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WBUR TODAY: 'Tini hats and bobbleheads

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  ❤️ Donate Monday, August 24, 2026 ☀️ Sunny, with a high of 82. Good Morning Boston, Bridgewater's Little League World Series run came to an end over the weekend, but the Red Sox are rolling again after a rejuvenating sweep of the Giants at Fenway Park. (Just don't look too closely at this replay. ) Speaking of which... A not-so-tini return on investment: If the Red Sox' remarkable turnaround season wasn't enough to get you to Fenway, officials are hoping cute martini-inspired hats will do the trick. The park has been offering ticket promotions, like theme nights and cultural identity nights, for around a decade. But over the last four seasons, the events — and the limited-edition merch associated with them — have spiked in popularity. In 2023, the stadium attracted 60,000 fans through these offers, according to Travis Pollio, senior director of ticket strategy and promotions at the Red Sox. This year, they're expecting that number to land between 225,000 to ...
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No Morning Digest today

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  No Morning Digest today We’ll be back in your inbox tomorrow David Nir Aug 24 As you know, we at The Downballot pride ourselves on cranking out the Morning Digest every weekday, 240 times a year. Except for federal holidays and a short break between Christmas and New Year’s, we never miss a day. Unfortunately, two extenuating circumstances hit our small shop at the same time: Jeff Singer just moved to a new apartment (don’t worry, Boston—you haven’t gotten rid of him just yet!), and I’m recovering from reconstructive knee surgery a week ago, which has sharply curtailed the hours I can work. Even though we knew in advance that this convergence was approaching, it still meant we couldn’t prepare a Digest for today. This is the single biggest difficulty we face as a two-man crew: We have zero slack. If one of us is out, the other must work twice as hard—and if both of us must be out, then no work can happen at all. We’ve always tried very hard to avoid the latter, but when your leas...
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Trump DC RACE EVENT becomes INSTANT DISASTER!!

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  + 4,400 COMMENTS WORTH READING! MeidasTouch 6.44M subscribers Aug 23, 2026 The MeidasTouch Podcast MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump's DC Grand Prix event becoming a complete disaster and Meiselas speaks with DC reporter Ben Weiss who has been covering the race. Pre-order the new book from MeidasTouch, WTF America?!: The Way Out of This Hell and Back to Democracy, today: https://bit.ly/wtfamericayoutube Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! MeidasTouch relies on SnapStream to record, watch, monitor, and clip the news. Get a FREE TRIAL of SnapStream by clicking here: https://go.snapstream.com/affiliate/m... Support the MeidasTouch Network:    / meidastouch   Add the MeidasTouch Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Buy MeidasTouch Merch: https://store.meidastouch.com Follow MeidasTouch on Twitter:    / meidastouch   Follow MeidasTouch on Facebook:    / meidastouch...
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