Helicopter view of Chicago #NoKings in Grant Park via @cbschicago.bsky.social

Big crowd for #nokings in Stamford

Three homers in game pitched, MLB history including playoffs:

2025 NLCS G4 Shohei Ohtani
5/13/1942 Jim Tobin
8/15/1886 Guy Hecker

1)You may remember the articles criticizing liberal students for their hesitancy to make friends with conservative students—alleging that they were less open-minded than their conservative counterparts.

“Footage, obtained by the outlet, captured the musician face-down in the mud, with her instrument about two feet to her left, struggling as what appears to be a federal agent straddled her backside. A police officer stood next to the pair.”
The Feds then jailed her across state lines. For music.

Two big GOP activists from Oregon were in DC last month for meetings with Trump admin officials. On their podcast they talk about a plan they discussed to nullify the results of Oregon's 2026 federal elections. Pass federal voter ID law, then refuse to seat OR delegation because OR didn't comply.

Someone check on that pole

Americans have become so desensitized to violence that I'm not sure most get the gravity of this

Many American Jews sharply disapprove of Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza, with 61 percent saying Israel has committed war crimes and about 4 in 10 saying the country is guilty of genocide against the Palestinians, according to a Washington Post poll.

Good morning.

The government is shut down because Trump wants to act like a king and steal from you.

Democrats have no obligation to support a budget that funds the destruction of our democracy - and DOUBLES health premiums to fund a tax cut for billionaires.

"It appears that Donald Trump not only has dementia set in, but he's copying tactics of Vladimir Putin. Sending troops into cities, thinking that that's some sort of proving ground for war.. is just, frankly, inane and I'm concerned for his health"

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As a US Atty, I prosecuted and oversaw police excessive force cases. We took them seriously because they were serious abuses of power. What we're seeing now is the outbreak of an epidemic & instead of being condemned by fed'l law enforcement leaders, it seems to be tolerated if not encouraged.

Yankees offense does not only beat up on bad teams' pitching

Yankees OPS by Opponent
vs .500+ .757 (1st in MLB)
vs Sub-.500 .823 (1st in MLB)

The House Oversight Democrats have released documents from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate showing Epstein was scheduled to have lunch with Steve Bannon (Bannon filmed hours of interviews with him), that Elon Musk was going to visit Epstein Island, and that Prince Andrew was aboard Epstein’s jet.

I'd rather a 5 game series against Boston. Crochet makes a 3 game series feel even shorter. But presumably he would be in line for game 2 of DS, so the Yankees can throw Fried in game 1 against their 4th starter and put them on at a disadvantage from the start

Yesterday, Apple made the decision to pull The Savant from its release schedule due to politically sensitive topics. Now the show’s star Jessica Chastain speaks out: ‘We’re not aligned on the decision to pause the release.’

"Last time I went after them, they gave me $16 Million Dollars. This one sounds even more lucrative.”

Bowing down to a bully never works.

And we can’t become numb to this corruption in plain sight.

I'm so old that I remember when dudes would give players crap for missing a game for the birth of their children. I suppose attending a political rally disguised as a funeral for a podcaster is more defensible.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/665...

RFK Jr.’s handpicked vaccine council voted to stop recommending a combination vaccine for measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella, in what “seems to be an agenda of Kennedy’s own design,” Katherine J. Wu and Tom Bartlett report:

Here’s what a Ball State University employee said that led to their termination:

It’s happening. The takedown of Jimmy Kimmel is likely the start of a campaign to use the murder of Charlie Kirk as a pretext to use the power of the White House to wipe out Trump’s critics and his political opponents.

But we aren’t powerless. We can mobilize and organize. Now.

*Wolverine looking at a picture Michael King*

You need to know what might be coming.

Trump could have brought the nation together to confront political violence after the murder of Charlie Kirk.

Instead he appears to be preparing to use the shooting as a pretext to destroy his political opposition and consolidate power.