Since 2016 I have been dissuaded from voting 3rd party. But if this were a sane society, I'd probably vote for Jill.

Hillary and the mainstream Dems have attacked her for mostly dishonest reasons. In this video, she addresses the one most of us are probably familiar with.

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Will highlight any Big Ten mention and anything generally, nationally relevant.

Greg: Takeaways from this weekend in Oxford? Strike-throwing seems to be a huge problem for Iowa.

Joe Healy: It was a series that felt like Ole Miss kinda had to have, which is weird to say about a series in early March. Iowa first and foremost has bullpen issues and strike throwing is part of that. It doesn't feel like there's anyone they can trust, especially to throw multiple innings. That's a problem when none of their starting pitchers are known for being super efficient. I don't want to get overheated about one series, but this felt like progress for the Rebels. Some guys in the lineup started to show signs of heating up and Saunier's start on Sunday was massive.

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Jacob: What college ballpark that you haven't been to do you most want to see a game at?

Joe Healy: Love this question! My primary coverage area for D1 is the SEC, so I've been to many of the ones that come to mind for people. My answer to this point has been Baum-Walker at Arkansas, but I'll be there this season, so my new answer is Goss up in Corvallis. The Beavs have such an ardent following and I've heard it's a fantastic atmosphere.

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Nathan: Is Nebraska now the front-runner to win the Big Ten? What do you think about their hosting chances?

Kendall Rogers: I don't think Nebraska is the front-runner, but it is in the mix. It's kind of funny -- I saw some NU fans on twitter panicking after the first weekend, and I actually came away from Globe Life feeling pretty solid about Will Bolt's club. There are some impressive bats throughout that lineup and Rob Childress has a lot of solid options on the mound. The Huskers should've gone 2-1 that weekend if not for a late OU surge. I'm pretty encouraged but keep an eye on South Alabama this weekend. Mark Calvi has those guys playing well.

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

I know it's been posted a ton on the free wrestling forum, here, but what would you want to see done with Ben Kueter? He just mopped the mat with a #12 HWT this past weekend, with such little mat practice time due to being in both football and wrestling. He's raw but the former U20 World Champion is loaded with national title potential in wrestling. Do you redshirt him, not knowing the future of either sport, wrestle him in the Big Ten Tournament and NCAAs? Would you like to see him concentrate on one sport? Would you like to see Kirk Ferentz move him to DE so he's not giving up 20 pounds when he wrestles?

just came across this game link

game is in bottom of 8th with Iowa leading 7-2

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IOWA at Ole Miss

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

This could be a tourism plus for Iowa.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/06/europe/trout-drug-addiction-scli-intl-scn/index.html

School employees in Iowa would be protected from discipline if they use a student or staffer's incorrect personal pronouns or name, a bill under consideration by state lawmakers says.

The legislation, House File 2139, prevents any disciplinary action — ranging from written or verbal reprimands to termination — for incorrect use of pronouns or "legal names," a proposal that will most directly impact transgender students and staff. It would apply to "employees, contractors or students."

Advocates of the bill expressed concern that they could be fired for "making an honest mistake" and that school policies on pronouns and preferred names would steer away "teachers of faith." Opponents argued that the legislation was intended to protect intentional use of incorrect pronouns or names, and it directly contradicts a law passed by the Republican-led Legislature last year.


Religious advocacy groups such as The Family Leader and the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition are backing the bill, touting it as key to retaining religious staff in schools.

"It just makes sense," said Ryan Benn, policy director for The Family Leader. "It protects teachers of the faith."

But those testifying against the bill, which included multiple transgender students, said it effectively allowed bullying and harassment against trans and nonbinary members of school districts.


Matthew McIver, the father of a transgender middle-schooler from Des Moines, said the language of the bill laid out a "hostile work environment in basically any other context," and "strips parents of their rights."

And a lobbyist for the Iowa State Education Association called it "a solution in search of a problem."

"We are not aware of any school district that is currently punishing an education professional or a student for using the wrong pronouns," said Melissa Peterson, the union's legislative and policy director.

Got a legal question for you.

Back story, for Mom's last several years, she was on Medicaid assistance. Some at home and then in Skilled care. I helped take care of all of her bills even before she went into skilled care. At one point I had a POA for her life long bank where her account has. My name was also on her account. I took care of all of her affairs, paid her Nursing home bills, filed all of her Medicaid statements and made sure she had funds for her haircare, cloths and so forth.

She passed away 2 years last December. With all the stimulus funds she was getting from the Feds, she was acquiring too much cash in her account so I was able to purchase a $4,000 burial trust for her final expenses. She also was put on skilled care so Medicare saved us some on her Nursing home bill. When all was said and done, after I paid all of her expenses, Mom died about $1,500 in the negative. 2 of my siblings and I split that and paid ~$500 each. I filed the final report with the State of Nebraska and her case was closed with DHHS. Her bank charges were ridiculous on her checking account and in about 2 months ate the $50 or so I left in the account so I closed it. I never bank there.

Through all of that, I was never made the executor of her estate formally, or even had POA with the State. They didn't care as long as I filled out the forms.

Today, out of the blue, I got a letter addressed to mom from CVS. It seems that in 2016 they had miscalculated her co-pay. It came with a refund check in Mom's name for a bit over $1,800. A couple quick things come to my mind, the first being that without her old account, I could never deposit this check. Another is, the refund may actually belong to the State of Nebraska. I'd burn it before I gave a dime to Pillan. If it did belong to Mom's estate, I'd likely need to get it reissued to the estate of Mom, but without formally being the executor, I still couldn't deposit it. If I could somehow get it deposited, the 2 sibling that helped pay mom's expenses and I could split the money, making us whole plus $100 each. But If I have to jump through a bunch of hoops, it rally isn't worth the brain damage to me for the $600.


For those who still find the OP's mom irresistible PM me, I'll give you the plot number.

A bunch of us have all session tickets to the tournament and Fridays came with 2 sessions of tickets. Anyone know if they kick people out in-between? It would only be about an hour or so in-between games; but I don’t have a lot of desire to go to the early Friday games so would just give those away

That said, if they don’t kick people out, we may use them to get better seats and give later session tickets to friends. Gonna try to call the Target Center tomorrow but thought I’d see if anyone knows. The website is useless from what I can see and the tickets just say 11:30 and 5:30

4:30 BTN
NW -3.5
O/U 152.5

Iowa Hawkeyes (17-12, 9-9) at Northwestern Wildcats (20-8, 11-6)

The Wildcats are 14-1 in home games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Wildcats: 7-3, averaging 76.9 points, 34.0 rebounds, 14.7 assists, 5.6 steals and 3.3 blocks per game while shooting 44.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 71.8 points per game.

Hawkeyes: 6-4, averaging 81.1 points, 32.1 rebounds, 14.6 assists, 5.8 steals and 4.3 blocks per game while shooting 48.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 81.4 points.

I’ve always predicted this game as a loss and although the hawks have played better lately i still think the Cats are just too good defensively. Give me 81-74 NW.

Another victory for free speech and against Ron DeFascist

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Lisa mentioned having recruits at the game yesterday. Can you list them with their profile and rankings? SIAP

UI just announced that Molly Davis' injury may not be season-ending. Full release:

University of Iowa women’s basketball redshirt senior Molly Davis suffered an injury to her right knee against Ohio State on Sunday. The announcement came Monday by P. Sue Beckwith, MD, Head Coach Lisa Bluder.

The 5-foot-7 guard is expected to undergo physical therapy next week to improve mobility for postseason play.

“While we feel for Molly that she got injured during Senior Day, we are so thankful that the injury she sustained is not season ending,” said Bluder. “Our program has appreciated everyone’s support and prayers as we look forward to her return at some point during the postseason.”

Davis has started 26 games this season, and is averaging 6.1 points, 3.1 assists and is leading the team in assist-to-turnover ratio at +2.51. The native of Midland, Michigan, has played pivotal minutes in every game this season for the Hawkeyes.

Story incoming.

Probably worst possible scenario for Republicans, to let him bleed their RNC cash out all summer long...

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Heard about this on the local radio station news, had to learn more about it. Sounds ridiculous and hopefully will not gain enough support to pass.

A new bill introduced in the Missouri House would force teachers to register as sex offenders if they use the names and pronouns of transgender children or otherwise support them and their identity.

HB2885, filed on Thursday, February 29 by state Representative Jamie Gragg (R-Ozark), would make it a Class E felony for teachers or school counselors to aid the “social transition” of a child — meaning that a teacher "provides support, regardless of whether the support is material, information, or other resources to a child regarding social transition."

The bill defines "social transition" as:

“The process by which an individual adopts the name, pronouns, and gender expression, such as clothing or haircuts, that match the individual's gender identity and not the gender assumed by the individual's sex at birth.”

Teachers found guilty of “supporting social transition” would be placed in the same sex offender registration category as Tier 1 sex offenders, which is Missouri’s lowest level but includes possession of child porn or attempting a sexual act. And since no Missouri sex offender is permitted to be within 500 feet of a school or daycare, the bill would effectively end the teacher’s career.
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…but too lazy to look it up. CC was the, what, the #5 recruit in the country? Curious who was ahead of her and how they panned out. I’m guessing Paige was up there and it’s sad her career was so injury plagued.
Stuff like this happens, like Jordan getting drafted where he did, but it would be fun to discuss.

Why are there never pictures of the girls we are recruiting that attend games from any of these message boards? Or interviews after the fact?

Federal prosecutors are examining the decision by Republican electors in some states won by President Biden in 2020 to send in signed statements purporting to affirm Donald Trump as the victor of the election, a top Justice Department official said Tuesday.

Their actions were criticized at the time as a political stunt meant to bolster Trump’s unfounded claims of election fraud. But they have drawn additional scrutiny in recent weeks, as the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol seeks to understand the origin of the Trump elector slates, and two Democratic attorneys general, in New Mexico and Michigan, have asked federal prosecutors to investigate whether the certifications could amount to a crime.
Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco confirmed prosecutors’ consideration of what she termed the “fraudulent elector certifications” in an interview with CNN.



“We’ve received those referrals. Our prosecutors are looking at those, and I can’t say anything more on ongoing investigations,” Monaco said.
As Giuliani coordinated plan for Trump electoral votes in states Biden won, some electors balked









The ‘Green Bay Sweep’: A Trump adviser’s plot to overturn the 2020 election








Trump adviser Peter Navarro published a book, and in it he unveiled the plan to keep Trump in office. (Monica Rodman, Sarah Hashemi/The Washington Post)
The Trump electors’ efforts were hardly a secret. The groups in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada and Wisconsin — all states that had officially approved Biden electors — acted publicly in mid-December 2020. They said they were adopting a tactic used by Democrats in Hawaii decades ago in hopes that some later court decision might make their meaningless votes actually count. Republicans in Pennsylvania and New Mexico also sent certificates, but those documents explicitly stated that they were to be considered only if the election results were upended.
The breadth of federal prosecutors’ review was not immediately clear. Nor was it clear whom they might be targeting or what crimes they might be considering. The electors were aided in their effort by Trump campaign officials and Trump attorney Rudolph W. Giuliani, who said publicly that the rival slates were necessary and appropriate. Former campaign officials and party leaders, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations, have previously said that Giuliani oversaw the effort behind the scenes.







A Justice Department spokesman declined to comment Tuesday on when prosecutors began looking into the matter, whom they were targeting or even if they were conducting a full-fledged investigation, rather than just assessing referrals from state attorneys general.
Lynsey Mukomel, a spokeswoman for Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel (D) said in an email on Tuesday: “Our department still has an open investigation and we will continue to cooperate with the federal authorities as we pursue parallel efforts.”
Nessel had said previously that prosecutors “took the information that was provided,” and her solicitor general had spoken with the acting U.S. attorney in the Western District of Michigan. She said she hoped officials would discuss the matter with those at the Justice Department in D.C. and “ensure that this is going to be taken seriously by Attorney General Merrick Garland and those who are working on any of these issues related to the 2020 election.”



New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas said in a statement on Tuesday: “I am pleased the DOJ is looking into this matter, as these disturbing allegations require that federal authorities partner with state law enforcement agencies across the country to ensure integrity in the election process.”
Justice Dept. shows scant signs it is aggressively and directly investigating Trump
The Justice Department generally does not confirm the existence of investigations. But Garland and other top officials have faced pressure to do and say more about their efforts to hold accountable those who sought to subvert Biden’s win — both during the Capitol riot and before it.
Some commentators and lawmakers have pressed the department to be more aggressive in examining the conduct of Trump and those close to him. As of earlier this month, FBI agents had not sought to interview or gather materials from some of Trump’s most loyal lieutenants about their strategy sessions at the Willard hotel on how to overturn the results of the 2020 election; nor had the department reached out to the Georgia secretary of state’s office about Trump urging its leader to “find” enough votes to reverse his defeat.



According to CNN, Monaco “did not go into detail about what else prosecutors are looking at from the partisan attempt to subvert the 2020 vote count.” But, she noted: “More broadly, look, the attorney general has been very, very clear. We are going to follow the facts and the law, wherever they lead, to address conduct of any kind and at any level that is part of an assault on our democracy.”