Manfred Says MLB Is Just Enforcing the RuleMajor League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred told Sen. Josh Hawley that the league is not singling out Christian players. He said MLB is simply enforcing a rule against writing on uniforms and equipment. That is the sort of tidy explanation corporations adore, right up until someone points out the league has been very creative about turning game gear into a billboard when the message suits the moment. In his letter, Manfred said the policy is meant to keep players from acting as messengers for political or social causes while they are in uniform. He also said the rule has long been part of the league's collective bargaining setup, which is a fancy way of saying the paperwork has been sitting there while the arguments catch up.https://twitter.com/HawleyMO/status/2069180415668326784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw The Bible Verse That Triggered the FightThe dispute started when Giants pitcher Landen Roupp and relievers JT Brubaker and Ryan Walker wore hats marked with Genesis 9:12-16 during a Pride-themed game. Roupp said he wore the verse to share God's covenant, faithfulness, and mercy. Genesis 9 describes the rainbow as a sign of God's promise never to flood the earth again, so the symbolism was hardly subtle.…

The money arrived faster than the outrage cycleA GiveSendGo campaign for Dasha Kilpatrick, a 25-year-old Texas healthcare worker, has raced past $86,000 from more than 2,200 donors in just two days and is closing in on $100,000. Kilpatrick worked as a medical massage therapist and holistic practitioner at Massage Forest/Inner Light Holistic Healing in the Conroe area until she was fired after a video of a grocery store confrontation spread online. That is the modern speedrun: one clip, one firing, one fundraiser, and a thousand people deciding they know the whole story before lunch.https://twitter.com/Suzierizzo1/status/2068209796226920603?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/Tomhennessey69/status/2068854610669019543?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw What the clip showed, and what it did notIn the footage, Kilpatrick makes anti-Muslim comments, says Islam is a terrorist organization, argues that America is a Christian country, and tells the women they are not welcome. The video also does not show how the encounter began, which is a detail social media often treats like an inconvenience rather than the whole point. Supporters call her comments blunt truth-telling. Critics call it harassment. The internet, as usual, prefers a wrestling match to a record.The fundraiser builder has done this beforeThe campaign was organized by Tom Hennessey, who has become something of a specialist in fast-moving GiveSendGo…