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Trump’s DOJ just filed what may be the most deranged written Motion ever. It reads more like a Truth Social post dictated by Trump himself. What an embarrassment. The Motion is filled with inappropriate personal insults. It literally calls the National Trust for Historic Preservation name “FAKE” and says the group is “very bad for our Country.” It accuses them of suffering from “Trump Derangement Syndrome” and frames their lawyer as “the lawyer for Barack Hussein Obama.” This is an actual line from the filing: “because it is DONALD J. TRUMP, a highly successful real estate developer, who has abilities that others don't, especially those who assume the Office of President, this frivolous and meritless lawsuit was filed.” This is how the Department of Justice is writing now? Then comes the opportunism. The filing leans heavily on the White House Correspondents’ Dinner incident and uses it to push Trump’s long-standing obsession with building a ballroom. Instead of addressing what went wrong, it argues that none of this would have happened if Trump’s project already existed. They claim “bipartisan support” because of support from…John Fetterman. The lawsuit also claims at multiple points the ballroom won’t cost taxpayers anything—something we now know to be false. Every DOJ lawyer who put their name on this should be ashamed. And it should be a major scandal that it appears that Donald Trump is the one who actually wrote this. So much for DOJ independence.

Not enough people talk about Dave Kingman • The archetypal feast-or-famine hitter • .236/.302/.478 (.780 OPS), 115 OPS+ • 442 HR, 1210 RBI, 3191 TB, 901 RS • Received MVP votes in 5 seasons • Top Similarity Score: Adam Dunn • 3x AS with NYM/CHC, 17.4 WAR • Reached 35 HR 6x, 115 RBI 2x • 2x HR leader, 1x OPS leader • Same OPS+ as Derek Jeter • Played for both NY teams • Pitched 4 innings in 1973 • (And struck out 4 batters) • (Also threw 2 wild pitches) • 4 HR in 8 games as a Yankee • 8 HR, .936 OPS v. Lefty Carlton • Averaged 37 HR, 101 RBI per 162 • Famously an asshole to everyone • Once sent a rat in a box to a reporter • 108 Rbat, -16 Rbaser+Rdp, -58 Rfield • (In fairness, also savaged by -95 Rpos) • Some one-dimensional HR superlatives: • Hit the longest HR in Wrigley Field history • 1982: most HR (37) with single-digit 2B (9) • 1986: most HR (35) with -1.0 WAR or fewer • For years, the most HR among non-HOF'ers • In 1979, Kingman recorded 1 of 9 player-seasons in MLB history with at least 48 HR in 145 or fewer games played, joining a list of inner-circle sluggers in Babe Ruth, Mark McGwire, Albert Belle, Barry Bonds, Ken Griffey Jr., Albert Pujols, and Willie Stargell