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petefrommanhattan.bsky.social @petefrommanhattan.bsky.social · 6h

“More than most sports leagues, the N.F.L. is a business driven by…a group of almost entirely older white men, many of whom made billions…before buying their teams & agreeing to share the league’s revenue as if they were members of a socialist commune.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/b...

Inside the World’s Most Powerful High School Cafeteria

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petefrommanhattan.bsky.social @petefrommanhattan.bsky.social · 6h

Management of a vindictive, felonious POTUS critical of league policies.
Jockeying over seat placement at meetings.
All while divvying up more $ than any sports league on the planet.
“The league meetings in the room were very much like a high school cafeteria,” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/b...

Inside the World’s Most Powerful High School Cafeteria

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petefrommanhattan.bsky.social @petefrommanhattan.bsky.social · 11h

“Trump understands better than perhaps any competitor in recent history how to turn a bout into a brawl, and he knows that no one cares to listen to the bloodied losers when they complain about broken rules.” www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...

The MAGA-fication of Sports Continues

Donald Trump’s partnership with the UFC takes his desire to identify with winners to snarling new heights.

www.theatlantic.com

petefrommanhattan.bsky.social @petefrommanhattan.bsky.social · 11h

“Some people steal valor. President Donald Trump steals machismo. Notice how he constantly positions himself alongside athletes,…Trump styles himself as an “Ultimate Fighter,” a crotch-kicker in chief who will stop at little to force his opponents to submit.” www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...

The MAGA-fication of Sports Continues

Donald Trump’s partnership with the UFC takes his desire to identify with winners to snarling new heights.

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petefrommanhattan.bsky.social @petefrommanhattan.bsky.social · 13h

“Miller says quiet part out loud,…He determines where to put ICE, CBP & other fed agencies, but he is also doing the same for various National Guards. An unelected staffer making these decisions, where is the president? Both Miller & Vought are running this admin.”
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Stephen Miller Accidentally Says “I” When Discussing Trump’s Powers

Miller’s slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge.

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petefrommanhattan.bsky.social @petefrommanhattan.bsky.social · 14h

“The Trump administration previously said there are all these U.S. workers who are going to take these [agriculture] jobs,…Now they’re saying it’s such a crisis because we’re deporting everybody…, so we’re going to lower wages drastically and make it harder to recruit U.S. workers.” wapo.st/48Iuil5

Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices

U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.

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petefrommanhattan.bsky.social @petefrommanhattan.bsky.social · 14h

‘The Labor Department warned in an obscure document filed with the Federal Register last week that “the near total cessation of the inflow of illegal aliens” is threatening “the stability of domestic food production and prices for U.S. consumers.”’ wapo.st/48Iuil5

Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices

U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.

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petefrommanhattan.bsky.social @petefrommanhattan.bsky.social · 18h

‘Miles Taylor, who worked in the 1st Trump admin: “I co-wrote Trump’s 1st anti-terrorism plan… He’s not trying to stop ‘left-wing’ terrorism. He is staging it. His troop deployments are a false flag — meant to provoke a response in order to justify harsh crackdowns.” www.yahoo.com/news/article...

How far will Donald Trump go to sell a lie?

POTUS goes after Portland, Chicago and New York's attorney general, taking vengeance to another level

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 18h

And I am seeking a week in the Maldives with Gillian Anderson. bsky.app/profile/mlbt...

MLB Trade Rumors @mlbtraderumors.bsky.social · 19h

Pete Alonso Expected To Seek Seven-Year Deal In Free Agency

First baseman Pete Alonso is ticketed for a second consecutive trip through free agency, as he told reporters when the regular season came to a close that he intends to opt out of the final year of his contract and return to the open market. He won’t officially become a free agent until five days…

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petefrommanhattan.bsky.social @petefrommanhattan.bsky.social · 1d

Subway surfing predated the rise of social media.
Kids can’t subway surf if they can’t exit a subway car to climb onto the roof, but @mta.info won’t implement the solutions to stop it(locking end doors, roll out more open gangway cars) ny1.com/nyc/all-boro...

Despite NYPD, MTA and social media's efforts, subway surfing continues

Last year, there were six fatalities and 229 arrests.

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petefrommanhattan.bsky.social @petefrommanhattan.bsky.social · 1d

“…the billionaire[Peter Thiel] seems to place those who would critique or regulate tech developers into a religious good-vs.-evil worldview, where the future of all creation depends on giving innovators free rein.” wapo.st/4q5wR6S

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

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petefrommanhattan.bsky.social @petefrommanhattan.bsky.social · 1d

“Nothing in the Antideficiency Act or any other statute authorizes RIFs of employees who work in agencies or programs with a lapse in funding,…Ignoring binding federal law is arbitrary and capricious.”
Felon 47, the divider-in-chief, continues lawlessly rampaging thru gov’t wapo.st/4mUH2s1

Trump administration begins laying off federal workers amid shutdown

More than 4,000 positions will be eliminated across agencies, the government told a court Friday night.

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petefrommanhattan.bsky.social @petefrommanhattan.bsky.social · 1d

‘Vought’s long-term goals, he says, are to “bend or break the bureaucracy to the presidential will” and “deconstruct the administrative state.”’
“We want to make sure that the bureaucracy can’t reconstitute itself later in future administrations,”“We’re having fun,” www.latimes.com/politics/sto...

The Trump loyalist who picked up where Musk left off with slashing federal workforce: 'We're having fun'

Russell Vought, President Trump's director of the powerful Office of Management and Budget, has said he wants to 'deconstruct the administrative state.'

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Pierre Polyester @canadian-critic.bsky.social · 3d

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 3d

Pentagon warns Toronto ‘dangerously close’ to winning World Series

WASHINGTON D.C. - Following last night's elimination of the New York Yankees, the United States Department of War has advised the White House that the Toronto Blue Jays are "perilously close" to acqui...

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 2d

Absolutely brutal way for the Phillies to lose, Dodgers win the series

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 2d

LOL

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Edzard Ernst @edzard.bsky.social · 3d

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Newfie912 @newfie912.bsky.social · 3d

Johnson is out of touch with reality

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Edzard Ernst @edzard.bsky.social · 3d

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

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petefrommanhattan.bsky.social @petefrommanhattan.bsky.social · 2d

“…Puerto Rico is an unincorporated American territory. Bad Bunny is as all-American as apple pie, and far more entertaining.” www.vulture.com/article/turn...

Turning Point USA Will Hold Its Own Super Bowl Halftime Show

They promise their show will be “all-American,” despite the fact that Bad Bunny is a U.S. citizen.

www.vulture.com

petefrommanhattan.bsky.social @petefrommanhattan.bsky.social · 2d

“As part of the ongoing conservative freakout over having to hear Spanish during the Super Bowl Halftime Show, Turning Point USA has pledged to put on their own “All American Halftime Show” to replace Bad Bunny’s. It bears repeating:…” www.vulture.com/article/turn...

Turning Point USA Will Hold Its Own Super Bowl Halftime Show

They promise their show will be “all-American,” despite the fact that Bad Bunny is a U.S. citizen.

www.vulture.com

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petefrommanhattan.bsky.social @petefrommanhattan.bsky.social · 2d

"All things considered, I'd rather (not) be in Philadelphia[listening to sports talk radio Friday morning]"