Steve Hartman

It's college basketball's opening day! There are some big games. Here are 3 to watch tonight plus Texas/Duke tomorrow.

I talk opening night viewing + my top mid-majors to watch in the latest pod.

Listen to all my major conferences previews as well! #cbb

Nothing to see here. No conflicts. No oversight hearing needed. Comer is still too busy with Biden stuff.

Episode 5: Big Ten Preview (Is this the year?!)

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I have a very bad feeling about this...

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

its weird that the president brags about inflicting pain on american citizens and cities right?

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

Texas Megachurch Pastor Pleads Guilty to Child Sex Abuse Robert Morris, the founder of Gateway Church, which has one of the nation’s largest congregations, admitted to sexually abusing a child in the 1980s.

Robert Morris, the founder of a Texas megachurch with one of the nation’s largest congregations, pleaded guilty on Thursday to sexually abusing a girl in the 1980s, according to court documents.

Trump during the campaign: I never even heard of Project 2025, don’t know anything about it, don’t know who is involved.

Trump today:

A Statue of Trump and Epstein Holding Hands Briefly Appears on the National Mall The United States Park Police said it had removed the statue, which included lines from President Trump’s birthday message to Jeffrey Epstein, the deceased sex offender.

A statue depicting President Trump and the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein briefly appeared Tuesday on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., with the title, “Best Friends Forever,” and included lines from Trump’s birthday message to Epstein.

Sec. 2. The Gold Card. (a) The Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall establish a “Gold Card” program authorizing an alien who makes an unrestricted gift to the Department of Commerce under 15 U.S.C. 1522 (or for whom a corporation or similar entity makes such a gift) to establish eligibility for an immigrant visa using an expedited process, to the extent consistent with law and public safety and national security concerns. The requisite gift amount shall be $1 million for an individual donating on his or her own behalf and $2 million for a corporation or similar entity donating on behalf of an individual. (b) In adjudicating visa applications, the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall, consistent with applicable law, treat the gift specified in subsection (a) of this section as evidence of eligibility under 8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(1)(A), of exceptional business ability and national benefit under 8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(2)(A), and of eligibility for a national-interest waiver under 8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(2)(B).

Finally reading the full Gold Card EO and wow is it wild. The order says that any person who pays $1 million is, by definition, a person of "exceptional business ability" and therefore qualified for an EB-2 visa.

Does anything better sum up the Trump ethos than "all rich people are exceptional."?

I just broke the news that our tech partners tracked over 277,000 devices in and around State Farm Stadium yesterday. They came from all across the country because Charlie pointed us all to Christ, and in his martyrdom given us the courage to do the same.

Proud to announce our unnamed tech partners tracked the cell phone locations of hundreds of thousands of people without their knowledge or consent

When do the rest of these reporters just walk out? Will they realize the power is in them showing up and giving him this bully pulpit? He loves talking and spreading his crap. Without the reporters he's nothing. His ego would suffer.

Good lord. Will it ever end?

The guy who ran a campaign on made up birth certificates and racism against Obama? Barack Obama was one of the most thoughtful and kind presidents. He even let protestors yelling at him stay at his rally to address their concerns. Sure it's always been there but 47 has made it 1000x worse.

Utah Republican senator faces backlash over post condemning Kirk’s killing Only months ago, Mike Lee had posted disparaging tweets after Democrat Melissa Hortman and her husband were fatally shot

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Make sure to add Sen Mike Lee to that list. He seemed to relish in Melissa hortman's death.

Likelihood that this happened? 0%

Join Us In Holding The Gun Industry Accountable Add your name to the petition today >>

I just signed the petition to hold the gun industry accountable for its role in the gun violence crisis. Add your name now: etwn.us/3YxcSiU @Everytown

I've seen @governor.ca.gov be asked about his Twitter tone & rhetoric more in the last week than the Orange Dictator has been asked in nearly 10 years. What does that tell you?

Remembering today when pro-GOP media erupted with outrage over Kamala Harris' warning that Trump had plans to militarize the national guard and deploy them on the streets of US cities. Indeed, he had such plans. And now he's implementing them.

Tough talk from conservatives scared to death to drive/walk around cities where millions of people live. SmDH @ These snowflakes. I've been to DC 3x, including last year. Not once felt unsafe. Not once saw crime. One of my wife's best friends lives there & never complains about it.

it's pretty frustrating how republicans can just spew endless lies about city life with zero repercussions but the moment a dem disparages a pickup truck it's open season

So crime is down but we need federal military personnel in city streets? The mental gymnastics required to justify this BS is insane.

Trump deploying National Guardsmen in DC exposes one of his big lies about January 6th.

Kash Patel falsely claimed for years that the Democrats failed to take Trump up on his offer to deploy the Guard on Jan. 6.

But Trump could have deployed the DC Guard himself and didn’t. Now he does.

Spot on. I hadn't heard of this ad until right wingers started losing their mind. It's the most jean ad possible...nothing crazy or interesting about it. Fake outrage strikes again!

I think the idea that “The President is simultaneously an institution beyond the reach of criminal law and also a private person who can file $10 billion defamation suits when he dislikes a news article” is not very sensible.