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Rob Phibbs @robertjlphibbs.com · 3h

I'll take things that have never happened for $1000, Alex

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Trump: "The people of Chicago are walking around with MAGA hats. You have women, beautiful Black women, walking around with MAGA hats. 'Please let the president in and we don't care how he does it ... bring in the Marines.'"

Rob Phibbs @robertjlphibbs.com · 8h

My 16 month old is tougher than these jabronis

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Rob Phibbs @robertjlphibbs.com · 22h

Buddy, the best comedy writers in the world couldn't make this quote sound credible. These guys are ruining comedy

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 23h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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Rob Phibbs @robertjlphibbs.com · 1d

Lol they lost FOX NEWS? This is pathetic, Hegseth. No wonder you drink so much

Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 1d

NEW for @washingtonpost.com:

Fox News will not sign the Pentagon's press policy.

The broadcaster joins ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN in condemning the Defense Department for a policy they say violates their "core journalistic protections.”

Fox News among broadcasters refusing to sign Pentagon press pledge

Fox News, along with ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN, said that the Pentagon policy violates their “core journalistic protections.”

www.washingtonpost.com

Rob Phibbs @robertjlphibbs.com · 2d

Josh Naylor is the funniest baseball player alive and it's not particularly close

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Jeff Passan @jeffpasan.bsky.social · 2d

Three batters into Game 2 of the ALCS, the Mariners lead 3-0. Julio Rodríguez took a hanging splitter from Trey Yesavage out into left field. A nightmare start for the Blue Jays. A dream continuation of last night from Seattle.

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Rob Phibbs @robertjlphibbs.com · 2d

The Mariners are so damn cool

Rob Phibbs @robertjlphibbs.com · 3d

Would be a fun bit to do a bunch of reporting and then go over to Vance for like half a second, tell him to get boned, and then go back to something else. Invite these guys here just to get insulted. Don't give them a second other than embarrassment

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Rob Phibbs @robertjlphibbs.com · 3d

These idiots are losing and they know it. It's only a matter of time

Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 3d

The President using the military as his personal police force to intimidate American citizens is deeply un-American. This is the behavior of an autocrat. Full stop.

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Cosmic Horror Picture Show @cosmoslionheart.bsky.social · 4d

yeah i'm tron
tron to enjoy any movie that doesn't contain jared leto

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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 4d

Contemplating drinking my iced coffee from my Trident Cup this morning. Go M’s.

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Sam Miller @sammillerbb.bsky.social · 4d

This would be a pretty great time for Bryan Woo's pec to start working

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Rob Phibbs @robertjlphibbs.com · 4d

Look I tell ya this is the Mariners experience, even when they win you're miserable the whole time

Rob Phibbs @robertjlphibbs.com · 9d

Being a Mariners fan is decades of torture split up by single moments of brief joy

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 5d

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Rob Phibbs @robertjlphibbs.com · 5d

And to be clear, it's more a comment on how defenses have evolved in the last 10 years as offenses evolved. Bobby Wagner was considered small for a MLB at 250 when he was drafted, but that's giant now since offenses shifted to smaller backs. Now it might switch back to big beefy boys

Rob Phibbs @robertjlphibbs.com · 5d

I don't study football like I might have in college, but isn't the Fangio defense all small fast guys who can cover? So you've got like 3 or 4 defensive linemen and then 7 guys who are 200-230 trying to stop Skattebo. It seems like a recipe for disaster honestly

Sheil Kapadia @sheilkapadia.bsky.social · 5d

Statistically (EPA per drive), that's the worst defensive performance by the Eagles since Vic Fangio became their defensive coordinator.

10 possessions: gave up 5 TDs and did not force a turnover.

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 8d

ICE: The Kicker

Brian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 8d

don’t want that hilarious game-winning drive to overshadow that harrison butker booting the ball out of bounds set the whole thing up

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Rob Phibbs @robertjlphibbs.com · 8d

Imagine being so morally depraved that you can't even stop for 3 seconds to turn off the body camera before shooting someone in cold blood

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 9d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Andy @andyoregon.bsky.social · 9d

Jess Waters recycling the same guy over and over to represent “former” different enemies

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Rob Phibbs @robertjlphibbs.com · 9d

Every time someone cuts me off on the freeway:

"This is disrespect and disobedience!"

Justin Glawe @justinglawe.bsky.social · 9d

Part of Leavitt’s justification for the Guard in Portland: people are “disrespecting” ICE and engaged in “civil disobedience.”

Section 12406 allows deployment only in the event of foreign invasion, a rebellion, or inability to enforce federal laws.

Not disrespect and disobedience.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

COLLINS: Which local officials in Portland have said that the National Guard is needed there?

LEAVITT: The judge's opinion is untethered in reality and the law