Jared Perkowski

Leg/Comms on Capitol Hill. All opinions on this page are my own. Always #JacobStrong

[Manz🌪 @ManzTrades]

“Father Time always wins. He has, however, been generous with me”

end of era at Berkshire

[McNeil @REFLOG18]

“Analytically we actually landed LeBron”

[ant @justize28]

There are two 70-win teams in NBA history. Both had the league MVP. One was unanimous.

One had the best perimeter defender of his era. The other had a 2x DPOY winner.

Both had the best 3-point shooters of their respective eras. One had the greatest ever and another top five. Both had elite benches.

One had the greatest coach of all time with the greatest system of all time. The other had a player who learned that coach’s system, modified it, and helped implement it for a new era.

LeBron beat one of those teams while leading everyone on the court in every major statistical category, in a historically impossible situation. Jordan was a part of one of those teams.

LeBron is Everest. Jordan is K2.

[Senate Majority PAC @MajorityPAC]

The Devil went down to Georgia.

[Team Talarico @TeamTalaricoHQ]

.@JamesTalarico: I’m an elderly millennial. I can’t stay up past 10pm, my joints ache, and my younger cousins call me cringe. They also call me ‘unc,’ whatever that means. But Gen Z — freed from illusions — is uniquely suited to lead us at this moment.

Many of you grew up on the For You Page. The endless scroll is emblematic of what humans have been doing for hundreds of thousands of years: searching. If we scroll past one more tweet, one more TikTok, maybe we’ll find what we’re looking for — the one that will make us feel something.

But what you’re looking for can’t be found on artificial platforms run by billionaires. It’s within you.

[Mike Netter @nettermike]

With deep sorrow, we say farewell to one of the final sentinels of the Tuskegee Airmen. George E. Hardy, who once danced across the skies of Europe in his Mustang has taken his final flight at the age of 100. Leaving behind a legacy forged in courage, resilience, and unwavering dignity.

It began in a quiet room in Philadelphia. A 16-year-old boy hunched over his homework as the radio crackled with the news of Pearl Harbor. In that instant, the world fractured, and George’s childhood evaporated. He didn't wait for history to call; he went to meet it.

Denied entry because of the color of his skin, he didn't retreat. He leaned into the wind. He joined the U.S. Army Air Forces, arriving at Tuskegee not just to learn the mechanics of flight, but to dismantle the mechanics of prejudice.

By 19, George was a "Red Tail," a guardian of the clouds. While the world below was segregated, the flak in the European theater was indifferent. He flew 21 combat missions over Nazi-occupied territory, a teenager in a cockpit proving that valor has no pedigree.

Most men would have seen enough of war. George was not most men.
- World War II: 21 combat missions in the P-51 Mustang.
- Korea: 45 combat missions, braving the dawn of the jet age.
- Vietnam: 70 combat missions, a veteran hand guiding a new generation.

For nearly thirty years, he wore the uniform of a country that didn't always love him back, yet he protected it with a devotion that shames the very idea of hate.

When he finally climbed out of the cockpit, he didn't stop serving. As a Lieutenant Colonel, he helped architect the military’s first global communication systems. He spent his sunset years ensuring that those who followed him would never be out of reach, never be truly alone in the dark.

"He rose above the clouds so we could finally see the light."

Today, we don't just salute a pilot. We salute a man who endured the sting of Jim Crow to earn the silver wings of a hero. He was the quiet defiance in the face of "no," the steady hand in the cockpit, and the humble heart in the room.

The "Red Tails" are thinning now, their formation heading into the eternal sunset. But as George E. Hardy crosses the ultimate horizon, he leaves behind a legacy etched not in ink, but in the very air we breathe.

Rest well, Colonel. The watch is ours. The sky is yours.

[Jared Perkowski @JaredPerkowski]

@MLB @Mariners 🐐

[MLB @MLB]

The @Mariners are giving away an Ichiro Replica Statue at Friday’s game 🤩

Repost and reply for your chance to win a statue AUTOGRAPHED by Ichiro himself!

[Jared Perkowski @JaredPerkowski]

@MLB @baseballcontext @Orioles ❤️

[MLB @MLB]

It’s giveaway time, Baltimore 💪

We are giving away a new Orioles City Connect jersey just for you! Repost and reply for your chance to win!

[Sarah McBride @SarahEMcBride]

#MakeTransitionsGreatAgain

[Jared Perkowski @JaredPerkowski]

@michbeyer Congratulations!

[Mike Nellis @MikeNellis]

So apparently, J.D. Vance flew to the Vatican to invite Pope Leo to the United States for America’s 250th birthday, but he declined and will instead spend July 4th standing with migrants. As a practicing Catholic, I can’t put into words how meaningful it is to watch the Church meet this moment with an American as pope.

[𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗙𝗨𝗟 PHILLY FAN 🔔 @RespectfulLBJ]

10 point streak ended
All star starter streak ended
Career 27ppg ended
All nba streak ended

Lebron Raymone James you were one of a kind

[Nicolas Cole 🚢👻 @Nicolascole77]

I started listening to Bad Bunny when I moved to Miami a few years ago.

It was always playing in the gym. I started to learn the songs, which started teaching me words in Spanish. Then some of the Dominican trainers at the gym and I became friends, and they started speaking Spanish with me.

It gave me a small taste of what it must be like for immigrants who don’t speak English to come to America and turn to movies, TV shows, and music to learn the language. And how quickly you can become friends with someone even when you only share a few words in common.

IMO that’s what Bad Bunny’s halftime show captured creatively.

Latin culture is special. And you don’t need to speak the language to be invited to the party, dance, and experience community & connection.

I’m glad he didn’t sing a single word in English.

It’s his party.

And I appreciate him inviting all of us, fluent or not, to be part of it.

[Principles First MN @Principles1stMN]

The United States is one of the few world governments that does not directly fund it’s Olympic team. It is fully funded by corporate sponsorships and private donations.

Which means our athletes don’t represent the American government.

They represent the American people.

[Nick Camino @NickCaminoWKYC]

Left Cleveland twice and would still be welcomed back with open arms by the fans and the Cavaliers organization.

Home is home.

It’s the perfect ending to a storybook career.

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

The worst of us are killing the best of us.

[Sam Quinn @SamQuinnCBS]

All-time NBA greats tend to be very lucky.

Magic gets drafted by Kareem's team. Kobe by Shaq's. Duncan by Robinson/Pop's. Bird's GM got him Parish and McHale quickly. MJ's got him Pippen and Phil.

LeBron's career is what happens when someone like that has to make his own luck.

[Tony Castricone @Castricone]

A 2-star QB scrambling for potentially the national-championship-winning touchdown on 4th down in his hometown against his hometown team after winning the Heisman for the most losing program of all time while his mother with MS screams for joy from her seat is possibly the limit of how good sports can get