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It all goes back to that bastard creator of The Apprentice. Until then Trump was a washed up guy from the 80's and early 90's that people forgot about. If there wasn't a Hollywood strike that necessitated the creation of more reality TV then he never regains his prominence. No calling into MSNBC and Fox to bitch about Obama. Nobody would have cared what he thought any more than we did David Hasselhoff. That gave him fake legitimacy to low information voters and he geniously tapped into something. I saw a clip with Scaramucci. Trump told him that as a Wall St. Democrat he had it backwards. They were conservative on economic issues but liberal on social issues. The trick is finding middle america where they are more liberal on economic issues (even if they don't call it that) but conservative on social issues. The key was on those economic issues you have to frame it a different way because those people hate liberals but are not educated enough to realize what their economics do for them.

I don't like any of the City Connect uniforms, but they don't get me angry. I reserve my irritation for more important things like constant gambling promotion and extra inning base runners.

“Prohibit the taking of omens, and do away with superstitious doubts. Then, until death itself comes, no calamity need be feared.” — Sun Tzu Of course, this is easier said than done.

an achievement that was almost simultaneously being duplicated in scale on the other side of the world in the invasion of Saipan and Tinian (on June 15, 1944). We really did a lot of building up in 1942 and 1943.

At least we’ve never worn pajama shorts like the White Sox

I have to admit that it was a slick move on Trump's part giving a man who is crazy and on drugs access to all the personal data in the country and letting him decide the entire government budget.

So does my cat!

I only read the opposite, that he wasnt as good of a prospect as Josh.

I love how Trump is on truth social and Musk is on X. Tell Donald he should be impeached! Tell Elon I'm going to take away his funding! No different than Trump's usual I know you are but what am I defense. Why anyone follows these two baby men is mind boggling.

I think the disconnect is that social welfare like SS, and Medicare, and even Medicaid are fine the eyes of working class people. Where the Dems lose them is with anything that looks too much like a 'give-away.' Things like government funded home down payments, college loan forgiveness etc, don't really cut with them because those people would *prefer* to work for what they get, they just want a shot at their work being able to get them there, and they do know enough to sense that a lot of government spending means they pay more taxes. To me Harris' campaign his too many wrong notes on economics. The Dems need to talk a lot less about giving stuff away and a lot more about how create upward mobility - esp with everyone's hair on fire that AI is going to take everyone's job (it won't).

The Epstein stuff in a waste of time. It won't matter to the Trumpers. "In for dime, in for dollar". They've rationalized away so much at this point, there is nothing that can come out about Trump's past that will ever matter.

No worries. Trump's security is top notch. Elon Musk has been removed from the Signal chat.

I find it really hard to believe that the guy who said multiple times he wanted to f*** his own daughter, barged into the Miss Teen USA dressing room, ogled a 10 year old and said he would be dating her in 10 years, raped E Jean Carrol, and groped dozens of women, would be involved in child sex trafficking, even though he bought the sex trafficker's airplane that he rode on 7 times.

He’s pretty clearly out……what are they looking at?

https://x.com/tigers/status/1931130366720385516?t=VXUOmPy90MZrdcZ-zDcUdg&s=09

I don't think MAGA is strategic at all. They're just nuts.

No city Connects tonight. All business no gimmicks.

This is such a big game I’ve decided to wear my silk pyjamas while watching it on Apple TV.

Dingle All the Way: I’m open to the possibility that Dingler is the best blocking catcher we’ve seen since this kind of thing has been measured. | by Michael Baumann

Clinton was a pig, but he was a smart pig! We have had presidents who were stupid and presidents who were pigs, but I think Trump is the one president who has excelled in both traits!

Ibanez has been sent to Toledo..Jahmai Jones has been called up

My girl, Patty Griffin has her first new album in six years coming out in a couple months. Can't wait. She is a legend.

the draft is a crapshoot when it comes to individual players. It's like analyzing blackjack strategy on one particular hand. It's not about the individual in any one year. It's the overall body of work. I'm not saying this to defend anyone in particular. Just that you can't draw a conclusion on someone's success because of one player.

I'm sure there will be exceptions for athletes but I wouldn't trust it. I hope a lot of countries boycott. Trump will then blame California.

You bet! Tanner Ursey is someone you should add into your rotation and his upcoming album is going to be killer no doubt. Another one for you is neo-traditional country artist Jesse Daniel. He has a new album out called Son of the San Lorenzo too. I've heard the title track (below) and am looking forward to diving deeper into the album.

When people die they won't need cars.

this guy makes the point that Dems are still trying to win a political game that no longer exists. Good public policy is irrelevant to a MAJORITY of Americans. They want to be entertained. So Dems, do not try to stop Elmo and Dump from attacking each other so we can focus on policy. No one cares!

You should all be relieved to learn that I will not be attending any of these games.

Sometimes when you see two children fighting in the park, you have to let them keep fighting.

Not only that, but he never talks about it. The guy harps on and on about lies he makes up in his rotted brain but never discusses his assassin's name. If there was an attempt on his life, he would talk about it every day. And...the guy who had such horrible bone spurs in his 20's has the ability to grow back an ear in his 70's?

I sent Apple TV an update on my really wet driveway. They didn't seem too interested. 😅😅 A talking head on TV said how good the Cubs are against LH pitching. Yeah, but that wasn't against Skubal and his change up.

I hate to have to keep reminding people doing these autopsies of Democrats, but Democrats won down ballot in five states Trump won. Dems have been winning bigly in special elections. They over performed in 2022. There was a blue wave in 2018. It's not easy to go up against a cult figure in Trump. Remove him from the ballot and Dems are fine.

Didn't Trump famously keep a copy of the book on his night stand, or something like that?

We can say a lot of negatives about the guy and they would all be true, but we can’t deny he’s a star, and arguably the biggest star of our lifetimes.

Maybe Avila had a soft spot for guys from MLB families, at least other than his own (Jace, Parker, Daz). At this point pretty much everyone in that draft has to be wishing they had taken Neto. Still, you can't afford to miss on your 1st rounders, even if it's not a great draft.

I'm not saying this is true...I'm saying it exists.

Bumping this... Ultimately, all of this should fall on Donald Trump for letting him into government. Full stop

DSL has started...will be fun to track how Chris Rodriguez does. He's the highest rated international signing the Tigers have landed in a long while ...if ever

Serious question. Assuming this feud is real and not Apprentice style reality theatre, what are the implications. Musk has had access to the keys of the government, supposedly knows where the bodies are buried, all sorts of security access and information. His "minions" are still there on their computers "working on DOGE projects. We've go the workings of a DEFCON 1 government crises led by a guy who has absolutely no clue how a government is supposed to operate. Most of the flunkeys he's put in charge of major departments are just as bad. And the next guy (Vance) in line beliefs are probably even worse, How the heck to we get out of this mess in one piece

Musk started working in the USA while not having the proper visa. It would be hilarious for Trump to deport him retroactively for that.

I want Trump to deport Musk.

Not liking the Hegseth DOD renaming the Harriet Tubman or the Harvey Milk.