I’m 45 and I play competitive amateur baseball. What’s cool about still playing a team sport with a high degree of seriousness other than everything? My fitness does not revolve around “bulk and cut” or aesthetics. I build muscle in the off-season and I maintain it while playing April-October.

Every few months, out of curiosity, I'll search my name on twitter and bluesky to see what people say about me when they decide not to tag me. It never disappoints. Today's find: "Jason Kander is a great example of dorky face hot guy vibes."

Cape Verde is the size of Kansas City. I promise you there’s hardly a person in that country that doesn’t personally know at least one player on that team. Can you imagine how proud they must be of them?

@jasonkander.bsky.social & Ravi Gupta interview @stephruhle.bsky.social to discuss massive crypto grift, SCOTUS alarming rulings on birthright citizenship, executive power, campaign finance, & voting rights, as the right-wing supermajority hands Trump even more power. www.youtube.com/live/7qEs6-G...

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I lived in Washington, DC from 1999-2005 while I was in school. I never once looked at the reflecting pool and thought it needed improvement. I thought it was cool that the water was dirty because it helped me resist the urge to swim in it.

The billionaire class’s baseless smear of all non-governmental charitable organizations as useless and rife with fraud is a smart move by people who would prefer not to pay more in taxes or be expected to give generously to charity.

Really hard to imagine becoming a trillionaire and not wanting to immediately liquidate enough assets to give at least a few hundred billion to organizations making the world a better place.

I’d watch a 10 part series about Ivan and Viktor Drago fighting for Ukrainian independence a few years after the events of CREED 2.

I read it in a day. Thanks again for writing this, @jasonkander.bsky.social rainydaybooks.com/book/9780358...

Invisible Storm: A Soldier’s Memoir of Politics and PTSD

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From political wunderkind and former army intelligence officer Jason Kander comes a haunting, powerful memoir about impossible choices—and how sometimes walking away from the...

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Hegseth claims the dumbest phrase in military history is “our diversity is our strength” 1. He’s wrong. Our diversity is a strength. 2. The dumbest phrase in military history is “personally owned vehicle” because whether said in full or as an acronym (POV) it is still more syllables than “my car”

Oh cool. The plan was dumber than we could have imagined. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/u...

Early War Goal Was to Install Hard Line Former President as Iran’s Leader

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(L-R) My doctor, my financial advisor, and Jesus of Nazareth

I understand the argument for how Israel’s national interest was advanced in this war. I do not in any way see how our interests were anything but severely harmed.

Praying for the American air crew currently on the ground in Iran.

Markwayne Mullin is appropriating the adventures of his fellow plumbers with his tall tales about going into harm’s way.

Trump said we had to attack Iran to avoid a war which is like telling a woman, “we have to have sex so you don’t get pregnant.”

Cancel the MLB season and give me six months of this. Team USA is only invited if it can remove the stick from its ass and remember the joy of this children’s game.

CJ Fogler@cjzero.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Wilyer Abreu's big 3 run HR gives Venezuela 7-5 lead

Trump is shocked Iran didn’t surrender out of the gate, because he cannot put himself in the mind of a soldier (American, Israeli, or Iranian) willing to die for their country. “But he ran again despite being shot at!” It was get re-elected or die in prison. It was about him, not his country.

This game is already wild. Best players on the planet and yet baserunning mistakes in back to back half innings. USA made the 2nd out at home with Bobby Witt coming to the plate. MEX and made the 3rd out at 3B with Arozarena coming up!

Another American service member died today in the Middle East. President Fortunate Son played golf.

The World Baseball Classic is my favorite sporting event and it’s not close. I can’t get enough.

Rewatching Mighty Ducks 2. Some minor plot holes. When it starts, Gordon Bombay gets hurt playing pro hockey and he’s like “What am I gonna do? I need a job.” So he works in a sporting goods store. He was the best lawyer in Minneapolis SIX MONTHS AGO!

Markwayne Mullin is like if all of ICE were just one person.

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FYI Markwayne Mullin is not A war veteran and never served

Trump didn’t fire Noem for incompetence. He fired her for admitting he approved it.

As thiugh we haven’t put these people through enough. www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...

Afghan allies, stranded at Qatar refugee camp, face 'hell' amid Iran war

More than a thousand Afghan allies at a Qatar refugee camp face terror and confusion as Iranian missiles rain down.

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War is a terrible and disgusting thing. Waging it by choice rather than by absolute last resort is reprehensible. May God forgive us.

Unpopular opinion. Hegseth is fit and he shows it off under the pretense of setting a standard. Criticizing or dissecting his workouts is silly. He’s strong, can bench a lot, and those making fun of his pull-ups have never attempted a Murph. He’s still a terrible leader and person. Focus there.

@jasonkander.bsky.social & Ravi Gupta of Majority54 discussed how #DonTheCon support is faltering, right-wing podcasters are telling MAGAt voters not to vote because #Pedophile47 has failed on almost all of the promises he made, & more. 👏🏻 www.youtube.com/live/zh3Hx_4...

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I’ll turn 45 this year. I still play 50 baseball games per summer. Not softball. Baseball. We don’t stop playing when we get old. We get old when we stop playing.

Everyone’s bagging on poor Kristi Noem about this but I feel terrible for her. I left my favorite blanket in Florida on vacation once and didn’t realize it until the flight home. I was devastated. I was seven.