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@cteag1985 @JeremyBranham I am bummed for my Coogs

@peopip @JeremyBranham I was a Cougar fan before I was an Aggie dating back to the Phi Slama Jama teams. That era and this era had enormous talent, but no national championships. I’m still a Cougar basketball fan. Cougars supposedly have two NBA lottery picks, but neither showed up last night

Congratulations to Illinois and thank you to Houston basketball for putting up with me. How lucky am I to tell the story of this great program? An NCAA tying fifth straight 30-win season, the longest active Sweet 16 streak with seven in a row. Not bad. #ForTheCity #GoCoogs

@Chron_MattYoung 🤣🤣

With Houston and Nebraska both out, tickets for Saturday’s Illinois-Iowa Elite Eight in Houston have dropped as low as $68.

@AaronPKP The arena was full. Houston fans outnumbered Illinois fans maybe 4 to 1. The empty seats were from the Iowa Nebraska game earlier. Not much noise as Illinois defense sucked the life outta the crowd

I’m actually mad, what’s the point of UH getting to play in Toyota Center just for nobody to show up

@UHouston Glad I won’t this for a while

WHOSEEEEEE HOUSEEEE???

@cteag1985 @JeremyBranham Yeah…how many SEC championships have you won?! 🤣🤣

@JeremyBranham And yet still no national championships. But nice work

@CrankItUpCoogs Did you fall asleep?!

@MarkWalter1120 @AriA1exander Illini D was the difference

@AriA1exander Cold or got locked up? Illinois was in their grilles all night. Dominated them..

Houston is arguably the toughest matchup in all of college basketball. Almost every time they lose it’s because they go cold from the field…

@AriA1exander Yes…ice freaking cold!!

@ccole1975 @HeyyRB Ouch

No wonder we can’t score.

@CoyoteRaider Got beat at our own game…defense and rebounding. Shit shooting

This is the worst game Houston has had in a LONGGGGG time

@SenFettermanPA @DavidJUrban Someone pop those masks off. Zero balls

Here in Philadelphia. Truly appalling. These assholes chanting for the death of our servicemembers. Where’s the Dem outrage and condemnation?

@VanJones68 I’m not giving out any hints here, but I would rent a car and drive it to the closest municipal airport to bypass the lines at Bush Intercontinental just saying

I’m stuck here with several thousand people at the Houston airport. The wait times just go get through security are up to four hours. … Political leaders— get on with it. Put guardrails on ICE and pay these TSA workers. It’s not that complicated.

Sen. Alan Armstrong (R-OK) is sworn into the U.S. Senate.

@cspan Congrats Alan!

@DavidSFOX4 @FOX4 Just another stupid decision by a driver. People who think being rude or disrespectful to police always seem to learn the hard way

VIDEO: Woman who threw speeding ticket toward Hurst Police officer brings complaint to city council @FOX4 ... HURST, Texas - A Hurst woman and the local police department are telling different sides of a story involving a traffic stop and a thrown speeding ticket. On Jan. 16, Taneisha Thompson was stopped by a Hurst police officer after allegedly speeding in a school zone. Hurst Police released body camera footage of the incident on Tuesday. In the video, an officer issues Thompson a traffic citation after a brief conversation. Thompson is seen throwing the ticket back at the officer, who then placed Thompson under arrest with the help of another officer. Officers pulled Thompson out of her car and onto the ground before arresting her. Thompson's child was present in the passenger seat of the vehicle at the time of the incident. Thompson has hired civil rights attorney Lee Merritt as she considers legal action against the Hurst Police Department. She says she suffered a black eye, a lip injury that required stitches and several bruises on her body from the incident. Thompson read a statement to reporters on Tuesday evening during a press conference before sharing her story with Hurst City Council. "I am here today because this is bigger than me—this is about all of us. It is about ensuring de-escalation, about prioritizing the safety of every citizen, so that no one else endures what I did. I am deeply grateful for all the support I have received from around the world—this is a call for justice, for humanity, and for safety. I will not be silenced," part of Thompson's statement read. Merritt answered questions during the presser. When asked about Thompson's throwing of the ticket, Merritt said: "I tell my clients, I tell the public in general, it’s not best to litigate a case on the side of the road. If you’re upset about a police encounter, hold your peace, hire an attorney, file a complaint with the police department later." He also stated: "I let the public know, just because this is the law, that you actually have every right to be rude to law enforcement. Not best practice, but you have every right to be rude." Hurst Police are standing by the officer. "Corporal Morgan acted in full accordance with the law and with our department’s policies and the department stands firmly behind his actions," Hurst Police Chief Billy Keadle said. The department conducted an investigation into the incident after Thompson filed a formal complaint claiming excessive use of force. The investigation determined the claims were unfounded. Alex del Carmen, a criminologist at Tarleton State University, viewed the footage and said the officer's actions were lawful. "What I said after reviewing the entire footage was that the woman was very disrespectful of the office during the entire exchange.  Further, that the officer, up to the point of handing the ticket to her, was very respectful, professional and showed restraint," del Carmen said. "However, when the woman threw the citation out the window, the officer had the choice of either giving her another citation for loitering, ignoring it, or asking another officer to step in. Instead, he chose to issue a verbal command for the woman to get out of the vehicle, and she refused." "At that point, the officer used physical force.  Although this was awful, it is lawful, for the woman refused to get out of the vehicle and ignored the officer’s commands."

Iran spokesperson: "Considering that all American bases in the region have been destroyed, American commanders and soldiers have fled and taken refuge in hideouts outside the bases, and we are searching for them."

@WatchdogTTU 🤣🤣🤣

With the rumors swirling around Bill Self, there's a LOT of smoke around Kelvin Sampson and the Kansas job. Does he leave Houston for his 'dream job'? 👀

@TheConnorPils I can only imagine the 8th Wonder Brewery in Eado and Lil Woodrow’s will be packed all day with Big 10 and Coog fans! Can’t wait. Go Coogs!

Houston is not ready for the absolute degeneracy it is about to host

@SullyCNBC pretty cool that one of the oil & gas tycoons you’ve interviewed over the years is now a senator of Oklahoma. Congrats to Alan Armstrong!

@Bill_Griswold @SullyCNBC Bill…shhhhhhh

@SullyCNBC Breezed through the Austin airport this morning. No line at all.

1000% better than a 4 hour line at IAH