“They’re eating the swans.”

He said he talked to Counsell and Hoyer and veterans and wanted to make sure he had their support. It stays in the clubhouse, God knows how it was handled, but anybody who didn't tell him what's what can go to hell too. What kind of operation are they running?

The politics don't enter into it. It is a baseball decision, and from that standpoint it is unforgivable. "It was really important to my faith," he said. I don't care. Go to hell. You're a professional ballplayer in a playoff race. If it's not your wife or mother or kids, go sell insurance.

Such little, little people.

It’s rare that one clip can both be grounds for a massive corporate lawsuit and grounds for the 25th Amendment at the same time.

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Matt Shaw just got a lot of boos at Wrigley when he walked up for his first at-bat since ditching his team Sunday to attend the CK “event.”

We are way past “unhinged.”

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"Where Nixon had to contend with a Supreme Court that rejected his claim of absolute immunity and a Congress that stood ready to impeach him, the other branches of govt these days have no interest in reining in Trump. He can do a Watergate every week safe in the knowledge that no one will stop him."

Watching a third of the country beclown and degrade themselves in cultish devotion to this stumbling turnip makes me want to puke.

The Trump ethos is very much ”foreigners suck, go USA,“ so proTrump people will cheer any sneering at or insulting of foreigners, whether they are allies or not, because they have such a juvenile concept of the world.

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Just watching Robert Redford in a 1961 episode of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” titled “The Right Kind of Medicine.” So cool.

It likely was. God knows what Counsell said in private, but he now has another reason to feel like a jackass for leaving Milwaukee.

Like I said, this is on Counsell as much as it is Shaw. He's either got his head up his ass, he's a coward, or the kid went over his head to Ricketts and Counsell is having to eat it. What a goddamn mess.

Shaw can go to hell. He is a rookie third baseman. His position is not secure, and his club is in a playoff race. This sort of thing offends professional ballplayers whatever their politics. Second, bereavement per the CBA is limited to immediate family. Some teams are willing to -

Ohhhhh. Dammit, I did *not* want to know that.

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From David Ignatius, a tribute to Starling Lawrence of W.W. Norton, who died last month at 82, and “some of what he taught me about the vanishing art of #editing.” (gift article) wapo.st/4mr0xrQ

Excellent rundown on the (probable) shutdown, by @ktumulty.bsky.social. (gift article) wapo.st/46q0xm8

One thing you learn in life is that "speaking truth to power" and practicing integrity is easy when your job, your money, your fame, or your office is not on the line. The hard is speaking truth and practicing integrity when any one of those is on the line. That is the test of who you are.

New from me: There's a lot of misinformation around the reasons I was fired from WaPo. Here's the official termination letter I got sent by Washington Post. Read and judge for yourself. open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...

If this were discovered in a leaked email and published in the New York Times, it might get more attention. But Trump just tweets it out, and most people move on with their day. This is blatant corruption. Blatant weaponization. It is undeniably an impeachable offense.

Critical part of the President's new $100,000 charge for H1-B visas: The Administration can also offer a $100,000 discount to any person, company, or industry that it wants. Replacing rules with arbitrary discretion. Want visas? You know who to call and who to flatter.

Step 1: Cut funding for food stamps Step 2: Stop measuring hunger Step 3: There's no evidence cuts to food stamps led to a rise in hunger www.wsj.com/economy/trum...

The White House may call it deregulation, but in reality, it's replacing written rules with unwritten rules. (Rule 1: "Don't upset the President.") It's swapping transparent, tested rules for secret, shifting ones. One set serves the public interest, the other reflects the President's whims.

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Donald Trump is way less popular than he wants you to believe. And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.

“The White House Peace Vigil, widely considered the longest continuous act of political protest in U.S. history, was dismantled by federal law enforcement Thursday night in what activists described as the most direct attack on the protest in its 44-year history.” (gift article) wapo.st/3Ij8vFI

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"President Trump is expected to fire the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia after his office was unable to find incriminating evidence of mortgage fraud against New York AG Letitia James. Every red light is blinking at once." www.thebulwark.com/p/the-dog-th...

There's a word for what Trump and his allies are trying to do with this gerrymandering plan...

Our founders overthrew a king and created a new government on the basic principle that everyday life goes better when people have the power to choose their leaders - not the other way around.

I’ve just picked up the morning paper to read with my coffee. Now counting down to my first audible “Jesus Christ” of the day. And … 3 … 2 … 1

Delighted to share the latest episode of "The Spiritual Life," a lively (and very funny) conversation with @jimgaffigan.bsky.social on why he (sometimes) feels like a "fraud" when it comes to his Catholic faith (even though he's not). www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlYG...

💙🙏💙Gunnar gives a prayer of gratitude. He completed a 90-day FIP treatment. He's cured! The medicine (GS-441524) only became avlb 2024 in US. We're grateful to the scientists & researchers, the vets who helped us, & to shelter mgr Les for administering & to all you for caring!

1/ I really want to urge people to understand that relatively minor differences: too far/not far enough left; abundance vs monopoly; bad headlines or blind spots in last few MSM cos doing good work; your ideal candidate vs not that—all irrelevant compared to uniting against authoritarianism.