1/ The exact language of the oath lawyers take when they become members of the bar varies from state to state, but the intention is the same. It's a solemn oath to uphold the Constitution, and to refuse to act for "lucre and malice." The intent is plain. We are a country of laws, not of men.

That would be Secretary of Education Linda McMahon who's being sued for aiding and abetting systemic child molestation, just to be clear

Trumps, Fox, Marge, etc. all immediately rushed to pin New Orleans on immigrants, and Trump lied about the crime rate — but the suspect was a U.S.-born veteran who grew up in Texas, and the crime rate is down.

In case facts still matter.

Chris Murphy: "I read the headlines about the Liz Cheney criminal referral and almost every single one of them in mainstream media played this straight as if it was a normal function of legislative power, instead of telling the truth, which is that this is made up out of thin air."

“Don’t feed the trolls” also extends to bad opinion pieces in papers of record.

They run them bc people react to them the most.

If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.

It’s not easy and takes constant practice!

Photo of all the workers who have spent the last five years restoring the Notre Dame Cathedral.

Babe Ruth's 715th home run described, in Collyer's Eye, Volume 4, Number 17, 20 July 1918.

For Veterans Day, with a baseball theme (natch): Abner Doubleday is the only baseball figure--arguably, of course--to have served in the Mexican War (Battle of Buena Vista, near Saltillo, 1847). His memorial: the Doubleday Bar of Sports Champions in Port Isabel, Texas.

Every time you see an ad for a betting house on TV or hear one on the radio, remember, they're paying for that ad with the money they won from suckers.

Whole buncha suckers out there, looks like.

I don’t think I’ve ever had as much glee as when I chanted with 30k Texans “BEAT TED CRUZ!”

Kamala Harris: "Now he is ducking debates and canceling interviews. Check this out -- his own campaign team recently said it's because of exhaustion. Well, if you are too exhausted on the campaign trail, it raises real questions about whether you are fit for the toughest job in the world. C'mon."