Brian Mahler

Former Middle School Band Director. But I really just want to get outside. #Skol #Vikings

[John Thorsson @thorsson_john]

There should be a countrywide outrage over how ridiculously insane it is that the president is this far outside of reality.

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

Seeing a Bass Pro Shops for the first time was a spiritual experience for these Norwegians

[Boo @IzaBooboo]

Ok, but

[Race Day Replay @RaceDayReplay]

Apparently this is the last overtake for the lead at Monaco #SkyF1 #F1 #MonacoGP

[Brian Mahler @Brian_Mahler]

I will never understand baseball culture

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

Don’t celebrate too much in front of these college umpires!

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

🚨 WOW.

Trump’s financial disclosure forms reportedly show he bought between $1 MILLION and $5 MILLION in Dell stock earlier this year.

Then THIS WEEK…

the Pentagon awarded Dell a contract worth MORE THAN $9 BILLION.

Read that again slowly.

[Travis Akers 🇺🇸 @travisakers]

Great news! Congress is proposing a bill for public school teachers that will mandate starting base salaries of $60,000, plus a $50,000 signing bonus, overtime pay of 25% of their base salary, and student loan forgiveness of up to $60,000!

Just kidding. That’s the federally mandated compensation package for an ICE agent.

- BP Sweany

[Andy Ruther @AndyRuther]

“Sorry kids, but daddy can’t put you to bed on Thursday night. I’ll be in Pittsburgh dressed as a Bengal Tiger watching 20 year olds get jobs.”

[Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree]

I wrote about this in my newsletter. The Weather Service didn't launch balloons recently and got surprised by tornadoes in Kansas. DOGE cuts at NWS cut out weather balloon launches which gather data for storm prediction. You are less safe because of that choice.

[🥔 @salzmann__]

Players when they see that Cleveland area code pop up on their phone tonight

#NFLDraftDay

[Jvnior @Jvnior]

Marco Rubio 2 days ago: “Imagine if Iran funded the well-being of its people, rather than its military”

Trump today: “We can’t fund daycare or Medicaid, we need more money for our military”

Sometimes the jokes write themselves.

[Brian Mahler @Brian_Mahler]

@adamlevitan +EV

[Saul Staniforth @SaulStaniforth]

Pete Hegseth on Monday: "If you kill Americans.. anywhere on earth we will hunt you down without apology & without hesitation and we will kill you"

Guardian yesterday: "Senators demand investigation after ninth American killed by Israeli settlers or soldiers in West Bank"

[Bunkie Perkins @BunkiePerkins]

Finally, someone put international conflict into terms I can understand

[Covie @covie_93]

Marco Rubio on Tuesday: "Iran is run by lunatics, religious fanatic lunatics."

The White House Thursday:

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

JD Vance: "I empathize with Americans who are exhausted after 25 years of foreign entanglements in the Middle East. I understand the concern, but the difference is that back then we had dumb presidents"
(June 2025)

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

As yet another preemptive war is begun in the Middle East, John Quincy Adam’s words of wisdom still ring true:

“Wherever the standard of freedom and Independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will her heart, her benedictions and her prayers be.”

Like most Americans I have sympathy for the plight of the Iranian people and all subjected people around the globe, from North Korea to Tibet.

But as Adam’s wrote, America:  “goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy.

She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all.

She is the champion and vindicator only of her own.”

The Constitution conferred the power to declare or initiate war to Congress for a reason, to make war less likely.  

Madison wrote that “the Executive Branch is the branch most prone to war, therefore, the Constitution, with studied care, delegated the war power to the legislature.”

As with all war, my first and purest instinct is wish Americans soldiers safety and success in their mission.  

But my oath of office is to the Constitution, so with studied care, I must oppose another Presidential war.

[Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump]

Remember that I predicted a long time ago that President Obama will attack Iran because of his inability to negotiate properly-not skilled!

[BetMGM 🦁 @BetMGM]

Connor Hellebuyck in the locker room before OT

[Ben Fowlkes @benfowlkesMMA]

The chief law enforcement officer of the US government shouting indignantly about how she shouldn’t have to answer questions about a massive human trafficking scandal as long as the stock market is doing well is crazy. But it does explain how we got here as a society.