Tennis television broadcasters failed their viewers this weekend. Wrote about the stark divide between how Zverev’s story was covered this week by journalists (pretty well) and on TV broadcasts (not whatsoever). Free to read and share at Bounces: www.benrothenberg.com/p/alexander-...

Ben Rothenberg (@benrothenberg.bsky.social) wrote an article for his Substack contrasting how "that guy's" win was handled by broadcast teams and by the written press. It's fascinating. I'd also forgotten that Milos Raonic was one of the only men to speak out about the allegations.

Recipe is in the alt text of the photo. I used Sazerac rye, Maison Rouge VSOP cognac, and Carpano Antica vermouth, Benedictine, and Peychaud's and Angostura bitters. With a lemon twist to garnish

The Sargent at Arms blocks Representative Justin Pearson from Memphis from entering a committee meeting about redrawing the map specifically for the district he represents.

@erickrakauer.bsky.social Congo match is 6 weeks away, is there reason to worry about Vitinha, Mendes, Cancelo, and/or Inacio not being there? European injury reporting is famously opaque

ICE shot a man today in California. "Lyons said as ICE officers approached the car, "the wanted gang member weaponized his vehicle in an attempt to run an officer over.' The ICE agents fired at Mendoza Hernandez..." Every time ICE has made this claim, it's been a lie.

I am quite confident that the primary reason for the sustained institutional campaign of backlash and smears against Hasan Piker is because he is currently the most successful leftist streamer in the country

I’m conflicted. I like a right-back who can take on defenders on the dribble. Both Cancelo and Dalot can do that. Cancelo can be a defensive liability. Nunes is a different profile - that’s why he tends to underlap with a wide winger .But Nunes is in excellent form. It would depend on opposition.

Four-byline alert: 🚨 “.. A broker for Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, attempted to make a big investment in major defence companies in the weeks leading up to the US-Israeli attack on Iran, according to three people familiar with the matter.” www.ft.com/content/744e...

19 years old Royer Perez-Jimenez is one of the youngest people to die in an ICE camp. His arrest was unnecessarily violent and forceful. He’s shoved to the ground while officers kneel on his back as he struggles to communicate. A few weeks later, he was dead. Abolish ICE

They beat a blind refugee who speaks no English for failing to obey police commands he could not understand. Then instead of apologizing, they charged him with possession of a “weapon”—HIS WALKING STICK. Then they dumped him miles from home without notifying anyone, after which he was found dead.

Please read this article to the end. Even before ICE got involved, this started because this *blind man who speaks no English and uses a curtain rod as a walking stick* got lost on a walk and some Karen called the police on him and they tasered and beat him bc he didn’t drop the rod. WTF

Here's a story about his death www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/b...

Two months ago, Myles and DeLana Rutherford were praying with President Trump and leading worship in the White House. Last week a Georgia prosecutor slammed them for failing to report a church leader when he was accused of sexually molesting a 15-year-old boy.

As someone who grew up on (white) teen movies, I was struck by how much that Patel scene looked like something straight out of a spec script in the 1980s. The racialized minority over performing nationalism as white frat boys clearly broadcast to everyone but him that he is not really one of them.

Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social

this is a badly needed article to put some pieces together about the state of the culture right now

I went to New York to watch the AFCON Final with Zohran Mamdani. I left with something far more profound and ineradicable: a feeling of mutual compassion, African brotherhood, and immigrant pride. My latest for @fourfourtwo.com: www.fourfourtwo.com/competition/...

University of Illinois college republicans advocate for executing protesters as “traitors” with art that takes a disturbing killing and makes it even more extreme. dailyillini.com/news-stories...

Your Event & Civic Action Calendar for Feb 2026 has been posted. www.realhartford.org/2026/01/27/a... This is for mostly Hartford, sometimes elsewhere including virtually.

Just got gassed pretty good at the labor union anti-ICE protest in Portland. Massive march, 5-10k strong. Vibes were very much liberal rather than radical. Lots of kids and older folks. They gassed the whole crowd as soon as it marched on ICE, in broad daylight.

Jesus Christ

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work. I don’t let bullies win. Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.

I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com

Donald Trump must fire Kristi Noem immediately. Or Democrats will initiate impeachment proceedings against her in the House. We can do this the easy way or the hard way.

The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon. wapo.st/49Zqv1L

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

Trump’s America.

An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune

Minneapolis, after the murder of Renee Nicole Good.

All good points on this thread re: live action Batman. But where Batman origin stories are the concern, may offer this contender: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman:...

PoC are not allowed to be secure and safe in their communities if it doesn't make White ppl (who are not in those communities) comfortable. You can expand this to immigration enforcement, national guard deployment, voter rights, and more recently, the Somali daycare situation.

Portugal 1-0 Austria - Anísio Cabral on target as Portugal triumph in the 2025 FIFA U17 World Cup final www.portugoal.net/selecao/5351...

NEW: Ernst Tanner has built a powerhouse at the Philadelphia Union. But my @us.theguardian.com investigation has shown wide-ranging allegations of misbehavior throughout his 7-year tenure. Tanner denies the allegations, and was investigated by MLS this year. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

The “they’re rapists” line from racists is not about women’s autonomy or dignity; it’s not even about the wrongness of rape. It is about white men’s property interests over white women. It’s not “they’re doing something horrible”; it’s “they’re raping the ones only you have a right to rape.”

“They didn’t just walk in chasing one person, they went into multiple rooms asking and looking for teachers while children were present,” Ramirez said. “This is an agency that has gone rogue and it an agency that believes that as long as they can cover their face, they can get away with anything.”

A mix of Dem pickups in open seats (like New Britain) and Republican incumbents who lost (like the 6-term Republican incumbent in Ansonia). A lot of clean sweeps across the executive boards. It was a big, big night across the state

to doom is to die. the right feeds on this. live defiantly in their faces. stand on your beliefs. carry your struggle without shame and people will see themselves. stay true to your beliefs and show people a better world

Per @votehub.com , this is perhaps the biggest sign of what happened tonight. In Union City, an 82% Hispanic City in Hudson County, Sherrill received more voted in AN OFF YEAR than Harris did last year. 2024 President: D+17, 11,316-7,940 2025 Governor: D+68.8 13,304-2,402

Alright I fucking wrote about this. It was apparently necessary to vent my rage about this this afternoon, because that took me two hours to get it all out and onto the page.

That happened here in Buffalo, New York,

When the store-wide sound system at the Best Buy that I worked at went down, one of the warehouse dudes co-opted the Magnolia turntable/floor speaker display with a custom playlist. I2I would come on frequently, and no one batted an eye (other than to dance). This was 2018-2019. It's evergreen.

In a shocking on-air moment, a “Fox and Friends” co-host said homeless people suffering from mental health issues who refuse help should be killed

"I think on some level, conservatives know perfectly well that liberal American cities are quite safe. That’s why they have to work themselves into such paroxysms of hysterical cowardice—to give themselves permission to inflict violence on the Americans they hate." prospect.org/justice/2025...

A government-sanctioned "truth arbiter" will soon arrive at CBS. Their role will be to ensure that journalists do not criticize this Administration or express views that conflict with its agenda. This is a betrayal—not just of journalistic independence, but of the public trust. 🧵

August event listing for Hartford This calendar is for people who aren’t here to be merely entertained. www.realhartford.org/2025/07/29/a...

My latest piece @thenation.com is the loving, heartfelt tribute you've been waiting for: "Real American Scumbag: Hulk Hogan Was a Racist, Liar, and Scab" www.thenation.com/article/soci...

That would be extremely based and LaGuardia pilled