Jamie Malanowski

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YOU GO, GIRLS!

Perhaps I am partial to photos of right year old girls in Mia Hamm jerseys–having once had a couple of them around the house myself–but I was uplifted by the photo below. Taken in 2002, it shows yooung Rose Lavelle–not merely a member of world champion USWNT, but winner of the Bronze Boot for being …

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JANUARY 2019: “WE NEED A NEW ARCHITECTURE”

1.31 The Polar Vortex comes to New York 1.31 George Will in the Post: “[Klobuchar‘s] special strength, however, is her temperament. Baseball, it has been said, is not a game you can play with your teeth clenched. That is also true of politics, another day-by-day game with a long season. It requires an emotional equipoise, …

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JULY 2018: “THIS SAD, EMBARRASSING WRECK OF A MAN”

7.17 Megan McArdle in the Washington Post: The poor are still poor because, despite their material goods, they still lack public dignity and control over the most important facts of their lives, such as where they live and how their children are educated. By those measures, the War on Poverty is far from over; indeed, …

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JUNE 2018

6.28 Arnold Schwarzenegger: “It is foolish to bring back laughable, outdated technology to suit your political agenda. I mean, what are you going to bring back next? Floppy disks? Fax machines? Beanie Babies? Beepers? Or Blockbuster? Think about it. What if you tried to save Blockbuster?” 6.28 Stanley Greenburg: “Democrats should not be distracted by …

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JUNE 2018: “WE’RE AMERICA, BITCH”

6.16 Saw the Yanks beat the Rays 4-1 with Ginny. Homers by Stanton and Sanchez, two doubles by Judge, 8 shutout innings by Severino 6.15 The Atlantic: In Baltimore, a 20-year gap in life expectancy exists between the city’s poor, largely African American neighborhoods and its wealthier, whiter areas. A baby born in Cheswolde, in …

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MAY 2018: “I DO IT TO DISCREDIT AND DEMEAN YOU ALL”

5.31 Trump pardons Dinesh D’Souza 5.31 First Group replaces Tim O’Toole 5.31 John Boehner: “There is no Republican party. There’s a Trump party. Republican party is kinda taking a nap somewhere.” 5.30 The Americans comes to an end 5.30 The Russian journalist and dissident Arkady Babchenko, who had been reported murdered on Tuesday, appeared alive …

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NOVEMBER 2017: “WHAT’S THE FUCKING POINT?

11.29 John McCain on Hilary Clinton in Esquire: ““One of the almost irresistible impulses you have when you lose is to somehow justify why you lost and how you were mistreated: ’I did the right thing! I did!’” The hardest thing to do is to just shut up.”What’s the f***ing point? Keep the fight up? …

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