David Darmofal

Orioles make never-before-seen MLB history vs. Cubs In the middle of a trying season, the Orioles are finding solace in the interesting quirks that are keeping their season going.

Random baseball factoid: in starting three players today whose either first or last name is Jackson, the Orioles became the first team in the modern history of Major League Baseball (dating to 1901) to start three players with the same name.
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Governor Pritzker speaks while standing next to Texas Democratic legislators.

House Majority Leader Gene Wu speaks at a press conference. Several legislators, and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, stand behind him.

House Majority Leader Gene Wu speaks at a press conference. Several legislators, and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, stand behind him.

Donald Trump is trying to cheat the system in Texas, but these Democratic legislators refuse to let it happen without a fight. 

Their fight is our fight. I’m proud to stand side-by-side with them as they protect their constituents.

This is not a contest Republicans would win in the court of national public opinion. It would be viewed as a massive overreach by a party about whom Americans are already beginning to be concerned about their overreaches. Abbott’s bluffing. And if he’s not, I say let him try it. He will lose.

YouTube video by Sergio Montanari Bill Evans - Remembering the Rain

It's not Loni Anderson content, but WKRP was where I first heard my favorite jazz pianist ever, Bill Evans. In The Who episode, Venus plays Bill Evans' Remembering the Rain.
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She would be very good at that!

Incredibly dangerous authoritarianism here.

Abandon Harris helped produce this moment from Trump.

@jaketapper.bsky.social, do you truly have no concerns about what's going on cognitively here? Because if you don't, you're not much of a reporter.

“Garber, in a conversation with one faculty member, said that the suggestion that Harvard was open to paying $500 million is ‘false’ and claimed that the figure was apparently leaked to the press by White House officials...”

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ESPN, stop talking to players while they're playing the game. You're not respecting the game.

Mark Zandi @Markzandi · 8h The economy is on the precipice of recession. That’s the clear takeaway from last week’s economic data dump. Consumer spending has flatlined, construction and manufacturing are contracting, and employment is set to fall. And with inflation on the rise, it is tough for the Fed to come to the rescue. Unemployment remains low, but that’s only because labor force growth has gone sideways. The foreign-born workforce is shrinking, and labor force participation is declining. Telling is the economy-wide hiring freeze, particularly for recent graduates, and the decline in hours worked. Mark Zandi @Markzandi · 8h It’s no mystery why the economy is struggling; blame increasing U.S. tariffs and highly restrictive immigration policy. The tariffs are cutting increasingly deeply into the profits of American companies and the purchasing power of American households. Fewer immigrant workers means a smaller economy.

Moody's chief economist Mark Zandi says:
- We are headed for a recession
-The BLS data is totally reliable- for now
-The revisions are due to delayed reporting of DOGE govt layoffs
-Higher tariffs are dragging down the economy
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Calling the data “rigged” with no evidence is *lying*.

He lied about the report. He lied.

Television and film actress Loni Anderson, best known for the CBS hit sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati, has passed away at the age of 79 after a prolonged illness. / #LoniAnderson #WKRP #WKRPInCincinnati Television and film actress Loni Anderson, best known for the CBS hit sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati, has passed away at the age of 79.

Television and film actress Loni Anderson, best known for the CBS hit sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati, has passed away at the age of 79 after a prolonged illness. / #LoniAnderson #WKRP #WKRPInCincinnati

Harvard “is seriously considering resolving its dispute with the White House through the courts rather than a negotiated settlement.”

The university president said “the suggestion that Harvard was open to paying $500 million is ‘false’”

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Popular 1980s actor Loni Anderson of the hit TV series 'WKRP in Cincinnati' has died Loni Anderson, who played a struggling radio station’s empowered receptionist Jennifer on the hit TV comedy “WKRP in Cincinnati,” has died.

I'm so sorry to hear that Loni Anderson has died.
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President Trump LIES to the nation with an INSANE statement suggesting that tariffs could eliminate all income taxes for those earning under $200,000 annually.

I’m sorry but I really have to stand up for myself and independent media here. Everyone is crediting Ken Delanian for the Maxwell sex offender waiver story, but I was hours ahead of him. Hours. Independent media is important.

Another caddy caught dropping a golf ball for Trump. This time it was at Bedminster.

This footage is from Saturday, the day the White House announced Trump won the “2025 Men’s Senior Club Championship.”

“Now, with Texas Democrats holed up in Illinois and blocking the Trump-backed congressional map, the stage may be set for a high-profile showdown between Pritzker and the president.”

NEW. U Mass Poll.

Trump approve/disapprove: 38%/58% (cf. April, 44/53).

How much have you read, seen, or heard about Jeffrey Epstein?
A lot 36%
Some 41%
Not much 19%
Nothing 4%.

Trump administration hiding important information on Epstein? Agree 63%. Disagree 15%.

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Kentucky hospital group warns of closures, reduced services, job losses due to Medicaid cuts Healthcare in Kentucky is facing a tough future with billions in Medicaid cuts on the horizon, according to the Kentucky Hospital Association.

Kentucky hospital group warns of closures, reduced services, job losses due to Medicaid cuts www.lex18.com/news/coverin...

“The Dershowitz pierogi dispute” would be a great band name.

Listen pal if you’re going to be a 30 year old baby you’re going to need to have a Bluesky account

White House economist calls for 'fresh set of eyes at the BLS' after weak jobs report | Fox Business Video National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett discusses the latest jobs report, the firing of the labor statistics chief and the consumer impact of tariffs on 'Fox News Sunday.'

Hassett went on TV and claimed you can’t trust the economic data anymore because all the recent revisions are partisan.
A bald-faced lie.
Every serious economist still in this administration should resign. They are actively underminding the US economy by lending their credibility to this horse****

One of the defining features of these conservative campus centers being run by conservative humanities scholars like Robbie George who don’t know the empirical political science literature is their false claim that there has been no asymmetric polarization & that both parties are to blame.

Here’s a 2019 story about the “model”, explains how she was pulled into Epsteins orbit, eventually raped, taken to the private islands, etc. This seems around the same time she was passed on to Trump. just say mid-90s. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncn...

Alaska lawmakers override 2 Dunleavy vetoes, restoring $50M in education funding Lawmakers adjourned a joint session without considering any of Dunleavy’s other recent vetoes, including of school maintenance and construction funding and other bills that passed with bipartisan supp...

A defeat for conservatives in Alaska: the state legislature overrode the governor’s veto of education spending, restoring $50 million of funds for education. www.adn.com/politics/ala...

They don't do it by state. The key thing to remember about these marginals is that they include non-voters (so, for example, 32% of respondents in the poll didn't vote in 2024. Now that's down to 16%). She'd likely win with a 7 point national popular-vote win.

"If you could go back and make your decision about the 2024 presidential election over again, how would you vote?"
Vote for @kamalaharris.com: 42%
Vote for Trump: 35%
Vote third-party: 7%
Would not vote: 16%
So, a clear plurality would vote for @kamalaharris.com now. @douglasemhoff.bsky.social