Craig Calcaterra
@craigcalcaterra.bsky.social
I write Cup of Coffee, a daily baseball, politics, entertainment, and nonsense newsletter: https://www.cupofcoffeenews.com/
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A daily baseball, politics, entertainment, and nonsense newsletter
www.cupofcoffeenews.com
Hi. I write Cup of Coffee. It's a baseball, news, politics, culture, and nonsense newsletter. You'd dig it the most.
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Just found out that I'm probably gonna be eating dinner on New Year's Day at a place called Devil's Dyke. A lot to process.
November 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Just found out that I'm probably gonna be eating dinner on New Year's Day at a place called Devil's Dyke. A lot to process.
I legit cannot believe that he's still going on with this. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Duffy on his demand that air travelers not wear slippers or pajamas: "It honors our country ... don't take your shoes off and put your feet on the chair ahead of you"
November 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I legit cannot believe that he's still going on with this. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Taking James Carville seriously in 2025 is the same thing as taking Adlai Stevenson's campaign manager seriously in 1992.
November 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Taking James Carville seriously in 2025 is the same thing as taking Adlai Stevenson's campaign manager seriously in 1992.
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Today's newsletter: The Nimmo-Semien trade, notable non-tenders, Brady Anderson to Anaheim, transactions, the latest Nuzziness, MTG's resignation, the narcs who run Ohio, and a glorious grocery store experience
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Cup of Coffee: November 24, 2025
A major trade, notable non-tenders, Brady Anderson to Anaheim, transactions, the latest Nuzziness, MTG's resignation, the Narcs who run Ohio, and a glorious grocery store experience
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November 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Today's newsletter: The Nimmo-Semien trade, notable non-tenders, Brady Anderson to Anaheim, transactions, the latest Nuzziness, MTG's resignation, the narcs who run Ohio, and a glorious grocery store experience
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If you like the idea of Democrats going all-in with a genuinely progressive economic message, that's great. You should support people who run on that. But if you support James Carville's take on it which, in his mind, requires sacrificing marginalized people to do it, you can fuck the fuck off.
November 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
If you like the idea of Democrats going all-in with a genuinely progressive economic message, that's great. You should support people who run on that. But if you support James Carville's take on it which, in his mind, requires sacrificing marginalized people to do it, you can fuck the fuck off.
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Never become a billionaire failson, folks. It makes you think everyone else in the world is a fuckin' idiot.
November 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Never become a billionaire failson, folks. It makes you think everyone else in the world is a fuckin' idiot.
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From today's Cup of Coffee, on MTG resigning, but not just yet:
November 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
From today's Cup of Coffee, on MTG resigning, but not just yet:
The Trump regime is evil and vindictive, but they're also deeply fucking stupid. Like, at least attempt to make your act of retaliation less transparent and baseless. bsky.app/profile/apne...
BREAKING: The Pentagon says it's investigating Sen. Mark Kelly for possible military law violations after he joined a video urging U.S. troops to refuse "illegal orders."
Pentagon says it's investigating Sen. Mark Kelly for video urging troops to defy 'illegal orders'
The Pentagon says that it is investigating Democratic Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona for possible breaches of military law after Kelly joined a handful of other lawmakers in a video that called for U.S. troops to refuse unlawful orders.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The Trump regime is evil and vindictive, but they're also deeply fucking stupid. Like, at least attempt to make your act of retaliation less transparent and baseless. bsky.app/profile/apne...
If only all of these allegedly upset Members of Congress had a means of checking the President. Such as, say, a vote, or the limitless ability to speak publicly. Sadly, though, the only avenue of expression they have is anonymous, self-serving, and blame-deflecting leaks to the press!
PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
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November 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
If only all of these allegedly upset Members of Congress had a means of checking the President. Such as, say, a vote, or the limitless ability to speak publicly. Sadly, though, the only avenue of expression they have is anonymous, self-serving, and blame-deflecting leaks to the press!
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Isn't it so weird to deeply know in your bones something obvious with no equivocation, for years and years, and then to one day see articles about people wondering if maybe the incredibly obvious thing you've known this whole time might be happening, as if the media is discovering it now??
“This is total armageddon for the online right. It’s looking like half of their large accounts were foreigners posing as Americans all along.”
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Isn't it so weird to deeply know in your bones something obvious with no equivocation, for years and years, and then to one day see articles about people wondering if maybe the incredibly obvious thing you've known this whole time might be happening, as if the media is discovering it now??
This story hits home.
I'm still early in this phase of life -- my parents still live independently, but their heath issues and my consequent responsibilities are rapidly ramping up -- but there's a LOT in here that is unfortunately relatable content.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
I'm still early in this phase of life -- my parents still live independently, but their heath issues and my consequent responsibilities are rapidly ramping up -- but there's a LOT in here that is unfortunately relatable content.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
Opinion | ‘We Had No Idea What Was Coming’: Caring for My Aging Father
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November 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This story hits home.
I'm still early in this phase of life -- my parents still live independently, but their heath issues and my consequent responsibilities are rapidly ramping up -- but there's a LOT in here that is unfortunately relatable content.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
I'm still early in this phase of life -- my parents still live independently, but their heath issues and my consequent responsibilities are rapidly ramping up -- but there's a LOT in here that is unfortunately relatable content.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
There's a lot to take issue with re: that Variety 100 Best Comedies list, but not putting "Friday" on there is horseshit.
November 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
There's a lot to take issue with re: that Variety 100 Best Comedies list, but not putting "Friday" on there is horseshit.
Today's newsletter: The Nimmo-Semien trade, notable non-tenders, Brady Anderson to Anaheim, transactions, the latest Nuzziness, MTG's resignation, the narcs who run Ohio, and a glorious grocery store experience
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Cup of Coffee: November 24, 2025
A major trade, notable non-tenders, Brady Anderson to Anaheim, transactions, the latest Nuzziness, MTG's resignation, the Narcs who run Ohio, and a glorious grocery store experience
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November 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Today's newsletter: The Nimmo-Semien trade, notable non-tenders, Brady Anderson to Anaheim, transactions, the latest Nuzziness, MTG's resignation, the narcs who run Ohio, and a glorious grocery store experience
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It doesn't really feel like the holidays until I get the email from the dispensary promoting their "Danksgiving Specials"
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
It doesn't really feel like the holidays until I get the email from the dispensary promoting their "Danksgiving Specials"
People responding to this quite famous line from the 1949 movie "The Third Man" as if it were something I just came up with and deciding that it requires a historical fact check is some pretty on-brand Bluesky stuff. bsky.app/profile/crai...
In Italy, for 30 years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, 500 years of democracy and peace and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock, Charlie Brown.
November 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
People responding to this quite famous line from the 1949 movie "The Third Man" as if it were something I just came up with and deciding that it requires a historical fact check is some pretty on-brand Bluesky stuff. bsky.app/profile/crai...
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I think most of my followers on here subscribe to @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social newsletter, but if not, here is a thing I wrote for the newsletter about my sister who died of cancer 6 years ago. frank4.substack.com/p/what-we-ar...
What we are Looking At: Heidi
It has been 6 years since my sister died.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I think most of my followers on here subscribe to @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social newsletter, but if not, here is a thing I wrote for the newsletter about my sister who died of cancer 6 years ago. frank4.substack.com/p/what-we-ar...
In Italy, for 30 years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, 500 years of democracy and peace and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock, Charlie Brown.
November 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
In Italy, for 30 years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, 500 years of democracy and peace and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock, Charlie Brown.
Today's newsletter is out!
Inside: The Nimmo-Semien trade, notable non-tenders, Brady Anderson to Anaheim, transactions, the latest Nuzziness, MTG's resignation, the Narcs who run Ohio, and a glorious grocery store experience
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Inside: The Nimmo-Semien trade, notable non-tenders, Brady Anderson to Anaheim, transactions, the latest Nuzziness, MTG's resignation, the Narcs who run Ohio, and a glorious grocery store experience
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Cup of Coffee: November 24, 2025
A major trade, notable non-tenders, Brady Anderson to Anaheim, transactions, the latest Nuzziness, MTG's resignation, the Narcs who run Ohio, and a glorious grocery store experience
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November 24, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Today's newsletter is out!
Inside: The Nimmo-Semien trade, notable non-tenders, Brady Anderson to Anaheim, transactions, the latest Nuzziness, MTG's resignation, the Narcs who run Ohio, and a glorious grocery store experience
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Inside: The Nimmo-Semien trade, notable non-tenders, Brady Anderson to Anaheim, transactions, the latest Nuzziness, MTG's resignation, the Narcs who run Ohio, and a glorious grocery store experience
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I rather like Marcus Semien so I hope he helps the Mets a great deal even if that means it'd help the Mets.
November 23, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I rather like Marcus Semien so I hope he helps the Mets a great deal even if that means it'd help the Mets.
The poor-man's Pedro Pascal who is in almost every one of the Hallmark Christmas movies has to have an amazing life. He films 2-3 Christmas movies each summer and the rest of the year off. What a fuckin' life.
Or maybe not. Maybe the pay sucks? I dunno.
Or maybe not. Maybe the pay sucks? I dunno.
November 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The poor-man's Pedro Pascal who is in almost every one of the Hallmark Christmas movies has to have an amazing life. He films 2-3 Christmas movies each summer and the rest of the year off. What a fuckin' life.
Or maybe not. Maybe the pay sucks? I dunno.
Or maybe not. Maybe the pay sucks? I dunno.
I like that the Columbus Dispatch still bothers to do in-depth stuff from time to time, but it's sorta hilarious how hard they go to brand it across every story. This past week was a big thing about radon gas. Useful! But by day 6 it's like "how radon gas might impact the OSU-Michigan game" etc.
November 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I like that the Columbus Dispatch still bothers to do in-depth stuff from time to time, but it's sorta hilarious how hard they go to brand it across every story. This past week was a big thing about radon gas. Useful! But by day 6 it's like "how radon gas might impact the OSU-Michigan game" etc.
George Will mailing in a column about Ohio governor Mike DeWine in which it is abundantly clear that he knows almost nothing about Mike DeWine apart from the completely phony folksy image DeWine has created says a hell of a lot about where George Will is these days. Woof.
November 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
George Will mailing in a column about Ohio governor Mike DeWine in which it is abundantly clear that he knows almost nothing about Mike DeWine apart from the completely phony folksy image DeWine has created says a hell of a lot about where George Will is these days. Woof.
As someone who is this guy's age I can tell you 100% that if you were into Pixies, Nirvana, 120 Minutes stuff, etc. but didn't like the Beatles you had to have worked hard to contort yourself into that special little box. Your enemy, if you absolutely needed one, was hair metal. GTFO here with this.
November 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
As someone who is this guy's age I can tell you 100% that if you were into Pixies, Nirvana, 120 Minutes stuff, etc. but didn't like the Beatles you had to have worked hard to contort yourself into that special little box. Your enemy, if you absolutely needed one, was hair metal. GTFO here with this.
I’m against the death penalty in most cases, but . . .
November 23, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I’m against the death penalty in most cases, but . . .