The great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (@kaj33) reflecting on the @nyknicks and, separately, @realDonaldTrump. A terrific piece of writing.
"For a frozen moment, it looked like the game was over and the Spurs had won. Then Anunoby came flying through the lane, extended his right arm as high as it would go, and tipped the ball through the hoop. It was as beautiful an encapsulation of the majesty of sports as anything you’re ever likely to see. The seemingly impossible happened. We all got to witness it."
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"Pulling out of that [Meet the Press] interview [with Kristin Welker] was the only honest thing Donald Trump did all hour. Trump hates strong women, he hates proud people of color (Welker is African-American), and he hates anyone who has the temerity to stand up to him. Welker proved herself all three over the course of the interview, so it’s no surprise Trump put his tail between his legs and ran for the exit, trying to pass it off as an act of smug contempt rather than the cowardice it so clearly was. ...
"A decade of Trump has gotten us so used to his bully-boy tactics that we no longer expect our leaders to be people we respect. As long as they hate the same people we do, they get our votes."
https://t.co/feYXzdbBwn
NEW EPISODE: Donald Trump is waging a three front war on voting: restricting voter registration through proof-of-citizenship laws, controlling mail-in voting via the Postal Service and laying the groundwork for another "stop the count" campaign. https://t.co/w1452isPV8
Here’s the connection to be made: The administration bit off more than it could chew when it indicted SPLC, a group with national support. So now it will try to intimidate folks on the ground, small local groups who are supporting our right to vote. We must not let that happen.
Everybody should watch this video. These Trump voters are exactly the sort of people that Dems are trying to reach with the polling and research in red House districts that I report on here. What they say syncs neatly with what the research shows:
https://t.co/NZHFTji9Df
"Trump’s nose-thumbing at his own supporters, along with the descent of his presidency into an increasingly overt celebration of cruelty toward the vulnerable, has clearly started to take a toll on the GOP. His championing of Ken Paxton exemplifies the problem." https://t.co/nB4iA24X6m
"So this very much looks like a deliberate war crime that was made as a threat to commit even more horrible war crimes. It will almost certainly not work, though it might lead to thousands of Iranian civilian deaths.
It is an attack that I fear the USA will regret for a long time. It is no different than an Al-Qaeda style attack, a deliberate targeting of civilians to create terror to get political results. If the USA gets attacked in return, it will only be served what seems to be official American policy on a cold plate." https://t.co/bGZQxayNR0