Alex Levine

[Alex Levine @bigsamut]

@DarrenJMeenan @The7LineArmy using the World Cup for inspiration, maybe we need to generate and trial some new chants or things to keep it interesting, and if they're good and can stick, can be new traditions for future seasons

[Alex Levine @bigsamut]

Have to wonder if the all-in @RamsNFL try and coax Aaron Donald out of retirement to play next to Myles Garrett. Can you imagine?!? @AdamSchefter @RapSheet

[Fareed Zakaria @FareedZakaria]

Trump's 2nd term differs greatly from his first in a crucial way -- It is relentlessly MONETIZING the presidency. https://t.co/3XDJJ7nz0d

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

This New York Times piece is worth your time. Here’s what is happening, as simply as I can put it.

Back in January, Trump sued the IRS, an agency he controls, demanding $10 billion over the leak of his tax returns a number of years ago.

IRS lawyers did their jobs. They wrote a memo laying out the defenses that could beat the suit, including the fact that Trump filed too late. His own lawyer was in court when the leaker pleaded guilty in October 2023, more than two years before Trump sued.

The Justice Department never showed up to court. Never argued back. Never used the defenses sitting on their desk.

The judge got suspicious and ordered both sides to explain whether they were actually opposing each other or just colluding. The day before that brief was due, Trump dropped the suit.

Same day, his Justice Department announced a $1.776 billion taxpayer-funded “anti-weaponization fund.” 

Trump gets a formal apology. The IRS agrees to drop any audits of him and his family, even though a 2024 Times report found a loss in an ongoing audit could cost him over $100 million.

The acting Attorney General, Trump’s former criminal defense attorney, picks the five commissioners who decide who gets paid. Trump can fire any of them. Proud Boys and Oath Keepers are not ruled out.

This is the most corrupt thing I’ve ever seen from an American president.

Where in the hell are my Republican colleagues?

https://t.co/La0nlLuz1r

[Alex Levine @bigsamut]

@NFLonFOX @Giants too

[Alex Levine @bigsamut]

@JamesGunn Robin/Nightwing was always my favorite DC character and story arc. I hope you include him in your vision for the DCU at some point, would be an incredible story to tell

[Jessica Tarlov @JessicaTarlov]

Americans are proud of the team bringing home the gold medal.

What diminishes that moment is seeing it turned into a political sideshow, with a president joking about whether to invite the women’s team and an FBI director posing with beers as though he earned a spot on the ice, all funded by taxpayers.

It takes away from the athletes’ achievement and frankly feels embarrassing.

[The Intellectualist @highbrow_nobrow]

Bob Costas on Trump: "He is by far the most disgraceful figure in modern presidential history.

You have to be in a toxic cult to believe that Trump has ever been emotionally, psychologically, intellectually, or ethically fit to be POTUS." * (2024)

[Marc Luino @GiraffeNeckMarc]

If the Mets trade for Luis Robert I’ll giveaway one Luis Robert Mets jersey to one person who follows me and RT this post. Good Luck 🙏🏻

[Jeff Darlington @JeffDarlington]

Probably unrealistic, but Raiders-Giants game (two 2-win teams) makes me recall something I heard from @BarstoolBigCat: Require at least 4 wins to qualify for the No. 1 pick. Suddenly Week 17/18 has teams fighting to win their way to draft position. Not flawless. But fun idea.

[Rep. Joyce Beatty @RepBeatty]

For the record. This was not unanimous. I was muted on the call and not allowed to speak or voice my opposition to this  move. Also for the record, this was not on the agenda. This was not consensus. This is censorship.

[Alex Levine @bigsamut]

@SethDavisHoops Rod Strickland

[Alex Levine @bigsamut]

@The7Line I think: Mets, Yankees, Red Sox, Phillies
Washington, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, charlotte
Tampa, Miami, Atlanta, Nashville
Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit, Toronto
Cubs, CWS, brewers and twins
Kansas City, St. Louis, Texas, Houston
Arizona, Colorado, Vegas A’s, SD
LAD, LAA, SF, Sea

[Alex Levine @bigsamut]

@Mets @The7Line would be wonderful to know what time parking lots and gates open tomorrow for David Wright's #5 retirement and what time the ceremony starts. Any place to find this information explicitly?

[Alex Levine @bigsamut]

@DarrenJMeenan you and I both collect Mets all-star jerseys and have traded pictures of our favorites. I think it's cool you're getting #44, I ordered the #12 Lindor, and I have every all-star jersey since Dickey in 2012 (and have a Piazza '99 from Fenway, that you've commented on at Citi

[John Cena @JohnCena]

Back for more.
Teaser trailer drops tomorrow. #Peacemaker
@DCpeacemaker @StreamOnMax

[Alex Cole @acnewsitics]

If Hegseth worked at KFC and shared the 11 secret herbs and spices with his brother, he’d be fired already.

[Max Burns @themaxburns]

From the U.S. Holocaust Museum:

"What distinguishes a concentration camp from a prison (in the modern sense) is that it functions outside of a judicial system. The prisoners are not indicted or convicted of any crime by judicial process."

Welp.

[Harvard University @Harvard]

“No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.” - President Alan Garber https://t.co/6cQQpcJVTd