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That's an interesting idea. There's also the idea that Trump truly loves, respects, and looks up to Putin, because Putin has achieved power over an entire nation and everyone and everything in it in the exact way Trump dreams of, and to achieve that, he needs to stay on Putin's good side so Trump can continue to benefit from his generous counsel. Because remember: at his core, Trump is nothing like a man of immense strength and unshakeable decisiveness who can stand astride an entire nation like a colossus, fend off all manner of challenges with his sheer innate force of will, and chart his winning course irrespective of the efforts of anyone else who supports or opposes him. At his core, Trump is an insecure little boy with extreme daddy issues who is scared to death of ultimate failure, and he needs daddy for both success and validation.

That's because we all let Trump define it that way for us.

They don't think America is great. That's why they want to break it.

The closest he would come on such a flight is somewhere around the West Virginia-Ohio border, and that would still be the closest we get to him.

I’m sure the red hats will be totally cool with paying 50% more for crap products “Made in the USA” by immigrants shielded from deportation by manufacturers run by christian nationalists in league with the MAGA swamp monsters in Washington.

I agree with this in bold. Trump might be in the Russians’ pocket, but that doesn’t mean he can’t crawl out and go rogue on them. As for Trump backing Ukraine against Putin, I don’t see the there there for him to do that. Ukraine means nothing to him, except as a tool to potentially negotiate better terms of appeasement to the Russians, and even that might not be enough to move Putin off his mark and Trump out of his pocket. Oh, man, I am so going to death camp for posts like this.

That’s a pretty decent point I hadn’t contemplated before. The luxury tax may have been designed more to suppress top end salaries, which keeps the average and median salaries down over time, than to help teams be competitive against one another, since we have seen franchises like Oakland and Tampa and Cleveland win year after year with some of the lowest payrolls in the game. It may also be that TPTB prefer the teams they know will spend the highest, basically the Big Six, be those that actually do so, because those are the most popular teams that will sign the highest-priced, biggest-name superstars that will help grow the game worldwide. Of course, given the way franchises make money nowadays—through gameday media, the national network, licensing, merchandising, and digital more than through ticket sales, concessions, or (lol) winning—the “poorest” franchises are rolling in dough, the billionaires and hedge funds that own them are like pigs in ****, and their fans can all go pound sand. We are actually lucky, and no more, that the Tigers, seemingly against all odds, awoke to become a franchise that’s breaking out of that golden trash can by hiring Scott Harris, the catalyst move which is changing everything.

Trump misspelled “except for”.

Yeah, but see, it's all the same kind of crime Trump indulges in, so, Kushner's a good fella.

ha ha ha ha no

Interesting, I went to a Friday night football game in Georgia about a month ago, and they did pledge of allegiance in addition to national anthem. That was new to me, although not at all surprising.

I assume that would be a point of negotiation during trade talks.

I have no theory, but it doesn't mean it's not a possibility, or even probability. One hypothesis is that pitchers have to change the way they throw to dot the strike zone from 62 feet in a way that's different from 60 feet six inches.

Oh no will it affect his hall of fame eligibility

It’s definitely nice to be a perennial contender, even a perennial winner, and we definitely want to get there. Michigan fans have had a taste of that around here. So have Red Wings and Pistons fans at certain points in history. But I am really enjoying where we are now with the Tigers—at the beginning of it all, where everything is new and the future seems to have limitless potential, and I can barely wait for next year to see where we go next. I feel that way about the Lions, too.

“God Bless America” every game is gonna make a comeback. So are every-game tributes to the military and, yes, cops. Police states love police.

How ****ty is it that he even had to say that?

I would rather increase the weight of the ball by a quarter ounce or so than move the mound back. Both would affect pitchers and spike injuries, but at least one of them doesn’t change the actual appearance of the game.

If Putin does take the deal, that might mean Trump has already promised Putin we’re pulling out of NATO and starting a new military alliance with Russia.

Cue the “better to have them inside the tent” analogy from red hats.

MAGAs don’t think bombing Mexico is radical. They think it’s rad. I do think they’d get more than 200 votes to authorize, but i don’t think they’d get 218+ votes. That’s why Trump will give an order direct to the military and dare Congress to do anything about it.

Rolling Stone has been well known for decades to engage in terrific journalism. They sure beat the hell out of "End Wokeness", whatever the **** that is.

Looks to me like it was doctored to make her sound drunk. Easy to do by slowing it down by x%.

Dear lord, please let this be true ... Not because I am a huge MSNBC slappy—I almost never watch it—but I can't stomach the thought of this guy buying every major non-MAGA media vehicle in the country and turning them into Joe Rogan shock jock outlets, or whatever. I acknowledge that fascism-curious red hats would love for that to happen, but for the rest of us, please be reminded that's how the Nazi Germanies and the Soviet Unions of the world started out: they shut down media dissent first thing. After that, they rounded up the all the political opponents for political reasons and nobody heard a thing about that.

How come when I read things like this, I can't help but think of Kristellnacht? 1 big thing: Bomb threats target Trump officials Rep. Elise Stefanik. Photo: Alex Brandon/AP Several senior officials in the incoming Trump administration were targeted by false bomb threats this week, the transition announced. "Last night and this morning, several of President Trump's Cabinet nominees and Administration appointees were targeted in violent, unAmerican threats to their lives and those who live with them," transition spokesperson Karoline Leavitt, the incoming White House press secretary, said in a statement. The attacks included both threats and attempted "swatting," in which someone calls in a fake emergency at someone else's home, with the intent to provoke a large police presence. 🚔 Targeted officials include Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), Trump's nominee for ambassador to the UN, and former Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.), his pick to lead the EPA, Axios' Andrew Solender reports. A family member of former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), Trump's now-withdrawn first choice for attorney general, was targeted, law enforcement said. Go deeper.