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Magneto was right
Pinned
Kill 'Em All

just thinking about Metallica's first album, it was very good
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“This is not theoretical. This is the old system knocking at the door.”
February 5, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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The approximately 24 hours when the bulls were doing normal, logical things were fun
February 5, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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Is Arturas Karnisovas in the Epstein files? Many people are saying
February 5, 2026 at 3:40 PM
how the hell did the Bulls manage to find a man who's an even bigger oaf than Gar Forman

where does Jerry keep finding these people
February 5, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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The bulls are operating like they have discovered a new inefficiency in the market: trading good payers for bad players
February 5, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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what's the record for most second round picks used in a single player acquisition?

because I think the Bulls are about to break it to acquire Yves Missi
February 5, 2026 at 3:35 PM
"over the top"

wtf put this over the top??

man, you can throw a bag of garbage to go over the top of only one man, Arturas Karnisovas
The Wolves deal for Ayo Dosunmu emerged late in the process. The Bulls weighed several options, including keeping him or moving him elsewhere, before Tim Connelly came over the top with his offer. As late as yesterday evening, this wasn't looking like a real possibility.
February 5, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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Yeah man they suck the joy and love for basketball out of you
February 5, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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The Reinsdorfs are slumlord owners of a poverty franchise. Adam Silver needs to step in and make them sell the Bulls, there is no other way to restore dignity to one of the league's great markets.
February 5, 2026 at 3:23 PM
I now actually hope they trade Matas today, so I can never give a shit about the Chicago Bulls ever again and be freed from this NBA prison.
February 5, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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After the initial thrill of the Bulls actually doing something for once, it just sucks that they waited way too long to do this, depleting the trade value of every single player they traded and getting back ZERO first round picks from tearing down their roster
Minnesota traded Rob Dillingham, Leonard Miller and four second-round picks to Chicago for Dosunmu and Julian Phillips, sources said.
February 5, 2026 at 3:22 PM
this sucks, everyone

this is what happens when you don't fire incompetent management, even when they "learn," it'll be the wrong lessons and they'll manage to destroy your franchise in new, unexpected ways
Minnesota traded Rob Dillingham, Leonard Miller and four second-round picks to Chicago for Dosunmu and Julian Phillips, sources said.
February 5, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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Trading Ayo at the height of his value for garbage.
Whatever man I don’t even know what to say at this point. The bulls are Giddey and Matas and 20 tiny guards who probably suck
February 5, 2026 at 3:10 PM
what if the Bulls aren't only getting 2nd round picks instead of 1sts not because that value is no longer out there for their players, but because they don't want the salary cap hold of a 1st rounder
February 5, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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In the wake of the horrific ICE killings in Minnesota, many prominent Democrats have called for ICE to wear body cameras. Yesterday, @equalityalec.bsky.social talked to @democracynow.org about how important it is that we don't get distracted by meaningless & counterproductive reforms.
January 28, 2026 at 8:14 PM
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Lots of folks saying “this is good” but no, it very much is not.

1) this is the 4th amendment
2) this is a historical norm at worst
3) this is already required
4) again, at worst an historic norm
5) 4A
6) 4A
7) fine
8) good if enforceable
9) useless
10) again, at worst a historical norm
Schumer & Jeffries lay out the Democratic demands for a DHS funding deal in a letter to the top Republican leaders
February 5, 2026 at 3:28 AM
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Dalen for Yabu is a legit hilarious trade. AK out here blindly throwing darts.
February 5, 2026 at 5:21 AM
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If Kristaps stays healthy (enormously huge "if", obviously), he'd add something very unique/fun to this Warriors offense. I dig it.
BREAKING: The Golden State Warriors are trading Jonathan Kuminga and Buddy Hield to the Atlanta Hawks for Kristaps Porzingis, sources tell ESPN.
February 5, 2026 at 4:32 AM
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A bizarre number of people have stepped up to defend Julie Le. What you see in that transcript is an attorney who chose to do evil work—deporting people for ICE then moving over to DOJ in early Jan. specifically to fight these habeas petitions—being called to the carpet. She's desperate, not heroic.
If you want to read the transcript of the February 3 hearing where Julie Le had her "this job sucks" meltdown, now you can:

drive.google.com/file/d/1FnY2...
This is unreal. An AUSA talking like that in open court is about as close as you can come to a total breakdown. Never heard of anything like it.
February 5, 2026 at 12:10 AM
so glad this multi-billion dollar worldwide brand can just be used for training wheels job experience for witless buffoons
But he's still taking the 2nds because, now that he understands the meaning of value and that it's not a static state but evolving, he finally realizes it's this or nothing.
February 4, 2026 at 8:58 PM
I truly believe someone has only just now managed to explain the terms "value" and "draft capital," along with their utility to basketball franchises, to Arturas Karnisovas, and that is why he's suddenly, finally accumulating picks.

Only it's now too late for him to get any 1st round picks.
February 4, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Hell truly hath frozen solid
hell has frozen over, as the Chicago Bulls acquire draft capital
The Sacramento Kings are trading Keon Ellis and Dennis Schroder to the Cleveland Cavaliers, De’Andre Hunter goes to the Kings, Dario Saric and two second-round picks go to the Chicago Bulls in a 3-team trade, sources confirm.

Trade framework was first reported below this morning 😉
February 4, 2026 at 8:51 PM
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let's wear shirts with this guy's face on them like he was Che Guevara
🚨 Documents leaked to me reveal a federal watchlist of American protesters suspected of being Antifa - including its supposed leader.

One Department of Homeland Security document says a 29-year-old resident of Portland "is the leader of Antifa":
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/feds-ident...
Feds Identify “Leader of Antifa”
The list they're creating says so, anyway
www.kenklippenstein.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:47 AM
LMAO great job not trading Coby when he had actual value Arturas, that was a totally worth it extra few months last year
February 4, 2026 at 8:49 PM
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“Wonder Man” good.
February 3, 2026 at 6:01 AM