Writer, editor, poet & contrarian. In a previous life, NJ Statehouse bureau chief and columnist. These days, I post more about Philadelphia sports.

New Jersey, USA
Joined November 2008
It could be a question in years past, but not in 2026. The @Brewers are the best team in @MLB. Their regular-season record says it. Their NL playoff record says it. And their #WorldSeries performance against a very good Rays team has blared it to the universe.
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All the GOP craziness over Obama's @Cheesecake Factory comment is a head-scratcher. I eat at the Cheesecake Factory. I like the food. But TBH, the inside of the place is an exercise in overkill. @BarackObama was 100% right.
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Any person who had a modicum of decency would apologize, immediately, and then impose some basic accountability for some remarkably negligent staff work. He was trying to set up a perjury trap with fake information. Pitiful.
A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. Watch the whole thing:
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.@SenEricSchmitt, you owe this man an apology. Will you be big enough to make it or small enough to stand by a blatantly false accusation?
🤡 Eric Schmitt beclowns himself during Jack Smith hearing 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atlanta to go to a Hawks game and collude with Fani Willis, and briefly displayed his "evidence" on a poster board before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- Schmitt's facts were totally wrong. Smith was actually in Maryland at a Hawkeyes (not a Hawks) game and never met Willis. As Klobuchar told him, "You have your teams wrong." Here's the whole deeply embarrassing sequence:
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That squirrelly hit on Hurts could really cost the @Eagles. Hope Jackson gets fined out the wazoo for that.
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Sometimes, when you least expect it, you find out you made a difference. Humbled tonight.
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If you have to speak fluent English to serve in the US government, how the hell is Markwayne Mullin DHS Secretary?
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Lutnick is either lying through his teeth or he's astoundingly ill-informed. Either way, it doesn't reflect well on him at all. My guess is that the Trump administration is used to lying and getting away with it, since their political base will believe anything they say.
Sec. Lutnick: "Data centers don't use water. They're data centers. This is propaganda by our adversaries to try to slow us down."
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C. John Schoonejongen retweeted
I get it. People love talking about presidential rankings. But all of the commentary about who was left out, who ranked higher than whom, is a distraction from the fact that the sitting president — during a war, in the lead up to the midterms, during a period of great anxiety — is casually posting about how he’s the greatest president ever. I get that defenders think it’s brilliant because it’s trolling. That’s pathetic in its own right. But a president trolling about how awesome he is when his approval rating is in the low 30s isn’t smart, clever, or wise. It’s sad and disturbing.
Trump drops Presidential rankings chart:
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Therefore my name is MUCH older than the Canadian providence called Ontario. So all this childish behavior is literally petty BS. I will ALWAYS be Lake Ontario.
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This New York Times headline is almost as insightful as Miss Anne Elk’s theory on the brontosaurus.
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Trump is using the power of the government regulatory state to coerce companies into turning over huge ownership stakes in their businesses to the federal government while calling Democrats communists.
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The @Nationals pitching coach looks like he’s about 15.
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Whoa...
BREAKING: LeBron James is signing with the Philadelphia 76ers on a two-year, $8 million deal with a player option, Klutch Sports Group and Klutch CEO and Game Over show host Rich Paul tells ESPN.
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The Trump DOJ withdraws subpoenas for NYT journalists. Know why? BECAUSE. THE. NYT. PUSHED. BACK. Me thinks there is a lesson here.
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Very disappointed with the National League hitters yesterday. They played like this was an exhibition game. Oh, wait...
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The boos for Mr. and Mrs. Met… lol #AllStarGame
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