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[Conley @Conley76]

Roses are red
His dick is gray
Assaulting girls in the bathroom
That's the

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

It's kind of wild to find out that the Republican in the NYT story that says she had a toxic relationship with Graham Platner is Lyndsey Fifield. Having been in DC for too long, I know a decent number of people who know her quite well. For a long time she was the co-host of a podcast with her best friend Bethany Mandel, called Ladybrains, though she has also worked for multiple super PACs, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Heritage Foundation.

Some background, presented without judgment: In 2014, Fifield began work as digital director for American Action Network, a Republican Super PAC that oversees House races. The next year she became social media manager for the Heritage Foundation, where she stayed for the next seven years.

In 2022, she joined the Super PAC backing Nikki Haley for president, switching to the official campaign side the next year, and staying until the campaign flamed out. She now lists herself as a visiting fellow at the Independent Women’s Forum, a prominent dark money group that is best known for helping usher Brett Kavanaugh on to the Supreme Court and giving Susan Collins the talking points she needed to make her decisive speech in his favor.

The NYT breezed past all this, saying she was "a Virginia conservative who has worked for right-leaning groups and Republican campaigns."

In an interview for a news outlet called Red Alert Politics that named her to a “30 under 30” list back in 2016, she said that she wanted to “emulate the late conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart’s approach to online activism.” Breitbart, known for pushing the boundaries when it came to political combat, is perhaps best remembered for having exposed Anthony Weiner’s penchant for sending nudes to young girls, and for his work elevating James O’Keefe.

That she worked for Independent Women's Forum recently is even wilder since IWF played a critical role in Kavanaugh's confirmation and in persuading Collins to support it.

Heather Higgins, chair of IWF, laid out the group’s role in a talk several years ago. “We wrote a memo. It was used by a lot of members of the Senate and the House, Fox News, and elsewhere. Most important, Susan Collins told me that without that memo, she would not see how to support him,” Higgins said. “And if you look at the speech she gave on the Senate floor, it’s entirely the playing out and architecture of how we said to structure the argument — what to say and how to say it, which is just so gratifying. We’re watching TV and we’re like, ‘That’s ours! That’s ours!’”

Meanwhile, the timeline Fifield gives of their relationship is confusing, because during at least some of that time she was actually dating a different person, her longterm boyfriend who became her fiancee before she called off the wedding in 2018. We all know this because she and Mandel did a podcast episode on it that went mega-viral in Republican circles back then. Apparently this is the kind of thing the NYT thinks is important now, so I guess it requires more reporting. I'll report back.

Here is Heather Higgins celebrating IWF's role in getting Susan Collins to confirm Kavanaugh:

[Tipping Pitches @tipping_pitches]

the most clarifying thing I’ve learned by paying attention to MLB labor relations for the last decade is that some of you are just losers. you are sad losers who wish that a billionaire would smile at you for a fleeting moment while sticking his hand in your wallet

[Conley @Conley76]

How many non-pitchers have ever had this injury?

[Jon Heyman @JonHeyman]

The Yankees are hoping to rule out thoracic outlet syndrome for Judge

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

The House voted today on a new measure to fuse elements of the Israeli and US militaries, particularly on the cyberweapons front. Section 224, as its known, is included in the National Defense Authorization Act. Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., introduced an amendment to strip it from the bill. Watch as a stream of Republicans and Democrats stand up in support of the enhanced cooperation. Only Rep. Sarah Jacobs (D-Calif.) joined Khanna, and the measure failed in a voice vote. Watch:

[Conley @Conley76]

@Srirachachau Minus the animal cruelty, which really changed my view of her

[Conley @Conley76]

@PARADEDRIVER @CarCarr5 @JAndrewLauer @libsoftiktok @rikhumfrez One picture, two texts, in like one minute. You don’t know what words mean, genius.

[Conley @Conley76]

@CarCarr5 @PARADEDRIVER @JAndrewLauer @libsoftiktok @rikhumfrez None of what you idiots are saying are options. You’re stating things as facts that aren’t true and aren’t reported anywhere, as evidenced by you not providing any sources for your bullshit you spouted yesterday

[Sean Zak @Sean_Zak]

Six holes in with the custom LeBrons, Nelly Korda (one over) switches back to her normal Nikes.

[Conley @Conley76]

@DianteLeeFB Counterpoint: seems like he may end up getting off that team and away from that shitshow of a QB room, so it could be a hell of a lot worse

[Conley @Conley76]

@KenCarman @LakeEffectBro How many years do you have to go sub .500 in a weak conference before the one winning season can be justifiably called a fluke?

[Conley @Conley76]

@PARADEDRIVER @CarCarr5 @JAndrewLauer @libsoftiktok @rikhumfrez You literally have no clue what you’re talking about, but your brain is underdeveloped, so I guess it’s hard to fault you for that

[Conley @Conley76]

@PARADEDRIVER @CarCarr5 @JAndrewLauer @libsoftiktok @rikhumfrez Oh ok, you’re just stupid, obtuse, and have no idea what the situation is here. I didn’t realize. Carry on.

[Conley @Conley76]

I wonder if it has anything to do with the limited amount of time they have to get that type of work done due to things like….seasons, and weather

[Brendan Sorsby’s Bookie @Rick15210]

You guys @ODOT_Cleveland are absolutely the dumbest idiots of all time. Why is every single highway, street, road in this county under construction. Figure it tf out and finish a damn stretch of road before you start 40 other projects

[Conley @Conley76]

@PARADEDRIVER @CarCarr5 @JAndrewLauer @libsoftiktok @rikhumfrez I don’t even know what point you think you’re trying to make here, so I’ll chalk it up to another conservative, as is the norm, who can’t read well

[Conley @Conley76]

This is the most winnable race for governor Ohio Dems have had in ages, and they’re absolutely going to blow it by keeping up the “we’re actually Republican-light, please like us!” shit that keeps losing them every big race in the state

[Dr. Amy Acton @amyactonoh]

As governor, I promise to have Republicans in my cabinet —because the best solutions come from working together.

[Baseball's Not Dead @dead_baseball]

Love it when die-hard free-market capitalists change their tune when it comes to the "Protect College Sports Act" and wanting an MLB salary cap once they realize no controls creates disparity between the haves and have nots, which impacts their favorite sports team.

[Sam Stein @samstein]

The art of the deal:

pay billions of dollars to take offshore wind farms offline

then pay hundreds of millions of more to prop up coal plants

https://t.co/4V9tCFjzoS

[Pedro L. Gonzalez @emeriticus]

A husband and father drank so deeply from the most toxic kind of right-wing politics that he alienated his wife and kids, pushing them away with this erratic, aggressive, and miserable behavior until they could no longer recognize or tolerate him--and that is "based," according to these people. Why? Because the new right is a cult in which you demonstrate your bona fides by destroying your real life for plaudits on the internet. It's the same with Chud the Builder (Dalton Eatherly), whose wife left him and told him she wants to change her son's name so that the boy would not be associated with his father's hateful, embarrassing, psychotic activities that elicit applause from the right online. You really can't encourage people, men in particular, to get away from it as fast and as far as they can.

[Conley @Conley76]

Yeah so glad we gave them $600 million dollars to build a shitty domed mall outside the city limits so they can charge $200 for parking in the lots they’ll own

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

Tennessee received a $130 million investment from Browns owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam, the largest in its university’s history.

https://t.co/ScIO4tVgX3

[Conley @Conley76]

I’d bet my house the Red Sox aren’t looking to make the team better by taking on a bunch of money, but just like when they *just barely miss out* on all the best free agents, they love the PR of people thinking they’re trying but will come up *just short* of a deal

[Buster Olney @Buster_ESPN]

Some trade stuff:
1. Tigers are telling other teams: As of now, they're not selling. The sweep of the Rays will fuel their hope of climbing back into the AL race.
2. The Red Sox are signaling to other teams that not only are they looking to add a right-handed bat, but they're also willing to spend $ to do it.
3. Right now, there is very little relief help available. Clubs looking for bullpen additions say even the worst teams won't talk bullpen swaps... yet.