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    Ohtani

    That's a really overwrought article, as is Plaschke's style, but he is correct to point out that the story does not add up. Until there is evidence that Shohei was placing the bets himself, or placing them through Mizuhara, I lean towards it was him bailing his buddy out, which is what the...
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    The Atlanta Braves Thread

    Let’s have an Opening Day: CWS ML LAA/BAL O 7.5 STL/LAD O 8.5
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    2024 Presidential Race

    LIAR! There are like 100 that actually voted at a higher % than her. lol
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    2024 Presidential Race

    Nope. 3 out of every 4 R members voted with him at least 90% of the time. That's a handful (25%) that did not. There are a ton more members clustered at 88-89% and even more down to 85%. If you consider that to be a statistically significant difference to 90%, then you are being pedantic...
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    2024 Presidential Race

    What the **** are you talking about? 85% of the party voted with Trump at least 85% of the time. Something like 75% of the party voted with him 9 out of 10 times. She is right in the middle of that 85% group that voted with Trump 85% of the time (she was 93%).
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    2024 Presidential Race

    That's really quite a statement. The link I provided says the exact opposite. There are only a handful of Rs who voted with Trump less than 90% of the time.
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    2024 Presidential Race

    https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/house/ Liz was hardly an outlier in voting with Trump 93% of the time. Sort it by "Trump Score." You actually have to scroll about halfway down that list of Republicans to find her name. An overwhelming majority of Rs voted with Trump...
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    2024 Presidential Race

    She wasn't a fan of his well before January 6. Trump was elected in large part because he was an anti-establishment candidate, and much of his early political momentum was created by humiliating Jeb Bush and other mainstream, establishment Republican figures. From that point forward, anybody...
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    2024 Presidential Race

    That isn't saying as much as you think it is. If their party controls the WH, House members vote in line with the publicly supported policies of the President 90-95% of the time. It isn't like there were a bunch of Republicans who voted with Trump half the time, and here's Liz voting with...
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    2024 Presidential Race

    Liz is in tight with the MIC and that community, which has always had a lukewarm at best reception to Trump. As far as policy overlap with Trump, she didn't vote with him 90% of the time because she loves Trump. She voted 90% of the time with Trump because much of what Trump advocates for are...
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    2024 Presidential Race

    I don't really agree with the first sentence. Because of her connections and family political history, backing Donald Trump risked making her a pariah within her political network. She got where she is because of her dad and his political connections. If she backed Trump, while there are...
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    2024 Presidential Race

    She is a politician. By definition, most of what she does is motivated by self-interest.
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    2024 Presidential Race

    Or...hear me out...he could have just gotten on board from the very beginning and likely gotten that Cabinet post. I agree with this analysis of this if Romney was friendly with him from the get go, gets rebuffed from a Cabinet post, and then starts talking shat.
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    The Atlanta Braves Thread

    Long drive champ. That's exactly what he is.
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    2024 Presidential Race

    Right, because his last name was a liability by that point. Any higher office aspirations Jeb had were torpedoed by 2006 or 2007 when his brother's Presidential approval ratings were in the 20s. He just didn't realize it yet. Same for Liz; her dad's approval rating was even lower.

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