Zach Graves-Christensen

Klein is also obsessed with solving Democrats’ “condescension problem” but it’s not condescending to talk about how your political opponents are wrong! That’s kind of how it works.

My wife does not follow the Mariners closely and guessed wrong on who was the eager fan and who was the 60-homer hitter.

Right wing political commentator Charlie Kirk was shot while appearing at an event at Utah Valley University yesterday. He was struck in the neck. He was pronounced dead at the hospital, but as anyone who was unfortunate enough to see the video of the shooting knows, his death was inevitable the moment the bullet hit him. He was 31 years old. Violence – including political violence – is always bad and it is always wrong. I hope it's not controversial for me to say that, but I truly believe that it's bad. I believe that it's bad no matter who commits it and no matter who the victim is or what the victim has said or has done in the past. It's bad even if, as was the case with Kirk, one makes it one's life‘s work to vehemently argue in favor of a deeply racist politics of which violence was both an essential part and an inevitable and desired outcome. I know that we're not supposed to mention any of that because it’s not seen as polite or respectful, but Kirk himself abhorred the very idea of empathy and I believe that nothing honors the dead more than honoring their truth.

Violence is the antithesis of the sort of civic democracy which is already under attack in this country. It's bad because violence begets more violence, taking us even further away from those virtuous civic ideals than we have already strayed. It's bad in this particular instance because those who align themselves with Charlie Kirk are fascists who will no doubt use his murder as an excuse to incite and inflict even more pain, suffering, and persecution upon those whom they see as their enemy than they already are inciting and inflicting. As my friend Andrea Pitzer said yesterday in the immediate aftermath, "shooting Charlie Kirk was never going to help anyone except those who are already trying to destroy the country." She's right about that. Indeed, I suspect a great many of the people who are trying to destroy the country view Kirk's killing as a gift in this very regard. I truly do hope that Charlie Kirk rests in peace. A peace he'd never allow or abide, in life or in death, for those whom he made it his life's work to slander and attack.

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Here's what I wrote about Charlie Kirk. As I say in the piece, nothing honors the dead more than truth. www.cupofcoffeenews.com/cup-of-coffe...

WE'VE DONE IT, SEATTLE! 🤩

NewWire tweets: "Americans set to pay more for cars, coffee, adn clothing as average U.S. tariff rate jumps to high not seen since Great Depression — WaPo"

this is crazy bc some of you need new clothes

Emmett Till memorial shot up with bullets

People with guns proudly posing in front of the Emmett Till memorial shot up with bullets

A bulletproof Emmett Till memorial. Riddled with bullet dents.

All I think about when I hear people say that it’s bad taste to dance on Hulk Hogan’s grave is that Emmett Till’s monument had to be replaced with a 500lb steel bulletproof monument because white people simply won’t stop riddling it with bullets. So now it just has tons of dents. From bullets.

@siffnews.bsky.social when will we have 70mm back at Downtown? 🥲

Gotta love it when the DJ mixes it up!

Is the organ playing today? They did that a few months ago at a Wednesday day game and it was perfection.

Its so disheartening that the right has spent the last 10 years falling in line under trump instead of tearing themselves apart like this.

I'm begging folks to not compliment themselves too much on their "non-violent" marches & rallies.

Instead, try to understand that violence at protests is generally a result of law enforcement escalation.

Then, the galaxy brain move is to ask yourself "which protests do police tend to attack?"

Re-skeeting with alt text:

A sign at a protest reads “you lost” next to a Confederate flag, “you lost” next to a Nazi flag, and “you’re next” next to a MAGA hat.

Let’s not mince words on exactly what the MAGA movement is.

Obsessed. Purchased this immediately

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I liked Warren posting all of Musk’s dirty receipts on instagram… that’s the energy: stoke the fire

Fingers crossed…

That pitching change really hurts.

Gosh I love Hitchcock

Oh hell yeah. This rocks

Wall Street Investors Mock Trump With A Brutal 4-Letter Code Word Some investors are betting against Trump — and they've developed a tasty term for the move.

“TACO,” which is code for “Trump Always Chickens Out,” refers to the president’s tendency to announce massive tariffs, causing the markets to plunge, only to back off days later, causing them to rise again.

“you should have a choice” means “we get to choose for you”

Twitch star HasanAbi says he was detained, questioned by border agents Hasan Piker, a left-wing political commentator who has 2.8 million followers on Twitch, says he was asked about his political affiliation, opinion of Trump and whether he had connections to terrorist ...

Hasan Piker—US citizen, popular online streamer, and Trump critic —said he was detained by CBP officers upon returning to the US. Was questioned for two hours about his job, political affiliation, opinion of Trump & whether he had ties to terrorist groups. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its sen...

"...the biggest negative impact on drivers’ reactions to hazards came when using Apple CarPlay by touch. Reaction times were nearly five times worse than when a driver was at the drink-drive limit, and nearly three times worse than when high on cannabis."

I thought for sure our infield defense would be unwatchable this year. This team is full of surprises!

The perfect joke doesn’t...

A four-pack of Bob Uecker-branded Usinger’s hot dogs

“Take and eat; this is my body.” - The Ueckarist

Wow, the Mariners are fun right now. I dunno what that means for anything going forward, but it’s real fun right now. goms

I love playing the Angels