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By BRUCE LOWITT Desperate to avoid a last-place finish for the first time in 33 years, the New York Yankees fired General Manager Brian Cashman and Manager Aaron Boone after the daughters of the late George Steinbrenner consulted with the spirit of their father. Jennifer and Jessica Steinbrenner, general partners and vice chairpersons of theContinue reading “The Yankees: A ghost of a chance”

By BRUCE LOWITT Daniel Snyder thanked the National Football League for what he called “their payoff” in his sale of the Washington Commanders and its willingness “to overlook so much of the crap I pulled while I still owned that godawful team.” Snyder, who bought the franchise, then known as the Washington Redskins, for $800-millionContinue reading “Snyder plays the ‘Skins game to perfection”

By BRUCE LOWITT U.S. News & World Report, which on May 3 listed the state of Florida No. 1 in the nation for higher education, has withdrawn that ranking due to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ academic policies which the publication called “dumber than a barrel of bricks.” Kim Castro, editor and chief content officer of USN&WR,Continue reading “DeSantis: lowering higher education”

By BRUCE LOWITT Florida celebrated its first Fourth of July holiday since a new law went into effect allowing people to carry guns pretty much anywhere in the state without a permit or training. It went rather well, considering … Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Autocrat, campaigning at a breakfast at Pensacola International Airport, fired several shotsContinue reading “Just another day in paradise”

By BRUCE LOWITT Rep. Scott Perry, R-Conflagration, blamed Joe Biden for the delayed start of Thursday’s Major League baseball game between the San Diego Padres and Pittsburgh Pirates, saying the president’s failure to control America’s northern border allowed lingering smoke from Canadian wildfires to invade Pennsylvania. “If Donald Trump was still our president, which IContinue reading “Just another dark day in Canadian-American relations”

By BRUCE LOWITT National Archives and Records Administration700 Pennsylvania Avenue NWWashington, D.C. 20408-0001File 5*Contents of boxes 29-46 retrieved from storage in the bathroom at Mar-a-Lago 247 Golf shirts, Trump International Golf Links, Aberdeen, Scotland Size, XXXL 27 Golf shirts, Trump International Golf Club Dubai, Size XXXL 270 Golf shirts, Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point,Continue reading “Hoarders: The Presidential Series”

By BRUCE LOWITT The Republican Party, desperate to guarantee its self-immolation following the 2024 presidential election, has added riders to its loyalty pledge requiring signers to support any candidate found guilty of espionage or other major felonies or attending a drag-queen story hour, and to contribute at least $10-million to his or her campaign orContinue reading “Loyalty is a one-way dead-end street”

By BRUCE LOWITT The secretly recorded transcript of Donald Trump’s meeting with his attorneys prior to Tuesday’s court appearance at which a not-guilty plea was entered to special counsel Jack Smith’s 37-count indictment charging the former president with illegally retaining national security documents and obstruction of justice: Trump: “You’re fired!” Jim Trusty: “You can’t fireContinue reading “Trump has the right to remain silent. What are the odds?”

By BRUCE LOWITT The Freedom Caucus, tired of being considered a disorganized mob of malcontents as they battle the rest of the Republican Party as well as Democrats, is seeking actors and directors to make the GOP’s right-wingers seem more reasonable and less like the pack of howling hyenas they are.“I sit at my deskContinue reading “Dignified Republicans? A tough act”

By BRUCE LOWITT The PGA Tour and rival LIV Golf bankrolled by Saudi Arabia have agreed to merge because, as PGA Commissioner Jay Monahan explained, “monopolizing our game works, and it turns out that sportswashing works as well.” “From now on, anyone who wants to play golf for anything more than a two-bit Nassau orContinue reading “The PGA Tour and LIV Golf: bigger balls than anyone ever imagined”