Recent reports asserted that the second apron is hurting “lower” and “middle” class players. That’s untrue. Since the implementation of the second apron, the number of players on team rosters has remained the same and annual salaries have increased by nearly $1.3 billion resulting in pay increases of approximately 30% for all classes of players.

Q: Do you believe Israel has committed genocide Ossoff: The question of genocide is a question… for the ICC. The is no doubt in my mind that they violated the law armed conflict and international humanitarian law.

Q: How do you define socialism personally? JD VANCE: I think in reality what it actually means in the American context is you want to replace American workers with foreigners workers, and you want boys to play in girls' sports

Chris Finch says he's still mulling whether to stagger Ant/LaMelo: "My gut tells me I want them to be out there together. We've got guys off the bench that can bring punch, that can be handling, that could bring different things, those guys are really good together ..." 1/2

Top five cities to be in when it finally happens: 1. New York City 2. Los Angeles 3. Minneapolis 4. San Francisco 5. Chicago

Now @AshleyMoodyFL. Why would I want to abolish the police when I want you arrested and in jail for stealing $10 million from sick kids? BFFR

Sam Seder says Neera Tanden and Sarah Longwell are desperate for El-Sayed to lose They're using Hasan Piker now, as a function of Sarah Longwell's push to make Hasan a household name, which she did quite effectively. She just lifted it up and let the Republicans pick it up. It's either sheer ignorance of Longwell and Neera or just such a desperate desire to maintain their power They are desperate to have people like Abdul El-Sayed lose. Desperate. You can see it. They are white knuckled.

Polls for Republicans are just getting worse by the day in a way that isn't actually all that common in midterms. It's gotta be mostly the gas prices, although maybe AI anxieties are also reverberating negatively for the GOP. Model update out soon.

Hey @NYCMayor, as a Shi’a Muslim, what is your response to the Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia? The Houthis are a distinct Zaydi Shi’a movement, but attacks have put Mecca, Jeddah, and Taif on alert. Do you condemn them? Thoughts?

Kawhi Leonard reportedly did not have any knowledge of the salary cap circumvention that was going on, per @ShamsCharania (Via @GetUpESPN / h/t @TheNBABase )