Mark Watson

[Shams Charania @ShamsCharania]

ESPN analyst Kendrick Perkins – 14-year NBA veteran and 2008 champion – has agreed to become the men's basketball General Manager of HBCU Jackson State, as well as a connection to its broadcast and journalism program, per Perkins: "I'm thankful for this opportunity to impact young lives and pour back into my community."

[Atlanta Falcons @AtlantaFalcons]

J-Walk Giveaway!

RT for a chance to win this signed @JalonWlaker film in the new uni!

[BroTalk @BKsquared7]

Kaden truly deserves to be pro bowl this year.

[Carrie @carrielynnxox]

Last day for Pro Bowl voting #DirtyBirds

RETWEET TO VOTE‼️ (DEFENSE)

#ProBowlVote + Kaden Elliss
#ProBowlVote + Jalon Walker
#ProBowlVote + James Pearce Jr.
#ProBowlVote + Xavier Watts
#ProBowlVote + AJ Terrell
#ProBowlVote + Brandon Dorlus
#ProBowlVote + Jessie Bates III

[Carrie @carrielynnxox]

Let’s send our safety duo to the Pro Bowl‼️

#ProBowlVote + Xavier Watts
#ProBowlVote + Jessie Bates III

RETWEET TO VOTE #DirtyBirds

[Carrie @carrielynnxox]

#ProBowlVote + Jalon Walker

Last day for voting #DirtyBirds RETWEET!

[Carrie @carrielynnxox]

#ProBowlVote + Xavier Watts

He leads all rookies in interceptions with three. Retweet to vote #DirtyBirds

[Mark Zinno @MarkZinno]

The #Falcons lose again. It's everything folks. The coaching is inconsistent to awful. The execution from players is failing in big moments. The special teams is abhorrent. The flaws seem endless. A lot of it is organizational. Much of it is at the team level. None of it is good.

[Syk @O4WforLife]

@marcraimondi

[Tim @trouble_man90]

Obama gave trump an fully recovered and stable economy and he destroyed it

Biden gave trump an economy that was recovering faster than any other on earth, with the longest record of month to month jobs gains ever in history and, once again, he has destroyed it.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

This CR is a major mistake. Here are my thoughts on this important night.

Donald Trump and his Republican enablers caused the shutdown. And even more egregiously, Trump has gone out of his way to make it worse, most recently by illegally trying to use hungry kids as leverage to compel Democrats into submission. He is hurting people in order to enrich himself, destroy our democracy, and stay in power forever. His actions over the past month confirm this.

Bullies gain power when their misconduct succeeds in causing righteous people to yield in the face of their wrongdoing. That’s why voting for Trump's continuing resolution - without any protection against his health care cuts or his growing illegality - is a mistake.

Last Tuesday, people poured out of their homes and to the polls to reject Donald Trump, but also to urge Democrats to hold firm in our refusal to vote for a short term budget that throws millions of their health care and allows Trump’s corruption to continue, fully funded and unabated.

People know the government shutdown hurts. But people also know that Americans will die when millions cannot afford health insurance next year because of Trump’s massive premium hikes. They wanted us to continue that fight, even knowing that victory was not certain. And 7 million people rushed to the streets last month because they did not want allies of democracy to vote for a budget that puts no significant checks on Trump’s increasing authoritarian behavior. They did not want this outcome.

I understand my colleagues' desire to fund the government. What Trump has put people through these last few weeks is abhorrent. Of course I want to end the shutdown too. But not at any cost.

Standing up to a tyrant who is willing to impose pain in order to compel loyalty or capitulation is hard. Especially for people of good heart who never want to see people suffer. But there is no path to saving our democracy that doesn’t involve hard choices - some that involve enduring pain in the service of proving the demagogue's bullying tactics do not work.

Republicans have said they will discuss putting off the premium increases they set in motion once the government opens. If it does open, I hope they are true to their word. If they are not, and millions suffer as their health care costs double - all to finance a giant tax cut for billionaires and corporations - voters will know who to blame. Despite my deep disappointment at this deal, make no mistake - the evil that is about to be done on families with sick kids and high medical bills lays solely at the feet of Donald Trump and his Republican enablers.

This will not be the last test put to the defenders of democracy. There is no way to sugarcoat this moment. It will have a cost. But it is up to us to keep the fight going. There will likely be even bigger, more consequential moments ahead of us - more chances to stand together against this growing totalitarian inhumanity. The fight isn’t over - by any stretch.

[Sen. Elissa Slotkin @SenatorSlotkin]

Tonight, I am voting no on a procedural vote on an appropriations deal that would re-open the government. Since July, I have been clear: to earn my vote, Republicans would have to do something to bring down the cost of health care for working and middle-class Michiganders. The promise of a vote in over a month does not meet that threshold.

For me, this was never about politics or Beltway gamesmanship. President Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ has plunged America into a health care crisis. That emergency has real life victims, and in Michigan, the average price of health care is increasing across the board, with some expected to see their premiums more than double.

What’s clear is that the old way of doing business continues to fail America. Leadership is about changing and adapting when there is real need, and unless we hear that, we will fail to meet the moment.

[Rise Up Drake @RiseUpReader]

The Falcons have now lost 4 in a row and drop to 3-6.

RT to fire Raheem Morris.

[NFL @NFL]

FINAL: Michael Penix Jr. throws for 313 yards and 2 TD as the @AtlantaFalcons get the home win!

[FOX Sports: NFL @NFLonFOX]

The @AtlantaFalcons come away with the win in Minnesota 🔥👏

[Kevin Knight @FalcoholicKevin]

#FALCONS BIJAN ROBINSON TD!

[Rise Up Drake @RiseUpReader]

BIJANNNNNN IS LIKE THAT‼️‼️

[Ed Krassenstein @EdKrassen]

Imagine if Joe Biden or Barack Obama said “I have the right to do anything I want to do. I’m the president of the United States.”

Just imagine.

[Governor Newsom Press Office @GovPressOffice]

Trump said 90 deals in 90 days.

WHERE ARE THE DEALS?

He’s flailing AND failing!

[Acyn @Acyn]

Newsom: I think it's pretty sick and pathetic and it's just said everything you need to know, the setting that we're under. that they chose the time, manner, and place to send their district director outside right when we're about to have this press conference, that everything you know about Donald Trump's America. and that was top down, you know that for a fact, and they'll deny it, I'm sure. Maybe they won't deny it. So everything you know about the authoritarian tendencies of the President.

You will not have a country if he rigs this election. You will have a president who will be running for a third term, mark my word. I wasn't exaggerating when I said that I received in the mail at Trump 2028 at from one of his biggest supporters, these guys are not screwing around.