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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 4h

Last couple days are excellent reminders that very few people are good at baseball. They are just the least worst.

Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 5h

To be fair to the Phillys reliever, he just made th.e wrong decision. The replay is pretty clear the runner would have beat it even if he had it right on the money. Needed to go 1st, but that was also a maybe because Pages has a motor.

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 7h

The Philly broadcast has to be losing they goddamn minds.

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 11h

i hope it gets infected

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 12h

An agent testified in federal court in Chicago today that Bovino needed an MRI and is on two weeks bedrest for "a groin injury" he sustained during last week's protest

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 12h

Kind of an odd thing that Trump doesn't realize that bullshit cases that die in court against his political foes just raise those foes visibility by significant amounts

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 12h

The Justice Department won an indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James Thursday.

The indictment makes James the second of President Trump’s political foes to be charged in the Eastern District of Virginia.

Justice Department indicts N.Y. attorney general

Justice Department wins indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James, accusing her of committing mortgage fraud in 2023.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Reposted by Schnorkles O'Bork

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 12h

The Justice Department won an indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James Thursday.

The indictment makes James the second of President Trump’s political foes to be charged in the Eastern District of Virginia.

Justice Department indicts N.Y. attorney general

Justice Department wins indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James, accusing her of committing mortgage fraud in 2023.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 12h

"Yeah, I'm kind of a big deal. I've got an AI BS."

Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 12h

Hey, this sucks. Like... a lot. 📚

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UNC schools of data science and information science to merge, forming unnamed ‘School of AI’

www.dailytarheel.com/article/univ...

UNC schools of data science and information science to merge, forming unnamed ‘School of AI’

SDSS Dean Stanley Ahalt will be made dean of the new school while SILS Dean Jeffrey Bardzell will stand as the University’s Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer and Vice Provost for AI.

www.dailytarheel.com

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 15h

A note that the lawsuit against the government for "Finding proof" and doing shoddy or outright lying work is going to be a banger and make gajillions for Kenvue

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 15h

It's also a note that this is almost certainly being laundered into the news by the GOP itself.

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 15h

Fascinating moment in the power of DC Think. Democrats are clearly *not* looking for an off ramp right now. They’re actually saying this. Which is a measure of how badly it’s going for the GOP. It’s the GOP that is actually looking for the offeamp.

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 15h

Farms are falling apart like Trump is falling asleep

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Brooke Rollins: "Here's what everyone has to understand. The farm economy is in a very uncertain time. But that isn't because of the current trade negotiations, although certainly the China part is part of that. But we inherited a slew of issues."

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 18h

I mean the real part of the GOP's current conundrum that should make this easier is Trump is a completely apolitical, bad faith merchant who mostly wants to just do Trump things. He doesn't care a whiff about healthcare nuance and will happily try to sell whatever the congress gives him.

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 18h

Amusing that the media has clearly sensed blood in the water (something that the media does and gives them a spine) and so has ignored Trump's fashy conference yesterday and gone right back after Thune and Johnson

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 18h

If nothing else, I think doomers and people who constantly post about how Trump is a godking should take a deep breath and watch the GOP flail, panic, and ultimately at some point in the future capitulate and wonder if they're being honest with themselves

Hell, it might improve your quality of life

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 18h

This is what "The internal polls show us in absolute freefall" looks like.

Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 18h

oh my god they are panicking so hard right now

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Mike Johnson: "It's about keeping Congress operating so we can get to healthcare. We always were going to. They're lying to you. Okay? The healthcare issues were always gonna be something discussed, deliberated, contemplated, and debated in October and November."

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 18h

As best I can tell, MTG is trying to bridge the gap between "policy person" and "neck deep in the RW species being online"

i have no idea if you can actually do that.

First Wordle Problems @fwordleproblems.bsky.social · 18h

Yeah, pretty clearly in her case. And she's not wrong! Electorally she's totally safe AND she's nationally famous. She's well-positioned to be a bigshot (at least in Congressional GOP World) for a long time. Which is kind of hair-raising! But she's playing it the way she should be I guess.

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 18h

Even more fun they haven't explained why, so they can go back to telling the executive "you can't do that" as soon as it becomes pertinent.

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 18h

This is an oddly lucid and coherent interview from MTG that actually shows a good grasp of the politics.

I should probably go lay down.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Marjorie Taylor Greene on polls showing Republicans are getting blamed for the shutdown: "I'm not putting the blame on the president. I'm actually putting the the blame on the Speaker and Leader Thune in the Senate. This should not be happening ... we control the House & Senate & have the WH."

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 18h

Listen if there was a majority of Johnson's caucus in favor of doing the ACA stuff, he'd do it. It's clear there isn't, but I don't know how close it is at this point.

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 18h

Politics in that caucus have to be a bit rowdy right now

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Marjorie Taylor Greene on CNN (!): "I'm getting phone calls from people that are saying if the ACA tax credits expire, they aren't gonna be able to have health insurance. They're going to have to drop it."

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 18h

Yeah, a "We need Vought to commit to spending the money we appropriate so your healthcare gets paid" seems like an easy message to push

Gee @piggenres.bsky.social · 18h

I think some sort of impoundment control is the right approach because you can still sell it as being related to health care, where you're already winning.

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 18h

Strange, if Trump were king, you'd expect him to be able to wave a hand and make all this go away

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 18h

Realistically a bill like this probably is going to have all sorts of fixes or pet priorities sprinkled in from various factions in the Senate. I'd push for some more stuff.

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 18h

I mean I think if you're the dems you go for the jugular here and move the goalposts to get the ACA subsidies and some other stuff too. Preferably "Vought has to spend this money"

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 18h

Importantly, Johnson and Thune have now openly admitted that they have to do something about this.

Considering where they were a week ago, it's pretty clear who's winning the shutdown politics.

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 18h

YOU CANNOT PRINT IN THE NEWSPAPER THAT I GOT MAD

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