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The neocons are using the nuclear threat in an attempt to shut down anyone pointing out how poorly the war is going & its effect on the American people because there is no actual justification for this foolish war. Prior to the war the U.S. IC assessed Iran wasn’t developing a nuclear weapon & their enrichment program was obliterated in June by our airstrikes. The Israelis were concerned that Trump was about to get a deal with Iran & launched an attack on Iran knowing the Iranians would respond by attacking us, thereby sucking us into the war. Because the actual reason that we are in this war is so absurd and can’t be said out loud, the war’s advocates are falling back on the old “WMDs in the hands of the terrorists!” line.

@RyanRYousefi @ProFootballTalk Nah, her career as an nfl reporter is over. Smart play for her is to do whatever she needs to do to stay married to her rich husband.

@ProFootballTalk Deleting an account with 500,000 followers is the dumbest thing she has done, in a long line of dumb ideas.

With Mike Vrabel making multiple statements that contradict her strong public denials, Dianna Russini has deleted her Twitter account. nbcsports.com/nfl/profootbal…

@TxDOT the road work done by Knife River on FM 67 between Hwy 81 and Hwy 171 in Covington was poorly done. Huge pot holes everywhere in less than a yr after repaying. Please properly fix asap.

Hey @HEB, @kroger @Walmart We stopped shopping at your stores because we got tired of being approached by @GetSpectrum everytime we shopped there. Now we get our groceries from @sproutsfm

A registered sex offender who assaulted an 8 year old girl in Montana owns and operates an ice cream truck business in DFW. He and his wife live in Haslet, Texas. On the registry he is Jhawn Dale Thompson. On social media, he’s been using an alias Cassius Thompson. The business is We All Scream Ice Cream icescreamdfw.com

Warren Buffett says if the top 800 other major corporations paid what Berkshire Hathaway did in taxes, Americans wouldn't have to pay a dime in income taxes, or any taxes “If we send in a check like we did last year, we send in over $5 billion to the US federal government, and of 800 other companies had done the same thing. No other person in the United States would've had to pay a dime of federal taxes. Other income taxes, no social security taxes, no estate taxes — It doesn't bother me in the least to write that check, and I would really hope with all the America's done for all of you, it shouldn't bother you that we do it” You understand what he’s saying here right? We are subsidizing corporations cheating on taxes with our income tax Abolish the Income Tax

Cooper Flagg or Kon Knueppel for Rookie of the Year? Here's how I came to my decision: Flagg is probably going to be the best player to come out of this draft, probably by a wide margin, and probably will be in the running for an All-NBA team as soon as next season. He dropped 51 in a game, then had 45 two nights later. He led the Mavericks in points, rebounds, assists, and steals. The last rookie to do that was Michael Jordan. And he did it under conditions that should have buried him. The Luka Doncic trade fallout was still radiating through the locker room when camp opened. Anthony Davis was in and out of the lineup, and got traded after only 20 games. Kyrie Irving didn’t play at all. By March, the Mavericks were shutting down veterans in the name of tanking for better lottery odds. Every defense Cooper saw was geared to stop him specifically, because there was nobody else on the floor a defense had to respect. Flagg averaged 21 points, 6.7 rebounds, and 4.5 assists despite all the chaos. There's a reason he went no. 1, and that reason was apparent all season long. But this was an extremely difficult call. For nine-straight years as a voter, I’ve found the Rookie of the Year decision to be quite simple. Usually the gap between one and two is obvious by January. This year it’s not obvious with ballots due today. Flagg averaged 2.5 more points, 1.4 more rebounds, and 1.1 more assists than Knueppel. But Knueppel posted a 63.3% true shooting mark to Flagg's 54.8%, which is a massive gap that counting stats don't necessarily close. Knueppel's improved efficiency is fueled by the fact 81% of his attempted baskets were assisted, compared to only 50% for Flagg. The Mavericks asked Flagg to be their primary creator. Knueppel's job was, on paper, simpler. But "simpler" isn't the same as "smaller," and the assumption that Knueppel is some kind of stand-still shooting specialist falls apart the second you actually watch him play. Knueppel shot 42.5% on 7.9 3-point attempts, with many of his 3s coming with a defender draped all over him. He was one of the league’s best shooters as a rookie. But he also shot 47% out of pick-and-rolls and kept his turnover rate low. He set 738 on-ball screens — the most of any guard, by far; Dyson Daniels was second with 524. Kon either popped into 3s or rolled to the rim and made plays out of the short roll. Charlotte slingshotted him around screens and handoffs, sending him downhill instead of just flaring him to the arc. He set off-ball screens. He cut. He relocated. He sprinted to the corners to open driving lanes for teammates. Basically every winning basketball checkbox you can put on a wing's scouting report, he checked it. As a rookie! At age 20! Knueppel’s most memorable moment of the year came in the head-to-head against Flagg. Mavericks-Hornets, their first time matching up, Flagg with the ball late in the game, Knueppel read the play, jumped the passing lane, stole the ball, and got fouled going the other way. He iced the game from the line for his 33rd and 34th points in the game. It's the kind of defensive play his critics swore he couldn't make. The steal wasn't a fluke either. He's a smart help defender, knows how to funnel his man into traffic, and is active in the passing lanes. That said, Knueppel is not a perfect defender. Of the 100 players to defend the most isolations this season, Knueppel ranked 65th in points allowed per play, in the same neighborhood as Luka Doncic and Brandon Ingram. He's not a stopper, but he’s definitely not a liability either. Flagg is a different tier entirely. He racks up chasedown blocks, can strongly contest shots on-ball, has the awareness to get in the passing lanes, and has the strength and quickness to switch across positions. Of those same 100 isolation defenders, Flagg ranked 15th — one spot behind first-team All-Defense candidate Chet Holmgren, and in the same statistical ballpark as Evan Mobley and Derrick White. That's a 50-spot gap between Flagg and Knueppel, and it shows up on tape every night and he's doing it with no defensive help around him. And then there's the degree-of-difficulty factor. Without Kon’s diverse offensive skill-set and his elite trait as a shooter, there is no chance the Hornets would have climbed up the standings. But he was also the third or fourth, maybe even fifth, most important player on Charlotte. Definitely behind LaMelo Ball and Brandon Miller, probably behind Miles Bridges because of his two-way impact, and possibly even behind Moussa Diabate because of his at-rim finishing, screening, and switchability on defense. Flagg was unambiguously the best player on his team. Flagg put up better numbers on a team built to lose. The Hornets weren't supposed to win either, and Knueppel helped them turn their season around. But Flagg carried a heavier offensive load against tougher coverages, and he was the better defender. I would not fault anyone for voting for Knueppel. I almost did it too. But Flagg’s got my vote.

@corbydavidson Plus he wasn't even on the court in the important minutes in OT

So Kon is leading candidate for ROY, and a three point machine, but wasn’t even in the game when his team was down by 4 w under 20 left when they HAD TO HAVE A THREE. Then he wasn’t in when down three with 12 seconds left WHEN THEY HAD TO HAVE A 3. Let that sink in. #CooperROY

@qwencapp @ericjackson I am going based off what I see in my retail business along w/ my surrounding businesses who all have seen significant decrease in traffic & sales the past 4wks. Plus I am seeing it at the grocery store, gas pump, electrical bill, etc in my own life, don't need to read the news

@LonestarZed @ericjackson Stop reading the news. “Most” people are better off than you think they are

Gym equipment just got removed from Section 232 tariffs. Effective April 6. Peloton's Bike and Tread frames are steel + aluminum manufactured overseas. ~$20-25M in annual tariff savings. On a $4 stock, that's $0.03-0.04/share straight to the bottom line. Nobody's talking about this. $PTON

Who needs hood ordainments when you have hood goats? #countrylife #goats

Firing Kristi Noem and replacing her with Markwayne Mullins is like shitting your pants and running home to change your shirt.

When you realize the Biden Admin issued over 3.8 million social security cards to noncitizens, you realize why it’s so important to pass the SAVE America Act.

@RobZastryzny_8 You were great on the @thedumbzone , great to see a good guy with a sense of humor and willing to tackle any topic hilariously.

@Carhartt how long is going to take you to restock your ladies Pink sherpa jacket? It has been out of stock everywhere for many months now.

BREAKING: It's now being reported that Trump's federal agents at the ICE concentration camp in Dilley, Texas are raiding the dormitories of kids and their parents to confiscate and destroy letters from the children. This happened after Pro-Republica published multiple letters from the children, like the one below from Ariana V. What ever happened to Free Speech? This is like 1930s Germany!

@mcuban Bad take Mark, been a die hard Mavs fan since I moved to DFW in 1999. A majority of fans never even make it to a game a year, most is consumed on tv/streaming and we care a ton about watching games where one or both teams are resting players for tanking reasons.

Why the NBA should embrace tanking - The NBA has kate been misguided thinking that fans want to see their teams compete every night with a chance to win. It’s never been that way that way. When I got into the nba, they thought they were in the basketball business. They aren’t. They are in the business of creating experiences for fans. Few can remember the score from the last game they saw or went to. They can’t remember the dunks or shots. What they remember is who they were with. Their family, friends, a date. That’s what makes the experience special. Fans know their team can’t win every game. They know only one team can win a ring. What fan that care about their team’s record want is hope. Hope they will get better and have a chance to compete for the playoffs and then maybe a ring. The one way to get closer to that is via the draft. And trades. And cap room. You have a better chance of improving via all 3 , when you tank. We didn’t tank often. Only a few times over 23 years, but when we did, our fans appreciated it. And it got us to where we could improve, trade up to get Luka and improve our team. The nba should worry more about fan experience than tanking. It should worry more about pricing fans out of games than tanking. You know who cares the least about tanking , a parent who cant afford to bring their 3 kids to a game and buy their kids a jersey of their fave player Tanking isn’t the issue. Affordability and quality of game presentation are

In light of the SAVE Act, Democrats should require every gun owner to register and complete a federal background check that requires either a passport or a birth certificate. Unless Republicans think this is an undue burden on a Constitutionally protected right.

This is a picture that should be published everywhere: @PamBondi refusing to even look at the Epstein survivors in the eye as they say they've been ignored by the DOJ. Someone who made their pain a political point just months ago. Cowardly and Disgusting. 📷Roberto Schmidt/AFP

@yuckmonkey @YahooFantasy I just don't get the product they put out, it feels like it is not a priority, just an afterthought, based on the day to day inconsistency of what to expect on their platform for NBA Fantasy. The only reason I still play there is for their ME GPPs @dipeshraichura @YahooFantasy

@YahooFantasy Where is your $.25, $.50, $1 and $3 NBA Multi Entry GPP tournaments for today? Do you all want to hire me to run your site properly?