Sports At Politics

After getting heavily criticized on Twitter, Arkansas State Rep. Stephen Meeks (R-Greenbrier) deleted a tweet in which he claimed that being poor is a personal choice, and that a homeless person can become a millionaire in 20 years by becoming a truck driver. Here is a screenshot of the now-deleted tweet that was captured prior to the tweet in question being deleted. It is inherently clear that Meeks does not understand poverty or the trucking industry. First off, being poor is not a personal choice. Some people, including me, are simply unable to find a good-paying job for any number of reason(s). I was born into a poor family, and, while I write at a grade level that is above average, I never had the right kind of intelligence to earn a college degree (remember that, while a college degree does not guarantee a good-paying job, it increases the odds of getting a good-paying job). While the late Dale Earnhardt, Sr. went from dropping out of high school to winning seven NASCAR seas...

I recently discovered on Twitter that it is, as of this writing, physically possible to hit the heart-shaped like button on one’s own tweets. I have publicly recommended that Twitter disable the ability of people to like their own tweets, while preserving the ability for people to like others’ tweets: I think Twitter shouldn't allow people to like their own tweets. That sounds like something that egomaniacs do. Obviously, I do believe that Twitter should continue allowing people to like others' tweets. — Aaron Camp (@ProgMid) August 4, 2018 That got me wondering whether or not the world’s most infamous tweeter, President Donald Trump, has a habit of liking his own tweets. Trump has extremely rarely hit the like button on tweets, having only hit the heart-shaped button a total of, as of this writing, 25 times from his own Twitter account . However, eight of those 25 tweets, or 32% of the tweets that Trump has liked, have come from his own account. I'm not sure if anyon...

At Sports and Politics, I take both sports and politics seriously, so I have to say that this tweet from Fancred sportswriter Jon Heyman about a roster move by Major League Baseball's Milwaukee Brewers included an erroneous reference to U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA): Brewers acquire Joakim Soria @SenFeinstein 1st — Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) July 26, 2018 The part about the Brewers acquiring Joakim Soria, a closing pitcher who was acquired by the Brewers in a trade with the Chicago White Sox, is accurate . However, the Milwaukee Brewers did NOT acquire the rights to Feinstein, who is not a professional baseball player. Heyman intended to reference Mark Feinsand, who is an executive reporter for MLB's website, in his tweet, not Sen. Feinstein, presumably to let Feinsand know about the Soria trade if he wasn't already aware of it: First was @Feinsand not @SenFeinstein https://t.co/sghgYZrJhz — Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) July 26, 2018 I'm not particularly a b...