DeGrom refusing to go to Atlanta is one of the top moments of this Mets season.
Toss this in with most of the renovation bill getting passed along to folks flying out of Dulles and we have a ripe ol’ cluster. More than anything else there, I want an end to the people movers and bags out in under 20 mins.
Martin Austermuhle@maustermuhle.bsky.social · 2d agoOne part of Trump's $22 billion makeover of Dulles that's been missed is his big, beautiful, world-record 32,000-spot parking garage. That's *way* more parking than recent estimates show the airport needs, and it would tower over the historic terminal: www.notus.org/metro/dulles...
NEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him
Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.
nytimes.com
it does actually sound like taylor farms and the white house teamed up to try and blame taco bell for the outbreak. unprecedented corruption
Jessica Nix@jessicanix.bsky.social · 2w agoNEW: As cyclosporiasis cases jumped, the company linked to the outbreak - Taylor Farms - effectively delayed a recall that mounted in consumer confusion. Gift link for @business www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Very important piece by Cerin Lindgrensavage and @davidasuper.bsky.social. This behavior by the administration is not only illegal, it is anti-constitutional. thehill.com/opinion/cong...
Congress rejected some of Trump’s proposed budget cuts. OMB is making them anyway.
President Trump and the Office of Management and Budget are accused of violating the separation of powers by attempting to unilaterally withhold funds that Congress specifically appropriated.
thehill.com
The fact that VP JD Vance and Richard Grenell went to Romania—on behalf of the Trump Administration— to advocate for Andrew and Tristan Tate, who by all accounts, were rapists running a coercive sex ring, then permitted them to come to Florida, should be a crazy, crazy scandal.
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Btw MLB running streaming ads on “fans want a salary cap” is so tone deaf and gross. Owners aren’t taking a cap on their profits, lowering prices for a day at the park, or making it cheaper to watch their teams.
Holy fuck, two blocks from the Capitol
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 3w agoSpotted while out and about
NEW: Months after FCC Commissioner Olivia Trusty cast a decisive vote approving Paramount’s historic $8 billion merger with Skydance Media, she and a guest accepted Kennedy Center gala tickets from the company worth more than $12,000.
FCC Officials Took Pricey Gifts From Paramount as the Company Needed Approval for Billion-Dollar Deals
Accepting tickets to the Kennedy Center honors gala compromised the commissioners’ impartiality, ethics experts told ProPublica. FCC Chair Brendan Carr has been gifted at least $63,000 worth of ticket...
propublica.org
something important imo that isn't mentioned in the Reuters piece is the fact that, in response to the NAACP suing xAI, Trump's DOJ is trying to *take over the lawsuit as plaintiff* and "voluntarily dismiss" the case ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
The Trump DOJ Is Trying to Do Elon Musk a Big Favor
The government claims that it has the power to dismiss the NAACP’s lawsuit against one of the president’s political allies.
ballsandstrikes.org
Reuters@reuters.com · 3w agoElon Musk's xAI has installed more than double the number of gas turbines than it has publicly acknowledged to power its Colossus 2 data center project, without federal permits, and the pollution is hitting predominantly Black neighborhoods the hardest reut.rs/4bIghEm
NEW: The Associated Press has called the Colorado GOP Gov primary for ministry leader Victor Marx. Here is my interview with Marx in May about his unsubstantiated claims, the number of people he's killed as a civilian, and the exorcisms he performs.
Kyle Clark@kylec.bsky.social · 2mo agoHere is my full 30 minute interview with the Republican frontrunner for Colorado Governor: youtu.be/KywOV9EkNFg?...
I don’t think people really understand how bad the OMB proposed rule is going to be for state and local govt. We’re talking about putting a full third of state budgets under the explicit control of Russ Vought. (1/2) www.bondbuyer.com/news/cities-...
Cities, states warn of credit impact from proposed federal grant rule
Discretionary termination of grants allowed under the rule would pose a particular risk, issuer advocates said.
bondbuyer.com
The Mets exist as a social experiment in which they attempt to find every possible way to lose and drive their fans insane. They are my favorite team.
"They're using the firm that they organized J6 with for the country's 250th birthday" is one of those facts that seems so insane that people won't believe it
I don't think any American--regardless of party, despite fondness for aviation (which I share)--would enjoy being under the nonstop low-altitude, high-speed, incredible-volume of the Caligula overflights of our nation's capital right now. It feels and sounds like being under aerial attack.
James Fallows@jfallows.bsky.social · last mo.So, per @Froomkin, what we're getting now in DC is sequence of -F-35s -F-18s -More F-35s -F-22s about to arrive. Again, I love airplanes and airshows. But this is wasteful beyond belief. (Another F-35 pack zooms by just now.) Someone can calculate millions-per-flight-hr of each craft
The stage is falling apart at the rehearsal for Freedom 250's July 4th celebration.
Getting real fucking sick of the Polymarket ads unironically using Runaway for their fake betting platform.
trump is stealing a golf course used by ordinary washingtonians and giving it to his rich friends
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · last mo.A sweeping overhaul of East Potomac Golf Links will begin Sept. 1, President Trump said Sunday after he toured the century-old municipal course with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, renowned golf course architect Tom Fazio and White House aides.