JoshD
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Why does it cost less to build a base on the moon than high speed rail from sf to la
Kalshi@Kalshi
JUST IN: NASA announces $20 billion plan to build permanent moon base
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every baseball stadium built after 1990 is surrounded by forty acres of parking lot that sits empty 280 days a year and we call this "economic development." wrigley is in a neighborhood. fenway is in a neighborhood. the sport was better when the stadiums were to
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@Ronnie2Kaapp @Jram2TBJ Figure that 5 years from now those two FA years would cost at least 70-80m, you're getting the 4 arb years for ~40m, really not bad
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They're paying 115 million to buy out 1 year of free agency?
Jeff Passan@JeffPassan
Center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong and the Chicago Cubs are in agreement on a six-year, $115 million contract extension, sources tell ESPN. The deal starts in 2027 and does not include a club option, allowing Crow-Armstrong to hit free agency before his age-31 season.
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@InezFeltscher Above $5,000 with a lifetime cap of $250,000 and they would deny any coverage if they found out you had the flu in middle-school.
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For the kids who are too young to remember, you used to be able to get basically full, complete coverage above a max of $5,000 (aka “catastrophic coverage”) for 90 bucks a month before Obama made it “affordable.”
Chris Pappas@ChrisPappasNH
The ACA was signed into law 16 years ago today, bringing health care coverage to millions of Americans. But now, 22 million Americans are struggling to afford health insurance because Donald Trump and Senate Republicans refused to extend the ACA tax credits, which could drive families into crippling debt. I won’t stand for these attacks because every American deserves access to high-quality, affordable health care.
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@BuenoForMiami It's paid for by a tax on plane tickets. It's just a matter of appropriating the funds.
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The crux of the argument is;
Why should tax payers, many whom don’t fly themselves, be responsible for those who do?
In my opinion, airlines should be responsible for their own security. Americans shouldn’t have to work to pay for the flying privileges of others. That’s just wrong.
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Fetterman was likely a Republican plant from the beginning. Dems need to start playing dirty and running candidates in deep red states posing as racist MAGA, and then immediately flipping and aligning with Dems after taking office. It's easy to play this game, if they are willing
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@1ssve Nope. Terrible for safety. For example, abuse victims often use screenshots to collect evidence. You want them to ask their abusers to kindly allow them to take screenshots?
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The USPS is basically a subsidy for junk mail.
delulu@welchmeyer
guys we do NOT want USPS privatized… it’s a public service benefitting everyone
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@ShamashAran You actually do not, you can send it with no postage and the USPS will bill the county (in CO).
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Voting by mail is illegal because you have to buy a stamp every time you do it. That's a poll tax.
Joelle Presby@JoellePresby
@ShamashAran What if Vote By Mail is illegal because you have to buy a forever stamp to send it in every time you vote?
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the thing that gets people on transit isn’t free fares it’s not having to check a schedule. a bus that costs $2 and comes every 6 minutes will outperform a free bus that comes every 30 minutes every single time. frequency is the product. the fare is a rounding error
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@OnlyhereforTcus Absolutely not…1) I did my own report couldn’t care any less about someone else’s (who I don’t know)2) 1 small part of the corruption has already been conclusively unveiled..the laptop cover up…
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Passan said Profar was suspended for 162 games after his appeal "was resolved." Rosenthal says "his appeal did not result in a reduction of his penalty." Is "denied" a taboo word these days, or is there some weird technicality at play here?
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Centrists 2016: Hillary Clinton has evolved from calling young black men super predators in her 40s.
Centrists 2020: Biden has evolved past supporting segregation and the racist crime bill in his 40s.
Centrists 2026: Platner can’t evolve from a Reddit comment in his 20s.
Jacob Smith 🏳️🌈@jacobfhsmith
Elizabeth Warren 2020: Mike Bloomberg's comments about women were inappropriate. Elizabeth Warren 2026: Vote for the rando oysterman with a bunch of problematic Reddit posts!!
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@DeepNotShallow And apparently being a Nazi is simply not a deal breaker for his supporters.
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Maine has a total of 15 voters in it. He can probably just go personally meet all the swing voters and they'll probably vote for him.
Money doesn't really matter in a tiny state like Maine. Graham Platner's progressive and populist policies are winning issues. Centrism sucks
Drew Savicki@DrewSav
Platner supporters don't really have a good answer for what happens if he's the nominee and Republicans dump $150 million in ads against him
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A real live rigged election right in front of our eyes that no one in mainstream media cares about
Andrew Kolvet@AndrewKolvet
In a Kamala +6 state, the VA special election on redistricting from a 6-5 state to 10-1 state in Democrats’ favor, the proposal promises to “restore fairness.” What an absolute crock.
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@KatieMiller Hmmm, why are the most people of one demographic in the places with the most people?
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Why are the highest concentration of illegal aliens all in Democrat run cities?
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@AdamKinzinger @jaredpolis If you lived in CO you wouldn't think better of Polis, he's a billionaire schill.
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Watching @jaredpolis do this bowing to pressure and obsession of Trump is:
DISGUSTING
I thought better of polis
Jared Polis@jaredpolis
Last week, former State Senator Sonya Jaquez Lewis was sentenced to probation and community service after being convicted of four felonies including Attempt to Influence a Public Official. She made a horrible mistake, and she was wrong. I hope she learns from this and can rebuild her life. As someone who has known Sonya as a friend for many years, on a personal level I was glad to hear she isn’t going to prison which is a hard place for anyone, no less a retired 68-year old pharmacist. But it is not lost on me that she was convicted of the exact same felony charge as Tina Peters — attempting to influence a public official — and yet Tina Peters, as a non-violent first time offender got a nine year sentence. Justice in Colorado and America needs to be applied evenly, you never know when you might need to depend on the rule of law. This is the context I am using as I consider cases like this that have sentencing disparities, which is why I have extended the deadline for clemency applications until April 3rd. I will be making decisions on these cases throughout the remainder of my governorship.
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If you’re punching left in the year 2026, register independent or join the GOP because there is absolutely no place for you in the Democratic Party nor do you belong in it.
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@citehchris So scalpers can buy out all the tickets, resell them at 10x value, and make that additional profit instead of it going to the team?
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not to be controversial but I think we should just normalize this and make it affordable to go enjoy a game whenever you want without being reliant on your team being trash
Talkin' Baseball@TalkinBaseball_
The Cardinals are introducing a ticket package starting at $29 that includes bottomless soda, hot dogs, chicken tenders, bratwurst, nachos, fries, popcorn, peanuts, chips, and ice cream
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