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@mrcanada1968 @SleeperMets Yes! Hopeful!

@ryanjwilliam @SleeperMets Not too shabby yesterday!

BREAKING The Mets are promoting No. 2 prospect Jonah Tong. To make room for the move, they’ll be DFAing reliever Craig Kimbrel, who has a 6 ERA in 14 appearances.

@tedfrank @matthewstoller Like most Trump abuses, Obama wrote the script, but he was more tentative. Trump takes it to 11.

@matthewstoller Have you been paying attention? “Could”? It’s exactly what Obama and Biden DOJ did for twelve years, except for much more taxpayer money.

Under this precedent Dem president could just sue the IRS and ‘settle’ for a $2 billion payment to Planned Parenthood. It’s an end around Congress.

@Anthony_Rivardo Mara is an idiot and a silly man

Kind of insane he survived this and a 22-45-1 record. The Giants’ ownership is a patient bunch!

@PLeonardNYDN Mara is an idiot. Nice man? Sure. But long before he got sick it has been one bad decision after another.

This is like when Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow. 5 (?) more years of winter Giants bury a Joe Schoen extension announcement right up against a Knicks Eastern Conference Final home game Concerning development for the start of the John Harbaugh Era. Comes only days after Schoen received a lukewarm reception including some boos at a fan Town Hall #talkinball

@RapSheet @MikeGarafolo What do you have to do to get fired around here.

The #Giants and GM Joe Schoen have agreed to terms on a multi-year extension to keep him working with John Harbaugh for years to come, per me and @MikeGarafolo. After a successful offseason, including the work during the NFL Draft, Schoen is rewarded with a new deal.

@BuckSexton Queen's Gambit. Hands down. Incredibly riveting story telling, pacing, character development, conflict, suspense, awe. It could stand on its own as the story of a broken girl becoming a great chess player. The magic was gone by episode 5 or 6.

What is the best pilot/first episode of any tv series of all time? I'll go first: Game of Thrones, Season 1 Ep 1 "Winter is Coming"

@bonchieredstate Yes, but would Barney have minded?

Imagine dying and the press boiling your entire life down to your sexuality. I know it's not new, and they've been doing this stuff for decades, but man is it just odd when you really think about it.

@OrinKerr Behind every Supreme Court reform is the unstated belief that the current Court is not to the speaker's liking and that he would like it better under the proposed reform. Everything else is silliness. If there were six liberal justices over 80 this essay would never be written

Re the NYT essay below on 18-year terms for Supreme Court Justices, I have two thoughts. First, the "Framers couldn't have foreseen this" gets the point wrong. I don't think we have reason to believe the Framers couldn't have foreseen a Justice staying on the court for many decades. As far as I can tell, no one flipped out when Chief Justice Marshall was on the Court for over 34 years, from 1801 to 1835. What the Founders couldn't have foreseen is that the Court would be as powerful as it has become in the modern era. That's the problem, I think. More broadly, I'm a huge fan of 18-year terms for Justices, but just telling the NYT audience that it could be done by regular legislation is a disservice to readers. I know some people have made the argument that such reforms wouldn't require a constitutional amendment, but the argument is not a good one. As I see it, it's the kind of argument you make when you're deeply committed to an outcome and will take anything that sounds plausible. I get that this describes a non-zero number of influential people, but that doesn't improve it as an argument. Anyway, I realize this puts us in a cruddy position. Our Republic would be much healthier with 18 year terms for Justices, and yet we can't get there without a constitutional amendment that is, as a practical matter, out of reach. But I think that's where we are. nytimes.com/2026/05/19/opi…

@SleeperMets Ha. They have no one else

Really hope today is the last time we see Sean Manaea. Just can’t have this happen…

@ScottPresler So would his replacement

This is a reminder that Senator Bill Cassidy advocated for the SAVE America Act on the Senate floor. Let’s see if he continues to advocate for election integrity after losing the Louisiana Republican primary.

@TomRock_Newsday I don't get the Brandon Brown love. What exactly has he done. Giants roster has stunk since his been here.

“I treat every day like it’s fourth-and-1.” How a Long Islander from #GlenCove & @StAnthonysFB helped remake the #Giants roster… and wound up making the team himself. ⤵️ newsday.com/sports/columni…

@MattSmethurst @irishspy That's taken from an old Ted Williams remark.

A news reporter asked Michael Jordan if he thought the ’90s Bulls could beat LeBron’s Lakers. MJ: Yes. Reporter: By how much? MJ: Two or three points. Reporter: Why so close? MJ: Most of us are almost 60 now.

@AmericanGwyn When I realized near the end that his complex, obscure, and difficult-to-reconcile plot was an elaborate metaphor (allegory?) for the Vietnam War itself I was simply blown away.

Was reading a passage from ToS to my girlfriend this morning. It’s one of my five favorite novels and contains the best dialogue I’ve ever read. Cormac, O’Connor, and Hemingway wrote great dialogue, but no one has written dialogue like Denis Johnson: it’s another level, entirely.

@OleTimeHardball Aaron is only reasonable choice.

You have your choice of any player, in his prime, to fill this DH spot. Who gets the call?

@nickythegood Haha. Don't get your hopes up

Yesterday was the 2nd game the Mets felt like they had a likeable team all season. The other was opening day. Put players the fans want to see on the field. Coincidentally, the're better players because we use our eyes and not spreadsheets. Stop using Austin Slater for players that are better than him.

@MLB Just think of how much easier the last several years of Mets roster construction and rebuilding would have been if the resigned Wheeler to what turned out to be a friendly contract

Zack Wheeler needed just 16 pitches to complete the first 3 innings tonight. That's the fewest pitches thrown by a starter through the first 3 innings of a game since at least 2000!

@Rob_Flaherty And it is not until August!

Oh you're tired of the Michigan primary? Just wait til I tell you it's 2026's best proxy for the 2028 primary.

@mattyglesias If there is ever a Democrat trifecta in the 4-12 year window, the Federal government will be bailing out all these Blue state pensions and end our economic system as we know it.

@catturd2 @MAGAMAHACindy Navy at 17. 46 years ago today! Best thing I did (until marrying my wife).

@MAGAMAHACindy I joined the army when I was 17.

What’s your thoughts on a 17-18 year old joining the military?