Remembering Jerry Litton and one of the saddest days. substack.com/@rgstewart81...

R.G. Stewart (@rgstewart816)

Today is the 50th anniversary of one of the saddest days of my life. It was the summer before my senior year of college, and I was living in Jefferson City, Missouri, with my parents while doing an i...

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I’m having trouble with this NYT headline today. “Pathbreaking”? What exactly is that? “Trailblazing” is a term I’m familiar with. WTH is “Pathbreaking”? Kay Granger, Pathbreaking Texas Congresswoman, Dies at 83 www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...

Kay Granger, Pathbreaking Texas Congresswoman, Dies at 83

She was the first Republican woman from the state to be elected to the House. It caused a stir in 2024 when she was discovered to be residing in a senior living facility while still in office.

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I’m not sure I’ll ever get used to - no, make that “I hope I NEVER get used to” - seeing coverage of “professional wrestling” on ESPN as if it were an actual competitive sport.

The sad image of Lindsey Graham that will stay in my mind always is that of a man alone at Walt Disney World with a wand in his hand.

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NYTACO Thursday?

The 2026 World Cup 3rd-Place Match is how Americans would like soccer to be. The 2026 World Cup Final is how soccer really is.

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We should all live our lives with the goal of being remembered as Sam Neill is being remembered today.

Waking up to news that a prominent public figure - a 71-year-old man - has died after a “brief and sudden illness” hits you just a bit differently when YOU are a 71-year-old man. Just saying.

Michael Fanone's take on Lindsey Graham is one of the most powerful I've read:

Somewhere John McCain is giving Lindsey the what-for.

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Are you listening, world? You shall not render an unjust judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great: with justice you shall judge your neighbor. - Leviticus 19:15 (NRSVue)

$14 million. For a large tiled rectangular puddle. Folks, for $3 million I personally could’ve filled the whole thing with Evian water and hired 2 live dolphins. Pls read, subscribe & share: johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/how-trump-...

Is Microsoft laying off 2% of its employees because AI has rendered them unnecessary? Maybe it’s unnecessary for the affected 2% to have jobs at all?

JUST IN: Judge Sullivan has ordered me to respond, on or before July 13th, to Todd Blanche's "I'm not turning anything over" move from last week in my lawsuit over the Epstein Files. Then, Blanche has until July 20th to reply to what I file.

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Listen, if you don’t know the difference between Democratic socialism and communism, I’m not engaging with you. Crack a book.

FIFA is corrupt. Trump is corrupt. And I'm glad Balogun gets to play. I don't hold the players responsible for Trump and FIFA corruption. That's just me. You're obviously free to disagree. apnews.com/article/falo...

White House called FIFA’s Infantino to review Team USA’s Folarin Balogun’s red card, AP source says

The White House made a call to FIFA to ask Gianni Infantino to review Folarin Balogun’s red card, according to a person familiar with the call who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not...

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I saw "Happy 4th" trending and thought Trump had announced his next wife.

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?

Cabo Verde, global heroes.

Donald Trump and Taylor Swift BOTH upstaged by Cape Verde.

I’m surprised Melania didn’t accompany Trump to Rushmore since she loves rural America and especially loves spending time with Americans who live in small rural places. She also and hates being apart from her beloved husband so she must have something else to do that’s very important.

I’m going to take a wild guess and say that not one dime went to veterans.

Thanks, SCOTUS!

So he's gonna advocate for all people with depression to get four months off for rehabilitation, right? And he's gonna tell RFK jr to fuck off with his quest to limit the medication that Kean is very clearly taking to be functional?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.

Rep. Tom Kean finally speaks after months away from Congress for a previously unexplained absence: "I was given the diagnosis of depression ... the doctors recommended I remain in the hospital to address my illness"

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