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Bird's eye view vs. Worm's eye view

On the menu for the Chicago Fire tonight: Some revenge for the Open Cup quarterfinal, served piping hot. #cf97 www.patreon.com/posts/reveng...

Inter Miami is home tonight. Why isn't Javier Mascherano The guest picker on Gameday?

President Trump is conducting “the most punishing government crackdown against major American media institutions in modern times, using what seems like every tool at his disposal to eradicate reporting and commentary with which he disagrees,” our reporter writes in an analysis.

A grim reminder: these people will never be satisfied. There’s no point at which they will say “we’ve won, let’s enjoy life.” They will always be looking for someone else to punish, to revile, to dehumanize. They’re empty without that.

Those that do things to keep the bully 'happy' and 'hope they won't target them' are only enabling the bully to keep those unhappy and to target anyone he/she/they please.

RIP Governor Edgar.

I don’t think Charlie Kirk should’ve been killed for his beliefs. However, it is his beliefs that I don’t blame some of my friends for not mourning him. Plus, I don’t know think flags should be at half staff in his honor.

Make sure you check on your friends every now and then, sometimes a few kind words of encouragement can really make a difference in the moment when you need it the most.

I'll merely note that today, like all days, is a great day to stop posting on Twitter, a platform whose owner force feeds this slop into people's brains with an algorithm designed to boost his views and trample yours.

RIP Polly Holiday

Former President Barack Obama condemned the fatal shooting of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk in a statement released Sept. 10.

So anyway, they started blasting….

NEW Economist/YouGov: The economy % of U.S. adult citizens who would describe the current state of the American economy on Jul 4 - 7 | Sep 5-8 as... Poor 28% | 39% Fair 39% | 32% Good 26% | 22% Excellent 2% | 5% today.yougov.com/politics/art...

Didn’t expect this scoreline.

They had to get permission from Evanston - it's a 1 year "trial" - since normally they don't allow pro sports in town (why the Bears had to go all the way down to Champaign when Soldier Field was under construction in 2002)

Australia.

In loving memory of @ironcaptain19.bsky.social I'm not good with writing out my feelings and thoughts. Iron is a friend and I will not let her be forgotten. She was very kind and sweet. I wish I knew how to talk about this more...but I am still at a loss of words. We miss you. You are loved. <3

Thought process: Should I go to @harmonycon.bsky.social next February. @taylorbmcardle.bsky.social : Sponsor badges are going fast! Me: *buys sponsor badge for HarmonyCon* Four cons for 2026, then!

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “President Trump’s attempt to fire the Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook is a grab for power in defiance of the nation’s laws, and if it succeeds, it will be to the detriment of the nation’s interests,” the editorial board writes.

I did meet Iron a few times. I now think of her when I use my Publix reusable bag (ref: @redcard94.bsky.social WCPC vlogs) We’ll miss her.

Aug 23-25 poll of 10,603 U.S. adults (+/-1.2%) % who say it should | shouldn't ever be legal to exclude people from private housing based on their race U.S. adults 8% | 78% White Americans 8% | 80% Black Americans 8% | 70% Democrats 7% | 84% Republicans 11% | 73% today.yougov.com/topics/polit...

All set for tomorrow! #EFNW2025

That was me overnight on Sunday as well.

Friend of the pod @baseballot.bsky.social makes the case against AI polling on the latest GD Politics episode.

Watch this clip from last night’s edition of @maddow.msnbc.com. I could not have said it better myself. Our nation is not on the way to becoming an authoritarian regime with fascist sympathies. We are already there. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Aug 4-5 poll of 6,121 U.S. adults (+/-1.7%) % who approve | disapprove of President Donald Trump recently firing the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics U.S. adults 27% | 50% Democrats 8% | 81% Independents 19% | 51% Republicans 60% | 15% today.yougov.com/topics/polit...

Yeah, he means this. Just as when he’d tout the record number of people employed during his first term in office, Trump is incapable of understanding that population growth isn’t a measure of popularity.

NEW Economist/YouGov Aug 1-4 42% of U.S. adult citizens have a favorable view of Donald Trump 56% have an unfavorable view Net -14 Last week 41% | 56% | -15 Start of term 50% | 48% | +3 d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec... d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...

Trump Fired America’s Economic Data Collector. History Shows the Perils. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/b...

Donald Trump so routinely botches economic concepts that we’ve become desensitized to his nonsense. But we shouldn’t lower the bar for him — I round up his most serious errors in my latest for @nytopinion.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/opinion/donald-trump-tariff-powell-economics.html

Brazilian reported to find Fountain of Youth in Orlando.

Being a random person, I am going to tag five people at random whom I didn't already tag on Twitter: @geekypins.bsky.social @taylorbmcardle.bsky.social @baltoracing.bsky.social @noramermaid.bsky.social @kbvcosplay.bsky.social And ask them, how did you get into MLP in the first place?

They may have to throw out the red flag again. #SpeedwayClassic

The schedule is out! With this, I can announce that #PonyDefinition is back at #EFNW2025. This year, we’re in Novella’s Writing Room on Saturday (August 23) at 2:15pm. Here's an example of the game: youtu.be/N4BmzTmX5AU?...

Inflation and prices is the issue Americans are most likely to name as their most important issue, with 21% picking it. That's more than choose jobs and the economy, health care, and immigration. (@today.yougov.com) More, via Opinion Today: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/250723-top...

Two quick thoughts on #cf97 after Saturday: - They need to stop thinking too much in the final third. - They need a center back to compliment Elliott, a holding midfielder that can keep up with the speed of MLS, and a true #10 as it's de facto by committee by now.

Republicans just managed to pass a bill that will balloon the debt, push millions off Medicaid, and do little for economic growth. I chart all the sordid details in my latest for @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Most obvious statement today.

BARLOW! HAT TRICK!! WHAT THE HELL? #cf97 #DCvCHI

a different kind of 1-6 in the nation’s capital

The Trump administration released a report last week that it billed as a “clear, evidence-based foundation” for action on a range of children’s health issues. But the report, from the Make America Healthy Again Commission, cited studies that did not exist. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...

He's trying to isolate China from the rest of the world, he'll end up isolating the USA from the rest of the world.

Here are some ways the world has gotten better.

It’s not just Newark: Nearly all air traffic control facilities in the U.S. are understaffed.

Breaking News: President Trump plans to accept a luxury Boeing 747 from Qatar that he will use as Air Force One and will keep using after he leaves office. The plan — involving possibly the biggest foreign gift ever received by the U.S. government — raises substantial ethical issues.

I did a thing! public.tableau.com/views/TradeB...