadership.

Media execs have fallen prey to a propaganda and harassment campaign that has completely divorced them from what people actually want right now. Both their insular information environments (group chats, podcasts) and ambient noise (Twitter reactionaries) have put them in a very stupid bubble.

At least Trump's dropped the pretense that this is about Charlie Kirk and is instead really just about him not wanting to be made fun of.

It just never stops. Organizations promise that they’re going to crack down on this, but we still end up getting bombarded by garbage. It’s like the Democratic Party in DC wants to alienate us and lose votes.

The right literally control or are about to control almost every social media platform. Legacy media has caved to him in many respects since he won, with Jimmy Kimmel being only the most recent example. And yet, he’s still spending his time whining about how “unfairly” he’s being treated. Loser!

AOC: We should be clear about who Charlie Kirk was. A man who believed that the civil rights act that granted black Americans the right to vote was a mistake… His rhetoric and beliefs were ignorant, uneducated, and sought to disenfranchise millions of Americans.

They just tear-gassed us. They tried to run us over in a van holding a peaceful protester. They shot us with pepper balls. They dragged another protester into the facility.

The definition of an explosive passing game. I wonder how how high this number will be as the season goes on.

I worked in Don Davis’s district last fall. Dem voters and volunteers helped carry him across the finish line. He didn’t even win 50% of the vote. He’s been using his power ever since to support Trump, including ICE abducting people off of the street without due process. Outrageous.

In addition to everything else, ABC appears to be blacking out coverage of the Trump free-speech crackdown (because their bosses submitted to it).

I want to see a poll ask about this at this point without any hints or prompting. Given how many people seem to think Biden was president for all of the pandemic now, I think the answer would be shockingly high.

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

Disney learned nothing from Andor.

Politics hasn't been this simple in a long time: do you think it's good for one man to exercise unchecked, arbitrary power or not. Those are the two available ideologies right now