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Published: June 8, 2026 00:37
So Raman would protect the First Amendment and not expand an oppressive police state? I wish I could vote for her!
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Published: June 7, 2026 21:27
"Though I wear a shirt and tie
I'm still part Red Man, deep inside"
-- "Indian Reservation," Raiders
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Published: June 7, 2026 21:20
Requiring anyone to buy Paramount+ should be a felony
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Published: June 7, 2026 19:59
The longest 9-inning game since the pitch clock has been 3 hours, 49 minutes
The Phillies and White Sox are going for it!
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Published: June 7, 2026 19:06
In related news, I have also been relegated to profane but not sordid use
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Published: June 7, 2026 17:44
“I was just trying to do my normal, bad, hippie-punching journalism when some extreme right-wing hack showed up to ruin it…”
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Published: June 7, 2026 16:53
How clueless is the billionaire class and their back-pocket politicians about Americans' fury over ugly, polluting data centers in their backyards?
They have their terrorism cops spying on citizen activists, while claiming that dissent is a Chinese op
My…
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Published: June 6, 2026 21:42
The truly funny part is the biggest dot for a "blue influencer" is some guy named Brian Allen who's so "influential" that I had to Google him
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Published: June 6, 2026 19:16
What a strike against Germany, on D-Day, no less!!
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Published: June 6, 2026 14:31
Even Reagan and Bush couldn't screw up D-Day the way that these bozos have
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Published: June 6, 2026 14:12
The South won the Civil War. Now the Nazis have won D-Day
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Published: June 6, 2026 12:40
Is this yet another Platner piece? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/06/opinion/dad-brain-health-fatherhood.html?smid=tw-share
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Published: June 6, 2026 11:22
Excellent questions...especially the second one
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Published: June 6, 2026 02:39
The conspiracy theories when Raman beats Pratt are going to be amazing!!
Also, the embarrassment of so many journalists who fluffed Pratt along the way
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Published: June 5, 2026 00:41
I wanted to watch angry, hyperaggressive men but I went with the Stanley Cup finals over Platner
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Published: June 4, 2026 22:04
Dan Rather for the headline win!
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Published: June 4, 2026 21:46
1. Here's what I wrote about Platner in April (gift link). I stand by what I wrote at that time (as I always do) but I will restate one thing and add one thing:
Restating: The Democrats' problem here is an inability to find and recruit good people who…
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Published: June 4, 2026 21:29
wtaf?? https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2026/06/04/republicans-probe-china-influence-in-data-center-opposition-00950533
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Published: June 4, 2026 21:19
My other (i.e., non-USMNT) team -- yes!!!
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Published: June 4, 2026 20:07
Why on earth would I want to do this?
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Published: June 4, 2026 19:56
Even I -- a journalist who likes to eat too much -- am totally gobsmacked by this
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Published: June 4, 2026 18:47
Are Republicans growing the tiniest hint of a spine? The great @rexhuppke.bsky.social investigates https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/06/04/iran-war-republicans-trump/90405036007/
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Published: June 4, 2026 18:20
It matters a lot that Greg Bovino - warped heart of Trump's deportation machine - now openly embraces his inner Nazi
MAGA is desperate to cling to power and no one from Hegseth to a broken Supreme Court cares that you see how fascist they've become
My…
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Published: June 4, 2026 12:58
What a disgrace -- they really need to blow my beloved Union up at this point https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jun/03/ernst-tanner-mls-philadelphia-union
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Published: June 4, 2026 11:36
The first screwworm has been reported in Texas
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Published: June 4, 2026 01:57
Instead of running national security, he should probably be in jail
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Published: June 4, 2026 00:59
Duran Duran -- back-to-back nights at Citizens Bank Park
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Published: June 4, 2026 00:24
All good things come to an end, and so it was for Cristopher Sanchez' electrifying 50-plus inning scoreless streak
My 1st year as a baseball fan, at age 9, was 1968 - the Year of the Pitcher -- and I still vividly recall those scoreless streaks by Bob…
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Published: June 3, 2026 20:35
Maybe he thinks oil tankers can pass through the Lincoln Reflecting Pool
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Published: June 3, 2026 16:19
I was listening to MS Now in the car and heard @mollyjongfast.bsky.social describe Pelley’s parting shot at CBS as a “Walter Cronkite moment”
But what is the “Walter Cronkite moment”?
I wrote about it on the 50th anniversary in 2018 - still one of my…
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Published: June 3, 2026 11:25
This may be @jamellebouie.net 's best column ever, which is really saying something. Here's a gift link https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/opinion/project-2025-2029-democrats.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nVA.dV7B.4jD6u0A6mDTc&smid=url-share
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Published: June 2, 2026 20:43
These fascists are really going for it, aren't they?
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Published: June 2, 2026 20:01
Is the president of the United States a closet gambling addict, hooked on stocks?
Is Trump totally bored with the White House except for trading stocks, posting 2.m. memes, and watching snuff videos of boats getting blown up?
I explore in today's…
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Published: June 2, 2026 17:16
The world's most annoying ad for Fanduel did make me wonder if POTUS is a closet "thrillionaire," bored with his day job and drawn instead to stock trading
Trump's newest "Watergate every day" scandal is a frightening look into his damaged psyche
My new…
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Published: June 2, 2026 16:33
Today I learned that if you oppose the people who just ruined the most storied franchise in the history of television news, that makes you an antisemite
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Published: June 2, 2026 11:03
You know who else is looking for a way out of a war?
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Published: June 2, 2026 10:06
Yes, it's that time again: the newest Will Bunch Newsletter drops later today, which means I need your Ask Me Anything questions.
What's on your mind? I may have an answer! Try me
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Published: June 2, 2026 09:58
I was looking up something else and saw that today is the 50th anniversary of the car bombing that killed the Arizona investigative journalist Don Bolles. Hard to believe. RIP to a newsroom hero…
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Published: June 1, 2026 22:54
I know journalists aren't allowed to do math but I'm looking at Trump's recent investments in Dell -- its shares are up 270% (!!) since the president began touting the firm back in February.
If Trump invested $5 million in Dell (near the top of the…
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Published: June 1, 2026 22:07
1977: "I'm So Bored with the U.S.A.," by The Clash
2026: "I'm so bored with the U.S.A." -- Donald Trump https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D-l1MauBmM
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Published: June 1, 2026 21:25
Just stumbled across this pic from UFC in Miami about six weeks ago -- wow
Looks like Trump's family is watching Grandpa pass on to the Great Boxing Ring in the Sky
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Published: June 1, 2026 18:57
They really need to speed up that 28th Amendment so it can pass before 2028
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Published: June 1, 2026 12:04
The NJ state cops Gov. Mikie Sherrill said would "lower the temperature" outside ICE's Delaney Hall instead brought the heat, staging a police riot with tear gas, rubber bullets and flash-bangs
Our oppressive police state fights the wrong guys, again
My…