Day: April 12, 2024

Nicolle on Trump’s NY Hush Money case: This is about cheating, this is about lying to the voters  MSNBC

While Biden and Kishida exchange praise in Washington, Japan is asking ‘what if Trump’?  The Guardian

Two Stupid Titles, a Deflating Anthology, and the Remarkable Persistence of Academic Fascism Denial  CounterPunch

Ukrainian forces successfully downed 16 Shahed drones launched by Russia, yet a fire ensued at an energy facility near Kryvyi Rih due to falling drone debris.

MPs on all sides pay homage, while her failures – which lie behind many of the crises we face today – are forgotten

An old spectre is haunting Britain yet again – the spectre of Thatcherism. Although she became Tory leader almost half a century ago and was sacked by her party in 1990, since when this country has changed hugely, Margaret Thatcher still obsesses the Tories. Rishi Sunak says he is a Thatcherite, and so do almost all those jostling to replace him: Kemi Badenoch, Penny Mordaunt, Priti Patel, James Cleverly, Grant Shapps and Suella Braverman.

Most other Conservative MPs remain Thatcherite in their basic assumptions: about the need to deregulate markets, regulate the lives of the poor, pursue aggressively nationalistic policies abroad and fight domestic culture wars. This outlook is shared by many Tory members and voters, most rightwing thinktanks and almost the entire rightwing media. Meanwhile the party’s strengthening rival, Reform UK, sounds increasingly Thatcherite, campaigning against “record taxes, wasteful government spending and nanny state regulations”. Arguably, her hegemony is more complete now in conservative parts of Britain than it ever was during her contentious leadership, about which the right was often divided.

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Tom Brady says he wouldn’t mind returning to the NFL again.

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• Tom Brady says he’s open to returning to the NFL.
• “I don’t know if they’d let me, but I wouldn’t be opposed to it,” he said on the YouTube show, DeepCut.
• He’s set to start commentating on NFL games this year as part of a 10-year, $375 million contract with Fox Sports.

Tom Brady, who has retired from football twice, says he’s open to returning to the NFL again.

“I don’t know if they’d let me, but I wouldn’t be opposed to it,” Brady told VicBlends, a barber who runs a popular YouTube show called DeepCut, when asked whether he’d “pick up the phone” if a team who needed a quarterback for the playoffs called.

“I’m always going to be in good shape. I’ll always be able to throw the ball, so to come in for a little bit like MJ coming back,” the seven-time Super Bowl winner said, referring to Michael Jordan, who retired from the NBA three times.

“Patriots? Could be. Raiders? Could be. You’ll never know,” Brady said, although he added that he wasn’t sure if he could play in the league if he became the owner of an NFL team. Brady has a pending bid to become a minority owner of the Las Vegas Raiders. The NFL has yet to approve this move.

Brady first announced his retirement from professional football in February 2022. Six weeks later, he announced he was un-retiring to play another season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

In February 2023 — a year after he made his first retirement announcement — Brady announced he was retiring from the NFL again, this time “for good.” He hasn’t played in the NFL since.

Earlier this year, Kyle Shanahan, the head coach for the San Francisco 49ers, told NBC Sports he tried to court Brady to join the team after his second retirement announcement.

“Yes, I was serious about it,” Shanahan said, referring to his decision. However, a deal was not finalized.

Retired or not, Brady is big business.

He made $235.2 million in his 20 seasons with the New England Patriots and another $97.8 million across three seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, per Sportrac.

Post-retirement, Brady has also made investments in different sports teams. In March 2023, he acquired a minority share in WNBA’s Last Vegas Aces. In August 2023, he became a minority owner of Birmingham City, an English soccer club. He also owns an electric boat racing team that won the inaugural UIM E1 World Championship race earlier this year.

Brady also has a broadcasting deal with Fox Sports, where he will be their lead analyst alongside commentator Kevin Burkhardt. According to The New York Post, Brady’s contract is for $375 million over 10 years. He is expected to start in the fall of 2024.

A representative for Brady did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent outside regular business hours.

The draft document lists the EU’s existing and ongoing efforts, ranging from political, military, and financial assistance to commitment to drive forward Kyiv’s accession process.

No evidence of Havana syndrome found in brain scans, studies say  Arizona’s Family