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I think he'd rather have a pliant Republican Congressional majority than a noisy oppositional Democratic majority, especially if they keep impeachment on the table for the ensuing two years. BTW, I do think within the range of outcomes is that Democrats take the House and Senate and, assuming they get seated, by the time the 2028 election is nigh, bring enough Republican senators on board for a successful impeachment of Trump. By that time they will have drained as much money as they're gonna get out of a Trump regime anyway, and they will finally be legitimately fatigued by the constant mayhem, so that might be the time they will want to flush MAGA control of the part ydown the toilet, especially to save their own electoral chances. It might even be the surprise October Surprise.

Typical MAGA musclehead bully move.

I hadn't been thinking this would happen, but the deeper this civic war of mid-decade redistricting gets, the more likely Trump declares some sort of national emergency pertaining specifically to Democrats engaging in gerrymandering to criminal levels, or something along those lines. After all, how on-brand it would be for him to demand the arrest and detention of Democrat lawmakers for doing the very same things Republicans are doing, even in forced retaliation?

This is like asking a bear to de-escalate wanting to eat you in the woods. At the risk of yet again being accused of hailing Trump as an evil genius, I'm pretty sure he is accomplishing pretty much what we wants to, which is making a lot of money for himself and his allies from the chaos and disorder, and he's enjoying the results so far. I think we're well beyond seriously ascribing to him any statesman-like intentions such as seeking to contain global conflict.

😕 Why are you glad I don't vote in Maine?

True, but we are a unique bunch. Or do you mean everyone on the planet?

Love me some Willie. Get your mind out of the gutter.

Trevor Bauer is probably well embedded onto the spectrum, just not in a charming way. His parental upbringing probably has something to do with it, too. In any event, this is his life so it’s his burden to deal with.

Not surprising since before the Braves, the Reds and Cardinals had basically the whole south carved up between them.

Do we really expect this Platner fella to caucus with Dems and champion progressive policies, or even center left positions? I don’t.

They’re supposed to be good on camera as mouthpieces for the regime, but not so smart that they have their own ideas about how things should be done.

The Tigers were one Kenley away from taking the series.

They don’t hold a candle to Harriet or Edna.

Why would Hinch check how long ago it’s been?

Man, Finnegan just can’t throw strikes reliably, and when he’s missing, he’s missing by a lot.

Well, Joey got his kill after all, but not after we get our fifth run.

Oh my god, Joey Cora tried to send Wenceel to his death at the plate and WENCEEL WASN’T HAVING ANY OF IT!

The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.

So they can bring the hammer down on anyone else who tries.

It would not shock me to see Jake go into somebody's camp next year, two years, whenever, and try to re-fashion himself as a knuckleball specialist. He'd probably have to add a few ticks to his 80-mph throwing speed for fastball separation, and even then he probably wouldn't succeed, but marginal guys will try just about anything to hang on by their fingernails to the bitter end.

Too much money for too many people while Trump enables it for that to happen. I've been wondering how much the various republicans are having their beds feathered just to stay on board and shut the **** up. Things are probably happening right out in the open, but just try reporting on them without having it rejected as fake-newsery.

I wonder whether the 100 million rank and file red hats are falling in line with this rhetorical strategy? @Tigeraholic1? Any insight from on the ground there?

This guy.

Plan B, since the Plan A of merely telling the press that Ukraine has already lost the war hasn't seemed to work.