Really good stuff. He's been such a great addition.


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Seems totally not high on ketamine at CPAC.

Once again I apologize to people that are deeply bothered by polls.

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and 4 out of the last 5 games are Q1 (only Wash is Q3)

national ranks:

scoring D 337th
rebounds 324th
fg % D 346th
3 pt fg % D 248th
free throw % 264th

but we are still 9th in scoring offense

Trump et al say they arent going to touch social security. But they are already cutting staff and closing offices. People might still get their checks but signing up and making changes and fixing benefits issues may become much harder according to this article, especially for the disabled.

It was pitched as a way to raise Capital for Argentinian businesses. Also a bit on Melina’s Meme Coin

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Any big plans for the weekend? Or anything good on the menu?

I'm not doing shit tonight. Tomorrow I think the plan is to head up to Ten Wasp Brewing in Sumner for a bit since they're having their 1 year anniversary party this week. Special release of a german chocolate imperial stout! Besides that, I think my weekend will consist of a few things around the house, and then watching college hoops. Oddly, I'm far more excited for the Iowa womens game, and the UNI vs Drake games on Sunday than I am for the Iowa mens game tomorrow.

I think smash burgers on the Blackstone are on the menu for Sunday. Unless I feel extra motivated and clean up my smoker a bit, then I may change my mind.

2nd in command JD thinks so?

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Todd Zimmerman, the Drug Enforcement Administration's special agent in Mexico City, said in an interview that the administration's decision this week to label drug cartels as terrorist organizations was a pointed message to their leadership that U.S. military action is on the table.

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"They're worried because they know the might and the strength of the U.S. military," he said. "They know that at any time, they could be anywhere — if it comes to that, if it comes to that — they could be in a car, they could be in a house, and they could be vaporized. They've seen it in the Afghan and Iraq wars. So they know the potential that's out there."

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The hope, he said, is that the cartels will "step back away from fentanyl, and they'll just go back to what they've always done, which is cocaine and methamphetamines and a little bit of heroin."

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Mike Vigil, a former head of international operations at the DEA, described Trump's efforts as "all for show."

"The military aircraft, the troops at the border, the talk of drones: It's all a flash in the pan," he said. "It's not going to have an impact."

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Using multimillion-dollar munitions to strike primitive drug laboratories would be a laughable waste of resources, Vigil said.

"You're not talking about sophisticated laboratories. We're talking about some tubs and pots and pans, kitchenware," he said. "And the labs are not fixed, they're mobile. They move them around, they're not operational 24/7. And these labs are easily replaced. So you're not accomplishing anything."
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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday that she will propose a constitutional reform aimed at protecting her nation's sovereignty — a move that comes amid growing fears of a U.S. incursion that many believe would only spark more violence.

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She has also repeatedly questioned the U.S. role in the drug trade, publicly urging Trump to do more to address drug consumption, money laundering and the flow of illegal guns to Mexico

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Staying at a hotel by the Miami airport on my way to and from a fly fishing trip to Cuba next week, and wanted to get some recs on restaurants for dinner. Nothing too extravagant needed just something good and actually wouldn't mind Cuban food as it's way better in FL then Cuba (and I never get good Cuban food here in Oregon). Thanks in advance to all our Noles, FL Hawks, and world travelers.

Did I miss this thread? Hopefully we’re not paying for this shit but we probably are somehow.

Members of Elon Musk's private security detail have been deputized by the U.S. Marshals Service, granting them certain rights and protections of federal law enforcement agents, four sources familiar with the move confirmed to CBS News Thursday.

The move comes after several people within Musk's orbit relayed a heightened concern about safety for the tech billionaire, including several death threats in recent weeks.

The Tesla CEO turned Trump adviser referenced that concern while on stage at a conservative gathering outside Washington, D.C., on Thursday.

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Iowa -6.5 with o/u of 158.5 as of 5: AM

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

I just saw that announced.

I’ve had a bunch of these clips pop up in my YT feed. Looks kinda interesting but maybe I’m just seeing the best parts.

Thumbs up or down?

I get he was trying to write about how Fran is a father too but damn.

Lots of fathers would like to do stuff with their kids on a snow day but they have job responsibilities.

And was Margaret so busy that she couldn’t pick up Jack or whatever??

Very strange article & strange he decided that was ok to do.

He really doesn’t care anymore at all. Since it was decided he was done before the season started.

I appreciate hrot book recommendation threads and have taken advantage of them more than a few times. but thought this “opposite” thread might prove interesting as well.

I can’t wait for spring ball to start, however these gloomy cold days and Iowa BB being trash isn’t making it any better …

I hope the Hawks can surprise next season in Football but I won’t hold my breath. We kinda have some interesting pieces to the puzzle back but will it be enough? I still think it all surrounds around the line play on both sides of the ball…. If we can get stout play on both it frees up so many other skill positions… pound the rock and it will open up the pass and it seems like we might have a dual headed QB situation next year as I think they can definitely complement each other and our RB room is in pretty good hands I would think.

I don’t know what happened to the other thread

Trump executive order ends National Law Enforcement Accountability Database, which he proposed creating in 2020.

The first nationwide database tracking misconduct by federal police officers has been shut down by President Donald Trump, the Justice Department confirmed, deleting a resource that experts said improved public safety by helping to prevent bad officers from jumping to new agencies and starting over with clean records.

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The database was first proposed by Trump in 2020 in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd. But it wasn’t created until two years later when an executive order from President Joe Biden launched the National Law Enforcement Accountability Database. Trump issued an order last month revoking Biden’s orders, and the database.

The national database encompassed nearly 150,000 federal officers and agents, from the FBI and IRS down to the Railroad Retirement Board. And though it launched only in December 2023, by the end of last year all 90 executive branch agencies with law enforcement officers had provided thousands of disciplinary records dating to 2017, a report issued by the Justice Department in December said.

There’s always a tweet!

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Top 20, baby!!!

Deplorable!:

U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks and a former state senator joined President Donald Trump's lawsuit against pollster Ann Selzer, the Des Moines Register and the newspaper's parent company, Gannett.
The suit alleges Selzer, her company, The Register and Gannett committed consumer fraud by publishing a poll three days before the Nov. 5 general election that showed Vice President Kamala Harris leading Trump by three percentage points in the Republican-led state. Trump ultimately won Iowa by more than 13 percentage points.




That Iowa Poll also reported Iowans in the 1st and 3rd Districts preferred a Democrat over a Republican to represent them in Congress. The poll did not include candidate names. In Miller-Meeks' race in southeast Iowa, 53% of surveyed likely voters said they preferred a Democrat and 37% said they preferred a Republican.

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Miller-Meeks ended up winning the race after a recount by two tenths of a percentage point, fewer than 800 votes of about 427,000 cast.

The suit alleges polling in Miller-Meeks' race in the 1st District was, likewise, not a "miss," but "intentional wrongdoing" and "manufactured for the purpose of skewing election results in favor of Democrats," violating the Iowa Consumer Fraud Act, which prohibits deceptive advertising.
Miller-Meeks alleges that the poll "substantially contribute(d) to forcing Representative Miller-Meeks into an electoral struggle."

"Representative Miller-Meeks never should have been subjected to a recount — and a costly recount at that — and would not have been if not for the combined impact of the Harris Poll and the Congressional Poll on her race," the suit states.


The suit alleges that the Trump campaign and other Republicans "were forced to divert campaign and financial resources to Iowa" because of the poll.
"Proud to join President Donald J. Trump in a lawsuit against DM Register Pollster Ann Selzer and media enablers for manipulative, dishonest and fake election polls," Miller-Meeks said in an emailed statement.

Former state Sen. Brad Zaun, a Republican from Urbandale who lost reelection to the senate, has also joined the lawsuit. The Iowa Poll did not survey for statehouse or state senate races.
The suit also argues the suit should move back to state district court. The suit was initially filed in Polk County District Court, but at the request of Gannett was kicked to federal court.

“On Jan. 20, 2025, President Trump proclaimed from the Oval Office his administration’s commitment to protecting the free speech rights of the American people," Nick Klinefeldt, Des Moines Register counsel, said in an emailed statement. "This lawsuit, which seeks to suppress political speech protected at the core of the First Amendment, flies in the face of the President’s promise. The amended complaint filed only exposes this hypocrisy and reinforces that this case has no merit."

The Register and Gannett plan to continue defending themselves against the suit, Klinefeldt said. Selzer is being represented by free speech advocacy organization The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.

"Mr. Trump's lawsuit, now joined by two others, does not change the core truth that the First Amendment protects speech about elections. We look forward to vindicating the First Amendment, and Ms. Selzer's rights, in court," FIRE said in an emailed statement.