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RETIRED: gardener/greenhouse grower/tech consultant/wine expert/marathoner FAN OF: WNBA/Patriots football/British detective series/snark/FDR Dems/history NOT A FAN: anything GOP/anti-vaxxers/climate-change deniers/misogyny/racism/(continued next page)

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

New in PN: Stephen Miller's radically bogus idea of "plenary authority"

"Miller’s contention about ICE officers 'having to street battle against antifa every night' is objectively absurd. Courts cannot possibly be required to accept anything Trump says, no matter how disconnected from reality."

Stephen Miller's radically bogus idea of "plenary authority"

This is not how the Constitution works.

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Matt Chatham @chatham58.bsky.social · 13h

Eric Trump (with a straight face): “We’re saving God”

*Every headline on this should (but won’t) be:

Trump’s Kid: I Too Am Insane

**If this segment was Eric’s :60 to talk before an annual asylum review board, he’s going right back into the padded room strapped to his bed for another year

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Matt Chatham @chatham58.bsky.social · 18h

US Constitution wasn’t crafted to achieve the lowest crime stats or whatever from a heavy-handed fed. This place is for maximum freedoms & distrust of centralized government, read better. Submissive “peace” isn’t peace, it’s authoritarianism—which we were born to crush. Trump’s America is unAmerican

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stevewarren209.bsky.social @stevewarren209.bsky.social · 10h

I'm sure the GM's personnel management had nothing to do with that. They should fire THAT guy.

Oh wait! They DID!

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stevewarren209.bsky.social @stevewarren209.bsky.social · 10h

Thanks for helping me keep up my spreadsheets!

stevewarren209.bsky.social @stevewarren209.bsky.social · 10h

Another good one ...

Preaching to the Choir
open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...

Preaching to the Choir

Rural Democrats

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stevewarren209.bsky.social @stevewarren209.bsky.social · 11h

Wondering if OT Thayer Munford will fill the open PSQ spot.

stevewarren209.bsky.social @stevewarren209.bsky.social · 13h

Apparently, you care about polls a lot more than I do.

stevewarren209.bsky.social @stevewarren209.bsky.social · 13h

Romney? The son of my former Governor in Michigan?

stevewarren209.bsky.social @stevewarren209.bsky.social · 13h

Warren was an academic who *became* a national figure mainly by contributing the concept and design for the CFPB to Dodd-Frank in 2010. She was elected in 2011. How well known was she to the majority of voters before that?

stevewarren209.bsky.social @stevewarren209.bsky.social · 13h

All of this nit-picking about his "background" completely ignores his message and the context of our times.

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stevewarren209.bsky.social @stevewarren209.bsky.social · 13h

I know. I can use WIKI, too!

Did his grandfather emerge from the womb as a "leading modernist architect"?

stevewarren209.bsky.social @stevewarren209.bsky.social · 13h

Fuck my "background". I am NOT my parents.

HE is "blue collar"/working class. So am I.

You seem to be drawing the line between "authentic" and fraud with an Exacto knife.

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stevewarren209.bsky.social @stevewarren209.bsky.social · 13h

"Lawyer" and "restaurant owner" aren't necessarily elite occupations. His grandfather sounds like an artist who found a way to be well-paid.

All that somehow makes Platner a "fraud"? Do his parents need to have been coal-miners?

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stevewarren209.bsky.social @stevewarren209.bsky.social · 13h

Much like me, he's made his own way through life, spending much of it in the trenches (literally and figuratively).

stevewarren209.bsky.social @stevewarren209.bsky.social · 13h

Neither had Elizabeth Warren.

stevewarren209.bsky.social @stevewarren209.bsky.social · 13h

My dad was a jazz pianist and automotive engineer. Mom was a singer/dancer, executive assistant & IT director. I made my own way through life with a couple nice careers (fine wine dealer, IT admin), but mostly as a gardener/greenhouse grower.

Do I qualify as "blue-collar/working class"?

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stevewarren209.bsky.social @stevewarren209.bsky.social · 14h

In addition to paying UFA Marcus Jones in 2026, the Pats may have a couple expensive extensions for player contracts expiring in 2027 (e.g., Gonzo, Boutte). Something to consider if the Pats traded a 2026 draft asset for Breece Hall & then also had to give him a likely expensive 2nd contract.

stevewarren209.bsky.social @stevewarren209.bsky.social · 14h

Good point from Bradbury about not sustaining run blocks long enough. The OL is giving RBs only about 1.5 yds before contact per attempt - "contact" which often seems to be a gang of tacklers, leading to less than 2 YAC per attempt.

stevewarren209.bsky.social @stevewarren209.bsky.social · 14h

Tonga, Durden & Farmer are all contributing much more than I expected. Excellent DL scouting this past off-season.

When they meet at Foxboro in wk-9, both ATL & the Pats will have a prominent LB named "Elliss".

[75 bulbs planted at the Town Office & a local park, btw.]

stevewarren209.bsky.social @stevewarren209.bsky.social · 19h

Thanks, Mike!

Maybe some thoughts later. Gotta go plant some daffodil bulbs first.

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 1d

China is doing an absolutely FANTASTIC job of baiting that asshole into economic Hari-Kari.

Every time they do something that hurts our economy, TACO reacts by doing something that actually hurts us TEN TIMES more.

It’s crazy!