Republicans will continue to block gun safety

They won’t care that kids were killed today because they didn’t really care when kids were killed in Sandy Hook, Parkland and Uvalde.

There is no reason for private citizens to own assault rifles.

This is today’s Republican Party. Refusing to take action to make our schools safe.https://t.co/vUhbeuQ2Rg
— DNC War Room (@DNCWarRoom) March 29, 2023

"A report issued in May…analyzed FBI crime data in 271 American cities from 2020 and found that guns stolen from vehicles have become the nation’s largest source of stolen firearms — with an estimated 40,000 guns stolen from cars in those cities alone." https://t.co/CDy21a4hn8.
— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) March 27, 2023

Bobby Bonilla is not the only retired baseball player still getting paid

Bonilla’s contract is famous but he’s not alone.

About 50% of the contract Griffey Jr. signed w/ the Reds was deferred from 2009 to 2024. Among other MLB retied players still being paid.
Ichiro Suzuki
Todd Helton
Bronson Arroyo
Matt Holliday
Brett Saberhagen
Jim Edmonds
Manny Ramirezhttps://t.co/S2IXZVHHjb
— Jim Santos (@dajjgrinch) March 26, 2023

This will be the first year Bruce Sutter won’t be on the Braves payroll, he hasn’t played for them since 1991. He’s been receiving 1.2 million from them until 2022, and on top of that, when the contract ended he got another 9.1 million dollars pic.twitter.com/kJQEgsPjLA
— BaseballHistoryNut (@nut_history) March 26, 2023

Highest salaries to be paid by Orioles in 2023:

Kyle Gibson, $10,000,000
Chris Davis, $9,166,667 😮
Adam Frazier, $8,000,000

Yes, that Chris Davis.
The Orioles still owe him $59 million. pic.twitter.com/j0xwXSYLR0
— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) March 25, 2023

More players still getting paid – FanDuel on Instagram

Tweets on decline us US life expectancy

Americans’ life expectancy is plummeting. The graphic is stunning.

“American life expectancy is lower than that of Cuba, Lebanon, and Chechnya.”#MedTwitter https://t.co/2GX3zRgFhE pic.twitter.com/6NxbO01VBr
— Art Walaszek (@artwalaszek) March 25, 2023

The deeply disturbing decline in U.S. life expectancy continues: 78.8 in 2019 to 76.1 in 2021. What's not highlighted here are the unsettling disparities in life expectancy by race/ethnicity 👇 The need for transformational policymaking is now. https://t.co/DjXtxhDyfI pic.twitter.com/UKQ97uA7qR
— Jason Jurjevich (@JasonJurjevich) March 27, 2023

“Two years difference in life expectancy probably comes from the fact that firearms are so available in the United States.” https://t.co/YyUY951sKv
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) March 26, 2023

Covers: Don’t Play That Song (You Lied)

“Don’t Play That Song (You Lied)” was a 1962 hit for Ben E. King. Aretha Franklin’s 1970 version was also popular.

Polls show that the GOP is a Trump cult

The poll without Trump shows how much of a cult of personality the GOP is now. Trump, Jr. is in second and he has never even run for office. I bet he runs in the future.

Post-indictment poll: Trump surges to largest-ever lead over DeSantis https://t.co/3g4DZyFS7b
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 1, 2023

Analysis: Trump’s not only leading, he’s leading with those more likely to vote https://t.co/jt7NXUeRpE
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 23, 2023

2024 National Republican Primary, Without Trump:

DeSantis 35%
Trump Jr. 14%
Pence 7%
Haley 5%
Cruz 4%
Cheney 3%
Romney 3%
Owens 2%
Abbott 2%
Noem 2%
Pompeo 2%
Rubio 1%
T. Scott 1%
Lake 1%
Youngkin 1%
Ramaswamy 1%
Kasich 1%

McLaughlin & Associates, 463 LV, 3/16-20 pic.twitter.com/1Tx61ZsSXd
— Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) March 22, 2023

I think it's very possible the 2024 GOP primary ends up being a dud & Trump wins easily thanks to a combination of the base still loving him & other contenders being complete cowards. He's already over 50%, so even if a consensus non-Trump candidate emerges it might be too late. pic.twitter.com/escEDYL1Qa
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 24, 2023

2024 National Republican Primary:

Trump 44%
DeSantis 28%
Haley 5%
Pence 4%
Youngkin 2%
Cheney 2%
Christie 1%
Pompeo 1%
Hogan 1%
.
4-Way-Race:
Trump 47%
DeSantis 32%
Haley 6%
Pence 5%
.
Head-2-Head:
Trump 47%
DeSantis 39%

.@YouGovAmerica/@YahooNews, 3/16-20
— Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) March 23, 2023

Why we’re still stuck in Trump’s world. The GOP electorate & the nature of the places they represent push party leaders toward timidity. Until they discover the fortitude to defy the incentives, Trump’s neuroses will dominate our politics.
My column https://t.co/0XAbkolZD2
— EJ Dionne (@EJDionne) March 26, 2023

76% of Republican voters in this poll say they want Trump to be president again. 61% of all Americans, including 64% of independents, say they don’t. https://t.co/JeaHjcoSHH
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) March 27, 2023

Covers: Twist and Shout

“Twist and Shout” was a hit for the Isley Brothers in 1962 and the Beatles in 1964 (recorded in 1963).

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A post shared by The Beatles (@thebeatles)

Glass Onion and The Menu

Glass Onion and The Menu are 2022 films with a lot in common

ensemble casts

big fire at the end (convenient ending for the story)

eccentric rich bad guy

good people who survive the fire

an unexpected guest

mixture of comedy and drama

I recommend both of them

Errol Morris is doing Chipotle ad

Not a big deal to me

is everyone aware that Errol Morris is doing Chipotle ads now
— Brandon Vision 3D (@Thatoneguy64) March 23, 2023

list of ads by Morris

Excessive coverage influences news

I never thought I would use Donald Trump and Lamar Jackson in the same sentence – sorry, Lamar.

What they have in common is endless media coverage by TV and radio stations and websites that have time and space to fill. The problem is the coverage influences events.

The excessive coverage of the Lamar Jackson contract situation (when there is very little actual news) has alienated some fans from Lamar and made the rest of us just sick of hearing and reading about it. I think it’s been unhelpful to having a resolution and probably helped both sides to dig in.

Trump is evil but he is an expert at getting attention which the media gladly gives to him. I doubt that he ever would have been nominated in the old days when national TV news was only on for half an hour. I blame the media for helping him – even negative coverage takes up space that could have been used on other candidates and stories.