Gary Vigran

An account so mundane that I don’t even have BOTS following me. Believes in facts and democracy. Only four awards away from an EGOT.

[Gary Vigran @garyvigran]

@AndyStaples Could UMass be the new Indiana? I know that's been a topic, but at this point of the season, you'd have to say they are the leading contender.

[Daniel Dale @ddale8]

The sheer number of lies from President Trump about Canada – growing again today – is remarkable. Just some fact checks from the last 18 months:
- Trump falsely said today that Canada's unemployment rate is "10% and rapidly rising,” though it is 6.4% (under the Canadian method that adds about a percentage point) and has been declining for three months
- Trump falsely said today that Canada does 95% of its business with the US, though 72% of Canadian exports went to the US last year
- Trump falsely said today that high Canadian agricultural tariffs have caused the entire US trade deficit with Canada, though that deficit is overwhelmingly caused by US imports of cheap Canadian crude and though something like 97% of US ag exports to Canada are tariff-free
- Trump has falsely said Canada generally doesn’t “take” US agricultural exports, though Canada is the world’s second-biggest buyer of those exports
- Trump has falsely said the Canadian public likes the idea of becoming the 51st state, which the Canadian public overwhelmingly opposes
- Trump has falsely said Canada is one of the world’s highest-tariff countries, though it is actually low in WTO global rankings
- Trump has falsely said Canada essentially doesn't have a military, though its military has fought with the US in multiple wars and its force size ranks in the upper half of NATO
- Trump has falsely said Canada hiked its dairy tariffs during the Biden administration, though they hadn’t changed since Trump’s first presidency
- Trump has falsely said the US trade deficit with Canada is “$200 billion,” though it is nowhere close
- Trump has falsely said Canada prohibits US banks, though it doesn't and though more than a dozen US banks were operating in Canada at the time he spoke
- Trump has falsely said Canada is “constantly surrounded” by Chinese and Russian ships, though that is fiction
- Trump has falsely said then-outgoing PM Trudeau was using their trade battle to run again for prime minister, though Trudeau obviously wasn’t running

[Gary Vigran @garyvigran]

@IndyCar @Freedom250GP @IndyCarOnFOX @FOXSports Shouldn’t the trophy have Trump’s new ballroom in the pyramid and not whatever that nondescript building is? Shouldn’t there be more gold? #Trophyfail

[Gary Vigran @garyvigran]

Montreal Expos is a winning Twitter account.

[Montreal Expos @Montreal_Expos]

Work to bring back the Expos is temporarily on hold while we start up several life insurance companies

[Gary Vigran @garyvigran]

@firstadopter @Kasparov63 True. But if you understand Trump is Putin’s useful idiot, then it makes perfect sense.

[Gary Vigran @garyvigran]

@MLB @Cubs The game is scheduled for May 2028, right after the lockout ends and before the next regular season begins.

[Gary Vigran @garyvigran]

Over this holiday weekend it’s always good to reflect on our history.

[Decimus @novaugustus]

president washington and larry david talking about a certain president

[Gary Vigran @garyvigran]

@Super70sSports Crosley Field in 1968.

[Gary Vigran @garyvigran]

@RedditCFB Need to file suit in Lubbock.

[Gary Vigran @garyvigran]

Parody can also be truth.

[NYTPitchbot @DougJBalloon]

Critics of the Supreme Court say that today's Slaughter ruling will give future presidents far too much power. They're wrong—the court will reverse itself as soon as there's a Democrat in the White House.

[Indiana Fever @IndianaFever]

what an incredible surprise ❤️

longtime usher Judy thought she was just receiving an on-court recognition at tonight's Inspiring Women Night presented by @AnthemBCBS, but we brought out her son, Kyle, who she hasn't seen in nearly 7 years due to military deployments, and it's the best thing you'll see today 🥹

[Gary Vigran @garyvigran]

@chefjoseandres @SimonWDC @WhiteHouse Pathetically, Trump will give this guy a no bid contract at a multiple of the actual cost to restore it.

[Gary Vigran @garyvigran]

Sure, Trump may be denigrating our national reputation and diminishing our country, but our greatness will shine through. World Cup fans have discovered and are praising Iowa gas station pizza!

[Tommo @LUFC1992_v2]

This is breakfast pizza from @caseysgenstore

Oh. My. Days.

The photo does NOT do it justice.

Egg on pizza? Shouldn’t work but somehow it’s incredible! 🍕 🤤

[Gary Vigran @garyvigran]

@Williams_Justin @TheAthletic Texas Tech should know what battles to choose. I guess they’re playing this exactly right if they want to be the dominant program in the Mountain West in a decade.

[Gary Vigran @garyvigran]

@TheHoopHerald Hawthorne Wingo

[Gary Vigran @garyvigran]

I still love the race. It’s truly a highlight of the year. That being said some changed, not necessarily for the better, in the last 40 years.

[Jake Query @jakequery]

Happy 40th birthday to the greatest local news #Indy500 story of all time.

[Gary Vigran @garyvigran]

@atrupar Other things, like golf. "He's a person I've known for a long time." He gave him the greatest two gifts of all. The gift of grift and a lifetime get out of jail free card from the IRS. Ah, a father's love.

[Gary Vigran @garyvigran]

@MacFarlaneNews @gtconway3d He does not care about that. It makes his base feel like he’s fighting for them. They will support him whether they get the money or not. All he really cares about is his IRS get out of jail free card past, present, and future.

[Gary Vigran @garyvigran]

@ButlerBBHQ Like North Carolina?

[Gary Vigran @garyvigran]

https://t.co/qOBZGylFv2
Great article by @maureendowd It can’t be a coincidence the church made Polish born John Paul II Pope in 1978 during Solidarity and the fall of Soviet Union, and now Chicagoan Leo became Pope when the world is menaced by the existential threat of Trump.