Lindsey Hill, who accused former MLB pitcher Trevor Bauer of rape and assault, had a 27-minute phone conversation with him in the days after the alleged assault.
The call was secretly recorded by the Pasadena Police Department with Hill’s cooperation, and was publicly released on Thursday, just days after Bauer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/next-victim-star-pitcher-for-the-dodgers-trevor-bauer-reveals-texts-from-his-accuser-following-settlement" target="_blank" rel="noopener">revealed text messages</a> showing Hill was asking friends about how to get Bauer&#8217;s money even before she met him in person. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office declined to charge Bauer, but Hill used the phone call as evidence against the pitcher in her lawsuit.
Hill apparently told Bauer about her alleged injuries from their second sexual encounter, injuries that were not present in a video she filmed of herself lying in bed with Bauer the morning after this allegedly violent encounter. The video also shows Hill smirking at the camera and in no distress.
But in the May 22, 2021, phone call, <a href="https://www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/never-said-that-i-wanted-to-be-punched" target="_blank" rel="noopener">obtained</a> by Legal Affairs and Trials, Hill leads Bauer into a conversation about him allegedly crossing boundaries. Throughout the phone call, Bauer maintains that he kept asking Hill “Do you want to stop? Are you OK?” but she told him to keep going.
Later in the phone call, Hill said that she wanted them both to “accept boundaries and, like, move forward, but, like, for my own peace of mind, like, I just have to communicate, like, I never, like, said it was a free for all.” Bauer replied that he never meant to hurt her.
He also told her that he was confused that she could have sustained the injuries she claimed to have based on their activity.
“We, like, checked multiple times about having a safe word and, like, and all that, like, I thought that it was, like — I thought you were OK,” he said. “I would check multiple times like, ‘Hey are you OK? You want to stop or not?’ You said no. So, like, I was — that was kinda my way of, like, trying to make sure that we weren’t crossing any boundaries.”
Bauer has always maintained that the pair had rough sex, but that it was consensual. On Monday, the two settled their lawsuits against each other with neither paying a penny to the other. Hill, however, will receive $300,000 from her insurance company.
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After the phone call was released, Bauer&#8217;s attorneys, Jon Fetterolf and Shawn Holley, issued a statement noting that the phone call proves what Bauer has always said about his innocence.
&#8220;Trevor Bauer and Lindsey Hill had consensual rough sex and the pretext call confirms that his version of events — the truth — never wavered, despite her attempts to get him to admit what she told the police,&#8221; the attorneys said.
&#8220;Throughout the call, Mr. Bauer politely disagreed with her assessment multiple times while still trying to be thoughtful and courteous to a person he believed was a friend, rather than a person trying to deliberately set him up by recording this call, unbeknownst to him, with the police,&#8221; the added. &#8220;He continuously notes that they discussed her preferences and boundaries in advance; how she asked him to be physical; how he checked on her multiple times during intercourse to confirm she was enjoying herself and to ensure that she wanted to continue; that he was following her lead; that it was his understanding—based on what she had told him—that she was experienced with and enjoyed rough sex; and he expressed his confusion at her alleged injuries given what did and did not take place. While there was consensual slapping at her request, he never punched Ms. Hill.&#8221;
Once the settlement was announced, Bauer released a video revealing some of the text messages Hill sent to her friends prior to meeting Bauer and after their encounter that suggests she was always focused on getting money from him.
“‘Next victim. Star pitcher for the Dodgers,&#8217;” Bauer begins in the video with a picture of Hill’s text. “A text Lindsey Hill sent to a friend before she ever even met me. ‘What should I steal?’ she asked another, in reference to visiting my house for the first time. The answer? ‘Take his money.’ So how might that work? ‘I’m going to his house Wednesday.’ she said, ‘I already have my hooks in. You know how I roll.’ Then, after the first time we met, “Net worth is 51 mil” she said. ‘b—h, you better secure the bag,’ was the response.”
“But how was she going to do that?” Bauer continued. “‘Need daddy to choke me out,’ she said. ‘being an absolute whore to try to get in on his 51 million,’ read another text. Then, after the second time we met, former [San Diego] Padres pitcher Jacob Nix told her ‘you gotta get this bag.’ ‘I’ll give you 50,000’ Lindsey replied. Her AA sponsor asked her at one point, ‘do you feel a tiny bit guilty?’ ‘Not really,’ she replied.”
Bauer said these messages were “deliberately and unlawfully concealed from me and my legal team” until he filed his lawsuit against Hill and the case entered discovery.
He also played a video taken just minutes before Hill left Bauer’s house in the morning after the alleged assault, showing her in bed next to him smirking at the camera with no evidence of injury or distress.
He said Hill’s legal team had approached him for money, but after this evidence was turned over, they approached with a settlement offer that included no money. He agreed to a settlement that allowed him to publicly discuss the case since he could not do so for legal reasons prior.
“Now over the last two years, I’ve been forced to defend my integrity and my reputation in a very public setting, but hopefully this is the last time I have to do so, as I’d prefer to just remain focused on doing my job, winning baseball games and entertaining fans around the world. So today I’m happy to be moving on with my life,” Bauer concluded his video.
After the settlement, Bauer’s attorneys released a statement.
“Trevor Bauer and Lindsey Hill have settled all outstanding litigation,” Bauer’s attorneys, Jon Fetterolf and Shawn Holley, said in a statement on Monday, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/trevor-bauer-settles-legal-dispute-accuser-reveals-damning-messages" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to Fox News</a>. “Both of their respective claims have been withdrawn with prejudice, effective today. Mr. Bauer did not make — and never has made — any payments to Ms. Hill, including to resolve their litigation. “
“With this matter now at rest, Mr. Bauer can focus completely on baseball,” the attorneys added.
Bauer was suspended for 324 games due solely to the allegations, but that ban was reduced to 194 games by an independent arbitrator in December, Fox reported. No team picked him up, so he began playing in Japan for the Yokohama DeNa Baystars, where he was 10-4 with a 2.76 ERA and 130 strikeouts in 19 games.
This article has been updated to include a statement from Bauer&#8217;s attorneys.

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After reaching a settlement in his legal dispute, former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer on Monday revealed the text messages his accuser sent to her friends.
Bauer was placed on administrative leave by his team before any investigation was conducted after Lindsey Hill accused him of beating and sexually assaulting her twice in 2021. He never faced charges relating to the allegations, and a restraining order filed by Hill was denied. Bauer always maintained that the rough sex between him and Hill was consensual.
Once the settlement was announced, Bauer released a video revealing some of the text messages Hill sent to her friends prior to meeting Bauer and after their encounter that suggests she was always focused on getting money from him.
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“&#8217;Next victim. Star pitcher for the Dodgers,'&#8221; Bauer begins in the video with a picture of Hill’s text. &#8220;A text Lindsey Hill sent to a friend before she ever even met me. ‘What should I steal?’ she asked another, in reference to visiting my house for the first time. The answer? ‘Take his money.’ So how might that work? ‘I’m going to his house Wednesday.’ she said, ‘I already have my hooks in. You know how I roll.’ Then, after the first time we met, &#8220;Net worth is 51 mil&#8221; she said. ‘b&#8212;h, you better secure the bag’, was the response.”
&#8220;But how was she going to do that?” Bauer continued. “‘Need daddy to choke me out,’ she said. ‘being an absolute whore to try to get in on his 51 million,’ read another text. Then, after the second time we met, former [San Diego] Padres pitcher Jacob Nix told her ‘you gotta get this bag.’ ‘I’ll give you 50,000’ Lindsey replied. Her AA sponsor asked her at one point, ‘do you feel a tiny bit guilty?’ ‘Not really,’ she replied.&#8221;
Bauer said these messages were &#8220;deliberately and unlawfully concealed from me and my legal team&#8221; until he filed his lawsuit against Hill and the case entered discovery.
He also played a video taken just minutes before Hill left Bauer’s house in the morning after the alleged assault, showing her in bed next to him smirking at the camera with no evidence of injury or distress.
He said Hill’s legal team had approached him for money, but after this evidence was turned over, they approached with a settlement offer that included no money. He agreed to a settlement that allowed him to publicly discuss the case since he could not do so for legal reasons prior.
&#8220;Now over the last two years, I’ve been forced to defend my integrity and my reputation in a very public setting, but hopefully this is the last time I have to do so, as I’d prefer to just remain focused on doing my job, winning baseball games and entertaining fans around the world. So today I’m happy to be moving on with my life,&#8221; Bauer concluded his video.
After the settlement, Bauer&#8217;s attorneys released a statement.
&#8220;Trevor Bauer and Lindsey Hill have settled all outstanding litigation,&#8221; Bauer’s attorneys, Jon Fetterolf and Shawn Holley, said in a statement on Monday, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/trevor-bauer-settles-legal-dispute-accuser-reveals-damning-messages" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to Fox News</a>. &#8220;Both of their respective claims have been withdrawn with prejudice, effective today. Mr. Bauer did not make — and never has made — any payments to Ms. Hill, including to resolve their litigation. “
&#8220;With this matter now at rest, Mr. Bauer can focus completely on baseball,&#8221; the attorneys added.
Bauer was suspended for 324 games due solely to the allegations, but that ban was reduced to 194 games by an independent arbitrator in December, Fox reported. No team picked him up, so he began playing in Japan for the Yokohama DeNa Baystars, where he was 10-4 with a 2.76 ERA and 130 strikeouts in 19 games.
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In March 2022, Bauer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trevor-bauer-suing-the-athletic-for-defamation-over-sexual-assault-allegations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sued</a> The Athletic for defamation after it reported that Hill sustained a fractured skull due to Bauer’s alleged attack. Bauer in his lawsuit said the Athletic had access to Hill’s medical records, which showed no skull fracture, yet published the information anyway.
“While this is not the time or the place to address every single lie or falsehood that this woman or her lawyers made to the court, I do want to be crystal clear about a few things,” Bauer said in a February 2022 video in which he defended himself. “I never punched this woman in the face. I never punched her in the vagina. I never scratched her face. I never had anal sex with her or sodomized her in any way. I never assaulted her in any way at any time. While we did have consensual rough sex, the disturbing acts and conduct that she described simply did not occur.”
Bauer eventually dropped his lawsuit against the Athletic.
He later sued Hill for defamation, but she countersued. The two settled and exchanged no money, though Hill will receive $300,000 from her insurance company, which is independent of her settlement with Bauer.

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<a href="https://hotair.com/david-strom/2023/06/12/bombshell-covid-19-developed-by-military-at-wuhan-lab-n557307" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8216;Bombshell&#8217; Covid Report</a>
The UK’s Sunday Times has released a &#8220;bombshell&#8221; investigation, as described by HotAir.com, reporting that the COVID-19 virus was indeed created at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in collaboration with the Chinese military. The report also alleges that some of the funding came from the controversial EcoHealth Alliance, which is funded in part by American taxpayers through grants. The Times says it “reviewed hundreds of documents, including previously confidential reports, internal memos, scientific papers and email correspondence” from the three years prior to the pandemic. The outlet “also interviewed the US State Department investigators — including experts on China, emerging pandemic threats, and biowarfare — who conducted the first significant US inquiry into the origins of the Covid-19 outbreak.”  A recap of that investigation can be read here.
<a href="https://apnews.com/article/pandemic-fraud-waste-billions-small-business-labor-fb1d9a9eb24857efbe4611344311ae78" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hundreds Of Billions In Covid Waste</a>
The origin of the virus isn’t the only part of the pandemic that remains controversial. U.S. federal investigators are still on the hunt for what happened to roughly $400 billion in COVID relief doled out to American businesses, organizations, and citizens during the years 2020 and 2021.
A new analysis by the Associated Press revealed that fraudsters allegedly stole more than $280 billion in COVID-19 relief funding. According to the analysis, an additional $123 billion was either wasted or misspent by the U.S. government. Federal spending skyrocketed due to the pandemic, and taxpayers shelled out $4.2 trillion and counting in COVID relief. Now, more than 2,000 individuals have been charged with pandemic-related fraud and investigators are still searching for and filing new charges.
<a href="https://www.allsides.com/news/2023-06-12-1344/criminal-justice-jp-morgan-agrees-pay-290m-settle-lawsuit-brought-jeffrey" target="_blank" rel="noopener">JP Morgan To Pay $290 Million To Epstein Victims</a>
Financial giant JP Morgan has agreed to pay victims of the late Jeffrey Epstein a whopping $290 million in a historic class action lawsuit settlement. The bank was sued in 2022 by one woman on behalf of herself and other victims after it was discovered that the bank continued to do business with Epstein even after he was deemed a “high-risk client” client. Epstein, a convicted sex offender, died in federal prison in 2019.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/daniel-penny-speaks-out-about-death-of-jordan-neely-disputes-key-claim-about-headlock" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Daniel Penny Speaks Out</a>
Daniel Penny, the 24-year-old Marine veteran who went viral for putting the homeless man Jordan Neely in a fatal chokehold on May 1 has spoken out – disputing several claims about the incident:
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&mdash; Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) <a href="https://twitter.com/michaeljknowles/status/1668070425232908290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 12, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Penny was arrested and charged with manslaughter last month over the incident. The 24-year-old Veteran is due back in court on July 17th.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fox-news-demands-tucker-carlson-cease-and-desist-new-twitter-show-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News Sends Tucker Carlson Cease-And-Desist Letter</a>
Fox News has sent a cease-and-desist letter to its ex-primetime host Tucker Carlson after he started airing a new show titled “Tucker on Twitter” on the social media platform.
 The legal action from Carlson’s former employer comes on the heels of Carlson’s team teasing a new “Tucker on Twitter” episode on the federal indictment of former President Trump. Carlson is still being paid by Fox News, and the network insists that Carlson’s new show violates his contract’s non-compete clause. 
Harmneet Dhillon, one of Carlson’s attorneys, said in a statement that Fox  “is now demanding that Tucker Carlson be silent until after the 2024 election.” Dhillon added, “Tucker will not be silenced by anyone.” 
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Silvio Berlusconi, the former controversial prime minister of Italy, died at the age of 86. The news was confirmed Monday morning by Italian media company Mediaset, which Berlusconi founded. Berlusconi, who once <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/silvio-berlusconi-controversial-italian-ex-prime-minister-dead-86">reportedly</a> referred to himself as the “Jesus Christ of politics,” served longer than any Italian leader since 1946, when Italy became a republic. He founded the Forza Italia party, which is described as center-right. No cause of death was provided.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/blue-jays-cut-pitcher-who-apologized-for-sharing-video-on-bud-light-target-boycotts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Blue Jays Fire Anthony Bass</a>
The Toronto Blue Jays have cut pitcher Anthony Bass just over a week after he apologized for sharing a video on social media that encouraged Christians to boycott Bud Light and Target. Bass posted a video on Instagram that made a Biblical case against supporting businesses that push people, especially children, toward “darkness.” Blue Jays manager Ross Atkins said they chose to cut Bass for “a myriad of variables,” including “performance” as well as being a “distraction” – saying it was “a small part of it and something we had to factor in.”
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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/major-league-baseball" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Toronto Blue Jays</a> have cut pitcher Anthony Bass just over a week after he apologized for sharing a video on social media that encouraged Christians to boycott Bud Light and Target. 
The decision was based mostly on performance, but “distraction” did play a role, according to Blue Jays manager Ross Atkins. Bass had <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ballplayer-caves-and-apologizes-for-sharing-video-on-bud-light-target-boycotts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously apologized for sharing</a> a video on Instagram that made a Biblical case against spending money to support businesses that are pushing people, particularly children, to “darkness.”
“There’s a myriad of variables,” Atkins <a href="https://apnews.com/article/anthony-bass-blue-jays-cut-lgbtq-4fc3409096c7c1b83494ec414cf96f74" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “Performance is usually the driving one and performance was a large aspect of this decision. Distraction was a small part of it and something we had to factor in.”
“We’re trying to build the best possible team we can build,” Atkins said. “This was a baseball decision to make our team better.”
Bass did not comment on the video he shared, but later released an apology where he said he was sorry for the “hurtful video.”
“I recognize yesterday I made a post that was hurtful to the Pride community, which includes friends of mine and close family members of mine. And I am truly sorry for that,” he said in a video put out by the team. 
“I just spoke with my teammates and shared with them my actions yesterday. I apologized with [sic] them, and as of right now I am using the Blue Jays’ resources to better educate myself to make better decisions moving forward,” he added. “The ballpark is for everybody. We include all fans at the ballpark. We want to welcome everybody. That’s all I have to say.”
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On Thursday, Bass seemed to backtrack from the apology, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/09/sports/baseball/toronto-blue-jays-anthony-bass.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">telling reporters</a> that he stood by his beliefs. 
“I stand by my personal beliefs,” he said. “And everyone is entitled to their personal beliefs, right? Also, I mean no harm towards any groups of people.”
Bass, who had been designated to participate in the first pitch for a“Pride Weekend” game in Toronto, said he did not believe that the video he shared was hateful. In the aftermath of the apology, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/blue-jays-pitcher-booed-by-home-crowd-after-commenting-on-bud-light-target-boycotts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">35-year-old pitcher has been booed</a> by home fans. 
Bud Light has faced plummeting sales in the aftermath of a partnership with transgender-identifying activist Dylan Mulvaney while Target has faced backlash over its LGBT-themed products for children and “tuck-friendly” female swimwear.

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An emergency text line backed by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/major-league-baseball" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Major League Baseball</a> directed an undercover watchdog group posing as someone struggling with his gender to a chat room for young people that <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/news/undercover-mom-discovers-pandoras-box-of-depravity-in-trans-organizations-chatroom/?bypass_key=SkFyamhhWklHZXpzU1dQU0p0Yk5YQT09OjpTV3BaUVdjMGVsQnhOME5QTkVOeGIweHpjWE5aWnowOQ==?utm_source=email" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> allows sexually explicit conversations, the American Accountability Foundation reported.
The chat line, known as the Crisis Text Line, which has <a href="https://www.mlb.com/mlb-together/mental-health" target="_blank" rel="noopener">partnered</a> with the MLB, directed a user from the <a href="https://americanaccountabilityfoundation.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">American Accountability Foundation</a> posing as someone who “was born a boy but never totally felt very masculine&#8221; to resources from the LGBT National Help Center and the Trevor Project.
“Major League Baseball&#8217;s actions are absolutely shocking. There is absolutely no excuse or explanation that could possibly make this ok. Grooming kids for gender transition is so beyond the pale of morality and basic decency that it&#8217;s hard to see how MLB ever comes back from this. Shame on MLB, and shame on every player participating in this program. Leave our kids alone!!” AAF President Tom Jones said in a statement to The Daily Wire.
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🧵1/ BREAKING: That &quot;confidential text-based mental health service&quot; <a href="https://twitter.com/MLB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MLB</a> is pushing sent us to the <a href="https://twitter.com/TrevorProject?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TrevorProject</a>&#39;s LGBTQ chat, an &quot;online community for LGBTQ young people between the ages of 13-24 years old.&quot;
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After exchanging text messages with the counselor, the American Accountability Foundation was directed to a page from the <a href="http://glnh.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LGBT National Help Center</a> and TrevorSpace, a chat room operated by the Trevor Project.
According to its <a href="https://www.trevorspace.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a>, TrevorSpace is “an affirming international community for LGBTQ young people ages 13-24. Sign up and start a conversation now.”
Screenshots from the chat room <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/news/undercover-mom-discovers-pandoras-box-of-depravity-in-trans-organizations-chatroom/?bypass_key=SkFyamhhWklHZXpzU1dQU0p0Yk5YQT09OjpTV3BaUVdjMGVsQnhOME5QTkVOeGIweHpjWE5aWnowOQ==?utm_source=email" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously shared</a> with National Review show topics discussed often include graphic sexual conversations, including discussion on masturbation and sex positions.
Individuals using the chat room have directed users on how to find things like chest binders, which are used on girls to flatten their chests, according to one mother who looked into the chat room. “If it’s your first time I started with TomboyX compression tops,” one user wrote in response to a “gender-confused adolescent,” an <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/09/01/mom-discovers-depravity-in-trevor-projects-trans-chat-room/">article</a> in the New York Post said.
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The group that runs the chat, the Trevor Project, is a non-profit LGBT organization that fights against suicide. The group supports children socially “transitioning” and undergoing transgender procedures like puberty blockers.
“There have been many opponents to gender-affirming care for TGNB youth. Some of the hesitance regarding gender-affirming care may be due to a misunderstanding of the causes of mental health challenges in TGNB individuals. This brief demonstrates why such care is not only ethical, but medically-necessary,” the group said in a <a href="https://www.thetrevorproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Gender-Affirming-Care-January-2020.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2020 briefing</a>.
The MLB has <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/08/the-mlbs-unseemly-support-for-youth-gender-transitions/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">come under fire</a> in the past after 20 teams have supported or promoted groups that back children undergoing transgender procedures, according to a report from National Review.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jamie-raskin-refuses-to-give-details-about-what-was-in-fbi-document-alleging-biden-corruption" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Comer Announces Contempt Of Congress Hearings</a>
House Oversight Chairman James Comer announced today that the FBI has refused to &#8220;hand over the unclassified record&#8221; that allegedly links then-Vice President Joe Biden to a pay-for-play bribery scheme with a foreign national. Comer said his panel will now proceed with hearings on holding FBI Director Christoper Wray in contempt of Congress this Thursday.
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🚨🚨BREAKING: House Oversight Chair James Comer says the FBI has once again refused &quot;hand over the unclassified record&quot; that links then-VP Joe Biden to a pay-for-play bribery scheme with a foreign national. Oversight &quot;will now initiate contempt of Congress hearings this… <a href="https://t.co/2qoas43Igm">pic.twitter.com/2qoas43Igm</a>
&mdash; Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) <a href="https://twitter.com/charliekirk11/status/1665769189813145601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 5, 2023</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mike-pence-files-for-2024-presidential-run" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Pence Files For 2024</a>
Former Vice President Mike Pence made his White House run official after filing Federal Election Commission paperwork to run in the GOP presidential primary. Pence is expected to formally announce in Iowa on Wednesday. Here he is on Sunday at Iowa’s Roast and Ride:
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Former Vice President <a href="https://twitter.com/Mike_Pence?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Mike_Pence</a> on 2024: &quot;I don&#39;t have anything to announce today, but I can tell you when I got time to announce come this Wednesday, I&#39;m announcing in Iowa.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/R4aVbM55wv">https://t.co/R4aVbM55wv</a> <a href="https://t.co/sdgud5KIiE">pic.twitter.com/sdgud5KIiE</a>
&mdash; The Hill (@thehill) <a href="https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1665346665044389888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Meanwhile, New Hampshire GOP Governor Chris Sununu announced in a Washington Post op-ed that he would not be running in 2024 because “beating Trump is more important.” Here he is on CNN:
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a>: Chris Sununu announces he will NOT be running for president, telling <a href="https://twitter.com/DanaBashCNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DanaBashCNN</a> there&#39;s &quot;a very large field&quot; and candidates need to be &quot;call[ed]&#8230;out&quot; when they&#39;re in the single digits and splitting the non-Trump vote.
He adds many will need to quit by Christmas. <a href="https://t.co/ZgwrSWHDK6">pic.twitter.com/ZgwrSWHDK6</a>
&mdash; Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href="https://twitter.com/CurtisHouck/status/1665753168381108226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 5, 2023</a></blockquote>
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So far, one MLB team, the Texas Rangers, announced they will not hold a Pride event. When asked about their decision, the Rangers released the following statement: “Our commitment is to make everyone feel welcome and included in Rangers baseball. That means in our ballpark, at every game, and in all we do – for both our fans and our employees. We deliver on that promise across our many programs to have a positive impact across our entire community.”
Iowa Apartment Collapse Update
The bodies of the final three missing persons in the apartment collapse in Davenport, Iowa, were found Sunday night and Monday morning after days of searching. According to officials, the six-story apartment building partially collapsed late last week, and a rescue operation has been underway around the clock since. Here’s Davenport police chief Jeffrey Bladel:
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Former President Donald Trump’s attorneys met with the Department of Justice (DOJ) today to discuss complaints about the special counsel investigation into the former president’s handling of classified documents. 
Trump’s legal team arrived at the DOJ this morning weeks after accusing special counsel Jack Smith of misconduct. According to reports, Trump’s attorneys were to meet with DOJ officials about those accusations, as well as to get a feel for the state of Smith’s investigative efforts. Signs suggest that Smith is nearing a decision on whether to charge Trump over classified documents recovered from Mar-a-Lago last year. 
No details have yet been released from that Monday meeting. Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Smith in November to take over DOJ investigations into the Mar-a-Lago documents and Trump’s role related to January 6. Over the weekend, Trump attacked the DOJ’s treatment of Biden and the myriad of alleged crimes connected to the current president’s family. 
<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/austin-has-its-first-known-serial-killer-138-years-but-questions-remain-rainey-street-deaths" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Austin Serial Killer</a>
Austin, Texas has its first serial killer in more than a century, Fox News reported. 
 Last week, police in Texas announced the arrest of 62-year-old Raul Meza Jr. in connection with two murders. Meza turned himself in after a statewide manhunt was launched after the May 20th killing of 80-year-old former probation officer Jesse Fraga. After turning himself in, police say he admitted to an additional murder — that of 66-year-old Gloria Lofton in 2019. Meza has been in and out of prison for decades, most notably serving time for the rape and murder of an 8-year-old child in the 1980s. Police say they do not believe Meza is responsible for the recent series of deaths at Lady Bird Lake. 
<a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/06/05/woman-arrested-tuberculosis-treatment-washington/70287859007/#:~:text=A%20wanted%20woman%20who%20public,Pierce%20County%20Health%20Department%20said." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Washington Authorities Arrest Tuberculosis Patient For Treatment</a>
Local authorities jailed a tuberculosis patient in Washington state who refused medical treatment for more than a year. 
A Washington judge issued an order in May for the unnamed woman to be involuntarily detained for treatment, which is legal under state law. Pierce County sheriff deputies located and detained the woman Thursday, and she is now being housed in Pierce County jail. This is the third time in 20 years that Pierce County officials have had to pursue a court order to force tuberculosis treatment. 
<a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/india-train-crash-investigation-possibility-sabotage-odisha-disaster/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Indian Train Wreck Kills Hundreds</a>
Indian authorities are trying to determine what went wrong in a deadly train crash that killed nearly 300 individuals and 1,000 injured others in India&#8217;s eastern state of Odisha on Friday. Authorities say initial data show that an electronic signaling system error is the likely cause of the crash. The incident is one of the worst train crashes in the country’s history. 
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And, torrential rain in Haiti over the weekend caused catastrophic flooding, leaving at least 42 people dead, 85 others injured, nearly 14,000 houses damaged, and many crops ruined. More than 13,000 people were forced to evacuate their homes on the Caribbean island.
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California lawmakers plan to honor a member of the &#8220;Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence&#8221; despite backlash over the Los Angeles <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/catholic-mlb-pitcher-slams-dodgers-for-honoring-drag-nuns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dodgers</a> also honoring the anti-Catholic drag group.
The &#8220;Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence&#8221; is an organization of men who dress in drag queen versions of Catholic religious habits and claim to have a “ministry,” according to its <a href="https://www.thesisters.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a>.
The California State Legislature&#8217;s LGBTQ Caucus will honor Michael Williams, a member of the &#8220;Sisters&#8221; who goes by &#8220;Sister Roma&#8221; and uses &#8220;she/her&#8221; pronouns.
&#8220;For more than three decades, Sister Roma has been one of the most outspoken and globally recognized members of San Francisco&#8217;s Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence,&#8221; the caucus said in an <a href="https://lgbtqcaucus.legislature.ca.gov/pride-honoree-2023" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announcement</a> about its 2023 &#8220;Pride Honorees.&#8221;
The caucus said that every year, it invites honorees from around the state to attend a daylong celebration in the state capitol.
&#8220;The LGBTQ Caucus recognizes these incredible people for their efforts in helping to advance representation, as well as for being an inspiration to the LGBTQ+ community and its allies,&#8221; the caucus said.
The legislative caucus said Williams has fought &#8220;on the front lines&#8221; of the war against HIV/AIDS and &#8220;dedicated more than half her life to community service, activism and fundraising.&#8221;
&#8220;As an event producer and tireless volunteer, Roma has helped raise well over $1 million dollars for countless charities and LGBTQ organizations,&#8221; the lawmakers said.
The Dodgers <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dodgers-boot-anti-catholic-sisters-of-perpetual-indulgence-from-lgbt-event-after-controversy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plan</a> to present a “Community Hero Award” to the Los Angeles chapter of the “Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.”
After backlash from Catholic organizations, the Dodgers said they had pulled the group from the list of award recipients for the team’s “Pride Night” celebration before their June 16 home game.
However, when LA Pride backed out of “Pride Night,” the Dodgers <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dodgers-re-invite-queer-and-trans-nuns-troupe-with-an-apology" target="_blank" rel="noopener">re-invited</a> the anti-Catholic drag group and apologized to them.
Members of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence go by names like Sister T’aint A Virgin, Sister Risqué of the Sissytine Chapel, and Sister Edith Myflesh. The group also mocks the process of becoming a Catholic nun by having members become a postulant, then a novice, and finally a fully professed “sister” with a black veil. One of the group’s founders originally used old habits used by real Catholic nuns.
&#8220;Go forth and sin some more!&#8221; is the group&#8217;s motto.
Back in 2007, members of the “Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence” <a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/10642/archbishop-niederauer-apologizes-for-giving-communion-to-sisters-of-perpetual-indulgence-at-san-francisco-parish" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tricked</a>the archbishop of San Francisco into giving them the Eucharist so they could defile it.
On Easter this year, the group put on a “Jesus and Mary-themed striptease” that involved a performer “writhing upside down on a large wooden cross,” the San Francisco Chronicle <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/dolores-park-easter-hunky-jesus-and-bonnets-17887178.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. They also had shirtless men compete to be crowned the “hunkiest” Jesus.
“These are just a few examples of the SPI’s vile and diabolical actions which go far beyond parody or satire – they are blasphemous and deeply offensive to Christians everywhere,” CatholicVote, a Catholic nonprofit, wrote in a letter to the Dodgers protesting the drag group’s award.
Last month during the Dodgers controversy, the California LGBTQ Caucus released a statement slamming the team.
“It is truly disappointing the Los Angeles Dodgers have caved to pressure from mostly out-of-state conservative organizations and Florida Senator Marco Rubio to remove the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence from its upcoming LGBTQ+ Pride Night,&#8221; the caucus <a href="https://lgbtqcaucus.legislature.ca.gov/news/1684738800-california-legislative-lgbtq-caucus-statement-la-dodgers-disinviting-lgbtq-group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
&#8220;They are not an anti-Catholic group,&#8221; the lawmakers said. &#8220;Pride Month is about supporting and uplifting every member of the LGBTQ+ community, not just when it’s easy and not when it’s not controversial. If you can’t support all queer people, don’t pretend to support any of them.&#8221;
The caucus added that it stands in solidarity with LA Pride, which had backed out of the Dodgers&#8217; &#8220;Pride Night&#8221; when the team disinvited the &#8220;Sisters.&#8221;

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California Lawmakers Will Honor Anti-Catholic Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Member

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Christian professional baseball players are finally speaking out against the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/los-angeles-dodgers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> for inviting the anti-Catholic group &#8220;Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence&#8221; to the team&#8217;s 2023 Pride Night in June.
On Monday, a Catholic pitcher for the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/catholic-mlb-pitcher-slams-dodgers-for-honoring-drag-nuns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Washington Nationals condemned</a> the invitation, and just a few hours later, the Dodgers&#8217; 34-year-old pitcher Blake Treinen issued his statement, blasting his team and employer.
&#8220;I am disappointed to see the Sister&#8217;s of Perpetual Indulgence being honored as heroes at Dodger Stadium,&#8221; Treinen said in a statement posted to Twitter via his friend Sean Feucht. &#8220;Many of their performances are blasphemous, and their work only displays hate and mockery of Catholics and the Christian faith.&#8221;
As reported, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bidens-non-binary-baggage-bandit-was-part-of-sisters-of-perpetual-indulgence-group-invited-by-dodgers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence”</a> are made up of adult men who dress as perverted nuns. They also openly sexualize Jesus Christ, degrade Mary Mother of God, and disparage other key components of the Roman Catholic faith to encourage “sexual liberation.” Per <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/05/24/devout-catholic-biden-silent-amid-outrage-over-anti-catholic-trans-nuns-promoted-dodgers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CatholicVote&#8217;s Brian Burch</a>, &#8220;In one infamous stunt, they tricked an archbishop into giving them the Eucharist — the most important sacrament of the Catholic faith — so they could defile it.&#8221;
The following video is graphic, but this Twitter video is the sort of vulgarity that the Dodgers think is worth celebrating:
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The LA Dodgers are going to honor these hateful freaks.
Big Sports and Big Media don’t fear Christians is because too many pastors, bishops etc cower in fear of the Establishment.
Also, “conservative” politicians side with Disney, Bud Light, etc.<a href="https://t.co/oC6VvzO8ZI">pic.twitter.com/oC6VvzO8ZI</a>
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Treinen seemed to be aware that standing up for his Christian faith in 2023 could come with consequences for his career and financial earnings.
&#8220;I understand that playing baseball is a privilege, and not a right,&#8221; he said. &#8220;My convictions in Jesus Christ will always come first. Since I have been with the Dodger&#8217;s they have been at the forefront of supporting a wide variety of groups.  However, inviting the Sister&#8217;s of Perpetual Indulgence to perform disenfranchises a large community and promotes hate of Christians and people of faith. This single event alienates the fans and supporters of the Dodgers, Major League Baseball, and professional sports.&#8221;
The father of two also stated, &#8220;I believe Jesus Christ died on the cross for my sins. I believe the word of God is true, and in Galatians 6:7 it says, &#8216;do not be deceived, God cannot be mocked; a man reaps what he sows.'&#8221;
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&#8220;People like baseball for its entertainment value and competition. The fans do not want propaganda or politics forced on them,&#8221; Treinen said. &#8220;The debacle with Bud Light and Target should be a warning to companies and professional sports to stay true to their brand and leave the propaganda and politics off the field.&#8221;
His full statement can be read here:
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My friend and <a href="https://twitter.com/MLB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MLB</a> pitcher Blake Treinen asked that I post this statement for him in regards to the <a href="https://twitter.com/Dodgers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Dodgers</a> honoring of the sisters of perpetual indulgence. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HoldTheLine?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HoldTheLine</a> <a href="https://t.co/jIDeDJF8ke">pic.twitter.com/jIDeDJF8ke</a>
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Just hours before Treinen released his statement Monday evening, Toronto Blue Jays pitcher <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ballplayer-caves-and-apologizes-for-sharing-video-on-bud-light-target-boycotts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Anthony Bass apologized for voicing his support for boycotts</a> of Bud Light and Target over the two companies&#8217; LGBTQ agenda. That video has since been compared to a &#8220;struggle session&#8221; in Communist China.
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— Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) <a href="https://twitter.com/BlueJays/status/1663638939876356096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 30, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;People like baseball for its entertainment value and competition. The fans do not want propaganda or politics forced on them,&#8221; Treinen said. &#8220;The debacle with Bud Light and Target should be a warning to companies and professional sports to stay true to their brand and leave the propaganda and politics off the field.&#8221;
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 12: Blake Treinen #49 of the Los Angeles Dodgers reacts after the third out in the eighth inning in game two of the National League Division Series against the San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium on October 12, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.

READ IT: Dodgers Pitcher Issues Powerful Statement Against His Own Team For Inviting Anti-Catholic Group

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One <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/catholicism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Catholic</a> major-league baseball player is calling out the Los Angeles Dodgers for honoring a group of drag &#8220;nuns&#8221; who mock the Catholic faith.
Trevor Williams, an eight-year veteran pitcher serving this season as a starter for the Washington Nationals, said he is &#8220;deeply troubled&#8221; by the Dodgers’ decision to re-invite the &#8220;Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence&#8221; to the team&#8217;s &#8220;Pride Night.&#8221;
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&#8220;To invite and honor a group that makes a blatant and deeply offensive mockery of my religion, and the religion of over 4 million people in Los Angeles county alone, undermines the values of respect and inclusivity that should be upheld by any organization,&#8221; Williams said Tuesday in a statement posted to Twitter.
&#8220;Creating an environment in which one group feels celebrated and honored at the expense of another is counterproductive and wrong,&#8221; he wrote.
The Dodgers <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dodgers-boot-anti-catholic-sisters-of-perpetual-indulgence-from-lgbt-event-after-controversy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plan</a> to present a &#8220;Community Hero Award&#8221; to the Los Angeles chapter of the “Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence,” an organization of men who dress in drag queen versions of Catholic religious habits that claims to have a “ministry,” according to its <a href="https://www.thesisters.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a>.
“Go forth and sin some more!” is the group’s slogan.
After backlash from Catholic organizations, the Dodgers said they had pulled the group from the list of award recipients for the team’s “Pride Night” celebration before their June 16 home game.
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However, when LA Pride backed out of &#8220;Pride Night,&#8221; the Dodgers <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dodgers-re-invite-queer-and-trans-nuns-troupe-with-an-apology" target="_blank" rel="noopener">re-invited</a> the anti-Catholic drag group and apologized to them.
Williams said he believes the Dodgers&#8217; actions violates the team&#8217;s own discrimination policy.
The Dodgers <a href="https://www.mlb.com/dodgers/ballpark/information/code-of-conduct#" target="_blank" rel="noopener">prohibit</a> &#8220;any conduct or attire&#8221; with content that is &#8220;obscene, profane, vulgar, indecent, violent, threatening, abusive, prejudiced against any individual or group (e.g., because of their race, religion, or sexual orientation).&#8221;
Even content that is &#8220;not overtly in violation of the foregoing, but is suggestive of prohibited content, is similarly prohibited,&#8221; the Dodgers’ policy states.
&#8220;It seems that the Dodgers have made an exception in this case, doubling down that this group — which grossly disrespects and openly mocks many of the traditions and beliefs that Catholics hold most dear — should be celebrated,&#8221; Williams said.
&#8220;I believe it is essential for the Dodgers to reconsider their association with this group and strive to create an inclusive environment that does not demean or disrespect the religious beliefs of any fan or employee,&#8221; Williams said. &#8220;I also encourage my fellow Catholics to reconsider their support of an organization that allows this type of mockery of its fans to occur.”
&#8220;I know I am not alone in my frustration, hurt, and disappointment about this situation. As Catholics, we look to Jesus Christ and the way He was treated and we realize that any suffering in this world unites us to Him in the next,&#8221; Williams said.
Williams is a member of the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic men&#8217;s group. He has several tattoos on his arms referencing his Catholic faith, including &#8220;AMDG,&#8221; a Latin acronym for &#8220;Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam,&#8221; which means, &#8220;for the greater glory of God.&#8221;
Williams married his wife Jackie in 2014. Together, they have <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/get-to-know-trevor-williams-why-he-wears-no-32-his-warmup-music-more#:~:text=Williams%3A%20All%20my%20Christmases%20and,and%20it%27s%20magical%20every%20Christmas." target="_blank" rel="noopener">four</a> children, all under seven years old.
He has also played for the New York Mets, the Pittsburgh Pirates, and the Chicago Cubs.
Back in 2007, members of the &#8220;Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence&#8221; <a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/10642/archbishop-niederauer-apologizes-for-giving-communion-to-sisters-of-perpetual-indulgence-at-san-francisco-parish" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tricked</a> the archbishop of San Francisco into giving them the Eucharist so they could defile it.
On Easter this year, the group put on a “Jesus and Mary-themed striptease” that involved a performer “writhing upside down on a large wooden cross,” the San Francisco Chronicle <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/dolores-park-easter-hunky-jesus-and-bonnets-17887178.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. They also had shirtless men compete to be crowned the “hunkiest” Jesus.

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Catholic MLB Pitcher Slams Dodgers For Honoring Drag ‘Nuns’

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It looks like even the Oakland Athletics are joining the mass exodus of Californians fleeing for a better life.
On Thursday, one of the MLB&#8217;s most iconic franchises announced that it has purchased land in Las Vegas, Nevada, after searching and failing to find land for a new stadium in Oakland.  Now, the A&#8217;s will be building a gigantic $1.5 billion, 35,000-seat stadium in Sin City for the ball club, <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/36241520/oakland-agree-purchase-land-las-vegas-strip" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to ESPN.
&#8220;For a while, we were on parallel paths [with Oakland], but we have turned our attention to Las Vegas to get a deal here for the A&#8217;s and find a long-term home,&#8221; team president Dave Kaval told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. &#8220;Oakland has been a great home for us for over 50 years, but we really need this 20-year saga completed and we feel there&#8217;s a path here in Southern Nevada to do that.&#8221;
The move has the full support of MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, but Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao isn&#8217;t too pleased about it. The city has now officially ended talks with the team to keep them in the city.
&#8220;I am deeply disappointed that the A&#8217;s have chosen not to negotiate with the City of Oakland as a true partner, in a way that respects the long relationship between the fans, the City and the team,&#8221; Thao said in a statement given to ESPN. &#8220;Yet, it is clear to me that the A&#8217;s have no intention of staying in Oakland and have simply been using this process to try to extract a better deal out of Las Vegas. I am not interested in continuing to play that game — the fans and our residents deserve better.&#8221;
Of course, Oakland residents would likely turn around and tell Thao that they deserve better from the city government, too, particularly from the district attorneys&#8217; office. <a href="https://freebeacon.com/california/california-judge-stops-soros-prosecutor-from-slashing-triple-murderers-sentence/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">George Soros-backed</a> prosecutor Pamela Price is implementing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rogue-progressive-prosecutors-promote-lawlessness-not-reform" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the kind of policies</a> that have contributed in large part to the skyrocketing crime that we see around the country. For example, Price attempted to grant a plea deal that would have cut a triple murder sentence to just 15 years, instead of the 75-to-life sentence typically doled out for those types of heinous acts, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/prosecutors-quit-over-soros-funded-das-radical-agenda-families-vow-fight-back" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Thankfully that deal was blocked by a judge, but as <a href="https://www.city-journal.org/article/price-is-not-right">pointed</a> out by City-Journal this week, Price reacted by rebuking the judge in that case on social media. City-Journal also noted that Oakland residents already organizing for a recall of Price, who only entered office just a few short months ago.
While the A&#8217;s didn&#8217;t specifically mention state policy as a contributing factor for their pending departure, one can&#8217;t help but imagine that California&#8217;s oppressive business climate and general governance insanity under Governor Gavin Newsom (D) may have contributed to the decision to go to income-tax-free Nevada.
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The team certainly wouldn&#8217;t be alone in closing up and shop and leaving, if that had any role. A recent report indicates that 500,000 Californians left the state between <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/02/18/over-500000-people-left-california-in-two-years-report/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">April 2020 and July 2022</a>. Since 2018, Nearly 118,000 Californians moved to Nevada according to one data.
And unfortunately for the beleaguered state, it looks like the Oakland Athletics are going, going gone as well.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/major-league-baseball" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Major League Baseball</a> is trying to make <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/baseball" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the sport</a> more exciting, but global warming might be doing the league&#8217;s job for it.
A <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/637331028/Global-warming-home-runs-and-the-future-of-America-s-pastime#" target="_blank" rel="noopener">study</a> from Ivy-League Dartmouth University found that global warming has led to an increase in home runs hit across the league. More than 500 home runs in the past decade were due to climate change, it found.
&#8220;Home runs in baseball &#8230; have risen since 1980, driving strategic shifts in gameplay,&#8221; the study&#8217;s abstract states. &#8220;Myriad factors likely account for these trends, with some speculating that global warming has contributed via a reduction in ballpark air density &#8230; We isolate human caused warming with climate models, finding that &gt;500 home runs since 2010 are attributable to historical warming.&#8221;
The study begins by establishing its fundamentals. In physics, the ideal gas law states that air density is inversely proportional to temperature: at high temperatures, air is less dense, and vice versa. Furthermore, the laws of ballistics state that air density affects the trajectory of a batted ball; in principle, a batted ball will fly farther in less dense, warmer air. With these in mind, the study analyzed more than 100,000 games between 1962-2019 and more than 200,000 individual batted balls tracked by Statcast cameras between 2015-2019, and estimated the number of home runs as a function of temperature.
The study notes other factors that may have influenced the increase in home runs over the years, including different ball construction, the use of performance-enhancing drugs, technological advances, the rise of analytics and data on pitcher tendencies, and changes in training, all of which have coincided with the global warming trend. But the study isolates these factors out of its data, as well as the well-noted variable field dimensions and geography of individual ballparks, and the fact that baseball season happens mostly during spring and summer, when temperatures rise on average anyway. It also excluded domed stadiums, which were not affected by ambient temperatures.
The study found that a temperature increase of 1 degree Celsius during a game increased the number of home runs by 1.96%. The effect was higher for early afternoon games, a 2.4% increase, and lower during night games, an increase of just 1.7%. The effect was the same for both home and away teams. The results were unaffected by controls for wind speed, though it may have been because there is no effective measurement for wind speed and direction in the parks; they were similarly unaffected by humidity, which has only a minor effect on air density; or by precipitation, since games are called off in inclement weather. The study also controlled for other impacts of temperature, like heat stress on pitchers; those control models found that temperature&#8217;s effect on home runs is mostly from the effect on air density.
In summation, the study concluded that climate change resulted in a decrease in home runs between 1962 and 1995, then an increase from 1995-2019. Between 2010-2019, global warming led to 58 additional home runs per season, and 577 over the decade. The change was driven by policies meant to curb pollution, leaving greenhouse gas emissions as the primary driver of climate change, accelerating home runs.
However, the impact was small. &#8220;Other factors such as changes in the height of the stitches on the baseball appear to have been more important in driving recent home run trends,&#8221; the study says.
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Despite this, the study projected that home runs will increase with future global warming: for every degree increase in global temperature, it projected an average of 95 more home runs per season. By 2050, that number would increase to 192 more home runs per year, and 467 by 2100. &#8220;Strong climate mitigation&#8221; keeps the increase to just 130 per year by 2100.
Absent climate mitigation, the study recommends playing all MLB games at night, or adding domes to stadiums, to reduce the effects of global warming. It also recommends altering pitching strategies, game management, and bat composition.

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Former Houston Astros catcher Evan Gattis joined the former Astros who have admitted cheating in the 2017 season, even admitting he knew what pitch was coming when he hit his pinch-hit homer in Game Seven of the ALCS against the New York Yankees.
The Astros, who won the World Series, cheated by using a sign-stealing system in which Astros players in the dugout would watch the live camera feed from center field watching the opposing catcher, decipher what pitch was coming, then bang a trash can when a breaking ball was pitched, but remain silent when a fast ball was coming, as The Athletic <a href="https://theathletic.com/1363451/2019/11/12/the-astros-stole-signs-electronically-in-2017-part-of-a-much-broader-issue-for-major-league-baseball/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
“I personally was a proponent of the idea at the time,” Gattis tweeted.  When asked if he knew what pitch would be thrown by New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia when he hit his pinch-hit homer in Game 7 of the 2017 American League Championship Series, Gattis replied, “Yes. I’m pretty sure. Back door cutter slider.”
Gattis also confessed he has used PEDs. When a fan commented, “Was lucky to see you play [left field] 2 of the 11 times you did, in 2015,” Gattis joked, “I can guarantee I was terrified and probably on a performance enhancing drug both times.”
Second baseman Jose Altuve has been accused of using remote buzzers hidden inside his jersey that allowed the dugout to signal what pitch was coming to him, but Gattis wrote, “Honestly I have no idea. It used to be possible and I researched it. If anyone used them they were smart enough to not tell me.”
“I don&#8217;t know if there&#8217;s any truth to the buzzers,” he added. “If there was Altuve wouldn&#8217;t want it anyway. He&#8217;s a reactionary hitter.”
Gattis commented on the 2017 World Series, in which Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw was hammered for six runs in Game 5 in Houston. In the 11 innings Kershaw pitched at Dodger Stadium in the World Series, where the Astros eschewed the cheating, Kershaw yielded only one earned run.
“I remember knowing what was coming against Kershaw,” Gattis tweeted. “As a team we swung and missed a handful of times only against him.”
Gattis concluded his Twitter thread, “Aaaaaaand it turns out I say stupid stuff from time to time. Nite.”
Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow and field manager A. J. Hinch were suspended for the 2020 season for their failure to prevent the rule violations committed by the Astros.

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