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@Jason_Shetler Maybe add a sixth starter and let them pitch as long as they’re effective regardless of pitch count. Can’t be good knowing you’re going to get pulled at a certain point even if you have a perfect game going.

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@Sofia50020Sofia You skipped 30 and went straight to 40?

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@Babywwir Yep, nobody knows, a real brain teaser you came up with.

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@LoidKr8675309 @colin_dunlap How often is it that we have a disagreement with someone and they totally abandon their stance and adopt ours? Just about never. This definitely isn’t that. This is people in a super woke leftist state taking steps towards sanity, sorry, but that is most definitely a win.

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n Iran we keep hearing about nuclear weapons as a justification for military action. Of course,
nobody wants nuclear weapons in the hands of that regime, but should the elimination of the
nuclear program be the real victory condition for the US? Or even their missile program along
with it? Does anyone think keeping nuclear weapons or long range missiles, both technologies
that are decades old and in the possession of many countries throughout the world, can be
done without constant war against this regime? For Benjamin Netanyahu it may be acceptable
or even preferable to “mow the grass” of a hostile Iranian regime as he did for decades with
Hamas in Gaza. That strategy just doesn't fit into any America First Trump doctrine. The
centerpiece of that doctrine in regards to the Middle East is the full implementation of the
Abraham Accords, and the Islamic Republic of Iran is the greatest stumbling block keeping that
from happening. That regime is the true weapon of mass destruction in that region. A good
analogy is mass shootings done with “assault rifles” in the US. Any opponent of gun control will
tell you that the real problem isn't the gun, but rather the person who wants to kill everyone in
sight. Just eliminating the nuclear and missile programs is basically just taking the assault rifle
out of the hands of the psychopath and just hoping they don't find another one or an even more
deadly weapon. We know that just won’t work. The entire regime needs to be driven from power
and the Iranian people need to be given their country back. If the polls that show 70% or more
of the Iranian people opposed to this regime are correct, the defeat of this regime will not be the
deadly quagmire so many are predicting. It’s time to arm anyone willing to fight this regime and
provide them with air support. After the 12 day war, polls showed that the Iranian people
preferred public protests to the regime over armed conflict and that’s what they tried at the
beginning of this year and they were slaughtered by the thousands. It’s time to give them a plan
B that they will most certainly choose if they truly want this regime out of power. Their blood has
already been spilled for the cause of freedom, now it’s time to spill the blood of their oppressors.

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The time has come to end the filibuster. All the tinkering that has occurred over the
years with the Senate has resulted in a body that has become a stumbling block to the
will of the people instead of merely a more deliberative body as the Framers intended.
The filibuster has in many respects canceled out the intended effects of the 17th
amendment that provided for the direct election of Senators instead of their election by
state legislatures. While many can argue against the 17th because of the way it
changed the structure of our legislative branch, and I might agree with many of those
arguments, they cannot deny the original intention of that amendment was to make the
Senate more responsive to the will of the people. The filibuster, which is not in the
Constitution or part of the original intentions of the Framers, has simply become a tool
of gridlock, preventing the will of the people from being enacted through legislation. A
key example of this is the Save Act, which would require people to prove citizenship to
register and present photo ID in federal elections. While these concepts enjoy broad
support by the public, over 70% in many cases, this bill is stuck in the Senate due to the
threat of a filibuster. The people spoke in 2024 by electing Donald Trump and
Republican majorities in both houses. While there may be some room for debate about
exactly which people here illegally the people want deported, there is broad consensus
that the American people don't want them to be able to vote. The filibuster is standing
directly against the will of the people and their desire for election integrity. If you support
the Senate being more responsive to the will of the people, then you must support the
end of the filibuster.

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