Michelle DeForest

[Sports Patriot @SportsPatriotUS]

I’m going to say this as calmly as possible:

Watching Caitlin Clark in the WNBA has become genuinely hard to stomach.

Not because she struggles sometimes. Not because she makes mistakes. Not because she gets criticized. That comes with being great.

It’s hard to stomach because it has become obvious that the league, the officials, the media, the players, and even her own organization have all decided that the most important thing is not letting Caitlin Clark become too big.

And that is insane.

This league was handed the most marketable, electric, revenue-generating player women’s basketball has ever seen, and instead of building around the moment, too many people seem obsessed with humbling her.

She gets fouled. Held. Hit. Cheap-shotted. Mocked. Targeted. Then when she reacts like a normal competitor, suddenly everyone wants to analyze her attitude.

No.

Her attitude is not the story.

The story is that a generational player is being treated like a problem by the very league she helped drag into mainstream relevance.

This reminds me of the worst kind of youth coach... the one who sees a special player, feels threatened by her talent, and slowly drains the joy out of her in the name of “teaching humility.”

That is what this looks like.

The freedom she played with at Iowa is disappearing. The fire is still there, but the joy looks damaged. The confidence looks weighed down. She looks like someone constantly fighting the refs, opponents, narratives, coaching decisions, jealousy, and a league culture that should be protecting its golden opportunity instead of resenting it.

And let’s be honest: Stephanie White has not helped.

Benching Caitlin Clark randomly when she is controlling the game tempo, or having your best shooter off the floor in critical game ending minutes when a victory is within reach is basketball malpractice. Limiting her rhythm, downplaying her greatness, benching momentum, and treating her like just another piece instead of the engine is absurd.

You do not take a player who changed the economics of your sport and manage her like you’re afraid her greatness might offend the room.

Nike deserves criticism too. Other players get signature shoes rolled out with urgency, while the biggest draw in women’s basketball is somehow still waiting on that signature shoe. That is not confusing. That is revealing.

Fans are not stupid.

They see the fouls.
They see the double standards.
They see the jealousy.
They see the media resentment.
They see the league benefiting from her popularity while refusing to fully embrace her.
And here is the part the WNBA better understand quickly:
People are not tuning in to watch Caitlin Clark be humbled.
They are tuning in to watch Caitlin Clark be great.
If she walked away tomorrow, the fans would follow her. The sponsors would follow her. The energy would follow her. The high salaries and the charter jets would follow her. And the league would be forced to confront the uncomfortable truth it keeps trying to avoid:

Caitlin Clark did not need the WNBA nearly as much as the WNBA needed Caitlin Clark.

At some point, her family, her agent, and her team need to ask a hard question:

How much longer do you let a league profit from her while allowing the culture around her to beat the spirit out of her?

Because from the outside looking in, this does not look like normal adversity anymore. It looks like abuse.

It looks like a league trying to break the very player who made millions of people care.

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[Michelle DeForest @MichelleD4est]

@WhiskeyRiff And America’s 250th celebration isn’t actually about Donald Trump.

[Michelle DeForest @MichelleD4est]

@JimCosta_ Aren’t you just a ray of frickin’ sunshine? Maybe quit tearing people down for acknowledging their successes and go try to pop some homers in an MLB park. Oh, and be sure to let us know how it goes. By posting on your socials. 🙄

[Michelle GCR @theshellbelle]

‼️Statement from Alexis Nungaray:

I was unable to be there in person today, so I am submitting this statement:

I hear the disappointment from council members, and I want to make something clear. Families like mine don’t have the luxury of disappointment. We live with the consequences of these decisions every single day.

I am under a gag order. I cannot speak about what was done to my daughter. I cannot say their names. I cannot describe the horrors that replay in my mind every single day. But I can say her name.

Jocelyn Nungaray.

You talk about protecting people. My daughter should still be here.

Public safety includes enforcing the law. Policies that create blind spots in law enforcement and limit what officers can do in real time put lives at risk. That risk is a reality for families like mine who have lost something irreplaceable.

I will keep speaking out, because no other family should have to learn this lesson the way mine did.

Remember her name.
Look at her picture.

Understand that behind every policy decision is a real person, a real family, and a life that cannot be replaced.

Because once it happens, there are no amendments or ordinances that bring them back.

[Gabrielle Clark @GabsClark5]

My daughter was socially transitioned at school through the SEL program. It took me years to get her completely out of that cult. When this started 5 yrs ago, there was no help for me. So I created the program that I needed to free her.

Last Saturday, she was given a dozen awards for her work in the JROTC program. She’s got scholarships to college. She’s got a job. She’s in control of her own life. She is free.

We still have problems. But they’re normal problems. Not some imaginary identity bs. We disagree, we talk, we accept each other’s opinions. We work through our differences TOGETHER with boundaries, respect, and understanding.

I’d love it if she’d just do everything I say, but then she wouldn’t be herself. I can hardly blame her. She comes by her fierce and steadfast independence honestly. She is, after all, her mother’s savage daughter. And I love who she’s become.

The trans cult hates that. They try to separate families. They use any advantage or disadvantage to ruin the relationships between parents and their children.
They tried to destroy us….

they failed.

[Michelle DeForest @MichelleD4est]

@CilComLFC Hold the line. Praying from the states for all the Irish patriots!

[Calico Joe @CalicoJoeMLB]

The Tigers couldn’t have found a better person to put in the booth than Jason Benetti

Take 5 minutes out of your day and listen to his story, I promise it’s worth it. https://t.co/1Kuk6MPyvJ

[Michelle DeForest @MichelleD4est]

@Hunter7___ @opry I wondered the same thing. The sanctity of the Opry’s gone missing. 🔭👀🔍🕵🏻‍♀️

[Michelle DeForest @MichelleD4est]

@EricLDaugh Fits of foul language are one of the signs of dementia.

[Franklin Graham @Franklin_Graham]

“Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!” (Isaiah 5:20)

[Michelle DeForest @MichelleD4est]

X has changed the ❤️ button for New Years! Fireworks for the win! 🙌🏻🎆
Happy New Year everyone! Celebrate safely!

[Michelle DeForest @MichelleD4est]

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[Sophia ❣️ @KeruboSk]

People think grief is crying. But grief is waking up tired. It’s forgetting words. It’s being pulled into memories you didn’t ask to remember. It’s holding back tears in the grocery store because a song or a scent brought them back. Grief isn’t just sadness, it’s the body remembering what the heart can’t let go of.

[Michelle DeForest @MichelleD4est]

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[Morgan Victoria @MorganHousley1]

Satan's strategy is simple:

Make sin look normal.
Make righteousness look weird

Don't take the bait.

[Concerned Citizen @BGatesIsaPyscho]

“I’m an OG Lesbian”

“LGBT Serves a Dark Agenda”

“Gay Rights have been hijacked by the TQ+”

One of the best take downs of the Marxist Grooming Cult you will ever hear.

[Whiskey Riff @WhiskeyRiff]

Turnpike Troubadours Deliver Haunting Cover Of Gordon Lightfoot’s “The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald” Ahead Of The 50th Anniversary Of The Famous Shipwreck

@TpTroubadours

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[The Calvin Coolidge Project @TheCalvinCooli1]

I support making Standard Time Permanent

This post will give 10 reasons why

Every year, millions of Americans are forced to “spring forward” and “fall back” but few stop to ask why. Daylight Saving Time (DST) disrupts our sleep, safety, and health twice a year for no proven benefit. It’s time to make Permanent Standard Time the law of the land.

1️⃣ Safety First: Who wants it to be dark when your children walk to school in the morning? That’s unsafe. And who wants sunlight pouring through the window at 9 PM, making it harder for older Americans to fall asleep? Standard Time addresses both problems by aligning daylight with our daily lives.

2️⃣ We’ve Tried Permanent DST: It Failed
In 1974, the U.S. moved to year-round Daylight Saving Time. The result? Disaster. Children went to school in pitch darkness, accidents spiked, and the public backlash was so strong that Congress reversed it within a year.

3️⃣ Standard Time Matches Human Biology: Standard Time follows the sun’s natural cycle. It aligns with our circadian rhythms, supporting better sleep and reducing risks of obesity, depression, and cardiovascular disease. Our bodies were designed for the sun not the clock.

4️⃣ Health and Safety Benefits: Studies show that switching to and from DST increases the risk of heart attacks, strokes, and car accidents. Keeping Standard Time year-round eliminates these dangerous transitions and helps keep Americans healthier and safer.

5️⃣ Proven Success: Across the Map Arizona, Hawaii, and all five U.S. territories already observe Permanent Standard Time and they’re thriving. Most of Mexico restored it in 2022. The rest of America should follow their lead.

6️⃣ Expert Consensus: Over 80 organizations including the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the Society for Research in Biological Rhythms support Permanent Standard Time. When doctors, scientists, educators, and faith leaders all agree, it’s time to listen.

7️⃣ Practical and Reliable: No more biannual clock changes. No missed meetings. No software errors. Permanent Standard Time makes scheduling, coordination, and business operations smoother and more predictable.

8️⃣ Better for Students and Families: Students perform better when their school schedules match natural daylight. Standard Time supports morning alertness and better learning outcomes instead of groggy mornings in darkness.

9️⃣ Safer Roads and Stronger Communities: Research has shown that car accidents increase right after the DST change. Standard Time keeps sunrise closer to daily activities, reducing drowsy driving and even lowering crime rates during the dark morning hours.

1️⃣0️⃣ Stability for Health and Happiness: Time changes disrupt sleep and increase stress and anxiety. Permanent Standard Time provides consistency and a foundation for healthier, happier lives

It’s simple: Standard Time is natural time.
It’s better for our health, our safety, our kids, and our economy.

It’s time to stop changing the clocks and start restoring common sense.

[Sports Spectrum @Sports_Spectrum]

“For me, Jesus Christ is everything. I read the Bible before every game, when I wake up. I pray and read the Bible before bed.”

— Blue Jays star Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
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[Bob Page @BobPagesports]

I REALLY hope all you guys can download today's story from behind the @nytimes paywall. A FANTASTIC piece in @TheAthletic by @CodyStavenhagen on Gibby.
I had some problems with Gibby over the years, first met him when he was a sophomore wideout at MSU.

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