Left Coast Sports Babe

Traveling so getting to see BBC Olympic coverage. Absolutely glorious to see coverage focused on EVENTS. Instead of nonstop interviews and commentary and little US-centric clips of performances.

And besides cheering for UK, they cheer for top performances from athletes of all nations, not just their own.

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Has Trump said which Olympic event he would have won yet?

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Not sure all the nuances of the trade deadline but gather the Dodgers picked up a handful of players whose salaries total roughly the total payroll.of the Oakland As, and deferred all their salaries unti 2050?

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NC Governor Roy Cooper declined to be vetted for VP. Had he run, per the state constituton, Mark Robinson, NC Lt. Gov, would have performed governor’s duties if Cooper were out of state campaigning. Robinson almost makes J.D Vance look reasonable.

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Senate Minority Whip John Thune on CNN defended Vance’s “childless cat lady” comments “most people understand what he was trying to say.” Oh, I think most people, especially women, understand EXACTLY what he was trying to say.

Donald Trump is trying so hard to divorce himself from Project 2025 you’d think he used to be married to it.

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Agenda 47 is Trump MAGA red lipstick on the Project 2025 pig.

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As much as big media has been in the bag for Trump, do NOT trust polls now/ Especiially positive polls.

Biden bashing no longer works. But emember, Republicans always vote. So getting Democrats and Independents complacent enough to stay home helps Donald.

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Investigation is ongoing & Secret Secret director was forced to resign, but Josh Hawley is demanding more firings NOW over shooting at Trump’s rally – “a good man is dead.” Wonder why Josh wasn’t upset over attempted killing of a VP & death of good man Brian Sicknick on Jan 6?

Aaron Rodgers, who will turn 41 on Dec 2, was apparently “visibly” upset for what he decided was a “sloppy” New York Jets practice.

Did he tell them to “get off his lawn?”

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-Congratulations to Great Britain for their gold medal in equestrian eventing competition – Laura Collett, Tom McEwen and Rosalind Canter.

Yes, that’s two WOMEN on the team. Equestrian events at the Olympics have long been gender neutral. Have Trump or MAGA attacked them yet?

Tulsi Gabbard fundraising now w/h GOP Rep. Steve Scaliise says “I left the Democrat (sic)t Party; because I could no longer associate myself with the elitist cabal…”

Democrats are an “Elitist cabal?” Uh, Dear Leader has his own planes & resorts, while Donald’s VP choice is a hedge fundmillionaire.

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Trump is going to do a “victim” interview with the FBI. Wait, aren’t ALL his interviews “victim interviews”

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Leave it to a Minnesota nice politician to come up with an adjective that really got under Trump’s skin.

If Tim Walz ends up as Kamala Harris’s VP and Amy Klobuchar ends up succeeding Schumer as Majority Leader, could be a very good thing for our country.

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Per complaints from some in Trump world that it’s too feminine to describe Donald etc as weird,

so here’s a way to describe Trump and his cult members with a distinctly male British noun:

We can call them Weird Wankers.

So have we all becoe experts in judging diving yet?

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Synchronized diving is a two-fer though.

First, most of us realize we will never have the bravery to attempt a dive off the platform. Let alone one with twists and flips.

Second, could most of us do even a synchroniied cannonball drive?

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Has anyone told Camilo Doval that it IS possible to throw a 1.2.3 inning?

Asking for a lot of exhausted SF Giants friends…

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Donald boasts about firing people firom his administration but what we really need to remind everyone, as illustrated now by his running mate JD Vance, Trump is REALLY bad at hiring people in the first place.

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Maybe part of the outrage against a beheaded Marie Antoinette from today’s GOP is that the French are again attacking their heroine. Republican attitude to Americans with food insecurity is very much “let them eat cake.”

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You know things are going well for Democrats in the United States when the biggest GOP outrage seems now directed at… the Paris Olympics opening ceremony?!

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Sme MAGA Americans who are clutching their pearls over a beheaded Marie Antoinette in the Paris Olympics opening ceremony had no problem with a noose fot VP Pence on January 6

So how long is it until at one of his rallies Trump confuses Elvis with Hannibal Lecter?

The Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony, which happens tomorrow night, will be during the day in the US.

Making it part of about 10-20% of the games that will happen while many Americans, especially on the West Coast, are awake.

(and NBC will hold the marquis events for the end of primetime anyway.)

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What a difference a division makes.

Mariners are getting Randy Arozarena from the Tampa Bay Rays.

In the AL West, Seattle 53-51, is one game behind the Astros. The Rays, at 52-51 are 4th in the AL East.

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GOP may be about to find out. The only thing worse than pissing off women is pissing off women who love cats

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On top of everything else, how furious is Donald Trump that Kamala Harris is getting what he feels are HIS headlines.

The media may be all in for Donald but what they mostly want is entertainment they can package for clicks and ratings. And Velveeta Voldemort has become BORING.

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Secessionist Daniel Miller, who leads Texas Nationalist Movement, says Kamala Harris victory would ‘fuel’ his group’s goal— withdrawal of Texas from US or ‘Texit.’ If you needed another reason to vote blue. (Don’t worry, US would give amnesty to Austin, Houston & San Antonio.)

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Maybe Republicans should have repealed the 14th and 19th amendment before they launched a war on people of color and women?

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Wait, in 2020 he PROMISED.

Now Donald is returning to Minnesota for second time in 2024 Why? I’d say he wants some of that yummy State Fair fried food but the fair doesn’t start until late August.

In 2020 campaign. “I lose Minnesota, I’m never coming back”

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Usha Vance, before her husband was picked as Turmp’s running mate: “Im not raring to change anything about our lives right now, but I believe in J.D., & I really love him, & so we’ll just sort of see what happens with our life.” Sounds like Usha is smarter than her husband

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So for any MAGA or media amplifying GOP lies about President Biden violating the Hatch Act with his Oval Office speech…. Where were you at RNC convention in 2020 when Trump used White House lawn for his speech?

Remember this tweet?

@amyklobuchar

Get off our lawn.

8:26 PM · Aug 27, 2020

Meanwhile in baseball, Shohei Ohtani hit a ball 473 feet today. It was the SECOND longest home run of the day. Jorge Soler hit one 478 feet.

President Biden loves our country. Donald Trump loves himself. Period.

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Got an election to win, but meanwhile I have a mental list of pundits I change the channel on – David Axelrod, Van Jones, Katy Tur, Andrea Mitchell, Chuck Todd…

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Just saying. If GOP really felt that Kamala Harris was going to be easy to beat in November, they’d have taken a higher road today, for at least an hour or two.

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Bakari Sellers just pointed this out. The Republican nominee for President is almost 80 years old. Is he capable if elected of serving 4 years

I don’t think “Laughing Kamala” is the insult Trump thinks it is. These are serious times and we went through hell during the worst of COVID. But laughter makes us human, and helps us survive.

Is it just possible President Biden played Trump beautifullly after the debate.?

Think about the timing. Too late to go back on his VP pick, too late to undo all the convention speeches… etc. The political rope-a-dope for our time #DopeDonald

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Amy Klobuchar. “We don’t have time to go back & look in the rear view mirror for who said what or who wrote an oped. We don’t have time for bitterness. We’ve got to unite behind this ticket with Kamala Harris at the helm & move forward

Amy. Is. Right.

Again, how cool is it that the top headline story tonight on ESPN is — about a WNBA basketball game.

(In this case, the Indiana Fever beating the Phoenix Mercury

Wondering before this year how many casual sports fans could name more than one or two WNBA teams

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If the Dark Brandon plan was to have a bad debate night so President Joe Biden would FINALLY get some media coverage for the public events he has been doing regularly, it succeeded admirably.

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If the Press had been covering President Biden’s public appearances in the last year even half as much as they’ve been covering Trump’s appearances, one bad night wouldn’t have so affected many people’s perceptions of Joe.

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Biden isn’t great at nicknames for his opponents, maybe in part because he’s too nice a man.

But “Putin’s Puppy” is impressive.

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ICYMI,

J.D Vance actually is co-sponsoring legislation in the United States to outlaw birthright citizenship.

So the venture capitalist Senator who survived being born poor and desperate in Appalachia wants to make sure other children don’t get that lucky.

Very “Christian” of him.

Four days after Hurricane Beryl hit over a million people in Texas still don’t have power. And may not have it until next week with triple digit temperatures. It’s a good thing at least we’re at the end of hurricane season… Oh wait, never mind.

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Forget the really hard questions, who else wants some reporter on camera just to ask Donald Trump what NATO stands for?

·Susan Collins is the Susan Collins of Susan Collins’s

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, who makes over $60 million a year, said the league is committed to “following the litigation all the way” after an LA jury ordered the NFL to pay over $5 billion in a class action lawsuit that accused the league of violating antitrust law with their Sunday Ticket subscription service.

All the way to the Supreme Court I assume.

Wonder if they’ll offer the justics box seats etc. not like this SCOTUS has shown itself susceptible to bribes from billionaires or anything…

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Rookie Pittsburgh Pirates pitching star Paul Skenes threw seven no-hit innings today but was pulled after 99 pitches.

Trying to imagine if a manager tried to pull Bob Gibson during a no-hitter. Or more recently, Madison Bumgarner in game 7 of the World Series after 60 pitches on one day’s rest. …

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Washington Post with a headline indicating they actually get it. “Biden shows foreign policy depth in news conference with few stumbles.”

Must have been written by a night editor.

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Lawrence O’Donnell, reminding us 2024 election is not reality TV show but rather choosing the leader of the free world. “You have never seen a more masterful televised Presidential press conference on foreign policy than President Biden gave tonight. Never.”

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Thinking Lawrence O’Donnell now is the closest man many Americans will ever get to watching Walter Cronkite.

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Convicted felon Trump is fundraising selling black MAGA hat Donald said he would have worn if he were sentenced today.

Thinking Trump is UNHAPPY he didn’t get sentenced. Because he would’ve appealed, all the way to SCOTUS, but could have used sentence to get more money from his cult.

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Been writing jokes for a hobby for about 30 years. Sometimes taking advantage of low hangingi fruit. Joe Biden has been a foot in mouth gaffe machine as long as I can remember. Meanwhile the world is full of articulate idiots who can read a speech.

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CNN reports: US and Germany foiled Russian plot to assassinate CEO of arms manufacturer sending weapons to Ukraine.

Imagine if “Russia, do whatever the hell you want” was in the White House.

Nancy Pelosi today, pushing back about interpretation of her morning interview: “I don’t know what’s happened to the NY Times, but they make up news.” As always, Madam Speaker Emeritus is bad-ass.

Not that it will happen but for all the talk about age and looking young, I’d love someone to challenge Donald Trump to appear without on camera without makeup.

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Meanwhile Elon Musk wants to sue advertisers who boycott Twitter. Who’s gonna explain “capitalist free market” to him?

England just voted out their Conservative government and today their soccer team got a goal in the 91st minute to send their team to the European Championship final. For those who believe that God cares and sends signs with sports.

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Tough night at Oracle Park. 10-6 loss for Giants to the Blue Jays. But on a brighter note for SF Giants fans, after SF Giants ace Logan Webb had the worst inning in recent memory, giving up seven earned runs. to Torono after getting one out in the fifth,, at least this means Webb probably won’t start the All-Star game. (Yes, it’s an honor, but historically it hasn’t gone well for Giants pitchers.)

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GOP Speaker Johnson said NATO world leaders he’s met with this week are privately telling him they’re concerned about President Biden & his ability to lead the US. Uh, this is same MAGA Mike who said God told him he was the new Moses. Take it with a large grain of Red Sea Salt.

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NY Times headline “How Mar-A-Lago Became the Center of Gravity for the Hard Right.”

Deeply buried lede “As Mar-a-Lago’s owner, Mr. Trump is the beneficiary of its profits — and the club’s evolution seems to have been good for his bottom line.”

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In California, Santa Clara County Valley Medical Center apparently dealt with over 100 firework injuries this Fourth of July. Including one patient who blew off his testicles. Does it count as a Darwin award if you survive but still remove yourself from the future gene pool?

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Meanwhile, if you want to see what federal government with no corporate regulations under second Trump administration might look like…

Take a look at GOP led Texas, two-days after Beryl, “Almost 1.7 million homes and businesses remained without power Wednesday across a swath of Texas.”.. With no estimations of when it will be restored for many of them….

Chris Hayes just complained that for all the scrutiny of President Biden that the media doesn’t cover the nonstop insanity spewing from Donald Trump’s mouth. Gosh, if only Chris Hayes knew someone in the media with a platform.

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Pundits love to tell us they think Americans would be unenthusiastic about voting for Joe Biden. But they don’t say, because they don’t know yet How unenthusiastic swing state Democrats might be about voting for a possible replacement? There is NO slam dunk answer here. Period.

SF Giants won recently on a walk off walk.

Not to be outdone, today they tied the game in the 9th with a seeing-eye single that went about 35 MPH through the infield, and a walk off wild pitch.

Baseball is a weird game.

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NY Times top headline. On Capitol Hill, Democrats Panic About Biden but Do Nothing Fixed it for NY Times: “On Capitol Hill, Republicans Panic Listening to Trump Rambling Again about Hannibal Lecter and do Nothing.”

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Non-citizens already do not vote in federal elections. What’s next, the GOP will write a bill demanding the sun set in the West?

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Anyone else wondering if Trump is still trying to figure out how to make Ivanka his running mate?

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CNN doesn’t have time to cover Trump’s Project 2025. But they have time to cover jury selection in Alec Baldwin’s manslaughter trial.

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While NATO leaders meet in DC, will someone please ask Donald Trump on camera this week if he stands by his comments about pulling the US out of NATO?

As media’s latest obsession is claiming Democrats are increasingly resigned but unhappy about backing 81 yr-old Biden. Why isn’t there more coverage of how many Republicans, including former Never-Trumpers are resigned but unhappy about backing 78 yr-old convicted felon Trump

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Stephen Colbert on RNC describing Milwaukee as “ground zero on the road back to the White House.”

“Uh, you know stuff doesn’t START at ground zero….?”

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Stephen Colbert also says if J.D. Vance is chose as Trump’s running mate he’d be the first VP candidate in 150 years with a beard. Must. Not. Make. Lindsey. Graham. Or. Tim. Scott. Jokes..

How cool is it that a brand-new SF Giants centerfielder is named an All-Star a month after Willie Mays passed away?

Heliot Ramos, age 24, was called up to SF GIants on May 8, two days after Mays’ 93rd birthday, and Ramos made a basket catch at Rickwood Field during the game that honored Mays. and he is tied or close to team lead in RBIs and home runs.

Concidence?

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In a crazy uncertain world I suppose there is some comfort in the fact that when the Yankees play the Red Sox fans of 28 other teams can complain they are ALWAYS on ESPN Sunday Night Baseball.

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And whatever else is going on in the world, how much fun will it be to see Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark as teammates on the WNBA All-Stars against the USA women’s Olympic team?

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Since Woodward & Bernstein played big part in getting Nixon to resign many in media want to emulate them.

Except Bernstein as brilliantly novelized by Nora Ephron in Heartburn is a misogynistic jerk.

Worse, Woodward hid interview w/ Trump on COVID being airborne – for book sales.

All you need to know about Maureen Dowd is that she never forgave Barack Obama for standing her up for an interview. She wasn’t fond of Bill Clinton either.

Marco Rubio, who wants to be VP, on CNN made claim that if Kamala Harris were the nominee she couldn’t run with Gavin Newsom because they are both from California. While shrugging off that he and Trump are both from Florida.

Sometimes it’s really hard to write satire.

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Judge Cannon was given one job by Donald Trump. To make sure his classified documents case never goes to trial before the election. And as bad a judge as Cannon is, she’s doing that job perfectly.

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Four people and three more in critical condition after a mass shooting at “birthday pool party” in Florence, Kentucky, just across the river from Cincinnati. And it barely makes headlines. It’s the guns, stupid.

Give me a bleeping break. Lindsey Graham: “I’m worried about Biden being the commander in chief for the next four months.” He supposedly isn’t worried about Vladmir Putin & Kim Jong Un’s good friend being commander in chief again? I hope John McCain is haunting Lindsey’s dreams.

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Gosh, for some reason Fox News seems to be ignoring the fact that in one week both Britain and now France have avoided putting their country in the hands of hard-right politicians.

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Stunning to think that with all the controversy amongst Democrats about President Biden right now, that we can count on one hand the number of leading Republicans who have called on Donald Trump – for either his crimes or dementia – to drop out.

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Bernie Sanders, 82, now one of Biden’s most vociferous surrogates.

This week he said Joe’s debate performance might have been “painful” but alternative is worse.

“I’m going to do everything I can to see Biden gets reelected.” He could have added. And Joe, 81,is such a nice young man.

Beginning to think if we knew for sure that Trump really did plan to emulate Hitler and Project 2025 is even worse than most of us can imagine, that CNN, NY Times etc would still decide it was worth trashing Biden and Democrats for ratings.

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Sadly seriously pointing out, this SCOTUS seems willing to go to any lengths to break precedent for conservative aims & to treat Trump as King.

IF Biden doesn’t run again & Harris becomes nominee, what’s to say they wouldn’t vote 6-3 that’s she’s illegitimate candidate & overturn her win?

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So remind me where in the US Constitution it says we should give judges OR journalists the power to decide who should lead our country?

WE THE PEOPLE.

(if we vote)