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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 2h

Imagine if health care was just something everyone had, and not a zero sum competition between "good" people and "bad" people

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Morning Kickaround @mkickaround.bsky.social · 2h

Great show again today, watch anytime on the YT channel or your favorite podcast platform.

Jason Davis @davisjason.bsky.social · 4h

Come hang out for @mkickaround.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=FofG...

MK Live! MLS retirements, New Rowdie Owners, UFL invasion, + more

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Jason Davis @davisjason.bsky.social · 4h

Come hang out for @mkickaround.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=FofG...

MK Live! MLS retirements, New Rowdie Owners, UFL invasion, + more

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Jason Davis @davisjason.bsky.social · 1d

Just making shit up and trying to pass the buck. Screw you, Mike.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"

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ALXnow @alxnow.bsky.social · 3d

Beyer bill would let federal workers tap retirement funds without penalty during shutdown

Beyer bill would let federal workers tap retirement funds without penalty during shutdown | ALXnow

U.S. Rep. Don Beyer introduced legislation Friday that would allow federal employees to withdraw up to $30,000 from their retirement accounts without penalties during the ongoing government shutdown,...

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Jason Davis @davisjason.bsky.social · 2d

Monday's @mkickaround.bsky.social kicking off now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku8y...

MK Live! Philadelphia and Hartford win titles, USL Club launch Postponed + more

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Jason Davis @davisjason.bsky.social · 2d

Soccer/football fans reply with your pick on who fits

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 2d

There’s an essay to be written about how maga patriotism is just shitty fandom. Anyone who follows sports knows fans like this, it’s always the ref’s fault, the other team doesn’t exist, there’s some plot/player/coach holding the team back otherwise they’d always win easy bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "The problem with Vietnam, we, you know, we stopped fighting to win. We would've won easy. We would've won Afghanistan easy. We would've won every war easy. But we got politically correct. 'Oh, let's take it easy.' We're not politically correct anymore, just so you understand."

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Morning Kickaround @mkickaround.bsky.social · 4d

MLS owner admits the league “has a long way to go” to draw 📺 audiences
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AN MLS OWNER HAS FINALLY SAID IT: MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER MUST IMPROVE ON-FIELD QUALITY.

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Jason Davis @davisjason.bsky.social · 4d

Even the Puerto Ricans would laugh at this

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Jason Davis @davisjason.bsky.social · 4d

Maybe the funniest thing about the uproar about Bad Bunny not doing songs in English is that are a lot of Spanish speakers who can't understand him either.

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Jason Davis @davisjason.bsky.social · 4d

There's some of his anti-ICE stuff mixed in.

Jason Davis @davisjason.bsky.social · 4d

A mad libs made off of Kristi Noem insane comments about Bad Bunny playing at the Super Bowl.

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Jason Davis @davisjason.bsky.social · 4d

Is this Mab Libs?

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 4d

Kristi Noem’s message to the NFL for selecting Bad Bunny for the halftime show:

“The NFL sucks and we’ll win and God will bless us and we’ll stand and be proud of ourselves at the end of the day and they won’t be able to sleep at night because they don’t know what they believe…”

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 5d

1. This is one of the most insane statements ever delivered by a presidential spokesperson in U.S. history. Totally disconnected from reality.

2. There is either going to be a civil war or abject Democratic surrender to autocracy. They are telling this you, to your face, in explicit terms.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Leavitt: "President Trump will end the radical left's reign of terror in Portland once and for all. The president has directed Secretary Hegseth to provide all necessary troops to protect war-ravaged Portland."

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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 4d

House Republicans appear to be extending their vacation before and during the government shutdown through a third week.

I’ve never seen anything like it.

Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 4d

🚨🚨The House reading clerk just read a letter from House Speaker Mike Johnson where he declares a 'District Work Period' from October 7 to October 13.

That would mean no votes in the House until mid-month.

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Jason Davis @davisjason.bsky.social · 4d

Sounds about right if you ask me

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Jason Davis @davisjason.bsky.social · 4d

Nearly bagged it because it's my birthday, but I sent out a new edition of the newsletter this morning with some thoughts on the USMNT roster and Pochettino's comments about communication with players. jason-davis-soccer-eagle.ghost.io/poch-digs-in/

Poch Digs In

It's October, and you know what that means. Falling leaves. Pumpkin spiced everything. My birthday. And an FIFA date featuring US men's national team games against Ecuador and Australia. It's quest...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 5d

Remember when it was a national scandal on the right that the White House pushed to take down a few tweets?

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 5d

Apple agreed with the Trump admin’s demands that they remove apps that helped people track ICE agents from the Apple Store: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

Apple Takes Down ICE Tracking Apps Amid Trump Pressure Campaign

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Jason Davis @davisjason.bsky.social · 5d

Getting ready for a big edition of @mkickaround.bsky.social. Thoughts on the USMNT roster, a new club comes to Memphis, and Jimmy Haslam has thoughts on MLS quality. www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1Qp...

MK Live! USL landscape updates, Carey Talley from Memphis joins, + more!

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Jason Davis @davisjason.bsky.social · 5d

Gracias amigo!

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Jason Davis @davisjason.bsky.social · 5d

Happy birthday to this absolute legend and also me.

📐 Maria Picassó i Piquer @mariapicasso.com · 5d

⚽️ Zlatan Ibrahimović

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Doug McIntyre @dougmcintyre.bsky.social · 5d

U.S. scores three times late to stun France 3-0 at the FIFA U-20 World Cup. Goals by Real Salt Lake pair Zavier Gozo and Marcos Zambrano and the Houston Dynamo’s Brooklyn Raines. #USYNT

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Jason Davis @davisjason.bsky.social · 5d

Not Gozo but whatever. I get to talk about it on the radio.

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Jason Davis @davisjason.bsky.social · 5d

The Baby Nats pouring it on. 3-0 and a brace for Gozo. We just made it you guys.

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Jason Davis @davisjason.bsky.social · 5d

Hey look at the U20s. 2-0 over France in the 89th minute.

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