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Wendy Thurm

@wendythurm.bsky.social

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Writer. Communications consultant. Former lawyer. Progressive rabble rouser. Baseball guru. Travel junkie. San Francisco apologist.

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Wendy Thurm @wendythurm.bsky.social · Jul 22

Chris Cillizza, Andrew Cuomo, and Rahm Emauel walk into a bar . . . .

and the rest of us slam the door shut and barricade it with fortified steel.

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 4h

every young Republican staffer is a Nazi, it's that simple 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.

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Matt Martell @mattmartell.fangraphs.com · 19h

Blake Treinen still cannot stop the steal

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Wendy Thurm @wendythurm.bsky.social · 19h

LET THE PITCH HIT YOU WHAT ARE YOU DOING

Wendy Thurm @wendythurm.bsky.social · 20h

Score some runs you silly cheeseheads

Wendy Thurm @wendythurm.bsky.social · 20h

I’m well aware. I was making a joke. That’s what the 😂😂😂 signified.

Wendy Thurm @wendythurm.bsky.social · 20h

8-6-2-2

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Wendy Thurm @wendythurm.bsky.social · 20h

Wait, do we now have definitive proof that Alex Gordon was right not to try for home? 😂😂😂

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Wendy Thurm @wendythurm.bsky.social · 21h

Ah got it. Dodgers just ran themselves out of the inning. Very Giants-like.

Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 21h

it hit the wall so it's not a catch

Wendy Thurm @wendythurm.bsky.social · 21h

Isn’t the play at home a non-force requiring a tag once the catch is made?

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Wendy Thurm @wendythurm.bsky.social · 21h

Don't think Brian Anderson knows what "show pony" means. Jackson Chourio ain't no show pony.

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Wendy Thurm @wendythurm.bsky.social · 1d

Mariners have the mojo

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Wendy Thurm @wendythurm.bsky.social · 1d

Mariners have the mojo

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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 1d

A couple of parking signs for anyone who wants to print them out for this coming Saturday.

Parking Signs

If you want to print out a poster for October 18th, here are two; fully-guaranteed countrywide but maybe especially suitable for in and around New York. No King Anytime sign ...

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Wendy Thurm @wendythurm.bsky.social · 1d

This is why California should have gone much further with Prop 50 instead of just "responding to Texas" by redistricting to add only 5 Blue-lean seats. MAGA/GOP will not stop until they have unlimited/unchecked power & have destroyed democracy. CA, NY, IL, etc have to fight fire with fire.

Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 1d

North Carolina Republicans just announced they plan to pass a more extreme congressional gerrymander for 2026.

Republicans re-gerrymandered this swing state's congressional map just last cycle to turn what had been 7 Dem - 7 Rep split into a 10-4 majority. Now they're going for an 11-3 edge

General Assembly Heeds President Trump’s Call to Thwart Blue State Attempts to Take Congress

Raleigh, N.C. — Today, legislative leaders agreed to hold votes during the previously scheduled October legislative session to block the…

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Infield Fly Girl @infieldflygrl.online · 1d

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Wendy Thurm @wendythurm.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, but Tom Brady won the Super Bowl 1,000 times. At least he has star power.

Wendy Thurm @wendythurm.bsky.social · 1d

I don't like Joe Davis either -- partly b/c he's the Dodgers announcer and mostly because he's so boring. At least put someone fun with Joe Davis! Smoltz and Davis and are like watching paint dry while nails are scraping a chalkboard