Michael Klein

@SEPTA_SOCIAL Thanks for the explanation.

@phillyinsider Greetings. The train was pulled to fill equipment elsewhere which is a real-time decision. ^EN

Hey, @SEPTA_SOCIAL. Truly bad form to announce the cancellation of trains (like LAN 6512) 10 minutes before its scheduled departure. We riders understand the problems. But you guys had to know hours ago that you had no train for this run. Don’t apologize. Explain.

Could these @MLBONFOX announcers be rooting any harder for the Mets?

@DavidLimbaugh “If he were implicated the Dems would have crucified him when they had sole possession of the materials -- files, list or no list.” When did the Dems have possession?

Many think Trump is being dismissive of the Epstein thing -- cavalier. I don't read it that way. I think he's pissed. He has racked up amazing, unprecedented policy accomplishments and Epstein is sucking the wind out of it -- not to just to his detriment, but ultimately to ours. I think we're being presented with a false choice: you either favor full disclosure no matter the law and consequences about which we have no knowledge, or you're a pedi-protector. Do you all really believe Kash Patel and Dan Bongino, let alone Pam Bondi despite her PR missteps, have something to hide here? Is it conceivable that Patel and Bongino have railed about this issue for some time and now have some nefarious motive in changing their position? Did they find out -- unbeknownst to themselves -- that they are on the list? Could there be some plausible explanation as to why they are playing their cards close to the vest for the time being, or is the fact that they're doing so proof that they are suddenly embroiled in corruption? That is not plausible to me. I don't think these people changed their stripes that quickly. And I don't think my willingness to trust them -- makes me an enabler of corruption or perversion. Back to Trump. If he were implicated the Dems would have crucified him when they had sole possession of the materials -- files, list or no list. You know it. I know it. But now people who have doggedly supported him even through tougher times are turning on him and piling on with the opportunistic Democrats who heretofore haven't given two shakes about any of this. None of us knows the full story yet. None of us knows yet why the administration hasn't done a better job explaining at least that they'll be able to tell us more later. But it seems many have so much invested in believing the worst about this -- that Epstein was the leader or at the center of a Robert Ludlum-level international conspiracy -- that they can't let it go. It's as if their worldview will crumble if their worst suspicions aren't vindicated. And if Trump and his administration happen to be in office when this whole thing fizzles, then they too must have been nefariously drawn into this conspiracy that is too powerful even for the fiercest of otherwise moral mortals. In the meantime, Trump's heyday is being rained on and he feels betrayed by a bunch of supporters who in turn feel that he's betrayed them. Well, I'm just asking for a little grace on both sides, especially the supporters who should at least give Trump, Bongino, Patel, and even Bondi some trust here before throwing them to the dogs. There has to be more to the story -- or possibly way less to the story. But this idea that previously non-corrupt people have immediately become corrupt just doesn't pass the smell test for me and it surprises me that so many supporters have been so quick to jump ship. And I repeat -- no way in hell I'm defending the protection or insulation of pedophiles or corruption. Trump's policies on the border alone have burnished his credentials as an enemy of trafficking and pedophilia. (I'm not intending to conflate the different issues, but he deserves credit for that). And as dramatic and juicy as it sounds, I do not believe occam's razor leads to the conclusion that the administration is concealing these "files" or lists because to disclose them would implicate all kinds of world leaders and lead to the downfall of civilization. Sorry folks. Just not buying it. I could very well be wrong about all of this, which goes without saying. But can some of Trump's latter day critics make the same disclaimer? Will they? Or are they sure they know this is the worst thing that's ever happened and they now know that the deep state is so deep that it drills all the say down to China and encompasses Trump and his administration? I'm not being sarcastic and I'll allow as how the administration hasn't handled this adroitly -- and that's an understatement. But I seriously doubt that if they are concealing anything it is because they are in any way involved in corruption. If they are holding back serious information I have to assume they have a darned good reason for doing so, even if in the end, they are wrong. I also suspect we'll learn more sooner rather than later (I hate that Clinton-born phrase). We have a country to save and we need to remember that -- which, again, is not to say, "Let's close our eyes to massive corruption because the end justifies the means." Rather, it is to say, we have a country to save and the government officials we're entrusting to do that as our representatives are probably not doing anything wrong here -- and you should strongly consider that. So many people I greatly respect I'm sure radically disagree with me here but that doesn't make me disrespect them or judge them -- as I fear many of them might judge me for my stance here. But I can live with that. And at least, in humility I will say I don't know and can't yet know all that's involved and until I have more information in the fullness of time I'm going to trust the people I trust -- and they've repeatedly earned that trust. Beyond my wildest expectations in fact. Accomplishing things I would never have thought possible, much less in such a short period of time, from the dismantling of the administrative state and department of education to the emasculation of Iran's nukes and the sealing of a seemingly irreversibly porous border to the re-unleashing of energy, to the taming of inflation to the resurrection of the military, to the DOGE focus on fraud, waste and corruption, to the defunding of Ivy League institutions to Tariff revenues to major steps toward peace around the world. And so much more. God bless you all -- because presumably we want the same things -- except those who would exploit this issue, or any others for their own self-aggrandizement.

The chefs behind Her Place Supper Club and My Loup are teeing up a third Philly restaurant @beardfoundation inquirer.com/food/restauran…

Damn, Yankees

Michelin Guide is coming to Philly inquirer.com/food/restauran…

@donaldc58 I instinctively chant, “Everybody crqp your pants” when I hear that one.

@phillyinsider Everybody clap your hands

Lamest organ music at the ballpark

@pwrhtr777 They’re in permitting stages.

@phillyinsider What happened to Gazzo’s opening in Ardmore this past Fall? inquirer.com/food/restauran…

Big Main Line dining news: Long-vacant restaurant complex in Devon has a buyer. inquirer.com/food/restauran…

@desertatomic @elonmusk @Tesla @teslaownersSV 🤣

They literally are paid “protesters”!

What a pro, @dawnstaley!

@Pwrfulwoman2 “Confirmed”? Show the proof. You would think that DOGE would be eager to provide it.

DOGE FOR THE WIN! CONFIRMED - DOGE SAYS USAID GAVE CHELSEA CLINTON $84 MILLION - WHICH WAS 'SUPPOSED' TO GO FOR RELIEF IN HAITI - LINE ITEMS SHOW 3 MILLION, OF THE $84 MILLION, WAS SPENT ON CHELSEA CLINTONS WEDDING AND WAIT FOR IT... $10 MILLION TO PURCHASE A LUXERY MANSION ALL ON OUR DIME! @elonmusk @FBIDirectorKash @AGPamBondi @mtgreenee @housegop @GOP @dbongino INDICT THE CLINTONS NOW! STOP WASTING OUR TIME! #justdoit

A Glu Hospitality investor is alleging that co-founder Tim Lu punched him when he asked for his money back, according to a lawsuit filed Friday. How a $100K investment allegedly turned into a group beat down, for @PhillyInquirer w/ @phillyinsider share.inquirer.com/Lz4Eef

TWO new John’s Water Ice locations are opening this spring. #themoreyouknow inquirer.com/food/restauran…

Eauuu mah gahhhhd. Pica’s in Upper Darby is closing. inquirer.com/food/restauran…

@HughE_Dillon @PhillyInquirer Thanks, HughE!

Craig LaBan gets burned — and likes it | Let’s Eat inquirer.com/food/cereal-ba… via @PhillyInquirer I don’t think any city has a Michael klein who covers the food scene so extensively ⁦@phillyinsider⁩

Wait what? A margarita garden is coming to Fishtown?! inquirer.com/food/restauran…

@megynkelly So we will agree that sharing fake news is not right.

The report that they planned to skip was from The Sun and pre dated the big game so could def be fake news. Hope so!!