Left Coast Sports Babe

That you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone…

Seems appropriate for inaugural day.

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Was rooting for the Bills since they’ve never won and even I wonder why the Ravens didn’t give it to Henry for the 2 point conversion. As Molly Ivins said “Dance with them what brung ya.”

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Again, nobody left today’s Rams vs Eagles game despite cold weather & now snow. And the weather for Ravens Bills was even wrose.

Proving, again canceling outdoor inaugural had little to do with weather and everything to do with Velveeta Voldemort’s fragile ego. Non billionaires just aren’t that into him.

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Just remember. Honeymoon starts being over at 12:01 PM.

For starters. Offshore oil drilling doesn’t go over well in tourism-dependent Florida, r Louisiana (Deepwater Horizon.)

Deportation will affect countless GOP owned businesses/homes.

And many in GOP hate big tech as much as Don loves big tech $$$.

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How long is it going to take before working and middle class Americans realize that a Trump billionaire boys club Presidency devoted to retribution isn’t going to help improve their daily lives a bit? And that that his expensive revenge tour will RAISE prices?

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This weekend it got so bad DC hotels rates for Jan 19-21 were in some cases as low as they are during conventions. Also have to wonder, with outdoor ceremony canceled how many visitors will just eat cost of their nonrefundable rooms & stay home? Trump is already bad for business.

Senators Tom Cotton & Pete Ricketts have publicly opposed Trump’s plan to extend the deadline for the TikTok ban. GOP on their way to finding out, it’s a lot easier to support a crazy person when he doesn’t have the power to do a lot of the crazy things he says he’s going to do.

On SNL, Dave Chappelle on Jimmy Carter visiting Israel after his Presidency. The Israeli government told him it wasn’t safe to visit Palestine. He went anyway. “Seeing former US President, walking w/ very little security, cheered by Palestinians. Don’t know if that was good president. But am sure, that was a great man.”

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But poor Donald. First everyone refers to “President Musk” – Now the toast of the Washington DC this week will be the Commanders.

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Meanwhile, for anyone who remembers the days that breathing on Tom Brady was considered a personal foul, the refs have resurrected that penalty for Patrick Mahomes.

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Can we STOP with “ceremony was moved indoors because of the cold?” Most people, including bipartisan committee organizing inaugural, wanted to go through with things as planned. It was only DonOld who said no. For his hair, for crowd size? Who knows. But not for the cold.

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Btw, this is Greenland, taken from a plane in June. Thinking Donald might want to try to take over a place he could actually stand the cold.

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It was 20 degrees in Kansas City, wind chill makes it feel like 8. And temperature was falling later in game.. Over 76,000 people who have been there for hours were at Arrowhead stadium for the Texans/Chiefs game. The whole game. They, unlike Velveeta Voldemort, are not wimps.

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TikTok shuts down in the US, says “we are fortunate that President Trump has indicated he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok once he takes office.” Translation, we are still working out how much we will pay him and how many hotels China will let him build.

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GOP loves to say Laken Riley’s name. And yes,her murder was awful.

Starter list of names they never say & whose murders won’t result in GOP legislation: Charlotte Bacon, (Sandy Hook) Makenna Lee Elrod,(Ulvalde), Tywanza Sanders (Charleston), Jaime Guttenberg (Parkland).

The signing of Roki Sasaki reminds us of one thing. With these horrific fires you can love and feel sympathy for Los Angeles, and still hate the Dodgers.

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Meanwhile, Trump is moving viewing for his inaugural to the Capital One Arena.

The Capital One Arena holds only 20,000 people. The US Capitol rotunda holds 700 Supposedly there were 200,000 tickets issued for the inauguration. Wanna guess how many of them were going to go unused

For those who don’t follow sports, the arena is normally home to the NBA Washington Wizards – currently 6-33. Yes, 6-33. The biggliest losers in the NBA. Coincidence?

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Was at President Obama’s inaugural. It was VERY VERY cold. Still the biggest crowds ever. It’s not the cold Donald can’t handle. It’s that he knows a big crowd won’t show up. Hotel rooms before they moved things indoors were STILL available in DC. With falling prices.

But everything is nonrefundable – so all those MAGAs who did shell out for rooms, possibly at higher prices before hotels realized people weren’t coming – are stuck with rooms in a freezing cold city with museums closed and watching on hotel TVs.

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Amy Klobuchar was, as usual, right. Guess DonOld’s hair couldn’t handle a blizzard.

Apparently Mike Pence accepted the Congressional Committee’s invitation to Monday’s inaugural. And It IS customary for former Presidents & VPs to attend. Why do I feel strongly after Carter’s funeral that Karen Pence won’t join him?

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Speaking of Jimmy Carter. Maybe God didn’t like his best pal Jimmy disrepected with Trump planning to raise the flags to full staff on Monday.

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British PM for a minute Liz Truss is in DC for the inaugural.

Time for another head of lettuce challenge? IYKYK

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Remember, GOP says that children & teens are too fragile & innocent to handle seeing drag queens, or read books that have sexual references in them.

But children brought to US as babies or young children are guilty of a crime and should be deported. Make it make sense.

At least we are moving closer to those four sweet words “pitchers and catchers report.”

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“Rapid unscheduled disassembly”- translation “Musk’s rocket blew up.”

I like “pushed into a lifeboat” better.

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United Airlines is moving to eliminate the option for paper boarding passes.

Anyone in the travel industry – or who has had a phone run out of charge, or who heard Jason Carter’s sweet story about his grandfather Jimmy accidentally calling him on his cellphone while trying to take a picture, knows this is a REALLY bad idea as far as on-time boarding.

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“Riveting Storytelling for All of America.”

Scheherazade told fictional stories for 1001 nights to save her life. Is that what Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos thinks he needs to do to save his tax cuts?

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Every time Senator Coach Tubby gets up to speak he makes me think something I thought was impossible: – I miss Jeff Sessions.

Today he complained that Senate Democrats didn’t vote against any of Biden’s cabinet picks. It’s a self-own that Coach Tubby doesn’t realize. Joe picked qualified people. And in 2025, many Democrats will vote for QUALIFIED nominees they disagree with.

Although Tammy Duckworth nailed it today: Reminding us that she disagrees with Trump, but voted for Mattis & Epser, his first 2 DOD nominees.

But Pete Hegseth “only nominated because he hosted Trump’s favorite TV show on Fox News… the only things he’s ever run, he’s run into the ground.”

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If Kamala Harris had been elected and former President Trump had passed away last month… And if Harris asked for flags to be raised on January 20… GOP would be demanding her impeachment.

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Why all this hullabaloo over President Obama’s wife Michelle not attending the inauguration? Two of Donald’s three wives won’t be there – one because she ended up buried at a golf course.

If the US continues with these hostile moves towards taking over Greenland, the Panama Canal, even Canada, it will make Russia’s efforts to take over Ukraine and then probably Baltics & Poland etc, seem much less awful by comparison. Just as puppetmaster Putin intended.

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President Biden tonight, acknowledging that while he felt it was in bad taste, he should have taken credit for more of his accomplishments: “I spent too much time on the policy, not enough on the politics.”

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Jan 20 could be the coldest inauguration day in DC since 1985. Guess God and Mother Nature are working on that “hell freezing over” concept

Well, on a brighter note, at least Vikings fans won’t have to suffer a heartbreaking Super Bowl defeat this year

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Star Japanese right-hander Roki Sasaki, 23, will apparently sign with either the Dodgers, Padres or Blue Jays.

So if he signs with the Dodgers how many decades ahead will they defer his salary?

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True story as some MAGA insist deporting immigrants will mean more jobs that Americans will fill.

In In Costa Rica some years ago toured Dole Banana processing plant. Impressive & very fast-moving place. Someone asked “how does this work pay?” Guide laughed, “pay isn’t bad. But no Costa Rican will work here, almost everyone is an illegal immigrant from Nicaragua.”

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Since Los Angeles really needs all the fundraisers it can get. May I suggest a pay-per-view fundraiser – “take it outside” – match between Nancy Mace and Jasmine Crockett?

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As TDonOldpraises the Senator from Pennsylvania, Who wants to tell Trump and right wing media that John Fetterman’s wife was originally an undocumented immigrant?

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The real reason rich white tech bros want to get rid of DEI is simple. They are more comfortable with other white men, and want to be able to hire white men who look like them. Maybe some Asians and Indians. But fewer uppity women and other minorities.

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Had a thought. Marco Rubio is one of the saner Republicans. Did Trump nominate him for Secretary of State just to get him out of the Senate?

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Meanwhile, Joni Ernst, who has talked and written about being both a rape and domestic violence survivor, says she now will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth.

Makes you wonder, if Trump nominated her rapist, or the military ex-husband she says was physically and emotionally abusive, would she vote to confirm him too?

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Although Senator Tammy Duckworth was on the short list for Biden’s running mate in 2020. Americans who don’t know why should watch her with Pete Hegseth Tuesday #badass

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The CFPB is suing Capital One for misleading consumers about their savings account interest rates and cheating them out of more than $2 billion in interest.

So uh, President Non-Elect Musk is talking about “deleting” the CFPB. He almost certainly has high-end private banking accounts all over. But how many millions of Americans rely on their savings accounts & chose carefully in hopes of making a little more in interest?

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Finally for today the tagline for Jack Smith’s report. Bookmark this quote:

“The admissible evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction.”

Thinking if you TRIED to kick a football off the goalposts it would be almost impossible. And how often do kickers do that? (Twice in one day.)

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Want to know a lot of what’s wrong with sports today in one headline?

From ESPN “Eagles RB Saquon Barkley’s late slide in playoff win stymies bettors.”

(didn’t affect game. Did affect people who bet he would score a TD. )

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Velveeta Voldemort has plenty of cult members and acolytes But one thing it must have killed him to see this week, how much Jimmy Carter was loved. Money can’t buy him love.

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Gonna say this again and not for the last time: Does ANYONE really think we’re going to rebuild Los Angeles without immigrants? Lots of immigrants

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JD Vance says those who committed violence on January 6 should not be pardoned. And he’s being attacked on Twitter by many MAGA Trump supporters. It’s a cult

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Elon and Vivek now say that removing regulations could stimulate the economy and “the success of DOGE can’t be measured through deficit reduction alone.” Translation: Billionaires will be abloe to do what they want, health, safety and environmental protects be damned.

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Imagine if President Biden tried to put strings on sending money to red states after disasters.

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Velveeta Voldemort is ranting on social media that “They can’t put out the fires.” Meanwhile, the devastating Smokehouse Fire in Texas and Oklahoma lasted from February 26, 2024 to March 16, 2024. Didn’t hear a word from him then. I wonder why?

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Billionaire Rick Caruso ran for Los Angeles mayor against Karen Bass. He paid for private firefighters to make sure his mall in Pacific Palisades was one of the few things that survived. Now he’s paying for thosse private firefighters to guard his personal home.

(we aren’t sure if he’s using public or private water.)

. This is the future if Velveeta Voldemort gets his way. Cut government to the bone, including services. And give billionaires more tax cuts so they can afford to take care of themselves..

And so now it’s Ohio State joining Notre Dame in the the college football championship.

Yes, the same Ohio State where Gym Jordan allegedly (per MANY wrestlers) turned a blind eye to sexual abuse of young wrestlers.

Can we call this the PEB – Predator Enablers Bowl?

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(Between Catholic priests, Jerry Sandusky and Gym Jordan, Texas was the only university out of the four NCAA football teams in the CFB semi-finals free of scandal involving sexual abuse of young people.)

Meanwhile, the Spurs-Lakers and Hornets Clippers games scheduled for tomorrow have been postponed, while the NFL moved the Rams-VIkings game to Arizona.

Have to wonder what the NCAA would have done if one of the CFB games had been scheduled for the Rose Bowl?

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Meanwhile now former Georgia QB Carson Beck, after a disappointing year, decided to withdraw from the NFL draft and enter the transfer portal. He immediately then said he would join the Miami Hurricanes for the 2025 season.

They don’t even pretend it’s about college anymore.

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ICYMI After conservative Texas employers challenged the mandate, the Supreme Court will review Obamacare’s no-cost coverage of preventive medicine measures.

So likely we can forget free vaccines, mammograms, blood tests & statins. Not just birth control. Pro life my ass.

Meanwhile as Trump’s choice for HHS is anti-vaccine and anti-medical science. . San Francisco just reported its first case of bird flu in a human.

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So now Texas GOP wants to ban abortion pills through the mail to cut down on abortion.

Iit would stop a lot more abortions if they ban mail-order Viagra. Without ED drugs many men can’t get a woman pregnant.

(Five words: Damn I miss Molly Ivins)

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As Meta ends DEI program anyone who is shocked should rewatch “The Social Network.”

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Fox and other Right wing media are trying to look for every program in Los Angeles county that was funded they deem “wow” in an effort to blame the fires on liberals.

So I assume they will also start attacking all of DonOld’s petty revenge missions that will take taxpayer dollars away from programs that benefit the working class?

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If a picture says a thousand words.

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So as some in MAGA / GOP claim now that many of their hateful actions are simply because they are all about protecting children from potential abuse – assume they boycotted tonight’s Notre Dame – Penn State game?

And on Orange Bowl night, it was announced, former orange juice promoter Anita Bryant, anti-gay rights activist and singer,is dead at 84

If you can’t say anything nice about someone…. So, no comment

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Lawrence O’Donnell brilliant tonight. Talking about hurricane force Santa Ana winds – 100 mph. And making comparison to 9-11. Firefighters had same chance of extinguishing Palisades fire on Tuesday as they did of putting out a fire on 100th floor of the World Trade Center.

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GOP is making one thing clear. If you are a young woman killed by an immigrant, you will become a cause. If you are killed protecting students in a school schooting, or in any mass shooting, or from not getting emergency reproductive care, your life didn’t matter at all.

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Supreme Court Justice Alito said when he talked to Trump they didn’t discuss legal cases. Did DonOld discuss selling him that bridge he owns in Brooklyn?

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I don’t say this often, but thank you John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett. I guess for them there is an answer to “how low can you go?”

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Hey, DonOld.

Who doesn’t want to be states? Greenland and Canada.

Who DOES want to be states? Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia

Sincerely, Americans tired of insanity.-

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Way too soon to start thinking about exactly when and how Los Angeles rebuilds. One thing for sure though. Rebuilding won’t happen without LOTS of immigrants.

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Think it’s good for Senators to reach for common ground when they can.

But as John Fetterman heads to Mar-A-Lago, remember this from his OWN website about his wife. “Born in Brazil, Gisele’s mother took her & brother to US when she was 7, all of them undocumented immigrants.”

Remember, with all the outrage over Velveeta Voldemort’s American imperialism idiocy, we’re spending less time being outraged about some of his most dangerous cabinet appointees.

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Finally, Jimmy Carter wrote 32 books. That’s more books than Velveeta Voldemort probably has read.

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We can rank Presidents and their lives in a number of ways. But in my lifetime, there has never been a US President who became loved ,for what he did his entire life, as much as Jimmy Carter.

The Rose Bowl insisted on staying on New Year’s Day, even if it means giving up semi-final spot in the College Football Playoffs.

Imagine the NCAA had “won” and convinced them to move the game to Jan 9, tomorrow.

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Can we get bipartisan agreement that anyone caught looting during the Southern California wildfires should be sentenced to community service fighting these wildfires? Immediately. Armed with just a bucket of water

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Can anyone imagine President Biden attacking the Governor of Florida just after a major hurricane for allowing buildings not up to code or too close to the water? We’re going to miss having a President.

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So as DonOld is in DC threatening GOP Senators with heaven knows what if they don’t approve his nominees, thinking any parent who has ever has a toddler knows what happens when you start trying to placate their tantrum by giving in to the first one.

Trump called his son Don Jr’s visit to Greenland “a love fest.” He called January 6 a “day of love.”

When doesn’t hee doesn’t talk about love? Talking about his children or wife

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So IF US tried to take Panama Canal back, and if it either sparked an actual war, or at the very least violent uprisings, which chicken hawk GOP member of Congress will be first to volunteer their kids or grandkids for the front lines? Or even give up tax cuts to pay for it?

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Laken Riley’s murder was awful.

Her killer with several prior arrests, shouldn’t have been free.

New GOP congress immediately passed bill requiring ICE to take custody of undocumented immigrants for minor crimes. 1

2 yrs later, we haven’t done a thing for 20 children and 6 adults murdered at Sandy Hook.

So after all the SEC whining about not having more teams in the CFB playoffs, they have exactly ONE team left in the semi-finals. And that team, Texas, just joined SEC in July 2024 AND needed 2 OTS to beat Arizona State.

Don’t look now… but the San Antonio Spurs are growing up before our eyes. And turning into a pretty d*mn basketball team. (Just upset the Denver Nuggets.)

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Many MAGA lost their minds when after Caitlin Clark was named Athlete of the Year by Time Magazine, she acknowledged how she and the WNBA owe so much to black women. And now SI picks Simone Biles as Sportsperson of the Year? Fasten your seatbelts…

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The New Orleans terrorist’s ex-wife had a restraining order against him. But he still was able to get guns, because, Texas. Yes, most people were killed by his truck. But some people, including cops, were shot.

Seems like this should be a bigger part of story. Or are we just too inured to gun violence?

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If the domestic terrorist attack in New Orleans should teach us anything, it’s that we really need an FBI director and other cabinet members focused on public service. Not focused on petty revenge on behalf of Dear Leader.

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Newly elected Senator Adam Schiff has been given a position on the Senate Judiciary Committee. It’s a good thing. Even without the bonus of making MAGA heads explode.

Senator Mike Lee tweeted “who else wishes we could swear in Trump tomorrow?”

By the musical Annie standards, sure. Remember “Tomorrow, tomorrow, there’s always tomorrow ..it’s ALWAYS a day away.”

Ahead of today’s Speaker vote Mike Johnson- said with a straight face: “I don’t make deals with anyone. There’s no quid pro quo here. I don’t do anything in exchange for a vote.” Right, I only do everything Orange Jesus tells me to do.

If you dont remember all this drama when Nancy Pelosi was Speaker. It’s because there WASN’T all this drama when Nancy Pelosi was speaker. Madame Speaker could count votes. And she could govern.

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DonOld can’t even get his petty angry insults right while he’s throwing a narcissistic and angry tantrum over the flags for Jimmy Carter in DC.

It’s half-staff. He said ‘half-mast’ – that refers to a ship.

His cognition is sinking faster than the Titanic.

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Incoming Ohio Senator & multi-millionaire car dealer Bernie Moreno held event after his swearing in at DC’s Museum of the Bible. Leaving aside separation of church & state, the same Moreno supporting tax cuts for rich & cutting SNAP for the poor. Another who waves the bible without reading it.

Ohio, you could have kept Sherrod Brown. You got rid of a man of the people and replaced him with a man of the billionaires.

Jeff Bezos refused to publish this cartoon

Ann Telnaes, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist for The Washington Post, quit, saying it was the first time she’s been censored because of who she satirized.

When Ann gets another job, taking the money saved from canceling my Wash Post subscription might go for a subscription to wherever she ends up.

Note, yes, I’m a big New Orleans fan, of the city and the Saints. What happened last night was horrible.

As were John Kennedy’s insulting joke aimed at NBC and accusations towards the FBI at the press conference about 12 hours after the attack. And Governor Landry’s attempting to politicize the massacre the murder is pretty deplorable too.

But if the Saints were playing at home this weekend and had a chance to sneak into the playoffs, Who Dat fans would be there. And New Orleans is well acquainted with gallows humor.

So, in that spirit… .carrying on.

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USC- who dragged UCLA with them, started the destruction of the Pac 12. The league might have survived had Oregon and Washington not left next. If you’re a former Pac 12 fan looking for a Schadenfreude silver lining to this Rose Bowl.

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And as the big bowl games/playoffs really get going, ICYMI, Alabama, 17 point favorite on Dec 31, lost to Michigan, 13-19 Most embarrassing thing to happen to State of Alabama since they elected Coach Tubby to the US Senate.

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If you’re tired of football, (and hate) and looking for a fun New Year’s sports story: the Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama is the first player in league history with 300 points, 100 rebounds, 50 blocks, 50 assists and 40 3-pointers in a single month. And he’ll turn 21 this weekend.

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DonOld says he will attend Jimmy Carter’s funeral. Two questions. 1. Was he even invited? 2. If so, will President Non Elect Musk be his plus one?

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You know if Trump came up with a brand of eggs with his picture on the carton, his MAGA cult would gladly pay $20 a dozen.

So if Kash Patel were to be confirmed as FBI director, and terrorist act turns out to be committed by a US citizen instead of an immigrant, or if some future heinous crime is committed by a right-wing American, would he bury the truth to please dear leader? Asking for a country.

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You know if Trump came up with a brand of eggs with his picture on the carton, his MAGA cult would gladly pay $20 a dozen.

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Chief Justice Roberts is now warning against adminstrations defying courts.

Dr. Frankenstein seems a bit upset about his monster…

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Maybe I’m wrong but thinking many Trump supporters who want Canada to be the 51st state couldn’t name half the current US states.

And how many MAGAs know about Canada? Universal healthcare. Gun control. How many electoral votes would they get?

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How much Mitch McConnell end up damaging America? If he hadn’t stolen that seat from Obama, we not only wouldn’t have had Gorusch and Coney Barrett on SCOTUS, Merrick Garland would be on the court and not attorney general.

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So now that we KNOW the New Orleans terrorist was a US-Born citizen from Texas who was formerly in the military, where’s Donald Trump’s retraction of his dishonest Truth Social post blaming immigrants? We’re waiting.

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Hey media. John Kennedy got tons of coverage at New Orleans press conference for despicable remarks. But when Louisiana’s other Senator,

Bill Cassidy, had bipartisan anti-hazing bill w/ Amy Klobuchar signed into law last week- crickets. Stop rewarding crazy with all the attention.

And if you’re feeling old

Remember, Jimmy Carter was building homes for Habitat for Humanity into his 90s!

Carry on. More snark tonight.

Five bowl game on New Year’s Eve. Thinking I speak for many Americans when I ask “Could we just have another PopTarts bowl?

LeBron James, 40, LeBron says he could play at high level 5 to 7 more years.

Even Tom Brady is going “dude, give it up already.”

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How’d this happen. Somehow the New Orleans Saints are only a game behind the SF 49ers?

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott posted after Jimmy Carter’s death that he and his wife “send their condolences to First Lady Rosalynn Carter and the Carter family.”

Five words ‘Damn I miss Molly Ivins.”

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Had to watch “HIMS” ads for ED medication on Hulu while watching “Only murders in the Building.”

But occurs to me. If GOP stops the abortion pill being sent by mail due to the Comstock Act, should stop Viagra etc by mail too..

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Meanwhile, norovirus is surging in the US. What’s next? “Own the libs! Stop washing your hands!”

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Bob Kroll, former Police Union Chief in Minneapolis, reacted to George Floyd’s murder by saying “Now is not the time to rush to judgement and immediately condemn our officers.” And Kroll made MANY more racist comments after the murder He then settled lawsuits over police violence against protestors by agreeing not to work for 10 years as a police officer in Minnesota’s three largest counties.

So of course Bob has applied to be a US Marshall under Trump.

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As much as I would have loved President Carter to have lived forever, thank God he passed away when he did. Can anyone imagine what it would be like with Velveeta Voldemort planning events after the inaugural?

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We’re all inundated end of year with donation requests. But how cool would it be – & in total how much of a big difference would it make – if we all made even small donations to Habitat for Humanity in honor of Jimmy Carter? (I just donated.)

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Took a miracle comeback for the USC Trojans to pull out a 35-31 in against Texas A & M in the Las Vegas Bowl. And finish 7-6 on the seasn.

Yes, Texas A & M Aggies who since October had been 1-3 with their only win vs New Mexico.

USC was the school whose departure, dragging UCLA with them basically destroyed the Pac 12, one of college football’s greatest conference. And their prize in year one was a win in SRS Distribution Bowl on a Friday night..before the big games happen this weekend and on New Year’s? Okay then.

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All of these random games between conferences that don’t make sense. Maybe time to hire Chicago to play pre-game music for ESPN “Does anyone really know what bowl it is?”

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Okay, just less than halfway through the NBA season. But who had the Golden State Warriors basically tied with the San Antonio Spurs, for what would be a matchup in the play-in game? Not even Spurs fans #PorVida

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So who had “cannibalistic face-eating leopards” on their pre-inaugural MAGA bingo card?

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Gotta love GOP pushing for an end to remote work while they knowingly had a member of Congress who’s been paid for months while living in a Texas memory care unit.

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Why is ANYONE shocked that billionaire tech bros want to hire more H1B visa engineers?

1. They work for less than Americans

2. With their visa tied to their employer, they can’t just quit. And if they do they need another job in 60 days.

3. They can’t vote. If you educate American citizens they are more likely to vote for Democrats.

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With all the after Christmas sales on cards and wrapping, wonder if after his holiday Truth Social post does DonOld Trump plan have a sale on Christmas cards with “Go to Hell” as their message?

All presents and other deliveries are clearly vehicles to help cats celebrate Boxing Day.

The NFL often frustrates fans by putting Thursday Night Football on Prime and not available to regular network/cable subscribers.

But (no, I didn’t watch), after reading about tonight’s Seahawks -Bears 6-3 debacle, I think all NFL fans who had to find something else other than seeing the game are thinking “Thank you.”

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Meanwhile in the GameAbove Sports Bowl (whatever that is) Toledo was positive they won the game twice, only to have the play overturned, twice, once on a penalty, once on a replay review… Toledo finally beat Pitt in the SIXTH OT.

This was football equivalent of “They shoot horses, don’t they?'”

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Was online browsing for some discounted clearance skincare after Christmas and apparently there was a “Secret Deodorant Holiday Gift Pack!”

And who thought THAT was a good idea?

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Just how crazy a theory or plan would Trump have to throw out there before his cult members would say he’s insane?

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When people vote against their own best interests and it comes back to really hurt them, how do you say “I told you so” without alienating them further. Asking for a lot of center-left friends?

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Now that the President Non Elect is referring to himself as “Ozempic Santa,” with his slimmer figure, will we know the bromance is over when Leon starts referring to his VP DonOld as “chubby?”

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But apparently MAGA is turning on each other on social media. (Especially Twitter, for those who indulger) Who knew face-eating leopards are cannibalistic?

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Marianne Williamson says she is running for DNC chair? Has she been thinking Tulsi Gabbard has gotten too much attention?

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No way of really knowing at this point if rumors of Russia plans to attack Finland and the Baltics are true. But if rumors were true, Trump would be doing all he could to sow distrust of NATO and antagonize other US allies for distraction…. Just saying.

Merry Christmas or merry whatever to all

But remember, the ultimate cat holiday is ALWAYS Boxing Day.

Hey folks, enough people are sharing Velveeta Voldemort’s Christmas hate message. Two things. 1. He’s just feeling stressed because everyone knows Elon is the real President. 2. Many Democratic leaders are posting POSITIVE messages. Look for or share those.

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Since this is the time of year to rewatch classic Christmas movies.. I was this many years old when I realized that Frank Morgan, who played Hugo Matuschek in “The Shop Around the Corner.” was also the Wizard in “The Wizard of Oz.”