Jamie O’Grady

@jamieogrady.bsky.social

General Counsel | Failed Sports Media Startup Founder | Excessive speeder | 2x hole-in-one maker ⛳️ | Knicks loyalist 🏀

What Pablo Torre did was ridiculously impressive. Uncovered a conspiracy between rich guys, withstood a propaganda campaign by one of the richest guys in the world with a pretty good reputation, didn't buckle or panic, and just kept reporting. That's some Pulitzerin' right there.

BREAKING: The NBA has ruled on the Los Angeles Clippers in for salary cap circumvention investigations on Kawhi Leonard after yearlong probe -- stripping the franchise of 5 first-round picks, issuing a $30 million fine to owner Steve Ballmer and suspensions for Ballmer, Lawrence Frank and Gillian

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Damnnnn "The Clippers shall forfeit five first-round draft picks, one in each of the 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, and 2033 NBA Drafts." And even for the richest person in the league, $30 million is no small fine. The Clippers and Uncle Dennis did do it.

if you went back to 2015 and said “if you elect him he will obsess over building a grand ballroom no one wants as the economy overheats” i think most informed people would say “yeah sounds about right”

Ron and Cassie DeSantis: These two crooks stole $10 million from a settlement with a charity, wired it to Cassie’s fake “charity,” laundered it through two puppet organizations, and then used it for political ads in an election year. They should be in jail.

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This morning in Danbury, ICE was arresting parents at school bus stops. But it’s more sinister. ICE waited until the kids were on the bus so when they are dropped off at the end of the day, they are alone, scared to death they can’t find their parents. I’m heading to Danbury.

When the Gatlinburg Wildfires happened in 2016, Dolly gave impacted families $1,000/month to help them get back on their feet. This included my father-in-law, who lost everything in the fire. Dolly gave children in TN free books each month, from birth to the age of five. She was a goddamn saint.

A Navy sailor, on his way home after a long deployment aboard the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln in support of the war with Iran, said his father had been detained by immigration authorities in the U.S. His father has a driver’s license, Social Security card and a permit to work in the country, he said.

U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln Sailor Says Father Was Arrested by Border Patrol

The sailor, Joshua Aviles, was on his way home from the Middle East aboard the beleaguered aircraft carrier when he learned his father had been detained.

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