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Dave McC

@mccdave.bsky.social

Law, health care, and running. Arsenal FC, Sacramento Kings, Chicago White Sox.

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1.76 Acres@onepointsevensixacr.es · 4h ago

So I have no idea what the player will do (ego, prestige of Madrid, emotion, it's a messy choice), but this isn't exactly a surprise.

1.76 Acres@onepointsevensixacr.es · 7d ago

I suspect Thurs/Fri we get a leak about an “improved Madrid offer” with nothing to explain exactly just how improved that offer is. People will react accordingly but nobody will really have any idea of what “improved” means. Consider the sourcing, and who the story will benefit if Vini leaves.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7h ago

El-Sayed: "Mike Rogers is a guy who wants to put a data center in your backyard so he can make himself feel a little more manly by making an AI video ... he's a guy who went back to Florida so he could lick every single boot Donald Trump owns to bet for his endorsement."

Sam@samd.bsky.social · 19h ago

regardless of which candidate you support I really hate this bit where pundits pretend being electable in a primary makes you electable in the general election just ask senators Hershel Walker, Blake Masters, Todd Akin, Richard Mourdock, and Sharron Angle how that worked out for them

hasanabi @hasanthehun x.com is abdul looking electable now?
Jennifer Harris@jwharris.bsky.social · 2d ago

On the one hand, it is a weird flex and sounds nuts, but it’s by design and key to dehumanizing people — in this case anyone of the opposing party. Very tough to pull a country back from continued application of and increasing acceptance of this narrative hub.jhu.edu/2024/10/27/s...

Poll: Nearly half of Americans think members of the opposing political party are 'evil'

New SNF Agora/YouGov poll shows Harris gains, Trump maintains, and the divide between 2020 election deniers and the rest of the electorate grows

hub.jhu.edu

Dan of the Year@downwithdan.bsky.social · 2d ago

"I'm in charge of 50 states and half of them are absolute dog shit" is a weird flex

Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social · 2d ago

NEW: 2 people in Michigan have just died from Cyclosporiasis — the first deaths reported from the outbreak sweeping the nation. This after Taylor Farms gave *$2 million* to Trump & Republicans as they postponed a rule that could've limited the spread of outbreaks like the ongoing epidemic.

‘Explosive Diarrhea’: Company Tied to Outbreak Donated to Trump as He Delayed Food Safety Rule

Taylor Farms contributed $2 million to Trump and Republicans as they postponed a rule to help the government limit the spread of foodborne illnesses.

zeteo.com

GOLIKEHELLMACHINE@golikehellmachine.com · 3d ago

stripping OMB of the ability to dole out grants is an enormous win, this nukes the SAVE act, it prohibits further ICE bailouts, adding a "no, really, trump can't break already on-the-books laws regarding elections the federal government doesn't run" clause would be both unnecessary and unproductive

Murshed Zaheed@murshedz.bsky.social · 3d ago

Patty Murray and Chuck Schumer decide to strike a “bipartisan” deal with … checks notes … Susan Collins to fund the Trump regime through December which appears to not to any include any safeguards against Trump’s meddling with midterm elections.

Screenshots of posts from Burgess Everett on X: “The Senate's CR deal is out from Sens. Collins and Murray. Funds government through Dec. 11 Bill blocks a new rule that would allow the admin to cancel grants to, for example, blue states Collins says the bill "prevents the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)’s proposed rule regarding federal financial assistance from taking effect" Murray: "his bill blocks implementation of OMB’s corrupt new grants rule for the duration of the CR. The proposed rule would systematically politicize federal funding and allow Trump officials to cancel grants at any time for any reason." “Bill also extends surface transportation programs through Dec. 11 (was set to expire Sept. 30 Also has health care extenders Bottom line is this is going to kick a ton of stuff to Congress's lame duck”
Philip Bump@pbump.com · 7d ago

They should ask how The Post managed to turn its business around using the same strat– excuse me, I’m being handed a note.

Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · 7d ago

NEW: Under Bari Weiss, CBS News has shifted to the right to try to grab some of Fox News' audience. Not only have they failed to do that, but they've driven off so much of their core audience that CBS Mornings is now perilously close to getting beaten by Fox & Friends. zeteo.com/p/mamdani-de...

Since taking over CBS News last fall, Weiss has actively shifted the network to the right in an apparent effort to capture some of the conservative audience that regularly watches Fox. At the same time, she wants to appeal to the supposed “70% of the audience that identifies themselves as center-left to center-right,” as her boss David Ellison asserted after he purchased her anti-woke blog The Free Press. The problem is that her strategy appears to be driving an increasing number of CBS News’s core audience away while failing to attract any of Fox’s viewers. In fact, according to Nielsen data obtained by Zeteo, the news network’s weekday offerings are in danger of getting passed by Murdoch’s cable news programs head-to-head. During July, ‘CBS Mornings’ averaged just 1.623 million total viewers per day, compared to the 1.436 million that ‘Fox & Friends’ pulled in for the month. The gap between the shows, now at 13%, has narrowed considerably. When Weiss became the head of the network, ‘CBS Mornings’ held a 26% advantage over Fox’s morning program. July was the lowest-rated month in ‘CBS Mornings’ history. And while the summer months typically bring lower ratings for news shows, the gap between ‘CBS Mornings’ and ‘Fox & Friends’ is tighter than it was last July – when the CBS show held a 23% advantage. Additionally, ‘CBS Evening News’ is on track for its worst month since Weiss installed Tony Dokoupil as its anchor, averaging just 3.814 million total viewers a night. It is also the fourth consecutive month that the program has attracted fewer than 4 million viewers. When reached for comment, a CBS News spokesperson shared a Paramount press release boasting that ‘CBS Evening News’ was narrowly up 2% in total viewers compared to last year, which was the program’s worst July in history.
Sour berries@frozen-cranberry.bsky.social · 7d ago

People tend to assume that arts and entertainment is shiny and pays well and nothing could be further from the truth.

Alvaro M. Bedoya@bedoyausa.bsky.social · last wk.

People think "Hollywood" is rich and famous. The reality? Film and TV is a national industry. It's a blue collar industry. And it is an industry free fall. My latest for @newrepublic.com on how the Paramount merger would crush blue collar workers who can not afford it newrepublic.com/article/2136...