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@grammarpurist

Grammarian. Two-time Hall of Fame (College Media Association and Associated Collegiate Press) journalism educator. Lover of hot and spicy foods. UAB Blazer who helped lead The Return. Friend of DeSoto. Klingon at heart. #FIRETRENTDILFER

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College Basketball Invitational will not host a tournament this year The College Basketball Crown tournament in Las Vegas has emerged as a preferred alternative among non-NCAA qualifiers.

The CBI is dead.

College Basketball Invitational will not host a tournament this year www.nytimes.com/athletic/711...

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I wore my T-shirt from UAB’s appearance in the 2004 Hawaii Bowl today!

13.03.2026 01:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I keep seeing people ask about the 25th Amendment.

Guys. His entire Cabinet is walking around in shoes that don’t fit because they’re scared to take them off.

The 25th is never happening.

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β€œNo one gives a sh*t about housing.”

β€œAffordability is a Democrat scam.”

β€œIf [gas prices] rise, they rise.”

It couldn't be clearer: Trump never cared about lowering the cost of living.

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Nope. This is just a game-by-game breakdown.

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A bomb of a newsletter this week. It even has this explosive graphic. I strongly advise you light the fuse on a paid subscription to @foiaball.com.

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And with that, a 31-1 team will likely miss the NCAA Tournament because it’s run by idiots.

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Kids this is how you write a headline

apnews.com/article/uk-h...

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Seems to me the Onion might have a better opportunity to just start writing pure journalism.

How do you compete with the daily absurdity.

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2026 Men’s D1 College Basketball Conference Tournament Central The most wonderful two weeks of the year are here, so is your one-stop shop for brackets and TV/streaming info.

Conference Tournament Central has a daily schedule up. Sure, it's only one game, but you have to start somewhere.

02.03.2026 14:02 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Trump is spending $1 billion a day waging war on Iran. Meanwhile...

Trump's sons are investing in a drone company that could soon receive Pentagon contracts.

And of course Trump's Big Oil donors stand to gain windfall profits as the price of oil skyrockets.

War is a racket.

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The push to keep people of any gender from committing acts of journalism is appalling enough. But the push to intimidate women specifically from committing acts of journalism is next-level appalling.

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I was offered a position as a staff psychologist within a VA outpatient mental clinic in 2018, during Trump 1.0. I was told I’d need to maintain a caseload of 150-200 patients. I turned down the job.

It was hard to imagine care standards getting worse. But it clearly has gotten much much worse.

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Opinion | I Went to Florida to See the 31-Year-Old Candidate Thrilling Gen Z. We’re in Trouble.

I think the rising generation of young republicans is...something even the current republican party is not ready for, as evidenced by these recent clashes on Heritage, Tucker, etc. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/o...

12.03.2026 12:55 πŸ‘ 625 πŸ” 114 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 15

We live in the stupidest possible timeline.

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Self-sucking?

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Whenever Liberty loses, an angel gets its wings.

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tough look for a man with a line of antiperspirant deodorant

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Is it their fault the electorate is so ignorant and uninformed?

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>>Today Ogles is calling for the total rejection of Muslims. Tomorrow it could be any one of us, our friends, and neighbors.

We categorically denounce Rep. Ogles’ comments and call on our community to stand with us in calling out hate in all its forms, wherever it lives.<<

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Primary every one of them out of existence.

12.03.2026 03:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Not for the first time, these are the actions of a thoroughly collaborationist political party.

There is nothing more or else to it.

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The Fate of the First Amendment The Defense Department announced is barring press photographers from the briefings it holds on the war in Iran.

When the President decides photojournalists can’t take pictures at Sec’y Hegseth’s Iran briefings, it’s not a small thing. We’re connecting the dots to the larger efforts to erode our 1st Amendment rights, just when we need them the most. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

12.03.2026 01:01 πŸ‘ 2054 πŸ” 652 πŸ’¬ 57 πŸ“Œ 15

Quit finding new ways to fat-shame me!

12.03.2026 02:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How was this missed? That’s the quintessential Florida man.

12.03.2026 02:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Mine was because of Mary Ann on Gilligan’s Island. Then, Dawn Wells kissed me in 1998, and I’ve been OK to die ever since.

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THANK YOU to the small South Carolina newspaper that was able to verify 16 of the claims made by Trump's teen r*pe accuser, so far... Hey national media: With all your resources, why couldn't YOU do this?
STEP THE F**K UP.

U.S. Democratic Socialists 1d・ THANK YOU to the small South Carolina newspaper that was able to verify 16 of the claims made by Trump's teen r*pe accuser, so far... Hey national media: With all your resources, why couldn't YOU do this? STEP THE F**K UP.

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When Iranian news is more honest than American news, if a bit repetitive.

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