John Schuele

Make everyday count!

[TONY™ @TONYxTWO]

The National Anthem at the White House was absolutely epic!!! 🇺🇸🔥

Wait for the flyover!!!!

[Leslye ♥️ Texas @LMozisek]

As someone who’s been singing the National Anthem at rodeo events for over 20 years, I’ll just say….
There’s a way it was intended to be sung, without your own spin. This was 💯the way! Bravo!

[Dave Portnoy @stoolpresidente]

I find the 2 most insufferable group of people on the planet are lifetime educators and lifetime politicians. Both live in a fantasy world that lacks common sense and would not survive a day in the real world

[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.

[Minnesota State High School League @MSHSL]

Track and Field 2026: Records tumble as Cambridge-Isanti, Wayzata grab crowns https://t.co/4HwBItdIBW

[Fever Updates @FeverUpdate]

The Indiana Fever are expected to name Jan Jensen as their next head coach amid growing speculation surrounding Stephanie White’s future with the franchise following recent tensions spreading online involving Caitlin Clark.

Jensen would remain as Iowa’s head coach while simultaneously taking on the Fever role in a historic dual-coaching arrangement.

[Holy Family Catholic High School @HolyFamilyFire]

Colistra gives the Fire the lead 2-1 in the 3rd quarter!

[Holy Family Catholic High School @HolyFamilyFire]

Fire with another nice inning in the top of the 4th! Jake Weigel hits one to the left field fence and Fire earn 3 more runs this inning. 9-5, @HFBaseball leading SWC 🔥

[Sophie Cunningham @sophaller]

This weekend we lift up all the fallen heroes and their families! We thank you for your service from the bottom of our hearts so we can live in the greatest country in the world! Jesus lift them up 🇺🇸

[Rabbit Tracks @rabbittracks605]

SDSU volleyball will likely outdraw some Summit League men’s basketball programs next year.

[Paul Allan @PaulAllan5]

From NCAA D3 regional championship game between @BLCbaseball (Mankato, Minn. and UW-Whitewater (defending national champs) yesterday. UWW bunt goes foul, BLC 3B picks up ball and says there’s something on the ball. Umpires check bat and determine an illegal bat/substance by UWW. UWW coach tossed after arguing. Bethany won 8-7 in 11 innings. @Patrick_Reusse

[NUCLR GOLF @NUCLRGOLF]

🏌️🏆 PGA Championship winner, Aaron Rai on why he uses iron covers: “I grew up in very much a working-class family, and golf has always been a very expensive game. I started from the age of 4 years old, and my dad used to pay for the equipment, pay for my memberships, my entry fees. And it wasn't money that we really had, to be honest, but he'd always buy me the best clubs.

When I was about seven or eight years old, (my dad) bought me a set of Titleist 690 MBs, and they were like 800-1,000 pounds back then, just for a set of clubs for a kid. I cherished them. When we used to go out and practice, he used to clean every single groove afterward with a pin and with baby oil.

Although on the PGA Tour, we get given equipment, and we get given everything that we need, it's more out of principle. The value of not losing perspective of what I have and where I am. The covers are going to stay, I'm sorry."

[Saint Benedict Athletics @CSB_Athletics]

No. 19 @csbsoftball (36-11) won G1, 4-3, before falling to No. 10 Simpson (37-6), 3-2, @ the @NCAADIII Regional Championship.

Lily Treml, Ellie Peterson & Lauren Freeberg were named to the Regional All-Tournament Team.

Recap > > > https://t.co/GSONNDb02Z

#BenniePride

[Secretary Doug Burgum @SecretaryBurgum]

Excited to unveil the design for the East Potomac Golf Links renovation from Fazio Design.

Like iconic public courses of Bethpage Black & Torrey Pines, East Potomac will offer locals—of the National Capital Region—championship-quality golf at affordable, highly discounted rates.

[Jon Root @JonnyRoot_]

#1 NFL Draft pick Fernando Mendoza & fellow Raiders QB Kirk Cousins did a Step Brothers impression for the team’s schedule release 😂

One of the best releases I’ve seen so far

[Buzz Patterson @BuzzPatterson]

The guys that did the real flying in Top Gun. Studs. 💪🇺🇸

[Rabbit Tracks @rabbittracks605]

Wardlow held offers from Wyoming, Montana St, UND, USD, Lindenwood, Princeton, Yale, Cornell, Columbia, Dartmouth, & Penn.

Jacks have had players from Millard West and Millard South before, but Wardlow will be the first Jackrabbit in the FCS era from Millard North.

[Saint Benedict Athletics @CSB_Athletics]

Senior Mary Kenney of @CSBTF, who broke a 3K steeplechase school record and set a facility mark at the MIAC Outdoor Championships, has been named The House / St. Cloud Orthopedics CSB Athlete of the Week.

Story > > > https://t.co/txARfwmAcW

#BenniePride | #d3tf

[Saint John's Athletics @SJUJohnnies]

𝐌𝐈𝐀𝐂 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐈𝐎𝐍!

Congratulations to junior Cooper Smith who claimed the MIAC title in the 400-meter hurdles with a facility-record time of 52.75! Smith was two seconds ahead of the next finisher with the 16th-best time in NCAA DIII this season.

#GoJohnnies | #d3tf

[Saint John's Athletics @SJUJohnnies]

. @SJU_Baseball advanced to Championship Saturday w/a nail-biting, 9-8 win over Saint Mary's tonight at CHS Field!

RECAP: https://t.co/ZcLLg9VMAO

#GoJohnnies | #d3baseball