Not quite. It IS based on what he tells them. It’s just that his control isn’t absolute. He can’t whip them up into a lather about something for this long and then reverse course a year later. He tells them to get vaxxed now and all they hear in their pea brains is, “Wait! You mean like Fauci has been telling me to…

Oh yes absolutely, I didn’t mean to make it seem like I was making a “revelation”, just noting it’s a reminder of it.

This was always super apparent to me, however I was blown away by how many people didn’t get it - Trump himself is essentially just a figurehead. That’s why, no matter the incoherent or absurdly offensive statement, the water just rolled off his back. That’s why a NYC millionaire who detests the unwashed masses has…

Important lesson about Trump’s popularity: It isn’t based on what he thought, said or believed, it was based solely because he told ignorant racist bigots what they wanted to hear. The second he stops telling him that, they’ll turn on him.

Mental illness/substance abuse, my high yellow ass.

“What’s next, Bill Laimbeer offers himself up as a negotiator and meets with the Taliban?”

I’m a Pistons fan old enough to have watched the Bad Boys and I remember Thomas breaking his hand punching Laimbeer in the back of the head during practice. I also lived in NYC during his tenure running the Knicks and JFC, that was a true shit-show.

What’s next, Bill Laimbeer offers himself up as a negotiator and meets with the Taliban ?

You're right. He is a pariah in the NBA. That's why he's one of the main analysts and personalities on NBA TV. That's also why John Stockton, Shaq, Tracy Mcgrady and Kevin Garnett asked him to stand on the stage with them when they were inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame.

I missed that game and went to bed early as I had to be up at 5am for a four hour drive west, so I only heard about it on the radio during the drive the next morning. I desperately needed to see what had happened, so I stopped at the first rest stop I knew had a television and was like, “What the Hell is going on?”. I…

Ohhh Zeke....as a life long Pistons fan, I love you, or at least the player I love(d). But my man, you have been an embarrassment/train wreck since your playing days ended. A front office nightmare really. I wish you would just smile and stfu sometimes....*sigh

So the man who was found at fault in a sexual harassment lawsuit that cost his employers $10 million, the man who traded for Stephon Marbury and Eddie Curry, the man who couldn’t stop Dennis Rodman from attacking his wife or opponents was gonna be the calm voice of reason to stop a free for all? i don’t seem to…

Or mentally torture him during an audition for a whitewashed movie about POCs.

In the articles I read, his family said he really came alive when he performed and his mind went into “professional” mode. In the few times I’ve seen him since his diagnosis, he was a delight and still commands a stage. He genuinely loves performing.

He’s the last of his kind — the final crooner from the crooner age.

Don’t hold your breath. While I believe that Meghan and Kate may be on good terms, I doubt “The Firm” would allow a collaboration of this nature.

Being cheated on is not part of her brand. She’s Jennifer Lopez, not Aniston (not that the latter was actually cheated on, but that’s the narrative).

Why does she have to have a PR stunt to recover from ARod cheating on her? She’s the victim so she gets the sympathy. TBH I thought Ben looked drunk or high in that picture of them with Leah.

Not gonna lie, this all still vibes as less real relationship and more brilliant PR moves to distract from JLo getting cheated on and...pretty much most things Ben has done.

i’ll post it since jez can’t

As if their early aughts relationship wasn’t also calculated. It’s just their way. They’re both incredibly image conscious people not afraid to call the paps for a moment.