Alberto García Maldonado

I was just listening to Bomani Jones’s latest podcast, and he noted that she’s been invited in her capacity as a university admin to a college sports “round table” that the White House is hosting, so she’s likely there for that.

Woo!

Helen Lovejoy from The Simpsons asking if somebody would please think of the wealthy.

Highlight of my rainy commute was hearing your report from Cortina on NPR's The World...thanks for sharing the joy of the games with all of us.

The vibe of the Halftime Show

OK "god bless america" and then naming every country in the americas from south to north is absolute king shit

The fact that I could give this a (well-deserved) like because I immediately knew the context is probably my sign to log off for the night. (Editor's note: he did not log off.)

Greg Bovino Loses His Job The Border Patrol chief has been ousted from his role as “commander at large,” and will return to El Centro.

Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

How many packs do we think he went through tonight?

Flying somewhere, but only after catching a connecting flight in Istanbul.

The "(It's Riker)" in the alt text legit made me LOL. And now I think it's time for me to revisit Picard's third season, which is one of my favorite Star Treks.

The Americans Who Saw All This Coming—but Were Ignored and Maligned Call them the Cassandras: the people—mostly not white and male—who smelled the fascism all over Trump from jump street. Why were they “alarmists,” and how did “anti-alarmism” become cool?

"We owe the Cassandras a great debt for being the first among us to raise their voices. It is largely because of them that we are not alone when we do; that there remains a critical mass of people, at all levels of society, resolutely opposed to our authoritarian drift."

I'm curious as to how Tim Onion knows what a 15th-century Wallachian noble sounded like.

Nods in "Giants fan who remembers the Armando Benítez and Mark Melancon experiences."

Woke 2 coming in hot!

This UC Davis alumnus is happy that Betty got to enjoy some quality Big Sky football on this Championship Saturday.

Heero's threat is of course legendary, but I think my favorite part of this scene is Relena's classmates applauding after she hands him the invitation.

Enjoy your rest, darth, and see you on the other side.

You'd think folks would realize that the fact that Carville's statements are always made as a private citizen, and not as a member of the DNC, an elected official's comms team, or an active campaign, shows that he doesn't have much actual pull within the party these days.

a man with a surprised look on his face is sitting on a bus Alt: Sam Neill screaming on a bus in the movie In the Mouth of Madness.

Live look at my reaction to the screenshots going around.

As many folks have already said today, what a terrible day to know how to read.

Literally just finished reading the newsletter in my office, and thank you for making me aware of the glory that is Scotzilla.

Fox just showed the replay, and it looks like it was just a great play by Verse.

I would like to second your editor's note in the (as usual fantastic) alt text.

Since Ricky Pearsall hasn't even achieved "limited" practice status since his injury, what are the odds that he's ultimately placed on IR?

--Alberto G.M.

THEY BREAK UPON US

Inshallah.

He did get arrested in a season finale, which featured his coworkers trying to secret him out of the store before ICE could find him. He spent the beginning of the next season in detention, then was let out on bond while his case was going through the courts.