Alex Gerbel

War Eagle, Always || Go Cubs Go! ✈️

[Alex Gerbel @gerbs840]

“The Kick Ass”, forever known as the 2017 Iron Bowl #WarEagle

[Will Compton @_willcompton]

College football,

Just thinking about you.

So many of us miss you and can’t wait to see you in a couple months.

Love you, college football.

[Alex Gerbel @gerbs840]

@Rupertfucks *their

#shrinkthegame

[gwen howerton @kissphoria]

Texas Tech must never be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon

[Wake Up Barstool @wakeupbarstool]

The Georgia Bulldogs are dead to Dave Portnoy

"You're too good for Wake Up Barstool? Who does Georgia think they are? The Georgia Bulldogs are dead to me... I will root against Georgia as hard as I can in every sport for the rest of my life..." - @stoolpresidente

[Scott Van Pelt @notthefakeSVP]

There really aren’t any rules. You just go to court. If it fails, go to court again until a judge says you’re all set.

Want a 7th year?

Sure

Broke rules?

Ahhhh, it’s fine.

There AREN’T any rules.

[Bill Maher @billmaher]

A.I. has made college one big robot circle-jerk where students use A.I. to write papers and professors use A.I. to grade them.

[Yogi @Houseofyogi]

Chicago lost the Bears this week. A team that's been in the city since 1921.

They didn't lose them to a bigger market or a better deal. The Bears decided they'd rather be a tenant in Indiana than deal with Illinois for one more year.

Think about how badly you have to run a place for that to be the smart move.

They lost them for two reasons.

The people running Illinois would rather villainize a builder than keep one. And they're bad at their jobs.

In 2021 the Bears spent $197M on the old Arlington Park racetrack.

Before they could break ground, Cook County valued the empty lot at $192M (Bears said $60M). They were salivating at the chance to extort a building that didn't even exist yet.

That fight dragged on for years.

The Bears were ready to put $2B into the stadium. All they wanted was a promise the county wouldn't reassess them into oblivion, plus $855M for infrastructure everyone uses. Roads, transit, utilities. A $3B project, two thirds of it private money pouring into Illinois.

Springfield had since 2021 to get this done. They dragged it to the final night of session, passed it through the Senate at 3:39AM, and the House went home without voting.

So now it's all gone.

The funniest part? This started because Cook County tried to grab the tax early. They knew a built stadium would pay $53M a year. Now they get under $4M on a vacant lot. No jobs, no buildout, no new anything.

Congrats on fighting for scraps and losing the whole prize.

Pritzker: they're "an $8.5B valued business" that doesn't need propping up.

But be smart for a second. Almost every NFL city throws in public money for a stadium. Not charity. The return is real. Tourism, hotels, restaurants, jobs, game days, property tax on a huge development. The math works.

Indiana did the math. While Illinois sat on it for years, Indiana passed a bill in months, put up $1B, and took the team.

And the Bears took a worse deal to get there. In Illinois they were going to own their stadium. In Indiana they rent it from the state. A team that wanted to build its own home gave up ownership just to escape Chicago.

Nobody won but Indiana. The Bears lost their stadium. Illinois lost the team, the $2B, and $53M a year in taxes.

Pritzker after they left: "I wasn't willing to give up billions of dollars of taxpayer money to give it to a billionaire-owned family or team."

There it is. "Billionaire-owned."

That's how Democrats talk about any business right before they run it out of town. Call them a billionaire, act like you're saving working families, take a victory lap while the tax base drives across the state line.

Meanwhile they're running the whole state into the ground. And you already know how this ends. You're living in it.

Pensions are $143B in the hole, worst in the country and not close. You pay $6,285 a year in property taxes, double the $2,969 national average, for a city that's $1.15B in the red. The mayor called its finances "the point of no return."

When you run things this badly, you sell what's left.

They leased the parking meters for 75 years to Morgan Stanley and a sovereign wealth fund in Abu Dhabi. Took $1.15B and burned through it in two years. The investors already made it all back, with 58 years left to collect.

Sold the Skyway. Sold the downtown garages. Every asset that made money, gone for one check.

But a fixed property tax rate for a team that's been here 106 years? That's "propping up billionaires."

Companies are leaving. Boeing for Virginia. Caterpillar for Texas. Citadel for Miami. In 2023 alone Illinois lost 56,000 people and $6B in income to other states. The ones who left earned a third more than the ones who moved in.

Indiana didn't outbid anyone. AAA credit, 16 years straight. A $676M surplus. Fourth-lowest debt per person in the country. They just weren't a disaster.

Illinois could have collected $53M a year. It chose zero. Ignore all the bad management but make sure to stick it to those evil, pesky billionaires.

[Auburn Men's Golf @AuburnMGolf]

THE NO. 1 TEAM IN THE COUNTRY STANDS ALONE ☝️🏆

For the second time in three years, the Auburn Tigers are NCAA Champions!

#WarEagle

[Auburn Tigers @AuburnTigers]

WAR EAGLE 🦅

+100 @AuburnSoftball
+100 @AuburnFootball
+100 @AuburnMBB
+100 @AuburnWBB
+100 @JohnCohenAD
+500 @AuburnBaseball

No excuse not to be at Plainsman Park tonight!

#WarEagle

[Steven Pearl @StevenPearl22]

Coach @3strikes_AU count me in for 100 more! #WDE

[Alex Golesh @CoachGolesh]

Following @StevenPearl22 lead!

I got the next 100 tickets for our students!

@AuburnBaseball and @3strikes_AU - Let’s get it!!

[John Cohen @JohnCohenAD]

Let’s keep it going!

I’m in for 100 more.

Let’s fill it up, @AUJungle!

#WarEagle

[Kyle @KBensonJpg]

A vodka soda is $15 and ubers are $70

[Jack Mac @JackMac]

Spirit out of business. Congrats, Elizabeth!

[Boring_Business @BoringBiz_]

The same person who helped block the Jetblue and Spirit M&A is now complaining about fewer choices for consumers

You literally cannot make this up

[President Biden Archived @POTUS46Archive]

Capitalism without competition isn’t capitalism – it’s exploitation.

Today’s ruling is a victory for consumers everywhere who want lower prices and more choices.

My Administration will continue to fight to protect consumers and enforce our antitrust laws.

[Secretary Pete Buttigieg @SecretaryPete]

Americans deserve robust competition & affordable airfares. USDOT supports DOJ's antitrust lawsuit, & we plan to deny the JetBlue-Spirit request for an exemption on their merger deal. We will continue with our own investigation while supporting DOJ's work. https://t.co/vs4Aqgdiru

[Izengabe @Izengabe_]

Here's Biden Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg bragging about blocking the Spirit Airlines merger with JetBlue that would have saved the airline from bankruptcy. I don't think America has ever had a more incompetent Secretary of Transportation than Mayor Pete.

[Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren]

I've warned for months that a @JetBlue-@SpiritAirlines merger would have led to fewer flights and higher fares.

@JusticeATR and @USDOT were right to stand up for consumers and fight against runaway airline consolidation.

This is a Biden win for flyers! https://t.co/lJFGS3ucv3