The Day’s Reading, July 24, 2017

I went to work today.

The Fandango

Ashley Parker & Philip Rucker, The Washington Post, New communications director moves toward possible staff purge at White House (July 24, 2017)

Jennifer Rubin, The Washington Post, Scaramucci is slicker than Spicer. But no better. (July 24, 2017)

Sessions

Kate Wheeling, Pacific Standard, Trump Considers Rudy Giuliani to Head Department of Justice (July 24, 2017)

Baseball

Jeff Sullivan, FanGraphs, Royals Get One of the Most Intriguing Players Available (July 24, 2017)

Dan Gartland, Sports Illustrated, The Mariners put a tree in the leftfield seats (July 25, 2017)

Emma Baccellieri, Deadspin, Logan Morrison’s Daughter Is A Very Good Sports Baby, Would Rather Dance Than Run The Bases (July 25, 2017)

Sam Miller, ESPN, From the 10th until it mercifully ends: How each extra inning is completely different (July 19, 2017)

Sam Miller, ESPN, Trust us, you’ve NEVER seen this before (June 28, 2017)

Sam Miller, ESPN, What if Cody Bellinger is going to hit 763 home runs and we just don’t know it yet? (June 22, 2017)

Sam Miller, ESPN, Dig the long ball? Here’s why home run highlight videos are the worst (July 21, 2017) — what a journey this is

Movies

Peter Sobczynski, Roger Ebert.com, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (July 21, 2017)

Music

Sam Sodomsky, Pitchfork, Bedouine: Bedouine (July 25, 2017)

Healthcare

Rachel Vorona Cote, The Slot, John McCain Will Return to Senate Tuesday to Vote On Healthcare Bill (July 24, 2017) — he’s fucking coming back to vote ‘yes,’ isn’t he, the shithead

Lobbyists

Darryl Fears, The Washington Post, Senate confirms David Bernhardt as Interior deputy (July 24, 2017)

Trump

John Wagner & Jenna Johnson, The Washington Post, From ‘fake media’ to Clinton, Trump brings political attacks to the Scout Jamboree (July 24, 2017) — he finds new lows every week

Octopus

Rachel Vorona Cote, Jezebel, Look At This Boss Octopus Taking a Casual Stroll On Land (July 24, 2017)

Basketball

Associated Press, NBC Sports Pro Basketball Talk, Cavaliers name Koby Altman full-time general manager (July 25, 2017)

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Union lawyer, A's ESPN SweetSpot blogger. Bow ties, bright pants, hella cats. I dissent.

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