Rob Tuck 🇺🇸🇺🇦

"I’ve never played a single game of baseball. Not once. Never even threw, or caught, a baseball until I was in college. I have no personal connection to the game....For me, the joy of baseball has been walking with my little boy as he grew."

I appreciate Pogačar’s dominance, but the Tour is basically over barring catastrophe. I enjoy watching but it’s hard to follow a 3 week race that’s done before week 2.

The Democrats are dumping Graham Platner. The Republicans nominated Ken Paxton.

ETTD

USMNT captain Tim Ream said the squad, which includes members from 12 different states, 13 dual-nationals, and is coached by an Argentine, is "a true representation of what America is." ❤️🤍💙

Knicks may have just finished off the greatest NBA playoff run ever. NYK finished with the largest margin of victory ever by a champion — 14.9 points per game. Their 13 straight wins are the 2nd-longest playoff winning streak ever. 16-3 record. One loss over the last 3 rounds.

BIG KNICKS ENERGY

From @theathletic.com: The New York Knicks are NBA champions for the first time since 1973 and for just the third time in team history. They stunned the San Antonio Spurs, again, with another comeback win in Game 5 of the finals. www.nytimes.com/athletic/735...

From @willsammon.bsky.social:

The Virginia redistricting ruling is real, and the structural headwinds are real. But so is the path forward. What today's ruling actually means, what the right will lie about, and why the only answer is the oldest one in politics — persuasion, coalition, show up. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

new for Yahoo Sports: with Travis Bazzana arriving in Cleveland and joining an already loaded rookie class, here's a look at six more prospects off to hot starts in the upper levels who we could see in the big leagues at some point in 2026 ⤵️ sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/...

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… that we KNOW OF ;)

A federal judge dismissed President Trump’s defamation lawsuit against the publisher of The Wall Street Journal. 🔗 on.wsj.com/4dFAQmV

Titles don’t make your school great.

Neguse: "My Republican colleagues are very much living in a fantasy land, and somehow trying to make the case to the American people that Democrats control the Senate. It's absurd! Thune is the GOP majority leader. The Republican majority in the Senate passed a bill. Not a single senator objected."

A newly released 2023 progress memo from former Special Counsel Jack Smith revealed that investigators established a motive for Donald Trump's alleged retention of classified documents: protecting his business interests.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/711...

I kid you not... The same White House that forgot that invading Iran might lead it to close the Strait of Hormuz, is now arguing (through Peter Navarro) that war with Iran is a good idea because it'll prevent Iran from closing the Strait of Hormuz.

EXCLUSIVE: 7 months ago, Ukraine tried to sell the U.S. their battle-proven technology for downing Iranian-made drones. The Trump administration dismissed the Ukrainians, only to reverse course last week after more-than-expected Iranian drone strikes.

Virginia lawmakers have passed a first-of-its-kind bill that prohibits schools from teaching that the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection was a peaceful demonstration or that there was massive fraud in the 2020 presidential election.

Corey Lewandowski to begin affair with Markwayne Mullin

The social media giant says that end-to-end encryption would make users less safe.

Ossoff: "The president owes Americans a real explanation. 2am posts on Truth Social just aren't good enough when you're sending Americans into combat. He was dancing at his beach club the same night he ordered air crews to launch into combat & hours before our service members endured missile salvos"

ICYMI — “If Donald Trump’s administration really wants to find evidence of foreign interference in Georgia’s elections, then they need look no further than the president’s old friend Elon Musk and his shady super PAC.” newrepublic.com/post/206857/...

Lawmakers have been ceding power to the president for decades — and the Supreme Court just gave them permission to hit the reset button (via Bloomberg Opinion)

In Summerville SC, a business owner was arrested for…. Being on a group chat with kids planning a school walkout to protest ICE. There is a first amendment in this country still. Let’s not even mention the grown adults Nazi chat that Vance defended carolinacourier.substack.com/p/summervill...

Today’s performance by Pam Bondi was not only unacceptable, it was clearly a smoke screen for a coverup, and her anger is at herself because her shattered moral compass still has a pulse.

China adds record-breaking 430 GW of wind and solar power capacity in 2025-BRICS

Speaker Mike Johnson failed to reinstate a ban on lawmakers’ ability to challenge President Donald Trump’s tariffs when three Republicans crossed party lines to vote with Democrats. https://cnn.it/4qnT3I9

First look at Baby Krypto in ‘SUPERGIRL’

Solar? But we’re told solar doesn’t work - what happens when the sun doesn’t shine, right?

www.nytimes.com/athletic/699...

You know who should be most worried about the Epstein Files? Iran.

Is the time value of money a mystery?

Does this mean Texas gets invaded now? Or is that only after intrepid reporter Nick Shirley gets a scoop? www.fox4news.com/news/48-texa...

Meet the new boss… Protesters should start carrying CAVA bags. www.startribune.com/tom-homan-mi...

WSJ EDITORIAL BOARD: “.. President Trump’s desire to control the public airwaves is verging on the comic, literally. .. Then again, maybe the goal is to make Mr. Trump’s Presidency the highest-rated comedy on TV.” 👀 @wsj.com www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...

The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon. wapo.st/49Zqv1L

The Trump administration’s siege of Minneapolis is a notional campaign of immigration enforcement whose larger and transparent purpose has been provocation and political theatre

So same as yesterday, last month and 50 years ago?

Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."

These highly creative people could have a lot of fun with this “regulation”. Careful what you wish for. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/b...

www.forbes.com/sites/kenrob...

It’s the “One Big Ditka” vs “11 Little Ditkas” strategy. 😀

US Senate passes bill to boost federal science spending after White House sought major cuts reut.rs/4quOz3q