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After the Murder Circus Leaves Town - Truthdig The media is wired to chase the administration’s bouncing ball of outrage. But the old outrages remain, newly invisible and demanding our attention.

The media chases the bouncing ball of outrage. But the old atrocities remain — newly invisible, demanding attention. Keeping focus requires fighting against ubiquity.

Mike Wagner remembered as perhaps 'the best safety the Steelers ever had' Mike Wagner, a hard-hitting safety who started as a rookie and became a significant member of the famed Steel Curtain defense that won four Super Bowls...

R.I.P. Steeler great Mike Wagner. www.post-gazette.com/sports/steel...

I had the pleasure of meeting Conor Lamb at a Dem campaign event in central PA last summer. After listening to him, I knew I had made a big mistake in not voting for him in 2022. I hope I get a chance to rectify that error.

The notion of legions of ICE agents patrolling polling sites and scaring Dem voters away is a MAGA fantasy and a propaganda device, not something that is practical or easily attainable.

Yes, they see putting up any hurdle to voting as a loss leader.

lol usually he waits until a clear frontrunner emerges so he can then retroactively claim that he supported the winner all along. Now he’s so desperate he’s trying to hedge all his bets because he feels he can’t afford to be wrong.

IOW, a classic case of having a tiger by the tail. Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of people.

He should ask himself “what does that tell you?”

I was initially taken with Fetterman, too. But after hearing Conor Lamb speak a few months ago I regretted not voting for him instead.

It's a start!

Facebook is almost as bad as X these days . . .

The right is absolutely incensed that a bunch of young white athletes who are expected to be in their corner are expressing what they disparage as "woke" values. While the rest of the country celebrates, they're fuming because they're not invited to the party and are on the outside looking in.

He won largely because of low-propensity voters, and with his Latino and younger voter support now gone, he needs these less engaged voters to turn out more than ever. I know they’re convinced these suppressive measures will preferentially hurt Dems, but they may be adversely affected, too.

Same reason that COVID cases were underreported at the outset of the pandemic.

Oh, yes! The honor roll is quite long--Marino, Kelly, Montana, Unitas, Namath, Blanda. Only Marino went to my high school (Central Catholic). Steelers passing on Marino in the 1983 draft still rankles fans to this day.

Dan Marino.

I can certainly understand why the current administration would want as few data points as possible, and they were only too eager to oblige.

this is an extreme example of a pretty well understood phenomenon; people don't vote for pols they agree with. they convince themselves they agree with the pols they vote for. 1

"This is Mia, 7 years old -- 'I don't want to be in this place. I want to be in my school'" -- Walkinshaw confronts Lyons with letters written by kids being detained by ICE

MAGA’s inexplicable, cult-like obsession with ivermectin, with little evidence of its efficacy outside its intended use, has to be one of the most bizarre stories to come out of the COVID era.

Super Bowl exposes 'big MAGA weakness' as Trump sees pushback in unlikely space: columnist The Super Bowl is exposing a major MAGA weakness, a columnist argued.Greg Sargent wrote an article Sunday called, "Trump Rages at Bad Bunny—and Accidentally Exposes a Big MAGA Weakness," in which he argues, "MAGA’s hatred of the Super Bowl halftime performer reflects a hubris about what parts of the...

The Super Bowl is exposing a major MAGA weakness, a columnist argued.

Amazing that he thinks this is a winning strategy in the current context. I have a feeling he's in for a disillusioning experience-- it's not fall 2024 anymore.

Yep. Trump didn’t write this tweet, or at least he was not the sole author.

Yep!

Put a fork in ‘em, they’re done! #Seahawks

Still would feel better to see the Seahawks punch one in.

And this is just the primary!

Guess he thought there wouldn't be any mayonnaise and hot dogs.

Lovebirds are parrots, John—you’re right! The tell is in the feet—all parrots have two toes facing forward and two toes facing back.

That excuse is about as believable as the time Rush Limbaugh, after he referred to the “White House dog” on his short-lived TV show and flashed a photo of young Chelsea Clinton, responded to the outcry by attributing it to an error by a staffer. The intent was apparent from the outset.