Jonathan Cobb

[Jonathan Cobb @jonathanccobb]

❤️…I’m so grateful for @StephenAtHome and how lucky we are to have him carrying light and laughter in these darker days

[The Late Show @colbertlateshow]

.@DUALIPA shows off her interview skills and asks Stephen about his faith and his comedy. #LSSC

[Jayson Stark @jaysonst]

"I would pay to buy a ticket to go see Kyle Schwarber hit.”

New from me:

Has it dawned on you yet - that the Schwarbino is one of the great free-agent hitters ever?

Here's why...
https://t.co/K5VpPcGvTn

[Jayson Stark @jaysonst]

People like to talk about Win Probability

In the Phillies' case the last 2 games, it's more like Win Improbability

Their Win Improbability odds, from Greg Stoll's Win Probability calcluator:

0.58% last night when Turner had a 1-2 count
2.50% tonight when Schwarber was 1-2

As you know, they won both games!

[Tim Kelly @TimKellySports]

That might have been Brandon Marsh’s closing argument for the All-Star Game.

[Jayson Stark @jaysonst]

Before the Phillies tonight, no team had trailed with 2 outs in the 9th and then scored 8 runs to win in almost 40 years.

How long ago was it? The 1988 Royals were the last team to do it. And who was pitching against them?

Mitch Williams!

You can’t make this stuff up.

(That was 8/23/88 in Texas)

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

🚨🚨🚨

Pulte begins a purge of the intelligence community. Add it to what Hegseth is doing w/ the military, Blanche w/ Justice, Patel w/ FBI, and hirings at ICE, and we’re entering a very dangerous period, one that makes Watergate look like child’s play.
https://t.co/T0MxVKYyLb

[The Sting @TheStingisBack]

Happy Father’s Day to the dads no longer with us, but who still check in now and then.
And to the ones here: hope you have a catch today.

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

A brand new bridge between Detroit and Canada is finished and ready to open. It would speed up traffic for millions of trucks, cut delays for American businesses, and help the auto industry that employs people in every state. There is just one problem.

Donald Trump won’t let it open.

Here is why.

The family that owns the old bridge stands to lose business when the new one opens. So in January, they gave one million dollars to a pro-Trump super PAC.

Weeks later they met with Trump’s Commerce Secretary.

He called Trump.

Hours after that, Trump announced he would block the new bridge. The opening was set for June 12. It got canceled the day before. The bridge sits there finished and empty.

Now here is the part that should make every taxpayer angry.

Canada paid for the entire bridge.

Every dollar. And the United States already owns half of it for free. Trump is holding up a bridge we got for nothing, to protect a donor who wrote him a check, while picking a fight with our closest ally and biggest trading partner.

This is corruption in plain sight.

A billionaire pays, and the President delivers. American workers and businesses pay the price.

Open the bridge. A government should work for the people, not for whoever writes the biggest check.
https://t.co/9o9Gz9UrBo

[Mike Young @micyoung75]

Dana White released the actual invite list for Trump's birthday UFC night. Adam Sandler, Tom Brady, The Rock, Jason Statham, Jared Leto, Mario Lopez, Guy Ritchie. Every one of them said no. What was left standing in that arena was Mark Zuckerberg, a handful of Trump relatives, and Nate Bargatze doing his best with a room that didn't want to be there.

Three days later the Obama Foundation released its own list. Stevie Wonder. Bruce Springsteen. Bono. The Edge. Jennifer Hudson. John Legend. Eddie Vedder. Nobody had to twist an arm to get any of them on a plane to Chicago.

The presidency ends eventually. The ability to fill a room because people actually want to be there either survives that or it never existed in the first place.

[Jonathan Cobb @jonathanccobb]

Happy Friday.

[Jonathan Cobb @jonathanccobb]

100% believe it. “Central casting”.

[Jordan @SLCLunk]

Oh fuck you. There is no way the guy who got the no-bid contract for using bottom shelf Home Depot sealant on the reflecting pool looks like this. Come the fuck on

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

The $1.7 million no-bid contract to clean the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool went to a company ultimately owned by Trump donor John J. Cafaro, who previously pleaded guilty in separate federal cases involving bribery and campaign finance violations. The company's name? Greenwater Services.

[alex bronzini-vender @alexbronzini]

Absolutely rules that Zohran just randomly dropped Gettysburg Address-tier oratory at the Knicks championship celebration

[Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @NotHoodlum]

“The reflecting pool is open and everyone is having a wonderful time.”

[Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 @joncoopertweets]

Imagine Trump ever being invited to join a photo like this — not in a million years.

Four presidents. Zero drama. Just smiles, respect, and a shared love of country. 🇺🇸

[Covie @covie_93]

This photo is the perfect metaphor for the US under trump's 'leadership'....

[Andrew Desiderio @AndrewDesiderio]

Cassidy on Trump/Iran: “This is the worst foreign policy blunder in decades.”

[Acyn @Acyn]

Nichols: He really thought that he was going to collapse the Iranian regime and then walk through the streets of a free Tehran while they were dedicating a statue to him. He was on a sugar high from toppling the president of Venezuela. His popularity was cratering, the economy was going in the wrong direction. And I think like a lot of autocrats, he said, a splendid little war in the Middle East where I emerge the hero will be great. 

And now he's admitting they blackmailed me with the international economy, and I'm paying the blackmail because I have to.

[Rushi @rushicrypto]

Greenland is now asking Trump to invade, hoping to secure a deal similar to the one Iran got.

[Jonathan Cobb @jonathanccobb]

❤️

[CONSEQUENCE @consequence]

During its series finale, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert cheekily featured Peanuts music without securing prior clearance.

CBS ended up paying an “undisclosed amount” to Lee Mendelson Film Productions for the licensing fee, which then chose to donate the entire sum to World Central Kitchen.

https://t.co/wu0jpU68Su

[Mark Hammond @MarkHam80780803]

“I have totally defeated you and also transferred $300 billion dollars into your bank account”