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15 Mar, 5 tweets, 1 min read
You know how for years the rest of the AFC East managed their personnel like they carefully studied what Belichick did and decided to do the exact opposite? The latest de facto GM to try this approach appears to be...Bill Belichick
The Patriots desperately needed a true #1 wideout, and after this they...still need one:
I mean, yes, he had a fairly nifty year as a change-of-pace deep threat last year. He'll also be 28 and was available on a cheap one-year deal last offseason for a reason. Letting other teams overpay for career years is how the Pats dynasty was built
I feel the Pats need a nickname for their bold new strategy of paying Lexus sticker prices for lightly-used-Corolla free agents. What about...The Dream Team?
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My colleague Paul has an unanswerable argument in the Paper of Record: nytimes.com/2021/03/15/opi…
The Senate is 50/50. Typically, there is at least some change in the partisan composition of the Senate during a term, and there are six Dem Senators over the age of 70 who would be replaced by a Republican governor
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But when you're a senior writer at a publication strongly opposed to any federal voting rights legislation during a period with the worst vote suppression since the Johnson administration, it sure is a useful strawman!
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National Review's editorial strongly opposing the John Lewis Voting Rights Act/HR 1 is certainly carrying on the long tradition established by Bill Buckley
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