Kevin Ulrich

[Rob Friedman @PitchingNinja]

Jason Benetti gets absolutely roasted by his own production crew with the camera cut after his Austro-Turkish War reference. 🤣

[Big Timi @OrevaZSN]

I love how Outlook deletes meeting emails the moment I hit accept. It’s a genius idea, because obviously I’ll never need the agenda, Zoom link, meeting details, or literally anything else from that email again. Truly incredible software.

[The Food Manufacturing Guy @TipOfTheBanana]

Potassium bromate makes dough stronger and rise higher. It's been banned in the EU and UK since 1990, Canada since 1994, China since 2005, and more than two dozen countries in total. It's still legal here because it was already in common use before the 1958 law that bars additives shown to cause cancer in animals, so it got grandfathered in. FDA asked bakers to stop using it voluntarily in 1991 and never banned it.

What's changed is where it still is. The American Bakers Association pledged in January to have it out of US baked goods by the end of this year and said an overwhelming majority of its members already don't use it. Potassium bromate is still in a variety of large, bagged flour, think 50LB commercial bags. In July 2026, Florida AG, James Uthmeier, subpoenaed a large manufacturer seeking more information on where in the food system it still exists and to ensure it does not reach K-12 schools. We will have to follow the courts to see where this goes but a good rule of thumb is to always check the ingredient statement!

[Kevin Ulrich @kulrich4]

@BornOnThirdCubs Why try to steal?

[Chicago Cubs @Cubs]

Off day W courtesy of @ABREG_1’s horse at @ChurchillDowns. 🐎

[Brendan Miller @brendan_cubs]

That’s an excruciating loss. We have ourselves a significant bullpen issue that’s more than ever daunting because we’re 3 weeks away from the playoffs. Take this loss, that emotion, and hopefully use it to lock things down to get better. 3 weeks.

[Dustin Kittle @dustinkittle]

Stripped of policy statements, studies to “consider” future action, conditional instructions, and directives with no measurable benchmark, I have listed below the only specifically identifiable, tangible deliverables mandated by the two Executive Orders:

- Seven reports;

- A website;

- A new USDA coordinator for ranchers and small processors; and

- Technical-assistance and training programs for small processors.

That’s it.

The orders mandate none of the advertised headline results: no MCOOL, no wolf delisting, no new right to sell custom-processed meat across state lines, and no actual prosecution of a major packer.

Can you understand the frustration of America’s farmers and ranchers when they are used as a propaganda piece, on a day like yesterday, to make it appear to the public like their concerns are being heard?

[Dustin Kittle @dustinkittle]

This also is deeply misleading imo -

The President’s Executive Order does not give ranchers a new right to process and sell their own meat across state lines. It also does not legalize interstate sales of custom-exempt meat. It actually does not repeal a single identified regulation.

Instead, it directs the USDA to promote its own existing programs, create a website, and report back in 60 days. So basically, we may get a website out of the deal.

And notice this wording: ranchers “should be able” to sell across state lines. Yes they should — but just saying that does nothing to affirmatively make it happens.

Farmers could already process animals for personal use; federally inspected meat could already cross state lines; and qualified state-inspected processors could already participate in the CISP program.

Presenting an Executive Order to study and promote existing programs as though the President just opened interstate markets is nothing more than political marketing.

[Kevin Ulrich @kulrich4]

@TonyAndracki23 Palencia is not playable

[Matt Szczur @superSZCZ4]

Gm. PCA for MVP

[Rob Friedman @PitchingNinja]

Clay Holmes, Vicious 94mph Sinker. 😤

[Marquee Sports Network @WatchMarquee]

Kevin Gausman asked Chicagoans for the best cinnamon rolls in the city, so we HAD to bring him Ann Sather's 😍

Here's how he rated it ⬇️

[Dustin Kittle @dustinkittle]

Golden goose or not, it still shits in the water.

[Dustin Kittle @dustinkittle]

I think farmers and ranchers appreciate the responsiveness here, but the details will be more important than the sound-byte; I look forward to seeing the specifics of this plan.

[Dustin Kittle @dustinkittle]

HERE’S THE BEEF 🇺🇸 || THE GREAT COMPROMISE

Few things have harmed the American farmer and rancher more predictably than government manipulation of agricultural markets, especially when that manipulation relies on foreign imports.

And believe me, I understand that families are feeling the pinch of grocery prices. It is unquestionably a difficult policy dilemma.

But it would be naive to pretend this approach will not affect America’s cattle producers; the very people being asked to rebuild a dwindling national cow herd — and particularly when the express purpose of this policy is to import more foreign beef to undercut our domestic market.

So I’d ask this compromise of President Trump:

Pair the announced beef-import policy with a commitment to restore Mandatory Country-of-Origin Labeling (MCOOL) and use the full weight of your Administration to get that deal done.

Give American ranchers the opportunity to compete.

MCOOL would tell consumers whether their beef comes from cattle born, raised, and harvested in the United States or from foreign imports. That allows the consumer, not Washington, to decide.

Families who place a higher value on beef raised by an American rancher would have that choice. Families for whom price is the deciding factor would have that choice as well.

Politics requires a lot of give and take. But American farmers have been on the losing end of far too many government interventions.

Let this be an opportunity to restore some balance — not by telling consumers what to buy, but by telling them the truth and trusting them to make the best decision for their families.

#SaveOurFarms 🌾

[Amanda Radke @RadkeAmanda]

This was very difficult to read this morning from President Trump. Frustrated and disappointed is an understatement.

I will be with the administration next week to ask questions more directly and will report back my findings.

Chris Earl will be joining me on an episode of the “Heart of Rural America” this weekend to unpack this.

If you missed our conversation released last night, you can tune in here: https://t.co/Y1h6zw1zxv

For now, let me be clear on a few things that Washington DC needs to hear from cattle country…

- American cattle ranchers want free and fair markets; however, we exist in a monopolized, consolidated, corporatized system that doesn’t favor the producer. Yet, we continue to fight for what’s right and stand for the truth because WE ARE NOT SERFS.

- American voters want AMERICA FIRST policies that ensure our nation is free and fed. Food security is national security. Period. That means the USA needs to be NUMBER ONE in food production, not opening up the door for our adversaries to lead in agriculture while we rely on foreign countries to feed us.

- American consumers LOVE BEEF. We are at a 40-year demand for USA BEEF. They deserve transparency and truth in labeling. They deserve consumer choice. Price fixing isn’t the solution. Beef can be purchased at any price point. A $6 lb. of ground beef can provide a family of four with 25 grams of protein in a serving. It’s a nutritional powerhouse that has immense value, but producers don’t work for free.

- The U.S. rancher can and will rise to the occasion of the growing demand for beef, but that requires confidence to invest and rebuild the cow herd. This is a challenge if we are continually getting kicked in the teeth by the government, creating volatility and uncertainty at a time when it should be full steam ahead for producers.

Would love to hear your thoughts. Comment below.

And thanks for choosing USA BEEF! 🥩 🇺🇸

God bless,

Amanda Radke
South Dakota Cattle Rancher
Bid On Beef
All American Angus Beef
Radke Land & Cattle

[Montreal Expos @Montreal_Expos]

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

[Chicago Cubs @Cubs]

sleep tight, friends.

[Eric Jackson @ericjackson]

Mark Walter has to take roughly $20 billion of loans off his insurers by December 31.

There are 4 ways to do that.

Sell the loans: nobody buys paper under a grand jury subpoena.
Grow: the company has to be 4 times bigger in 2 quarters.
Reinsure: the good assets leave, the loans stay, the ratio goes UP.
Sell things and repay in cash.

The Lakers covered about a third.

[The Players’ Tribune @PlayersTribune]

Alex Bregman: “Growing up in New Mexico, I have these vivid memories of watching tons of Cubs games on WGN. When I was little, Sosa and McGwire were going back and forth in the home run race, and that was must-see TV for me.

Then, when I was in college at @LSUbaseball, at one point I was playing for Team USA, and our squad got the opportunity to head out to Wrigley one afternoon and take BP. It felt like I was in some movie. I knew the history of that place. I knew all about flying the W, and ‘Go, Cubs, Go,’ and all the legends who have played on that diamond. It was like I was floating out there.

Playing at Wrigley as a major leaguer has only heightened my love for that place. And as much as the field itself is amazing, what has actually stood out most has been the vibe all around the stadium. Wrigleyville. That feeling of everyone getting hyped for a game, the smell of food being grilled, the sounds of people laughing, kids having fun.

And those fans … I could absolutely tell from my very first game there just how passionate they are. For me, that passion results in something that I believe to be extremely positive and important: a healthy pressure. Every game matters to fans like that, whether it’s the first game of the season, or the 142nd game in August, or the last game of the World Series. So there’s a healthy pressure there, and it keeps you going, keeps you giving your all, even when you may be dead tired or a little dinged up. With fans like that, you power through. You want to give all you have, no matter what.

And this year’s team, I mean … we’re absolutely ready to bring a ton of joy to Cubs fans.

Offensively, up and down our lineup, one through nine is a tough at-bat. Every single guy can throw a great at-bat at you. And when a team like that puts together quality at-bat after quality at-bat, it really wears a pitcher down. Then, on the defensive side of the ball, I think we’ve got one of the best defensive groups, if not the best group, in all of baseball. And that’s the kind of gritty, baseball player-y, hard-nosed group that you want to be a part of.

I can’t wait to add to that mix. And make no mistake about it: I’m here to win.

I’ve been around winning my whole career, from my freshman year of high school all the way up through this year. Pretty much every team I’ve ever been on has been fortunate enough to play in the postseason. So I know what a winning atmosphere looks like. When you get down to it, it’s a combination of every player in the clubhouse trying to be the best player on the team … but then at the same time also caring about their teammates, and about their success, about helping their teammates, communicating, holding each other accountable.

I’m convinced that when you have a team that’s rooting for each other, and helping each other, and pushing each other, it creates an atmosphere that makes everyone better.” https://t.co/kWmK7ZUTRR

@ABREG_1 | @Cubs