Left Coast Sports Babe

Despite a blue tsunami, Republican Mark Teixeira, a former MLB All-Star, won election to the U.S. House in Texas’ very conservative 21st Congressional District.

Well there go Democrats’ chances in the Congressional baseball game for the forseeable future…

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LIV Golf, which started in 2022, had EIGHT events at Trump golf courses. Today they announced they will now shutter the league.

Even in sports, #ETTD

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Seriously, Fox News top headline tonight is:

“Very patronizing. El-Sayed’s fury toward journalists shows a pattern critics find alarming.”

Hard to write a joke to top this…

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All these people fleeing the Trump adminstration think they’re going to be employed where?

A resume with the last two years working for Donald is going to make having pushed the subprime mortgage business at Lehman Brothers look good by comparison.

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Pete Hegseth released a video today saying “We don’t back down” and saying impeachment “won’t work” with him.
Is that what Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette said when the angry mob first forced them to leave Versailles?

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Lest we forget.

Trump’s GOP purged voter rolls.
They closed polling places, shortened hours & made it generally harder to vote for urban Americans.
They made it harder for students to vote.
They tried to intimidate voters of color.
They gerrymandered.

They still lost. Bigly.

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As someone accustomed to looking for silver linings I can’t be the only one feeling almost overwhelmed by so much election good news.

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Of all the people I don’t feel sorry for this week, one of the people I don’t feel sorriest for the most is Mike Lawler.

Well, this year’s election gave many of us out of state folks great reasons to root for Texas other than the San Antonio Spurs led by Victor Wembanyama.

But for those who haven’t yet discovered the Wemby show…it’s worth tuning in.

(Tonight, 52 points, 24 rebounds, 8 blocks)

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Dear Lisa Murkowski.

If you want to change that “R” after your name to an “I”, many of us Democrats will support your independence… Even if we don’t always agree with y-ou.

It’s a big blue messy tent.

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So which “Democrat” is having a (much deserved) worse day?

John Fetterman or Haley Stevens?

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JD Vance is trying to distance himself from Donald’s decision to start the Iran war.

But he can’t distance himself from his praise of Vivek’s absolutely despicable ad against Amy Acton.

No matter how he couches it.

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Elon Musk’s campaign money failed and blew up in his face more than some of his SpaceEx rockets….

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Another little win from last night

Even if Thomas or Alito step down there is no chance Trump now appoints Ted Cruz to the Supreme Court.

Republicans would have to worry about someone like Beto winning Ted’s US Senate seat.

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So now that Jon Husted is out of a job as Ohio’s Senator, will Trump find a White House job for the man whose ass he couldn’t stop talking about?

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Underreported fact:

There are currently 14 sitting women governors in the United States.

That number will be 18 in January

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Love this that I heard last night MS Now.

Some of us live and breathe politics.

But not everyone does, apparently many voters in Ohio polled thought Sherrod Brown was still the incumbent Senator.

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NY Times Headline

“Trump Effort to Prove Rampant Noncitizen Voting Leads to Few Charges So Far

Just 236 people have been charged with voting-fraud-related offenses by the Trump administration.”

236? There are more than 236 members of Trump’s orbit in the Epstein files!

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Have to think John Cornyn watched those Texas returns and just cackled.

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Trump didn’t just blather on about his ballroom after the midterms this morning.

He also blamed state TV

“FoxNews bears responsibility for these losses by constantly and consistently putting on the Dumocrat opposition, and worse.”

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Reminder, as much as we’ll miss Amy Klobuchar in the US Senate, early in 2026 it was looking Minnesota was likely a GOP pickup. (Fraud was an issue which GOP exaggerated…. but it was an economic issue that made Dems vulnerable..

Klobuchar running for governor and getting voters enthusiastic not only helped Peggy Flanagan…but helped Democrats actually GAIN seats and get a majority in the Minnesota legislature.)

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As a Democrat I’d forgotten what winning felt like.

It feels f*cking good.

If you’re reading this – I hope you have voted!

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Fox News headline:

“Trump warns of sweeping policy reversals if Democrats win control of Congress”

If you STILL need a reason to vote.

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As Donald Trump tried to get the Supreme Court to interevene and demand California impound 20,000 non citizen ballots..

1. He has no actual evidence there is anything wrong 2

2. Remember 2024? Donald lost the state by almost 3.2 MILLION votes.

Kamala Harris 9,276,179

Donald Trump 6,081,697

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This NY Times headline:

“A ‘Pugnacious’ Vance Leans Into Personal Attacks on the Campaign Trail “
“Pugnacious?” So is that now their shorthand for “angry, misogynistic, xenophobic, homophobic a**hole?

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Haley Stevens has done what many thought was impossible.

Made herself a less popular Democrat than Sinema, Manchin and Fetterman.

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Democrat Haley Stevens, who lost in the Democratic primary, and who has been a lukewarm advocate for El-Sayud since, suddenly decided to endorse Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan, Sparking speculation that she’d switch parties and show up at Mar-A-Lago with Trump.

Would she switch? Maybe. But Haley will need blonde hair and plastic surgery for the Mar a Lago look before they let her in the door.

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Has anyone asked Vivek and Jon Husted what they think of Don Jr’s claim that Democrats want to make Ohio a state?

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So was JD Vance saying Democrats want to make Ohio a state some sort of twisted play for the Michigan vote? #MGoBlue

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Trump attacked his former lawyer, Alina Habba Mildon over her $50 million deal with a Venezuelan family who wanted a pardon from him. saying it was “totally obnoxious and outrageous.”

Translation, Alina didn’t give him a cut.

One day into the NBA season, let the overreacting begin!

No baseball today and nothing until Friday. A sad precursor to the offseason.

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Jmmy Fallon with a great point about Katie Zacharia…

“It’s not great when the edible arrangement you get on your first day, is still edible on your last day.”

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Fox News had chance to distance themselves from Vivek Ramaswamy’s despicable ad w/ Amy Acton’s estranged mother, who stayed married to stepfather who sexually abused Amy at 12.

Instead, Fox posts this headline.

“Dem candidate’s mother urges voters to reject her: ‘Don’t let her become your governor”

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Just made a small donation to Amy Acton.

No child should suffer abuse by a step-parent and betrayal by her mother.

And no candidate should suffer an despicable ad like Vivek started running today

“Thank you for your one-time contribution to Amy Acton!

Together we’re changing our country.”

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But WTF NY Times? 

WTF NY Times?

Headline “Attack Ad Featuring Candidate’s Mother Turns Ohio Governor’s Race Even Uglier Republican ad features Amy Acton’s estranged mother calling her daughter a liar. The two have not spoken since Dr. Acton’s mother backed her husband after his arrest on rape charges.”

What NY Times doesn’t say, he was arrested and charged with raping Amy Acton herself. When she was a 9-12 year old child and his stepdaughter.

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John Sununu, running for Senate in New Hampshire, is declaring his independence, and says “he’s never even met Trump”

Doesn’t matter if he’s met him or not.

If Sununu gets elected, he’ll do what every other Republican does…. vote with Donald and the GOP when it matters.

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Three children and a teacher were murdered last week in a school in Bend, Oregon….

The President of the United States, who spouts gender change lies about schools on a daily basis, hasn’t said a word about the victims.

How many casual baseball fans know that the two teams going to the World Series were actually the best teams in their respective leagues during the regular season?

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And this year, one MLB team AND one WNBA team will win their first title.

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NFC South is not great, and was expected to be the worst division in the NFL

But the four teams in NFC East haven’t won a single game in two weeks, yes including last week when the Commanders and Giants tied each other.

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Thinking there are more WNBA fans than many think that love to watch both Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark play.

(I’m one, even though I am a Las Vegas Aces fan)

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As Trump seems to be hellbent on destroying East Potomac Park, the current municipal golf course, picnic areas, and the hiking/cycling trails, including cherry blossoms, while ignoring a judge’s orders, what if the judge just orders workers on the project to be arrested?

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What about just arresting workers who violate her court order?

Trump on Canada: “I promised them if they become the 51st state, I said, ‘I will let you keep ice hockey and I will let you keep your O Canada national anthem.'”

Canada. “No thanks. We would rather keep our smart and decent Prime Minister Mark Carney and our healthcare.”

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Trump is increasingly obsessed with Abdul El-Sayed, saying he’s not a real doctor. (El-Sayed , did not do a residency, but has a M.D degree from Columbia and then an Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) in public health from the University of Oxford)

Donald, you just hired and had to fire a fake lawyer. …

New Orleans Saints, who have have some near miss comebacks along with a 4th quarter collapse against the Raiders, somehow hung on despite almost blowing a 34-10 third quarter lead. The Saints hung on to beat the NY Giants 34-27

If the Saints could ever play 4th quarters of good football they’ be serious postseason contendere.

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Los Angeles sports fans had a disappointing week with the Dodgers being swept out of the NLCS.

Rams today at home at SoFi against the lowly Cardinals – hold our overpriced beer.

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As WNBA finals start, you won’t see anything about actual game or who won on Fox News website
( Valkyries beat Dream 68-64)
Front page is just aout complaints from anti-trans fans and questioning if teams deliberately were off court for national anthem)
Fox News doesn’t give a D*MN about womens sports.

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So what is wrong with Tom Fazio that he is willing to risk his legacy of designing mostly high-end golf courses to be known as the man who helped Trump destroy a popular Washington DC parks?

Including some beloved cherry trees.

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It’s not that America just became an ally of Russia

It’s that Donald is apparently no longer afraid to say it out loud

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And as we approach two weeks before the midterms

Does ANYTHING think Trump will acknowledge if GOP (meaning him) loses?

Monday night Brewers’ first baseman Jake Bauers spent seven minutes, 15 seconds in the batter’s box against Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto. It was a 12 pitch AB that resulted in a walk.

Impressive

Though Brandon Belt’s longest at-bat lasted 12 minutes & 45 seconds. 21 pitches. (Although to be fair Belt finally lined out.)

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So now even Trump admits the Russian oil won’t make much of a difference to US prices.

He sold us and Ukraine out for nothing

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As Trump spouts increasingly insane things and does increasingly insane things, forget whether or not he’s on the ballot in November.

Imagine he were your elderly parent. You’d be calling around BEGGING assisted living homes to give him the first available opening.

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Kimberly Guilfoyle had dyed her hair blonde and had her plastic surgery make her took more like Ivanka than a twisted bee-stung Elvira would she still have a job?

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To save everyone time with fact-checking new Press Secretary Katie Zacharia.

“Yes, you can pass the bar in China, but only if you are a Chinese citizen (including permanent residents of Hong Kong, Macao, and residents of Taiwan). Foreign residents cannot take the exam.”

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Per Fox News ” White House press secretary Katie Zacharia says her family will be moving to D.C. -she’d stayed home with children from 2014 to 2020 & is “looking to balance her White House role w/ her family life.”
How long until Katie leaves to “spend more time with her family?”

Fox announcers talking about Los Angeles being down 2-0 to Milwaukee

“This is not going to bother the Dodgers, after all they’ve been through.”

“All they’ve been through?” Like picking up $40 million in pitching at trade deadline? (including last year’s Cy Young winner because the Tigers couldn’t afford to keep him.)

Get out the tiny gold plated violins.

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If only the SF Giants had an offensive weapon like Patrick Bailey…

A video of Ken Paxton partying with one of his mistresses at a 2025 New Year’s Eve party in Dubai, along with two rich men wanted in the US for healthcare fraud, was released today by the WSJ.

How bad do you have to be as a conservative Republican to be outed by the Wall Street Journal?

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ESPN reports Infantino received $1.72 million from “FWC2026, the official U.S.- based entity set up by FIFA to manage & operate 2026 World Cup.”
On top of his regular $4.86 million compensation..
Was that $1.72 million enough to cover costs of giving Trump the FIFA Peace Price?

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Last weekend, Trump defied judge’s order & had crews illegally cut down over 400 trees on East Potomac golf course. Judge is justifiably furious.
But on Fox News website headline is
“Judge ‘screams’ at Trump lawyers in latest courtroom uproar against administration.”

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So three weeks before an election DHS raids Ilhan Omar’s home over immigration paperwork from 1995?

If we’re going back that far, how about investigating immigration paperwork for Elon Musk (who also arrived here in 1995) and Melania Trump (1996)?

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Trump couldn’t fill up a small venue today in Youngstown Ohio. And that’s a place where paying for players is relatively cheap.

Heck, when SF 49ers owner Jed York was arrested in nearby East Palestine, he had planned to pay a prostitute just $160

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