Baltimore Orioles owner and billionaire Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein is hitting the yes button on a salary cap for Major League Baseball.

Banks such as JPMorgan, Citi, and Goldman Sachs started the earnings season off on a positive note when all beat expectations on the top and bottom lines.

We saw this manifest itself in a number of ways, notably MSNBC’s lower ratings, which right-wingers crowed about on social ...