Verse is new to the AFCN and he simply may have been trying to fire up his teammates knowing and being new to the rivalry and the fact the Browns haven't won a regular season game there in 23 years.
When Myles was traded I really didn't know much about him.
Then all the build up came that he was DROY in 2024. He was the key for the Browns in making the trade.
It was stated by local media we would love the guy. Big heart and lots of effort.
We play game 9 Sunday. He has done very little.
Then the Steeler game and he runs his mouth. Obviously the Steelers on their field were not going to let it go. He got lifted and slammed.
Now he is pissed because his teammates didn't back him according to Verse.
Honestly, I don't care much for trash talk unless it is backed up. What I do care about is on field production. He is at the bottom of the league in all categories.
He needs to play better. Now he may have created a locker room problem.
"Hey Verse, let your play do the talking and earn your keep."
Until he is gone and out of sight I cannot in good conscience vote for a republican.
For me it runs deeper than that. It won't change for me until the MAGA style of their politics is gone and out of sight. If they conduct themselves the same way and support a candidate like trump again, only the name will have changed and nothing else. That's not enough for me.
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McCain was an honorable man.
Yes he was and IMO so was Mitt Romney. I didn't always agree with them but that doesn't mean they were nasty and unscrupulous people. Romney signed the landmark Massachusetts health care reform law, commonly known as Romneycare in Massachusetts. It was far more comprehensive than the ACA.
GOP kicks off bid to throw out votes in Mississippi Senate race
The Republican Party is demanding that Mississippi election officials “separate and preserve” all provisional ballots cast in the midterms — the first step in a likely bid to throw out votes in the state’s extremely close U.S. Senate race*.
The vote count is ongoing, and Democrat Scott Colom currently leads Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) by several hundred votes, with certification due by Nov. 13. His victory would represent a significant upset in the state’s Republican-dominated politics.
“Because these ballots and records are potential evidence in any box examination under § 23-15-911, election contest, or proceeding before the United States Senate, Candidate Hyde-Smith is entitled to their preservation in an unaltered and identifiable state,” the National Republican Senatorial Committee said in a letter to Mississippi county election officials.
“These measures should remain in place through completion of the canvass, certification, and any ballot box examination, election contest, runoff, or other authorized post-election activity in connection with the November 3, 2026 general election,” the committee added.
This year, large numbers of Mississippians were forced to vote by affidavit ballot after Secretary of State Michael Watson (R) flagged 230,000 voter registrations as “inactive.”
These ballots are counted later, after the voters present acceptable voter ID to election officials, meaning the Senate race will likely hinge on them.
Mississippi also has no recount law for federal elections. In order to contest the results of a race, a losing candidate would need to challenge the decision to count or not count certain ballots.
In a statement Wednesday, Hyde-Smith’s campaign said it was “confident” she would be reelected once “every legally cast vote is fully and accurately counted” — a phrasing that could suggest the Republican would challenge the legal status of certain ballots.
That same day, Colom urged his supporters to ensure their ballots were verified and counted.
“We will protect the process of this election,” he said. “We will protect the integrity of this election.”
Should Hyde-Smith mount a challenge to affidavit ballots, it would not be the first time Republicans have attempted to prevent certain votes from counting in the 2026 midterms.
Previously, President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice attempted to prevent California from counting nearly 21,000 ballots it claimed were cast by noncitizens. It asked Washington to set aside other ballots the administration claimed were sent to noncitizens as well. And in Alaska, the Trump administration also tried to block certification of the Senate race if the incumbent Republican lost.
Those attempts to subvert the midterms in California and Alaska failed in court. Litigation is ongoing over the administration’s demands in Washington.
My question to him regarding Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries was a simple one for me. Firstly I don't believe he would consider any democrats put in charge of the House and The Senate as being "it" unless it was a DINO like Fetterman or Manchin.
Secondly while I'm in favor of term limits it would seem to me that if I were a Republican I wouldn't want even younger, more left leaning democrats as leaders of the House and senate than Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries are. So I was curious to see what his response would be.
From my experience tasty isn't as extreme and over the top in terms of his posting. While we disagree on policy quite often, a civil form of communication is more likely than not with him. So my questions and back and forth with him can be constructive.
I just remember a time not so long ago when being a decent human being held value in the republican party. While policies could be debated and disagreed on, their candidates weren't vile, divisive and nasty. While as I said their policies could be be debated, I actually felt what they wanted is what they felt was best for the country. Not self serving based strictly on identity politics and culture wars.
I don' think he is being touchy. Maybe his selection of words doesn't explain why he feels that way but for me it boils down to this.
Alex Jones is the same man that victimized the families of 20 first graders and six educators who were slaughtered by lying about the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting claiming it was fake and staged. That's very disgusting on an extremely high level. If you would look for yourself you would find what these people had to endure from those who followed and believed Jones crazy conspiracy.
Most people feel he should not be quoted or used as a source after that.
If anyone is touchy about anything related to Jones, that is it. I don't find that abnormal or unusual. As a matter of fact quite the contrary.
It's simple and not hard to understand.
Alex Jones is a despicable vile POS who would make money off anyone's misery desperate misery if he could. Just like I wouldn't ever name a massive murderer or perpetrator of gun violence because I think it feeds their ego and enables or encourages others ... I wouldn't promote a single thing AJ ever utters. It promotes him in algorithms and increases the likelihood he will touch others with his filth.
As for Schumacher or Jefferies... Get those feeble weak aholes out too. They aren't much better than the worst of the republicans
We haven't seen "it" from either party leaders for a very long time. It's as if you are the pot calling the kettle black here. As it pertains to needing term limits I agree with you. Both have exceeded what I think reasonable term limits should be.
As far as any real "change" is concerned I don't think anyone the Dems put in charge will change that. Trump has the power of the veto and will block any change he doesn't like.
What I don't think we'll see is cuts to school lunch programs, food banks, SNAP to feed the hungry and further medicaid cuts.
Considering your tone, what Dems other than Fetterman and Manchin do you think they could put in charge that are "it"?
I'm not a fan of the old guard myself. And that applies to both parties.
My greatest wish for the next two years is that the Democrat led house and senate spend more time legislating than litigating unlike what we're seeing now. They were elected govern not dish out retribution as trump promised his followers he would do and did. Not with a lot of success but that hasn't stopped him from trying.
Maybe, but personally I found it hilarious to suggest that Trump was a Democrat sleeper cell. I got a laugh and moved on!
In fact, if I were you two, I'd be more concerned that Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries are still in congress and trying to obtain positions of power and run things.
Those two aren't it. I hope Democrats know that! Nothing will be different for you with those two clowns in there.
I don' think he is being touchy. Maybe his selection of words doesn't explain why he feels that way but for me it boils down to this.
Alex Jones is the same man that victimized the families of 20 first graders and six educators who were slaughtered by lying about the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting claiming it was fake and staged. That's very disgusting on an extremely high level. If you would look for yourself you would find what these people had to endure from those who followed and believed Jones crazy conspiracy.
Most people feel he should not be quoted or used as a source after that.
If anyone is touchy about anything related to Jones, that is it. I don't find that abnormal or unusual. As a matter of fact quite the contrary.
Out of interest - Why would anyone on the planet listen to a word Alex Jones has to say? Or repost it anywhere except the 'Jokes' section of a talk board? The fact you get this in your social media feed is sad.
Touchy, touchy, seems you can't handle the humor\entertainment. You think you'd be in a better mood.
I can't speak for everyone but I would certainly like to read it. I'm not on the inside like you are so I have no knowledge of any details. But it appears, at least to me, that by consolidating contractors, which greatly reduces the competition in the bidding process and pet projects there should be a lot of room for big reductions in costs. But it seems that military spending is more like the sacred cow that nobody really wants to touch in any meaningful way. And when I say "meaningful way" I mean instead of targeting the employees and standard working conditions I mean pork which exists in those military contracts.
Maybe young people wont be saddled with an ever growing largest national debt in history.
The democrats have no plans to address this. They are all about spending. Getting the national debt under control requires spending cuts. We can't tax our way out of this. The cumulative wealth of all billionaires in the country, I've seen numbers ranging from 5-8 trillion. Even if you taxed them at 100%, you still have 32 trillion in national debt. Cuts need to be made to get this under control. Waste needs to be identified and eliminated. I'd start with a 10-15% budget cut across the board. No exceptions. Let the people managing the departments that are closest to the work make the call on what to cut, not some 3rd party like DOGE. Will it be painful? Absolutely. We can take some pain now or wait for it to all come crashing down.
So I’m actually on the inside of one of the largest spending agencies in the world. I got to experience DOGE first hand. I even got to interact personally with two of their teammates before the fallout between Musk and Trump.
I think a lot of the reason I became very combative in these forums for a bit was because how DOGE affected my every-day life in ways I couldn’t fully share, especially on the board. DOGE combined with Vought at OMB made life hell. We’re still feeling the fallout. It also made the vast majority of expenditures - if not everything - worse.
Coming from someone who actually spends the money and negotiates multi-billion dollar acquisitions with contractors, what is so frustrating is that we have developed strategies that we know will stem wasteful spending, but nobody listens to us. Seemingly because the stereotype that we are DMV style bureaucrats, which is so far from the truth. And by nobody, I don’t necessarily mean people on this board, or John Q Public, but people in power.
I’m not trying to come off like I have all the solutions either, but there are certainly low hanging fruit items out there that could be done immediately to save billions.
I could start a separate thread on it if you guys want, but it would be a looong post and take some time, so I don’t necessarily want to do it if nobody wants to read it. But there are a lot of things that could be done to rein in spending. We just need to enable the people doing the work to actually utilize certain tools.
The day after the mid term elections Trump appeared for the cameras in his "Great Big Beautiful Ballroom" to explain the subtle nuances of marble. Several reporters and watchers of the display noticed that trump had lost his orange hue that is constant.
Later in the day Melania explained the transformation.
"He left for school one day and said 'Goodbye mommy'. He didn't come home for four days and when he returned he was no longer orange. They had turned him from orange to white! And without permission from anyone!"
