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Roey Hadar @roey.bsky.social · 18m

Did not have "Zohran Mamdani makes a NASCAR reference on Fox News" on my 2025 bingo card but here we are.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 44m

Mamdani: "Andrew Cuomo is gonna say a lot of things tomorrow night on the debate stage. And frankly, I wish it was more like Nascar so New Yorkers could see the billionaires that were sponsoring him right on his suit jacket. He watches Fox News as well. So I'll just speak to him directly ... "

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Roey Hadar @roey.bsky.social · 1h

Shades of 1996 from Platner here!

Bill Clinton used the same line to dismiss Bob Dole's platform during the 1996 presidential election debate.

(Susan Collins was elected to the Senate in 1996, btw.)

h/t to my great colleague @willrabbe.bsky.social for flagging!

www.nytimes.com/1996/10/17/u...

Roey Hadar @roey.bsky.social · 16h

Some of the best snaps (📸) I got from Spirit training this morning

Spirit players Hal Hershfelt (furthest right, nearest to camera), Paige Metayer (middle) and Narumi Miura (furthest left, in the back) all are smiling and expressive while jogging in their green team warm-up outfits.

Spirit player Heather Stainbrook looks back with a smile starting to form. Behind her and to the left of the photo is teammate Deb Abiodun, looking off to the right of the photo

Spirit player Croix Bethune, wearing a puffy green Spirit jacket, biting her tongue as she smiles during warm-ups

Spirit player Gift Monday smiles and sticks her tongue out of her mouth as she jogs

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Roey Hadar @roey.bsky.social · 16h

Spirit defender Kysha Sylla has been part of continental tournaments before in Europe with the UEFA Champions League.

"It's a challenge, we want to win everything, so we are all the time ready. There is no place for being tired or down because we are so competitive."

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Roey Hadar @roey.bsky.social · 16h

González also laid out how a fairly new continental tournament like this can build the club's identity.

"We know how important this competition is for the future, because that's going to help us to maybe play against the best teams in the world. So we want to be there. That's our vision."

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Roey Hadar @roey.bsky.social · 16h

González definitely did not downplay the stakes:

"This game is kind of a final to us because we know that we have to win."

And that "it's kind of a playoff game, so we're going to prepare for the game as if it was a playoff game."

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Roey Hadar @roey.bsky.social · 16h

Spirit coach Adrián González: "It's not ideal to play every two, three days. But I think we are prepared."

Mentioned that the squad and lineup rotations are meant to balance giving chances to all players but keeping players protected and ready for future games, including the NWSL playoffs.

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Roey Hadar @roey.bsky.social · 16h

Got some reporting earlier today on the CONCACAF W Champions Cup!

The Washington Spirit will square off with CF Monterrey tomorrow in a matchup that will determine who advances to the tournament's knockout stage.

More in thread below:

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Roey Hadar @roey.bsky.social · 19h

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

Roey Hadar @roey.bsky.social · 19h

Remember when Elise Stefanik supposedly cared about antisemitism?

Here she is calling Bobby Walker and Peter Giunta "the backbone" of New York's GOP.

Today, POLITICO reported texts from Walker saying rape is "epic," and Giunta saying he loved Hitler.

eliseforcongress.com/2025/08/16/s...

Stefanik Honored as Member of Congress of the Year by New York State Young Republicans

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Saturday, August 16, 2025 Albany, N.Y. – Today, House Leadership Chairwoman Elise Stefanik accepted the Congresswoman of the Year Award by the New York State Young Republicans at...

eliseforcongress.com

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Roey Hadar @roey.bsky.social · 19h

Platner now has a big-name opponent in Maine Gov. Janet Mills. Although she was expected to jump in, Platner has made a lot of waves as a first-time candidate.

You can hear more from him next hour on our show.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 23h

Tonight on The Briefing!

@pelosi.house.gov
@grahamformaine.bsky.social

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Roey Hadar @roey.bsky.social · 20h

Ever since I've seen her keep popping up as someone liking KA's IG posts I'm like... 👀

a man with a beard is wearing a black basketball jersey and making a funny face .

Alt: Terrence Ross making an extremely wide grimace as his eyes dart around

media.tenor.com

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Roey Hadar @roey.bsky.social · 20h

When it's about a month and a half too early but the song is still a bop

a group of men are watching a chicago bulls vs. miami heat game

Alt: Alonzo Mourning shaking his head, blinking and then shrugging

media.tenor.com

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Roey Hadar @roey.bsky.social · 21h

Not trying to spam your notifications but just gonna add that the clean air standards stuff, with money behind it from a Dem president/Congress, feels politically like an infrastructure win with like no downsides (esp. with more wildfires making air quality worse and something we're more aware of.)

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Roey Hadar @roey.bsky.social · 21h

I think it comes from a place of needing people to mask *more* and not being heard.

From what I've seen from covering this for a while, the bigger push is toward universal clean indoor air standards, and requiring/providing masks in hospitals and doctor's offices, which feels more reasonable.

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Roey Hadar @roey.bsky.social · 1d

Fun fact: the U.S. banned Prabowo from the country for 20 years because of his alleged role in atrocities in East Timor.

The first Trump administration ended the ban in 2020 so that Prabowo, then Indonesia's Defense Minister, could meet with top Pentagon officials.

www.nytimes.com/2020/10/14/w...

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Roey Hadar @roey.bsky.social · 1d

Ten years in and he's still making these memes happen. I still remember Chris Christie!

two men in suits and ties are standing in front of a microphone .

Alt: Camera pans past Trump to zoom in on the face of Chris Christie, looking dejected and eyes wandering

media.tenor.com

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Roey Hadar @roey.bsky.social · 2d

All told, they probably have been the 3rd or 4th best team this season.

It feels like there are just three very good defensive teams who struggle to score (Orlando without Banda, Gotham pinning too much on Esther, Seattle by design.)

They're not *bad*, they just forgot the offense at home.

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Roey Hadar @roey.bsky.social · 3d

For reference, Co-Op City in the Bronx, which is basically one apartment complex with a few dozen buildings, has just under 44,000 people.

Czech Republic just lost to a territory that has the population of a city neighborhood.

Men in Blazers Media Network @meninblazers.bsky.social · 3d

The Faroe Islands—population just 55,000—beat the Czech Republic 🤯

An astonishing result. The territory's population is smaller than the capacity of six Premier League stadiums, yet they've just won a third straight international game 🇫🇴

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Roey Hadar @roey.bsky.social · 3d

I don’t know how to describe this, but GK form feels like something that is harder to quantify and measured on a different, longer time horizon.

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Roey Hadar @roey.bsky.social · 3d

Absolutely should have gone for the field goal.

Jets innovating new ways to lose just for me. Gotta love it.

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Roey Hadar @roey.bsky.social · 3d

And it’s kinda giving “we’ve basically clinched but we’re hedging against a big Gotham comeback” with Morgan and Carle on the bench.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 3d

The mass layoffs of federal workers on Friday night swept up dozens of scientists with expertise in infectious diseases that have pandemic potential. But after The New York Times reported the dismissals, a federal health official said many of them had been fired in error and would be brought back.

Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error

Friday’s layoffs swept up scientists involved in responding to the measles outbreak and running an influential journal. An official acknowledged the mistakes on Saturday.

nyti.ms

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Roey Hadar @roey.bsky.social · 4d

This game is the best argument I've seen in a long time for getting rid of it permanently.

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Roey Hadar @roey.bsky.social · 4d

MARINERS!!!!!!

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