The Days’ Reading, July 26–27, 2017

Another day, another attempt to strip tens of millions of people of their health insurance defeated. We’ll probably have to do it again tomorrow.

Kochs

Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, Did the Koch family buy a piece of the University of Utah to ‘balance’ a Marxist faculty? (July 25, 2017) — the Kochs have never given money without wanting to push their ideological/financial interests; why would we believe they’re starting now?

Arbitration

James Rufus Koren, Los Angeles Times, House votes to kill new bank arbitration rule in blow to federal consumer agency (July 25, 2017) — there is no practical recourse against banks that overcharge every customer by $3, or even by $300. It’s not so much that Republicans don’t believe that these kinds of abuses exist as that their overlords in the donor class have ordered them to act like it.

Sports

Georgia Cloepfil, n+1, Beat the Clock (July 25, 2017)

Collins

Ellie Shechet, The Slot, Sen. Susan Collins Said Some Real Good Shit on a Hot Mic (July 25, 2017) — I have to say, Collins getting a handwritten apology from Farenthold after she called him “so unattractive it’s unbelievable” is amazing work.

Basketball

Patrick Redford, Deadspin, Chauncey Billups Says He Passed On The Cavs Because Their Future Is Grim (July 25, 2017) — this sounds like an owner problem, not a cupboard-of-assets problem

Darius Soriano, Forum Blue & Gold, Lakers to Sign Tyler Ennis to 1-Year Deal (July 25, 2017)

Albert Burneko, Deadspin, Just What In The Damn Hell Is Kyrie Irving Thinking? (July 25, 2017) — I also think he should drink the piss

Youngstown

Jenna Johnson, The Washington Post, Steel Valley’s Youngstown is much more complicated than Trump portrays (July 25, 2017)

Baseball

Emma Baccellieri, Deadspin, Adrian Beltre Told To Move To On-Deck Circle, Moves On-Deck Circle To Him, Gets Ejected (July 27, 2017) — man, fuck this ump

Scooby Axson, Sports Illustrated, Braves send shortstop Dansby Swanson to Triple-A (July 27, 2017) — whoa

Travis Sawchik, FanGraphs, An Update on Yonder Alonso Prior to His Seemingly Inevitable Trade (July 25, 2017)

Media

Tom Ley, Deadspin, You Don’t Have To Be A Fucking Stooge (July 25, 2017) — true

Healthcare

Brian Beutler, The New Republic, There Is No End to the Republicans’ Lies (July 25, 2017) — there are parts of this that are too kind to Republicans (e.g. the idea that lying as a party virtue only started this year) but generally speaking: yep

Music

Sam Sodomsky, Pitchfork, This Is the Kit: Moonshine Freeze (July 26, 2017)

Vidgames

Gita Jackson, Kotaku, Pyre: The Kotaku Review (July 24, 2017)

Fandango

Ellie Shechet, The Slot, The Mooch Calls CNN to Deliver Cryptic Rant About New York, Leakers (July 27, 2017)

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

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