Because we need fun stories these days.The finals of the NBA cup are Tuesday night. And yeah, who cares, except winning is worth about $500,000, roughly equivalent to the NBA minimum for a two-way player, and half of the rookie minimum. So for younger and lower paid players, it’s a big deal.
And the San Antonio Spurs want to win it…
In fact, they have a particularly hard core little rooting section called the Jackals, started and championed by Victor Wembanyama, who get discounted tickets in return for a commitment to attend 75% of the games, be enthusiastic and loud.
The team is flying 50 Jackals to Las Vegas for the finals. Covering tickets, flights, hotels. To give the Spurs a taste of home court advantage.
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Michele Tafoya has said she might run for the US Senate next year.
For all those going “What, who, where?”
Michele was a football sideline reporter for decades including on Monday Night Football and Sunday Night Football.
And now she’s doing conservative podcasts in Minnesota
Great news, for whoever wins the Democratic primary to replace retiring Senator Tina Smith.
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“Good Night and Good Luck” is a play and then movie about CBS News’ efforts to fight Joseph McCarthy and corporate sponsors. What’s the Bari Weiss real life response to Americans over Trump attacks on democracy going to be titled? “Good night and go f*ck yourselves?”
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And for anyone who thought, maybe it was fake or out of context, in a press conference Donald Trump stood by his Truth Social post. -which included the allegation that Reiner’s death was “”reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME”
Adding “I wasn’t a fan of Rob Reiner at all, in any way shape or form. He was very bad for our country.” Hey GOP, NOW will you claim you don’t know about what he said?
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Meanwhile, what Reiner said in 2016.
“Trump for 1st time gave voice to out & out bigotry, & he got a following. If you look at things he’s said, if he wasn’t famous,you wouldn’t listen. He’d be b thee crazy person in park on a soapbox & you’d walk in other direction.”
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So after Kash Patel bragged that his FBI helped capture a person of interest, the man was released…. so there’s a mass shooter killer loose. And Patel flew to record a podcast tonight with Katie Miller (wife of Stephen), along with his girlfriend.
About the manhunt? No. About their love life. You can’t make this “stuff: up.
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Donald Trump falsely said shooter was in custody before police detained anyone. Then Kash Patel’s FBI had police detain person of interest, since released.
So TWICE people near Brown have falsely felt safe & subject is STILL at large. Their incompetence may get someone killed
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No one will own quietly added NDAA provision to allow military helicopters to fly around DC without using ADS-B transponders to broadcast locations. In January such flying resulted in collision where 67 people died. Where is DOD Secretary Pete Hegseth?
The buck stops with him.
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And finally a quote and bittersweet end to “The American President” directed by Rob Reiner
-Sydney Ellen Wade: “How’d you finally do it?”
President Andrew Shepherd: “Do what?”
Sydney Ellen Wade: “Manage to give a woman flowers and be president at the same time?”
President Andrew Shepherd: “Well, it turns out I’ve got a rose garden.”
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Now the President doesn’t even have a real rose garden. And does anyone think he’d give a woman flowers/
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