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si.com An updated look at Auburn football's 2024 recruiting class following Jalyn Crawford's commitment Lance Dawe 5–6 minutes The Tigers just added four-star cornerback Jalyn Crawford to their 2024 recruiting class. Here's an updated look at the class following his commitment: On3 Rankings - 20th nationally - 11th in the SEC 247Sports Rankings -37th nationally - 14th in the SEC NOTE: Auburn's average player rating is 5th in the SEC behind Alabama, Texas A&M, Florida and Georgia (per 247Sports). 2024 Commitments: QB Walker White Walker White, a 6-foot-3, 215-pound signal-caller in the 2024 recruiting class, included Clemson and Baylor in his final three schools, but eventually chose the Tigers of Auburn over them both. White unofficially visited Auburn back on January 16th and chose to visit Clemson's junior day over Auburn's on the 28th. Over the course of his final two seasons at Little Rock Christian Academy in Little Rock, Arkansas, White threw for almost four thousand yards and 48 touchdowns. He also added 1,324 yards and 21 touchdowns (16 in his junior season) on the ground. LB Joseph Phillips The four-star totaled 82 total tackles, 19 tackles for loss, nine sacks, and two forced fumbles at Booker T Washington. He also has played tight end for the Golden Eagles, totaling 29 receptions, 336 receiving yards, and six touchdowns. CB Jalyn Crawford Crawford played well during his junior season, finishing with 25 tackles, a sack, and two interceptions along with six pass deflections. His production paired with a good camp season has made Crawford a popular prospect and went from a borderline four-star to a more established one. 247Sports director of scouting Andrew Ivins describes Crawford as an "aggressive" corner, one who tends to make quick decisions and is not afraid of a little contact in coverage. He's the No. 162 overall player in the 2024 class and the No. 16 cornerback according to the 247Sports composite. RB J'Marion Burnette Burnette, a four-star running back out of Andalusia, had a stellar junior season for the Bulldogs. He totaled 1,473 rushing yards and 17 touchdowns. This follows a video game-like sophomore season in which he had 2,281 rushing yards to go along with 12 touchdowns. These stats combined with stellar camp workouts have made him a hot commodity in the 2024 recruiting cycle. He has offers from many of the top SEC schools like Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and Arkansas. CB A'Mon Lane Lane, a 4-star, is listed at 5-foot-11 and 180-pounds. He's currently listed as the 4th best player in the state of Alabama in the 2024 class by 247Sports and the number 16th ranked cornerback in the country. CB Jayden Lewis Lewis comes in at 6'0 and a slight 175 pounds and is a rangy defensive back with insane speed. Alongside football, he also ran track during his high school career. S Kensley Faustin The 5-foot-11, 170-pound safety recorded 121 career tackles, 10 interceptions, 14 pass breakups, and five forced fumbles during his time at Naples high school. DL Malik Blocton Blocton, a four-star defensive lineman in the 2024 cycle, just wrapped up an official visit to Texas, but ended up choosing the Tigers just a couple of days later. Including Texas, Blocton held 11 offers from SEC schools, including Alabama. Other notable offers include USC, Oregon and Clemson. Through three seasons at Pike Road, Blocton has collected 109 total tackles, 3.0 tackles for loss, and 8.0 sacks. In 2022 Blocton recorded 54 tackles and 6.0 sacks. LB D'Angelo Barber Barber who plays in the Birmingham area for the Clay-Chalkville Cougars has had a very solid high school career so far racking up 86 tackles, five tackles for loss, a sack, and an interception. Barber is a prospect on the rise after showing out during the winter camp circuit and is poised to have a breakout senior season for the Cougars. Barber, who has been offered by eight SEC schools, has most recently visited Auburn, he came in for a camp session on June 9th. WR Bryce Cain Cain possesses all the skills needed to be an elite wide receiver. He has a 40-yard dash time in the 4.4 range but also is an elite route runner and wins 50/50 balls. The three-star receiver had some excellent reps at Auburn's camp, catching passes from quarterback commit Walker White. TE Martavious Collins Collins, a four-star ATH who primarily plays TE, was committed to Alabama for over six months but in early February decided to decommit. Martavious has been very solid in his high school career and has shown that his four-star rating is not just a fluke and it is well deserved. He has totaled 597 receiving yards and three touchdowns. The most important part of his game will not show up on a stat sheet as he is one of the better blocking tight ends in the 2024 class.

auburnwire.usatoday.com Twitter reacts to Auburn landing coveted CB Jalyn Crawford JD McCarthy ~2 minutes Auburn has landed its 11th commit of the 2024 recruiting class and it is a big one as four-star cornerback Jalyn Crawford picked Auburn over Florida and LSU on Saturday. Crawford, who is from Lilburn, Georgia, announced the news on Twitter with a graphic and a simple caption saying “Im Home!!” Buy Tigers Tickets He is the fourth defensive back that secondary coaches Wesley McGriff and Zac Etheridge have reeled in, joining cornerbacks A'mon Lane and Jayden Lewis and safety Kensley Faustin. Crawford is the highest rated of the bunch, checking in as the No. 159 overall player and No. 16 cornerback in the 247Sports Composite ranking. He is also the No. 23 player from Georgia. His addition fired up the Auburn fan base which took to Twitter to celebrate, here are the top reactions. Zac Etheridge taking top corners from 2 of the main DBU schools? Elite recruiter. — Kyle (@AllAubarn) July 15, 2023 AUBURN’S 2024 CBs: 4⭐️ A’mon Lane: #1 CB in AL, #17 CB Nationally 4⭐️ Jayden Lewis: #2 CB in AL, #23 CB Nationally 4⭐️ Jalyn Crawford: #1 CB in GA, #15 CB Nationally pic.twitter.com/YeI1ERWyOE — TorresOnAuburn 🥶 (@TorresOnAuburn) July 15, 2023 4 STAR CB JALYN CRAWFORD HAS COMMITTED TO THE AUBURN TIGERS‼️The #1 CB in Georgia chooses Auburn over Florida and LSU 🥶📈🔥 War Damn 🦅 pic.twitter.com/UrTcIC7h8a — Babysitter Bari (@BabysitterBari) July 15, 2023 BOOM! 💥 — Justin 🅿️arker🦚🦚🦚 (@justinp37891349) July 15, 2023

auburnwire.usatoday.com Auburn sports broadcasts will move to new radio home beginning this fall Taylor Jones ~2 minutes Since 2016, local Auburn fans have listened to Auburn Sports Network broadcasts on the Tiger Communications family of stations. Beginning this fall, those same fans will have to turn the dial to listen to Auburn football, basketball, and baseball games. Buy Tigers Tickets Justin Lee of Opelika-Auburn News reported Friday that local radio company Auburn Network has acquired the rights to Auburn Sports Network broadcasts for the next five years. Because of this, football and men’s basketball games will be broadcasted on Wings 94.3 in Auburn. Women’s basketball and baseball games will now call AU100 home (100.3 on the FM dial). The change does not affect broadcast assignments, as andy burcham will remain the voice of Auburn football, men’s basketball, and baseball. In fact, Burcham will be a regular guest on Auburn Network’s sports talk station, ESPN 106.7. This change will affect local softball broadcasts as well. Auburn softball broadcasts will move back to their original home, WEGL 91.1, with Brit Bowen and JJ Jackson remaining the primary play-by-play talent. The first Auburn Sports Network production will begin in August with the first edition of Tiger Talk, with the first Auburn football broadcast coming on Sept. 2. Contact/Follow us @TheAuburnWire on Twitter, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Auburn news, notes, and opinion. You can also follow Taylor on Twitter @TaylorJones__

auburnwire.usatoday.com Auburn Tigers Snapshot Profile: No. 19 Sylvester Smith JD McCarthy ~2 minutes Going into the 2023 football season, Auburn Wire will be looking at each scholarship player listed on the Tigers’ roster. Over the preseason, each profile will cover where the player is from, how recruiting websites rated them coming out of high school, and what role they will play for Hugh Freeze in his first season on the Plains. Buy Tigers Tickets Up next is true freshman safety Sylvester Smith. Smith was yet another big flip for Freeze and Co. and he is certainly a player to watch moving forward. Preseason Player Profile Hometown: Munford, Alabama Height: 5-11 Weight: 186 Class in 2023: True Freshman 247Sports Composite Ranking Four-Star / No. 18 in Alabama / No. 18 S High School Stats Year Tackles TFLs PDs INTs Rushing Yards TDs 2022 42 4.0 2 5 1,735 24 Depth Chart Overview Smith was one of Auburn’s highest-rated signees in the 2023 recruiting class and is a player to watch in the secondary. It may take him a little longer to make an impact as Auburn returns proven veterans Jaylin Simpson and Zion Puckett as well as Marquise Gilbert and Cayden Bridges ahead of him at the safety spot. This season will likely be about his development and adjusting to the college game before he becomes a key contributor in the secondary moving forward.

si.com Phil Steele lists Auburn football as one of most improved teams in 2023 Lance Dawe 2–3 minutes Could the Tigers be in store for a major bounce back season? Most media outlets project Auburn to finish somewhere between 6-6 and 9-3 this season. After a disappointing 5-7 campaign in 2022, the Tigers are projected to improve underneath new head coach Hugh Freeze. Freeze has worked wonders during his first few months on the Plains, knocking it out of the park on the recruiting trail as well as through the transfer portal. According to college football analyst Phil Steele, Auburn should be one of the 10 most improved teams in 2023. Steele released his projections for the 16 most improved college football teams this fall with the Tigers landing at No. 10. Here is what On3 and Steele had to say about the Tigers heading into the fall: "After a tough 5-7 year that led to the ouster of former head coach Bryan Harsin, Auburn enters a new era for their football program, and Phil Steele expects more winning immediately. With eight starters back on offense and nine returning on defense, the trajectory is looking way up." - Alex Weber, On3 “All nine sets of my power rankings call for a winning season,” wrote Steele of the Tigers. “There is no weekly talk about when a coach will be fired as the team is fully behind both Hugh Freeze and Cadillac Williams and will play to their potential with 17 returning starters and some solid transfers.” - Phil Steele

newsweek.com Barack Obama's Net Worth Surges After Leaving the White House, Thanks to Wall Street Chris Riotta ~4 minutes Former President Barack Obama and billionaire Richard Branson kitesurf during Obama's vacation on Branson's Moskito island. Reuters There are valid reasons to be concerned by a president's earnings, including after their tenure in the Oval Office. Where a former commander-in-chief earns his or her income–and the company they choose to keep after serving as the leader of the free world–could speak to their basic values in a way policies and legislation cannot. So when some Americans, including Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, saw former President Barack Obama accepting $400,000 speeches from Wall Street, signing book deals worth $65 million and vacationing with billionaires off the coast of Tahiti in a $300 million yacht, you can bet they were perplexed. Related: Obama's Return to Public Life: Charming But Flat How could it be that Obama, the smooth-talking Democratic candidate in 2008 who slammed Wall Street greed and resonated with the working class in a way his party has since been unable to authentically recreate, is living his post-presidential life like an elitist one percenter? President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama participating in the National Christmas Tree lighting in Washington, December 1, 2016. Reuters Obama will receive an annual pension of over $200,000, after vetoing a bill passed by Congress in 2016 that would have capped each former president's pension to that threshold. He raked in $400,000–the equivalent to his annual presidential salary–for a 90-minute interview Thursday in midtown Manhattan, where he spoke with a presidential historian on things like income inequality and civic engagement. He's set to earn another $400,000 for a 60-minute speech during a conference hosted by the investment firm Cantor Fitzgerald. And he doesn't plan on slowing down any time soon: Harry Walker Agency, which represents the former president and his wife along the speaking circuit, is scheduling new appointments for the Obamas every single week. Virtually every single president in modern American history has earned serious cash following their time in office. In fact, their years spent serving in the White House are typically their least-paid. "We came out of the White House not only dead broke, but in debt," former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a 2014 interview with Diane Sawyer. "We struggled to piece together the resources for mortgages for houses, for Chelsea's education. It was not easy." The Clintons, as well as former President George W. Bush, earned millions following their time in the peoples' house, receiving six-figure checks for Wall Street speeches and book tours. But the Obamas are set to earn an unprecedented post-presidency income, and its alarming his critics, supporters and other Democrats alike. "I was troubled by that," Warren said when she learned Obama was charging $400,000 for his upcoming speech. "The influence of money, I describe it as a snake that slithers through Washington." But don't take her word for it: Obama once told his supporters he wasn't tied up in corporate interests or the snake-like stronghold bankers and investment firms seem to have over many elected officials in the U.S. "I did not run for office to be helping out a bunch of fat cat bankers on Wall Street," Obama said in 2009. Maybe that Obama should have a talk with 2017 Obama. it was very easy to google this but natty appears to not have been interested in the truth and would rather would rather make obama look bad. he also called me out on not calling out dems when i just posted about rfk jr this morning which seems odd like maybe he did not look he just assumed something?

at the end of the day the libs did not try to steal an election that got people hurt and deaths caused because of it to pacify some crooks ego at losing to someone he thinks is beneath him. sorry the repukes sold their soul and until they have a major change of heart i will have nothing for them. in fact the repuks leader trump posted the obama's address and they caught an armed crazy stalking his neighborhood. trump seriously should be locked up and i am dead serious.

al.com TV ad rips ‘traitor’ Sen. Tommy Tuberville: ‘Small man with big mouth’ Updated: Jul. 14, 2023, 12:06 p.m.|Published: Jul. 14, 2023, 11:02 a.m. 4–5 minutes By Paul Gattis | pgattis@al.com A new TV ad released Friday that will air in the Birmingham market from an anti-Trump group describes Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville as a “traitor” because of his holds on military promotions. Though the ad by The Lincoln Project does not explicitly state its issue with Tuberville, it appears to focus on the fact that the Marines do not have a Senate-confirmed commandant for the first time in more than a century. That position is one of about 250 affected by Tuberville’s hold on military promotions as a protest over a new Pentagon policy that provides paid leave and travel expenses for servicemembers seeking abortions. Related: Tuberville talks to defense secretary after first rejecting meeting Related: Biden says Tuberville ‘jeopardizing US security’ by blocking confirmations: ‘Totally irresponsible’ “Today, the Marine Corps faces a domestic enemy,” the ad states. “A small man with a big mouth determined to destroy the corps for his petty political agenda. Tommy Tuberville is creating a national security nightmare.” Tuberville’s office declined to comment on the ad. In addition to the Birmingham television market, the Lincoln Project said the ad will also run in Washington and Quantico, Va. The Lincoln Project said the ad will also run digitally on “Capitol Hill, national security community and USMC bases across the nation.” Required to leave the job after four years, Gen. David Berger stepped down as leader of the Marines on Monday. Gen. Eric Smith, the assistant commandant, has been nominated to replace Berger but will be serving in an acting capacity because he has not been confirmed by the Senate. Under the law, Smith can serve as the acting commandant, but he can do nothing that would presume confirmation, The Associated Press reported Monday. As a result, he can’t move into the main residence or the commandant’s office, or issue any new formal commandant’s planning guidance, which is traditional for a new leader. He has the authority to implement new policies such as budget, training and other personnel decisions. The Lincoln Project ad said that China, Russia and ISIS are winners with the Marines not having a confirmed leader as a result of Tuberville’s holds. Tuberville started the holds in February as a strategy to overturn a policy announced last year by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to increase access to abortion for the military. Tuberville’s objection is that the policy has not been approved by Congress. The senator has insisted he will keep his hold in place until the policy is reversed or Congress votes its approval. The strategy has brought a wave of criticism of Tuberville. The top two Republicans in the Senate, Mitch McConnell and John Thune, have said they do not approve of Tuberville’s tactics as well as Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. President Joe Biden has sharpened his attacks on Tuberville in recent weeks as well. Tuberville has countered that the confirmation process can go forward on a one-by-one basis – which critics have responded is unnecessary and time consuming. Typically, military promotions are uncontroversial and quickly confirmed by voice vote. “Tuberville insults every Marine who ever served and puts the men and women of the Marine Corps on the line in danger,” the ad concludes. “Every U.S. Marine is a patriot. Tommy Tuberville is a traitor.” The Lincoln Project started in 2019 by former Republican strategists to oppose the re-election of former President Donald Trump as well as what it describes as Trumpism. Tuberville has been a strong supporter of Trump. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. By browsing this site, we may share your information with our social media partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

ya think? i saw through that a while ago. the repubs want to gut stuff that gives them an advantage and take all that tax money and give it to the rich.

if you stand in front of the mirror and mention trump three times along with russia the boogie man known as david will come hunt you down like a dawg. watch your back just saying.........grins

i guess you missed my jfk jr thread about how wacky he is? it was posted this morning. do you feel better now? no one on the right ever admits when they are wrong so why should i bring more heat on the less crazy side? trust me if the left ever gets a trump you can bet the farm i will be all over it. unless i decide to have some fun with the boys on the right. you are welcome for the sports articles. i will do my own thing on the boards but thank you for inquiring........

i thought this guy would be looney tunes if many on the right like him............grins.i was right..................

news.yahoo.com RFK Jr. Floats Bonkers Theory COVID Was Designed To Spare ‘Jews And Chinese’ Sara Boboltz ~4 minutes Conspiracy theorist and Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spouted wild claims about “ethnically targeted microbes” at a press dinner in Manhattan, according to a video published Saturday by the New York Post. It was the same dinner table where the conversation about climate change devolved into a shouting match between two older male attendees, leading one to deploy some targeted flatulence. Kennedy has promoted many falsehoods about science and medicine. Seen at Italian fixture Tony’s Di Napoli in the Post’s video, he tells his companions: “In fact, COVID-19, there is an argument that it is ethnically targeted. COVID-19 attacks certain races disproportionately.” He went on to say that “COVID-19 is targeted to attack Caucasians and Black people” because of “the genetic structure” of the virus. “The people who are most immune are Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese,” Kennedy said, giving no evidence. He made sure to say he did not know whether the virus was “deliberately targeted or not.” In a Saturday tweet addressing the Post story, which Kennedy called “mistaken,” he wrote that he does “not believe and never implied that the ethnic effect was deliberately engineered.” Conspiracy theories linking Jewish people to the spread of COVID-19 began cropping up in 2020 when an Oxford University poll found a shocking 20% of English people backed the idea to some extent. Jewish groups denounced the theories as rank antisemitism, echoing old-world conspiracies about Jewish people that helped fuel the Holocaust and are demonstrably untrue. The virus also disproportionately affected some Orthodox Jewish populations that displayed skepticism in the face of social distancing and lockdown orders. That the virus disproportionately affected Black people in its earlier days is believed to be linked to structural inequalities that generally lead to worse health outcomes for Black people. The COVID-19 death rate for white people has increased since the start of the pandemic, but regional vaccination rates factor into the discrepancy. Kennedy also claimed both the U.S. and China have put “hundreds of millions of dollars” into other “ethnically targeted microbes,” saying U.S.-funded labs in Ukraine were collecting “Russian DNA ... so we can target people by race.” The plausibility of ethnically targeted bioweapons is heavily doubted by scientists, although reports that other nations are working on such projects have circulated for decades. In his tweet addressing the Post story, Kennedy pointed to a July 2020 study, falsely claiming it was a “proof of concept” for an ethnically targeted bioweapon. Kennedy’s dinner made headlines earlier in the week for the confrontation between attendees Anthony Haden-Guest, an art critic, and Doug Dechert, a former gossip columnist. When Deschert loudly called climate change a “hoax,” Haden-Guest snapped back to call him a “miserable blob,” among other insults. Page Six described the incident as “a foul bout of screaming” and, courtesy of Deschert, “polemic farting.” Some polls in recent months have shown support for Kennedy from one in five Democratic voters.

i wonder what color they were? lol i love when repukes gets busted................

news.yahoo.com GOP congressman declares amendment has 'nothing to do' with 'colored people' on the House floor Bryan Metzger ~3 minutes Republican Rep. Eli Crane on Capitol Hill on January 25, 2023.Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images GOP Rep. Eli Crane used racially-charged language during a floor debate on Thursday. He said an amendment he'd proposed to the annual defense bill had "nothing to do" with "colored people." Rep. Joyce Beatty, a Black woman, immediately had Crane's words struck from the record. On Thursday evening, a freshman Republican member of Congress used the phrase "colored people" while debating the issue of race in the military with Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio, a Black woman. Rep. Eli Crane, a member of the hard-right House Freedom Caucus, had offered an amendment to the annual defense spending authorization bill that he said would prevent the consideration of "race, gender, religion, or political affiliations, or any other ideological concepts as the sole basis for recruitment, training education, promotion, or retention decisions." It was one of a variety of Republican-proposed amendments to the defense bill that dealt with culture war issues. And towards the end of a spirited debate, the Arizona Republican argued that his amendment wasn't about race. "My amendment has nothing to do with whether or not colored people, or Black people, or anybody can serve, okay?" said Crane. "It has nothing to do with the color of your skin, any of that stuff." Crane's use of the phrase "colored people" — a term with negative historical connotations — immediately generated chatter from the other side of the chamber. And when he finished his remarks, Beatty spoke up and immediately called for Crane's remarks to be struck from the record. "I'd like to be recognized to have the words 'colored people' struck from the record," said Beatty. "I find it offensive, and very inappropriate." "I am asking for unanimous consent to take down the words of referring to me, or any of my colleagues, as 'colored people,'" Beatty added. Crane then attempted to amend his remarks to "people of color," prompting Beatty to rebuke him. "I asked unanimous consent, Mr. Speaker, to have the words stricken," she said. "I didn't ask to have the words amended." In a statement to Insider later on Thursday, Crane said that he had misspoken. "In a heated floor debate on my amendment that would prohibit discrimination on the color of one's skin in the Armed Forces, I misspoke," said Crane. "Every one of us is made in the image of God and created equal." Read the original article on Business Insider

news.yahoo.com GOP war on the FBI: Republican attacks on Chris Wray echo ideology of OKC bomber Timothy McVeigh Amanda Marcotte 10–12 minutes Christopher WrayShuran Huang for The Washington Post via Getty Images Ray Epps quite likely is the least sympathetic defamation litigant in history, at least among those who have a legitimate legal argument. To win his recently filed lawsuit against Fox News, Epps has to convince a jury that he sincerely wanted to overthrow the U.S. government to install a fascist dictator and that anyone who suggests otherwise is a dirty, rotten liar. "I'm exactly the piece of scum my detractors deny that I am," is a weird legal argument. But such is the topsy-turvy world that we live in. A world where Epps may actually win a big pot of gold. For those blissfully unaware of the saga of Ray Epps: He was one of the thousands of people who, heeding Donald Trump's call, descended on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, in a violent effort to halt the certification of Joe Biden's election to the presidency. The night before the riot, Epps was caught on video hyping up the MAGA crowd: "We need to go into the Capitol!" The day of, however, he was seen on video impotently offering to help Capitol police to tell rioters to back down. The simplest explanation for his behavior is that Epps, like many newbie criminals, got cold feet once he realized he was in too deep. But, led by the now-fired Tucker Carlson of Fox News, right-wing conspiracists have spun out a fanciful tale about how Epps was secretly working for the FBI in a plot to trick conservatives into rioting. The right's attention continued for months. So now Epps is suing Fox News. That's how a modern Republican protects his reputation these days: By getting a court to rule that he was quite sincere when he backed a fascist insurrection. - ADVERTISEMENT - Want more Amanda Marcotte on politics? Subscribe to her newsletter Standing Room Only. Here's what we can do to make real changes at the FBI: 1) Impose the Holman Rule to remove bad actors. 2) Block construction of the FBI's new Taj Mahal-esque facility. 3) Strip FBI funding in appropriations bills. 4) Conduct hearings to expose rogue FBI behavior. pic.twitter.com/HslP2Jyl5I — Rep Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) July 13, 2023 The notion that the FBI is a leftist organization out to destroy the American right is, it goes without saying, among the dumbest ideas ever generated by human brains. And yet, FBI Director Christopher Wray — a lifelong Republican and Trump appointee — had to sit in a House Judiciary hearing for five hours on Wednesday while congressional Republicans harangued him with variations of the same conspiracy theory Epps has been subject to. Wray did not conceal his exasperation, repeatedly denying that he's some secret "deep state" plant out to get conservative America. As Steve Benen of MSNBC wrote, the FBI is "one of the single most conservative agencies in the federal government," and is so biased towards Republicans that "the FBI that went out of its way to oppose executing a court-approved search warrant at Mar-a-Lago." It's just that Donald Trump is such an extravagant criminal that he's forced the FBI to take action on cases like the stealing of classified documents or inciting an insurrection. On its surface, these anti-FBI conspiracy theories are further evidence there is nothing too low for Republicans when it comes to running interference for Trump. It's never that Trump is such a massive criminal that he overcomes law enforcement's unwillingness to deal with him. No, it must be an anti-Trump conspiracy! The Epps conspiracy theory is more of the same. They can't admit that Trump is the one who incited the Capitol riot, even though we all saw him do it on national television. Instead, they blame some random dude. Related "This hearing has turned into absolute chaos": Dems call out Jim Jordan over "bananas" FBI hearing But watching Republicans vomit conspiracy theories at Wray, the name that came to my mind was not Trump's, but Timothy McVeigh, the right-wing terrorist who blew up the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in 1995, killing 168 people. McVeigh and his co-conspirator, Terry Nichols, were motivated by anti-government conspiracy theories that sounded very much like the garbage being peddled by Republican congressmen during Wednesday's hearing. Like Republicans now, they also weren't super fond of Attorney General Merrick Garland, as he was part of the prosecutorial team that secured convictions for McVeigh and Nichols. Everything that follows, from the gun nuttery to the "globalist" and "deep state" conspiracy theories, comes back to this basic right-wing anger over having to share a country with people that aren't exactly like them. McVeigh's views would have been right at home with what House Republicans were spouting Wednesday: That the U.S. government is being secretly run by a decadent "elite" that wants to brainwash right wing Americans. In the 90s, conspiracists called the fictional secret leaders the "new world order," and now they use the term "deep state." Either way, it's the same conspiracy theory, and it dates back to the overtly anti-semitic conspiracy theories that motivated the Nazis. Then, as now, what was really driving the right-wing anger was not legitimate concerns about FBI overreach. Instead, the anger was over federal authorities prosecuting white men who thought themselves above law. Back then, right-wingers rejected bans illegal weapons or sex with underage girls. Both were going on with cult leader David Koresh, whose 1993 suicide in Waco, TX, after a gunfight with federal authorities, inspired McVeigh's domestic terrorism. Now, the anger is over any law that might touch Trump, such as the ones against seditious conspiracy or stealing government secrets. But the thread throughout is some men should be above the law, and the right will burn it all down if the government disagrees. Want more Amanda Marcotte on politics? Subscribe to her newsletter Standing Room Only. In the 90s, McVeigh's views were seen as fringe, and there was no pushback from Republican leaders when he was sentenced to death. Things have certainly shifted in the nearly three decades since. The January 6 rioters, who also attacked a federal building while drunk on anti-government conspiracy theories, are started to be romanticized as martyrs for the Republican cause. Trump rallies regularly feature videos venerating the riot, complete with music recorded by those sentenced to prison for their role in the attack. During the 30th anniversary of Koresh's standoff, Trump held one of his pro-insurrection rallies near the site where Koresh and his followers killed themselves by setting fire to their compound. Republicans pretended it was just a coincidence, but most observers understood that Trump, like McVeigh, was invoking Koresh's memory as justification for denying the legitimacy of the U.S. government. This unfortunately gets downplayed in much of the historical coverage of McVeigh's terrorist attack, but it wasn't just anti-government animosity that motivated him. As David Masciotra of the Washington Monthly noted in May, "An avowed white supremacist, McVeigh also embraced the 'Great Replacement Theory,' which posits that 'Jewish globalists' conspire to crush whites by opening the borders to immigrants of color." The basic components of McVeigh's views are all over Republican politics these days, especially the demonizing language painting refugees as "invaders." But things have escalated recently with Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., doing his damnedest to normalize not just some of the concepts McVeigh believed in, but the identity of "white nationalist." Tuberville has been trying to bait people into a debate over whether or not white nationalists are being unfairly maligned, by insisting that it's unfair to say they are "racist." Related Why Republicans are trying to rebrand white nationalism right now This is a standard rhetorical gambit of white nationalists, who claim it's not racist to want different races to have "their own" countries. Of course, the argument falls apart if given any scrutiny, as this view requires stripping millions of people of color of their citizenship, at bare minimum. If taken to its logical conclusion, it requires genocidal violence to remove people white nationalists believe don't belong. Right now, Republican governors like Ron DeSantis of Florida or Greg Abbott of Texas are using trickery to "ship" immigrants out of their states, but it's not hard to see how, if things keep moving in this direction, gunpoint gets involved. In trying to make white nationalist ideas a "debate," Tuberville, like McVeigh, is fleshing out why anti-government ideology is so appealing to its adherents: They're racists who would rather destroy democracy than share power with people who look different than they do. Everything that follows, from the gun nuttery to the "globalist" and "deep state" conspiracy theories, comes back to this basic right-wing anger over having to share a country with people that aren't exactly like them. There were 19 children among the 168 that McVeigh killed, and the images of first responders pulling tiny dead bodies out of the rubble are hard to shake from the memory. Because of that, he's unlikely to enjoy the reputation rehab that Republicans are offering to the January 6 rioters. But watching the clips from Wednesday's hearing, it's clear that McVeigh was successful at his goal of mainstreaming his racist and anti-government views. The accusations of "deep state" corruption flung at Wray's head wouldn't have been out of place at any of the militia meetings McVeigh was radicalized at, except this time it was on C-SPAN and being paid for by the taxpayers. McVeigh died by lethal injection 22 years ago, but his spirit lives on in the Trumpified GOP.

freddy weygand. he went to my old high school after i was in the military and did well. great receiver as well.

247sports.com Herberholz excited for another opportunity to pitch at Auburn Jason Caldwell 3–4 minutes A junior college transfer that became one of Auburn’s most reliable starters on the mound a season ago, Christian Herberholz finished with a record of just 1-3 in 2023, but had an ERA of 4.18 and finished with his best outings of the season. Leaving his start against Ole Miss on the next-to-last weekend with arm discomfort, Herberholz allowed just two earned runs in his last 16 innings. Getting some attention from professional teams during and after last week’s MLB Amateur Draft, Herberholz had the opportunity to live out a dream of playing on the next level, but decided there was unfinished business at Auburn. That means taking care of business both academically and financially. “It got down to the third day and I got some calls,” Herberholz tells Auburnundercover. “I just told my mom that I really didn’t know what I wanted to do. I had been worrying about not getting my degree because of how old I am. If I had decided to play pro ball, I think it would have been really hard for me to come back and get it. “I wanted to come back and get my degree. The offers they gave me weren’t something I wanted to take because of the NIL opportunities at Auburn. I decided that would be my best option to come back and finish my degrees and get some NIL money.” With Joseph Gonzalez coming back for another season and a pitching staff that should be set up for success in 2024, Herberholz said he’s excited to run it back for another season with the Tigers. “I’m really excited to try to come back and be even better than I was last year,” he said. “I’m also excited that I’ll get to see Joe pitch a full season instead of just watching him on TV. Him coming back too has made it a lot easier. “I think we’re getting back all of our innings except for Chase Isbell and Tommy Vail. I think Joe is going to step into Vail’s spot and take over those innings. I think our pitching staff is going to be amazing. It could be the opposite of last year. I think our pitching staff might have to carry us a little bit, but I think we’re very capable.” Making a strong run in the second half of the SEC season last year and hosting a regional at Auburn for the second consecutive season, the Tigers feel like there’s some unfinished business to take care of in 2024. Herberholz said he likes the roster they’re going to be working with next season. “I think we should go even deeper this upcoming year,” Herberholz said. “All of the teams in Omaha had strong starting pitching, all of their pitchers were really good. It all starts with pitching. If we can have a strong start on the mound then I think it will continue to grow.” Herberholz joins Gonzalez and senior outfielder Bobby Peirce as players that are returning for another season after having the opportunity to play pro ball.

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you have done it now buster. the trump butt kissers do not allow trump stuff to be posted anymore. it hurts their feelings...................