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Steve McGookin

@stevemcgstates.bsky.social
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Former journalist for news orgs in London and NYC, now happily torn between Maryland and Ireland. statesofplayproject.com

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Casey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 8h
If playoff baseball doesn't do it for you I dunno I can't help you, friend
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 16h
Jack Smith….man of the people at the Power to the People concert hanging out on the lawn….no fancy pavilion seats or backstage laminate pass
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 18h
Amanda Carpenter: Trump and Johnson have collaborated to destroy Congress' powers. “If a president can both spend money Congress refused to give him and refuse to spend money Congress ordered him to spend, Congress no longer has the spending power because the president has arrogated it to himself.”
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Why You Must Care About the Ballroom
Trump is defying Congress and robbing the American people to build it.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19h
If Trump just takes money appropriated by Congress for a specific purpose & seizes it to use it for an entirely different purpose, what is the point of having a Congress or appropriating money for anything? I’m sure the Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins must be concerned.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I don’t remember anyone giving Jerome Powell a check for $100 million. Who gave it to Kevin Warsh, days before he was confirmed and why?
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
According to NASA: Arctic sea ice area/volume are shrinking by about 4.7%-12.1% per decade, with a total loss of over 50% since satellite records began. The Greenland Ice Sheet is losing roughly 261 to 264bn tons of ice pa. The Antarctic Ice Sheet sheds approximately 130 to 135bn tons of ice pa
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Radio Free America @radiofreeflorida.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Seniors: “Save Social Security and stop cutting our healthcare!” Trump: “Here’s 90 bucks. Vote MAGA!” #RadioFreeAmerica #politics thehill.com/homenews/adm...
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Trump announces US will send $90 checks to 20 million seniors enrolled in Medicare
President Trump announced Friday his administration will pay out a total of around $2 billion in checks to over 20 million seniors to offset Medicare Part B premium costs.  In an evening Truth Soci…
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Baseball by BSmile @bsmile.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
75 Years Ago Today: "The Giants Win The Pennant!" ~ Bobby Thomson’s “Shot Heard ‘Round the World” walk-off HR at the Polo Grounds becomes one of baseball's most memorable moments! (October 3, 1951) #MLB #Baseball #NYC #History #SFGiants
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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads: 

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
He’s been saying this for 11 years. Obviously if the cultists still believe this BS they are just hopelessly lost to an alternate reality.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I missed this in the Constitution.
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MLB @mlbbot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The @WhiteSox are the first team in MLB history to lead at the end of every inning in a multi-game #Postseason series 😳 h/t @OptaSTATS
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Gabby Giffords @gabbygiffords.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
15 years ago, Mark retired from NASA but he has never stopped serving our country. He wanted to be there for me during my recovery, even if it meant retiring from a job he loved so much.
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John Cole @jwcole.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hard to blame it all on just pitching when they scored 1 run in two games. Without PCA, how far is this team under .500? He obscured so many problems. The rot goes deep. This is a deeply flawed organization. Farm system is so far behind Milwaukee it's depressing.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The evidence mounts that Trump picked Hegseth because he knew he was mentally disturbed enough to order American troops to fire on American citizens.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hahahahahahahaha this ad is awesome
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again.
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Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 29/09/2026
If you want to really know how the outrage machine gets fired up: 1. Schmitt plans to drop “bombshell” on Smith 2. Someone plants story that Schmitt is a Vance VP contender to run same day 3. Right-wing Twittersphere gets talking points 4. Schmitt steps in it 5. Scheduled tweets go out anyway
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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Pretty sure Jim VandeHei’s office is just a wall-to-wall display of framed “fell for it again” awards.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump had $400 million in his PAC and he STILL decided that he needed to steal taxpayer money to pay for campaign ads for the midterms.
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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
chat is this good?
all construction dropping massively.
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Detroit Tigers (Unoffical) @nottigers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
How can you not be romantic about baseball?
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A minor league player just found out he's headed to the majors, and the moment is pure joy on camera.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026
Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
When Trump can decide whether corrupt Senator Susan Collins gets indicted or not, he has the power to decide how she votes.
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F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins (Gift Article)
The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I know we're all* numb to this by now, but it really needs to be said that any one of the batshit insane tyrant tweets from our special little boy would've led to swift efforts to remove any other previous president.
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Baseball by BSmile @bsmile.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Today In 1990: Seattle #Mariners outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. playfully steals a catch away from his father Ken Griffey Sr. on a fly ball from Chicago White Sox batter Sammy Sosa at the Kingdome! ⚾️ #MLB #Baseball #History
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
”Nvidia boss says there is ‘0% chance’ AI destroys the world by 2030“ Translation: You’ve got 4 years to live.
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Nvidia boss says there is ‘0% chance’ AI destroys the world by 2030
Jensen Huang dismisses warnings from former Anthropic researcher and others as ‘doomsday narratives’
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Baseball by BSmile @bsmile.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Happy 59th Birthday Jim Abbott! The legendary one handed pitcher was born in Flint, Michigan on this day in 1967! #MLB #Yankees #Baseball
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 19/09/2026
The Kennedy Center crowd is singing America The Beautiful. This is what democracy looks like.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I usually attribute Trump's bizarre ramblings to either his psychopathic lying or his psychotic delusions, or some combination of the two. But this is just him being an economically illiterate moron.
President Trump Explains Trade Deficits:

“If we buy 2 billion dollars worth of Bananas from Brazil, we’re actually losing 2 billion dollars.  So if we stop eating bananas, we actually save 2 billion dollars”. 

It’s just simple Economics.
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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Yes, well. www.seattletimes.com/sports/marin...
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At 52, Mariners legend throws 127-pitch shutout in Japan All-Star game
Ichiro just threw a shutout with 17 strikeouts during an All-Star Game against the best high-school girls in Japan.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE.......
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Aisle424 Has Fallen @aisle424.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“We are too stupid and corrupt to do anything useful” is a bold strategy, Cotton.
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Crawly @crawlyscubs.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It was #OTD in 1953 that Ernie Banks made his debut for the #Cubs, the first appearance of an African-American player for the franchise.
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Aisle424 Has Fallen @aisle424.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Hitting myself in the head repeatedly with a hammer so I can be qualified to be a Democratic adviser.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Suboptimal that the president is a fucking moron.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Everyone should look at the haunting photos of bombed out US bases hit by Iran that were leaked by service-members. They are Trump's "American carnage." On the pod @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social is so good on the war, US decline, and Trump/Hegseth's imploding fascism: newrepublic.com/article/2155...
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Trump’s Iran Fiasco Takes Humiliating Turn as Leaks Grow More Damning
As jarring revelations make Trump’s handling of the Iran debacle look even worse, a foreign policy expert explains how the president’s deranged conception of “strength” is making us weaker.
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Kevin Glew @coopincanada.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
33 years ago today, Expos OF Curtis Pride, deaf since birth, clubbed a two-run double in the seventh inning at Olympic Stadium for his first MLB hit. Fans gave him a long standing ovation. Pride said after the game that he couldn't hear the ovation, but he could "feel it."
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Trump killed 100 people in Venezuela, abducted the nation's leader and installed a new leader who agreed to be his flunky. Now he's stealing their oil and bragging about it. Under Trump, the U.S. military is a band of pirates.
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Daniel Kraus @danielkraus.com · 16/09/2026
I got off Bluesky for a bit but I'm finding not being able to crowdsource opinions a challenge. So I'm back. For now. Plus I missed you! While I was gone, I threw at first pitch at Wrigley Field. How about that.
Me holding up a baseball on the pitcher's mound
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16/09/2026
WE CAN WIN KANSAS. ICYMI— This debate 🔥 Adam Hamilton won over the crowd. Incumbent Republican Roger Marshall did his best, and still got booed, jeered and heckled by the people he represents.
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Steve McGookin @stevemcgstates.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
@mudlarklives.bsky.social am meeting Keith for the Reds-Cubs game on Friday night. will pass on your best and send news afterwards. have a good weekend! x.
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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 16/09/2026
This is a cheap post but only getting 17% of the country to support you sending them five thousand dollars is a sign that you haven’t just lost your fastball, you’ve lost the entire strike zone
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The owners of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory self-regulated.
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 15/09/2026
Starting to think Kash might not know what bestiality is
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Sally 🌻 @mamasallysocks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
#DogDayTuesday 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Bob Mann @robertmannbooks.com · 15/09/2026
Coincidentally, the two justices whose corruption is most likely to be investigated if Democrats win in November.
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Steve McGookin @stevemcgstates.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
@ms.now hi - i got your membership pitch email. quick question: i travel a lot, can i access your 24/7 stream from outside the US? thanks.
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