A new @cnn.com poll conducted by SSRS takes a deeper look into who political independents are & finds the notion of a classic swing voter is a thing of the past. The poll results identify five distinct types of independents, with big implications for American politics. www.cnn.com/interactive/...

The statue of Trump and Epstein holding hands mid-frolic wasn't the first anti-Trump artwork on the National Mall in recent months. But it was the first to be removed, despite having a permit.

my pet theory is that the cubs winning the 2016 world series has plunged the world into an alternate timeline of pure chaos and the only way to restore things is for the cleveland baseball team to win a world series as the Guardians

On the bright side, Matt Shaw didn’t even need to abandon his team in order to attend the Mets’ funeral tonight

As Bill James said, “the alternative to good statistics is not ‘no statistics.’ It is ‘bad statistics.’” What a moron.

It’s once again, always the same guys

Though the methodology is at times complex, I hope the concepts are intuitive. Read along and enjoy the plots below: www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

I love what Russell Wilson is doing out there. The results aren't there yet, admittedly, but the process—sprinting in place for four seconds and then throwing the ball off the goal post at 107mph—is sound. Stay the course. This is for sure going to work.

We are heading into the final week of the season and only one AL team has clinched a playoff spot.

Well that’s not the sort of stuff you want showing up in your documents.

Quite the intro for CBS's The NFL Today, celebrating its 50th anniversary.

This is so much cooler than an arm load of swag

There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.

Yeah good luck with that one

Hmm.

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BREAKING: Federal judge tosses out Trump's lawsuit against the New York Times, Penguin Random House, & journalists, finding that the complaint violated court pleading rules due to its expansive, over-the-top, "tedious" use of language. An amended complaint can be filed without all of the BS in it.

Not completely out of the question that we return to a 90s ethos of “liberal arts are what employers look for actually.” But we’ll find out.

This 'skill' will be obsolete by 2027. This is like going to school to learn cheat codes for Elder Scrolls IV. Might as well teach how to fax. The demand is going to be for people with critical thinking skills, ethics, who can research.

Japan has a wrestling camp for kids where at the end they have a show match in front of their parents to show off what they learned. Thought you'd enjoy this.

This rule should never have existed in the first place, so good riddens I guess.

Gone in 2.5 pitches: The fleeting life of a baseball in modern MLB www.nytimes.com/athletic/663...

Everybody who loves The Sting needs to read the book that inspired it: The Big Con by David Maurer, an academic linguist who wrote an academic study like a pulp novel, documenting the lingo of the grifters' world back in 1940. www.nybooks.com/articles/199...

The Athletic making an interesting point today: the Brewers have one of the easiest schedules among contenders over the last two weeks, better than than the Phillies and others. Of course, schedule strength by itself means nothing, but notable nonetheless.

My adjusted team EPA ratings for the 2025 NFL season, trying to adjust for, among other things, opponent quality and garbage time.

Well yes but the issues are not the same either.

Ken Rosenthal knocks over the camera man and gives him a stink eye as he refuses to help him up

There is no such thing as bad publicity, I am told.

I think ... the Brewers have actually ALREADY clinched a playoff spot. I can't find a scenario where they have not. And this site agrees with me. www.playoffstatus.com/mlb/brewersc...

The hapless reality of being in the minority: if you don’t fight you are excoriated but if you fight and lose anyway nobody cares and you can end up with something worse than what you could have gotten through negotiation.

Allow this to be your Packers post-victory chaser. Scuttlebutt around the Brewers clubhouse is Andrew Vaughn can remember just about every at-bat in his career. So we put that to the test. www.jsonline.com/story/sports...

For those who heard the strikeout whistle when Donald Trump was shown on the video screen at Yankee stadium last night, I’m told it was played accidentally. I was told the technician meant to click on “Hail To The Chief” but pressed the whistle by mistake.

That’s not right either but the irony of Second Amendment enthusiast being taken out by a long-range firearm is really something.

Looks like a great night to continue my Breath of the Wild replay instead of following current events.

Biden and most of his administration belong in the dustbin of history as the most ineffective, self-serving batch to have ever disgraced the Oval Office under the Democratic Party's banner. None of them cared about protecting us from fascism if they weren't *the* reason that we avoided it.

Stigma? More like snake oil.

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Senator Rand Paul directly and forthrightly takes on JD Vance: "What a despicable and thoughtless sentiment it is to glorify killing someone without a trial."

Cal Ripken Jr has missed 3,765 consecutive games

Our series, "House of Dysfunction," begins at Go Long. First up? The Curious Case of Caleb Williams... and a 2024 season from football hell. “If you can’t sacrifice? There’s no substitute for the work. That’s something he needs to learn.” www.golongtd.com/p/house-of-d...

The sweet spot, which Trump identified, is slapping the press around while giving it lots of access. The Dem approach of being respectful to the press but not giving access was pretty lousy.

Major fail by the Brewers not trading him to LAD instead.

This is a wonderful use of RDA’s Attempt Range statistic that we offer at @baseballprospectus.com. Denominators matter a lot with infielder range. As a 2B, Turang is given much harder assignments than guys other teams trust much less. It’s important to adjust for this and we do.

Pillars made of rapidly dissolving sand, the best kind of pillar

How much longer until the NFL is just embarrassed at their inability to maintain control of a game? Yeesh.

Sorry boss, gotta take the day off, I can’t access the network

What a bounceback start from Quintana tonight. Defense hasn't even been very good behind him and he's still mowing em down. BTW, if you haven't read this from @bachlaw.bsky.social about pitchers who attack hitters weakest points the best, you should do that. Spoiler: he's really good at it.