Remember when everyone expected Craig Counsell to go to the Mets and he went to the Cubs instead? He made the right choice.

South Carolina is going to extend its two weeks paid parental leave for non-birth parents to four weeks.

The flirtatious sideline reporter on the Apple TV Cubs-Brewers game is really really weird.

When I was a kid, my favorite toy was a presidents board that had the faces of all presidents, in chronological order, up to that time and the years they served. I think we got it at Gettysburg.

Trump aide Natalie Harp’s brother calls her relationship with president ‘unhealthy’ www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...

To be fair, you wouldn't believe what a megalomaniac Gerald Ford was during the Bicentennial. Putting his face on banners on federal buildings, putting himself on coins, putting himself on the passport, holding a rally to glorify himself on the Mall. (I'm kidding).

They just showed the ruptured disc that they removed from Pat Murphy yesterday. 🤮🤮🤮 Also, I wouldn't have thought it would be that yellowish color. What's that about?

Of course, did that half of Republicans support their country unconditionally when Biden was in office? No.

A lot of Cubs fans in Milwaukee tonight.

Watching the Cubs-Brewers and I don't know how long Jacob M. can pitch this way. He's going to blow his arm out.

Tony Brown, a groundbreaking journalist, author, educator, and host of the iconic talk show “Tony Brown’s Journal,” has died. He was 93

You can neither reflect nor pool at the Reflecting Pool. Discuss.

What no one's considering is that Carlos Mendoza is Mr. Met now and he's thrilled to not have to manage this terrible team anymore.

H/T to @austeni.bsky.social: DDF Prefect Cardinal Fernandez told Cardinals in Consistory today that Israel’s action in Gaza/Lebanon is aimed at “total destruction.”

“Bill Pulte has installed as his chief of staff a woman who worked on election-related issues for the Republican National Committee…Pulte’s decision is likely to further fuel concerns that he intends to focus on hunting for election fraud at the behest of Trump.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/u...

But yet the national legacy media does no reporting on this.

One of the costs of Bezos's destruction of WaPo is that the NYT, the only national paper other than the WSJ, is based in New York City and thus is prone to exaggerating the importance of what happened on Tuesday for the rest of the nation.

Pope Leo urges outward-looking church at meeting of world's cardinals www.ncronline.org/pope-leo-urg...

I was on a Zoom call with advocates from Springfield and elsewhere in Ohio yesterday afternoon, and it’s absolutely horrifying and inexcusable what this administration is doing to this community and the lie that Sam Alito told to OK this.

New York City leftists electing Darializa Avila Chevalier. who bragged about using the American flag as a napkin, should help these numbers enormously.

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Just as a benchmark: -Banknotes in Communist China did not start carrying the image of Mao until years after his death. -Passports there do not carry Mao's image. But for these new "special 250th edition" US passports...

Because there's a 6-3 Republican majority and Trump is a Republican.

Martin Heinrich claims he cares about women, but he supported two toxic bros, Graham Platner and Markwayne Mullin, who treat women terribly. Watch what Martin Heinrich does, not what he says.

Yale is looking to cave to Trump. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/u...

Instead, Trump's taken Christ out of Christmas.

I'm not reading Vance's book about his "conversion" to Catholicism, but it sounds like he believes that Catholic teaching doesn't change over time. But it does and has and is.

The Christian left has always been there. It's just that Salon, a publication for upscale white liberals, doesn't see Black Americans.

“Numerous groups shared the view that it is necessary to move beyond the logic of ‘just war’ and instead speak of the right to proportionate defense. Pope Leo attended the start of the session and returned at the end to lead the concluding prayer.”

VATICAN: “The cardinals present spent the afternoon in discussion in the Paul VI Hall. There was strong consensus on the need to work towards building peace and a ‘civilization of love,’ including through a language of listening and forgiveness.”

No truly religious person would ever have anything to do with Trump's religious liberty commission. The fact that Cain, Barron, Patrick, etc. stood with him today tells you that they are not truly religious. That they serve Trump.

Stonewall Pride Mass draws Catholics for message of faith, inclusion, hope www.ncronline.org/news/stonewa...

We're all gonna pay and pay and pay.

I would define it as the '30s-50s. I looked it up and within that time frame, still several surviving stars: Joanne Woodward, Kim Novak, Eva Marie Saint, Sophia Loren, Rita Moreno, Shirley Jones, Margaret O'Brien, Angie Dickinson, etc.

Maybe it's just non-leftists saying they're not leftists and defining what they stand for. I get that @nytimes.com likes to cover the Democratic Party like it's the Sharks and the Jets, but maybe this is just smart politics. Enough of the anecdotal puffing up of drama, @nytimes.com.

I'm sorry to hear of Ann Blyth's passing. Was she the last surviving major actor or actress from Hollywood's Golden Age? Is anyone else surviving? www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/m...

A ceasefire in which all sides keep fighting seems appropriate for a war that was never a war except when it was and has already been won already

California's electricity generation from gas in June so far is way down compared to previous years: -40% from 2025 -70% from 2021 Solar + battery storage are pushing gas out in the middle of the day and evening peak. A big step-up in wind generation is reducing gas further.

It's weird that Dan Patrick, a man who doesn't live out the Christian principles of welcoming the stranger, feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, or healing the sick is so insistent that we're a Christian nation when we're not.

Is Culver's really fast casual? Panera is fast casual. Culver's is fast food.

This week someone targeted my family for harm with a false report. We’re physically OK, but that doesn’t mean we weren’t harmed. I am beyond furious. Whatever your politics, this is awful, wrong, and can never become normal.

Interesting fact: Dan Patrick's religion didn't exist at the time of the Constitution. It was founded in 1845 to justify people owning other human beings.

My Take: What Democrats Need are Strong, Bold Leaders Who Support DEMOCRATS www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

The 2028 Democratic presidential nomination process is going to be nasty, brutish, and long.

This article notes the massive gender imbalance in potential 2028 candidates. I think it's clear Whitmer's not running, so I'm taking her off the list. If you don't include her, it's 15 men & 3 women listed in this article by my count.

This article includes specifics on what some of the potential 2028 candidates are doing as they prepare to run.

pretty devastating dunk at the end of this paragraph

Navy admiral fired in Hegseth purge wins Democratic runoff: ‘Can’t sit on the sidelines

Trump appears to be completely passed out asleep in the Oval Office

One year ago.