It’s almost as if--stay with me here--Van Jones is an idiot who has failed at every job he’s had...

There’s a 3-year plan to fix this mess. Bundle Porter’s awful and insane contract with next year’s 1st round pick and maybe Brown because who cares, tank next season, then have a top pick for 20-21 with Mahinmi + Porter cap space. Wall is 30, Beal is 27, you’ve got a top-3 pick and a ton of space.

“I like him picking me up!”

Yeesh, this study is...not great. The survey design is odd at best—respondents were placed in different segments based on survey questions, undermining any ability to discern correlation and causation. The study sets up as a pretty obvious case of potential type 2 error as well.

I’m sure such a comment made you feel clever, and your belief that you’re sticking it to white people, but opioid deaths track, proportionally, with both White and Black populations in America. In 2018, 10.5% of opioid victims were Black (12% of population), over 8% were Hispanic (17%), and victimization is particularl…

If anyone is in Boca Grande, Florida from Thanksgiving-Easter, I recommend swinging by The Innlet during breakfast to offer some civil thoughts to Tucker.

Unrelated: Florida is a disaster, but no state deserves the influx of racist snowbirds from MN/WI/MI/OH/Boston. We manage to muck things up perfectly well on our own without the goddamn Villages, where Ms. Housley will certainly retire.

These comments...*chef’s kiss*. Suddenly, when the Clintons are involved, the single most disparate power dynamic imaginable is irrelevant. Jezebel comment section: come for the cis-white-male bashing, stay for the hypocrisy.

No one asked you for a Harry & David basket. No one shat on your floor. A woman (successfully, according the voter registration stats!) encouraged people to make things slightly less bad, and in doing so will receive rape and death threats.

But I suppose snark is edgier than, I don’t know, ambivalence?

“The senators who ignore rape culture also ignore racism.”

Mike Francesa, 100%

“Trash troll” seems unreasonable, and unkind. I’m sorry you feel that way.

Cooper faces a super-majority in the legislature, and dramatically weakened powers upon taking office. His term, thus far, has gotten far more for the people of the state than others in his position across the country could’ve hoped for facing such a legislature. Disagreeing with a single policy shouldn’t make him a…

Roy Cooper was the lone bright spot for the Democrats in 2016. Perhaps suing him (and saying “abandon his worthless ass and disavow him as representing the party”) is a poor strategy.

Satoransky ain’t young. Also, as a big Wizards fan, what are your thoughts on the Wiz leaning into the Wizards BRAND? Team comes out to Steve Miller’s Abracadabra, magicians throughout THE VAULT (old schoool, rabbit out of the hat magicians, not this weird “how long can you hold your breath” nonsense), Brooks wears…

Whoa, they have Tim Kawakami too? Look, I’m as skeptical of Silicon Valley as you can be, and these guys definitely gave a bad #SpicyTake on the industry and their role in it, but they’re offering an actual product, generating actual revenue, and employing some fantastic journalists. I can’t help but root for them to…

This was a good post. Also, Otto Porter will be a top 15 NBA player don’t @ me.

Burneko, as usual, nails it. I’ll make a roast with two bottles of wine to celebrate.

Bob Welch. Man, I love Bob Welch. Five O’Clock Comes Early is the bravest, most straightforward book about addiction I’ve ever encountered.

The Nats are an interesting case. Attendance after Labor Day usually plummets—you can get tickets for $6, and very good second level seats for $20. That, however, is a function of DC (Skins are starting, kids are in school, this year the stars are out until the playoffs). The Nats actually draw better than expected…