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@KurtSchlichter Everyone is arguing and feeding the troll. Just type out "Agreed. Revoke all jus terrarum claims to US citizenship," and let the situation resolve itself.

She’s too stupid to even apply her stupid analogy correctly

@Strandjunker Agreed. Cancel their jus terrarum claims and they will still have their jus sanguinis citizenship. What's your next move?

Seems like a good day to remind everyone that Trump’s ex-wife Ivana wasn’t an American citizen until 1988. She gave birth to Don Junior in 1977, Ivanka in 1981, and Eric in 1984. — Let’s cancel their birthright citizenship first.

@acekingspades @reillocity @BrokeBoyCap @Ben13Porter 25.4 mm per inch, so accuracy is about 0.15 inches. So, anything less than 0.1 inches on or off strike zone is left as called?

@reillocity @BrokeBoyCap @Ben13Porter It’s accurate to 4 mm.

I understand if you add a buffer zone you get into a cycle of infinite regression… but pitches like this should absolutely not be overturned lol

@DschlopesIsBack In defense, she was rebelling against her mother, trying to take Trump's advice about what to grab and didn't want to assume any genders. It's all a big misgender....I mean, misunderstanding.

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@michaelschwab13 Altuve will be on the bench regularly by Memorial day and this problem will solve itself, outside of paying a king's ransom for an occasional pinch hitter.

Remember when people were complaining that there was no way to get Paredes in the lineup and there had to be a trade? I don't see a problem here

Hello Senator Thune, At 3 AM on Friday, March 27th, in a near-empty chamber, you passed a bill by voice vote that excludes all funding for ICE and CBP. Let me repeat that: voice vote. No roll call. No record of who was there. No accountability. Just you, Barrasso, and a handful of senators shuffling paper in the dead of night while America slept. You could have demanded a recorded vote. You chose not to. You could have held the line for five more days until the House returned. You chose not to. You could have used the same procedural tools Democrats have used against you for 40 days. You chose not to. Instead, you gave Chuck Schumer exactly what he asked for, DHS funding minus immigration enforcement, and called it a win. Then you walked to the cameras and blamed the Democrats. Let's be precise about what you did: 1. You caved to a demand Democrats made on Day 1 of this shutdown. Forty-one days of supposed hardball negotiation, and you settled for their opening offer. 2. You handed them a template. The next time Democrats want to defund any agency — ICE, CBP, or anything else — they now know: just shut down DHS and wait. John Thune will fold at 3 AM. 3. You punted to reconciliation. "Good possibility," you said. Not "we will." Not "guaranteed." Just maybe. Meanwhile, ICE operates on fumes from last year's bill with no certainty of future funding. The precedent you set: You have argued for months that the filibuster is sacrosanct. That the 60-vote threshold protects minority rights. That we cannot bend Senate rules for policy wins. But at 3 AM on Friday, you bent every norm that actually mattered: • Voice vote to avoid accountability • Empty chamber to avoid debate • Midnight deal to avoid scrutiny • Immediate recess to avoid questions You'll bend the rules to avoid a fight. You just won't bend them to win one. What you've actually accomplished: Democrats demanded ICE restrictions. They got ICE defunded. Not reformed. Not restrained. Defunded. And you're out here tweeting about how Democrats are the "Defund the Police" party while you just voted to defund border enforcement at 3 in the morning. The question you should answer: Why did this deal have to happen at 3 AM? Why couldn't it happen at 3 PM, with cameras rolling and every senator on record? You know why. Because you didn't want your voters to see what surrender looks like. Here's my message: We saw it anyway. Stop hiding behind "Democrat obstruction." You're the Majority Leader. You set the schedule. You control the floor. You chose this outcome. Own it.

@franktank7 @michaelschwab13 Without extra innings, yes.

@ChasingBBSystem @michaelschwab13 If Italy scores 4 USA advances

Biggest thing to root for tonight. Mexico scoring 5 or more runs. Period. Win or lose, that puts the US in the Quarterfinals.

@DodgersOhtani17 @michaelschwab13 I looked you up. You post a lot. I choose to think you are sincere in your content and not trolling. Think on this for me. If Italy scores 5 runs and loses, how many did Mexico have to score? You can do it. I believe in you.

@ChasingBBSystem @michaelschwab13 No actually we need Italy to win or to allow 5 or more them scoring 5 or more is meaningless if they also allow 5 or more and lose Italy needs to allow less than 5 and lose for the USA to be out but if they lose and allow 5 or more it doesn’t matter : nope you it’s the opposite

Why did you move to America? “Because I can say Sharia law is retarded without being arrested — and if someone comes after me I can defend myself.” 🔥🔥

@KobeissiLetter If there are drones and planned attacks, it is unlikely that they will come from offshore sources. Too many unsearched shipping containers are let into the country every day and with those and undocumented migrant flows under Biden, any country could have a drone arsenal ready.

BREAKING: The FBI has warned police departments in California that Iran could launch a retaliatory attack at the US West Coast using drones, per ABC News. Details include: 1. The alert said that the FBI "recently acquired information" of a potential "surprise attack" 2. Iran "aspired" to do this using unmanned aerial vehicles from an unidentified vessel off the coast 3. Targets are "unspecified" but expected to be in California 4. A spokeswoman for the FBI office in LA declined to comment Oil prices are now up over +6% today.

@Macbra2 @michaelschwab13 Not true. If the game goes to extras with the way the tie breaker works by outs recorded, it is theoretically possible for MEX to advance while scoring 5 runs, but not with 6. Thanks for checking me though! Always good to clarify.

@ChasingBBSystem @michaelschwab13 *4

@michaelschwab13 Go Italian bats! Swing strong! Fortissimi!!

Team USA could be watching both Mexico and Italy head to the quarterfinals without them today. Because of tiebreakers: IF Italy wins: USA and Italy advance IF Mexico wins and scores 5+ runs: USA and Mexico advance IF Mexico wins and scores 4 or less runs: Mexico and Italy

@damintoell @DataRepublican I might see your confusion here. Simple access is not the service provided. Targeted access combined with obfuscation and plausible deniability of quid pro quo activity is the service provided. Those are two very different things.

@DataRepublican I have no idea what "platforms for engagement" means in the context of my question. Do you think tech CEOs have no access to politicians unless Punchbowl or Politico holds a conference?

I've worked extensively on the tech side of digital advertising. You're right, this IS normal marketing practice -- applied to Congress. That is the whole problem right there.

@michaelschwab13 Two walks and more balls than strikes is concerning though at this point in spring. Maybe he will settle in for the rest of the outing.

Cristian Javier had 5 whiffs in the first inning and 3 strikeouts. That is a very good development to see.

@astros @SportsTalk790 @PalmBeachesFL E-Sock at 2B full time please! Fans will see within the first few weeks that Altuve is a bench bat these days. I hope Walker is not also a bench bat, but if they both are, then Brice and Paredes on the right side is fine by me. If it happens, dump the dead salary and fire GM.

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@brianmctaggart Yep. This is the way. I don't t think Altuve's bat holds up this year and the current "logjam" will be easily resolved by having a $30MM pinch hitter. E-Sock at 2B full time!

Paredes gets a start against the Marlins today at second base. 11:05 a.m. CT

@brianmctaggart System working as intended. Great season ahead where the strike zone is consistent from game to game and players will be able to show their true skill level rather that being mostly at the mercy of the umpire behind the plate.

There have been six successful balls-strikes challenges so far in the Astros-Marlins game. We are in the fifth inning.

@discussbaseball With ABS in place, pitch framing advantages are lessened, but strike zone knowledge becomes a premium. Everyone is operating with the same zone now, not much umpire to umpire change. This will benefit those (batters and catchers) with elite strike zone eyes. Consistency is great!

This is potentially the biggest Iran story nobody is talking about: the global insurance market may be heading toward a systemic crisis. Here’s why… Most people don’t realize London isn’t just a financial center it’s THE center of global insurance. Lloyd’s underwrites ~40% of the world’s marine cargo. Ship sinks, port gets bombed, canal gets blocked the bill lands in London. This is why the UK punches above its weight. Not the Royal Navy. Not diplomacy. Insurance. Control insurance, control trade. And London doesn’t just control the 90% of global trade that moves by sea. Lloyd’s and the London market are major insurers of almost everything skyscrapers, factories, ports, satellites, entire supply chains. You can’t participate in public markets or raise large amounts of capital without insurance. Now, the normal playbook for war risk is repricing, not cancellation. Canceling coverage entirely is a massive escalation in underwriting posture. It signals something beyond risk, it signals uncertainty so deep the underwriter can’t even price it. The question everyone should be asking: why? Why not just jack up premiums and make a fortune off the crisis like they did in the Black Sea off Ukraine? To answer that, you have to understand WHY London has maintained a stranglehold on global insurance while losing nearly submarket related to ships. The answer: better intelligence. It is no coincidence that MI6 headquarters sits directly across the Thames from the @IMOHQ, the world’s maritime regulator & a short distance from Lloyd’s itself. I have no proof of a direct pipeline, but it has long been speculated in the industry that intelligence flows from MI6 to Lloyd’s. Having the best intel in the world would be the single greatest competitive advantage any insurer could possess: the ability to price risk that competitors can only guess at. Here’s the problem: the majority of MI6’s intel doesn’t come from its own agents. It comes from Five Eyes the alliance comprising the US, UK, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. And within 5Eyes, the dominant partner is obvious. The CIA, NSA, NRO, etc generate the lion’s share of intel. So if Lloyd’s pricing advantage flows from MI6, and MI6’s best intelligence flows from the US… what happens when that data pipeline gets throttled? All indications are that @Keir_Starmer was blindsided by the size and scope of the US/Israel strikes on Iran this weekend. That alone tells you something about the current state of transatlantic intelligence sharing. And we know there has been serious anger in Washington over the UK’s decision to sell Diego Garcia, home to America’s most strategically important base in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius. It is not a huge leap to conclude that the submarine cables linking Langley to London have gone dark, or at minimum have been significantly throttled. What this means for UK national security is a question for the Brits. But what it means for EVERY company globally that’s insured through the London market has massive implications for the entire financial system. Because most large insurers worldwide don’t do independent intelligence work. They index off Lloyd’s rates. If you’re insuring a skyscraper in Tokyo, a semiconductor fab in Taiwan, or a port in Argentina you get a Lloyd’s quote, then shop that price around. Other insurers see Lloyd’s number and assume the diligence was done. They price accordingly. This means if London is suddenly flying blind it’s not just Lloyd’s policyholders at risk. It’s the entire global reinsurance chain. The cancellation of war risk coverage on ships isn’t the crisis. It’s the canary. If this hypothesis is correct, we could be looking at a systemic repricing event across global insurance markets…. the kind of cascading uncertainty that defined 2008 and COVID. Watch Lloyd’s. Watch reinsurance spreads. What Five Eyes. That’s where this story, and possibly Wall Street, breaks. CC @BillAckman