Looking at the Tigers in 2025, and seeing much: a pair of potential mid-season surprises, via trade and minor-league promotion; a win-loss record dented severely by the Parker Meadows void; rebound for a certain hitter; trade chips emerging. Detroit News.https://shorturl.at/gzDXT
The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
Michigan would be exquisitely served by a Buttigieg Senate run. But the nation would be better-led if he runs for the White House in 2028. Am of the unshakeable conviction he will win, in either pursuit. Believe others, by the day, will see him as a nation's desperately needed answer. And he is.
Photo of Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde.
This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.
Reunions are noteworthy for genuine, heartfelt hugs. Here's one for Dr. Janice.
The past two Tigers signing scorecards from Latin America, including Wednesday's formal announcements, hint that a long-fumbling MLB club has turned around its domestic, and international, safaris. What's changed? Detroit News story. shorturl.at/rZMnv
Can we just admit that we NEED immigrants for our economy to run, from agriculture to high tech?
We’re a goddamn nation of immigrants, aren’t we? Let’s be proud of our immigrant heritage!
Should we continue to encourage kids to go to college ? Or push them to take up a trade ?
I believe in college. Learning how to learn, IMO, is a critical life skill. Being exposed to people of different backgrounds, makes yiu wiser
Qualifier- it should be a school you can afford.
Charlie Maxwell -- when Hula Hoops and sock-hops were in vogue, baseball's blessings were embodied by a Sunday home-run specialist from Paw Paw, Michigan. Detroit News farewell. shorturl.at/oWG1q
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Detroit News 2025 Top 50 Detroit Tigers prospects. From @lynnhenning.bsky.social
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I like this…..
Forgot to post this spectacular sunset from two nights ago.
the scariest words you'll hear from a voter: "I do my own research" cc: @radiofreetom.bsky.social
Guess which ‘one’ hasn’t figured it out yet?! 👇
Just one guess. 🇺🇸
@gregolear.bsky.social is 100% right when he predicts if GOP repeals ACA and replaces it with anything less than universal healthcare there will be hell to pay. Vigilantes will be coming for them from both sides of the political spectrum. #EnoughIsEnough
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Another environmental catastrophe caused by Russians east of Crimea, after one of their decaying oil tankers broke apart on high seas 2 days ago, 35km of pristine coastline has been contaminated in true Russian style.
And these tankers are now all over the world.
You don’t have “too many books.” You have a perfectly curated library.
Disagree: Been voting for 35 years and it's not always a slam dunk. Lots of players through the years are within an eyelash, either way. It helps sometimes to table a vote for a year, or even more. History constantly sharpens perspective. You want a vote to be disciplined, and not one you regret.
Neither gender nor sexual orientation compares with the prejudice Obama twice defeated. To repeat: Nikki Haley easily would have tromped Biden, or Harris, had she been able to wrest Trump from the cult. Buttigieg won't get votes from those who would never vote for a Dem. But he'll get ample others.
"Qualifications" are easily established as Presidential candidates go. But you've got to make people excited to vote for you. HRC began with 55% unfavorables. They never changed. Harris flunked out of the 2020 primary, then had Biden's (unjust) stigma. She did better, frankly, than anticipated.
Bill Belichick dealing with NIL.
Bill Belichick at Media Days.
Bill Belichick dealing with 6-7 reporters in a cramped auxiliary after a rainy-soaked game at Virginia.
It’s all gonna be so glorious.
I give it two years.
It's not gender, per se. And here's your proof: Had Trump not somehow obstructed her way, Nikki Haley would have been the GOP nominee, and winner, against either Biden or Harris. Being gay will no more disqualify Buttigieg than being Black kept Obama from two terms. It's about the person -- solely.
Betsey: Buttigieg would have won the nomination in 2024 had Biden not gummed-it-up. He'll be a transformative presence in 2028. When the world will need a transformative U.S. President.
Pete knows what will be up in 2028, and that his time is coming. Not sure he wants to give away the goods quite yet. He can talk governor's race and be prudent in doing so. But he knows that in '28 the time will be right for Buttigieg. More than right.
Disagree, David: Buttigieg has what Obama had. And then some. And by 2028, the world -- Black people, particularly -- will be ready for a man of Buttigieg's intelligence and virtue. We will have empty reservoirs there.
Watching the people who were tortured by Assad…. And my anger for @TulsiGabbard defending him grows hotter.
Every senator that votes yes on her is complicit
