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Froggie1873

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As someone who has lived in A LOT of rural Texas towns, this is the most average rural Texan family portrait I've ever seen.

victoria zeller⚔️ (buy ONE OF THE BOYS) @dirtbagqueer.rocks · 2d

the glossy photo they got of this family is killing me. these boys are completely feral creatures. if the new york times came to take a picture of me my mom would've made me wear a collar i can tell you that much

January 7, 2026 at 4:46 PM

Froggie1873

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Look, all I'm saying is that the baseball "sword" celebration and the football "seatbelt" celebration are the same celebration.

January 5, 2026 at 5:50 AM

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Zohran "Z Man" Mamdani

Mrs. Detective Pikajew, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 7d

this is the most incredible interview i’ve ever read. the aei guy tries so hard to get sliwa to trash mamdani and he simply won’t. he also brings up flaco (rip) unprompted.

www.wsj.com/opinion/free...

Tunku Varadarajan: Will you ask New Yorkers who voted for you to give Zohran Mamdani a chance?
Curtis Sliwa: Absolutely. He won a majority. He has a mandate. The Masters of the Universe, the billionaires, did everything they could to make sure he wasn't the mayor. It didn't work. He's a great organizer. I'll give you an example: Melinda Katz, the current District Attorney for Queens County, New York. She's the mother of my two youngest sons. She was running for DA in 2019. She had the institutional support. Moderate Jewish mother. Loyal Democrat.
Queens borough president. Perfect résumé. She's running against Tiffany Caban, who wasn't even in elective office at that time. Very radical. You know,
"do away with jails, don't arrest anyone." Tiffany Caban won on election night. But she lost the race on the absentee ballots, but only by about 20 votes. You know who the street organizer was for Tiffany Caban? Zohran Mamdani. So, when they talk about him as a trust fund baby, I say no, no, no, no, no.

You don't like it when people call him a "nepo baby."
He's earned his stripes. He had 100,000 volunteers going door-to-door, and I experienced that in some of the neighborhoods where you would never have seen anybody liberal or progressive go. Howard Beach! In conservative Howard Beach, they're going block to block. They were everywhere. 100,000. I call them Zohranistas. This was the secret to his election, not TikTok. It was good, old-fashioned retail politics. Frankly, Cuomo and not Mamdani was the nepo baby in this race. Born on third base. Felt entitled. Knew the political process, but mailed it in.
He didn't have the stomach to actually go out and do retail politics. And shame on him.
Do you think Mamdani will make a better mayor than Andrew Cuomo might have done?

How would you describe Mamdani's politics?
He's not a communist. People call him that. That's ridiculous. He is a democratic socialist. David Dinkins [New York mayor from 1990-93] was a democratic socialist. We've had a long history in New York City of socialism.
What's the biggest challenge Mamdani faces as mayor!
I don't think the Zohranistas totally understand the fiscal irresponsibility we just went through with the Adams years and how little money there's left.
There's not enough money to do all the things that Zohran wants to do.

A last question. All through our interview you pronounced Mamdani as "Mandami," transposing the "m" and the "n" in his name. Are you aware of the mispronunciation? Many people, Cuomo included, mangle his name.
In the debate, Zohran brought that to my attention, my mispronunciation. I didn't do it on purpose.
There's no disrespect. I have a hard time with it. It took people about 10 years to pronounce my last name correctly: "Sleewah.'" They pronounced it Silva, Saliva, Slywah. In the streets, we would have given Zohran a nickname, like I did for all the Guardian Angels. "Z Man" would have been perfect for him. That would have been his handle.
Mr. Varadarajan, a Journal contributor, is a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and at NYU Law School's Classical Liberal Institute.

January 2, 2026 at 6:00 AM

Froggie1873

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This might sound like a nitpick, but I *HATE* that "belt to ass" has become such a common sports term because

1. Should we be comparing sports games to the beating of children?
2. It's being used to describe 10-point games, not absolute blowouts.

Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 8d

Well, Michael Irvin has already lost his belt.
We’re getting there.

January 1, 2026 at 7:48 PM

Froggie1873

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The game ended like 30 minutes ago, and I'm still in shock. That's one of the greatest finishes I've ever seen. You could not write it better.

Riff Ram, motherfuckers.

December 31, 2025 at 6:19 AM

Froggie1873

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Meanwhile, at the GameAbove Sports Bowl...

GameAbove Sports Bowl
CMU | 1
NW | 20
2nd Qtr, 3:31 left

December 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM

Froggie1873

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Nick Saban pointing at a screenshot of Nick Saban pointing at a screenshot from the 2022 Final College Football Playoff Selection Show, with the top 6, in order, ranked Georgia, Michigan, TCU, Ohio State, Alabama, and Tennessee.

December 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM

Froggie1873

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i want to fucking die

Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel)

NEWS: TCU quarterback Josh Hoover intends to enter the NCAA transfer portal, he tells ESPN. He projects to have the most passing yards 9,629 and touchdown passes 71 of any quarterback in the sport expected to return in 2026.

December 19, 2025 at 1:45 AM

Froggie1873

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BODE HAM, 10 TOUCHDOWNS IN THE STATE TITLE GAME

December 17, 2025 at 11:07 PM

Froggie1873

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@sickoscommittee.org Rally towels for the Tarleton-Villanova game today

December 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM

Froggie1873

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This is worth the entire season.

On3 (@On3sports)

BREAKING: South Carolina has hired TCU’s Kendal Briles as its next offensive coordinator, @PeteNakos reports.

December 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM

Froggie1873

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PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD TAKE HIM

FREE US FROM OUR LONG NATIONAL NIGHTMARE

Chris Hummer (@chris_hummer)

TCU offensive coordinator Kendal Briles has emerged as a person of considerable interest in South Carolina's offensive coordinator search, sources tell @JClarkHFB247 and I.

The Horned Frogs have had a top 35 offense in terms of yards per play the last 2 seasons.

December 6, 2025 at 2:39 AM

Froggie1873

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Fun fact: there's only one power conference team in DFW.

November 30, 2025 at 4:43 AM

Froggie1873

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I miss when sports brought joy.

November 29, 2025 at 4:28 AM

Froggie1873

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"Questions brought up by my quote can be answered by my quote"

Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · Nov 25

Nvidia, $NVDA, has said it is "not Enron."

November 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM

Froggie1873

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I would like to make very clear that Moehrig did not learn this in Fort Worth.

This is Raiders behavior that he's brought to the Queen City.

Awful Announcing @awfulannouncing.bsky.social · Nov 25

A fight breaks out after the 49ers-Panthers game as Jauan Jennings retaliates after what appeared to be a low blow from Tre'von Moehrig.

November 25, 2025 at 5:09 AM

Froggie1873

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It's been like over 15 hours at this point and I still can't believe a ranked team lost to 2025 TCU.

November 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM

Froggie1873

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Any team that must say they are not complacent nor settling for mediocrity is likely complacent and settling for mediocrity.

RedditCFB @redditcfb.com · Nov 21

"We are not complacent, and we are not settling for mediocrity."

Baylor announces the retention of head coach Dave Aranda as it searches for a new athletic director.
baylorbears.com/news/2025/11...

President Livingstone Message on Football Leadership - Baylor

Dear Baylor Family,

baylorbears.com

November 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM

Froggie1873

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Rent Free

Estebomb @estebomb.bsky.social · Nov 18

BG rocking one of the best hats I’ve ever seen

Brandon Graham in a black Sixers jersey and a Dallas Cowboys hat with a no symbol over the star because Dallas Sucks

November 18, 2025 at 4:21 AM

Froggie1873

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we lost to this

PodKATT @podkatt.bsky.social · Nov 6

UNO blue made it on to AEW before LSU

November 7, 2025 at 12:08 AM

Froggie1873

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Woke 2 will hit like Marvin White.
youtu.be/81T8E4viEac

November 5, 2025 at 6:15 AM

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November 4, 2025 at 7:08 AM

Froggie1873

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"Neaux. I ca’ tel’ya righnah Sco’ Woo’war is not selectin’ da nex’ cooch. Helli’ll le’ Donal’ Trump select it befo’ I let him do it. Idon’ neaux, bu’da Borda Supa’visa’s gonna com’ up widda committee ‘nd dey gonna find us a cooch."