Jonathan Tamari

One of the things that made City so hard to compete with was the sense that if you had even one off day they would punish you.
Arsenal had the chance to send the same message and didn’t. Disappointing

Lesson of the week: score more than 1 goal or leave yourself at the mercy of the football gods.
Arsenal scored 4 and 3 and survived late blips. City got 1 and paid for it.
Reverse of the situation when Arsenal lost at Villa and nearly blew it vs Wolves

Not to be extra greedy, but would love to see Eze and/or Madueke get a few minutes

Well done

You’re giving him too much credit for thinking about what he’s doing

Heading into the season you said that one key test and growth area for Arteta would be whether he can utilize a bigger squad effectively.
How has he has done so far?
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Winning while not playing their best is good but momentum has felt off for weeks now. Too many injuries, not enough goals.

Non OG goals in last 6 PL matches (starting with Chelsea): 1, 2, 1, 0, 1, 1

Need to find that higher gear

Like he put all his daily crankiness into that one

OKC up 27 early. Which in these playoffs gives them a win probability of what - 5%? 4?

Trump's first 100 days brought chaos to Washington - but clarity to Congress.

His disregard for any power but his own has left the GOP to fall in line, while pushing wounded Democrats into a resistance posture:
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Can you invoke a mercy rule for an entire playoff series?

Style Sync, Culture Clash Shape GOP Leaders’ Path to Tax Cuts Until this year, Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Speaker Mike Johnson had almost no relationship. They had little reason to interact until Thune won the top Senate post in January. The GOP legis...

You may look at the House and think, “‘Oh my gosh, it’s a zoo' ... ,But if you’ve been in the House, you understand that the animals actually have a purpose.”
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Style Sync, Culture Clash Shape GOP Leaders’ Path to Tax Cuts Until this year, Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Speaker Mike Johnson had almost no relationship. They had little reason to interact until Thune won the top Senate post in January. The GOP legis...

Until this year, John Thune and Mike Johnson had almost no relationship.

Now, the GOP agenda hinges on if they can bridge the institutional and political divides that separate their chambers.
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Tillis (R-NC) calls Putin a “murderous dictator” and warns against any resolution that makes Putin feel like he won or even got a tie

Sen. Kennedy (R-La) says Putin is a “gangster” and “an evil person” with “Stalin’s taste for blood” and “makes Jeffrey Dahmer look like Mother Teresa”

I’m amazed you remember this much! Can’t remember that missing line sadly

“He is testing the limits of his power, and I don’t think any of us are surprised by it”

The through line binding Trump’s shock-and-awe start is cementing his own power, regardless of Congress, the Constitution, or possibly even the legal system.
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GOP Plan to Rehash Jan. 6 Riot Risks Darkening New 'Golden Age' Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) beamed Wednesday morning that a “golden age” had arrived amid excitement about what Republicans could now deliver.

Mike Johnson's creation of a new Jan 6 committee illustrates the central dilemma facing House Rs: Do they want to use their political capital attacking the issues that drove their victory in 2024?

Or satisfying Trump's desire for retribution?
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Good thing this type of play has never come back to bite Arsenal at all

New NJ Sen Andy Kim (D) will vote to confirm Marco Rubio. His first confirmation vote

“Rubio’s qualifications + dedication … has earned him my vote … we had areas of disagreement no doubt, but I found him to be well versed in the deep challenges our nation faces globally”

Ron DeSantis - in the overflow hall at the Capitol - says the biggest difference in a 2d Trump admin will be “the approach to the bureaucracy”
“Now they’re going in and they know there’s going to be opposition and they’re going to be ready to deal with it”

And Evander Holyfield

Also here: Conor McGregor

NY Mayor Eric Adams is among the crowd here at Emancipation Hall in the Capitol for Trump’s inauguration
(this is the overflow space for guests who are not in the rotunda)

Democrats Reeling on Inflation, Border Seek to Shift Message A Democratic focus on inflation and cross-over votes for Republican border bills show how a wounded party has started to pick through the wreckage on some of the biggest issues that cost them in Novem...

“It’s not possible to tell people that this is an authoritarian force that is bent on your destruction and also, ‘they have some great policy ideas and we’re going along with that,’” @anatosaurus.bsky.social with @jonathantamari.bsky.social

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Dem House Leader Hakeem Jeffries signals Dems will drive a hard bargain on Gov’t funding and debt ceiling - or force GOP to go alone:
Since Rs believe they won a significant mandate “the American people expect that House Republicans are going to conduct the business of the American people”