Of all the baseball feats I’ve witnessed in my lifetime, the most amazing by far is Tony Gwynn hitting .338 over 20 years. Never worse than .309 from 1983 through 2001. His entire career was a hot streak. And he was a great human being. Absolute legend.
#TheKingCenter remembers #MalcolmX [El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz] on his 100th birthday.
He’s often and intentionally misunderstood and maligned.
But Brother Malcolm was a giant of a man, a mystery only to those who don’t really want a sincere look at his heart, history, and hunger for freedom.
#Malcolm100
“I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” — Minister Malcolm X
He was born 100 years ago today.
Rest in power.
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
A new report found that Elon Musk faced at least $2.37 billion in potential legal liability from 11 federal agencies on inauguration day.
Many are now on DOGE's chopping block or have dropped their investigations into Musk's corporations.
"Conflict of interest" is an understatement.
Two former Wells Fargo executives were fined $8.5M by the Biden administration for covering up the bank's infamous fake account scandal.
Trump just slashed those fines to a paltry $150,000 after Wells Fargo gave $1M to his inauguration.
See how this works?
This little boy was shaking and crying, desperately wanting to know if his atheist Dad who had past away is in heaven.
The response from the @Pontifex was beautiful and heartfelt.
The Trump administration claims they’re going after American universities because of antisemitism, but that’s only a fraction of the story.
They want to control who teaches and what they teach. And who learns there and who doesn’t. It’s a clear assault on the First Amendment and some of our most important research and innovation institutions.
The federal government doesn’t ‘give’ money to Harvard. The $2.2 billion in frozen payments isn’t for Harvard sophomores’ tuition or library books.
The US government is buying services from Harvard: scientific & medical research & development.
These aren’t ‘woke donations.’
They are contracts. Proposed, reviewed, awarded, with metrics and deadlines and standards of performance.
Harvard is a government contractor in that sense — lab by lab, scientist by scientist — just the way any other company is a contractor.
That’s true of Columbia’s $400 million in ‘frozen’ contracts — and all the rest.
R1 research universities do crucial research the federal government can’t do itself, but that we as a nation have decided we need done.
Mission driven. Pioneering. Essential.
They can’t be done — as Sean Hannity just suggested — at community colleges & vocational schools.
That’s not what the $2.2 billion is being spent on.
…You could Google it. Of course.
"After the game, Jackie Robinson came into our clubhouse and shook my hand. He said, 'You're a helluva ballplayer and you've got a great future.'
I thought that was a classy gesture, one I wasn't then capable of making. I was a bad loser. What meant even more was what Jackie told the press, 'Mantle beat us. He was the difference between the two teams. They didn't miss DiMaggio .' I have to admit, I became a Jackie Robinson fan on the spot.
And when I think of that World Series, his gesture is what comes to mind. Here was a player who had without doubt suffered more abuse, more taunts and more hatred than any player in the history of the game. And he had made a special effort to compliment and encourage a young white kid from Oklahoma."
Mickey Mantle
Molly: I'm going to respectfully push back on this. This is thought policing 101. This is not ok.They are using anti-antisemitism as a cloak...This is about targeting speech....It has nothing to do with anti-antisemitism and everything to do with authoritarianism.