Wait. Have @doge and Elon just been pulling numbers from usaspending.gov ?

Then releasing it as if they discovered it ?

Brilliant if true. Absolutely brilliant. Fooled me.

Very Trump like too.

Any usaspending.gov experts out there that can tell us ?

An #Anonymous message to the people of the United States and Trump. #3E (part 1)

C.I.A. Sends White House an Unclassified Email With Names of Some Employees (Gift Article) The list of partial names was provided in an effort to comply with an executive order to trim the federal work force.

NEW: White House requested a list of CIA employees as part of efforts to shrink the federal government. The list, which included partial names, was sent in an unclassified email. David Sanger and I report: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u...

All The Federal Lawsuits Related to Trump Admin Executive Orders We put them all in one place.

www.courtwatch.news/p/lawsuits-r...

Boston Red Sox 2025 top 20 prospects: Roman Anthony, Kristian Campbell lead the way Anthony and Campbell are likely to impact the Red Sox in 2025, and there's plenty more on the way for the No. 2 rated farm system.

my team-by-team top 20s and org reports begin today with the AL East, for subscribers to @theathletic.bsky.social:
Baltimore nyti.ms/42JadI7
Boston nyti.ms/3WMP1ND
NY Yankees nyti.ms/4hjM1At
Tampa Bay bit.ly/3WLZQPU
Toronto nyti.ms/40H2d7S

Monday.

Another stellar guest.

@officialreds.bsky.social x Over-Slot

Palisades fire video from PCH near Topanga Canyon part 2

🎼 Oh Christmas dog, oh Christmas dog! Do you prefer colored or white lights?

BREAKING: OF/1B Cody Bellinger has been traded from the Chicago Cubs to the New York Yankees, sources tell ESPN. Bellinger, 29, is a former MVP and has two years remaining on his contract with an opt-out after 2025. Yankees continue to be aggressive post-Juan Soto.

Most days I don’t feel that far removed from being young, but last night my son asked how the internet began appearing on home computers and I tried to explain Prodigy and AOL disks and modems and I checked myself into a retirement home.

How the Orioles crafted a winning sales pitch to Tomoyuki Sugano, plus more MLB notes Baltimore made it a priority to talk baseball specifics when courting the 35-year-old Japanese free-agent pitcher.

Latest notes: www.nytimes.com/athletic/600...

Yankees acquire Cody Bellinger for minimal cost but he’s not a perfect fit: Law The Cubs have cleared salary room without significantly damaging their outfield depth, but they need to spend that money on pitching.

I get why the Yankees traded for Cody Bellinger, but I think they could have gone in a different direction for a better fit on offense & defense. My breakdown for subscribers to @theathletic.bsky.social: bit.ly/41yGAZA

BREAKING: Superstar outfielder Juan Soto and the New York Mets are in agreement on a 15-year, $765 million contract, sources tell ESPN. It is the largest deal in professional sports history.

Dave Parker was in the same lineups as Rickey, Canseco, McGwire, Hendu, Lansford in their heydays when he was closing in on the end of his career and he still scared everyone. A true HOF. Happy he’s finally recognized as one.

Lol

Going on Twitter now feels unmistakably like watching Uncut Gems.

Quite a few @futurestarsseries.bsky.social Alumni in here.

#WeGotNow

Five things to watch on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot: How can Ichiro not be unanimous? Will Ichiro be the first position player unanimously elected? Can Billy Wagner close it out? How will a special class of first-timers fare?

My latest column:

Five things to watch on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot, including:

How can Ichiro not be unanimous?

www.nytimes.com/athletic/592...

In the pod, I go into the practical reasons why I think sports media should de-emphasize X (I don't focus on the political aspect), what execs should be thinking about and why this site makes more sense.

Sign-up and listen: AndrewMarchand.com

The way content seems to get squashed over at the other place obviously sucks, but I don’t think we’re quite there yet over here on a lot of people who need to have a presence here making the jump/trying it out. Trending well, but so was Threads.

2025 MLB Draft: Top 250 Prospects EDITOR'S NOTE: The following rankings and evaluations by FSS PLUS are based on subjective analysis and industry sources, and do not influence, are not influenced by, or are affiliated with the opinion...

UPDATE: Over at @fssplus.bsky.social I've updated the Top 250 prospects for the 2025 Draft to reflect Hewitt-Trussville SS Steele Hall's reclassification into 2025. I've also updated a handful of scouting reports at the top of the Draft.
futurestarsseries.com/mlb-draft-to...

🔵 From our Cubs Farm Snapshot via @joedoylemilb.bsky.social and @prospectinsider.bsky.social, which is available right here: t.ly/cubssnap

▶️ New Balance Future Stars Series Nat'l Tournaments are set for July 7-27 for the classes of 2026-30 in South Texas.

➡️ Get in by December 15 for a $500/team discount.

👉 Register + discount details here: t.ly/fss25tourney

Young JB.

Peaceful, non hateful, and totally different.

This is….one way to look at it.

This is a trip. Didn’t know this place existed. Much calmer. It’s like, really calm.

Can you now