David Swerdlick

@nytopinion sr. staff editor. You’d do it for Randolph Scott.

[Seerat Sohi @seeratsohi]

First 10 WNBA games for...

Olivia Miles: 17 ppg, 6.4 assists, 4.9 rebounds, 3.1 turnovers, 1.5 steals, 0.8 block, 50/34.5/91.7
OFFrtg: 112.4
Net rating: +20
Team record: 8-2

Paige Bueckers: 18 points, 5.8 assists, 4.2 rebounds, 2.1 steals, 0.9 blocks, 47/33/83
OFFrtg: 102.3
Net rating: -1.8
Team record: 3-7

Caitlin Clark: 16.9 points, 6.5 assists, 5.4 rebounds, 5.6 turnovers, 1.2 steals, 1 block, 37.6/31/89.6,
OFFrtg: 94.7
Net rating -13.3,
Team record: 2-8

We're in a golden generation of WNBA point guards

[Ben Casselman @bencasselman]

The re-acceleration in job growth this year is striking (and honestly surprising). Job growth has averaged 188k over the past three months; in December, the three-month average stood at -39k (yes, *negative*).

[Ben Casselman @bencasselman]

U.S. employers added 172,000 jobs in May and the unemployment rate held steady at 4.3 percent.
Data: https://t.co/6lorYRBdoy
Full coverage: https://t.co/cDpa9nSkZ9

[David Swerdlick @Swerdlick]

Worth a read.

[Josh Barro @jbarro]

Why did leftists decide that manifestly low conscientiousness is a mark of "authenticity"? They did it with Fetterman, it blew up in their face, and now they've done it again with Platner: falling in love with an obviously unreliable underemployed weirdo. https://t.co/cid5VoEtsW

[Jemele Hill @jemelehill]

This is just weak. It’s a bad look for the Fever, and it makes the WNBA look small and unprepared. A beat reporter doing their actual job is not grounds for credential removal.

[David Swerdlick @Swerdlick]

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[Katie Robertson @katie_robertson]

NEWS: A federal judge has blocked NOTUS from rebranding tomorrow as "The Star," granting a temporary restraining order at the request of its rival, The Washington Star

[David Weigel @daveweigel]

Biden was less as a "bridge" to the next generation of Democrats, more a pool of quicksand sucking those Democrats into perpetual debates about Biden.

[Damon Linker @DamonLinker]

Unlike Obama unfreezing $1.7 billion in Iranian funds held since the 1979 revolution, Trump is offering Iran a $300 billion outright bribe to let him get out of the mess of the war he started so he can claim a victory and move on.

[David Swerdlick @Swerdlick]

they're going in on wemby's caesar?

[Katie Robertson @katie_robertson]

New: The Washington Star, which stopped publishing in 1981, is being brought back to life by New York Sun publisher Dovid Efune. Not to be confused with The Star, the NOTUS rebrand...

https://t.co/QPXAJfOWPk

[David Swerdlick @Swerdlick]

Absolute officiating malpractice to call that a flagrant 1.

[Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins]

You previously told me that anyone who assaulted a police officer on January 6th should go to prison. So why not rule out giving them taxpayer funded money?

Vance: "Well, Kaitlan, what I said is we're going to look at everything case by case..."

Why not rule it out?

Vance: "Because, Kaitlan, there are people who I don't know their individual circumstances and I don't rule things out categorically when I know nothing about a person's individual circumstances..."

[David Swerdlick @Swerdlick]

@stoolpresidente 4x mvp Wilson, arguably the 2nd most well-known player Reese, Indy's 1st round draft pick Raven Johnson. If anything, Cooke, not Flau'jae Johnson, is the odd choice. The idea that Clark lacks promotion doesn't make a lot of sense imo. Stranger that the game is on Peacock not NBC.

[David Swerdlick @Swerdlick]

@jasonwhitlock What's the issue? There's 4x mvp Wilson, arguably the 2nd most well-known player in Reese, Indy's 1st round draft pick in Raven Johnson. If anything, Cooke instead of Flau'jae Johnson is the odd choice. The idea that Clark lacks promotion/exposure doesn't make a lot of sense imo.

[David Swerdlick @Swerdlick]

@briebriejoy If those two beliefs were the beliefs, then I mostly agree with your rebuttal of them, but I don't think those are the beliefs.

[Annie Costabile @AnnieCostabile]

There have been a lot of early comparisons drawn between Olivia Miles and Chelsea Gray.

Talked to Gray briefly after shoot around and she smiled saying the similarities in their passing is “crazy.”

“I love watching her play.”

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

Charlamagne tha God: “I don’t care what Nicki Minaj thinks at a time like this. Trump’s tariffs got the cost of household goods through the roof, the war he got us in got gas prices through the roof, inflation is high, social services have been cut, people’s healthcare has been cut”

[Ben Casselman @bencasselman]

Producer prices rose 1.4 percent in April, the fastest one-month increase since March 2022 and far hotter than forecasters' expectations. Energy was a big part of that, but core prices rose at twice expectations.
Data: https://t.co/Cqlb4LZ3iC

[Jason Kidd @RealJasonKidd]

This one hurts. Jason Collins was a pioneer. He had courage like you've never seen. He was an incredible teammate. And having him in Brooklyn at the start of my coaching journey meant so much. Those who knew him were blessed to call him a friend. You are already missed my brother. Rest in power. 💔

[Ben Casselman @bencasselman]

U.S. consumer prices rose 0.6 percent in April and were up 3.8 percent from a year earlier -- the fastest year-over-year price growth since May 2023. "Core" prices, excluding food and energy, were up 0.4 percent month/month and 2.8 percent year/year.
Data: https://t.co/NgZqazO8OA