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This is what was announced in Feb: https://www.commanders.com/news/washington-commanders-announce-significant-upgrades-to-stadium-bringing-targeted-investments-to-more-than-75-million-under-new-ownership At some point there was also mention of a big scoreboard on top of the stadium to replace the existing ones, but not sure what the timeline is on those

For sure I'll check Wednesday night when it comes out, but for the first time in a LONG time I'm not on pins and needles waiting on the schedule. That's what 30 years of this team beating you down will do. As usual, what is expected on ES are the usual takes of "we have the hardest schedule in league history" and "we got screwed bad because of x or y"

Was at Live Aid at JFK Stadium in Philly in 1985 and can say that Trump must've had 500K in Wildwood yesterday

Was talking to a neighbor of my stepdaughter and he asked me "what do you think about Biden threatening to withhold aid to Israel?" I answered, "Reagan withheld aid to Israel a few times in response to actions they had taken." He was like "oh." My larger point was that people could have their opinions about the topic......as long as they're consistent, and not simply based on what side you are supporting.

https://www.macon.com/opinion/article288425227.html

Vivek and Ann both make Trump look like an adult by comparison.

Just read this piece by Tom Nichols in the Atlantic, which highly pertains to the discussion in here today: https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/05/a-failure-of-imagination-about-trump/678278/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

This morning on Twitter Noem apparently said that she kiiled the dog to save her kids. She is digging a deeper hole. MAGA fanboy John Nolte of Breitbart says this is the biggest implosion of a political career since Gary Hart.

"People" in general are extraordinarily fickle and are easily manipulated by whatever media they are consuming.

Show me a poll where Trump and Biden are tied with the black vote. Trump's share of the black vote has increased since 2016, but maxes out at 20 percent tops. Covid is going to result in back-to-back-to-back one term presidents. Trump, then Biden, back to Trump. Trump fanboy John Nolte of Breitbart even admits Trump's behavior during covid was terrible and cost him the 2020 election. The inflationary effects of the covid stimmy, while much passed under Trump, mainly occurred under Biden. Trump would've won reelection if it hadn't been for covid, and probably would've anyway if he didn't behave like a jackass during it. Biden's overall performance, despite the inflation, in most elections would probably be favored. But the guy is 81. And nobody is comfortable with Kamala Harris. Who really is to blame are the GOP voters who still insist the 2020 election was stolen and refused to back Nikki Haley or Ron DeSantis. And yes, unfortunately, there are plenty of independent voters who now really don't seem to care about what happened in the aftermath of Nov 2020, including on 1/6/21. Additionally, the George Floyd related unrest that occurred in 2020 likely did not help Trump. Similarly, the Gaza-related protests on US campuses are doing Biden no favors.

Winning Cups is tough. It will be interesting to see how many McDavid or Matthews wind up with when all is said and done. But the Caps at least should've made more SCF or even ECF appearances during the Ovechkin era.

Yes, comparing gas prices to them during covid is disingenuous, but from 2017-19 it seems like they were around 250-275 per gallon (as they were for much of Obamas second term). Yes, Biden has had to deal with the Ukraine situation which sent prices to 5 dollars a gallon, but prices in the 3s is higher than under Trump.

Not sure what the specific complaint here is. Are you saying that Biden's messaging regarding inflation isn't good?

You can do a little extrapolation from the nationals. I'm not sure what the national polls had Biden up by right before the 2020 election. The WaPo poll heading into 2016 gave Hillary a two point edge, which is what it wound up being. And of course she lost the EC. Biden won the pop vote by 4 last time. I think the polls need to show at least that much of an edge for Dems to feel somewhat confident.

We had made the playoffs in both the previous seasons (2007 and 2015).