Joe Buck making the point that regardless of what the league wants, they won't have a game if the players refuse to play and the coaches refuse to coach. (@bomani_jones made the same point 40 minutes ago)

I'm going to gatekeep allergies and say that anyone who thinks that phenylephrine is an effective decongestant either doesn't have allergies or is extremely susceptible to the placebo effect. on.wsj.com/3i8Tp8A They keep the good stuff behind the counter because it actually works. (And also because it's a key precursor ingredient in meth.)

Murders are down this year: nyti.ms/3YUmw05 Americans, of course, think (as always) that crime is up: bit.ly/3Id8sJ9

I'm fascinated by the continued electoral success of Medicaid expansion, even in red states in Republican years. It's almost as if most Americans recognize that our health-care system is deeply troubled.
nytimes.com/2022/11/03/us/… (I'm feeling a little salty because my wife and I just had to do the annual figure-out-the-ins-and-outs-of-a-bunch-of-different-insurance-plans-designed-by-experts dance.)

I can't believe we are even having this conversation, but: Sex Ed is not "grooming." It is the opposite of grooming. Abusers (who are overwhelmingly people who victims know) take advantage of kids' ignorance. More from @olgakhazan here: theatlantic.com/politics/archi… Good sex ed programs help kids "identify the difference between appropriate and inappropriate touching, the difference between “tattling” and keeping unsafe secrets, and how to identify abusive situations." theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

I'm sorry but that is legit hilarious.

https://twitter.com/Fritschner/status/1452825032619700228

I honestly think this is the hardest I've laughed at work since:

https://twitter.com/NickBaumann/status/1232503307131850752

"Many Democrats I’ve spoken with believe that renouncing virtually all in-person organizing and campaigning was especially damaging for Democrats among Latino voters," @RonBrownstein reports: bit.ly/3dJi66k @RonBrownstein “Taking your army off the field as Democrats did” and thereby giving Republicans “complete control of the field—being at people’s doors … being in the bars, + being in the barrios—that was stupid on our part,” @BetoORourke told @RonBrownstein: bit.ly/3dJi66k

My headline suggestion, "@theatlantic Urges You to Read About the Postal Service Beyond Election Season," was for some reason rejected here: bit.ly/3n83Xmu @TheAtlantic But actually this @russellberman story is really interesting, and doubles as a parable about why you should never, ever believe what you are told in ALL CAPS fundraising emails: bit.ly/3n83Xmu

Vigilante killings are the opposite of "law and order." bit.ly/32tIr1y Seriously though, experts have long known how to prevent the kind of violence that happened in Kenosha on Tuesday night. It starts with law enforcement sending the militias home, rather than treating them as allies.

I want to talk a bit about this wild @jessicaschulb story about Bill O'Reilly, since you may have missed it Friday: huffpost.com/entry/bill-ore… @jessicaschulb You have probably heard of O'Reilly, the former Fox host who paid at least six women around $45 million to settle harassment lawsuits. O'Reilly always presented himself as a righteous advocate for truth and common sense who was on his viewers' side.