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Posts by James Willem
Pretty cool, for the tennis historical record, that rising 17-year-old Jack Kennedy gets to play 36-year-old Kei Nishikori today at the Savannah Challenger.
Watch here: savannahchallenger.com/live-stream/
Made this promise at the beginning of the year and I’ll reiterate it again now, all of the State Legislative Election Watch forecasts are free and will forever be free.
Why? Because the public should have as much information about these races as possible without the burden of a paywall
You ever try to code switch at work and fail? 😂
and another thing: we're not mad. please dont put in the legislative record that we got mad
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals is out with a new (very bad) decision, and it's a doozy.
The Fifth Circuit says that Texas can require the Ten Commandments in classrooms. But somehow it gets worse.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Image of a Virginia Democrats' proposed congressional map that is drawn to elect a ten-to-one Democratic majority and flip four Republican seats in 2026. The district lines are displayed over top of a basemap with major roads and cities labeled. The districts are colored by the 2024 presidential winner's margin of victory, with Kamala Harris districts in blue and Donald Trump districts in red. Darker shades represent larger margins of victory. An embedded chart shows the 2024 presidential election results and the adult population racial demographics in each district. Harris won 10 of the 11 districts, with Trump winning just a single district in western Virginia. Black voters would retain their ability to elect their preferred candidates in Districts 3 and 4, which remain safely Democratic.
Breaking (🧵): Virginia has PASSED a referendum that would let Dems redraw the congressional map for 2026 in response to new GOP gerrymanders in other states (pending VA Supreme Court review).
It targets 4 Rs to elect a 10-1 Dem majority.
Interactive map+data: davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap...
Virginia Approves Early Redistricting
politicalwire.com/2026/04/21/virginia-appr...
🌞 Eden Hill Summer Day Camp in Stockbridge has welcomed Berkshire kids for over 50 years. Swimming, sports, hiking, dance, arts and famous talent shows for ages 4-12. June 22-Aug 7. Learn more #SummerCamp #InTheBerkshires
After nearly 95 years in Great Barrington, Eagle Shoe and Boot Co. is closing April 30. It's the last shop of its kind in a town that once had seven shoe repair businesses.
www.berkshireeagle.com/business/eag...
Rahm could switch to have the exact same opinions on me on every single topic and I wouldn’t vote for him because he covered up a murder.
I am the first non-MLB former player ever to have an officially MLB & MiLB licensed hat. The IronPigs helped me design their faux-back logo to look like me with a commentator headset.
The 'Pigs donated a healthy chunk of the proceeds to the youth association where I coach and I matched it!
Hard to overstate how terrible it would be if Ryan Crosswell becomes the nominee in #PA07.
Opportunist carpetbagger who, until very recently, comfortably worked for union busters and Trump's first DOJ
I went back to the homeless camp in Fountain Park. Allentown is giving them more time to find another place to live after City Council pushed back. I asked one guy where he might end up. His response?
“Under a billboard someplace. You have a basement? I'll be quiet."
www.wfmz.com/news/area/le...
🗃️ This whole thread is…national treasure. Enjoy, #HATM 🍿
BIG NEWS: @PhillyInquirer endorses Chris Rabb for Congress in PA-03!
"Rabb has consistently offered the boldest and most ambitious leadership . . . As the contender who will best represent the interests of his constituents, the Editorial Board endorses Chris Rabb."
Doing a talk tomorrow for a class of second-graders about my great-great-great grandfather, an immigrant from Schleswig-Holstein who fought in the Civil War. I'm going to use him to talk about immigration, immigrants in the Union Army, why soldiers fought, and what they thought about slavery.
Today I turn 89. I’ve seen this country at its best and its worst, and I know how much community matters. For my birthday, I’m asking you to stand with PFLAG and support the work that’s helped so many in the LGBTQ+ community, including me. give.pflag.org/page/95493/d...
I'm excited to share that we've made a collection of historic Supreme Court Records and Briefs available via
@archive.org
I've written a blog post where I go into detail about the importance of this collection.
blog.archive.org/2026/04/20/u...
BREAKING: President Donald Trump's labor secretary stepped down on Monday amid fallout from an internal investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor watchdog that apparently probed a relationship she allegedly had with a subordinate, and other issues. www.law360.com/artic...
Mattress stores are fronts for organized crime. There are not enough humans to need the number of mattress stores around, even factoring in bed-wetters.
If white people in Mississippi voted Republican at the same rate as white people in Louisiana (about 73% vs. 81%), it would be a tied tossup state. At the same level as Georgia or South Carolina, it would be a safe blue state.
MS STW Senate GE Benchmark Assessment Apr 12, 2026 Jun 22, 2025 Definitely vote to re-elect Cindy HydeSmith 16% 16% Probably vote to re-elect Cindy HydeSmith 17% 22% Total Vote to Re-elect Cindy HydeSmith 33% 38% Probably vote for someone else 13% 12% Definitely vote for someone else 40% 34% Total Vote for Someone Else 53% 46% [VOL] Undecided 14% 16% Democrat Scott Colom 36% 35% Lean Colom 3% 3% Total Colom 39% 38% Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith 39% 48% Lean Hyde-Smith 3% 3% Total Hyde-Smith 42% 51% Independent Ty Pinkins 3% N/A Lean Pinkins 3% N/A Total Pinkins 6% N/A [VOL] Undecided 14% 11% Democrat Scott Colom 40% Lean Colom 3% Total Colom 44% Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith 43% Lean Hyde-Smith 4% Total Hyde-Smith 47% [VOL] Undecided 9%
A new poll of Mississippi's U.S. Senate race from Impact Research has Democrat Scott Colom trailing incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith by just 3 points.
With leaners added, she's ahead 47%-44%.
Trump won Mississippi by 61%-38% in 2024.
www.splcactionfund.org/wp-content/u...
Ryan Crosswell worked for one of the country's largest union-avoidance law firms before becoming a DOJ employee.
The president of the Lehigh Valley AFL-CIO called Crosswell a "union buster" at an event this past weekend.
keystonenewsroom.com/2026/04/20/c...
The ICE Detention Reengineering Initiative ($38 billion to convert commercial warehouses into a network of massive detention centers) is not being built primarily by GEO Group and CoreCivic. ICE is turning to a crop of relatively untested contractors. A look at who. 🧵
Melville: whales are fish and no one can convince me otherwise!
Jeff VanderMeer: well, herman, if you look at the science
Melville: "ooo well if you look at the science"
Melville: shut up nerd
Mary Shelley: ha ha ha! i LIKE this guy!
John Langan: what kinda bait you using, herman?