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Defector @defector.com · 19h

PHILADELPHIA — By the top of the ninth inning, the stadium was visibly pockmarked by absences, and people were booing Jhoan Duran's walkout show. defector.com/never-bunt

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PHILADELPHIA — By the top of the ninth inning, the stadium was visibly pockmarked by absences, and people were booing Jhoan Duran’s walkout show. Duran, who was just doing his job as the Philadelphia…

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 13h

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 14h

The Saturday evening union of D.C. insiders Baines Wright III and Carter Nowak featured several productive breakout sessions with good thought-starters on potential honeymoon locations for the new couple.

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Dan Berman @dhberman.bsky.social · 14h

Day 7 of the government shutdown. www.cnn.com/2025/10/07/p...

FBI employees ordered to immediately search for records related to Amelia Earhart, source says | CNN Politics

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a la...

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Dan Berman @dhberman.bsky.social · 20h

Here are some of the questions Bondi has refused to answer
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Live Updates: Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before Senate Judiciary Committee | CNN Politics

Attorney General Pam Bondi faces questions from lawmakers on James Comey, Jeffrey Epstein, Jack Smith, immigration and drone strikes. Follow here for the latest.

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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 1d

Head of OLC is a former Alito clerk
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Exclusive: Classified Justice Department opinion authorizes strikes on secret list of cartels, sources say | CNN Politics

The Trump administration has produced a classified legal opinion that justifies lethal strikes against a secret and expansive list of cartels and suspected drug traffickers, according to multiple peop...

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 3d

A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A.

ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why.

A judge has ordered his immediate release.

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Dan Berman @dhberman.bsky.social · 5d

Mark Langston’s pitch the ump butchered was actually IN the zone

Dan Berman @dhberman.bsky.social · 5d

Ffs

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Dan Berman @dhberman.bsky.social · 5d

I agonized all game for this?!?

Pitch No. 6 was ball four, but the umpire had dinner reservations and wanted to leave so he called it a strike

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Dan Berman @dhberman.bsky.social · 5d

Robot umps now

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Defector @defector.com · 5d

This is as close to unhittable as a pitch gets: defector.com/mason-miller...

This Is As Close To Unhittable As A Pitch Gets | Defector

Baseball is at heart a guessing game. The batter guesses what sort of pitch the pitcher is going to throw. The pitcher guesses what the batter is guessing and throws something else. The batter…

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Dan Berman @dhberman.bsky.social · 6d

Boss-level parking: hitting the spot closest to shul just after rush hour restrictions end.

Dan Berman @dhberman.bsky.social · 6d

How are there not more camera angles for a play at second base in the playoffs?

Dan Berman @dhberman.bsky.social · 6d

Beginning to worry that 0-6 with RISP over the first three innings isn't a successful long-term strategy for winning baseball games

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

COLLINS: Why do you think Trump didn't mean that? He referred very specific cities

MIKE TURNER: He doesn't mean it in the manner you said it

COLLINS: I was just quoting him

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Dan Berman @dhberman.bsky.social · 7d

Announcers should have to make a charitable donation every time they talk about the shadows during playoff games

Dan Berman @dhberman.bsky.social · 7d

I've never seen anything like this opinion www.cnn.com/2025/09/30/p...

‘Full-throated assault on the First Amendment’: Judge rips into Trump over attempts to deport pro-Palestinian academics | CNN Politics

A federal judge on Tuesday delivered an extraordinary 161-page rebuke of President Donald Trump, ruling that the administration impermissibly chilled the protected political speech of university profe...

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Dan Berman @dhberman.bsky.social · 8d

Poor Leon Durham - how many times will ABC show the grounder during the Cubs-Padres series?

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8d

“.. It’s a better case for Comey, because the president won’t shut up,” said retired federal Judge John Jones. “And that’s admissible, so he’s got a fighting chance, I think, on vindictive prosecution.”

@cnn.com
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Dan Berman @dhberman.bsky.social · 8d

Conte was right - it's all ketchup's fault

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d

MIKE JOHNSON: We have to ensure that the rule of law applies to everyone

TAPPER: Does the rule of law apply to people who stormed the Capitol on January 6?

JOHNSON: Apparently there were 274 FBI agents in the crowd

TAPPER: They were sent there to do crowd control. It wasn't a false flag operation

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Sara Spector @miriam2626.bsky.social · 9d

Breaking:
Andrew McCabe breaks his silence .
"I never asked Jim Comey to authorize any disclosure to the media because I DIDN'T HAVE TO!"👇

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Dan Berman @dhberman.bsky.social · 10d

Death, taxes, and those annoying 2 weeks after you change your password but still type in the old one.