Dear Atlanta Falcons, regarding times to get “cute” … A) When you’re losing so bad you are desperate B) When you are winning so well, why not? C) You are a dynasty Did any of the above apply? Now, instead of being tied, you are down 2. *Going for 2 & the win *prematurely* = getting “cute”

Tampa Bay playing solid complimentary football in the IG Sunkist orange uniforms has my mind reeling js

Ask me what I think about the new* NFL kickoff. Really. *Yeah, I know it started last season, but last season I hadn’t quite worked out just why I hated it.

By the way, both women who ran for president were right. They predicted this moment would happen. Says something very disturbing about our country that many still think they’re unrealistic or dramatic, when they were and are, in fact, correct.

For the first time, the Kennedy Center Awards were presented in the tiny Oval Office instead of the Kennedy Center For Performing Arts. Donald used his now-vulgar Oval Office for the ceremony to avoid the embarrassment of TV audiences seeing an almost empty theater.

Hell, I hope the CFB Playoffs come down to a rematch. And Indiana wins. Again. Not because I love Indiana or anything … I can still be petty #WeAre

Fckin retro-active penalties now? That cannot be challenged on the simple grounds of, “can’t use replay to assess a missed penalty call?” Serious BS. NFL HAS TO DO BETTER than this “makin it up as we go along ain’t technology grand?” horse noise.

Bo Nix’s season at QB this year:

Anyone else starting to see that Davante to the LA Rams in 2025 is so much similar energy as Matt Stafford (and Odell) to the LA Rams in 2021, js #NFL

If the Eagles offense flat stopped practicing and didn’t tell anyone … There’d be signs. Js 🤷‍♂️

So which was it? Fumbleception or interumble? #Ravens

“Mahomes looks exhausted.” ~My 14 yo son tonight. I think he’s right. After a mighty 3 year run, the dude’s just tired.

Stafford to Adam’s inside the five is the passing equivalent of the Tush Push, but cooler.

Davis Mills all turning this into a statement game #Mills #Bills

We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community. The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution. Don’t give up the ship.

Terrific

The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.

Guy thinks the crowd was booing the troops and not Trump. Pure delusion.

This is BRUTAL. Trump LOUDLY BOOED at the Commanders game. America lets him know exactly how they feel — to his face.

This is brutal. Fox forgot to edit all the booing at the Washington Commanders game.

Trump getting booed at the Commanders game

Trump just got massively booed and flipped off by the crowd at the Commanders game. (Video: Marisa Schultz)

Northwest Stadium cut away from Trump on the giant screen after he was relentlessly booed by NFL fans

Trump and Hegseth booed mercilessly for 2 minutes straight tonight by Washington Commanders fans.

When you let ChatGPT design your #NFL uniform = #Steelers tonight. Like, seriously. That should be a straight forfeit for crimes against eyesight.

I just watched the video of the Portland Cop threatening to arrest an ICE agent if they drive their truck through a crowd. Now I see this where the General of the Oregon National Guard says if they get called up they will protect the protesters. People are fed up. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

For Indigenous People’s Day, I’d like to infodump about the Cahokia mound. Built near present day St. Louis around 1000 CE, it was a vast trade hub with a population of about 20,000. This made it the largest city north of Mexico on the continent, bigger than London and Paris at the time!

Imagine making six figures to not do anything you were entrusted to do. …getting paid to not work while thousands of civil servants around you were getting fired. …betraying those who counted on you to represent them, all to appease a wannabe dictator. The GOP Congress is a helluva thing.

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Now that they’ve located the ex-founder of anti-fascism’s girlfriend I suppose the clock is ticking. So why not spend some of that precious time learning how we got here - along with clues on how to build a better timeline - by reading this magnificent essay by author and historian Teri Kanefield?

Powerful words from Epstein survivor Jess Michaels ⬇️: More on this and Trumpworld’s latest chicanery as reported by historian and author @hcrichardson.bsky.social at the link. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

“The president of the United States is openly admitting that his party cannot win a free and fair election.” More from @hcrichardson.bsky.social ⬇️: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

“Republicans have taken away the liberty, and now the voice, of a Black woman elected by voters to represent them in … government. This is a crisis far bigger than Texas.” @hcrichardson.bsky.social also discusses DC’s militarization & 47’s Smithsonian diatribe ⬇️: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

“Making people fear the government is key to the rise of an authoritarian.” Historian, Author and Professor @hcrichardson.bsky.social w/more ⬇️: Support Independent Journalism & share your sources of factual reporting 🏳️‍🌈 ✊🏾 🏳️‍⚧️ open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

“It does not seem likely the Epstein story is going away anytime soon.” @hcrichardson.bsky.social w/more ⬇️: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

“Things seem a little unstable at the White House.” Can’t imagine why 🤔 @hcrichardson.bsky.social w/more ⬇️: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

“When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, say something! Do something! Get in trouble, good trouble, necessary trouble.” ~Former activist & 16-time Georgia Rep John Lewis @hcrichardson.bsky.social w/more on Rep Lewis & “Good Trouble Day” ⬇️: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Thank you for speaking up, this is a win! After growing bipartisan pressure, the Trump administration has agreed to release $1.3 billion in previously frozen federal funding for after-school programs across the country.

“Today, Trump called chair of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell a ‘terrible Fed chair’ and added: ‘I was surprised he was appointed.’ Trump was the president who appointed him.“ @hcrichardson.bsky.social w/more on Trump’s struggles ⬇️: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

“When the Executive publicly announces its intent to break the law, and then executes on that promise, it is the Judiciary’s duty to check that lawlessness, not expedite it.” ~Justice Sonia Sotomayor This and much more from @hcrichardson.bsky.social ⬇️: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

“… [It] appears the American people simply want to fix a sixty-year-old mistake in the nation’s immigration laws.” @hcrichardson.bsky.social on how the US really feels about immigration, bringing *all* the receipts via recent polling and historical context ⬇️: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Not for nothing, but: “For the first time ever, Trump got ratioed on his own platform, meaning that there were more comments on his post than likes or shares, showing disapproval of his message.” @hcrichardson.bsky.social on the emergent Epstein/Maga rift ⬇️: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Politics break. Bats shouldn’t exist. Hunh. @themarginalian.org.web.brid.gy www.themarginalian.org/2025/07/11/b...

There it is in three paragraphs. Factual reporting —> BS spin —> More factual reporting. It gets better from there ⬇️: Excerpted from @hcrichardson.bsky.social’s July 12 newsletter (viewable at the link). Support independent journalism, now more than ever! 🏳️‍🌈 ✊🏾 🏳️‍⚧️ open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

“I can think of no moment in his ten year political career where Trump so obviously lost his cool because he was helpless to direct attention where he wanted it. And it’s likely to only keep Epstein at the center of attention.” @emptywheel.bsky.social ⬇️: www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/08/a...

“NOW is the time to tell your airline: ICE flights are unsafe and inhumane, and if you contract with them, I will refuse to fly.” Call to action and recommended read from journalist/former flight attendant @gbrockell.bsky.social’s Hard-G History ⬇️: hardghistory.ghost.io/a-call-to-ac...

“This is not jurisprudence; it’s blocking and tackling for a dictatorial executive.” About time the dreaded “D” word reared its head in US reporting. This Supreme Court enabled 47’s putsch, and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson isn’t having it. @contrariannews.org ⬇️: open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

“Well-informed concern and vigilance that lead to action? Good. Relentless doomscrolling and freakouts that induce catatonia? Bad.” And “It’s hard to mount an effective resistance if your hair’s on fire 24/7.” Sagacious words from @borowitzreport.bsky.social ⬇️: open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...