{"id":71964,"date":"2025-08-15T19:18:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T19:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=71964"},"modified":"2025-08-15T19:18:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T19:18:49","slug":"30-minutes-ago-in-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=71964","title":{"rendered":"30 Minutes ago in"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/530827121_122188695092300118_6877409412971409232_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-71965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/530827121_122188695092300118_6877409412971409232_n.jpg 819w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/530827121_122188695092300118_6877409412971409232_n-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/530827121_122188695092300118_6877409412971409232_n-768x506.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In a surprise announcement at the Dallas Wings\u2019 home opener, former President George W. Bush was named the WNBA\u2019s first-ever Honorary Commissioner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 43rd president, wearing a custom \u201cDubya for Three\u201d jersey, joked to reporters, \u201cAfter the White House,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I figured I\u2019d finally take a job where the plays are actually bipartisan.\u201d The league cited Bush\u2019s longtime support for women\u2019s sports and his viral 2023 appearance at a<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wings game\u2014where he enthusiastically demonstrated his free-throw form\u2014as inspiration for the role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The move sparked immediate reactions across the political and sports worlds. Former First Lady Michelle Obama tweeted, \u201cWho\u2019s got next?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seriously, this is awesome.),\u201d while WNBA star Brittney Griner welcomed Bush with a cheeky \u201cHope you like dunking on Twitter trolls, sir.\u201d Even critics acknowledged<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>the savvy PR move, with one ESPN analyst noting, \u201cHe\u2019ll bring more attention to the league in one week than most politicians do in a lifetime.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bush\u2019s duties will include ceremonial tip-offs, advocating for expanded media coverage, and\u2014in a nod to his painting hobby\u2014designing a special \u201cFreedom Ball\u201d for the 2024 All-Star Game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I promise no hanging chads on the scoreboard,\u201d he quipped during the press conference, before joining Wings players for an impromptu three-point contest (sources confirm he went 1-for-10).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The WNBA hopes Bush\u2019s appointment will amplify its push for gender equity in sports. As the former president left the court, he left fans with a signature Bushism:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fool me once\u2026 shame on you. Fool me twice\u2026 well, let\u2019s just say these ladies don\u2019t get fooled at all.\u201d The league\u2019s season tips off next week\u2014with a presidential seal of approval no one saw coming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a surprise announcement at the Dallas Wings\u2019 home opener, former President George W. Bush was named the WNBA\u2019s first-ever Honorary Commissioner. The 43rd president, wearing a&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71964"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=71964"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71966,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71964\/revisions\/71966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}