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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 6h

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 8h

Hall of Fame player using his hall of fame brain not to try to do too much.

Also won game with his brain in Philly suggesting the team try the wheel play,

I’m sorry to keep bringing this up but I can’t believe the Red Sox let a player with Mookie Betts’ talent, work ethic, and baseball IQ go

Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 9h

Mookie Betts has won two playoff games in a row drawing bases loaded walks after the opposing team intentionally walked Shohei Ohtani.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 6h

Once there was a team that had Mookie Betts on its roster & then decided, “No, we don’t want that anymore” 😬😢🤔🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 9h

Mookie Betts has won two playoff games in a row drawing bases loaded walks after the opposing team intentionally walked Shohei Ohtani.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 6h

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Joe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social · 14h

Mainstream media’s willingness to give Trump massive credit for doing minor things and Biden zero credit for doing big things is a structural problem

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 16h

Just in case the dramatically low Leni Riefenstahl-style angle was too subtle, they used a word from her most famous movie

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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 9h

Honestly very impressed by Newsmax, the Washington Times, and the Washington Examiner.

They deserve credit precisely because they’re standing up for journalistic principle notwithstanding their ideological inclination.

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 9h

Solidarity is the only way

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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 11h

It's just gutter racism, through and through

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 11h

What if the unidentified masked men with guns don't accept the validity of your papers?

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Nick Fleisher @nickfleisher.bsky.social · 9h

Honestly surprised there isn't a rule about pitchers carrying a cheat sheet in their back pocket and taking it out dozens of times between pitches

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 7h

Military aid to Ukraine has fallen substantially, even as Russia’s aggression has not.

That hard fact, not any “change of tone” or “expression of frustration” or “consideration of sending more advanced equipment” is what matters most on the ground. Moscow surely knows that, and sees encouragement.

The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 8h

⚡️Military aid to Ukraine declines sharply in recent months, report says.

Military aid to Ukraine has fallen dramatically in recent months, a report by the Kiel Institute published on Oct. 14 has found.

Military aid to Ukraine declines sharply in recent months, report says

In July and August, total military aid to Ukraine fell 43% lower than the amount received in the first half of the year, a report by the Kiel Institute finds.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 8h

The lack of effective collective action is a problem in your industry, in my industry, & in all the other ones. There are lots of individuals & certain groups doing a good job. And far more totally failing to meet the moment.

Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · Mar 12

Again, we're witnessing a near-total comprehensive failure of the leaders of our societal institutions to overcome basic collective action problems & speak out against the lawless authoritarianism. By the time everyone decides to speak up, it will be too late.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Mar 12

“.. Asked how much the stock market would need to decline for them to speak out collectively, 44% said it would have to fall 20%. Another 22% said stocks would have to fall 30% before they would take a stand.”

@wsj.com
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 8h

He’s not engaging with it bc there’s no collective effort for all of the gathered journalists to ask that ? over & over

Are academics up to fighting the authoritarianism? I think my frustration with many of our leaders & colleagues on that question is also pretty clear. It’s the exact same problem

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 8h

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 9h

Agree about a lot of the replies. I can't control that. But ~every day, the Speaker says, "I am violating my oath of office, & I'm totally unaware of what's going on in the country," & ~100% of the journalists gathered just shrug & don't push back on any of it. I get it. It's a hard job, but 🤷‍♂️

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 9h

No, I have seen no evidence of consistent daily asking of "Why are letting the president commit unprecedented crimes & why are you letting him steal Congress' powers illegally?" Maybe someone asks this once, every so often? But every single journalist should be asking him this at every opportunity.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 9h

You're living through one of the biggest technological transformations in world history and it has nothing to do with AI

Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 1d

Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.

Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 9h

A HBP is also an RBI, Brice 😬

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 9h

And just unbelievable chutzpah & disdain for all of us as citizens:

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Dennis K Jr @dkjrhi.bsky.social · 9h

“This is, simply put, bullshit.” - @chrisgeidner.bsky.social

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Barrett turns to Fox News, rather than the docket, to explain her silence in key rulings

Justice Barrett wrote nothing in the racial profiling shadow docket ruling, but had something to say on Fox News Sunday. And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.

www.lawdork.com

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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 9h

How good is Shohei Ohtani?

The Brewers just walked him to load the bases in the 9th inning when they were **down** a run with future Hall of Famer and former MVP Mookie Betts on deck to bat.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10h

maybe this will help some realize that you don’t need access to cover the government effectively. in fact, it’s actually better.

Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 12h

The Pentagon is telling beat reporters to sign restrictive new rules by Tuesday or surrender their press passes by Wednesday. Many news organizations are rejecting the ultimatum and saying they will not sign. Here's my latest >>> www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/m...

Media outlets, including MAGA channel Newsmax, refuse to sign Pentagon’s press access rules | CNN Business

The Pentagon is telling beat reporters to sign restrictive new rules by Tuesday or surrender their press passes by Wednesday. Many news organizations are rejecting the ultimatum and saying they will n...

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 10h

Baseball, man. Nothing like it.

CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 11h

what in the hell just happened in Milwaukee

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 16h

Remember we're already in a world of Kavanaugh stops based solely on ethnicity. If you are from a targeted group, this can happen to you no matter what your citizenship status is. What if you forget your wallet at home? You could end up in detention for days or worse.

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 17h

Do you want to live in a "papers, please" country?

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 14h

Allow me to invite you to go back and read about the 2021 Afghanistan National Conversation™️ over what we're clearly now going to have over the next month with Trump & Gaza.

Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · Oct 24

And a reminder that you should go back & read @joshtpm.bsky.social on the shameful sh*tshow that was the "Biden failed in Afghanistan" feeding frenzy:

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The Fall of Kabul, Washington and the Guys at the Fancy Magazines

I wrote at the beginning of the week that the lightning collapse of the Afghan Army and the Afghan state, far from making me question the decision to withdraw, had removed any doubt in my mind that it...

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 14h

Quite famously, Joe Biden ended the forever war in 🇦🇫 that everyone said for years they wanted, & he did not receive his Leni Riefenstahl moment on front pages & magazine covers:

Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · Aug 14

A reminder that Joe Biden destroyed his presidency by doing the thing everyone said for years that they wanted but really didn't.

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Jonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · Aug 14

Reminder that if Joe Biden hadn't acted the US would still have troops deployed in Afghanistan, taking casualties year after year after year.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 14h

👇🎯 Joe Biden, who was president during ceasefires in which 100 hostages were released, quite famously never received the same Leni Riefenstahl moment & grading-on-a-curve treatment from major media outlets in 2024. Whatever one thinks of him or Trump on this issue, this is massive goalpost shifting.

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 15h

* Over 20,000 Palestinians killed since January
* 100s starved to death, including kids
* Congress bypassed to send more & more bombs to Israel
* US citizens murdered in the West Bank

I hope this ceasefire holds & I am glad the hostages are free, but this is Trump’s *actual record* so far.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 16h

Just in case the dramatically low Leni Riefenstahl-style angle was too subtle, they used a word from her most famous movie

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 14h

Happy week, everyone

7/13/2024: The next week is going to be yet another object lesson in how neither our media nor our political system is designed to deal with a far right authoritarian party, & how only one party is ever expected to be held to any standards whatsoever in the National Conversation

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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 21h

It is, quite literally, *his job* to know whether the executive branch is implementing the programs and spending Congress authorized. This isn't pretending he doesn't know what awful thing Trump said. This is his Constitutional obligation that he is now derelict from fulfilling.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

REPORTER: We know the president moved forward with mass layoffs. We're also learning there were significant cuts to staff at special education services. Are you comfortable with those cuts?

MIKE JOHNSON: I haven't seen the specifics of that and I don't know

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 15h

Again, every time this happens, we literally have no idea if the masked, plainclothes people are actual government agents, or private citizens acting in party-affiliated paramilitaries. The whole point of IDs & uniforms & no masks is that we know these things.

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