Bill Wilson God loving American

(1) Donald Trump won both the electoral college AND the popular vote—so if we did as Pete Buttigieg suggests, Trump would still be president. (2) If you don’t like the electoral college, you don’t like the Constitution.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins blames Biden for high beef prices and calls climate change a "hoax"

Justice Alito fires back at Justice Jackson, calling her solo dissent "baseless and insulting" and "utterly irresponsible" after she accused the majority of abandoning principle for power.

Nebraska just got a $600 million stadium renovation approved and the way they're thinking about it is worth paying attention to. The Big Red Rebuild is a major revenue play. The renovated Memorial Stadium is projected to generate $95 million in annual revenue, a 40% increase over current levels. The entire project is funded without taxpayer dollars, using $250 million in philanthropic support and $350 million in private bond financing, but the financial model underneath is what makes Nebraska interesting. AD Troy Dannen has been clear about how he views the role of facilities in the new era of college athletics. He's called the stadium "a revenue stream that, for the most part, is untapped." The rebuild is designed to turn Memorial Stadium into a year-round venue for concerts, events, and entertainment, not just seven Saturdays in the fall. Premium seating gets repriced, concessions and fan experience get overhauled, the building starts working 12 months a year instead of three. Dannen's broader philosophy on funding is just as notable, I think. He's said Nebraska is adapting to revenue sharing "with a focus on creativity rather than contribution drives." The athletic department takes no student fees, no institutional subsidies, no state dollars. It actually pays $5 million back to the university annually. When the $20.5 million revenue sharing obligation hit, Nebraska absorbed it by cutting 27 positions, reprioritizing expenses, and leaning into Big Ten distribution money. That's a program treating its athletic department like a business, protecting a financial model while investing aggressively in the infrastructure to grow it. Not every school has Nebraska's fan base or Big Ten TV money, but the mindset is transferable. The programs that will thrive in this new landscape are the ones rethinking how their assets generate revenue, not just asking their fans and donors to cover the difference.