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Recap of Turek-Hinson debate: the chaotic tariffs and economic costs from war with Iran have added costs to all Iowans. Hinson voted 5 times supporting the tariffs and 7 times supporting the war while enriching herself 15 times in her time in DC.
@turek4iowa for the W! 🇺🇸
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I care deeply about all of my constituents, even those running for office two states away. My message to Kansan Zach Lahn:
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Per source, the NBA will not discipline Wizards guard Bub Carrington (or the team) for his candid comments about tanking.
More here, with @JoshuaBRobbins, on the quiet part being said out loud, at @TheAthletic
nytimes.com/athletic/7652753…
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Final attendance at Nationals Park: 1,839,116. Smallest non-covid crowd since 2010. If you needed a signal that the fan base would like this ownership group to invest, I would argue this is it.
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The Cy-Hawk is literally the same exact game every year with a different team hitting the last-second field goal to win
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I’m on Team Ballmer.
As much as I wish they circumvented the salary cap, First Steve isn’t that dumb. If he did try to feed KL money, knowing what was at stake for him personally, and his team, do you think he would let the company go bankrupt ? Knowing all creditors would be visible to the world ?
They got scammed by Aspiration, along with many others. Crimes for which they pleaded guilty last week.
Scammers do scammy things. They did a $300m sponsorship deal with the clippers in 2021. That’s a HUGE deal. The better the team does , the more value the sponsorship has. It actually makes perfect sense that if they stole money from investors and want the clippers to succeed, why not give stolen money to help keep their best player ?
It’s sad that @PabloTorre didn’t take the time to find out how these scammers pulled off their scam. The idea that the default is Ballmer is the bad guy is going to back fire on him.
Exclusive: Kawhi Leonard signed a $28M endorsement deal for a "no-show job" with a fraudulent tree-planting company funded by $50M from Clippers owner Steve Ballmer, according to documents obtained by @PabloTorre.
"It was to circumvent the salary cap," an inside source says.
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So does Pablo Torre get any fine , backlash, sued or fired for Trying to ruin people’s reputation/ life or Pablo can just say oops my bad and sweep it under the rug 🧐🤔🧐🤔 smh
The NBA has found no evidence that Clippers owner Steve Ballmer funneled money through team sponsors to pay Kawhi Leonard and circumvent the salary cap, sources told @DVNJr, @Baxter and @ramonashelburne.
Full story: spr.ly/6017B1weL1
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The NBA has announced punishments for the clippers after finding they did funnel money and violate the rules
pr.nba.com/nba-investigat…
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Pablo was right
x.com/shamscharania/…
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Pork chops, basketball with @Turek4Iowa, and a whole lot of fun at the Iowa State Fair today.
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1⃣Ella is not from Iowa.
2⃣She's a NIACC student from Minnesota.
3⃣Kelly never referenced Ella's ethnicity.
At the Iowa State fair @SenMarkKelly assumed I wasn’t an Iowa girl because I’m mixed.
The Senator is out of touch, and out of this world! Go back to Arizona @SenMarkKelly you don’t belong here!
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The Wizards get the No. 1 pick for the first time since 2010, when they selected John Wall their lottery rep. A.J. Dybantsa or Darryn Peterson (or Cam Boozer?) will be a Wizard. Enormously important day for the franchise.
RT @BradeauxNBA: The NBA lottery is crazy… The Pacers traded a top 5 pick for Zubac. The Kings sucked to only get the 7th pick. The Nets su…
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Former Sen Tom Harkin has endorsed
@turek4iowa for #IASen. It's the first time Harkin has endorsed in a Democratic primary since he retired from the Senate. Turek has said Harkin (architect of the ADA) is his political hero, and Harkin headlined events for Turek in 2022 and 2024.
ALT Undated photo of former U.S. Senator Tom Harkin with State Representative Josh Turek
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One of my favorite people in the business over the years is veteran assistant coach Al Seibert.
He recently had a stroke and is dealing with some significant health issues.
Here's how I helped Al and his family, and how the college hoops community can help as well:
gofundme.com/f/care-and-stab…
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if it was the end, at least draymond died doing what he loved (causing a scene and getting ejected)
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The final update to the "every first year coach Preseason KenPom over/underperformance" chart
Braeuer, Odom, Hodgson, Lucas, Fran up top
Buzz at the bottom
I wrote about some of these for @mid_madness: midmajormadness.com/general/…
