Posted April 19, 2026 by left coast sports babe Categories:Uncategorized
Victor Wembanyama and Tim Duncan, watching courtside late in Game 1 of the Spurs-Blazers game..
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NBA is not like March Madness… 7 of 8 favorites won game 1.
But then the #1 Detroit Pistons lost to #8 Orlando Magic..
Unlike March Madness however, Cinderella has to do it 4 of 7
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After the Dodgers lost 4-3 to the lowly Rockies Saturday, Dodgers catcher called Colorado’s hitting performance “a little fishy”
Wonder what their excuse was Sunday after losing 9-6 to those same Rockies.
(And yes, am aware, the Giants are not good so far this year. But the next best thing to a Giants win is a Dodgers loss.)
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A small milestone this week.
We are now under 200 days from the midterms!
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“Long term follow up of a phase 1 trial of an mRNA tumor vaccine shows that 7/8 patients with pancreatic cancer, who mounted an immune response to the vaccine, are still alive 6 years later.”
And yet RFK Jr. is cutting funds for mRNA research.
We need to emphasize “Vote blue as if your life depended on it.”
Because it very well may!
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Reminder as Kash Patel again claims he is going after people for rigging the 2020 (!) elections..
In 2016, with Barack Obama in the White House, Trump won the election.
In 2024, with Joe Biden in the White House, Trump won the election
Wouldn’t you think if Dems were criminal enough to rig elections they’d do it when they were in charge?
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How many Trump cabinet members still have jobs because Donald cannot admit he made a mistake?
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Sunday afternoon headline:
“President declares ‘victory’ over Iran after Strait of Hormuz is reopened.”
So just how many times has Trump declared victory in “Operation Distract from the Epstein Files?”
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I miss having Presidents who spent quiet weekends with their wives.
This year’s playoffs were adjusted to end a little earlier than last year. Game 7, if it comes to that, would be June 19
So not quite boys of summer.
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SF Giants and Washington Nationals played a game that is giving many former Little League parents painful flashbacks. #sloppy
Walker blew the save but got a scoreless 10th after Nats loaded bases in with no outs,- and no score
How many bobbled balls, errors, missed opportunities, etc?
And just plain weirdness. Ever seen a shortstop field a ball with a runner at 1st, step on second too late, then throw to first to get one out.
Baseball is a funny game.
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Reported on Fox News – “FBI Director Kash Patel vows to sue The Atlantic over bombshell report.”
Apparently no one ever told Kash about discovery.
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Thinking of all the causes and elections moderate and liberal billionaires spend their money on, sure would have been nice if some of them had banded together to buy Twitter.
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Headline at “The Guardian”
“Middle East crisis live: ships report attacks as Iran closes strait of Hormuz; Trump says deal still possible”
Deal still POSSIBLE?
I thought he ended the war yesterday. Again
How many market manipulation cycles is he gonna have over Iran?
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Seeing more nonstop Tom Steyer commercials this weekend
But maybe if Steyer, who has only ever run for President and Governor wants to try his hand at actual government he could move to the East Bay and run for Eric Swalwell’s Congressional seat?
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Remind me of how many Senators voted to confirm Steven Witkoff and Jared Kushner as part of Trump’s cabinet?
So how many times will Trump claim to have ended the Iran war he started?
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Trump said US strikes “completely and totally obliterated” Iran’s key nuclear enrichment program. In summer 2025. And the Strait of Hormuz stayed open
So now Donald is saying same thing. And is bragging about reopening the Strait. And it’s only cost $50 billion & 13 US lives.
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Humiliating defeat for his endorsed “friend” in Hungary.
Not to mention many smaller defeats in special elections in the US
Is it just possible that people are now deserting Trump because he looks like a LOSER?”
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So media not even going to mention that Donald wrote in all caps on Truth Social, “IRAN HAS JUST ANNOUNCED THAT THE STRAIT OF IRAN IS FULLY OPEN AND READY FOR FULL PASSAGE.”
The Strait of Iran?
Leaving aside that it didn’t stay open,
If Biden had made that mistake it would be headline news
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Steve Bannon: “If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.”
If you didn’t already have enough motivation to vote in November
Who knows whether the Butler assassination attempt was staged. But you don’t shut down an investigation if you want to quiet the questions. The scary thing – who doesn’t believe that Donald would be evil enough to try it?
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Stephen Colbert on Trump’s picture as Jesus (or Doctor Jesus?)
“Dude you can’t compare yourself to Jesus. For one thing, Jesus had a father who loved him”
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The Doordash Grandma testified before the House Ways and Means committee last year in Nevada & said she was from Nevada.
Now she says she’s from Arkansas.
If so, who paid for her travel – flights and lodging- to DC for her McDonald’s White House stunt?
SF Giants pitchers combined on a one-hitter today in Cincinnati.
And anyone who’s been watching this team lately and hearing that stat had to wonder “Did they win?”
(As it turns out, yes, 3-0)
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ESPN Headline “Dodgers smashed MLB’s spending record at $515M in 2025
Buried lede. Like paying Ohtani $1 million… Despite several contracts discounted to reflect deferred payments, the Dodgers’ total was seven times the $68.7 million payroll of the Marlins, the lowest-spending team, and more than the payrolls of the bottom six clubs COMBINED.
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Meanwhile in Las Vegaas…
Trump: I cater to the seniors, but I don’t happen to be a senior myself. Thank you very much
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But yes, Trump has a hotel in Las Vegas. Which means that not only will he stay there, but he’ll spend a LOT of our taxpayer money at a hotel that the public could get rates tonight for $139 a night. (Wanna guess how much he is billing for Secret Service rooms.
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Would like someone to ask these GOP members of Congress still supporting RFK Jr. if their own children and grandchildren are vaccinated?
Mike Johnson actually said both the Pope and President Trump “have lanes and he hopes they stay in them.”
So the Speaker is saying Donald has a lane? And he should stay in it? Would he like to elaborate on those boundaries?
Preferably on camera.
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I understand why Fox News hides Trump’s dementia, but why isn’t this a top headline with other media?
“Powell is a bad chairman, and I was surprised when Biden extended him”
Donald appointed Jerome Powell.
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Media is all over what Ruben Gallego may or may not have known about his good friend Eric Swalwell.
Fine, can media at least simultaneously talk about what Donald Trump knew about his good friend Jeffrey Epstein. Don’t think Gallego sent a birthday card like this…
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So now Trump is saying that for national security we NEEDED to…
Start a war with Iran Take over Greenland Build a ballroom-bomb shelter next to the White House
If we needed these things so badly why didn’t he campaign on them?
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I’m so old I remember when Jocelyn Elders, MD had to resign as surgeon general after saying “masturbation is “a part of human sexuality and… something that perhaps should be taught.”
Maybe it should have been better taught to a lot of men in Congress.
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US Senate, 50-49, approved resolution to end ban on mining near Boundary Waters Canoe Area.
It was 20 yr ban imposed by President Biden.
Thought GOP believed in unlimited Presidential power?
But now they’ll have no problem with Dems in Congress overturning many Trump actions?
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Before Trump’s lackey commission advanced his arch today, per NY Times “panel’s secretary, informed members that they had received a deluge of nearly 1,000 messages from the public: “100% of the comments were against the project.”
Just saying.
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JD Vance just said publicly:
“Stopping funding for Ukraine is one of the things I’m proudest we’ve done in this administration.”
Hey, Roger Wicker, Lindsey Graham, Joni Ernst, Lisa Murkowski and John Cornyn.
You’ve all been pro-Ukraine..
Heck so was Rubio.
Why the silence?
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ox News loves to cover Donald.
But for some reason they didn’t cover Trump’s claims:
In all seriousness, even when the SF Giants trade for or sign good hitters, they seem to forget how to hit when they come to San Francisco.
Aren’t there ANY good hitting coaches out there?
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Meanwhile the first win or go home play in game tonight between Miami Heat and Charlotte Hornets, and with 46 seconds to go in a tight overtime game, the Amazon Prime broadcast shows
For a good couple minutes or more (at least there was a timeout) returning 26 seconds left in the game.
Almost as if letting billionaire Jeff Bezos’ streaming service instead of an experienced network carry an important game was a bad idea.
Metaphor for what’s going on in our country?
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Pretty stunning to hear GOP Senator John Cornyn talk about defunding (not even renaming it) anything connected with Cesar Chavez because you can’t have a predator associated with a monument.
Uh. He does realize Trump was actually CONVICTED of sexual assault by a jury?
Is there a smugger and less charismatic person in US politics than JD Vance?
Oh please oh please can someone ask Trump about Eric Swalwell and sexual assault allegations on camera?
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As big of a mess as the Eric Swalwell situation is, it could be much worse for Democrats.
Imagine if these allegations came out in mid May. Or worse, mid-October?
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“Be careful.’ Vance issues warning to Pope Leo when discussing theology”
So man who was an atheist until he converted to Catholicism 6 1/2 years ago is now WARNING the Pope?
Very on brand for the most narcissistic adminstration in history.
United & American Airlines both often have high prices at airports where they have majority of flights (For examples, SFO & Dulles for UA, Dallas & Charlotte for AA.)
And UA CEO Scott Kirby reportedly floated idea of UA-AA merger to Trump in Feb?
Heaven help consumers.
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Serious thought on Doordash.
Leaving aside idiocy w/ Trump photo op, if you want to support local businesses, they keep much more of what you pay if you can pick food up.
Apps take a hefty fee. (15-30%!!) And restaurants often have to cover food costs if a client complains about anything.
Posted April 14, 2026 by left coast sports babe Categories:Uncategorized
Some pundit claimed “If San Antonio loses to Denver in round two, sitting Wemby will go down as one of the stupidest things I’ve ever seen an NBA team do.”
(San Antonio’s loss made Denver the three seed instead of four, so they could play both the Nuggets and the Thunder in the playoffs.)
Uh, how about playing Wemby, have him aggravate his ribs or ankle, and be out for the playoffs. In a game that didn’t matter that much. THAT would have been one of the stupidest things he’d ever seen an NBA team do.”
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It’s NEVER not about him. Trump did congratulate Rory McIlroy in a post. And of course had to say “I look forward to watching him compete in two weeks at Doral,” (It’s Trump National Doral… sigh.)
As much as the California gubernatorial primary has exploded these last few days at what feels like the last minute, one thing many of us political junkies need to realize…
A whole lot of California voters don’t even realize there’s a primary coming up.
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Yes women aren’t saints, and yes there have been cases of women in power having affairs.
Can I remember a woman being involved with a staffer? Yes
But can’t think of a single woman politician accused of having an affair with a staffer about half her age.
Just saying.,
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“Doordash Grandma” Sharon Simmons, who joined Trump for a photo op delivery at the White House, is apparently from Arkansas.
But last July she testified before the House Ways and Means committee and said she was from Boulder City, Nevada,
Who’s paying for HER travel?
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So you think you had a bad week at work.
JD Vance came home empty-handed from peace negotations with Iran,
And may well have contributed to a historic defeat for Viktor Orban.
What’s next?’
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Well, at least being near JD Vance didn’t actually kill Orban like it did Pope Francis.
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Who’d a thunk that Viktor Orban, in conceding, would prove himself a better man than Donald Trump will ever be?
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And the sane-washing continues:
Fox News “Pope Leo and President Trump are at odds over immigration in the U.S. and the Iran war.”
Uh, more like Donald spewed venom on Truth social then said to reporters ‘I’m not a fan of Pope Leo,”
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Then Monday morning Trump was doubling down on attacking Pope Leo… “Very weak on crime… Not a fan…”
The 55% of American Catholics who voted for Donald must be so proud.
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Am all for paying employees decent wage w/ benefits, but can’t be only one tired of seeing restaurants add “surcharge to support employee benefits.”
Why not surcharge to pay for electricity, or higher food prices, or whatever else?
Just seems unfair to “blame” it on employees.
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Based on many discussions with women friends over the years PSA for men, in politics and otherwise.
NOBODY wants to see a texted picture of your junk.
“75% of the games, in my opinion, would be a logical thing, and that would be… 61.5 games, so 62 games.” – Wemby on the 65-game rule, casually giving a math course to the media…
Hey fellow baseball fans. I know baseball is the “thinking person’s game.” But if care about other sports and you’re not already a Spurs fan….
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Wemby needed to play 20 minutes to qualify for post season awards. He played 26. And scored 40 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists.
Apparently “take it easy” is not in his vocabulary.
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I became a Spurs fan with Pop and Becky and Tony and Tim and Manu. But Wemby is something really special . Now he’s donating money to environmental causes because of what that all their private jet flying does to the environment.
And I think that Gregg Popovich also made an impression on him in the year plus before Pop’s stroke, and is very proud.
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Meanwhile, while Iran peace negotiations collapsed, our President and Secretary of State left Washington DC today for a UFC fight in Miami.
At taxpayer expense.
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Let’s hope JD Vance is as successful with his election efforts in Hungary as he was with the Iran war negotiations.
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Treasury Secretary Bessent shrugged off high gas prices as ‘”a temporary blip.”
This is the same Scott Bessent who said “Someone, maybe your parents for their retirement have bought 5, 10, 12 homes.”
Wonder how many cars he thinks most people own?
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Two highly publicized recent affairs in two years -one for many years w/ woman he pressured a donor to hire, then one that prompted his wife to file for divorce.
Not Swalwell or a Democrat.
But Ken Paxton, who might get elected US Senator from Texas – with Trump’s endorsement.
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While it’s a wild news weekend, especially in California, let’s not forget:
Millions of Americans are suffering with high prices.
And Trump is offeringconomic support to Hungary, if the nation votes for his buddy Viktor Orbán.
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Allegations against Swalwell & many prominent Democrats have immediately rescinded their endorsement.
While Mike Johnson took two weeks to ask Tony Gonzales, who had an affair with a staffer who later committed suicide, not to run for re-election.
Both parties are NOT the same.
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When anyone says it’s too late for Dem to coalesce around another candidate for CA Governor I am reminded of 2020.
Amy Klobuchar was going to win Minnesota primary easily. She dropped out day before Super Tuesday & endorsed Biden, who had not campaigned in the state.
Oakland/Vegas/Sacramento A’s ptichers combined to one hit the Yankees today to win 1-0
How long until the Dodgers just try to buy the As pitching staff
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Random fun sports comment:
Saw this MLB final score headline tonight from San Diego
Rockies 3 – Padres 7 – Final/12
How many sports can you see one line – and know EXACTLY how the game ended?
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Not sure how many know/remember but in July 1974, on House Judiciary Committee, 6 Republicans voted to impeach Nixon for obstruction of justice, 7 for abuse of power, 2 for contempt of Congress.
GOP members of Congress USED to have a backbone.
Must admit having Melania talk about Epstein to distract from the Epstein files is a heckuva flex.
-Is she trying to throw him under the bus first before he does it to her?
Small in the grand scheme of things but it is striking how bad Melania Trump, who has been in the US for decades, is still so bad at English. Especially as Donald has made attacks on immigrants, even legal immigrants, who don’t speak English well a cornerstone of his hateful rhetoric.
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Fox News Headline “Iran’s Supreme Leader urges Arab nations to abandon west in dire warning.”
Yeah, that sure confirms Trump’s Iran statement: “We’d have a different group of people & they are in control, but they’re much more moderate and, I think, much more reasonable.”
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If only we’d listened to Hillary…. I’d forgotten this part ofo one of her speeches . “So it really matters that Donald Trump says things that go against our deepest-held values. It matters when he says he’ll order our military to murder the families of suspected terrorists. During the raid to kill bin Laden, when every second counted, our SEALs took the time to move the women and children in the compound to safety. “
Trump and Hegseth had no problem killing women and children in their attacks on Iran.
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And now Trump is back fixated on Greenland – Remember Amy Klobuchar tweeting in August 2019 that the difference between Trump and Greenland is that Greenland is not for sale.
Like a woman who keeps saying no..
Donald takes that as a challenge. Predators are gonna predator.
Posted April 8, 2026 by left coast sports babe Categories:Uncategorized
NBA regular season ends this weekend
Which means only 10 more weeks of the playoffs…
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MLB yesterday switched three games -NY Mets, Cleveland Guardians and Chicago White Sox from night games to day games because the evening was going to be too cold and windy.
And anyone who used to go to SF Giants games at Candlestick is just giggling.
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Top Daily Mail headline…
“Iran HALTS ships in Strait of Hormuz and issues new demand as Trump’s crumbling ceasefire faces furious Republican backlash.”
Smaller Fox News headline:
“Trump’s Iran threat rattles GOP as some Republicans break ranks”
Teflon wearing off?
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All US males 18-25 will be automatically registered for the draft this December
But I am sure there will be a way for rich people to buy a Trump card for their kids to get them out of the draft, if it comes to it.
This will be like Vietnam except it will be straight grift.
(Although if we do have a draft, what happens if someone trying to avoid it says they think they might be trans?)
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From the conservative Daily Mail
“Iran says Trump BREACHED ceasefire after president claimed victory as fresh bombing rocks the Middle East and Strait of Hormuz is closed.”
This is going well…
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Love this,- Spain’s Prime Minister, on the ceasefire, says Spain ‘will not applaud those who set the world on fire just because they turn up with a bucket.”
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Fox Headline “Vance warns Iran against derailing talks over Israeli strikes.”
Or what, Trump will threaten to destroy their entire civilization again?
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I miss waking up in the morning without thinking?
Now who did the President of the United States threaten?
A day worried about a US President using nukes puts sports in perspective. But really really glad Wemby does not appear to be seriously injured. We need all the joy and fun we can get. (And the Spurs bandwagon is accepting riders.) #porvida
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So the Big Ten wins both men’s and women’s college basketball championships.
Still doesn’t make sense that one of those Big Ten teams is UCLA.
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Wondering what it will take.
If Trump wears a tan suit will Republicans finally turn on him?
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So is Trump going to demand a Peace Prize for not dropping nukes?
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And don’t forget that many consider women too emotional to be President.
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I’m so old I remember when Americans were the good guys trying to stop crazy dictators from destroying the rest of the world.
Donald Trump is treating most of the world like he’s a depraved child and we are neighborhood pets he is torturing for fun.
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Add to the list of questions the media needs to ask Speaker Mike Johnson
What does he think of Trump’s claim that HE took out Osama Bin Laden?
(Not to mention – did you see Dear Leader’s Easter tweet?)
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At this point it’s not just that he was threatening the death of a entire civilization.
It’s that most of us believe he’s crazy enough to do it.
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Amazing how many of the same media who took every verbal stumble Joe Biden, a lifelong stutterer, made as a sign of dementia, and yet listens to increasingly unhinged and nonsensical rants from Donald Trump and just shrugs.
CBS announced “Byron Allen’s ‘Comics Unleashed’ will replace late-night host Stephen Colbert.
Who else isn’t watching?
This man shouldn’t be in charge of an homeowner’s association, let alone be the US President.
So IF this ceasefire holds for a week or so, what country will Trump start a war with next to distract from the fact that there are credible allegations (and possible videos) of him raping children?
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Ceasefire “plan”reportedly includes allowing Iran & Oman to charge fees on ships transiting through Strait of Hormuz Apparently Iran will use money raised for reconstruction.”
So we wasted billions, got 13 American soldiers killed & countless injured for THIS?
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New DHS Sec MarkWayne Mullen now questions if sanctuary cities should be allowed to process customs at international airports..
For starters, does he realize even DALLAS is being investigated by TX AG Ken Paxton as a sanctuary city.
Early days. But 10 games into the SF Giants 2026 season it’s a good spring also to be a San Antonio Spurs fan. Diversity helps in many ways. #Porvida
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SF Giants have scored 7 runs in their 7 losses…. 19 run in their 3 wins
I understand baseball is a streaky game but this is ridiculous.
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Meanwhile, I already really miss Tyler Rogers. IYKYK
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So with about 3-4s game left in in 82 game NBA season, we now know which 10 teams out of 30 will not be playing in the postseason.
And some wonder why some players may not take regular season seriously?
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Has Mike Johnson said he didn’t see Trump’s F-bomb tweet yet?
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ABC today reported “UCLA’s seniors have scored the last 170 points for the Bruins in March Madness.” Anyone watching men’s college basketball has to be thinking “seniors?”
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A few days again Donald said “U.S. “will not have anything to do with” what happens next in the strait… That’s not for us. That’ll be for France. That’ll be for whoever’s using the strait.”
Today it’s “open the f*ckin strait.”
Does Trump even REMEMBER what he said last week?
Bought a Smithfield fully-cooked ham on sale. It’s shrinkwrapped in plastic, then wrapped in foil with plastic net bag around it.
Heating instructions say to “remove all packaging materials” before putting in the oven.”
If I didn’t already fear for our collective USA intelligence.
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Now, maybe JD Vance has no idea how unpopular he is.
Although considering his love for vacations maybe he realizes he won’t help Orban but hey, he and Usha will get a lavish taxpayer funded trip to Budapest.
I’m so old I remember when it was Easter weekend and if there was Presidential “news” at all it involved what the First Lady might be wearing to church.
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fundraising email just on Saturday.
Sent from Air Force One
Sat, Apr 4 at 12:39 PM
“RESPOND TO TRUMP. Right after I boarded Air Force One, I knew I had to get in contact with you.”
Uh, he’s not on Air Force One
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Not that I didn’t expect him to be crazy.
Didn’t expect all other Republicans falling at his feet.
Remember retired Senator Roy Blunt interviewed in later January 2025. He knew his former colleagues & said “for various reasons, some of Trump’s nominations would not be confirmed…”
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Serious question. Why does anyone care these days what John Fetterman thinks?
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So this one was too much for even Fox News to ignore.
Website headline:
“Trump issues profanity-laced threat against Iranian regime: ‘Open the f—– Strait'”
“Mommy, why can’t I say bad words if the President says them?”
Now down to just over 210 days before the midterms. 30 weeks.
Does Trump have a team focused on how to distract from his record, and the Epstein Files, until then?
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Great news that both American pilots who were shot down were rescued. But you can be happy about the rescue and still be mad about Trump unnecessarily having put them into harm’s way in the first place.
Headline should be that South Carolina upset previously undefeated UConn. 62-48.
Not even close.
But much of the media and headlines focused on Geno Auriemma’s tantrum about the referees and claiming he didn’t getting a pre-game handshake.
Men leaders can be so emotional…
(Geno also said “And they’ve been beating the s— out of our guys down there the entire game. I’m not making excuses….. Uh, 1, that is an excuse. 2. you’re coaching WOMEN, not guys.)
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So is Trump now really serious about Alcatraz being reopened or is this just the latest segment in “Operation Distract from the Epstein Files?”
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The FAA just singled out San Francisco International Airport’s perfectly workable parallel runway landings and banned them…even in good weather
They’ve only been allowed in clear weather when BOTH pilots acknowledge each other.)
(One excuse was the helicopter – plane collision near National, and near misses, but helicopters don’t use SFO.)
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And now Trump is talking again about turning Alcatraz into a prison… On top of all the other insanity Alcatraz is one of the very top tourist draws to San Francisco.
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Is this part of Donald TRYING to hurt a city that hates him?
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Headline “Trump plans spending $377M on executive residence renovations – and wants $174M more
So we can’t afford daycare for actual children? But we can afford $551 MILLION for Velveeta Voldemort’s White House playpen?!
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The Labor Dept said US economy added 178,000 jobs in March, but they also revised February numbers from a drop of 92,000 down to a drop of 133,000 jobs. So when will they revise March numbers? And do we believe ANYTHING Trump’s labor department says?
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Pete Hegseth repeatedly mocks “rules of engagement.”
But now that a US pilot is missing and possibly captured, a reminder, rules of engagement don’t just protect people we go to war against, they also protect OUR troops.
Fortunately for Stanford, the Crown Basketball Tournament is not nationally televised.
(Yeah, I know the “Crown Basketball Tournament,” I hadn’t heard of it either.)
But Stanford was up with 3 with 9 seconds to go, missed a game clinching field goal, and then while trying to foul to avoid a game-tying 3 pointer, managed to foul a West Virgina player heaving the ball from half court. He then hit all three fouls and the Mountaineers won in OT.
But yeah, Cayden Boozer’s bad pass almost looks good by comparison)
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Not a good night for Los Angeles NBA Teams. Lakers lost by over 40 to the Thunder, and lost Luka to a hamstring injury. Then the Clippers faced the Spurs with Wemby resting, and lost by 20.
Might almost make you feel sorry for Los Angeles sports fans. Except… the Dodgers.
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CBS News first reported Pete Hegseth has asked highest-ranking (& much decorated) US Army officer, General Randy George, to resign immediately amid the Iran war.
Because nothing is so confidence boosting as changing leadership in the middle of a war you say you’ve won.
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Only reason for Pete Hegseth to fire top generals in middle of a war is that they refused to follow orders.
Only reason well-respected generals would refuse to follow DOD Secretary’s orders was that those orders were insane.
Americans are going to die for Pete & Donald’s egos.
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Wonder if Donald Trump realizes…
That Bruce Springsteen has a Oscar, a Tony and a Grammy (Plus Emmy nominations.)
More real awards than Donald will ever have.
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So Trump actually fired Pam Bondi… Not for being an awful AG. But for not being awful enough. Who can Donald find- and get confirmed- to be worse?
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Now bodycam footage shows Tiger Woods on the phone before he would talk to police after his latest crash. He then told officers: ‘I was just talking with the President.”
Was Tiger asking for a pardon or to be named Secretary of Transportation.
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Just saying, if Trump had carefully considered firing Pam Bondi he’d have a new nominee ready to announce today.
So either he put as much planning into this as he did into bombing Iran.
Or maybe he can’t find anyone to take the job?
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Apparently Trump considering nominating a conservative GOP Senator to take over as AG for Pam Bondi.
Let’s see, give up safe seat in US Senate to accept a job that if confirmed will destroy your reputation & you’ll still end up thrown under bus.
Sounds like a great offer.
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Not just fares & fuel surcharges going up.
United Airlines just announced 1st & 2nd checked bag fees fees will increase by $10 USD for travel within the US, or to Mexico or Canada.
For family of 4 each with a bag, that’s $80 added to their vacation price.
Trump war surcharge?
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Trump – It’s “not possible for the federal government to help pay for daycare when “we’re fighting wars.”
Democrats could pay a million dollars to a consultant and not come up with a line for a campaign ad as good as that.
Okay, does anyone believe that Donald Trump in his right mind would have abandoned a prime time stage with all networks agreeing to cover it in less than an hour
And yes, it was barely 20 minutes…
An eternity in sports. Nothing in speech time.
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Very few positive ways to spin tonight’s rambling wreck on Iran, where Donald looked & sounded really old.
IF smart people around Trump see his decline and want to push him out, then suggesting he should make that prime time speech might have been an opening salvo…
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When “sundown” trends this time of year, we should be thinking “Passover.”
Instead, how many millions of us figure it refers to the current President of the United States?
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If anyone’s plan was to drink everytime Trump lies tonight hhey probably passed out in the first five minutes…
Just looked it up, less than 20 minutes from Mar-A-Lago and it’s rated one of the top nursing homes in the country.
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Very few positive ways to spin tonight’s rambling wreck on Iran, where Donald looked & sounded really old.
IF smart people around Trump see his decline and want to push him out, then suggesting he should make that prime time speech might have been an opening salvo…
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Donald’s now saying this Iran war is not a big deal because World War I and II, and other wars lasted years…
And his war is “nearing completion.”
I’m sure that’s a comfort to the military who will actually be facing death, and their families.
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So per the NY Times, President Trump has discussed firing Pam Bondi.
Not because she’s awful.
But because she’s not being awful enough.
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As Ron DeSantis tries to out-Trump Trump with Florida voter suppression law…which will probably be blocked anyway.
Does he realize how many Republicans vote by mail?
And how many have moved from other states & thus may have a harder time obtaining the proof of citizenship?
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As Don Jr. shared a headline “NATO didn’t show up — now Trump’s asking why we stay.”
Actually NATO’s Article 5 has been invoked exactly once, on America’s behalf. After 9-11
Putin must be so proud of his puppets.-
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All these MAGA type who are cheering Pete Hegseth’s decision not to investigate military helicopter pilots who did a fly by at Kid Rocks’ house.
I am sure they’d be equally sanguine about it if some liberal helicopter pilot does the same for Jane Fonda or Bruce Springsteen.
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Is it just possible that Wednesday’s lost and rambling speech by Donald Trump trying to justify his Iran war may go down in history as more damaging to his Presidency as Joe Biden’s 2024 debate performance was to his?
Headlne after listening to Nathan Lane talking about “Death of a Salesman”
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And meanwhile, a week into 162 game season, most MLB teams can dream.
Well, okay, not the As. Marlins, White Sox, but you get the point.
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Meanwhile, for at least a night, SF Giants fans remembered that baseball could be FUN.
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Tiger Woods just announced he’s stepping away from golf to seek treatment and focus on his health.
Hoping this means he’s also stepping away from driving, before he kills someone.
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Donald is so obsessed on his White House ballroom almost beginning to wonder if he views it as his future memorial and tomb?
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When Trump is finally gone from the White House will any phrase have been so degraded in general popular usages as “two weeks?”
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As Donald keeps threatening to cut off Federal money to states who don’t obey his mad demands, at what point does it occur to state governments that the Feds get that money FROM states. Mostly blue states.
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Hey MAGA
Would like to interrupt your “liberal judge bashing” for a simple fact:
The judge who blocked Trump’s “ballroom,” Richard J. Leon was appointed in 2002 by President George W.Bush.
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Trump telling European allies that the closed Strait of Hormuz is saying something Europe needs to fix is like an arsonist lobbing a flame grenade into their neighbor’s yard and then saying the resulting fire is not their problem.
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I don’t care if Kristi Noem’s husband wears women’s clothing.
I do care that the President of the United States has been credibly accused of being a rapist pedophile.
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Psst… every news story on Trump’s abominable planned future library is a news story not focusing on his even more abominable presence in the Epstein files…
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In Jan 2026, United Airlines “fuel surcharge” for business class ticket to Europe from SFO was $2130.00 Late Feb it was $2150.00 When war started it jumped to $2700. Today it’s $2805 How long until $3K If Trump’s war ever ends, how slowly will “fuel surcharge” go down? If ever
And yes, similiar level increases are happening even for the lowest fares.
“I simply cannot understand why people are so angry about a ballroom that future Presidents will enjoy and is 100% privately funded. President Trump could save a kitten from a tree and it would still be a scandal.”
As if Donald would save a kitten from anything? Heck, he’d probably run over a kitten who had the audacity to run in front of his golf cart on a Trump course.
Posted March 30, 2026 by left coast sports babe Categories:Uncategorized
The Giants got a win! The Giants got a win.
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Yep, the SF Giants will not go 0-162 in 2026. (They beat the Padres 3-2)
And for that matter the NY Yankees will not go undefeated. (They lost to the Mariners.)
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Meanwhile in the NBA, 7 games left in an 82 game season… and all the 20 teams who will be at least in the play-in game are already decided. Yes, there’s jockeying for some seeding. But seven games left and the ten lottery teams are already decided..
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Whatever Florida gets up to, some of us still refer to DCA local airport only as NATIONAL. Not by name of President who fired all air traffic controllers & seriously messed up flights in USA for years.
Same way it will always be PBI to many of us. Not Velveeta Voldemort’s name.
When she was slammed in a House committee about lack of indictments in the Epstein Case, Pam Bondi responded “The Dow is over 50,000 right now.”
The Dow is now about 45,000. Can we talk about indictments?
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A Washington Post poll indicates that 56% of Americans believe President Donald Trump lacks the mental sharpness to serve effectively. And that’s with about a third of Americans getting news from Fox News and/or right wing social media.
Some concerned that Trump building a bunker under his new ballroom will me he’ll never leave.
Not that I would put it past him. But all we have to do is wait until he goes to Mar A Lago then change the locks.
Cayden Boozer should’ve tried to advance ball & been fouled instead of reckless pass. OTOH he didn’t blow 19 pt lead by himself As San Antonio Spurs fan tired of hearing team’s too young to win in NBA playoffs. But Mitch Johnson should have team watch Duke-UConn tape
If my father, a Duke professor for decades, hadn’t passed away in 2020 this Elite Eight game against U Conn might have killed him.
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ABS has a few kinks that need to be worked out.. What we also need is accountability for seriously bad umpires. Yes, talking about you C.B. Bucknor.
(Can anyone imagine Angel Hernandez and ABS together?)
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Weird off days.. SF Giants and NY Yankees had Thursday and now today off.
MLB Games unavailable on regular networks, even cable networks.
Is Commissioner Manfred trying to make the beginning of the MLB season as unappealing as possible?
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CNN Factchecker Daniel Dale, “Analysis: Trump keeps saying ‘nobody’ knew or expected things lots of people knew or expected”
How long until Donald demands CNN not have a fact checker?
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Does anyone think Kash Patel is the only Trump cabinet members whose email Iranians have hacked?
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Trump: “The military is building a massive complex under the ballroom, and that’s under construction, and we’re doing very well, so we’re ahead of schedule”
When your dementia is far enough advanced that you spill the secrets out loud…
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Does Donald Trump realize that having Kash Patel attack Eric Swalwell will actually make Swalwell more popular in California?
Hillary Clinton’s private email server was front page news for weeks.
Meanwhile FBI Director Kash Patel’s private emails are hacked – and shared publicly – by Iran and it barely makes headlines for a day.
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Seen by a friend – one of my favorite underreported #NoKings signs
So the SF Giants ARE going to score a run eventually in 2026, right?
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If Tiger Woods wants to be self-destructive that’s his business.
But what if his rollover accident, in broad daylight, had killed a child crossing the street? Or another driver?
One accident or DUI might be a learning experience. Four accidents and 2 DUI’s are a pattern.
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Though have to ask. Has Trump presumptively pardoned Tiger yet?
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Also, it it s it time to ask what Donald Trump has on Mike Johnson?
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While Americans are waiting in endless lines thanks to President Trump and Speaker Johnson perhaps they can pass the time thinking about what will happen if there’s an emergency in the US requiring FEMA assistance.
FEMA funding was also in the Senate bill Johnson squashed.
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So is GOP Speaker Mike Johnson now declaring war on GOP Senate Majority Leader John Thune?
Or is he just launching an “excursion?”
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Iranian hackers have released emails from Kash Patel’s personal account.. Wonder while they’re at it if they could release some of the redacted Epstein files.
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So Kash Patel, man who is supposedly in charge of keeping Americans safe as FBI director, couldn’t even keep his personal email account safe.. All together now #ButHerEmails
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Just renewed my passport, paying expedited fees for fast service + priority mail. Efficient if expensive.
But same admin claiming voting by mail is not secure mailed my OLD passport back to me. Which has not only private ID but travel info for last 9 years..
By regular mail.
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For some reason this story isn’t on the front page of Fox News website
“Ten US service members injured after strike on Saudi air base as Rubio says war ‘over in weeks’”
Although if one American is harmed by an undocumented immigrant…it’s a top headline.
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Will Donald fire Bari Weiss because CBS News reported this? “Two of the Americans were very seriously injured, sources said. Eight were seriously injured, which is a different category of injury under the military’s classification system.”
“Netflix’s Opening Night Yankees-Giants Broadcast Was a Complete and Total Embarrassment
It was crystal clear that Netflix had no interest in catering to baseball fans during its first MLB telecast.”
No Lies detected.
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And as we move closer to an Elite Eight in NCAA’s men’s basketball tournament
Would be interesting to see a chart of how many on Elite Eight/ Final Four teams transferred from might have been Cinderella teams.
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From Donald again this morning “I’m the only President who ever took a Cognitive Test and I took it three times.”
Your reminder, cognitive tests are only given to people when they are suspected of dementia.
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Trump is not attending CPAC.
For a man who lives for applause and attention this means one of two things.
He has deteriorated so much that he can’t appear in public without his White House minders.
He knows even his MAGA base sees that he is failing on everything.
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Donald today
“I never wanna take [the National Guard] out of D.C. I mean, maybe somebody later on will do it, but I never wanna…We see these beautiful, strong people, and they’re so nice. They help, they open the doors for people, they carry bags, they pick up paper on the ground.”
Because that’s why people join the National Guard. To remember the days when they were Boy and Girl Scouts?
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Per the WSJ, “Trump told an associate that the war was distracting from his other priorities.”
Well, maybe Donald should fire the idiot who decided to start the war…
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250 years ago the United States of America declared independence from a mad King
So now a mad would-be King is demanding that his signature be placed on our currency.
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Republicans claim now SAVE America Act will not impose draconian requirements on voters this November.
Same Republicans who claimed that Roe V. Wade was settled law, and that Trump did not plan to enact Project 2025.
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So is it a crime to cover a signature on US currency with a Sharpie?
Asking for a few million friends
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Imagine if Joe Biden had referred to the Govenor of Philladilly…
As Donald stumbles and rambles through a Cabinet meeting –
“You can’t give lunatics a nuclear weapon.”
Not great for elderly narcisstics with dementia to have them either.
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Trump now says he will pay TSA agents by executive order.
After saying he wouldn’t sign ANY bill to pay them unless Senate passed the SAVE America act.
So he’s saying he had this power all along and made traveling public and TSA agents suffer for a political stunt.
Posted March 26, 2026 by left coast sports babe Categories:Uncategorized
Not that it mattered in grand scheme of things but “We really need to get rid of traditional MLB Opening Day and do a made-for-tv ‘Opening Night’ event on Netflix” was an idea epoused by just about nobody.
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Netflix announcers actually said “Other than the 2nd (where the Yankees scored five runs against the SF Giants) Logan Webb has had a pretty good night.”
“Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play…?”
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If ANYONE has seen a crazier NBA overtime than the one played tonight by the Houston Rockets & Minnesota Timberwolves, I invite you to name it.
13-0 run for Rockets followed by a 15-0 run for T-Wolves to win it…
Didn’t care who won really.
But I love sports!
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But in a deeply polarized time at least I can make one statement that could have overwhelming bipartisan approval
Scott Fisher might be the all-time worst NBA referee who hasn’t been sent to prison.
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Even Fox News. Their poll: 64% of voters disapprove of how Trump is handling Iran, up from 57% disapproval in Jan. On foreign policy, 62% disapprove, up from 60% in January.
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Is this real life or an SNL Cold open?
“Mike Johnson Awards Trump First-Ever America First Honor at GOP Fundraiser”
Wonder how it feels to be one of the 2,000 US troops being deployed to the Mideast for a war Trump CLAIMS we’ve already won?
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All this awfulness at airports and the biggest Spring Break week starts this weekend.
And then we have the World Cup with ICE walking around airports looking for people who have accents or aren’t white.
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Senator Rick Scott: The average net worth of a Democrat Senator is over $3 million and they are okay with TSA agents not getting paid.
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Rick Scott’s net worth is about $300 million.
And he doesn’t worry about TSA because he has A PRIVATE PLANE.
Posted March 25, 2026 by left coast sports babe Categories:Uncategorized
Opening day should be opening day
Opening day should be televised. And the “First Netflix MLB Game ever doesn’t count.
SF Giants vs New York Yankees is also available on SF Giants radio KNBR
A few side notes
The Giants and Yankees actually have a day off after their first game that counts
Presumably due to TV commitments and worries about competition from March Madness.
So this game is basically like those overseas openers, mostly in Japan, that many casual fans never paid attention to…It’s just closer.
Meanwhile the Cincinnati Reds, along with other teams, have a REAL home opener on the 26th
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Trump today to MarkWayne Mullen, who identifies as Cherokee. “As the only Native American — I didn’t know that. Huh? Let me look at you. Uhh. I think that’s alright.
How long before Donald calls MarkWayne “Pocahontas?
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Donald Trump and Republicans won the White House, Senate and House in 2024.
What HAS changed is that they haven’t delivered on any of their promises to Americans.
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“Trump calls vote-by-mail cheating after voting by mail.”
Sort of sums up Velveeta Voldemort’s administration.
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So while Americans wait in line for hours in TSA lines. And millions struggle to pay for gas for their cars. While our military worries about being sent to die in his war. Our President decided his priority was to play tourist at Graceland
Left Coast Sports Babe 