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ChuckBausman
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BLM. On right side of history. Journalism prof. @RiderUniversity. Ex-@Freep. Retired exec. sports editor @PhillyDailyNews. Go Blue! EV driver (not Tesla). Kitty concierge to 2 rescue beauties. Nebraska writer On SI: huskermax.com. Never 51.
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“The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.”

—John Fitzgerald Kennedy
My faithful helper, Mick, is being cute and a tiny bit impatient at the same time. #Caturday
June 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Good morning! I'll be playing with the Galveston Symphony this afternoon, in their annual Juneteenth concert. Juneteenth celebrates the final word of emancipation of the slaves reaching Texas. The proclamation was read at the Ashton Villa, just blocks from our concert hall.
June 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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June 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I like @RepJeffries, but my goodness the "time" was months ago.
Asked about a Dem response to a Rep. Nadler aide being handcuffed by DHS agents inside his congressional office —

@RepJeffries: “We will respond in a time, place, and manner of our choosing… it will be continuous and it will meet the moment.”

BASH: “What does that mean?”
June 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
If they had evidence we would see it. They would be waving the evidence around on Fox.
WELKER: Do you have any actual evidence that the people who will lose Medicaid coverage are engaging in fraud?

MIKE JOHNSON: Well, there is a tremendous amount of fraud in Medicaid
June 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Interesting theory. Wouldn't surprise me.
The question that remains is who gave the NYT proof of fElon’s drug use & bladder problems? Did Trump install surveillance cameras in the Mar-a-Lago bungalow that fElon rented just in case their friendship soured & he needed some “leverage” to even the score?
May 31, 2025 at 9:08 PM
You are correct. I worked in the media. A possible libel suit always was part of your job description. If the news were fake — instead of something he doesn’t like — he would have an army of lawyers on the case. Instead, nothing but blathering.
Exactly! The NYT would never publish a story about fElon’s drug use & related bladder problems w/out having irrefutable proof in the bag. I’m sure the NYT also gave fElon a chance to make a statement before they published this story, which he never did. Ergo his fake news proclamations are pure 💩.
May 31, 2025 at 5:54 PM
If the NY Times lied deliberately, the self-described most litigious man in America would have a lawsuit. Why doesn’t he sue? Bc the stories are true and he couldn’t withstand discovery. That’s why his “fake news” proclamations are BS and he knows it.
May 31, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Seriously, is there a more handsome guy than Mick? #Caturday (almost)
May 31, 2025 at 1:51 AM
A little scary for folks of the same age/generation. Hope you’re well.
May 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I remember Kirk Gibson’s home run as if it were yesterday. A cloudy and cool Sunday afternoon in Detroit, the same day as the Free Press Marathon. Grrrrr-eat! was our front-page headline in @freepress.bsky.social
Detroit #Tigers star Kirk Gibson hits a 3-run HR vs. San Diego #Padres pitcher Goose Gossage in Game 5 of the 1984 World Series! Classic call by Ernie Harwell! ~ Happy 68th Birthday Kirk! #MLB #Baseball #History
May 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
As usual, Sir Charles is correct.
"Hey ESPN, I love you guys. Don't try to make Anthony Edwards the face of the NBA. The face of the NBA is Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Joker, and Giannis. You can't give it to people, they have to take it. And Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has taken it."

-Charles Barkley calls out ESPN
May 28, 2025 at 1:10 AM
There is seriously something wrong with this guy — something I say, with cause, every single day.
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May 19, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Mick taking a break from a busy day of bird watching … He’s a very good boy. #Caturday
May 17, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The Dems instead: Thank you, sir, may I have another?
May 17, 2025 at 10:05 PM
They’re performing sex-change operations at school!!!!
Without a doubt, this is the least-informed electorate in American history. The result of that ignorance is two disastrous administrations. And it’s going to get way worse.
They’re eating the cats! They’re eating the dogs!
May 14, 2025 at 11:14 AM
That’s our boy Mick! Looks like my bookcases, too.
May 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Mick provides writer block because he can. #Caturday
May 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
May 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Thank YOU.
May 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Imagine if Barack Obama did this and how they would have lost their collective minds. I realize the evergreen nature of this. If Obama had done *anything* the fake pontiff has done, minds would have been blown forever.
This is blatantly anti-Catholic and makes fun of Catholicism. Will ANYONE in the Catholic Church speak out against it?
May 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Mick ready for some good times on #Caturday
May 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I hired Shamus as an intern at the Philadelphia Daily News back in the day. Good guy, hard worker who deserves all of this happiness.
The news media gets a lot of flak for its coverage. But by definition we focus on what’s *new*, novel things that are developing in the world around us.

Like an Eagles fan finding someone who loves him.
Philadelphia Eagles Fans Kissed, Got to Know Each Other, Married (Gift Article)
Shamus Clancy and Ashley Suder were strangers when they met at a Super Bowl championship parade to recreate a famous photo. They were brought together by a viral tweet and a bold suggestion.
www.nytimes.com
May 2, 2025 at 7:32 PM