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Just to recap, Trump has taken the extraordinary step of federalizing 2000 member of the California National Guard — over the objections of the state’s governor — in response to a protest that currently involves A FEW DOZEN PEOPLE AT A HOME DEPOT

Djokovic stops to thank the crowd as he’s getting a standing ovation.

This is great to see Jannik Sinner tested like this; no matter what happens, this can only help him.

A disappointing end to the day's first men's semifinal. Carlos Alcaraz advances to the final as Lorenzo Musetti retires. Looks like Musetti may have re-aggravated the thigh injury that took him out of Barcelona earlier this year.

IT'S SO MESSY!

How many innocent people all around the world have had to suffer just so these two sociopaths could burn each other and our country to the ground.

This isn’t hard or complicated. For people weighing in w/different versions of this theme: Musk isn’t a good guy, we forget nothing, he’s not on the team, never will be on the team. We don’t mind if this disgusting evil alliance comes apart. That doesn’t make us Team Elon. Next.

Megalomaniacal narcissism is the new separation of powers

It's crazy that Trump literally doesn't know what D-Day is

The New York State Education Department on Thursday sternly rejected the Trump administration’s demand that the state reverse a ban on Native American mascots, questioning the federal government’s interpretation of civil rights law.

The Roland Garros scheduling this year has been ridiculous. A women's quarterfinal, between two American players (Madison Keys and Coco Gauff), is starting at 5 a.m. Eastern time tomorrow??? Come on.

Feel bad for Tommy Paul. It's gotta be so emasculating to be a top-15 tennis player in the world and get bageled in an entire set on national TV.

"TEXAS TECH HAS DONE IT!!! THEY END THE GREATEST DYNASTY IN COLLEGE SOFTBALL HISTORY! THE RED RAIDERS STORM TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES!" - Kevin Brown on Texas Tech's historic #WCWS win over Oklahoma

Tommy Paul wins 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 against Alexei Popyrin After back to back 5-setters, this one didn't even go 2 hours. He's made QFs in 3 of the 4 slams now, only missing his home slam in New York. 📸 Asanka Brendon Ratnayke/AP Photo

A prediction: Pacers-Thunder is going to be a phenomenal NBA Finals. Another prediction: Two small market teams is not a formula for big viewership. Final prediction: If it goes seven games. Game 7 will draw more viewers than the College Football Playoff National Championship game.

Let the record show the last NBA points called on TNT Sports was a 3-pointer by Landry Shamet.

My story for the Reflector newspaper in Greenville, N.C. On Tommy Paul’s big 5-set win at Roland Garros on Friday: www.reflector.com/sports/local...

We have a rematch of last year's Stanley Cup Final Game 1: Florida @ Edmonton Wednesday in the Alberta capital

Charles Barkley: "Why you be getting them dumb fouls?" KAT: "God only knows"

Harrison Ruffin Tyler, the last surviving grandson of John Tyler, the 10th president of the U.S., died on Sunday at age 96. He was the last of three generations spanning nearly the entire history of the country. When his grandfather was born, George Washington had just become president.

Bublik coming back from 6-2, 6-2 down to beat Demon in five sets at the French Open has to be the most absurd tennis result of the year and perhaps the millennium

That was absolutely FILTHY pass by Barkov! Wow what a pass. Panthers back up 4-3.

Louisa Thomas writing about tennis is as good as it gets. This is her piece on ageless Frenchman Gael Monfils: www.newyorker.com/sports/sport...

It really is good for us that so many of these people are so unbelievably stupid.

That's a hell of a win for the pride of Greenville, N.C., Tommy Paul in the 2nd round at Roland Garros. Down 2 sets, and then down 3-5 in the fourth set, the No. 12 seeded Paul rallies and survives, winning 6-4 in the fifth. Battling injury, Paul guts it out.

Scrubs is much better-equipped for a revival than a lot of other shows in the What Is Dead May Never Die era. That said, I hope they write JD like he was at the end of Scrubs proper, not like he was in his appearances on Scrubs Med.

Trump’s inability to keep his mouth shut sucks but also is a gift in these lawsuits. The fact that the Secretary of Education has decades of experience working with the PT Barnum of our time isn’t helping.

OKC 128, MIN 126. Just a hell of a fight. In the end, too many turnovers and too many offensive rebounds allowed for the Wolves to overcome some absurd shotmaking from SGA and Jalen Williams. Wolves now on the brink of elimination.

Tremendous ballgame i enjoyed thoroughly. OKC is so damn good and Minny is right there with them.

BREAKING: Scott Pelley just risked everything to make one thing clear: The attack on free speech isn’t coming—it’s already here. Journalists are being silenced, critics are being punished, and most of the media’s playing dead. This is state-sponsored suppression. This is dictatorship in real time.

just absolutely insane that this is what Trump accused Biden of doing, and now he's done it himself.

We just watched it. Pretty sensational, surprising stuff. Also I can never hear the word "boof" again :)

Bryan Shelton said he agreed to wear an earpiece/do live interviews during this match because it’s good for the game. He’s absolutely correct, and he consistently makes himself available to the media. Hopefully other coaches will follow suit.

Inspiring and dominant performance by my Wolves tonight. This is our first home conference finals win since 2004. The series is far from over. 🌲🌲🌲 🐺 🌲🌲🌲

Remember the good old days when Republicans pretended to be outraged by donations to the Clinton Foundation?

This was excellent. I watched it last night and I STILL can't believe what I saw.

A clearly insane and cognitively diminished President Trump rambled at length about a far-right conspiracy theory in front of the president of South Africa at the White House yesterday. Now here's eight articles about Biden's halting pauses and memory lapses.

"Scott goes tumbling down. That's a fair baseball, and his cadaver is out. Dillon Dingler tags him as he is a chalk outline from Hollywood on the ground." - Jason Benetti

Trump told us these people were so dangerous they couldn't afford due process to prove how dangerous they were. They had to go straight to the foreign concentration camp. Turns out *at least* one in five of them *didn't even break US immigration law*

This is—it bears repeating—ethnic cleansing and a war crime. It feels utterly pointless to say, and roughly equivalent to screaming into the void, but the United States should not be supporting or providing any aid to a state that has ethnic cleansing as a policy position.

Chet Holmgren is incredible. Imagine how good he’ll be in 3 years

This is also shows just how weak the liberal media are right now. Cuomo's a sex creep funded by Republicans and governed to give Republicans power when he was in charge of the state but they just can't get that across to the primary electorate.

Oh man. One of the best and most famous TV characters, ever. So many favorite Norm lines I have memorized, but my all-time favorite is: "What are you up to, Norm?" "My ideal weight if I were 11 feet tall."

the DOJ is literally **arresting Democratic members of Congress** and Senate Democrats are voting to pass Republican legislation

NPR published a story 5 days ago about three high ranking Trump officials with clear ties to Hitler-admiring antisemites and it barely made a ripple. These are the kind of stories that used to end political careers. Now the subjects of the stories just hold up a middle finger and keep plowing ahead.

new post about plane crashes and boat crashes and all kinds of major accidents happening, it can't be a coincidence; Michael Che and Colin Jost go out with a bang on Weekend Update; and the Sunday Game 7s were duds, and oh, to be a Maple Leafs fan: michaeljlewis.wordpress.com/2025/05/19/p...

It was closer than the score indicates, but No. 1 Georgia gets its revenge and their first NCAA title since 2000, defeating No. 2 and defending champion Texas A&M 4-0. Second-year coach Drake Bernstein has coached four National champions now (NCAA singles, doubles, team and National Indoor)

Anyone need a password break? Please enjoy Lucille Ball and Betty White in 1981 throw a masterclass on how to play.