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Michael Cook

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MLB Draft and prospect nerd. Former draft writer for @MinorLeagueBall. I share my draft prospect thoughts at: https://mlbdrafthq.wordpress.com. Like to share thoughts on baseball draft prospects, the Hall of Fame, and leftist politics.

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Surprised Dizzy Dean wasn't mentioned as a Twin

19.11.2025 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The way it should have been

27.03.2025 13:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Go to a cemetery. See all the baby graves before the 1950’s and 1960’s? After that, hardly any. That’s when people started vaccinating children against deadly childhood diseases. 

If you’re unsure what to do to protect your kids, it’s written in stone.

Go to a cemetery. See all the baby graves before the 1950’s and 1960’s? After that, hardly any. That’s when people started vaccinating children against deadly childhood diseases. If you’re unsure what to do to protect your kids, it’s written in stone.

It’s written in stone at cemeteries.

Vaccines work.

#MomSky

24.03.2025 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 98    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

Can you imagine how bad it would be if he was a DEI candidate? (sarcasm)

24.03.2025 19:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Statement from Drop Site News on Israel’s Murder of Our Colleague Hossam Shabat: We Hold Both Israel and the U.S. Government Responsible Today, March 24, 2025, Israel killed journalist Hossam Shabat, a reporter for Al Jazeera Mubasher and a contributing reporter to Drop Site News, in what witnesses described as a targeted strike.

Today, Israel killed our colleague Hossam Shabat, who reported for @dropsitenews.com from northern Gaza. Witnesses say it was a targeted strike on his car. This is our statement:

www.dropsitenews.com/p/statement-...

24.03.2025 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 542    πŸ” 270    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 17
Tweet from Sharif Kouddous:
"The health ministry has released a 1,516–page document listing the names of over 50,000 Palestinians confirmed killed in Gaza since Oct 7, 2023. There are a total of 474 pages listing 15,600+ children’s names. The first 27 pages the age is listed as 0 β€” children under 1 year old"

Tweet from Sharif Kouddous: "The health ministry has released a 1,516–page document listing the names of over 50,000 Palestinians confirmed killed in Gaza since Oct 7, 2023. There are a total of 474 pages listing 15,600+ children’s names. The first 27 pages the age is listed as 0 β€” children under 1 year old"

27 pages. Of babies. Whose entire understanding of what Earth sounded like was bombs dropping & people screaming at the sky

24.03.2025 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1334    πŸ” 750    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 31
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Brian Kilmeade calls for the end of due process: "It's not practical to think we can do due process on 8 million people ... if we're gonna give every one of these guys a day in a court and a lawyer, we can't do it. They don't deserve it."

24.03.2025 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 6210    πŸ” 2217    πŸ’¬ 1235    πŸ“Œ 668
JD Vance
@Pete Hegseth if you think we should do it let's go.
I just hate bailing Europe out again.
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Let's just make sure our messaging is tight here. And if there are things we can do upfront to minimize risk to Saudi oil facilities we should do it.
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Pete Hegseth
VP: I fully share your loathing of
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JD Vance @Pete Hegseth if you think we should do it let's go. I just hate bailing Europe out again. 8:45 AM O Let's just make sure our messaging is tight here. And if there are things we can do upfront to minimize risk to Saudi oil facilities we should do it. 8:46 AM O Pete Hegseth VP: I fully share your loathing of く

Pete Hegseth
VP: I fully share your loathing of European free-loading. It's PATHETIC.
But Mike is correct, we are the only ones on the planet (on our side of the ledger) who can do this. Nobody else even close. Question is timing. I feel like now is as good a time as any, given POTUS directive to reopen shipping lanes. I think we should go; but POTUS still retains 24 hours of decision space.
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As I heard it, the president was clear: green light, but we soon make clear to Egypt and Europe what we expect in return. We also need to figure out how to enforce such a requirement. EG, if Europe doesn't remunerate, then what?
If the US successfully restores freedom of navigation at great cost there needs to be some further economic gain extracted in return.

Pete Hegseth VP: I fully share your loathing of European free-loading. It's PATHETIC. But Mike is correct, we are the only ones on the planet (on our side of the ledger) who can do this. Nobody else even close. Question is timing. I feel like now is as good a time as any, given POTUS directive to reopen shipping lanes. I think we should go; but POTUS still retains 24 hours of decision space. 8:49 AM O SM SM As I heard it, the president was clear: green light, but we soon make clear to Egypt and Europe what we expect in return. We also need to figure out how to enforce such a requirement. EG, if Europe doesn't remunerate, then what? If the US successfully restores freedom of navigation at great cost there needs to be some further economic gain extracted in return.

BREAKING

Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, was accidentally included in a Signal group chat with top Trump administration officials, where top-secret war plans related to Yemen were shared.

Full Story: bit.ly/4c4hqW2

24.03.2025 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 852    πŸ” 299    πŸ’¬ 80    πŸ“Œ 122

In danger of becoming? This is what the US has been like for everyone that isn’t affluent and white for a long, long time. We’re literally carrying this out abroad. Do you think we just invented these inhumane and torturous procedures in the last three months?

23.03.2025 08:17 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.

The author of this piece is an American photo journalist who has been embedded in El Salvador. Reading this piece is frightening and it should be. It's who we are in danger of becoming. time.com/7269604/el-s...

23.03.2025 00:47 β€” πŸ‘ 15322    πŸ” 6102    πŸ’¬ 811    πŸ“Œ 376
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[Content warning: violence]

Led by Mayor Eric Adams' longtime allies, this secretive NYPD unit is ridden with abuses.

One man died after officers in the unit swerved their unmarked police car into his motorcycle.

πŸ“½οΈ: @carissaqmb.bsky.social

22.03.2025 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1098    πŸ” 353    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 21

Two GOP Senators, Grassley and Tillis, just joined a *very* harsh letter from Dems calling on Rubio to reinstate contract tracking abducted Ukrainian children.

"It must remain the policy of the US to pursue accountability for the Russian Federation’s atrocities in Ukraine."

21.03.2025 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 845    πŸ” 294    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 26
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Letter signed by members of the Columbia History Department urging resistance to the Trump Administration's efforts to dictate university policy.

"Should this control be realized, here or elsewhere, it would make any real historical scholarship, teaching, and intellectual community impossible."

20.03.2025 12:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3256    πŸ” 1141    πŸ’¬ 64    πŸ“Œ 84

They’re not workaholics. They’re occupying these offices like a Bundy militia and are worried that if they leave to do normal things like sleep or eat they will be barred from re-entry.

08.03.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 3055    πŸ” 850    πŸ’¬ 47    πŸ“Œ 35
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Appeals court blocks Ohio's ban on gender-affirming care for minors A three-judge panel has ruled that Ohio’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors is unconstitutional and ordered it permanently blocked by a trial court.

Good news. Now let's see if the Supreme Court affirms this decision

19.03.2025 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion: Transit systems shouldn’t operate as shelters for the unhoused and mentally ill Montreal’s transit authority, while being painted as the bad guy for wanting to clean up the metro system, has actually been too tolerant

I was pleased to join Ben Mulroney on his podcast to discuss my latest Globe and Mail column:
Transit systems shouldn’t operate as shelters for the unhoused and mentally ill
curiouscast.ca/podcast/1487...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

19.03.2025 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
My Name is Mahmoud Khalil and I Am a Political Prisoner A letter dictated by Mahmoud Khalil over the phone from ICE detention in Louisiana.

My name is Mahmoud Khalil

inthesetimes.com/article/mahm...

19.03.2025 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of a tweet from Hampton Institute that says: Revolutionaries throughout history have recognized one of the most important elements to creating a population capable of overthrowing its oppressors is literacy. It's no coincidence that the US population has become increasingly illiterate. This is by design & serves a purpose.

Screenshot of a tweet from Hampton Institute that says: Revolutionaries throughout history have recognized one of the most important elements to creating a population capable of overthrowing its oppressors is literacy. It's no coincidence that the US population has become increasingly illiterate. This is by design & serves a purpose.

19.03.2025 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 319    πŸ” 79    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 4

Meanwhile: bsky.app/profile/tech...

19.03.2025 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 73    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Leaked memo: DOGE plots to cut Social Security phone support Changes could break the system, former officials say.

So it appears DOGE has decreed that Social Security administration will no longer provide phone support. At all. This is in addition to shutting down a ton of local SSA offices. www.axios.com/2025/03/17/s...

17.03.2025 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 16334    πŸ” 8587    πŸ’¬ 1250    πŸ“Œ 1065

There is not constitution anymore. We live in a dictatorship. Accept it and then do something about it

16.03.2025 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There should be 10 million+ people descending on Washington DC. Remove the treasonous fascist criminals.

15.03.2025 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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The #ElectoralCollege is #DEI for #RedStates

15.03.2025 02:04 β€” πŸ‘ 24746    πŸ” 5665    πŸ’¬ 371    πŸ“Œ 279
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'Fight Nazis, not students!' Protesters occupy Trump Tower over detained activist Demonstrators occupied Trump Tower in New York City to demand the release of pro-Palestinian organizer Mahmoud Khalil, a legal permanent resident of the U.S. and graduate student at Columbia Universit...

'Fight Nazis, not students!' Protesters occupy Trump Tower over detained activist

www.rawstory.com/jewish-voice...

13.03.2025 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 233    πŸ” 63    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 3

America is about to show all of us brutality on a scale that is almost unimaginable.

13.03.2025 02:48 β€” πŸ‘ 111    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
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This affidavit, filed by a former Social Security employee in one of the DOGE cases, reveals a shocking exposure of personal info to DOGE operatives & possible compromise of parts of the system. Everyone should read this. Start at para 9. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

10.03.2025 02:20 β€” πŸ‘ 12429    πŸ” 6183    πŸ’¬ 669    πŸ“Œ 585
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The DHS is going to be conducting lie detector tests. They claim this is being done in order to root out anyone leaking information to the press about DHS operations as ICE raids fail to meet expected deportation numbers. #immigration #massdeportation #politics

10.03.2025 08:39 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Israel cuts off electricity supply to Gaza as new truce talks set to resume The electricity cut threatens desalination plants as Palestinians suffer amid an ongoing aid blockade during Ramadan.

Israel’s Energy Minister Eli Cohen has ordered the complete cutting off its electricity supply to Gaza, threatening the functioning of the enclave’s desalination plants amid an ongoing aid shortage in the holy month of Ramadan.

09.03.2025 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 228    πŸ” 126    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 14
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JD Vance claimed on X that β€œSlava Ukraini” protesters followed him & shouted at his daughter.

Guess he didn’t realize it was caught on camera. No one yelled at his kid, and they didn’t follow them.

Vance & Musk need to quit using children as shields. The public isn’t backing downβ€”we want answers.

09.03.2025 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 21808    πŸ” 7536    πŸ’¬ 1132    πŸ“Œ 556

Amen!

09.03.2025 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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