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@cfishman @AP No thanks.

Anyone who wants to watch Trump's appearance live in Memphis (in a hanger at the Memphis airport), can use this YouTube link: Via Associated Press (@AP) youtube.com/live/3fCARsEKW…

19 years ago, a high school basketball coach put his team manager into a game for the final four minutes. The kid had never played a single minute of competitive basketball in his life. He scored 20 points. Jason McElwain was diagnosed with severe autism at age two. He didn’t speak until he was five. He couldn’t chew solid food until he was six. He wore a nappy for most of his early childhood. As a baby, he was rigid, wouldn’t make eye contact, and hid in corners away from other children. He tried out for his school basketball team every year and got cut every time. Too small. Too slight. Barely 5’6 and about 54 kilograms. But he loved the game so much that his mum called the school and asked if there was any way he could be involved. The coach created a team manager role for him. For three years, McElwain showed up to every practice and every game. He wore a shirt and tie on match days. He ran drills, handed out water, kept stats, and cheered every basket like he’d scored it himself. On 15 February 2006, the last home game of his final school year, the coach let him suit up in a proper jersey and sit on the bench. With four minutes left and a comfortable lead, the coach sent him in. His first shot missed. His second missed. Then something shifted. He hit a three-pointer. Then another. Then another. His teammates stopped shooting entirely and just kept passing him the ball. He hit six three-pointers and a two-pointer. 20 points in four minutes. The highest scorer in the game. When the final buzzer went, the entire crowd rushed the court and lifted him onto their shoulders. His mum tapped the coach on the shoulder, in tears. “This is the nicest gift you could have ever given my son.” McElwain won the ESPY Award for Best Moment in Sports that year, beating out some of the biggest names in professional sport. He’s 36 now. He works at a local supermarket, coaches basketball, has run 17 marathons including five Boston Marathons, and travels the country speaking about never giving up. When asked about that night, his coach still gets emotional. “For him to come in and seize the moment like he did was certainly more than I ever expected. I was an emotional wreck.”

I love the headline they came up with: The Year I Was Supposed to Die slate.com/life/2026/03/h…

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@cfishman Yikes

Netflix announces it's abandoning its deal to buy Warner Bros. Studios—leaving Paramount to buy the storied movie producer, which also includes CNN. If you care about quality movies & TV, that's sad & bad. You should have been rooting for Netflix & against Paramount. Why? —>

Yes- of course this is the plan.

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There's a pervasive belief that we no longer produce clothes in the United States. This is not true. In this thread, I will tell you about some great made-in-USA brands — some that run their own factories, while others are US brands contracting with US factories. 🧵

New data shows that over 86% of ICE arrests didn’t involve anyone accused or convicted of a violent crime. cc: @CBSNews

Migrants languish in US detention centers facing dire conditions and prolonged waits actionnews5.com/2026/02/09/mig…

“We Thought Someone Else Would Stop Him” Holocaust survivors were asked the same question for decades. JackHopkinsNow.com

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Amen.

@MorePerfectUS @cfishman seems like something you would’ve talked about on Fish on Friday on Tuesday.

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The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023. The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets. Learn more from @David_J_Bier. ow.ly/Ce9W50Y8kAi

1500+ people in a new warehouse in Maryland 1500+ more in Arizona 7,500+ planned for Missouri 8,500+ in a warehouse in Texas — among the largest US jails of any kind 80,000+ total once all the sites are complete DHS has been quietly buying massive warehouses with the explicit purpose of warehousing people. It’s here now. They’re building the camps.