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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is the first player in 25 years to win the MVP, scoring title, and Finals MVP

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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is the second-youngest player in NBA history with an MVP, Finals MVP, and scoring title. He has the highest-scoring championship season ever, beating Michael Jordan by 0.1 ppg. On SGA's budding legacy, after a season for the ages:

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"Do you want America to be at war with Iran?" No: 85% Yes: 5% YouGov / June 22, 2025

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Only four players have won MVP, the scoring title & an NBA Championship in the same season. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 1971 Michael Jordan (x3) Shaquille O'Neal in 2000 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander this season (via @keerthikau.bsky.social) #NBA

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“He has always worked hard to put food on the table for us and my mom,” said Alejandro. “He was always careful and always did his taxes on time. He never caused any problems and he is known as a kind and helping person by everyone in our community.” santanero.org/2025/06/21/l...

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SGA ring!

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KTLA - Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all US Marines, pepper-sprayed and punched in the face by alleged federal immigration officers while he was working as a landscaper at an IHOP. He was then forced into the back of an unmarked car in Santa Ana.

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VOA's Persian Service did not carry live President Trump's speech about bombing Iran. The few remaining staffers describe a catastrophic failure due to Kari Lake's removal of most of their colleagues. The video of the speech could not be uploaded to the VOA Farsi website for 12 hours.

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BREAKING: Magistrate judge rules Abrego Garcia should not be detained on his criminal charges — even though he’s likely to remain in ICE custody. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Trump’s attacks on Iran were based on vibes, not new intel, two administration officials tell Rolling Stone. “There is no intel,” one of the sources says. “The intelligence assessments have not really changed”

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The Japanese were not at war with the United States, they were at war with Pearl Harbor

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I was briefed on the intelligence last week. Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success.

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it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time

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The Senate parliamentarian has ruled that the GOP's big cuts to SNAP don't meet reconciliation rules: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/u...

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We just entered a war and there’s literally no reaction at the baseball game.

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Now is the time for

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Vanderbilt University Medical Center, one of the largest academic research and hospital care systems in the southeast, expects to lay off 650 employees as a result of grant and other funding cuts made by the Trump Administration, it said in a statement. From @anitawadhwani.bsky.social.

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11 career innings. 0 hits allowed.

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Eman and Saher Qahwaji came to Louisville from Gaza so the 6-year-old could get a prosthetic leg. Photos by the talented Jon Cherry.

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An Israeli bomb hit their home last summer while Eman was making breakfast. She and her husband were severely injured. Saher lost most of his right leg. His 11-month-old brother was killed. He is now in Louisville to receive medical care. From @aminamania.bsky.social

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New Reuters poll: 62% of Democrats want new party leadership. That’s higher than the 52% of Tories who wanted Boris Johnson gone before his ouster-and there’s no scandal driving this. Two of the biggest priority gaps between Dem voters and leadership: money in politics and taxing the rich.

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if you don’t know the history of Dodger Stadium you can’t fully understand what unfolded today. thanks @chrislhayes.bsky.social for the opportunity to share it.

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‘A perfect storm’: Abuse and neglect increase as Kentucky child care centers struggle with inadequate and inexperienced staff www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article305725431.html

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NEW: As Congress considers clamping down on sports betting -- an industry that has mostly avoided federal regulation -- DraftKings has started a federal PAC: docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/form... The company also donated $502k to Trump's inauguration.

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SEVERAL oh gosh

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Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.

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The Murdochs are accusing Trump/Miller of "forcing ICE agents to deprioritize going after dangerous criminals"

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“Eighteen Democrats joined nearly all Republicans in supporting the bill.”

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America is one of those countries where if you host a global sporting event, inclusive messages have to be censored to so as not to anger the central government. In this case the message is “racism is bad” www.nytimes.com/athletic/643...

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GOP Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky introduced a resolution Tuesday to prohibit U.S. involvement in the escalating Israel-Iran conflict, joined by several Democrats.

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The CBO estimates that Republicans’ “Big Beautiful Bill” would kick millions of people off Medicaid. Health care providers in the mountains of eastern Kentucky, a region especially dependent on the federal program, are sounding the alarm on what it could do to patients, clinics and the economy.

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A reporter from The City had overheard one agent say to another minutes before Lander’s arrest, “Do you want to arrest the Comptroller?” www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/17/b...

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A crew of masked federal agents arrested NYC comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander at the courthouse downtown after he asked them to produce a warrant. www.amny.com/news/brad-la...

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An Afghan man who worked as a translator for the U.S. military during the war was detained by ICE after showing up for a hearing inside of a federal courthouse in San Diego, his attorney says. He fears that if he returns to Afghanistan, he would be tortured or even killed, @nbcsandiego.com reports.

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Cason Wallace!

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“To help…identify and prototype how frontier AI can transform how it accomplishes” is some fourth-order BS.

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Thread: Senate Republicans released initial bill language for their #Medicaid cuts. I am reading the bill now and will highlight key changes from House-passed bill. Topline is provider tax restrictions are worse, will devastate expansion state finances (1/x) www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

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Proposed Medicaid cuts could devastate Appalachian Kentucky, health care providers say --- from me and @joesonka.lpm.org And you can expect more from us in the coming weeks on the potential impacts of the Big Beautiful Bill www.lpm.org/news/2025-06...

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Resources about the New Apostolic Reformation movement of alleged assassin Vance Boelter from national treasure Frederick Clarkson. The Christ for the Nations Institute he graduated from. religiondispatches.org/the-spirit-o...

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1. Let's put this together. The assassin appears to be the follower of the New Apolostolic Reformation, which holds that American society is literally under demonic possessions. (And you, dear reader, are one of the demon.) www.wired.com/story/shooti...

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When Tim Walz became Kamala Harris's running mate, progressives highlighted policies passed. It could not have been possible without Melissa Hortman. -Free school breakfast and lunch -Restoring voting rights for felons -Paid leave Great piece by @gracepanetta.bsky.social 19thnews.org/2025/06/rep-...

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