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@ChrisCillizza Dems are treating him like Manchin and Synema. He may jump in order to run for reelection as a Republican

Even if Dems gain 4 seats in November???

@MitchVingle As a conservative who is the only one in my family and who worked with multiple progressives, I just don't talk politics, treat people with respect and am treated with respect in return. Because we disagree on issues does not make us horrible people.

@Tom_72454 I think you’re overshooting but I hope. If you’re a Democrat/liberal in a blood red state you certainly feel the tension. If you’re a Pub, yeah, all good. But 🤞

@RNCResearch Stupid answer, worst question

SICK Michigan Democrat Mallory McMorrow compares the Trump administration to Nazi Germany:   CNN: “Do you personally see parallels between Nazi Germany and what’s happening under the Trump administration?”   MCMORROW: “Yeah, I do.”

@JMackey_PGH Interesting watching the interaction between the starters in the dugout. It is clear it is a tight group.

Gregory Soto does the job. What a day for Braxton Ashcraft: 7.2 IP, 4 H, 2 BB, 6 K, 82-56, 10 whiffs, ERA down to 3.02. Need some runs.

@EWErickson 💯 Keep sharing the truth GA Republicans don't want to hear.

What cost those two seats were the conspiracy theories and professional victims who continue to suffer delusions about 2020 and convinced voters that participating in the runoff wasn’t worth it. What we have here arw a group of conservative activists who, like much of the Left, enjoys being victims. They would rather still complain about 2020 than try to win elections and can scream that their incompetence was someone else’s theft. At the end of the day it was incompetence from the right, but instead of admitting it, they’d rather blame Brian Kemp for not going along with their nonsense.

@NorthShoreNine Wow!! Shocking

Crazy seeing the difference between these two May 3rd lineups from this year and then last.

@_NoahHiles Congrats Noah!!

I suppose this medal will do

@DKPghSports Good for Don Kelly to avoid the "Sunday" lineup and give the team the best shot at winning the game.

Today’s Pirates lineup vs. the Reds: 1. Oneil Cruz, CF 2. Brandon Lowe, 2B 3. Bryan Reynolds, LF 4. Ryan O’Hearn, RF 5. Nick Gonzales, 3B 6. Marcell Ozuna, DH 7. Spencer Horwitz, 1B 8. Konnor Griffin, SS 9. Joey Bart, C — From Chris Halicke in Pittsburgh

@JMackey_PGH Hope you are enjoying your new gig. I know I am. Your ability to combine the gamestory with analysis is great and your affablity and respect shown to others make you easy to listen to. Thank you

Much what I'm doing in the new role lives at Inside the Pirates. Excited about what's in the works, too. More soon. For now, make sure you're visiting this page: mlb.com/pirates/news/t…

@garymo2007 And we complain about our long relief options

Baseball is funny. Look like trash for a week, play incredible baseball and watch your opponents self destruct at your mere sight. One Hundred and Sixty Two Games.

@JeffStorobinsky @ScottJenningsKY @adammocklerr I agree completely. There are plenty of thought-provoking Libs (Axelrod, Simmons, etc) that provide great value vs those that go for the dramatic. Sadly, Abby's show rarely has that.

@Tom_72454 @ScottJenningsKY @adammocklerr The benchmark should be the Jennings/Jones model across all shows. Like I wrote, Saturday night WHCD coverage showed everyone at their best, even trump then 24+ hours later back to same toxic brew

****My Take on Scott Jennings and Adam Mockler **** I did not watch Newsnight last night but I was inundated with links to the @ScottJenningsKY @adammocklerr clip almost immediately First, News Night prides itself with its opening of "Americans with different perspectives aren't talking to each other but here they do" No, they are yelling at each other. @abbydphillip is a consummate professional but she's in a difficult situation. First, Adam did not have his hand in Scott's face and Scott's cursing was entirely unprofessional and totally uncalled for. Scott was totally wrong here and embarrassed CNN and the brand. 1099'd contributors are expendable, just ask Rick Santorum I have known Scott for a few years and he has a megaphone most contributors or even politicians don't have. It should not be abused, he abused it I saw Scott on Sunday at the CNN venue at the British embassy and we spoke for awhile. A picture was then taken which I later posted to my feed. Within moments of its posting I lost a friend of many years who basically texted me that our friendship was over because of me posting that photo. That's not the point, the point is the continuing division Trump world and MAGA has caused A friend of mine in the business told me today that Scott should have played off Adam's talking points with a comment like "Isn't it past your bedtime Kid"? Adam is an extremely intelligent young man possessing skills many young folks his age don't have, for that matter that goes for folks 2 or 3 times his age I will not defend Scott here, it can't be done. No spin can erase the horrible optics. He was embarrassingly wrong and unprofessional, very. Personally, knowing him and having called him a friend I am disappointed. Will CNN fire him? No, they won't. Will he apologize? I would say no way on earth since liberals would seize the moment of him caving to public pressure Can this be a watershed moment where Newsnight and Scott reflect? I don't know but I hope so Regardless I am very, very disappointed in Scott Jennings and hope he takes this time to rehabilitate his image because personally, he let me down I also believe that people can change. Not all leopards are the same, some are capable of changing their spots

@Matthew_Sean96 Yes, we would!!

The Cincinnati Reds are off to a good start, 20-11, and in first place in the NL Central, nothing against Don Kelly, but I'm sure Pirate fans would love to have Terry Francona.

@theFortMcKenry @Bucs_fan1963 Respectfully disagree sir. Right now the winners from the cap are the Top 5% of the players. Put a cap and floor in place while increasing the pre-arb salaries for the younger players and provide some incentive to raise salaries for experienced players similar to the NBA. Thanks

I do believe we need a floor I don’t see how a cap helps. (380M for the dodgers payroll right now) If even the cap was 250 most teams wouldn’t get there. I think incentives from MLB to keep Guys like Skenes Cutch and Franchise type players in the same organization is a great step. No clue how but that would be one thing that would help. Also would love the smaller markets to be able to trade for Draft picks. Could you imagine getting three extra first round draft picks and we hit like we have the last three. That would be 6 impact players immediately. All in all I just want what’s best for the fans and the game. Not a fight. The game is in a good place make it better creatively and make it as engaging and open as possible for the fans

Without a salary cap Salary floor there’s no hope in the future for the Pittsburgh pirates Bob will drop payroll and be cheap and bad do you agree to this? I’m asking.🥹🥹🥹

@Nalin_Haley States typically have to balance their budget so it can only occur if revenue is replaced in another way.

There are literal boomers in the comments saying if the government had less tax revenue they wouldn’t have money to spend 🫩 you can’t make this up. If that were true then why have we had a budget deficit every year since 2002. You can’t reason with boomers or libertarians

Probably a hot take but shouldn’t be: a fiscal "conservative" saying they want to eliminate income, property, and other taxes is just as stupid as a socialist saying everything should be free

@JeffStorobinsky Obama is a hypocrite. He didn't mind gutting 80% of VA with their gerrymander plan that hopefully will be overturned .

Absolutely true. We are dialing back civil rights 60 years

@mkraju VRA is one shoe that's dropping for Dems. The 2nd is the loss of Dem seats after the 2030 census

Dem Rep. Troy Carter, in a majority-minority district in Louisiana, says it’s “certainly possible” his district may be gutted under SCOTUS ruling. On if Dems can be a majority party in the House in the future under this ruling: “It would obviously be very challenging”

@colin_beazley Colin, the RISP is the biggest problem. Do you know how many of those RISP at-bats ended in strikeout? I am betting it was over half. Not putting the ball in play is a significant issue right now.

Three takeaways from last night’s 5-4 Pirates loss to the Cardinals as the Pirates’ RISP woes continue; one pitch takes Bubba Chandler’s outing from possibly really good to mediocre, in his words; and struggles to score early: post-gazette.com/sports/pirates…

@AlexJStumpf Ozuna's 9th inning at bats was horrible, completely non-competitive. After getting two quick strike knew he would strikeout on a pitch outside the zone. Ver concerning now.

Takeaways from the Pirates' 5-4 loss to the Cardinals Wednesday: substack.com/profile/163045…