Trump: "I looked at the beginning of it. It was fine. Nobody knew that that was at the end."
Trump said he looks at "thousands of things" when he spoke to reporters on Air Force One en route to Palm Beach.
Saturday, February 07, 2026
For All the World to See, This is Who the American People Are
On and on...
When asked if he would apologize for an overtly racist video clip of the Obamas posted on President Trump's Truth Social, the president said Friday, "No, I didn't make a mistake."
Pat Riley's 10 Commandments--Barry Jackson
How the Heat adhered to 10 tenets. And the worrisome consequences of that
1. Never trade good players for future draft picks
2. Never give up on a season
3. Do not accept taking a step back with the hope that it could lead to better days ahead
4. Go all in for an all-time great player but be very selective about pursuing other good players
5. Do not make a trade simply for the sake of making a trade
6. Don’t give up on a roster prematurely
7. Don’t try to sell high on players
8. Bam Adebayo is essentially untouchable
9. Maintain roster/payroll flexibility if possible
10. Don’t worry about losing a free agent for nothing
Short Pants: Darned Hosiery!
Manchester Unitard beat Hotspurs 2-0 this morning in the suburbs. That makes 4W. Michael Carrick has patched the holes in this club. They're an honest fourth place now. At the other end...
Wolverhampton Wanderers trail Swine Chelsea 3-0 (at HT!) in Molino Stadium. Today's L gives Wanderers 8 points from 25 matches. They have won UNO game this season and are on pace to finish with 12 points. That would be the second-worst in the Premier League era.
The EPL is down this season. Table toppers Arsenal project to 84 points. Only seven champions in the league's 33-year history have finished with fewer. Manchester City and Slaverpool, the last eight champions, are down. Top to bottom this is a mediocre league.
‘It’s pissing people off’: Centrist Democrats are livid with AIPAC after primary fiasco
AIPAC spent $2 million attacking moderate-leaning Tom Malinowski in a House special election — and may have handed the race to progressive Analilia Mejia.
Malinowski, who has not conceded the race, now trails Mejia by around 500 votes, with some outstanding votes left to be counted for the affluent, suburban seat.
AIPAC’s interventions in the New Jersey special election for Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s House seat was the first test of the group’s muscle ahead of the 2026 primary season, when they are expected to spend millions on Democratic primaries across the country. AIPAC’s super PAC is expected to weigh in on House primaries, starting in Illinois’ March primaries. Democratic candidates and strategists are also bracing for them to potentially wade into contentious Senate primaries in Michigan and Minnesota.
And their first foray of 2026 backfired spectacularly.
Matt Bennett, the co-founder of the center-left think tank Third Way, called their efforts “one of the greatest own-goals in American political history,” and warned that “It hurt everybody in the moderate movement” as they head into a competitive primary season.
Even steadfast allies are frustrated. Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.), a longtime AIPAC supporter, said its moves in the New Jersey primary, held Thursday, “raised eyebrows this morning.”
“There’s a chance that it’s not going to be a New Dem that’s in that seat,” Schneider said, referring to the New Democrat Coalition, the centrist caucus he leads in the House. “As we do the analysis, a lot of factors play into that, but certainly any group spending against a candidate that would’ve been a New Dem and instead electing a far-left candidate … Come on, guys, this is not what we were hoping for here.”
Former Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.), another AIPAC supporter who led House Democrats’ campaign efforts in 2012 and 2014, said he “wasn’t privy to AIPAC’s strategy and I certainly wouldn’t have advised it,” but “they are not the first group to make a bet that didn’t pan out on election day.”
Malinowski said AIPAC’s attacks on him sent a clear message to “other mainstream Democrats.”
“They are now demanding 100 percent fealty,” Malinowski said. “On some level, they may have preferred to elect an anti-Israel progressive versus a mainstream Democrat, who departs from their hard line in a small way.”
A spokesperson for UDP said in a statement shared with POLITICO: “The outcome in NJ-11 was an anticipated possibility, and our focus remains on who will serve the next full term in Congress.” The spokesperson added that UDP will “be closely monitoring dozens of primary races, including the June NJ-11 primary,” which will be held ahead of the November 2026 general election, “to help ensure pro-Israel candidates are elected to Congress.”
Progressives, meanwhile, took a victory lap. Justice Democrats communications director Usamah Andrabi said AIPAC’s spending in primaries “is becoming a kiss of death” because “of the work our movement has done to expose them.” Mejia told reporters on Friday that she’s “glad that New Jersey 11 voters got to see the terrible tactics so that we could reject it in the future” and denounced AIPAC’s heavy spending.
Sanders, who rallied for his former adviser Mejia on the eve of the election, said Democrats are starting to realize that “not only is [AIPAC’s] policy bad, but it’s going to hurt me politically,’” and predicted candidates will start throwing the AIPAC spending back at them.
“I think you’re going to see a lot of candidates saying, ‘I’m being attacked by AIPAC. You should vote for me for that reason alone,’” Sanders said. “They’re going to turn it around because AIPAC is increasingly unpopular.”
Much of UDP’s playbook in the New Jersey primary has been deployed by them before — attacking candidates on issues unrelated to Israel. The group hit Malinowski in TV ads for a 2019 vote he took, along with most House Democrats at the time, that, in part, provided funding to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ICE funding is a particularly hot-button issue, after President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota led to two fatal shootings of protesters by federal agents.
There are signs that AIPAC is already getting involved in Illinois. Two super PACs, Elect Chicago Women Now and Affordable Chicago Now, are now supporting three Democrats in House races with six-figure TV ad buys — which some of their primary opponents have publicly accused the groups of shell groups.
The super PACs were formed last month, so they have not yet been required to disclose any information yet with the Federal Elections Commission. UDP’s spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment on these super PACs.
“We’re bracing [for AIPAC’s spending], yes, and it is alarming in a cycle where five seats are open, which almost never happens in Illinois,” said a Democratic strategist working on Illinois races, granted anonymity to speak candidly. “AIPAC is actively trying to buy three or possibly four seats.”
The winner of Thursday’s special primary election in New Jersey will face Joe Hathaway, a Republican councilmember from Randolph, N.J., on April 16, to fill the remainder of Sherrill’s term. Then, Democrats will hold another primary on June 2.
Though some centrist Democrats fretted that Mejia’s potential victory could hurt their chances to hold on to the seat, pollster Patrick Murray said a Republican victory is highly unlikely, both in the special general election in April or in November.
“It’s just so anti-Trump now,” he said. “We saw in the 2025 general election that there was more motivation among Democrats than Republicans. And that mood still holds.”
Of the upcoming primary season, where dark money from an array of outside groups is expected to saturate Democratic primaries, Malinowski called it “a significant challenge to the Democratic Party that needs to be addressed.”
“My election was the beta test,” he said.
Friday, February 06, 2026
FT Beans 98 High Ceilings 96. 27-26, .509-->42-39
In other action,
Z took out their malice over Lizards on Mamdani City in the Palace 118-80.
Beans 86 High Ceilings 85, 7:22 4Q
Wow a 3Q El Foldo by the High Ceilings? Shocked. Know what this team's "high ceiling" is?
Officials Pressed Schumer to Help Name Penn Station, Dulles for Trump
Administration officials told the top Senate Democrat the president would release frozen funding for the Gateway project if the transportation hubs were renamed for him.
nytimes
Thursday, February 05, 2026
This is different
From "We Want Giannis!" chants to Stand Pat and this dismal day, to...
𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙩𝘾𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚
@WadexFlash
FIRE THE ENTIRE FRONT OFFICE.
This has been different. Miami "Heat" fans are fed up and demanding heads roll.
(@WadexFlash: Those are the two owners. They cannot be fired.)
Chef Jeff 👨🍳
@the_ChefJeff
If I’m Heat media, I’m lighting Spo and Riley up with questions. Pat Riley can’t be trusted and they aren’t “a threat to make any trade anymore.” Missed out on Dame when he openly wanted Miami, missed on KD, missed on Giannis (kinda) and didn’t even attempt to get Bam a PG.
3:23 PM · Feb 5, 2026
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Absolutely. But they won't. Barry Jackson (Herald) and Ira Winderman (Sun-Sentinel) get their "scoops" by being plants for Riley.
@CuffsTheLegend
1. Rob Pelinka is a Disney timeshare salesman
2. Pat Riley is Washed
3. Mike Dunleavy Jr & Joe Lacob are wasting Steph’s final years
4. Chicago Bulls have like 10 small guards on their roster
5. Kawhi Leonard got left behind in the wilderness like Nino Brown
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Armando Velez
@Mandoman12
Been hesitant on saying this, but I believe it’s time for Pat Riley to go.
4:04 PM · Feb 5, 2026
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Tyler Tarabocchia
@iamtylertnt
I think Pat Riley forgot to wake up for the trade deadline again 😭 #MiamiHeat
4:10 PM · Feb 5, 2026
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BostonArman
@BostonArman
Pat Riley just woke up from his nap, slept right through the deadline #HeatNation #NBATrades #NBATradeDeadline
(Riley supposedly napped through a draft pick or a trade call a few years ago.)
Lol
Giancarlo Navas
@gnavas103
Terry Rozier will now retire a Miami Heat player.
4:38 PM · Feb 5, 2026
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