Manhattan Omnivore Frank

@mawaldman.bsky.social on @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social just now: "For the first time, we see a concerted drive by the Trump administration to undermine the 2026 election. A lot of this is illegal, and it is emphatically not normal."

still thinking about the Montana knife maker who said you don't have to worry about tariffs if you buy american. and then three months later, he realized he imports swedish steel and german equipment. and even MiUSA equipment costs $100k more now because of tariffs

Please make me feel better about this, Mike.

When it comes to the chop, pitcher Ryan Helsley hopes the Braves will do the right thing Cardinals pitcher Ryan Helsley, a member of Cherokee Nation, has said the chop chant at Braves games is disrespectful. Three years later, it's still happening.

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Doing the OPPOSITE of the chop! LOVE to see it.

Senate GOP Ignores Whistleblowers, Appoints Trump Lawyer to Lifetime Court Seat Whistleblowers said Emil Bove told DOJ lawyers to ignore court orders that blocked Trump’s mass deportation efforts.

Nearly every Senate Republican voted in favor of confirming Trump loyalist Emil Bove to a lifetime federal court seat, brushing aside whistleblowers who alleged that the Justice Department official expressed support for defying court orders and lied during his sworn judiciary committee testimony.

Baseball writers have a great opportunity this trade deadline to break news here instead of n*zi dot com.

Hope they use this moment to do some good.

Yeah, ya gotta be better than this 1-2 in the bigs, sorry.

RONNY MAURICIO TIES THE GAME! 🚀

That was cool stuff outta Mauricio, again.

a man in a suit and tie is standing next to a woman in a green shirt . Alt: a man in a suit and tie is standing next to a woman in a green shirt .

To my fellow Ronny Mauricio appreciators:

Yeeesh

Ump show brutal

Come hang! Manhattan Omnivore is live til 10pm on KPISS.fm #musicsky

Not crazy about it with how Sandy has pitched this year.

Would rather use him as a piece for more of a sure thing (i.e. Keller, Joe Ryan, even Edward Cabrera)

After Bryce Harper-Rob Manfred clubhouse spat, Mark DeRosa warned Phillies of commish's power

While we're talking about MLB making alleged threats, back in 2022, when I was reporting a story about MLB making and using multiple baseballs, I tried to get baseballs from the SF Giants for the study. But the league arguably threatened to fire people who helped us.🧵 1/

RFK Jr. Bans Thimerosal in Some Flu Vaccines, Despite Experts, Studies Noting Its Safety “Banning vaccine ingredients without cause increases the perceived risk of vaccines,” one prominent health group said.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Wednesday that he is formally rescinding the use of thimerosal in vaccines distributed throughout the United States — despite the fact that there is no evidence of harm from the ingredient.

The NYC Immigration Court Nobody Is Paying Attention to Plus more news for your Friday morning.

Daily arrests are continuing in the New York City immigration court where no photography is allowed. The ICE agents working there believe that "you can just tell" when someone has committed a crime.

Inhumane.

International news agencies Agence France-Presse (AFP), Associated Press (AP) and Reuters as well as the BBC on Thursday called on Israel to allow journalists in and out of Gaza, which is subject to a strict blockade.
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New Eric Adams ‘Donors’ Say They Never Gave to His Reelection Campaign An investigation by THE CITY uncovered Adams donors who insist they didn't donate, a donor who paid with a credit card linked to their employer and donors who don't live where they claimed to.

New: An investigation by THE CITY uncovered Adams donors who insist they didn’t donate, a donor who paid with a credit card linked to their employer and donors who don’t live where they claimed to. — @gregbsmithnyc.bsky.social @haidee.bsky.social report
www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/24/e...

New from AFP, AP, BBC, and Reuters:

“We are desperately concerned for our journalists in Gaza, who are increasingly unable to feed themselves and their families…Journalists endure many deprivations and hardships in warzones. We are deeply alarmed that the threat of starvation is now one of them.”

Waiting on Josh to condemn genocide!

Seems a lot more important than giving extremists the light of day.

🚨 BREAKING: new video shows ICE is operating a detention facility on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza, where people are being held for days or weeks at a time without showers, medication or a change of clothes, sleeping on the floor, and with minimal food and outside contact.

- Israeli forces bomb a kindergarten - Israeli forces attack World Health Organization buildings, stripping and tying up staff and family members, taking some hostage - Reporters from AFP, world’s oldest news agency, announce this is the first time in their entire history that their colleagues may die from starvation - United Nations staff say they will stay at their humanitarian hub in central Gaza, despite Israeli displacement orders - Israeli Settlement Minister Orit Strook says war on Gaza must expand, even if that endangers the hostages - Israeli soldiers arrested in Belgium due to accusations of war crimes - 28 nations, including the UK, Canada, Japan, Spain, and France, condemn Israel’s blocking of aid & killing of people seeking food and water; demands Israel to not block aid and not ethnically cleanse Palestinians - The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention – named after Raphael Lemkin, a Holocaust survivor who coined the term genocide – demands world leaders: - "No more discussions, meetings, reports, sessions, summits…GET FOOD AND WATER INTO GAZA NOW. IF YOU HAVE THE POWER, YOU MUST USE IT."

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Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends.

But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.

See you soon, NYC.

imagine if political journalists showed the same solidarity for their illegally imprisoned colleagues that jake tapper showed for fox news when obama tried to move their seat in the briefing room to the second row

Hispanic journalist in Atlanta detained by ICE speaks out Mario Guevara tells the AJC about his month behind bars, and his once positive feelings toward Donald Trump.

“I’m plainly convinced that my situation in this ICE jail is direct retaliation for my coverage,” Mario Guevara told @ajc.com in an exclusive interview from the Folkston, Georgia ICE detention center where he is currently detained, despite a judge's bail order. “I haven’t committed any crimes.”