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[Mike Conway @Mikeconway26]

Le Mans winners!!!!!! 🏆

I honestly don’t know how to describe this feeling.

The effort from every single person in this team has been incredible. Le Mans throws everything at you, but we never stopped fighting.

#ToyotaRacing #LeMans24 #WEC #TR010Hybrid #WeAreMBP

[Jennifer Get In Good Trouble @TheJenniWren]

Trump used the Armed Forces Full Honor Cordon — soldiers who escort fallen heroes and heads of state — to usher UFC fighters past Abraham Lincoln’s statue like they’re celebrities on a red carpet. I am LIVID. And everyone else should be too.

[Karen Salitis 🇺🇸♥️🤍💙🇺🇸 @KarenSalitis]

@Rep_Stansbury @nytimes Paywall removed. Gift article from New York Times magazine about the VP, Chief of Staff, DOJ and FBI colluding to cover up Epstein by the White House. A long, but good read for those who would be interested.

https://t.co/JVWS17P6zb

[Will Buxton @wbuxtonofficial]

As always I know there was some upset over us starting last night’s Indycar coverage on FS1 as the UFL match overran on FOX. These moments always create debate and discussion, so let me give you some background.

In US broadcasting, and especially on FOX, there’s an unwritten methodology called the Heidi Rule. In fact I think it may even be written into certain contracts (especially football.) The rule is simple. We don’t leave a live sporting event before it’s over.

The rule is named for an AFL game in 1968 between the Raiders and the Jets that cut away before the game had concluded to show the movie Heidi. There wasn’t much time left and it looked like the Jets had it sewn up. No big deal right? Wrong.

The Raiders scored 2 touchdowns in 9 seconds to overturn their deficit and win… and the rules around live sporting events were never the same again. If you start broadcasting a game, you finish broadcasting the game.

Last night we brought the start of the race forward because rain was forecast. We then ran the start on FS1 and simulcast on FS1 and FOX as soon as possible meaning as little of the race was missed from FOX itself as humanly possible, but every lap was shown across FS1 and FOX.

And just as we waited until UFL was done, so we never left FOX once we’d switched to the scheduled Indycar broadcast despite us running wildly out of our broadcast window.

So, the same rule that meant the end of the UFL match cut into the start of the Indycar broadcast, also ensured that we stuck with the race until the chequered flag fell.

Hope that helps.

[DC Defenders @UFLDefenders]

Our time is now.

@destinationdc

[Autosport @autosport]

"Hybrid cars should not be racing" 👀

[Bryan Friedrich @500Indy1911]

😳

Really interesting comments from Josef here.

#DetroitGP || #IndyCar

[The Lone Runner @RunAloneRunner]

YOU have a war going on!

[Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein]

I thought it was an excursion

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

NYT Exclusive:

The contractor given a no-bid contract to repair the Reflecting Pool is being paid an inflated and excessive profit margin.

The typical margin of federal construction contracts is 6-12%. But the firm fixing the pool submitted a bid that charged 20% — adding at least $850,000 to what a more typical contract would have cost. https://t.co/e26Xq7K7qd

[The Lone Runner @RunAloneRunner]

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

BREAKING:

Harry Dunn and Daniel Hodges, two law enforcement officers who clashed with Jan. 6 insurrectionists, have sued to block the Trump 'slush fund'.

They're asking a federal judge to find the creation of the fund illegal and reverse any transfers that the Treasury Department has made to the DOJ to implement it.
https://t.co/qUADz4Ds65

[The Lone Runner @RunAloneRunner]

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

[The Lone Runner @RunAloneRunner]

@AdamKinzinger It's kind of small!

[Erin Burnett OutFront @OutFrontCNN]

A CNN investigation reveals a majority of U.S. military sites in the Middle East are damaged by Iranian strikes. @tamaraqiblawi’s report:

[GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS @GTWorldChEu]

In memory of Alex Zanardi, A minute's silence will be held on the grid for Race 1 of this weekend's GT World Challenge powered by AWS event at Brands Hatch.

#GTWorld | #GT3 #Motorsport

[FIA @fia]

The FIA is saddened to learn of the passing of Alex Zanardi, the former Formula 1 driver, two-time CART champion whose journey from life-changing accident to Paralympics gold medallist made him one of sport’s most admired competitors and an enduring symbol of courage and determination.

[The Race @wearetherace]

A dark day for motor racing and the Paralympic community, as we say a sudden goodbye to the legendary Alex Zanardi:

➡️ https://t.co/KzCCsMU55W

https://t.co/KzCCsMU55W

[The Lone Runner @RunAloneRunner]

RIP, Brilliant driver!

[The Race @wearetherace]

A dark day for motor racing and the Paralympic community, as we say a sudden goodbye to the legendary Alex Zanardi:

➡️ https://t.co/KzCCsMU55W

https://t.co/KzCCsMU55W

[Barak Ravid @BarakRavid]

🇮🇱🇺🇸🇱🇧Trump shocked Netanyahu with post declaring Lebanon strikes "prohibited". Israel asked the White House for clarifications, sources say. My story on @axios
https://t.co/8HmS6y335B

[Barak Ravid @BarakRavid]

☢️🇺🇸🇮🇷Scoop: U.S. considers $20 billion cash-for-uranium deal with Iran, according to two U.S. officials and two additional sources briefed on the talks. @MarcACaputo and I wrote for @axios
https://t.co/ikPej0qZ4X