Mike Sheehan

Husband. Dad. Social Studies Teacher. Good Guy.

[Alec MacGillis @AlecMacGillis]

Jimmy Carter being interviewed by my father, Don MacGillis, and other editors at the Berkshire Eagle in Pittsfield MA during the 1976 campaign, with cookies baked by my mom. Now, Don and Jimmy can talk politics and policy together again. RIP.

[Boston Smalls @smalls2672]

He's not wrong

[Mike Sheehan @Mfsheehan21]

This is everything I feel right now.

[✭ 🅑🅤🅑🅑🅐 ✭ @BubbatheOG]

He summed it up like few could. 🫡

[✭ 🅑🅤🅑🅑🅐 ✭ @BubbatheOG]

He summed it up like few could. 🫡

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

This gentleman is spot-fucking-on. 🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯👇

[Rick Steves @RickSteves]

A century ago, Germany’s democracy was hijacked by a bombastic and charismatic tyrant — and in this five-minute video, you’ll learn how he did it. Why did I produce this? Because I believe that history is speaking to us, and all too often, those who refuse to learn from it are doomed to repeat it.

As you watch, imagine filling out a Bingo card filled with Germany 1933/USA 2024 parallels: big rallies, rage-filled and hateful rhetoric, simple answers promising quick and easy solutions to complicated problems, empty promises of a great-again future, scapegoating outsiders, and political enemies silenced on day one. And notice the caring wisdom and concern from my German friends as they share these lessons from their dark history.

It’s hard to understand how Trump could, on the eve of a tight election, paint a picture of Liz Cheney before a firing squad by actually saying, “Let’s put her with a rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her, OK? And let’s see how she feels about it when the guns are trained on her face.” You can’t get into the mind of a dictator with an insatiable appetite for power — but you can recognize the playbook they all seem to follow.

Just watch this clip. It’s excerpted from my hourlong public television special “The Story of Fascism in Europe,” which is streaming free (and ad-free) at https://t.co/YA10kVH0V8. If you care about our democracy and love our country, it’s hard to stop watching.

When I produced this in 2018, I hoped this day would never come in our country. But November 5th is upon us. Please share this with anyone in your life who might need a reminder that the stakes are high...and this is very real.

[Adam Parkhomenko @AdamParkhomenko]

holy shit snl 😂😂😂

[Walter Masterson @waltermasterson]

Colin Cowherd trashing MAGA INCELS is my new favorite video.

[Joe Kinsey @JoeKinseyexp]

Dad Music Video of the Year and it's not close.

This one spoke to me.

[BaseballHistoryNut @nut_history]

Vin Scully reciting the “Field Of Dreams” speech will be the best thing you’ll hear today. Simply remarkable

[Mueller, She Wrote @MuellerSheWrote]

🤣

[BaseballHistoryNut @nut_history]

Expos

[Mike Sheehan @Mfsheehan21]

@nut_history

[Jessica Chastain @jes_chastain]

Ladies & gentlemen, I give you… Jon Stewart

[BaseballHistoryNut @nut_history]

In 1941, Ted Williams was hitting .3995 going into the season's last day. It would have been rounded up to .400. That wasn't good enough for him. Went 6-8 in a doubleheader the last day to raise it to .406.

[Jon Finkel📚💪 @Jon_Finkel]

Dads and 90s kids, here's a fact:

We had it so good with baseball cards and we didn't know it....

How could we? When we were kids they held promise, future fortunes and they cost .50/pack. You could hit up any grocery store, convenience store, pharmacy, 7-11 and...

If you had a dollar in your pocket you were baseball card rich. Cards. Gum. Assets.

You kids today have no idea.

There were no box breaks or buy-ins or $49.99 or $99 packs or $1,000 packs or sets or streams to see other cards or dozens of different sets with holograms and refractors and subtle variations or uniform slivers cut inside...

HELL NO.

We had cardboard. And three ring binders. And plastic sleeves...

We had a 4-pound Beckett guide that was our bible.

We coveted like 7 rookie cards:

Rickey Henderson
Don Mattingly
Kirby Puckett
Roger Clemens
Doc Gooden
Mark McGwire
Ozzie Smith

And then, of course, we overloaded on Ken Griffey Jr...

But for about 6 years we treated our card collection like it was our personal hedge fund.

We'd trade cards in the school cafeteria like stock brokers...

3 Frank Violas and 2 Ryne Sandbergs for a Jose Canseco Rookie

1 Jack McDowell RC plus 1 Ruben Sierra RC for a Benito Santiago rookie

We'd try to get lucky by loading up on Ellis Burks or Jim Abbott rookies. We took shots, cornering the market on random players with upside like Todd Benzinger and Walt Weiss or personal favorites like Oil Can Boyd...

And on and on we'd go, thinking that once we had the rookie cards from the entire '94 all-star team or all of the rookie cards from the '92 Sox or Yankees or A's that we could then put our cards in a vault for thirty years...

Then we'd open that vault up in 2023 when we were 40 and we'd... BE... RICH!!!

We know now that it wasn't meant to be.

But damn. What a time to be a kid. What a time to be alive. It was awesome.

If you're nodding your head with Topps & Fleer-filled nostalgia, share this and follow me @Jon_Finkel.

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[Boston Diehards @Boston_Diehards]

This is my favorite Bergeron moment

[Mike Sheehan @Mfsheehan21]

@jaecosh11 @nut_history Why do you wanna hurt me.

[Baseball Quotes @BaseballQuotes1]

One of the best plays you’ll ever see by a first baseman on college baseballs biggest stage