Dan Hartman
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Communications professional. Central New York/ Mohawk Valley resident. #Marist University alum. American history buff. Gardener. #Mets #LGM Dallas #Cowboys
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MLB's furious week of free agent contracts flips the script. What's next?: www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
MLB's furious week of free agent contracts flips the script. What's next?
MLB's hot stove was ice cold just a week ago. Then, the signings started.
www.usatoday.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:28 PM
MLB's furious week of free agent contracts flips the script. What's next?: www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
There have been reports that Baty could play first base, a position he spent last off-season learning, or left field, a position he has some but limited experience playing. #Mets
January 17, 2026 at 5:16 PM
There have been reports that Baty could play first base, a position he spent last off-season learning, or left field, a position he has some but limited experience playing. #Mets
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Steve Cohen’s Mets finally strike with big free agency signing in Bo Bichette
Steve Cohen’s Mets finally strike with big free agency signing in Bo Bichette
Every winter, it seems as though the Mets make offers to elite free agents, only for them to go to the Los Angeles Dodgers instead.
buff.ly
January 17, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Steve Cohen’s Mets finally strike with big free agency signing in Bo Bichette
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BREAKING: Judge enters TRO blocking feds from interfering with or arresting peaceful protesters in Minnesota. Judge Kate Menendez, Biden appointee. Order: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
January 17, 2026 at 1:02 AM
BREAKING: Judge enters TRO blocking feds from interfering with or arresting peaceful protesters in Minnesota. Judge Kate Menendez, Biden appointee. Order: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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Mets stole Bo Bichette from the Phillies after they reportedly offered $200M deal
Mets stole Bo Bichette from the Phillies after they reportedly offered $200M deal
The benefits of the Mets' Bo Bichette signing are twofold.
nypost.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Mets stole Bo Bichette from the Phillies after they reportedly offered $200M deal
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A little more about the Mets deal w/Bichette. It's a 3 yr $126m deal w/2 opt outs. There are no deferments.
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Mets signing Bo Bichette to three-year deal
The Mets are signing free agent Bo Bichette, emphatically pivoting after missing out on Kyle Tucker.
sny.tv
January 16, 2026 at 8:17 PM
A little more about the Mets deal w/Bichette. It's a 3 yr $126m deal w/2 opt outs. There are no deferments.
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Bichette is expected to play third base. Great bat to add to the line-up, but I wonder what this means for Brett Baty. #Mets
Mets land Bo Bichette on $126 million deal in free agency bounceback
Mets land Bo Bichette on $126 million deal in free agency bounceback
Bo Bichette is headed to Queens on a three-year, $126 million deal, The Post's Jon Heyman confirmed on Friday.
nypost.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Bichette is expected to play third base. Great bat to add to the line-up, but I wonder what this means for Brett Baty. #Mets
Correction: A video in Minneapolis shows a federal agent kneeing a man in the face while he is being arrested.
A video in Minneapolis appears to show a federal agent kneeing a man in the face while he is being arrested.
January 16, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Correction: A video in Minneapolis shows a federal agent kneeing a man in the face while he is being arrested.
It’s truly the Dodgers’ world right now and top free agents like Tucker are enjoying the benefits.
Full details of Kyle Tucker’s outrageous Dodgers contract revealed — deferrals and all
Full details of Kyle Tucker’s outrageous Dodgers contract revealed — deferrals and all
It's a good -- and lucrative -- day to be Kyle Tucker.
nypost.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:34 PM
It’s truly the Dodgers’ world right now and top free agents like Tucker are enjoying the benefits.
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Jimmy Kimmel offers to let Trump have one of his trophies if he will pull ICE out of Minneapolis.
January 16, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Jimmy Kimmel offers to let Trump have one of his trophies if he will pull ICE out of Minneapolis.
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RFK Jr. said the new vaccine schedule was meant to restore trust in federal recommendations.
But major health systems don't appear to trust the new guidance — instead saying they plan to ignore it.
www.statnews.com/2026/01/15/n...
But major health systems don't appear to trust the new guidance — instead saying they plan to ignore it.
www.statnews.com/2026/01/15/n...
Hospitals and doctors are ignoring RFK Jr.’s new vaccine schedule and relying on pediatricians’ guidance instead
Their decisions underscore a growing divide between federal health authorities and major medical groups.
www.statnews.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:31 PM
RFK Jr. said the new vaccine schedule was meant to restore trust in federal recommendations.
But major health systems don't appear to trust the new guidance — instead saying they plan to ignore it.
www.statnews.com/2026/01/15/n...
But major health systems don't appear to trust the new guidance — instead saying they plan to ignore it.
www.statnews.com/2026/01/15/n...
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Pictured: Someone who actually won a Nobel Peace Prize
January 16, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Pictured: Someone who actually won a Nobel Peace Prize
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‘Good Lord’: Scott Jennings Roasted For Shortening a Tim Walz Quote To Call Him an Insurrectionist
‘Good Lord’: Scott Jennings Roasted For Shortening a Tim Walz Quote To Call Him an Insurrectionist
Scott Jennings, CNN’s popular conservative pundit, sparked a wave of criticism on Thursday when he took a swipe at protestors in Minnesota and Gov. Tim Walz (D).
The post ‘Good Lord’: Scott Jennings Roasted For Shortening a Tim Walz Quote To Call Him an Insurrectionist first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
January 15, 2026 at 11:26 PM
FYI @cnn.com
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Trib Total Media announces plans for a weekend print edition aimed at filling part of the gap created by the announced closure of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/trib...
Trib Total Media announces new weekend publication and strategic expansion - Editor and Publisher
Trib Total Media announced Wednesday it plans to launch a weekend print publication focused exclusively on the City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County.
www.editorandpublisher.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Trib Total Media announces plans for a weekend print edition aimed at filling part of the gap created by the announced closure of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/trib...
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Introducing the highest U.S. tariffs since the Great Depression, President Trump made a clear promise in the spring: “Jobs and factories will come roaring back into our country.”
They haven’t.
They haven’t.
Trump’s promised manufacturing boom is a bust so far
Manufacturing employment has declined every month since April, when the president said tariffs would bring factories “roaring back.”
wapo.st
January 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Introducing the highest U.S. tariffs since the Great Depression, President Trump made a clear promise in the spring: “Jobs and factories will come roaring back into our country.”
They haven’t.
They haven’t.
If owner Steve Cohen and his front office have offered Tucker $200MM or more over the next four seasons, that would surely be a difficult package to turn down without an incredible long-term offer. #Mets
January 15, 2026 at 1:38 PM
If owner Steve Cohen and his front office have offered Tucker $200MM or more over the next four seasons, that would surely be a difficult package to turn down without an incredible long-term offer. #Mets
Polanco has played first base for one pitch in his 12-year career. Vientos has logged 17 games at the position in his four seasons and has not looked natural. #Mets
David Stearns is comfortable with Mets’ massive first-base gamble
David Stearns is comfortable with Mets’ massive first-base gamble
The stated mission of the Mets offseason entails preventing more runs, which has led David Stearns into a drastic winter renovation of the roster. Replacing Jeff McNeil with Gold Glove winner Marcus Semien at second base makes sense. How the Mets fill the cleats of Brandon Nimmo and whether a true center fielder will be...
nypost.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Polanco has played first base for one pitch in his 12-year career. Vientos has logged 17 games at the position in his four seasons and has not looked natural. #Mets
Trump cheating at golf is the least of my worries.
Lindsey Graham Suggested Trump Was a Golf Cheat in Secret Grand Jury Testimony
Lindsey Graham Suggested Trump Was a Golf Cheat in Secret Grand Jury Testimony
Graham has — publicly — made grandiose claims about Trump's golf game over the years. But privately? It seems Graham was much less charitable in his assessment.
The post Lindsey Graham Suggested Trump Was a Golf Cheat in Secret Grand Jury Testimony first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
January 14, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Trump cheating at golf is the least of my worries.
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We found the effects of tariffs and extreme weather, relief (finally!) in the egg cooler, plus one case of shrinkflation. n.pr/49z7anI
How have prices changed in a year? NPR checked 114 items at Walmart
We found the effects of tariffs and extreme weather, relief (finally!) in the egg cooler, plus one case of shrinkflation.
n.pr
January 14, 2026 at 11:12 AM
We found the effects of tariffs and extreme weather, relief (finally!) in the egg cooler, plus one case of shrinkflation. n.pr/49z7anI
Tucker, 28, who is also being courted by the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers, has been offered a three- or four-year contract by the #Mets that will pay him an average of $50 million a season.
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Latest news, rumors on MLB free agents Kyle Tucker, Cody Bellinger, Bo Bichette
Following Alex Bregman's decision to join the Cubs, attention now turns to the Big 3: Kyle Tucker, Cody Bellinger and Bo Bichette.
usatoday.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Tucker, 28, who is also being courted by the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers, has been offered a three- or four-year contract by the #Mets that will pay him an average of $50 million a season.
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Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
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WaPo - Lawmakers from both parties and houses of Congress agree to provide about $653 million to fund VOA's parent agency, rejecting President Trump's demand to defund the international broadcaster and shut it down. www.washingtonpost.com/busine...
Congress agrees to fund Voice of America, bucking Trump shutdown order
The Trump administration has tried to eliminate funding for the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which oversees VOA. Appropriators in Congress have had other ideas.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:18 PM
WaPo - Lawmakers from both parties and houses of Congress agree to provide about $653 million to fund VOA's parent agency, rejecting President Trump's demand to defund the international broadcaster and shut it down. www.washingtonpost.com/busine...
Players almost unanimously prefer playing on high-quality grass surfaces.
With no chance of playing a 2025 playoff game in their current stadium, the Bills will play their next home game in September 2026 on real, actual grass.
www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...
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Bills' next home game will be played on grass
New England's Sunday night win over the Chargers guaranteed that the Bills will not play another game at their current stadium.
www.nbcsports.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Players almost unanimously prefer playing on high-quality grass surfaces.