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Staff writer, The New Republic. Law, democracy, and the courts. 49ers/Dodgers stuff too.

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Bonkers that the first two walk-off HRs in WBC history both happened today.

08.03.2026 03:01 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Walking it off for Puerto Rico in San Juan has to be an incredible feeling

08.03.2026 02:59 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

427 feet, what a beauty

08.03.2026 02:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Kyle Schwarber has postponed the American Century of Humiliation for another day.

08.03.2026 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Tell them to score some runs

08.03.2026 01:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hell of a catch by Trayce Thompson.

08.03.2026 01:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Really kind of morally offensive how much contempt these people have for curiosity.

07.03.2026 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 234    πŸ” 53    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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Long-delayed Jan. 6 plaque honoring police quietly erected overnight at Capitol The memorial honoring officers who defended the Capitol was required by law to be installed by March 2023.

Long-delayed Jan. 6 plaque honoring police quietly erected overnight at Capitol

07.03.2026 14:11 β€” πŸ‘ 4053    πŸ” 1031    πŸ’¬ 130    πŸ“Œ 107

And I bet he could still send one 425 feet.

07.03.2026 03:35 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

For some reason even Farewell Season Unc Kershaw didn’t have this effect on me.

07.03.2026 03:28 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Albert Pujols in manager glasses

Albert Pujols in manager glasses

Nothing has hammered home that I’m in my mid-to-late 30s quite like seeing Manager Glasses Albert Pujols.

07.03.2026 03:25 β€” πŸ‘ 592    πŸ” 69    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 13

Great defense by the Brazilians.

07.03.2026 01:47 β€” πŸ‘ 80    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Part of the reason that the GWB administration spent so long convincing the U.S. to invade Iraq is that it took that long to move enough forces into place to do it.

07.03.2026 01:07 β€” πŸ‘ 59    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
A split screen of NCA/DOM and PUR/COL

A split screen of NCA/DOM and PUR/COL

WBCmaxxing

07.03.2026 00:17 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

this is not incidental!

to be a liberal/pluralist of any kind requires accepting that other people will see things differently than you do and that you have no sanctified monopoly on the One Truth.

this is what illiberals hate about liberalism. it’s the starting point for many.

06.03.2026 22:41 β€” πŸ‘ 290    πŸ” 56    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
graphic with the quote, "When a few drones get through or tragic things happen, it's front-page news. I get it, the press only wants to make the president look bad."

graphic with the quote, "When a few drones get through or tragic things happen, it's front-page news. I get it, the press only wants to make the president look bad."

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's response to US troops dying

06.03.2026 22:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2813    πŸ” 723    πŸ’¬ 334    πŸ“Œ 157
4. In the rules summary displayed to users at the time the Market was opened and during the period when most trades were placed, Defendants prominently represented that β€œif Ali Khamenei leaves office before March 1, 2026, then the market resolves to yes.” This language was clear, unambiguous, and binary: if Khamenei left office for any reasonβ€”including deathβ€”the Market would resolve to β€œyes” and holders of β€œyes” positions would receive the full contractual payout. 5. On February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel launched military strikes against Iran. News outlets began reporting that Khamenei had been killed. Khamenei’s death was subsequently confirmed. By any reasonable interpretation of the Market’s terms, Khamenei had β€œleft office” before March 1, 2026, and the Market should have resolved to β€œyes.” 6. Instead, after Khamenei’s death became public, Defendants invoked a socalled β€œdeath carveout” provisionβ€”a fine-print mechanism designed to allow Defendants to avoid paying consumers what they were owed when the predicted event occurred through its most foreseeable scenario. Under this provision, Defendants asserted that if the leader β€œleaves solely because they have died,” the Market would

4. In the rules summary displayed to users at the time the Market was opened and during the period when most trades were placed, Defendants prominently represented that β€œif Ali Khamenei leaves office before March 1, 2026, then the market resolves to yes.” This language was clear, unambiguous, and binary: if Khamenei left office for any reasonβ€”including deathβ€”the Market would resolve to β€œyes” and holders of β€œyes” positions would receive the full contractual payout. 5. On February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel launched military strikes against Iran. News outlets began reporting that Khamenei had been killed. Khamenei’s death was subsequently confirmed. By any reasonable interpretation of the Market’s terms, Khamenei had β€œleft office” before March 1, 2026, and the Market should have resolved to β€œyes.” 6. Instead, after Khamenei’s death became public, Defendants invoked a socalled β€œdeath carveout” provisionβ€”a fine-print mechanism designed to allow Defendants to avoid paying consumers what they were owed when the predicted event occurred through its most foreseeable scenario. Under this provision, Defendants asserted that if the leader β€œleaves solely because they have died,” the Market would

Lawgeeks, here's the complaint against Kalshi for not paying out the bet on "Ali Khamenei out as Supreme Leader" because he died.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

06.03.2026 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 125    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 11

"It's maintained at CBS" is going to provide zero comfort to CNNers.

06.03.2026 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 269    πŸ” 55    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 0

I do not have words for the revulsion I feel over this.

06.03.2026 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There’s a college basketball game leading into tonight’s WBC match-up and it’s nothing but foul-baiting. What an awful place for the sport to be in.

06.03.2026 03:07 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Napoleon low key the funniest guy in European history because he was like β€œwhat if I promoted officers based on how good they were at army and recruited troops who actually liked my countryβ€œ and it was basically the same as unleashing Godzilla.

05.03.2026 23:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1559    πŸ” 204    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 25

Quick question does anyone know how to restore virtue to a decaying society

06.03.2026 01:27 β€” πŸ‘ 7128    πŸ” 964    πŸ’¬ 267    πŸ“Œ 135

Should’ve paid Kenneth Walker III

06.03.2026 00:00 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Gunsmith and no idea.

05.03.2026 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Apparently she’s in the only room in America without a cell phone

05.03.2026 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve never switched to C-SPAN 3 faster in my life

05.03.2026 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 67    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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CNBC Sport: Paramount may unwind WBD's sports strategy if merger goes through WBD's sports strategy it has deployed since it lost NBA rights may not make sense if it's acquired by Paramount.

Interesting read (albeit a paywalled one) on how the Paramount/WBD merger and the imminent NFL rights renegotiations are going to upend sports broadcasting:

05.03.2026 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

AI Woke JFK would put up Jordan numbers in The Villages

05.03.2026 04:25 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We’ve got to spread baseball to more countries. I want to see Transylvania vs. Mongolia in the next WBC.

05.03.2026 03:18 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œThere are no merits” is amazing.

05.03.2026 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 167    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2