I feel like this is a Vance op. No evidence but I'd wager sums that the final result is he endorses Vance when it matters most.

hannah gais@hannahgais.bsky.social · 3h ago

This feels like the very predictable outcome of Tucker Carlson's anti-Trump pivot: he's doing it to run in 2028.

Baby Biyendolo meets the Seattle Reign 🥹 📸: reignfc

Watch party locations for Sunday’s Bay FC game vs Chicago: Hysteria Sports Bar at El Barrio **NEW** (w/ Bay Imperio) Oakland Midtown Lounge Sacramento Standard Deviant Brewing Pier 70 **NEW** San Francisco Jack’s (21+) San Jose Pinky’s Pizza & Pub Walnut Creek Sound on, raffles at halftime.

This says almost exactly what I have been saying. I wasn't Skinners biggest fan, I have suggested more than once that he had taken us as far as he can, but if the owners won't invest in the squad who will want the managers job ?

Jim Ratcliffe's appalling treatment of Man Utd Women has finally hit home

Whatever fans think of Marc Skinner, his exit is a worrying nod towards a bleak future

inews.co.uk

2 United managers quit due to lack of investment & now it seems we are about to employ a new manager who quit her last job for exactly the same reason. This bothers me somewhat.

Good luck Eva🤞

Don't forget the Athletic is owned by NYT

The Athletic@theathletic.com · 10h ago

Aaron Rodgers spoke out about Dr. Anthony Fauci. Sophie Cunningham spoke out about transgender athletes. Caitlin Clark chose not to weigh in. Three different approaches, one common result: criticism. Steve Buckley on how athletes can't win on social media: nyti.ms/3Sa9A7D

instead of reading other outlets, read what Frankie wrote

Frankie de la Cretaz@thefrankiedlc.news · 18h ago

This is rough but I think it talks about a lot of what is missing from the Cunningham/WNBA discourse. Namely, that trans people are not hypothetical thought experiments. They are real people who are being genocided by our government & any coverage that doesn't center that reality misses the mark.

I don’t think he was the right person to help Manchester United make the leap into the WSL’s top tier. But he also wasn’t really given a fair chance given the lack of investment by the club in the team.

Opta Analyst@optaanalyst.optajoe.com · 7h ago

We analysed the data behind Skinner's Manchester United reign, and asked questions of those higher up at the club: theanalyst.com/articles/mar...

We analysed the data behind Skinner's Manchester United reign, and asked questions of those higher up at the club: theanalyst.com/articles/mar...

Marc Skinner Wasn't Perfect, But Man Utd Have Far Bigger Problems | Opta Analyst

Marc Skinner reached an agreement with Man Utd to terminate his contract on Monday. How did it get to this, and will the Red Devils be better off for it?

theanalyst.com

“It’s not a different opinion. It’s straight up bigotry and discrimination that we wouldn’t accept or hand wave away if it were targeted towards any other group.”

Frankie de la Cretaz@thefrankiedlc.news · 18h ago

This is rough but I think it talks about a lot of what is missing from the Cunningham/WNBA discourse. Namely, that trans people are not hypothetical thought experiments. They are real people who are being genocided by our government & any coverage that doesn't center that reality misses the mark.

It’s true, in the past I would have had multiple editors in my inbox asking me to write about the Cunningham stuff. I haven’t gotten a single assignment request. Trans writers used to be tokenized to write about these things but now that the topic is “mainstream,” those bylines go elsewhere.

Sydney Bauer@sydney-bauer.com · yesterday

I need people to understand that for the last half decade that there’s been an ecosystem of trans folks in sports media who have worked unpaid to serve as experts for context, sources and educators on what it’s like for trans athletes, in hopes of potential bylines and contacts. That’s dried up.

Frankie hits the nail on the head here. This is another act in the genocide of trans people that is taking place, and it is utterly disappointing that the WNBA is not standing up for what has always made WNBA games and fandom so joyful in order to appease bigots.

Frankie de la Cretaz@thefrankiedlc.news · 18h ago

This is rough but I think it talks about a lot of what is missing from the Cunningham/WNBA discourse. Namely, that trans people are not hypothetical thought experiments. They are real people who are being genocided by our government & any coverage that doesn't center that reality misses the mark.

"It’s not a different opinion. It’s straight up bigotry ... that we wouldn’t accept or hand wave away if it were targeted towards any other group." Every cis person who follows me for WNBA content better read this. Pay for a sub, you owe the trans community that much & Frankie is a hell of a writer

Frankie de la Cretaz@thefrankiedlc.news · 18h ago

This is rough but I think it talks about a lot of what is missing from the Cunningham/WNBA discourse. Namely, that trans people are not hypothetical thought experiments. They are real people who are being genocided by our government & any coverage that doesn't center that reality misses the mark.

Missouri Republicans tried to make voter-initiated constitutional amendments impossible by requiring passage in every congressional district instead of just statewide. Voters rejected the amendment in not just every congressional district but every county too. Trump won all but four counties there

Stephen Wolf@stephenwolf.bsky.social · 20h ago

NEW: Missouri voters have rejected Amendment 4, which Republicans had passed to make citizen-initiated constitutional amendments effectively impossible. It would have required initiatives to pass in every congressional district—not just statewide—giving the overwhelmingly red districts a veto

I'd suggest that if you can't even win your primary you're, by definition, not "electable" so I always find this sort of conversation to be rather ridiculous. They spent a year saying Trump wasn't "electable" for crying out loud.

Considering how badly Republican ballot measures targeting abortion rights, public education, independence of judiciary- are getting curb stomped in - checks notes - deep red states … there are gonna be relentless think pieces in DC media bubble about toxicity of MAGA/Trump Republican brand. Right?

Natalie Portman Says 'Right?'

ALT: Natalie Portman Says 'Right?'

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They already did it to Jimmy Carter. Literally refused to release the hostages until Reagan was sworn in. How'd that work out for you, fellas? Point being, the Iranian government will cut themselves to make you bleed. Trump never figured that out, and I doubt he ever will.

public health guy@publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 18h ago

updating my prior here: i think this back and forth will continue not just until the midterms, but until trump is gone entirely. iran would rather deal with someone rational and trump is cornered

maybe they're right but there really isn't any reason to believe that "moderates" - as defined by DC conventional wisdom - have an advantage in these places. And if lefty candidates do win they'll chalk it up to a "wave" - correctly, somewhat, but when moderates win in waves they are geniuses

Tim@lodgepolepines.bsky.social · 15h ago

president of Center for American Progress btw

Pretty sure when you win the election it's a big election night. Pretty sure when your party's leadership all endorses the loser, it means the leadership is out of touch with the electorate.

Politico@politico.com · 14h ago

Progressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted

Spoken like a man who has never had to shop for himself.

AP calls a DEFEAT for Kansas Amendment 1, which would have replaced the current merit-based selection of state Supreme Court justices with partisan statewide elections. GOP wanted this change to try to overturn a ruling protecting abortion rights, but voters emphatically said no.

Two more GOP amendments go down to crushing defeats, both in MO. #4 would have made future ballot initiatives impossible to pass by requiring winning a majority statewide *and* in each congressional district. #5 would have eliminated the state income tax.

MAGA fans on Truth Social were apparently pissed at Trump's endorsement because they (wrongly) believed that Hassan is Muslim newrepublic.com/post/213678/...

Surprise! Trump Endorsement Derailed by MAGA Racism

Donald Trump’s fans are not happy he backed Amir Hassan.

newrepublic.com

Seems like an upset might be brewing in the GOP primary in #MI08 to take on Dem Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet. Trump endorsed Amir Hassan, but he currently trails an absolute nobody who suspended his campaign a month ago by a wide margin.

I went to USSR in high school with a performing arts organization in 1990. I keep seeing parallels with the Trump admin and the Soviet government. Crony capitalism looks a LOT like communism in many ways. The corruption is part of the system.

If your winning issue is trans women in sports, and you're struggling to uncover trans women in any league that anybody has ever heard of, then how do you keep trans athletes at the top of people's minds? Answer: You invent them. defector.com/the-right-ha...

The Right Has Created Their Perfect Trans Athlete | Defector

A lot of people in and around the WNBA are talking about trans women. In the aftermath of Indiana Fever role player Sophie Cunningham’s negative comments about trans people playing sports in an ESPN…

defector.com

👇 (she got her permission slip, no surprise)

Collins Watch@collinswatch.bsky.social · yesterday

Susan comes out against Todd Blanche now that he's got the votes. So tiresome. (We called it: tinyurl.com/3bepafkz) #MEpolitics

Who on the fucking planet is even talking about Joe Biden running for the presidency again? Who cares about *his* mental capabilities in the year 2026? Only Whiskey Tony could think this is an important question that must, must, must be asked and answered. What an unbelievable clown.

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze)@newsjennifer.bsky.social · yesterday

Are you kidding me with this? THESE are the pressing questions of the day right now for the lead anchor at CBS NEWS? Covid & Joe Biden are his top 2 before anything Trump? Come the f*ck on. variety.com/2026/tv/news...

I really can't count the number of times I've said to myself, "you'd have to be really stupid to fuck up a criminal case on which Norm Eisen was an attorney of record." It's like that old rule, "never argue with a man who buys ink by the barrel," only with lawsuits.