Stephanie Cutter

CNN projects Texas for Gina Hinojosa!

Very early, but I'm starting to think we won't all be getting $5000 checks.

Sal Frelick is playing in the World Series for the Milwaukee Brewers. Some of his best friends in the world are people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and he has been showing up for them since high school. Here is how he describes them. "I really do think they're angels." Here is the whole thing. Frelick grew up in Lexington, Massachusetts. In high school he was already friends with a lot of the students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Not as a project. Just friends in the hallway. Then someone told him about Best Buddies, a nonprofit that pairs students with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. "I had just been friends with these kids in the hallways, so I was like, 'Sounds fun.'" He joined. He went to their events. He went to their prom. One of the friends he made back then is still one of his best friends today. Every offseason, back home near Boston, they go out to dinner. His hometown runs a Unified Basketball league, where athletes with and without disabilities play on the same team. Frelick shows up to the big end of season event and brings shoes and sweatshirts for the players. Then the Brewers made him a big leaguer, and he moved to Milwaukee. He said something felt off. "When I was out here, it was almost like something was missing from my life in that aspect." So he sent a message on Instagram to the local Best Buddies chapter and asked how he could help. He started going to their events. Their Friendship Walk drew more than 1,000 people. One of the chapter directors said this about him. "He has a huge heart and compassion for the community we serve." Then he found Inclusion Coffee Company in Hartland, Wisconsin, a shop where most of the staff are people with disabilities. The owner explained why she opened it. "My idea was to give our friends with disabilities a place to work after high school." Frelick came in one Saturday morning before a game. Anybody could come get a coffee and take a picture with him. The money went to Best Buddies and the staff. The owner asked fans for one thing. No autographs, please. Just come in, buy a coffee from the staff, and take a picture. Here is the honest part. This was not a huge foundation or a million dollar check. It was an hour on a Saturday, a lot of dinners, and a lot of showing up. But that is exactly the point, and he will tell you so himself. "If you're around people with special needs or they're in the same environment as you, go up and talk to them." Tonight he has a chance to win a World Series. Win or lose, he has already been showing up where it counts. For more stories like this, follow us on any platform @thesportsontap

"I’ve never played a single game of baseball. Not once. Never even threw, or caught, a baseball until I was in college. I have no personal connection to the game....For me, the joy of baseball has been walking with my little boy as he grew." lnk.thebulwark.com/4z1DL0V

My faith is not your problem.

My eyes were wet from start to finish. I thought of being little in a big world & watching my son's first tries at this mad game. ESPN's Open to the NHL season is beautiful. I didn't expect to cry today-this is stunning. There's nothing like this sport. We at ESPN love the sport as you do. ❤️ Enjoy.

Today, the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana became the first sovereign Tribal nation in the country to launch its own prediction market. Read the open letter below:

An open letter from @Kalshi CEO @mansourtarek_ following the partnership or Kalshi - Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana partnership. It becomes the first sovereign Tribal nation in the country to launch its own prediction market. The First Tribal Nation to Enter Prediction Markets Tunica-Biloxi's new SaltTrade Derivatives app shows how prediction markets and Tribal sovereignty can grow together. By Tarek Mansour Today, the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana became the first sovereign Tribal nation in the country to launch a prediction market app through its newly established subdivision, SaltTrade Derivatives, a Tribal-owned enterprise. It's a first for the Tribe, and a first for our industry. As prediction markets become an increasingly important part of the regulated financial system, Tribal nations are beginning to consider what these markets could mean for their own economic development. Tunica-Biloxi is showing what innovation in Indian Country can look like. The Tribe is embracing prediction markets because they provide an innovative way for people to engage and trade on topics they care about, outside of traditional financial markets. Indian Country should have more paths to economic self-determination, not fewer. When a new industry grows quickly, it can create understandable concern among legacy institutions. That concern carries particular weight for Tribal nations, whose sovereignty and economic institutions play an important role in America. We shouldn't dismiss the possibility that new technology could affect these institutions, or simply ask Tribal leaders to trust that it won't. We have an obligation to examine the evidence honestly, understand where the risks are real, and build models that let Tribal nations participate. Tunica-Biloxi has chosen to engage with this new market directly through SaltTrade Derivatives. SaltTrade Derivatives is using Kalshi's federally regulated exchange infrastructure to bring its software to life in the same way other institutions have entered into prediction markets by using our infrastructure. In doing so, the Tribe is making a point I've believed for a long time and that the wider debate has often missed: prediction markets and Tribal economic development don't have to be at odds. They can reinforce each other, and the future doesn't have to be organized around conflict. It can be organized around opportunity, allowing Tribal nations to participate directly in a new and growing market, and to help shape what it becomes. When we founded Kalshi, we began with a simple belief: people should be able to predict and manage uncertainty created by the world around them, whether they want to increase their exposure to that uncertainty or reduce it. Financial markets already let businesses hedge the price of oil, grain, currencies, and interest rates. The world has evolved, and so have the risks people are exposed to. Most of the financial uncertainty people experience today comes from discrete events, including elections, sports, weather, public policy, and technology. A regulated market to capture that wider set of risks will inevitably become an important piece of economic infrastructure. Tunica-Biloxi is putting that same belief to work on its own terms, building something that lets its people do exactly that, under its own name. Markets Can Grow Together Much of the debate assumes that every dollar in a prediction market is a dollar taken from a Tribal casino. The evidence says otherwise. Tribal gaming generated a record $46.2 billion in gross gaming revenue in fiscal year 2025. This represents the largest annual gain on record outside the pandemic recovery year, and growth accelerated in most National Indian Gaming Commission regions during the same period prediction markets expanded, including regions where Tribes had sued prediction market operators. 🧵

My Lord. @JoeBiden, 83 years old, battling Stage 4 cancer that has spread to his bones, stood for HOURS alongside @DrBiden as the names of 9/11 victims were read. Donald Trump fell asleep at the 9/11 event at the Pentagon. One showed respect despite his pain. The other couldn't even stay awake. Trump is an embarrassment to the nation and the office he holds. Really says it all.

In 24 years of watching 9/11 memorials and the reading of the names of the dead, I have never heard applause. This morning the crowd did — because one brave widow, @TerrySStrada, looked at the leaders in front of her and refused to let the day pass in silence. She called out Saudi Arabia’s role, the broken promises, and a string of administrations that protected the Kingdom instead of helping to deliver justice for the families. A stunning, must-watch minute. Stand with the families.

"I'm not here for entertainment." - NBA champion Jaylen Brown opens up about what he wants his legacy to be during a conversation with two-time Oscar winner Mahershala Ali, as part of THR's 'Game Recognize Game' series. Watch their full conversation: bit.ly/4qZhZaW

Frances Tiafoe instantly going from celebrating his monster comeback to consoling an emotional Alex Michelsen 🥺

23 years ago, I made the most difficult decision of my life. It’s how I learned my own strength, and now I fight for every Texas family.

Today marks a historic agreement between Meta and 52 Attorneys General that provides sweeping new protections empowering parents and setting the standard for the industry. about.fb.com/news/2026/08/ag…

By working together, we can make this moment transformational for humanity. The future can be for everyone.

The soundtrack is a David Bowie song about human extinction. Does anyone in Meta sound out these ideas before they get delivered?

NEW: Matthew McGregor has been appointed as Director of Political Strategy for Andy Burnham in no10. He is currently CEO of 38 Degrees and has worked on elections in the U.K. and overseas, including Barack Obama’s 2012 campaign.

We’re thrilled to announce @BFischerMartin as the next Director of @HarvardIOP. Betsy brings decades of experience at the intersection of politics, policy, and media, and we could not be more fortunate to have her at the helm as the IOP begins its next chapter. view.comms.hks.harvard.edu/?…