DEFENDING CHAMPIONS, THE OHIO STATE BUCKEYES
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Co-Host of the 79th and Halas podcast, co-founder of the Barber's Chair Network. PhD student. Teacher by day, theologian by night.
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and here i was, eager to begin my weekend with a joyous Whiskey Friday with Tony Dokoupil
everyone is making the whiskey friday joke so I am sorry to inform you that they have, in fact, tucked their tail between their legs
January 16, 2026 at 2:25 PM
and here i was, eager to begin my weekend with a joyous Whiskey Friday with Tony Dokoupil
This is why you don't give in to fascists. They're going to just take and take
This week, the Justice Department took the extraordinary step of obtaining a search warrant for Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s home. FBI agents arrived early on Wednesday and seized Natanson’s phone, two computers and her Garmin watch. https://cnn.it/3NibGzD
January 15, 2026 at 5:11 PM
This is why you don't give in to fascists. They're going to just take and take
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Conservatives Say Renée Good Was Brainwashed By Bible Into Loving Thy Neighbor https://theonion.com/conservatives-say-renee-good-was-brainwashed-by-bible-into-loving-thy-neighbor/
January 15, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Conservatives Say Renée Good Was Brainwashed By Bible Into Loving Thy Neighbor https://theonion.com/conservatives-say-renee-good-was-brainwashed-by-bible-into-loving-thy-neighbor/
I really see both sides of this issue. No, journalists are not there to console coaches and players after losses BUT in this specific moment, I believe a moment of kindness to a clearly upset person is fine.
Scott Van Pelt has a message for the entire sports media industry: it ain't that serious.
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Scott Van Pelt on Lynn Jones-Liam Coen reaction: 'It ain't that serious'
SportsCenter anchor Scott Van Pelt doesn't understand why the Lynn Jones-Liam Coen press conference moment caused such a fierce reaction.
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January 15, 2026 at 4:27 PM
I really see both sides of this issue. No, journalists are not there to console coaches and players after losses BUT in this specific moment, I believe a moment of kindness to a clearly upset person is fine.
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It’s crazy that people (ME) called this months ago. The play was always to agitate people enough that he could invoke the Insurrection Act and institute martial law.
January 15, 2026 at 2:54 PM
It’s crazy that people (ME) called this months ago. The play was always to agitate people enough that he could invoke the Insurrection Act and institute martial law.
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His brain is a brunch skillet
January 15, 2026 at 4:26 PM
His brain is a brunch skillet
Only way it makes sense. He even realized what he was doing and said "Weird time to get up"
Dementia kicking in HARD
Saw a video of Trump getting up in the middle of a meeting to look at a window
January 15, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Only way it makes sense. He even realized what he was doing and said "Weird time to get up"
That's the only thing I'm missing. Just more active accounts
I need to use it more too. I hope more accounts i like migrate here
January 15, 2026 at 4:11 PM
That's the only thing I'm missing. Just more active accounts
Saw a video of Trump getting up in the middle of a meeting to look at a window
January 15, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Saw a video of Trump getting up in the middle of a meeting to look at a window
WHAT
ICE is holding Native Americans hostage as a bargaining chip to raid reservations, saying they won't release them until the tribes give up sovereignty.
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Tribal leaders say ICE is detaining American Indians during immigration sweeps
The Oglala Sioux Tribe is trying to locate four members detained by ICE agents in Minneapolis.
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January 15, 2026 at 4:07 PM
WHAT
My return to BlueSky has commenced
January 15, 2026 at 4:06 PM
My return to BlueSky has commenced
Really don't understand how we allow this as a country
"Musk already has a $475 billion fortune — more money than any one person anywhere, ever, in the history of the world, and needless to say more money than any person could ever spend," writes Allison Morrow. | Analysis https://cnn.it/3JNh24o
November 7, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Really don't understand how we allow this as a country
Phew
Mamdani: "But there is one thing that I will change: I will no longer look for myself in the shadows. I will find myself in the light."
October 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Phew
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Mamdani: "The bigger question is whether we are willing to say goodbye to ... anti-Muslim sentiment that has grown so endemic in our city that when we hear it, we know not whether the words were spoken by a Republican or a Democrat."
October 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Mamdani: "The bigger question is whether we are willing to say goodbye to ... anti-Muslim sentiment that has grown so endemic in our city that when we hear it, we know not whether the words were spoken by a Republican or a Democrat."
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Mamdani: "The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as every other New Yorker. And yet for too long we have been told to ask for less than that and to be satisfied with whatever little we receive. No more."
October 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Mamdani: "The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as every other New Yorker. And yet for too long we have been told to ask for less than that and to be satisfied with whatever little we receive. No more."
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it’s beyond comprehension that scenes like this have become routine in chicago.
masked soldiers are carelessly lobbing chemical weapons—that are banned from use during warfare—on random residential streets.
this is the third time feds have tear-gassed residents in chicago *this week!*
masked soldiers are carelessly lobbing chemical weapons—that are banned from use during warfare—on random residential streets.
this is the third time feds have tear-gassed residents in chicago *this week!*
Video from witness here from the moment CBP gassed neighbors who had gathered outside after the kidnapping.
Agent rolls a canister at the crowd out of the window of their car as they reverse away from people with whistles and bikes.
Agent rolls a canister at the crowd out of the window of their car as they reverse away from people with whistles and bikes.
October 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
it’s beyond comprehension that scenes like this have become routine in chicago.
masked soldiers are carelessly lobbing chemical weapons—that are banned from use during warfare—on random residential streets.
this is the third time feds have tear-gassed residents in chicago *this week!*
masked soldiers are carelessly lobbing chemical weapons—that are banned from use during warfare—on random residential streets.
this is the third time feds have tear-gassed residents in chicago *this week!*
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Update from West Town, confirming that ICE did take people earlier this morning. There are efforts to engage friends and family members to track down the detainees.
October 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Update from West Town, confirming that ICE did take people earlier this morning. There are efforts to engage friends and family members to track down the detainees.
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‘We want everyone to feel safe’: The Chicago businesses barring ICE agents f24.my/BWEu.BS
‘We want everyone to feel safe’: The Chicago businesses barring ICE agents
The Trump administration launched an aggressive Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation in Chicago in September. The city’s Democratic mayor, Brandon Johnson, pushed back by enabling the…
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October 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
‘We want everyone to feel safe’: The Chicago businesses barring ICE agents f24.my/BWEu.BS
Thanks to your help with my classroom fundraiser, I was able to purchase an incredible projector for my class! I still have a goal of 1K for everything else and if you're inclined to help, please consider donating or sharing this link!
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Sacred Spaces- Building a Classroom of Beauty & Sound
Hi friends! I'm Joe, the theology teacher at Josephinum Academy of the Sacred Heart, an all-girls Catholic school located in the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago. My classroom is where young women ...
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October 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Thanks to your help with my classroom fundraiser, I was able to purchase an incredible projector for my class! I still have a goal of 1K for everything else and if you're inclined to help, please consider donating or sharing this link!
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The government of Israel twisting criticisms of them as a government into an attack of all jewish people is so disgusting.
We should be able to easily call their starvation and campaign of violence against Gaza what it is
We should be able to easily call their starvation and campaign of violence against Gaza what it is
September 12, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The government of Israel twisting criticisms of them as a government into an attack of all jewish people is so disgusting.
We should be able to easily call their starvation and campaign of violence against Gaza what it is
We should be able to easily call their starvation and campaign of violence against Gaza what it is
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This is sociopathic behavior.
Q: My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk. How are you holding up?
TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there you see all the trucks. They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get for about 150 years.
TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there you see all the trucks. They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get for about 150 years.
September 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
This is sociopathic behavior.
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Torn on this one bc on one hand Mac Jones but on the other hand I feel like Kyle is going to call the game of his life
Kyle Shanahan getting chills as he realizes he is seconds from his dream of coaching Mac Jones
September 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Torn on this one bc on one hand Mac Jones but on the other hand I feel like Kyle is going to call the game of his life