And this Yankee fan is, for yesterday, today, and tomorrow, also a … Red Sox (?!) fan, as the Red Sox are playing the Blue Jays and Yankees are trying to chase down the Jays in an effort to win the division.

Aaron Judge tonight: 50th home run of the season! Only the 4th player ever with four 50 home run seasons.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... Donald and Jeffrey - the two enigmas! Like Nixon said, the American people have a right to know if their President is a crook. Well, the American people also have a right to know if their President is a pedophile. #releasethefiles

Trump cancelled the budget/shutdown meeting with Schumer and Jeffries? I guess he wants to own the shutdown. Bring it on.

Local car dealers are big advertisers on morning news. We need to call the local car dealers that advertise on Sinclair stations! They will freak out. @carmitage.bsky.social

open.substack.com/pub/cmarmita... This is will be a harder climb. Sinclair is known to be conservative - www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti... & generally is in “red” markets - www.newsweek.com/jimmy-kimmel.... They do, though, own ABC7 in the DC market. We may need to lean on Sinclair’s advertisers.

Well, maybe the words in a longer speech make up for it being too long … Umm … how about “no”? Lincoln - “With malice toward none; with charity for all” Trump - “I hate my opponent and I don't want the best for them”

The quality of a speech is usually inversely proportional to its length. Two of the greatest: Lincoln, Gettysburg - 271 words, <2 minutes; Lincoln, Second Inaugural - 700 words, <6 minutes. So, guess who can’t ever seem to get under 45 minutes? Oh well, at least something of his is long.

About continuing USDOJ resignations … Attorney disciplinary authority - largely the purview of individual states - and job market forces are proving to be a significant guardrail against Trump fascism. He can’t protect bootlicking attorneys from disbarment and from being shunned by future employers.

apple.news/AlveMOXYwTNW... According to this, as I distill it, the terrible “Manfred Man” (not the band that covered Bruce’s “Blinded by the Light” - BTW, how tripped out are *those* lyrics?) saves about 1 inning & 15 minutes on average. I hate the gimmick and would rather have extra, real baseball.

The order entered today by the federal judge in Trump’s lawsuit against The New York Times is a masterclass takedown. assets.bwbx.io/documents/us...

(2/2) Here’s the thing: the players *are* the means of production. No one needs leagues, fancy stadiums, etc. I’d pay good money to watch MLB players play on a sandlot. As long as there are bases in a diamond 90 feet apart, foul lines, and an outfield fence, we good. Millionaires over billionaires!

www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/... (1/2) We may be in for a *very* long baseball work stoppage after next year. Trump ass kisser Rob Manfred (who lifted the Pete Rose ban because Donnie said so) and his billionaire owner masters do not want to share the profits with the players.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... So to flood out ICE’s thuggery efforts, everyone should start putting 👽🛡️👑🤟 ⚔️ 🚂 in all their texts!

prospect.org/politics/202... Dems have the strategy wrong. Instead of insisting Trump spend certain $, which is hard to enforce, they need demand a budget that limits things, like tariffs & Supreme Court jurisdiction, and that doesn’t have $ for things like $ for immigration enforcement thuggery.

Keep up the pressure campaign on Disney, everyone. Disney stock suffered today compared to the rest of the market: S&P 500 up 0.5% but Disney down 1%. Full disclosure: Disney shareholder here. I want Disney to do well & it’s also a treasured icon - but if a boycott ends up in order, then so it is.

Here is the list of Nexstar-owned TV stations: www.nexstar.tv/stations/ And here is the list of Sinclair-owned TV stations: sbgi.net/tv-stations/ Please check for those in your local market and stop watching them. Immediately.

ENDORSEMENT! Early voting starts tomorrow in VA. @rbwms.bsky.social proudly endorses @abigailspanberger.com for Governor! Abigail will fight to protect your personal freedoms from Trump/Vance attacks. She will bring her CIA & Congressional experience to the fight. If you are in VA, vote for Abigail!

Introducing a new thing: @rbwms.bsky.social Endorsements Will roll some out occasionally. First one will be tomorrow!

Unhappy about Disney/Nexstar/Sinclair decision to pull Jimmy Kimmel? These are publicly traded companies. They depend on customers. Customers can complain. Like @carmitage.bsky.social said about Congress, calls to corporate HQs work too: Disney 818-560-1000 Nexstar 972-373-8800 Sinclair 410-568-1500

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... And this is a surprise why? When the President’s old BBF is Epstein and talked about liking women “on the young side”, what could anyone with a half-functioning brain expect. Trump’s a creep, people. There is a lawful process for removing creeps from office.

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s... @dropkickmurphys.com featured on @theguardian.com!

And a follow up on my reply to @carmitage.bsky.social: @govandybeshear.bsky.social , I heard you might be interested in running for President. Where have you been? Haven’t heard a peep from you.

Please, call your Dem Senators and Representative - no email, Congressional Offices weigh calls much more heavily. Ask that they insist on ICE $ reductions as a budget condition. Main Congress phone line is 202-224-3121. Ask for Senator/Rep. ___’s Office. We don’t need the Gestapo on our streets.

prospect.org/politics/202... This is *exactly* what I have been saying. Dems should not be holding out just for health care $, which is something the *GOP* actually needs politically too. Don’t help the GOP fix its mistakes. Instead, hold out for defanging Trump and demand things like reduced ICE $.

AND Healthy!

2 HRs for Aaron Judge tonight, to tie for 4th at 361 with Joe DiMaggio on all-time Yankee HR list. Amazing the top 5 had been the same names and numbers since 1968 and now this month Judge has passed Yogi for 5th and tied Joe D. for 4th. But it will be awhile until he gets to Gehrig at 3rd with 493.

www.rawstory.com/jeffrey-epst... More proof that Donald was very close to the pedophile world of Epstein, at least until 2006.

www.linkedin.com/posts/colgat... Saw this this afternoon. I went to Colgate. May our seven Colgate friends, taken from us on September 11, 2001, rest in peace.

cdn.prod.dailykos.com/images/14767... Well put by @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social. The violence must stop. And any public official who suggests support for political violence should be immediately removed - peaceably, always - from office. Period.

NY Dem leaders need to get behind Zohran. They’ve repeatedly underperformed in elections, with their milquetoast crap. Who has overperformed? @aoc.bsky.social - a strong populist message and not a shill for oligarchs. It’s time, @schumer.senate.gov, @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social, @governor.ny.gov.

www.politico.com/news/2025/09... This lawsuit by the Dep’t of Injustice & “Attorney” General Pam Blondi is BS. No state or city is obligated to assist the federal gov’t and indeed shouldn’t when ICE thuggery is involved. I’m a Yankee fan, but I’d wear a Red Sox hat if it would help Boston with this.

prospect.org/politics/202... *This* is the Dems’ big ask to prevent a shutdown?! Health insurance is important but too abstract/eggheady for the public to appreciate. What about cutting ICE $, cutting tariffs & releasing Epstein files? @sanders.senate.gov @senpeterwelch.govpeeps.us @balint.house.gov

Jobs report is out. Ouch, a big “L” for DonaLd. Highest unemployment since 2021. He wanted to undo what Biden did and he has. He’s returned us back to the economy shit show that he left Biden to clean up. We must find a way to clean up DonaLd’s shit (hmm) again. I guess it “depends” on how we do it.

And is RFK Jr. using the same skin/tanning products as DJT? There is something quite rather unnatural looking about his face.

RFK Jr. was a train wreck yesterday, but Trump won’t fire him. Ironically, the man famous for the phrase “You’re fired” hasn’t fired anyone yet this time. Why not? Biggest reason: Trump craps his pants (OK, he does that anyway) thinking about what secrets they would spill about the administration.

And, again, how the hell can he think he should get the Nobel PEACE Prize if he changes DOD to the Department of WAR? I guess he needs an Epstein distraction so badly that he might be giving up on the Nobel. #releasethefiles #donalddidit

The beginning of the NFL season tonight reminds me of something. Donald Trump wanted to be an NFL team owner. He tried to buy the Buffalo Bills. If only the NFL had let him do that, now he would only be screwing up one NFL team instead of the entire world.

www.realtor.com/news/real-es... Problem is real. Trump’s “solution” is garbage. *Instead: make construction labor available - stop draconian immigration enforcement. *Lower interest rates? Will only raise prices. *Nationalized zoning?!? Washington will say what is next door to you?!? = More fascism

youtube.com/shorts/k7AKy... Or … here it is … New York welcoming Ted Cancun Cruz.

www.nj.com/yankees/2025... He gonna get booed out of the place. If you don’t believe it, search “Ted Cruz Yankees” on YouTube for what happened when he attended a Yankee game. @nativemrv19722 has a good short clip.

open.substack.com/pub/cmarmita... Essential how to guide from @carmitage.bsky.social. Calls to electeds are key to resistance. Even if you have Dem electeds, you might have one GOP too. Even if they are dog catcher, read down to “Nuclear Option”. Use that script. Make them stand up for democracy.

Pentagon Space Command Joni Ernst National Guard Supreme Court

cmarmitage.substack.com/p/its-time-f... A+ must read stuff. This is where we are. “Blue states building parallel systems, withholding cooperation, and creating facts on the ground that render federal authority meaningless within their borders.” They “can simply refuse to help” the federal gov’t.

At least one must be a condition to funding the government: *REDUCE ICE $ - no “level funding” *Reduce tariffs *Release all Epstein files & have Maxwell testify before Congress *No sharing IRS/SSA/SNAP data And must be enforceable. @sanders.senate.gov @senpeterwelch.govpeeps.us @balint.house.gov

The Posse Comitatus Act, which Judge Breyer cited in finding Trump’s LA stunt illegal, is an extraordinarily important law. It ensures that military forces are not used at home against we the people, but instead are reserved for defending the homeland from military attacks. Period.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a... Good. Way to go, Bernie! The necessary response to Trump’s perverted populism is REAL populism, not whatever warmed up leftover crap the Democratic establishment is slopping. The US needs leaders who care not about special interests and big business, but people.

On a fun note, saw this on @pinstripealley.bsky.social, so, yes, Yankees, please bring back Dandy!

Aaron Judge with his home run today has career home run number 358, tying him with the inimitable Yogi Berra for 5th most all-time as a Yankee. I love Judge, but Yogi is also my favorite Yankee who played before my time.

vtdigger.org/2025/08/28/w... Good. It is unfortunate things have come to this, but responsible state governments, like those in the Northeast, need to do this. Public health will be much better here than those places where people just can’t get past asking WWDD.