Left Coast Sports Babe

Hope you have your brackets finished…

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Now back to the usual reality and snark.

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Congratulations Team Venezuela for winning the World Baseball Classic.

So is Donald Trump going to invite the team to the White House or deport them?

A simple question: Whatever you feel about transgender people competing in sports WTF does it have to do with voting?

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Good news in that projected salary cap under pending WNBA collective bargaining agreement is set to exceed $10 million per team.
Though for random comparison, LA Dodgers will pay $10 million or over to at least 14 individual members of their 2026 team.

If noncitizens’ voting was actually a problem instead of a lie to suppress votes, then GOP would be presenting examples of fraudulent voting on a daily basis.

Period.

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If House GOP really is serious about the Deporting Fraudsters Act why didn’t they say a word when Trump pardoned convicted Canadian Binance founder Changpeng Zhao or Venezuelan billionaire Julio Herrera Velutini?

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State TV aka Fox News headlines on March 17

“GOP triggers marathon Senate fight to expose Dems’ opposition to Trump-backed voter ID bill
GOP launches doomed floor takeover to put Democrats on record against SAVE America Act”

So they KNOW it’s doomed.

But Dear Leader wants the show.

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Something else that isn’t mentioned enough about the SAVE America Act.

Military ID’s aren’t good enough for proof of citizenship.

So Donald is willing to have our service men and women die for him. But not to protect their right to vote.

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Oklahoma GOP Sen. James Lankford talking about SAVE America Act “can I just say, I personally believe what saves America is if more Americans had a personal relationship w/ Jesus Christ.”

So he’s telling Jews, Muslims, Buddhist, Atheists etc they aren’t Americans?

Jesus wept

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On top of everything else, Donald Trump’s bringing a bust of Winston Churchill into the Oval Office for the IRISH Prime Minister is rather reminiscent of that commercial with the kid showing up in a Duke sweatshirt to visit his UNC girlfriend’s family.

Trump says “Iran was “two weeks” from a nuclear weapon like Donald has been “two weeks” from unveiling his heathcare plan.

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And the lies just keep on coming.

He did NOT win in a landslide.

BBC is not fake news.

Trump is NOT popular now.

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What’s tomorrow?

Italy beat Team USA 8-6 in the WBC pool play Tuesday night,, one of the biggest upsets in the tournament’s 20-year history,

Many weird rules but it means team USA has a chance of being eliminated in the first round.

A journeyman pitcher, Michael Lorenzen pitched 4 1/3 shutout innings ..

One of the reasons baseball is the greatest game – all the money and loaded lineups in the world can’t overcome any pitcher who gets in a grove.

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With 83 points tonight for the Miami Heat, Bam Adebayo passed Kobe Bryant for second-highest-scoring game in NBA history.

Should NBA records against the Wizards have an asterisk?

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Kansas Senator. Roger Marshall on high gas prices: “Freedom is not free. Americans are gonna have to make some sacrifices.”

Roger Marshall’s net worth? About 6 milllion dollars.

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Can media stop asking how far Donald Trump would go to stop a free and fair election in 2026?

We already know how far he went on January 6 to overturn a free and fair election in 2020.

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As the number of injured service men and women in Trump’s Iran war grows and still may be understated, anyone else remember this?

When in 2024 he described Traumatic brain injuries sustained by US Troops in Iraq during his first term as a “headache?”

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How mad will air travelers be at Trump’s war?

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So WTF do sports and trangender rights have to do with protections?

It’s the SAVE Donald’s Ass Act

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Rumors that Iran is activating “sleeper cells” around the world, putting Americans everywhere at first

And what is Kash Patel doing at the FBI to keep us safe?

He just subpoenaed records from the discredited “Cyber Ninjas” audit of Arizona’s 2020 election.

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As GOP blames Democrats for airport lines, need to inform, or remind Americans..

Democrats HAVE a bill to fully fund TSA and FEMA.

GOP just insists they need to give money to DHS and ICE too…

This after more stories of Kristie Noem’s mismanagement of taxpayer dollars.

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Apparently the “Trump Organization” is trying to trademark “America 250″‘ to brand their products.

And their point is?

The Trump name in the USA by July 4 is likely to be as popular as that of Benedict Arnold.

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During her most recent appearance before Congress on the Epstein FIles, Pam Bondi loudly responded that the lack of indictments didn’t matter because “The DOW is over 50,000.”

That is aging well…

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Price for new premium economy ticket today I just issued

San Diego London roundtrip

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FARE USD 430.00 TAX 11.20AY TAX 46.80US TAX 3.84XA TAX 13.50XF TAX 7.00XY TAX 7.39YC TAX 327.10GB TAX 68.10UB TAX 1200.00YQ

$2140.93 total. 1200.00YQ is fuel surcharge.

Yes, sports is a distraction from real life

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But sometimes as with SNL tonight it’s a pretty good one..

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“Don’t worry, we saw your show..
(Heated Rivalry)

It was going to be
just us but we thought we’d invite the guys too…we thought we’d give them a little moment to shine.”

SNL for a gold medal monologue.

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RIP Neil Sedaka, 86

For anyone who grew up in 60-70s.
Even if you didn’t know they were his songs, you know his songs..(yes, some were earworms)

“Breaking up is Hard to Do”
“Love Will Keep Us Together

Always liked “Solitaire” actually – he at one time opened for Carpenters.

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“Maybe we’ll have a friendly takeover of Cuba?”

Possible translation, at this point Greenland and Canada aren’t distracting enough from the Epstein files.

Other possible translation. His dementia is advancing quickly.

And now we’re onto…

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“Operation Distract from the Epstein Files”

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So will all these MAGA trolls celebrating Dear Leader’s war be at US military recruiting offices Monday to sign up?

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JD Vance said there is “no chance” the USA will end up in an extended war with Iran.

Guess “No chance” is JD’s version of “Mission Accomplished?”

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“The lives of American heroes may be lost, and we may have casualties – that often happens in war.”

And how many of these lost lives will come from middle and working class families who just thought they were voting for lower prices?

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Before he bombed Iran, Trump, still upset about tariffs, actually asked SCOTUS on Truth Social today “Is a Rehearing or Readjucation of this case possible?”

Millions of Americans are now wondering “Is a Rehearing or Readjudication of the Presidential Absolute Immunity case possible?”

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So has anyone leaked a Hegseth SIGNAL chat about the war yet?

Things Trump says we don’t have money for.

FEMA
Healthcare subsidies
SNAP benefits
Veterans benefits

Things Trump says we do have money for

Regime change abroad
Kristi Noem’s private love-nest jet
Kash Patel’s junkets & FBI teams to protect his girlfriend.
His ugly ballroom

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Bumper sticker I want “Don’t blame me, I voted for the women.”

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Today is another reminder that with “Sleepy Joe” Americans could sleep at night.

Is it just possible Trump delivered the longest SOTU speech ever because he’s worried about making it to the next one?

Lawrence O’Donnell “The biggest applause tonight was for a goalie. Not the President.”

We should not share this. It will really incense Donald Trump.

Oops.

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Trump did give Team USA goalie Connor Hellebuyck the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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Besides dissing the women’s Gold Medal winning team, he hasn’t even mentioned Gold Medal figure skater Alysa Liu

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Bill Clinton was a great speaker back in the day, though he needed an editor.

Fox News tonight “record-breaking speech” &
“Trump shatters Clinton’s 26-year-old record.”

So they’re BRAGGING?

Donald almost 2 hr speech broke Clinton’s too-long 2000 speech by 20 minutes…

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How quickly did members of Congress rush out after that SOTUS ended?

Most of us only move that fast when the dentist says ‘you’re done now.”

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Trump “We will insure that members of Congress cannot profit from insider trading information.”

Members of my cabinet, however, and my family, who are already rich, will continue to get much richer.

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Anyone else notice how almost gleeful Donald Trump sounds during SOTU when graphically describing wounds suffered by soldiers or victims?

Rachel Maddow called it “violently pornographic riffing?

Whistleblower now saying after Brown University mass shooting FBI Director Patel was in Florida using FBI plane to visit parents.
So FBI eam couldn’t get to Providence promptly.
And MIT professor was shot 2 days later.
Kash isn’t just spending taxpayer $$, he’s making us less safe.

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Trump’s real State of the Union Message on the economy:

“Who are you going to believe? Me or your lying receipts?”

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Senate leader Thune, attacking Dems efforts for ICE accountability: “GOP are not going to do anything that makes it more dangerous for law enforcement to do their job.”

Anything? Except shrug it off when Trump PARDONED felons who actually attacked law enforcement on January 6.

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Meanwhile, the US Ambassador to France, Charles Kushner, has managed to seriously offend the French with both provocative comments AND not showing up to summonses to explain those comments. So he’s been banned temporarily at least from speaking to French officials.

Kushner isn’t just father of Ivanka’s husband.
He’s convicted felon who was angry at his sister for testifying against him…so he hired prostitute to seduce her husband & record it on video.
Then he sent video to his sister.
Worst of the worst.

Apparently Trump had planned, then canceled a trip to the Olympics for the gold medal hockey

The coward didn’t want to be booed.

Great news for the Olympics. It would have caused security nightmares and no one wants to see him.

(Or it it possible he wouldn’t go because they wouldn’t give him a medal?

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He still haan’t made any statements of congratulations. Only attacks on athletes he thinks weren’t respectful to hi.

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I do hope Governors honor our athletes, even if Americans’ mad king won.td

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Look, I get it, opposing Trump & his policies can be scary

But Donald is NOT popular with most of US now, and GOP Senators have the option of taxpayer funded security.

You’d think some of them would have as much courage as a Minneapolis woman in a bathrobe.

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Amy Klobuchar on MSN on SCOTUS tariff decision. “Public is so mad at Trump right now, with cost, chaos, and corruption up. Maybe he needs to rethink what he’s doing. The Supreme Court has given him a gift.”

Amy’s right, but that would require Donald admitting he made a mistake.

Trump is demanding Netflix fire Susan Rice as a board member

If they cave to Donald’s demonic demands he’ll just ask for more.

And Donald will still favor Paramount as they try to upset Netlix’s deal to take over Warner Brothers / Discovery

What did she say? that corporations, media companies, law firms and universities that “take a knee” to Trump should not expect Democrats to “forgive and forget.”

“It’s not going to end well for them,…hey’re going to be held accountable by those who come in opposition to Trump and win at the ballot box,

Accountability is not in Trump’s vocabulary.

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WTAF?
Rep. Lauren Boebert criticized CO sex education programs for teaching young children about gender identity & self-pleasure. She advocated for 10 Commandments in schools.
Boebert had son at 18, he had son at 18. (And Tyler has been arrested for child endangerment. Twice.)

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Meanwhile in Texas, Rep Tony Gonzales is under investigation for an alleged affair

He’s married father of 6, running for re-election. And Texas GOP is fine with it.

The woman staffer in question told people about it, and died by suicide – setting herself on fire last September

Family values