***Content warning: the following discusses instances of sexual abuse and rape.*** In January of this year, Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH) voted in favor of the Laken Riley Act, which expands the ability of the Department of Homeland Security to detain immigrants for nonviolent crimes. Riley was a Georgia nursing student
Some stuff I’ve consumed this week and items of note… * The Verge on James Dolan’s Orwellian approach to the fan experience at Madison Square Garden: “They hand me a piece of paper letting me know that I’ve been added to a ban list,” Miller says. “There’s
In the likelihood that he becomes a Pittsburgh Steeler, Aaron Rodgers will again have put the lie to the NFL narrative of character issues and distractions.
Some stuff I’ve consumed this week and items of note… * Vince Mancini in GQ on the bullies taking over UFC: It’s depressing to see the martial arts world welcome rapists, racists, and accused human traffickers with open arms. I remember when gyms used to pride themselves on opening
The Dodgers manager is an intelligent guy, but he’s willfully ignoring a grievous insult amid a perpetual series of them, and he’s bending to a strongman like so many other dominos in this country who otherwise hold cultural or financial power to resist are doing.
It is the job–and often the moral imperative–of any sports commentator who is worth their salt and who is not trying to deceive their audience into treating sports as an excuse to ignore the rest of the world to speak on matters that cross into the political.
Some stuff I’ve consumed this week and items of note… * From analysis by Media Matters: Of the 191 right-leaning and 129 left-leaning online shows that covered news and politics or hosted related guests, 80 of the right-leaning online shows (42%) are categorized as comedy, entertainment, sports, or other supposedly
Feels like McGregor should get a federal government job sometime soon. It would continue to fit the big-time big loser persona pattern.
May is the month I most identify with labor. Recognizing the history of Americans who have fought for workers’ rights on May Day, celebrating the most important unpaid job of all–moms, and the parades of worker ants constantly marching through my home puts the month ahead of September, which
Some stuff I’ve consumed this week and items of note… * Diana Moskovitz writes of the seeming fragility of women’s sports in our current moment, The NCAA has already said it won't defend trans girls and women. As the layers of the Department of Education are peeled
It’s fair to say that supporting Dana White’s business means supporting a man who clearly hates women and embraces men who would do them harm
Some stuff I’ve consumed this week and items of note… * More than 90% of NHL refs are wearing smartwatches designed to keep them safer on the ice. Per The Athletic: One could make a strong case that officiating hockey is the most difficult of the major sports. It doesn’