We finally get the guy to pay attention to college sports, and now this:

Jasmine Crockett never hired a campaign manager.

The line of succession is tricky at DHS. Noem - out #2 Troy Edar - Named Ambassador to El Salvador last year #3 Huffman - acting, never confirmed #4 Scott CBP Commr So of they can't get Mullin through quick, the baton could get passed waaaay down.

This was Monday: Yeah, confirmation will be smooooooth thehill.com/homenews/hou...

Special Envoy for the Shield of the Americas sounds like something that was made up by a Dungeonmaster to avoid a spell from an Orc carrying the Ancient Scepter of Zool.

I hear Noem wanted to spend more time with her family...

This is a really great article. 1. The way insiders carve up policy between centrist and liberal so we can argue about it isn't actually very important for voters. 2. We should be asking a lot more poll questions in a lot more creative ways.

Ah, yes, the invaluable wisdom of the markets.

Once again, the best year to end the WHCA dinner was last year...

This is nuts. Some of these incumbent fundraising numbers are screaming "challenge me!" If you get the job, you have to do the work, folks.

Wonder how Cubans are feeling after seeing themselves get bumped down another notch on the Libre list.

Like when a T-Rex order the salad.

I feel like when the Post puts articles in the sports section about the St Louis Cardinals but not the Washington Nationals, they're just rubbing our faces in it.

Oh come on. "Six accounts on Polymarket made around $1 million in profit by betting on the US to strike Iran by Feb. 28 ... Some of their shares were purchased, in some cases at roughly a dime apiece, hours before the first explosions were reported in Tehran." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

"All I want is freedom for the people..." And the oil. He's does everything for oil.

I am definitely NOT dropping this on Blue Sky to spark a spirited debate between the folks arguing whether the Dems should tack left or center. Ideological Moderation and Success in U.S. Elections, 2020-2022 www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Somehow, I missed that Elon Musk has a company named United States of America, Inc. (An impressive and expansive bit of research here.) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/t...

The depressing thing about this data is that it shows swing voters think Ds are *both* too weak and too liberal. There's a good argument here which is more important to fix, but its still not the slam dunk choice some folks want it to be.

Meanwhile, the Post is reprinting sports columns from Philadelphia today.

Free soundbite to good home:

They are just f***ing with the prediction markets.

...and yet not old enough to know better.

"Team USA won nine gold medals in women’s and mixed team events, the most of any country It’s the sixth straight Olympics, summer or winter, where Team USA’s women had more gold medals than Team USA’s men." USA! USA! USA!

The Washington Nationals are currently the best team in baseball

Hockey is good

Amazing. World Series here we come!

U..S..A..

This is a good article. There is always a lane in a truly competitive primary for an anti-system candidate. That candidate is almost always considered to the wings of the field. And they never win. A difference in '28 is "the system" is farther to the left/right in either party than ever before.

Avoiding even the simplest business development tasks is my superpower.

We're keeping track of all 4th place finishes at the 2026 Winter Olympics with our Aluminum Medal Table! After Day 5, the US and Italy are at the top of the board with 4 4th place finishes each.

Ok, pitchers and catchers. Do your thing.

🚨🚨IT IS BASEBALL SEASON

Glad we can move on to baseball, our national pastime for more than a century, where we don't have to have a big argument about anyone speaking Spanish.

Time for baseball! Pitchers and catchers report Tuesday.

"Stop having fun and pay attention to your 401k" is his second worst tweet of the week.

That counted toward my duolingo streak, right?

I love that the penalty in biathlon for missing your shots is more skiing.

The first part was pretty screwed up too.

"BYU is politically neutral"

Of the candidates outside of the top tier in the NJ11 race, I found Croft to be the most impressive on the stump. She’s been doing a great job of channeling grass roots anger at Trump while not coming off as angry. Appeals to her role as a mom help with a traditional gender story.

Jumping to Substack is not the same as having the foundation of a well resourced newsroom, smart tough editors and mentors, not to mention top-notch legal cover. I hope it works for some, but it's not the same

Spencer Cox has been feted by the Times, the Kennedy School and Josh Shapiro as a different kind of Republican. But in his actual job, he just signed a court-packing law. We have to stop inventing "good" Republican pols and accept this is where the party is now. newrepublic.com/article/2061...

Important:

Yup

Not tearing the Kennedy Center down? Sounds like he's selling it for parts.

He's going to turn it into the New White House. A giant presidential palace.

$53,850 on hair and makeup. John Edwards' head is going to explode.

The DOJ provided no evidence of bias. Thankfully, zero is still insufficient. For now.

Nats pitchers and catchers report in 10 days. (Hope we have some by then!)