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Replying to @tripgabriel
Thank you for reminding everyone that Hamas planned this terrorist and mass murder attack for years and diverted 2 decades of humanitarian assistance intended for Gaza school lunches into a war machine that has North Korea jealous
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Michael Benjamin retweeted
The WNBA playoffs are set 🏆
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Caitlin Clark in year 3: ▪️ only player in Top 3 in both PPG & APG this season ▪️ 22.3 PPG (No. 3 in WNBA) ▪️ 8.3 APG (No. 2 in WNBA) ▪️ 114 3PM (No. 4 in WNBA) ▪️ 41.2 points created/game (No. 1 in WNBA) ▪️ most points by a point guard in a single-season in WNBA history (891) ▪️ 1st player to record 45+ PTS & 10+ AST game in WNBA history ▪️ 1st player to record back-to-back 30+ PTS & 10+ AST games in WNBA history ▪️ 1st player to record 800+ PTS & 300+ AST in a single-season ▪️ 1st player to average 20 PTS & 8 AST in WNBA history ▪️ fastest player to reach 600 career assists (72 games) in WNBA history ▪️ fastest player to reach 700 career assists in WNBA history ▪️ 5 games with 30+ PTS & 10+ AST, more than rest of the WNBA has combined in league history (4) ▪️ 10 games with 25+ PTS & 10+ AST, more than any other player in WNBA history has in their career ▪️ 13 games with 20+ PTS & 10+ AST, no one else has 10+ in a career ▪️ 5 Conference Player of the Week/Month awards MVP PG1 CC 👏🔥
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Michael Benjamin retweeted
THIS SHIRT PERFECTLY SUMS UP STEPHANIE WHITE'S TENURE AS HEAD COACH OF THE INDIANA FEVER. Can somebody explain why the public displays of support from Stephanie White appear so disproportionately focused on Kelsey while Caitlin Clark continues navigating repeated sideline confrontations, inconsistent management, and questions about her role within this organization? Perception of favoritism is one of the most dangerous things a coach can allow to develop within a locker room. And don't just take my word for it. POSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE (PCA): PCA specifically teaches coaches to examine their personal biases, recognize which athletes receive the most praise, and ensure every player receives meaningful recognition and opportunities to contribute. Why? Because team culture directly influences the passion, effort, cohesion, and teamwork required to execute a coach's strategy. When players begin questioning whether the same standards apply to everyone, you risk undermining the trust and collective commitment necessary for a successful team. USA BASKETBALL reinforces those principles by instructing coaches to apply consequences consistently and recognize positive behavior as frequently as they correct negative behavior. Now look at what we've witnessed throughout this Indiana Fever season. The public promotion of individual accomplishments. The inconsistent rotations. The questions surrounding Caitlin Clark's injury management. The repeated heated interactions with Briann January. The ongoing struggle to establish a cohesive five-player defense. And now another conspicuous public display of support for Kelsey Mitchell. Where is the comparable, visible enthusiasm for Caitlin Clark? Where is the same public solidarity when SHE is the player at the center of controversy? Where is the consistent leadership that makes every player feel supported, valued, and equally accountable? Thursday night, Indiana surrendered 62 FIRST-HALF POINTS to Minnesota and entered halftime trailing by 30. The offense was disconnected. The defensive execution was atrocious. The team looked completely unprepared. The broader questions about coaching culture, trust, communication, and leadership have been present all season. And those are precisely the areas that established coaching organizations identify as essential to team performance. A head coach is responsible for much more than drawing up plays and determining substitutions. She's responsible for creating an environment in which the ENTIRE ROSTER can succeed. Every player should know where they stand. Every player should understand their role. Every player should trust that the standards are consistent. That responsibility becomes even greater when you're coaching a generational talent like Caitlin Clark. Stephanie White can wear whatever shirt she wants. But after everything we've witnessed this season, the message conveyed by her public displays of support deserves serious scrutiny. The appearance of favoritism is a coaching problem in its own right. And the responsibility for addressing it rests with the head coach. Coach White is going to regret wearing this shirt for the rest of her life. And she should.
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Michael Benjamin retweeted
Kelsey Mitchell just completed the most prolific 3-point shooting season in WNBA history 🔥 🎯 135 three-pointers made, the most in a single-season ever 🎯 45.0 3P%, No. 1 in the WNBA this season congrats Kelz 💐
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Michael Benjamin retweeted
MVP Kelz is rewriting the record books 📖 Kelsey Mitchell finishes the regular season as the WNBA's leading scorer with 1,086 points, the most in a single-season in league history 😮‍💨
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Michael Benjamin retweeted
Replying to @kenswift
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Concerning but normal
New: A Manhattan principal showered a guidance counselor on her staff with benefits– a top rating, overtime and tenure – while they lived together with their child. Bridget Garzaniti, who makes $193,000 a year, agreed to pay a $7,500 fine. She faces no further discipline for violating conflict of interest rules. susanedelman2.substack.com/p…
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"Remember the beepers."
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Michael Benjamin retweeted
Two pieces of news from today's rent freeze lawsuit hearing: Judge orders 26 NYC officials, RGB members + RGB staffers to turn over any texts/emails about the vote Also says he doesn't know if he'll rule before freeze takes effect 10/1 but it will stay in place until his ruling
Judge orders NYC officials to turn over phone messages, keeps rent freeze in place gothamist.com/news/judge-ord…
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Michael Benjamin retweeted
List of @TishJames Accomplishments: - - - -
Letitia James' lead over GOP rival Saritha Komatireddy shrinks in NY AG race: poll trib.al/W944TK8
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Michael Benjamin retweeted
Unlike Nikole Hannah-Jones, who practiced what she preached about public education, Kamar Samuels, Mayor Mamdani's @DOEChancellor, sent his oldest child to The Browning School, a pricey private all-boys institution on the Upper East Side, for K to 5th grade. In 2020, Samuels transferred his son to a DOE middle school as he laid the groundwork to rise in the city system. Details: substack.com/home/post/p-191…
Not mentioned in Nikole Hannah-Jones’ bombshell piece: Current @doechancellor Kamar Samuels served as Brooklyn’s District 13 superintendent in 2019 to 2022, overseeing the middle school that the writer’s daughter complained had killed her hopes of getting into a specialized high school. Samuels also oversaw struggling PS. 307, where Hannah-Jones now regrets sending her daughter. Then-PS 307 principal, Stephanie Carroll, is now the DOE’s Director of Literacy, and the school still shows abysmal reading and math scores well below the city average. nytimes.com/2026/09/20/magaz…
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Michael Benjamin retweeted
“I think CC, when she first got here and we had to go play the preseason game in Iowa, I was like, bro, this is like some LeBron ****. I couldn't believe it." - Kelsey Mitchell on Caitlin Clark You know it’s different when the impact feels bigger than the game.
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Michael Benjamin retweeted
Caitlin Started The 4Q Only Up 7 PTS After Fever Were Up 29 She Has The Fever Up 16 PTS In Jus A Few Minutes MVP CLARK
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Michael Benjamin retweeted
Will someone on the hard left please explain to me why it's OK for Mamdani to meet with Trump, but it's an abomination for Jeffries to meet with his flunky? Better yet, don't bother. It'll save you from prostituting your integrity and me from blowing all the circuits on my bullshit detector.
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Please don't @RepYvetteClarke. It's much ado about nothing. It's corporate sabotage targeting @Nike
The Congressional Black Caucus is trying to book a meeting with Nike following the viral Converse ad, where liberals claim they saw a KKK hood. Racism is so nonexistent that the Congressional Black Caucus has to invent scandals. "This moment is part of a larger conversation about corporate responsibility and the obligations that companies have to the communities they serve..." Caucus Chair Yvette D. Clarke wrote. "Corporate leaders must understand that their decisions, messaging, and investments carry significance, particularly when they intersect with communities whose history, culture, and contributions have helped shape their success."
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#TeamConverse because some people are just stupid.
Converse releases the full ad that sparked outrage and controversy.😳
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Oh no! They got teddy, too. #TeamConverse
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Will @NewYorkStateAG investigate this latest wave of mass (sneaker) lynchings?
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Michael Benjamin retweeted
Letitia James issued a letter threatening NYC hospitals with an antidiscrimination lawuit if they stopped chemically castrating children in February 2025. Since then both Mount Sinai, and NYU Langone have entered into agreements ending the practice and making multi-million dollars payments or financial commitments as a condition of the settlements. Mt. Sinai agreed to spend $2 million providing detransition care and paid an unspecificed penalty. Langone will pay an $8.5 million penalty. The ball is now in James' court: will she make good on her threat to file suit to force two of the city's flagship hospitals to keep inflicting irreversible harms on confused children?
NYU Langone agrees to end care for trans minors, pay $8.5M in deal with Trump DOJ trib.al/JcpYmqk
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