Valiendo Padres
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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The officer was "heading for duty" Wednesday night when his "weapon discharged and he accidentally shot himself in the testicles" in the station's parking lot, records show.
Off-duty Chicago cop accidentally shoots himself in groin outside police station in Gresham
chicago.suntimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:46 AM
The officer was "heading for duty" Wednesday night when his "weapon discharged and he accidentally shot himself in the testicles" in the station's parking lot, records show.
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NEW: a contractor is paying random people $300 to physically track immigrants for ICE. They're given addresses, vehicles, told to monitor the target. That information then goes back up to ICE. These are not licensed private investigators; members of the public
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
Contractor Paying Random People $300 to Physically Track Immigrants for ICE
“The more I listened to it, the more I’m like, something doesn’t sound right,” a person who was briefed on the pilot plans told 404 Media.
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
NEW: a contractor is paying random people $300 to physically track immigrants for ICE. They're given addresses, vehicles, told to monitor the target. That information then goes back up to ICE. These are not licensed private investigators; members of the public
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
5 Preller draft picks/intl. signings listed another masterful display
November 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
5 Preller draft picks/intl. signings listed another masterful display
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Brian Lawrence
Pitcher
Debut: 2001 - Retired: 2007
SDP - NYM
Pitcher
Debut: 2001 - Retired: 2007
SDP - NYM
Brian Lawrence at baseball-reference.com
Career stats of Brian Lawrence
baseball-reference.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Brian Lawrence
Pitcher
Debut: 2001 - Retired: 2007
SDP - NYM
Pitcher
Debut: 2001 - Retired: 2007
SDP - NYM
shoutout to Randy regularly posting up next to his BBQ spot at the Q just to hang with fans. Unreal ambassador for the team QDEP
November 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
shoutout to Randy regularly posting up next to his BBQ spot at the Q just to hang with fans. Unreal ambassador for the team QDEP
PSA: next time you hear someone smugly mentioned they clean while they cook, let them know that’s an OSHA violation 😤
November 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
PSA: next time you hear someone smugly mentioned they clean while they cook, let them know that’s an OSHA violation 😤
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I’m about to da bears so mfer hard
September 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I’m about to da bears so mfer hard
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Beautiful stuff from Pope Leo on the power of movies. "Entering a cinema is like crossing a threshold. In the darkness and silence, vision becomes sharper, the heart opens up, and the mind becomes receptive to things not yet imagined." deadline.com/2025/11/pope...
Pope Leo XIV Talks Movies To A-List Crowd At Vatican: Read His Speech
Pope Leo XIV Talks Movies To A-List Crowd At Vatican: Read His Speech
deadline.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Beautiful stuff from Pope Leo on the power of movies. "Entering a cinema is like crossing a threshold. In the darkness and silence, vision becomes sharper, the heart opens up, and the mind becomes receptive to things not yet imagined." deadline.com/2025/11/pope...
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Sometimes you run across an old quote that stops you cold. From a Jayson Stark article in January 2000:
November 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Sometimes you run across an old quote that stops you cold. From a Jayson Stark article in January 2000:
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Tomorrow will be 20 years since Eddie Guerrero died.
I wrote about Eddie, existing in memories and between spaces, and about searching for things that aren't there.
www.espn.com/wrestling/st...
I wrote about Eddie, existing in memories and between spaces, and about searching for things that aren't there.
www.espn.com/wrestling/st...
For the family of WWE legend Eddie Guerrero, his shadow still looms large
Twenty years after his death, the legendary WWE superstar still exists in the memories of his loved ones.
www.espn.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Tomorrow will be 20 years since Eddie Guerrero died.
I wrote about Eddie, existing in memories and between spaces, and about searching for things that aren't there.
www.espn.com/wrestling/st...
I wrote about Eddie, existing in memories and between spaces, and about searching for things that aren't there.
www.espn.com/wrestling/st...
hadn’t read an Acee piece in a while and that Stammen article has some peak Acee syntax my god
November 11, 2025 at 9:57 PM
hadn’t read an Acee piece in a while and that Stammen article has some peak Acee syntax my god
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preller’s all-white front office when they see a pickleball tournament
November 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
preller’s all-white front office when they see a pickleball tournament
Gruep built those Gallagher Square courts for this
November 11, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Gruep built those Gallagher Square courts for this
Demorats imho
November 10, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Demorats imho
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Here's a partial list of suspected guilty parties. Call them if they're your senators, friends, right now.
blacksky.community/profile/did:...
blacksky.community/profile/did:...
John Fetterman, Angus King, Maggie Hassan, Dick Durbin, Jon Ossoff, Jeanne Shaheen, Kirsten Gillibrand, Catherine Cortez Masto, Mark Warner, Cory Booker, and of course Chuck Schumer. Maybe others not top of mind. Not all responsible will publicly vote for the cave - that's not how this works.
November 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Here's a partial list of suspected guilty parties. Call them if they're your senators, friends, right now.
blacksky.community/profile/did:...
blacksky.community/profile/did:...
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BREAKING: The NWSL is awarding its 17th franchise to Atlanta and will join the league for a record expansion fee of $165 million, sources tell The Athletic.
Details: www.nytimes.com/athletic/679...
Details: www.nytimes.com/athletic/679...
November 9, 2025 at 11:35 PM
BREAKING: The NWSL is awarding its 17th franchise to Atlanta and will join the league for a record expansion fee of $165 million, sources tell The Athletic.
Details: www.nytimes.com/athletic/679...
Details: www.nytimes.com/athletic/679...
what a game, real rivalry hours in Portland rn
November 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
what a game, real rivalry hours in Portland rn
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And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons.
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
‘How is this possible?’: a new film looks inside the appalling abuses of the Alabama prison system
In the year’s most shocking documentary, The Alabama Solution, prisoners share astonishing footage in a plea for help
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons.
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
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we are all him today 🙏
November 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
we are all him today 🙏