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I am honored to be nominated for "Best person to follow on Social Media" in the Best of Oxford poll -- and in my first year living here in Oxford! If you wish to vote and vote often. Best of Oxford 2022: theoxfordeagle.secondstreetapp.com/og/9dafe1a1-fb…

Line of storms seems to be weakening as it moves farther east - but at any rate, soaking rains continue to slide farther to the south this morning. Should be approaching the Metro area in the next hour.

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“I’m ready to die for you, man.” - Francis Mauigoa to his new QB, Jaxson Dart 🔥🔥

"So thankful. So blessed. the Lord is doing work on me, and he's not done!" - @tyson_jordyn NFL Draft on NFLN/ESPN/ABC Stream on @NFLPlus

BREAKING: Live TV turns brutal as Pete Hegseth’s pastor gets dismantled so badly that the room goes completely silent. Douglas Wilson is best known as the white-supremacist-leaning pastor of the bellicose Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Wilson has been criticized for his — ahem — rather unique interpretation of Christian scripture, an interpretation that seems to have missed the entire gist of the fundamental teachings of Jesus Christ, at least as taught by just about every major Christian denomination. This week, Wilson went on Piers Morgan Uncensored to defend himself and his radical take on religion. Suffice it to say that it did not go well. New York Times contributing writer Wajahat Ali was not interested in pleasantries. When Wilson tried to claim that religious leaders should not be attacked for their beliefs, Ali cut straight through it: "I have no problem attacking wolves in sheep's clothing. I have no problem attacking a man who wrote that American slavery was mutually harmonious between the slave master and the slave. That's you." Wilson — who has indeed written that antebellum slavery involved a "mutually beneficial" relationship — did not dispute this. Ali kept going with a litany of Wilson’s heresies. He had no problem attacking a man who proudly wants to abolish the 19th Amendment — the one that gave women the right to vote. No problem attacking a man supporting what he called "an incoherent, unwinnable, illegal war in Iran." No problem attacking the religious leader of Pete Hegseth — "a cosplay crusader" whose military adventures are getting Americans and innocent civilians killed. But Ali’s coup de grâce was this theological gut punch: "I wish you would open up the Bible. I wish you would meet the Jesus that I met when I went to an all-boy Jesuit Catholic high school. The Jesus that took care of the sick, that took care of the poor, that welcomed the immigrant, that welcomed the marginalized. But instead you've used Jesus as a mascot for your white Christian supremacy, your cruelty, your misogyny." Ali closed with a simple suggestion: "Maybe both of you can read the Constitution, read the Bible, and just take a break, pastor. Just take a break." Host Piers Morgan then turned to Wilson for his response. Wilson's comeback — delivered with the apparent confidence of a trained propagandist — was: "Just incidentally, we know that Jesus was not a socialist because he could actually feed people." Then came the silence. Long, deadly, and studio-wide. "Wonderful," Ali said. "Great response." This is the spiritual mentor of the man running America's military. A pastor who defends slavery as harmonious, wants to strip women of voting rights, and whose best theological counterargument is a Fox News-style Jesus joke that landed with the energy of a wet napkin. Pete Hegseth quotes Pulp Fiction. His pastor compares Jesus to Milton Friedman. Active-duty Marines are calling their department the Department of War Crimes. “Wolf in sheep’s clothing,” indeed! Please like and share if you refuse to accept the teachings of false, self-anointed “prophets," like the not-so-Reverend Wilson.

With the eighth pick of the 2026 NFL Draft, the @Saints selected WR Jordyn Tyson out of Arizona State. Tyson becomes the sixth Sun Devil selected by New Orleans and the third eighth overall selection in team history, joining G Royce Smith and @ProFootballHOF T Willie Roaf.

@Alex_Chatman I’m honestly not expecting a lot of surprises tonight I would love love love to be wrong

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Michael Tilson Thomas approached his work with creativity, innovation, and passion. He loved music, and he loved the impact music made on his audience and the world. I was lucky to enjoy his work for many years at the San Francisco Symphony, and I was even more fortunate to call MTT a friend. Doug and I send our prayers to his family, friends, and all those who have been touched by his brilliance.

Simone Ashley on working with Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep for “The Devil Wears Prada 2”: “It’s no surprise how talented and masterful they are at their craft. And it’s no surprise how kind and wonderful they are.” via “The Devil Wears Prada 2” world premiere

Stephanie Fryling is moving from Penguin Random House to take over as president of sales for HarperCollins’s U.S. trade business. Her appointment follows a restructuring of the company’s sales operation in March. buff.ly/952Z2wv

ICYMI: The DOJ told a federal court this week it does not intend to use sensitive voter data to remove people from voter rolls. But agreements that states have signed while willfully turning over voter data suggest the department is not just reviewing rolls, but attempting to identify problems to remove voters. bit.ly/4cWJXyx

Cynthia Erivo, Thabo Rametsi and Guy Pearce are set to star in “The Road Home,” a musical drama about South African jazz legends Miriam ‘Mama Africa’ Makeba and Hugh Masekela, and their Apartheid-era Graceland tour with Paul Simon. variety.com/2026/film/news…

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Bill Nye calls out Donald Trump's proposal to cut NASA's budget by 23%: "NASA is the best brand the U.S. has. People around the world recognize NASA. The word science is in the Constitution. That’s what keeps the U.S. ahead. You cannot be a leader in space without being a leader in science. It’s just a mistake.” variety.com/2026/tv/news/b…

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This is fucking crazy!!! Kash Patel had the FBI investigate a journalist who was mean to his girlfriend!?! What on earth is it going to take for this pathetic, drunk, genuine threat to our national security to be fired?

The Republican majority on SCOTUS is corrupt as fuck.