Cyclopes

@ANCpoli @brianeskow That would take a constitutional amendment... Also, why are you horse-trading for an anti-gerrymandering bill? Gerrymandering is a bad thing, so you only want to get rid of it if you get something else you want?

@kyk1opes @brianeskow I would gladly, but only if Dems support a provision and an anti-gerrymandering bill to only count US citizens for the census for representation apportionment.

Regarding Virginia. Can you really blame the Democrats for fighting fire with fire? Honest question.

@PaulPabst I don't know how it's not a QB, they just have a bigger impact on the game than any other positron. But it also depends on what year/rules you're playing under. 1980s ball is a different game in a lot of ways than today's game.

If you had the #1 pick in an all-time NFL Draft. The player you would pick to start your franchise, knowing what you know about his playing career....go! (I'm going with Reggie White. I get a first-team All Pro D-linemen for 15 seasons. No drop off.)

@punishedpat76 @MikeNellis @SarahLongwell25 Seems like this is taking you a while so let's make it easier for you- just explain how the Elections Clause works.

@punishedpat76 @MikeNellis @SarahLongwell25 By all means, explain how "the Constitution works"

Last time gerrymandering was brought to a vote, every single Democrat voted to ban it, and every single Republican voted to keep it. Republicans blocked it in the Senate using the filibuster. Stop making shit up.

@punishedpat76 @MikeNellis @SarahLongwell25 What part of the Constitution do you think empowers state legislators to draw up Congressional districts?

@kyk1opes @MikeNellis @SarahLongwell25 If it was an equal protection issue then SCOTUS wouldn’t have upheld political gerrymandering. And it’s not mere Time, Place and Manner. It’s substantive. Nice try though.

@AndrewDBailey is better bc you don't try to force ppl to root away from their home team. Everyone can root for their hometown *and* against the heel. That's been my theory for a while now, across multiple sports.

@AndrewDBailey "That is, as the Thunder fans seem to think, ridiculous." I wouldn't dismiss this out of hand. It's not about market size- it's about creating a villain. Look at pro wrestling- building up a heel character for fans to hate is important. And building a heel rather than a face..

My algorithm is ~60% people complaining about the OKC whistle right now. I understand why it annoys Thunder fans, but their most common responses ("why would the league rig things for small-market OKC?!" and "look where we rank in free-throw attempts!") misses the point. The reaction is more about the difference in the way the Thunder are allowed defend and the way their opponents are. And no one (at least not that I've seen) has come out and said the league is intentionally rigging games for OKC. That is, as the Thunder fans seem to think, ridiculous. But anyone who watches with a shred of objectivity can see the difference. It's a product of a couple things. First, for decades, the NBA has allowed more physicality from players who establish a defense-first reputation early in their careers (think back to Bruce Bowen). The Thunder have several of those players. Second, OKC is incredibly consistent (one of their team strengths!) about holding, grabbing, hacking, embellishing contact from offensive players from opening tip to final buzzer, and that's a tactic that certainly isn't exclusive to the NBA. They employ the "if we just foul everyone all the time, the refs can't call all of it," strategy to stunning effect. None of that is to suggest OKC is cheating or undeserving of its success. The Thunder are an incredibly talented, perfectly built, well-coached, well-oiled machine, led by one of the greatest guards in NBA history. They're almost certainly going to win their second straight championship. But it's not hard at all to see why people have a hard time watching them play.

@punishedpat76 @MikeNellis @SarahLongwell25 Equal protection gets you there (if you argue that having your voting impact diminished via gerrymander isn't equal protection) - but that's unnecessary since Art I sect 4 directly gives Congress the power to do this.

@MikeNellis @SarahLongwell25 Congress does not have broad authority to regulate districting (outside of, perhaps, 14th amendment powers like in the VRA). That power is generally reserved by the states.

@GregoryKBovino @ReichlinMelnick Totally respect little man for dreaming big. If you're gonna make up a Canadian girlfriend make her be a supermodel. If you're going to make up a car in the shop make it a Bugatti. If you're going to make up immigration numbers make 'em like a third of the entire population.

@ReichlinMelnick Aaron, the 100 million is a solid figure. No conspiracy theories, just research melded with 30 years as an immigration officer mixed in with this thing called common sense

To believe Chief Bovino's ridiculous claim that there were 15 million undocumented immigrants in 1975, you'd have to ALSO believe that 12+ million people deliberately chose not to get green cards and a path to citizenship during the Reagan amnesty in 1986.

@tre3shon I want to repeat this sentence to non-fb fans to see what they think of it.

Is your favorite LB prospect a good processor in the run game or does he have a pair of demons in front of him keeping him clean

@RichardHanania It's just a complete lack of principles. He wants his side to win, he doesn't care about the ideas of eg representative government or criminal justice. He wants to win & he wants the other side in jail.

This is not a political orientation. It’s a mental illness.

@codiki Just about every nfl trade looks great if you include all of the team's FA signings that year as if they were part of the deal.

Let’s look at this #Giants trade in totality. #Bengals send: Billy Price Trey Hendrickson (At or above Market AAV) Pick 10 #Bengals receive Dexter Lawerence (Below market AAV) BJ Hill 2027 3rd Round pick (97-101) Boye Mafe Jonathan Allen Bryan Cook Who won that trade?

@ANCpoli @brianeskow Support a nationwide ban on gerrymandering.

@brianeskow I understand Dems rationale but I blame them. I’m in the cross fire. My vote in VA has been nullified because of what some state politicians halfway across the country did in Texas. An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. Preserving democracy by destroying it never works.

@HoboJerk @mattyglesias Maybe legislate that congressional districts have to follow country lines (and exclude changes to country lines that are less than a decade old, to avoid gaming the system).

@mattyglesias How can you ban gerrymandering in a real way?

It is EXTREMELY bad that Republicans repeatedly blocked a national ban on gerrymandering. Gerrymandering is bad, and Republicans are profoundly blameworthy for its continued existence.

@spotrac As a Bolts fan I'm confident or front office can move us into first place.

Updated #NFL Cap Space 1. TEN, $64M 2. WAS, $50M 3. LAC, $48M 4. NYJ, $47M 5. ARI, $41M 6. NE, $36M 7. SEA, $33M 8. PHI, $33M 9. BAL, $28M 10. PIT, $28M 11. SF, $28M 12. LAR, $28M 13. IND, $27M 14. GB, $25M 15. LV, $23M 16. DET, $23M 17. CLE, $22M 18. ATL, $21M 19. DEN, $19M 20. NYG, $18M 21. DAL, $16M 22. HOU, $15M 23. TB, $13M 24. NO, $13M 25. BUF, $12M 26. JAX, $12M 27. KC, $7M 28. MIN, $5M 29. CAR, $3M 30. CIN, $2M 31. MIA, $1M 32. CHI, $1M

@danieldubs Well, "same expensive" not "less expensive". And edges get paid more than NTs, so paying your NT edge prices isn't a flex. And i believe it's a 3rd in 2027, so less valuable. More like a 4th today. And Trey's gone. So it's more like Trey + 10 for Dex + 120 or so.

Bengals Let Hendi walk at age 31/32 Get 3rd rd comp pick Then trade 1st for younger less expensive happy Dexter Lawrence Basically 10th pick for Lawrence and a 3rd

@Falcons_Fantasy Definitely. Wins and rings are team accomplishments not individual ones. Some ppl can't separate the two.

Hot take: Matt Ryan was a better QB than Eli Manning… people just worship rings. Agree or nah? 👀

@brent_giauque I think they might have hopped the Steelers (who helped their secondary but aren't getting any younger). Call Dex for Hendrickson roughly an even swap, they've made some other decent moves. *if* Burrow can stay healthy.

The addition of Lawrence to the Bengals doesn't really change the pecking order in the AFCN IMO. Ravens are still the favorites, steelers 2 and the Bengals 3. Are the Bengals now closer to the steelers then they were b4 the trade, sure. The ravens are still the team to beat.

@AnnaBower It's all part of the maga plan- say stupid inflammatory stuff, then claim it was all satire or misunderstood or allegorical etc. Rinse & repeat. Ignore, don't amplify.

There’s, uh, a lot going on in this video. But perhaps the most notable is that the congressman from Georgia appears to believe the state was named after George Washington. It wasn’t—it was named after King George II.

@Lucius0 @AnnaBower Should be forced to repeat 6th grade. Assuming he made it that far the first time.

@AnnaBower Saying "George Washington invented freedom" should be disqualifying for someone running for public office, or like, any job.