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The best of comebacks, the worst of comebacks.

June 11, 2026

The SF Giants had won exactly once when trailing by 8 run in the 8th inning before. (1947)

Now twice.

I don’t think Bryce Eldridge is ever going back to Triple A.

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“SF Giants are the first team in MLB history with a walkoff grand slam to cap off a comeback from 8+ runs down in the 8th inning or later.”

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A rebound with 13 seconds to go and a one point lead..

All De’Aaron Fox had to do was dribble and get fouled…

Oldest guy on the court for the Spurs makes the biggest rookie mistake.

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As much as I hated watching the Spurs lose today have to take some comfort in the fact that when Trump showed up the Knicks lost and when Taylor Swift showed up the Knicks won.

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Posted this at halftime of game 4.

“What Mike Brown should remind Knicks at halftime. They were down 22 to Cavaliers in 4th quarter of Eastern Conference Finals Game 1 & won by 11 in OT.

What Mitch Johnson should remind Spurs at half. Knicks were down 22 to Cavaliers in 4th quarter ECF Game 1 & won by 11 in OT.”

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I still wish Pop had turned the reins over to Becky Hammon. After tonight thinking he probably does too.

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Jimmy Kimmel, on Trump’s claiming Democrats rigged primary in California but only rigged LA mayoral race against Spencer Pratt as GOP’s Steve Hilton DID advance to gubernatorial general election

“In a sane world that would be the moment that a nurse came in and put him to bed.”

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“In August 2024, then-candidate former President Donald Trump delivered a press conference surrounded by packaged foods, meats, produce, condiments, milk and eggs.

“When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on Day One,”

Just going to leave this right here.

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As the games begin

June 10, 2026

USA probably is never going to be awarded an Olympics or World Cup again are we?

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As an increasing number of stars now back out of the invitation to the UFC circus match at the White House, the Trump family – ie the Trump Organization headed by Donald and Eric, is selling gold coins priced as high as $12,000.

But don’t forget. Hunter Biden sold a few paintings.

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Need another reason to root for the San Antonio Spurs?

Lip readers said during Game 3 Trump was considering returning to New York to present the Knicks with NBA championship trophy if they swept.

So Spurs win kept him back in DC

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How furious is Trump really over Steve Hilton getting into the November election against Xavier Becerra? By beating out billionaire Tom Steyer for second.

Hilton just majorly messed up Donald’s dishonest claim that California elections are rigged.

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So Tom Steyer spent about a quarter BILLION dollars in his run for Governor, only to finish third.

It’s a free country, but imagine what he could have done with that money.

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MAGA bots and trolls are having a hard time with their James Talarico attacks. They can’t figure out if they’re supposed to call him another closeted gay politician or another Bill Clinton with women.

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Not getting as much publicity as his failed concerts, but Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Adam Sandler, Jared Leto, & Mario Lopez have ALL declined invitations to attend Trump’s UFC White House birthday event.

Almost as if NOBODY wants to be seen with Donald.

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I miss Stephen Colbert a lot.

But Jimmy Kimmel is growing on me.

After a montage of Trump promises on the war…

“This guy is about as close to a deal with Iran as he is to touching his toes right now.”

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And about Donald attending Game 3 of the NBA Finals: “The first sitting President who shut down an entire city to take a nap in front of a sold out crowd.”

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Alien invasion.

June 8, 2026

In Madison Square Garden

In the end, the tall Frenchman was more at home tonight than the orange Floridian.

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This is a good year to be both an SF Giants and San Antonio Spurs fan.

(emphasis on the latter)

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The Knicks could still win game 3 if Mike Pence has the courage to do the right thing.

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Jame: Talarico showed up to this Spurs watch party in Austin at halftime. Bet unlike our President, Talarico could actually name some players without notes.

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Trump told reporters he was cheered at the Knicks game: “I thought it was very good. It was certainly amazing. I think mostly cheers. It was loud. And it was very enthusiastic”

So when Donald has his next cognitive test will the doctors at Walter Reed also check his hearing?

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So since Velveeta Voldemort feels safe there, for the remainder of his term can we save taxpayers billions and just use Madison Square Garden as the White House Ballroom?

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If MAGA Mike were under any delusion he too won’t someday end up under the Trump bus.

Per the Daily Mail “I have two jobs: being president and being speaker,’ Trump joked in front of Johnson & conservative leaders in the Oval Office.

Trump does not joke.

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Trump had four years out of office

Didn’t go to a New York Knicks game once.

Didn’t even post about the Knicks.

He’s not a fan.

Donald just can’t bear a big news story not to be about him.

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From the Texas Tribune:

After Mexican officials confirmed case of screwworm in Nov. 2024, USDA, under Joe Biden, closed southern ports of entry to live cattle imports to prevent spread of screwworm into U.S. Move also strained supply of cattle in Texas….
USDA reversed course in Feb 2025, after Trump took office, announcing opening of ports”

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If you can wreck things there you’ll wreck things anywhere

June 7, 2026

Barack Obama is a serious basketball fan.

But as President he never attended an NBA finals game

He knew security etc would make things much worse for all other fans.

On top of everything else Velveeta Voldemort doesn’t care who or what he ruins.

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Have been a Spurs fan for decades in large part due to Gregg Popovich.

And I miss him as head coach. How much do I wish especially that Pop was coaching Monday to be asked what he thought of Trump attending the game in MSG?

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And while we’re on the subject of basketball, how much grief did Obama get for turning an outdoor tennis court at the White House into a basketball court, which required no demolition of buildings- just painting basketball lines, and installing retractable hoops? (And which the Obamas paid for.)


Not even talked about as NY closes area around MSG. Madison Square Garden is right above Penn Station Major hub for Amtrak, Long Island RR, NJ Transit. So is Velveeta Voldemort’s NBA finals visit going to f*ck up everyone’s commute and all the trains too?

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Wemby missed his last shot Friday night. Jimmy Kimmel didn’t. “You’d think Trump would be rooting for the Spurs. It’s what got him out of Vietnam.”

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Former Senator Bob Packwood died this weekend at 93. The one time very powerful GOP Senator had to resign in the 1990s when 19 women accused him of sexual misconduct.

Yes Virginia, there was a time when not just Democrats but top REPUBLICANS actually had to resign due to allegations of sexual misconduct.

Lost in Trump’s temper tantrum walkout from his interview w/ Welker “If it was up to me, I’d pay them the kind of money that they deserve… Lives have been destroyed. Many suicides, think of it,”

Uh, four suicides in the six months after January 6 were police officers.

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Even Fox News has this today “TRUMP DOUBLES DOWN ON $1.8 BILLION ‘SLUSH FUND’ THAT KILLED HIS AGENDA, SPURRED REPUBLICAN REBELLION.

The Telfon is wearing off faster than his cheap fake gold paint everywhere.

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Youth and skill

June 5, 2026

Don’t look now, but Bryce Eldridge is batting .293

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And the SF Giants, one of the worst teams in MLB, have the most grand slams in MLB – now six!

Baseball is a very strange game…

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His game winner didn’t go in. But if anyone else has tried that last shot fans would be screaming “why didn’t they give it to Wemby?”

As Molly Ivins book title said. “You got to dance with them that brung you”

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Spurs finished the 1st quarrter with a higher percentage (13-20) on field goals than free throws (4-8) Basketball can be a funny game. (and as it turned out, a couple of those FTs would have mattered.)

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Last night while Senate Vote-a-rama continued towards dawn in DC, Adam Schiff introduces a 430am amendment

“No payment shall be authorized that arises out of a claim from a President or a Vice President”

Does anyone here believe this slush fund is a good idea?

It was voted down

GOP profiles in cowardice.

Hey media

Not a Platner fan, but why is he a nonstop story and not Ken Paxton’s being impeached on TWENTY charges by a GOP led-Texas legislature, securities fraud charges and his wife’s filing for divorce on “biblical grounds?”

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Yes, Dems need to flip some GOP US Senate seats.

But while most Americans know who Graham Platner is, few have heard of Josh Turek.

Nice job media.

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Also he’s working class Navy vet, former National guard member, mechanic & former union leader at Kellogg’s plant. Andhe’s been married 25 years with 3 kids.

So why isn’t media talking about Dan Osborn? Who could win.

A Nebraska Senate seat counts as much as one from Maine.

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Remember constantly of what Amy Klobuchar said in 2024 of some Trump voters – in Fox News/right wing social media bubble they hear nonstop negatives on Dems. And NOTHING negative on Donald.

Wonder how many millions of MAGA don’t even know he falls asleep regularly on camera.

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And the hits just keep on coming

June 5, 2026

SF Giants manage to lose 16-2 then 8-3 to the Milwaukee Brewers

Then they (barely) hold on to win 1-0 and (barely) hold on to win 12-9. In the same week

Baseball is a weird game.

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Meanwhile Donald Trump has decided he will go to game 3 of the NBA finals, and while he says he is a Knicks fan he mentions none of their players but does mention Wemby as a great player

Now as a Spurs fan I must say this is one of the few times I actually agree with Donald.

But uh, Victor Wembanyama is FRENCH. How’s MAGA gonna take that

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Short term memory is the first to go.

How close are we to having some reporter asking Trump about his favorite player on the Knicks now and Donald responding “Patrick Ewing”?

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Trump seems so obsessed with attacking Kaitlin Collins these days you’d think she turned him down for a date.

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Jimmy Kimmel pointed out tonight that one of six statements made at every meeting open to the press is his adminstration/cabinet praising Trump.

“Say what you will about Bill Clinton, when he had hid staff “bleep” him he didn’t make us watch.”

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When old male cats get dementia some of them start spraying everywhere – due to combined confusion and a perceived need to marking terrority. Sounds like what Donald’s doing in DC with his signs and monuments. #TrumpPromenade

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Trump seems so obsessed with attacking Kaitlin Collins these days you’d think she turned him down for a date.

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So many posts about US Senate race & probable Democratic Candidate in Maine.

Can we start paying attention to OTHER races and candidates that matter?

These lesser known people in red states can WIN.

Mary Peltola
Josh Turek
Dan Osborn

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Not to mention Sherrod Brown

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The day after

June 3, 2026

We are now about 24 hours after the polls closed in California.

Which means we’re about 2 weeks from ballots all being counted.

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And of course Trump is pretending it is some sort of conspiracy. Ironic since he’s still trying to recount votes from 2020.

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So go figure.

A guy named Victor somehow won a game for his team tonight.

And it wasn’t Wemby.

Victor Bericoto for the SF Giants with his first MLB home run in a 1-0 win against the Brewers.

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Can media stop pretending it’s a big deal Spencer Pratt got about 30% of vote for Los Angeles mayor?

Heck, Steve Garvey, whose experience was simply being good at baseball (and who got two women pregnant while he was engaged to a third received 41% of the vote vs now Senator Adam Schiff.

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Wait, I thought Trump says Kaitlin Collins never smiles. “

“I never see a smile on her face. I see her standing there with hatred in her eyes.”

So we shouldn’t share this picture, it would upset Donald.

We shouldn’t share this picture, it will upset him.

Oops.

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Marco Rubio claims that Trump never falls asleep and by way of defense says Donald has called him at 2 a.m. and 5 a.m.
Not the flex he thinks it is: dementia patients often can’t sleep through the night and then can’t stay awake during the day.

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60 Minutes deserves a better home. MSNow? PBS? Netflix? Who wants to start the bidding war. Oh, and f*ck CBS.

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Amy Klobuchar speaking on the 40th anniversary of C-Span 2, notes that the presiding officer on June 2, 1986, their inaugural broadcast, was Senator Chuck Grassley-

(And he’d already been a Senator for five years.)

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to Senator Maggie Hassan today

“Except for inflation, the economic data is very strong.”

Except for that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you like the play?

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Donald had a closed to press dinner in what he calls “The Rose Garden Club.”

It’s a small detail in the grand scheme of things.

But it is NOT the bleeping “Rose Garden Club”

It is the “Rose Garden.”

In the American people’s White House. Not Velveeta Voldemort’s Club.

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Will take probably serious two weeks for final results but Matt Mahan and Katie Porter both have conceded in the California Gubernatorial Primary.

They could have given those speeches last week… Or last month.

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I’m trying to imagine what the $200 million Tom Steyer spent in the California primary could have done and could do in swing districts and purple states across the country.

If Tom were only able to put aside his ego to let others lead and be elected.

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Hasan Piker made a last minute endorsement for Tom Steyer

If anyone needed another reason to vote for Xavier Becerra.

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Steyer’s cost for funding his campaign is probably going to be record breaking.

But there’s also $35 million spent by Matt Mahan campaign for about 210,000 votes.

Even if Mahan gets up to about 250,000 that’s about $120 a vote.

And his campaign spent less per vote than Steyer.

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The best of games the worst of games.

June 2, 2026

19-6 win Sunday against the Rockies

2-16 loss Monday against the Brewers.

In this outhouse or castle year for the SF Giants there’s been way too much outhouse.

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So GOP & right-wing media clutched their pearls when Jasmine Crockett referred to Greg Abbott as “Governor Hot Wheels.”

Missing their outrage this am over Abbott posting AI meme himself in his wheelchair with a Spurs jersey dunking on NY Governor Kathy Hochul

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Meanwhile Hochul’s response on Twitter: “BREAKING: Greg Abbott comes out for men and women competing on the same court.

Is it just possible that Trump knew his slush fund would probably be canceled but what he REALLY wanted out of his IRS-DOJ deal is lifetime immunity for his crimes?

WTF USA today?

This headline. “Texas has never elected an unmarried man to US Senate — until this race”

Yeah, one just turned 37 & has a girlfriend. The other, 63, was divorced by his wife over adultery and “biblical grounds.”

This is NY Times Pitchbot worthy

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Jared Polis when he commuted Tina Peters’ sentence. “said that her application demonstrated responsibility and a “‘commitment to follow the law going forward’.”

That aged as well as Susan Collins saying Donald Trump had “learned his lesson.”

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Did the latest “victory” even last a Scaramucci?

The ceasefire is over. Iran has now severed all diplomatic talks with USA, accusing Israel of violating the ceasefire.

Almost like it was a REALLY stupid idea to let Netanyahu talk Trump into starting the war.

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NY Times “”High-Wire Negotiations with Iran? Trump Finds it ‘Very Boring.’
President Trump told CNBC that he “couldn’t care less” if negotiations with Iran break down.”

Bored with ending his war, bored with affordability.

Only things he cares about – his ballroom & himself.

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Por Vida

June 1, 2026

Real men cry

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Gregg Abbott posted an AI video of himself soaring above New York Governor Kathy Hochul and talking about Texas beating New York

Uh, did he hear Wemby speak out against ICE.

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And does Greg Abbott remember that Gregg Popovich is still Spurs President of Baseball Operations?

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We knew he was a lunatic and would get worse with age.

What still shocks me is now many Republicans we thought we were sane still genuflect before him.

And how much the media sanewashes him.

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Trump is going to CANCEL America’s birthday concert and make HIMSELF the headliner while comparing himself to Elvis./

What a time for SNL to be on summer hiatus.

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So if a Democrat wins the White House in 2028 can we have a do-over of American 250?

I mean, come on, reunions, weddings and other big events got postponed for COVID, why not a belated birthday celebration for America when we get back to adult supervision?

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