MA Redpine

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[MA Redpine @MaRedpine]

Stacey King was one of my favorite basketball players in the 1990s, although I never had the opportunity to meet him in person. I had admired his basketball career for years. My first time watching him play was during the 1988 NCAA Division I Championship Game, when he was a junior with the University of Oklahoma Sooners and faced Danny Manning and Kansas. From that moment on, I became one of Stacey's biggest fans.

Although I was never a fan of the Chicago Bulls and have long been a fan of the Los Angeles Lakers, I greatly admired Stacey as both a basketball player and a broadcaster. I had hoped to meet him someday in Houston, Dallas, or San Antonio, but unfortunately, that never happened.

He is gone, and I am mourning the unexpected and tragic loss of a player I greatly admired. It is difficult to understand why he—or anyone else younger than 60—would pass away so soon.

My deepest condolences go out to Stacey's family, the NBA community, the University of Oklahoma basketball community, and the many thousands of fans whose lives he touched.

RIP, Stacey King. @Stacey21King

[MA Redpine @MaRedpine]

My Final Prediction of the 2026 NBA Playoffs

NBA Finals featuring
WC: San Antonio Spurs
EC: New York Knicks

They’re rematch for the first time in 27 years.

My pick for 2026 NBA Championship Team is…
SA Spurs in 5 or 6

[MA Redpine @MaRedpine]

My latest predictions in 3rd round of 2026 NBA playoffs

EC Finals
3. NY Knicks defeat 4. Cleveland Cavaliers in 7

WC Finals
1. OKC Thunder DEFEAT 2. SA Spurs in 7

NBA Finals
OKC Thunder defeat NY Knicks in 5

[MA Redpine @MaRedpine]

Updated Picks as of #NBA second rounds

Eastern Conference
Semifinals
1. DET over 4. CLE in 5
3. NYK over 7. Philly in 7

EC Finals
DET over NYK in 6

Western Conference
Semifinals
1. OKC over 4. LAL in 6
2. SAS over 6. MIN in 5

WC Finals
OKC over SAS in 7

2026 NBA Finals
OKC over DET in 6

[MA Redpine @MaRedpine]

My Picks

Eastern Conference
1st Round
DET in 6
BOS in 4
NYK in 6
CLE in 6

Semifinals
DET over CLE in 6
BOS over NYK in 6

EC Finals
BOS upset DET in 6

Western Conference
1st Round
OKC in 4
SAS in 6
DEN in 6
LAL in 7

Semifinals
OKC over LAL in 6
SAS over DEN in 6

WC Finals
OKC over SAS in 7

2026 NBA Finals
OKC over BOS in 6

[MA Redpine @MaRedpine]

Nope! The injured firefighter was Tony on Squad 3. Cruz was the acting Lieutenant in Severide's absence.

Severide, Mouch and Vasquez were sidelined in S14 E12 "Coming in Hot" episode.

My guess that Pascal might be sidelined in the #OneChicago crossover. #ChicagoFire

[MA Redpine @MaRedpine]

Last year, Joe Cruz was missed out on the #OneChicago crossover due to his suspension. This year, my guess that one firefighter injured on the job in tonight's episode (S14, E12) would be Chris Herrmann (most likely), Sal Vasquez or Lt Stella Kidd. #ChicagoFire

Good Luck! 😜

[MA Redpine @MaRedpine]

Try this link
https://t.co/5E3XqTR6Zo

[MA Redpine @MaRedpine]

Last year, Joe Cruz was missed out on the #OneChicago crossover due to his suspension. This year, my guess that one firefighter injured on the job in tonight's episode (S14, E12) would be Chris Herrmann (most likely), Sal Vasquez or Lt Stella Kidd. #ChicagoFire

Good Luck! 😜

[One Chicago Center @OneChicagoCtr]

Chicago Fire season 14, episode 12 will see one firefighter injured on the job, and all signs are pointing to it being an original member of the cast. #ChicagoFire https://t.co/N6URjrBFxl

[MA Redpine @MaRedpine]

Last season, Joe Cruz was missed out in the One Chicago crossover due to his suspension. This year, one firefighter who ends up injured on tonight’s Chicago Fire. My guess of this injured firefighter leans toward Herrmann (1), Vasquez (2) or Lt Kidd (3). Good Luck 😜

[One Chicago Center @OneChicagoCtr]

New details suggest someone at Firehouse 51 could end up missing the One Chicago crossover. #ChicagoFire https://t.co/JlOg6hGmwz

[MA Redpine @MaRedpine]

HELL YES!

The 1970s "Emergency!" has been my all-time favorite TV show since my childhood years.

[Amazing Pop Culture @AmazingPopPod]

Who remembers Emergency! What did you think?

[Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar]

My statement on the administration’s military strikes on Venezuela:

[Cory Booker @CoryBooker]

Today, many leaders will rightly condemn President Donald Trump’s unlawful and unjust actions in Venezuela, and I join them.

But just as glaring, and far more damning, is Congress’ ongoing abdication of its constitutional duty. For almost a year now, the legislative branch has failed to check a president who repeatedly violates his oath, disregards the law, and endangers American interests at home and abroad.

Time and again, Congress, now led by Republicans, has chosen spineless complicity over its sworn responsibilities. From the reckless leaking of classified information that put American troops at risk, to the illegal use of military force destroying vessels and killing people in the Caribbean and the Pacific without congressional authorization, there has been a stunning absence of accountability.

No hearings.
No serious investigations.
No enforcement of checks and balances.
No accountability.

Again and again, the president has exceeded his authority, defied congressional intent, trampled the separation of powers, and broken the law - while Congress looked away in cowardice and submission.

Republicans in Congress own this corrosive collapse of our constitutional order. With only a handful of honorable exceptions, they have bent themselves to the will of Donald Trump, afraid to state in public the feelings they often communicate privately. That submission, this abandonment of independent judgment and constitutional courage, now stands as one of the greatest dangers to our nation and to the global order America claims to defend.

Nicolás Maduro is a brutal dictator who has committed grave abuses. The United States military remains the most capable fighting force on Earth, and our praiseworthy service members carry out their orders with professionalism and excellence.

But none of that suspends the Constitution.

The Constitution is unambiguous: Congress has the power and responsibility to authorize the use of military force and declare war. Congress has a duty of oversight. Congress must serve as a check, not a rubber stamp, to the President. On this count, Congress has failed.

We face an authoritarian-minded president who acts with dangerous growing impunity. He has shown a willingness to defy court orders, violate the law, ignore congressional intent, and shred basic norms of decency and democracy. This pattern will continue unless the Article I branch of government, especially Republican congressional leadership, finds the courage to act.

They must stop behaving as partisan puppets and start acting as patriotic constitutional stewards.

What happened today is wrong. Congressional Republicans would say so immediately if a Democratic president had done the same. Their silence is surrender. And in that surrender lie the seeds of our democratic unraveling.

There are still three years left in this administration. From the pardoning of individuals who violently attacked police officers while attempting to overturn our election to this latest extrajudicial assault on another nation’s sovereignty, the damage will continue unless it is confronted.

Enough is enough.

[Senator Tim Kaine @SenTimKaine]

My statement on Trump’s unauthorized military attack on Venezuela. Swipe for full statement:

[MA Redpine @MaRedpine]

HELL NO!!!!!

This Florida US Senator is proven HELL DISASTER with his grossest BIGOTRY of his f%$king SOS job. He is HORRIBLE! He should have stayed in SENATE!

SHAME on US Senator Marco Rubio! 🖕🏽

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 HOLY SMOKES. In an incredible moment, Sec. Marco Rubio declares the Western Hemisphere is OURS, Russia, China and Iran must GET OUT

WELKER: Why does the US need Venezuelan oil?!

RUBIO: "Why does CHINA need their oil? Russia? Iran? This is the West, THIS IS WHERE WE LIVE."🔥

"They are NOT going to come from outside of our hemisphere, destabilize our region in our own backyard and us have to pay the price for it. Not under President Trump!"

"This is deeply destabilizing stuff. It's not going to continue to happen!"

MARCO IS GREAT 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[MA Redpine @MaRedpine]

US Senator Marco Rubio is proven the all-time WORST US Secretary of State eve I've seen in 🇺🇸 history! I wish that POTUS Trump should have picked a BETTER qualified candidate--RIC GRENELL or MITT ROMNEY!

Marco is HELL 🤡🤡🤡!!!!!

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 BREAKING: EPIC SIGHT as President Trump, Pete Hegseth, Marco Rubio, Stephen Miller and other top officials WALK OUT to confirm the capture of Venezuela dictator Nicolas Maduro in Caracas

"An assault like people have not seen since WW2!"

"OVERWHELMING American military power...a SPECTACULAR assault."

[MA Redpine @MaRedpine]

US Senator Marco Rubio is COWARD cuz he simply works for President Trump! INSANE! He just wants a fucking higher position above his Senate seat. 🖕🏽

To Senator Rubio: SHAME ON YOU! 🤡

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 JUST IN: President Trump confirms massive US OIL COMPANIES are going to flood Venezuela with "billions of dollars" to "start making money for the country"

"Our VERY large US oil companies [will] go in, fix the badly broken oil infrastructure, and start making money!" 🇺🇸

[MA Redpine @MaRedpine]

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