Justin G

May each day be better than the next

[Bryan Strawser @bryanstrawser]

DEAD ON.

Minnesota is not a state where one faction gets everything it wants. Winning here requires persuading people, tolerating disagreement, and accepting that no candidate will perfectly reflect every preference or strategy.

But at times, it felt as though every disagreement became a morality play and every strategic difference was treated like betrayal.

Do we actually want to win?

Or are we more interested in proving who belongs?

Not every disagreement has to become a loyalty test.

Not every compromise is surrender.

Not every imperfect candidate is a fraud.

I walked into the convention hopeful, believing I was participating in something important. And I found myself wondering how many first-time delegates drove home thinking the same thing:

Nevermind.

https://t.co/g3TcqzgxRY

[Jacob Turner @TheJacobTurner]

A PARENT’S JOURNEY THROUGH YOUTH SPORTS:

Age 5: “He’s got a cannon.”
Age 6: “He’s the fastest kid out there. Coach said so.”
Age 7: “Rec ball isn’t challenging him anymore.”
Age 8: “We tried out for select. Obviously made it.”
Age 9: “$2,800 for the season. Plus uniforms. Plus tournaments. Plus hotels.”
Age 10: “Cooperstown is basically a family vacation, right?”
Age 11: “He needs a hitting guy. And a pitching guy. And probably a mental performance coach.”
Age 12: “I’m not a crazy sports parent. The OTHER parents are crazy.”
Age 13: “We changed schools. For academics. (And also baseball.)”
Age 14: “Showcases are a requirement at this age.”
Age 15: “Ya his ranking just ticked up. We’re cooking.”
Age 16: “He just needs to get seen by the right school.”
Age 17: “The D1 schools want him to walk on. He’ll earn a spot by sophomore year.”
Age 18: “Okay, D2 is actually really competitive.”
Age 19: “He’s redshirting. Strategic.”
Age 20: “He’s focusing on school now.”
Age 21: “You know what? He’s so much happier.”

Roughly 7% of high schoolers play in college.

About 1.5% of those get drafted.

Less than half of draftees ever play one day in the big leagues.

The odds of our kids going pro are somewhere between “struck by lightning” and “find a $100 in old shorts.”

I love youth sports (all my kids play a bunch of them) just keep a good perspective my friends. ✌️

[Billy Binion @billybinion]

Our deficit is roughly $2 trillion. The largest share of spending goes to entitlements for American citizens. It really isn't hard to understand. We will never balance the budget if powerful people keep peddling wild falsehoods like this.

[Aaron Gordon Advocate @superstackff]

Got curious and looked up the numbers since the anti-flopping rule started in 2023-2024…

23-24 season: 26 calls/fines
24-25 season: 6 calls/fines
25-26 season: 1 call/fine

The league knows exactly what they’re doing

[Chairman Birb Bernanke @Bonecondor]

“the GLP-1s are going to give you gigacancer in 10 years” crowd is going to have a lot of trouble with this one

[MrTARDIS @TrilbeeReviews]

Genuinely, a 005 or 006 Amazon TV Series starring Benedict Wong sounds like an awesome idea.
Not everyone has to be James Bond, but the sky's the limit when it comes to 00 Agents.

[Billy Binion @billybinion]

This is a myth. Data centers have had a negligible impact on electricity prices thus far. The actual drivers are aging grids, fuel costs, clean-energy mandates, and political barriers to building more power plants. This panic is totally divorced from reality.

[Nick Gillespie @nickgillespie]

The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. Via @Mediaite @rumpfshaker https://t.co/nboBzboCFb

[Rep. Scott Peters @RepScottPeters]

The War Powers Resolution reaffirms the Constitutional authority that only Congress has the power to declare war.

It’s past time for my Republican colleagues to stand up for the Constitution and hold the President accountable. 4/4

[Robert Graham @robertgraham]

Utah is not building a 40,000 acre data center.

They are using 40,000 acres of water rights for the power generators that will power a data center.

Pretty much all outrage you see about data centers is deliberate misrepresentation designed to fuel outrage.

[Yemisi Egbewole @yemisi]

I’m so tired of every political villain being some vague “corporation.” A lot of these companies are the biggest employers in town and the reason entire communities even grow in the first place. You live a life built around products and services those same corporations created!!

[Charles C. W. Cooke @charlescwcooke]

As Trump has explained, tariffs don’t raise prices and are paid by foreigners, which is why [checks notes] suspending or removing them lowers prices and makes things more affordable.

[Joel Berry @JoelWBerry]

Nobody in America voted for the steam engine.

Nobody in America voted for powered flight.

Nobody in America voted for the microprocessor.

And thankfully, no one voted for American technological innovation to be policed by hysterical Karens on the internet.

[Jon Root @JonnyRoot_]

The fact that the NBA refused to suspend Victor Wembanyama for Game 5 after viciously elbowing Minnesota Timberwolves’ Naz Reid proves their system of suspension is rigged & subjective.

Wemby playing Game 5 is good for ratings so they won’t suspend him.

[Matt Welch @MattWelch]

And 62 days after that, the Soviet Union gave up.

[Voja @VojaMedic]

Do you know how disgusting it has to get for people to be on the Lakers side

[Coleman Hughes @coldxman]

Someone should ask AOC if Beyoncé earned her billion

[Billy Binion @billybinion]

Bill Gates helped make personal computing mainstream. Sergey Brin dramatically expanded access to information. Jeff Bezos gave the world quick & cheap access to goods.

AOC gets a taxpayer-funded salary to do political theater.

Yes, it is possible to earn a billion dollars.

[Pradheep J. Shanker, M.D. @neoavatara]

The @NBA needs to stop worrying about tanking for draft picks, and start fining people and even suspend players for flopping.

Unless they don't care about the integrity is the sport... Which maybe, they don't.

[Dana Wessel @DanaWessel]

Tomorrow is a rare night where all three of my college roommates and myself will be in the same city. Can't wait to get home from dinner and my wife asks me for updates on their wives, kids, jobs, etc. and I will report back that I have absolutely no idea.