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Sunshine

@solnichka.bsky.social

Half dolphin. 🐬 Lazy Ironman. 🚴‍♂️ Quiet journalist. 📰 Published historian. 📚 Lifelong educator. 📓 Lover of most things progressively Best Coast. 🇺🇸 Facts matter, always. ✅

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Pac-9 Friday: Football Check-In Time dailymcplay.com/2026/10/23/p... #Pac12 #Pac12Football #NCAA #CollegeFooteball #BoiseState #ColoradoState #FresnoState #OregonState #SanDiegoState #TexasState #UtahState #WashingtonState #Wazzu #Sabermetrics #CollegeFootballPlayoff

dailymcplay.comPac-9 Friday: Football Check-In TimeOur Pac-12 Friday regular commentary took a hit years ago when the breakup of the conference began with UCLA and USC bolting for the B1G. Mass exodus ensued, and it’s been a hard road back for the …
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Trump Appointees Asked a Federal Cybersecurity Agency to Secretly Acquire a Voting Machine — and Hack It www.propublica.org/article/cisa... #GOPLies #GOPCheats #GOPSteals #GOPSucks #VoteBlue #Midterms #ElectionFraud

propublica.orgTrump Appointees Asked a Federal Cybersecurity Agency to Secretly Acquire a Voting Machine — and Hack ItThough not acted on, the request shows how the Trump administration has tried to use the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency for its own ends while draining it of resources to help its mi...

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Kevin M. Kruse
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social

If you're a reporter asking a candidate to denounce a foreign terrorist group simply because he shares the same religion, you are a gutter bigot of the worst fucking kind. Do they ask Mike Rogers to denounce Christian terrorists like Tim McVeigh, Eric Robert Rudolph and Robert Lewis Dear? No? Huh

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Sunday Surmising: What Fool Voter(s) Think Caitlin Clark is an MVP candidate? dailymcplay.com/2026/10/11/s... #WNBA #WNBAHistory #WNBAMVP #Sabermetrics #CaitlinClark #IndianaFever #SportsMediots #Overrated #BandwagonFans #AdvancedAnalytics #WNBAMedia

dailymcplay.comSunday Surmising: What Fool Voter(s) Think Caitlin Clark is an MVP candidate?It’s been over four months since we did an entry in the Sunday Surmising miniseries, so it’s time now that the annual mediot hyperbole festival is over for the WNBA awards season. We wi…

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HELL Kennedy
@helenkennedy.com

Twice he's asked about the risk of creating a martyr. Twice his answer is "no one has to watch it." Which is, obviously, not remotely an answer to the question.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

BRENNAN: Nidal Hasan is in a wheelchair. Doesn't the administration risk livestreaming this and making him a martyr? Couldn't this be a risk to the homeland? MARKWAYNE MULLIN: No one has to watch it B: Well then why are you livestreaming it? MULLIN: The president is restoring American values

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Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose. www.propublica.org/article/ken-... #GOPGrifters #PaxtonFraud #GOPLies #GOPTheft #GOPFraud #VoteTalarico #TexasFraud #TexasLies

propublica.orgKen Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta...
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Stop using AI: you're literally KILLING the planet. news.un.org/en/story/202... #StopAI #ClimateChange #AIDestroysEnvironments #AIDamage #DontUseAI #AIKillsthePlanet #MotherEarthHatesAI #SavethePlanetFromAI #AISucks #TechBrosBlow

news.un.orgAI’s environmental costs threaten water, land and climateArtificial Intelligence is not only responsible for worrying amounts of earth-warming greenhouse gases: the technology's environmental footprint is also expanding at a pace that could strain the plane...

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Stand Up for Science!
@standupforscience.net

In this moment, in the run-up to these midterm elections, it’s clear our country is poised on an even more perilous political moment. Our Virtual & Accessible GOTV Rally is where and when we join up to launch our brave sprint to win at the finish line on November 3rd. 🧵

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MLB Monday: A Flash in the Pan ... Marty Cordova dailymcplay.com/2026/09/21/m... #MLB #MLBHistory #MLBROTY #ALROTY #Sabermetrics #MartyCordova #MinnesotaTwins #TorontoBlueJays #ClevelandIndians #BostonRedSox #BaltimoreOrioles

dailymcplay.comMLB Monday: A Flash in the Pan … Marty CordovaNot everyone likes Mondays, which we are sure we’ve noted before, but … we do! MLB Monday is one of our favorite pastimes, so here we go again. This time around it’s a career retr…
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NFL Thursday: Hate to Say, "We Told You So!" ... But? dailymcplay.com/2026/10/08/n... #NFL #NFLHistory #Overrated #JimHarbaugh #LAChargers #SF49ers #MichiganWolverines #CheatersinSport #Sabermetrics #JustinHerbert #BrandonStanley #AlexSmith #ColinKaepernick #JJMcCarthy

dailymcplay.comNFL Thursday: Hate to Say, “We Told You So!” … But?We don’t need a phony Presidential Medal of Freedom here, but this is our second NFL Thursday column in a row! We still love the NFL, despite its flaws, and this week we want to check back in…

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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com

Q: Your approval rating with Latino voters has dropped down to 27% TRUMP: You're fake news. You're CNN. My poll numbers are great. All you have to do is look at the crowds we're drawing.

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MLB Monday: Carlos Beltrán, in historical context dailymcplay.com/2026/10/05/m... #MLB #MLBHistory #MLBHallofFame #MLBGoldGloves #CarlosBeltran #Sabermetrics #Cooperstown #KCRoyals #HoustonAstros #NYMets #SFGiants #ZackWheeler #StLCards #NYYankees #TexasRangers #Trashstros #HoustonTrashstros

dailymcplay.comMLB Monday: Carlos Beltrán, in historical contextWe return to MLB Monday today with our take on longtime outfielder and Cooperstown inhabitant Carlos Beltrán. A controversial figure in the sport for many reasons (which you can read about here), h…

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Kevin M. Kruse
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social

Slander is spoken; libel is written. But this isn't either of those. It's detailed reporting from a respected outlet with damning evidence. And "most consequential Commerce Secretary in modern history" is as impressive as "shortest NBA player from Luxembourg"

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NHL Saturday: Same ol' Sharks Again in 2026? dailymcplay.com/2026/10/03/n... #NHL #NHLHistory #SanJoseSharks #FloridaPanthers #LAKings #IvarStenberg #MacklinCelebrini #RyanWarsofsky #YaroslavAskarov #NHLPlayoffs #StanleyCup

dailymcplay.comNHL Saturday: Same ol’ Sharks Again in 2026?It’s been three months since our last NHL Saturday miniseries column, and with the new regular season kicking off this week, it’s time to check in with the San Jose Sharks. When we last…

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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com

Trump mumbles through an extremely low energy endorsement for Ken Paxton to little applause from the audience

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Rex Huppke
@rexhuppke.bsky.social

The flop sweat from this just flooded the entire Dallas-Ft. Worth area.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "They came up with the word 'affordability' ... it's phony" (Note that the crowd isn't into Trump's affordability denialism at all)

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Friday Funday: Red Schoendienst, Hall of Famer dailymcplay.com/2026/09/18/f... #MLB #MLBHistory #Sabermetrics #RedSchoendienst #StLCards #NYGiants #MilwaukeeBraves #MLBAllStar #Cooperstown #MLBHallofFame #MLBMOTY #MickeyLolich

dailymcplay.comFriday Funday: Red Schoendienst, Hall of FamerIt is time for another Friday Funday column, and today we go back in time: Hall of Famer Red Schoendienst. He played 19 seasons in the majors from 1945-1963, beginning as a left fielder and mostly …

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Andy Scollick
@andyscollick.bsky.social

The banality of evil (Arendt)

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

"He's gonna fix it. Believe in him ... all the abortion, it's evil ... I want to see 2 people -- Trump & Jesus...we do not want Muslims taking over...I have horrible thoughts. I don't think they should be here. This isn't their country...they need to pack up & go back where they came from."

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Allison Gill
@muellershewrote.com

Unelected Republicans in Georgia are asking Todd Blanche to declare their voting machines illegal. DOJ has no authority to interfere with state-run elections, but I doubt that will stop them from trying. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

democracydocket.comGOP-controlled Georgia election board asks DOJ to declare state’s voting machines illegalThe request represents a major assault on the state's voting system by unelected state officials.
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NFL Thursday: Jameis Winston Still Has a Job dailymcplay.com/2026/10/01/n... #NFL #NFLHistory #Sabermetrics #JameisWinston #TampaBayBucs #NewOrleansSaints #ClevelandBrowns #NYGiants #CaitlinClark #TomBrady #HeismanTrophy #FloridaStateSeminoles #BCSChamps

dailymcplay.comNFL Thursday: Jameis Winston Still Has a JobWe don’t do a lot of NFL Thursday entries these days, and we’d like to change that. However, we often do not have much to say. It’s been more than five months since our last colum…

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Allison Gill
@muellershewrote.com

The VERY conservative 11th Circuit unanimously refused to block the lower court's sanctions order against the DOJ in the Trump v IRS (that resulted in the slush fund) case.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

Incredible. The 11th Circuit, in a 3-0 opinion (two Obama appointees and one Trump 1.0 appointee), agrees that Trump and his lawyers have failed to rebut the judge's finding that the entire IRS settlement was collusive, highlighting that no other explanation for their conduct was even offered.

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WNBA Tuesday: Day-Old "Stale" Takes on Game 1s dailymcplay.com/2026/09/29/w... #WNBA #WNBAPlayoffs #NYLiberty #LasVegasAces #ATLDream #GSValkyries #IndianaFever #AjaWilson #DallasWings #PaigeBueckers #WashingtonMystics #MinnesotaLynx

dailymcplay.comWNBA Tuesday: Day-Old “Stale” Takes on Game 1sThe WNBA Tuesday piece today looks at the first games of the current postseason, four of them, played on Sunday. There were some surprises, and there were some predictable results. Since the openin…
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Saturday Smugness: The WNBA Playoffs dailymcplay.com/2026/09/26/s... #WNBA #WNBAPlayoffs #Sabermetrics #LasVegasAces #MinnesotaLynx #AtlantaDream #GoldenStateValkyries #WNBAHistory #IndianaFever #NYLiberty #DallasWings #WashingtonMystics #AjaWilson

dailymcplay.comSaturday Smugness: The WNBA PlayoffsHere we go again with some Saturday Smugness for everyone as we look at the upcoming WNBA playoffs, which start tomorrow. The regular season was a little weird, with a two-week break before the fin…

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Sam
@samd.bsky.social

it’s so funny that people were like “OMG a 2PM Oval Office announcement, is Trump going to end the war in Iran or invade Cuba?!?!” and it turns out, no, he’s just going to rant about how good the economy is + how elections are rigged and then fall asleep

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump's eyes are getting very heavy

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸
@gtconway.bsky.social

I have never underestimated Trump’s lying, or his ability to spew bullshit. But he has in fact lost substantial control of his mind. And his ability to distinguish truth from lies—which was never really strong or important to him—is, at this point, de minimis.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump lies: "Oil will come dropping down as soon as Iran gives up, as soon as the war is over, which will be soon. Prices for groceries have come way down for Biden. Almost every price has come way down. And remember one thing -- oil is less expensive now than it was under the Biden administration."

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MLB Monday: World Series Predictions Based on Past Precedent dailymcplay.com/2026/09/28/m... #MLB #MLBHistory #MLBPlayoffs #WorldSeries #Sabermetrics #MLBTVRatings #MLBPayroll #LADodgers #AtlantaBraves #ChicagoCubs #NYYankees #BostonRedSox #ChicagoWhiteSox #HoustonAstros #PhiladelphiaPhillies

dailymcplay.comMLB Monday: World Series Predictions Based on Past PrecedentIt’s time now to do our annual thing on MLB Monday, where we predict the World Series based on the past 30-plus years of results. There are 12 teams in the baseball postseason, and the verifi…